Skiba
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Apologies but this is going to be long, ranty and sweary!
RA is obviously the reason for Chelsea's recent success...but he's also the reason for all problems. Started with him signing Shevchenko. No one could argue that he wasn't a great player, one of the best strikers of his generation. But to come to the PL at 29, after nearly 10 years in Serie A, was a big risk. Mourinho didn't want him because he knew it wouldn't work. But what's he going to do? Mourinho is not going to work like that so he leaves. He gives the job to Grant. A man who has barely any managing experience and is given a 4-year contract. Ha! Chelsea get to the CL final and finish second. There's outcry when he's sacked because of what "he" achieved. That dressing room needed a personality after Jose and that ain't Grant.
Then there was Scolari. A man who hadn't managed in club football for years, and when he did, it was in Brazil and Egypt. The players didn't like his methods, because his methods were absolute shit. Barely any fitness work and Cech was banned from having his research DVDs. So the players are just supposed to get on with it because he's in charge?
He signed Torres after seeing him demolish us the season before (or earlier the same season, can't remember). Why? Anelka and Drogba were great, so there was not a need for him. Then to get thrown in for his first game, against Liverpool, was a huge mistake. All three of them started and he had a shocker. Three central strikers? That's not even a 4-3-3! Torres has seen of several managers and has managed to kick to the form out of Demba Ba. Brilliant! He was given every chance by Chelsea fans for the best part of two years. Everyone wanted to see him do well and even when he had one of his many shocking games, he was still loved. Wrong player at the wrong club.
Ancelotti should never have been sacked. Absolute fucking disgrace. I've said it before, but he's the kind of manager that would've stayed for 10+ years, and there would've been a bundle of trophies. Probably not every season, but still a fucking bundle.
AVB. Just too big a task to take over at that point. He's obviously a decent coach but was seemed to have been given the job of phasing out the older players. He just did the wrong way. Why the fuck would you want to phase out Lampard? It's clear that he's still capable of scoring bundles and winning games. Drogba was probably going to leave anyway. Anelka still looked sharp to me. And Terry isn't the player he was but he was asked to play a system that clearly didn't suit him. He's still a very good centre back. And phasing them out to be replaced by who?
If you took a poll from Chelsea fans as to who they wanted to replace RDM, not one would've said Benitez. Not a single fucking one. It's like he's playing FIFA or football manager. 65th min, some players' fatigue are down, so he makes a change. Regardless of of the situation or how the game is going. No creativity. Just stick to plan A. When Fergie retires, what would happen if Mancini is his replacement? It would be fucking mayhem!
Di Matteo's name is sung because he won us the CL, but he was also a great player for us. Cantona's name is sung at every Utd game but no one says fuck all about that. And do you think Fergie gives a fuck about that? RDM wasn't ready for that job but he's club hero. No wonder fans are upset at his sacking.
Spurs finishing above us would be a huge embarrassment. Bale is definitely a major factor, and there's probably only two other players in the Europe who have as big an impact on their teams. "The" other two. But AVB certainly has to take a lot of credit.
I do find other fans' comments about Chelsea's history and having no fans very funny. Mainly Liverpool, Spurs and West Ham. Liverpool's history and fanbase is clear. But Spurs and West Ham? Spurs, two league titles and one more FA Cup. West Ham, zero titles and 3 FA cups. Rarely fill their ground yet they're moving to a free stadium with 50-60,000 capacity! But I forgot, they won us the World Cup didn't they?
Anyway, I define history by a video that the BBC released in 1990 called "The Official History of...". And the only clubs to get one were Liverpool, Arsenal, Spurs, Everton, Man Utd, Sheff Weds and Chelsea. 
We'd all like to see stability and that but I'd just say count the trophies.
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