LDN Blue

It's that whole unwritten rule 'don't bite the hand that feeds you' hey? We don't have the grounds to really not be a fan of his. He hasn't taken out huge debts against the club nor is he leaving us in any sort of financial risk or ruin. It's a shame that we use that as the current measure of what makes a successful owner and not other mitigating factors. On the face, it does seem the sacking was Roman's own to bare. Perhaps a bit of structure needs to be brought in now. That ageing board could do with a freshening up perhaps. Wasn't it rumoured Buck was next to be going after Gourlay?

Nah, bullshit lol. Don't kid yourself mate. How many times have we said that over the last decade? Scolari, Ancelotti, Villas-Boas, we all said the same thing about 'fresh start' and all that rhetoric. We're either in 'transition' or 'starting fresh', but neither project ever comes to fruition. The project is flawed. I call it a project, ya'll call it 'identity'. Nothing changes. But is that so wrong? I mean our current model keeps us successful lol. New managers bring fresh ideas, agreed, but the same people are being put in charge of recruitment and failing considerably. I don't mind not matching City & United's spending, we have a good squad that needed tweaking, not overhauling (as Guardiola seems to have alluded to). Mourinho shoulders blame, but you're naive if you think our Board has learned anything. Roman, himself, decided on Villas-Boas and soon abandoned that project. He then had a personal interest in bringing Mourinho back and that project was abandoned. As will project Guardiola, Simeone, etc. F*cking nonce. How this man is given a spotlight I'll never know. I mean, I get why everyone jumped on him today but let's face the facts.. He's just a yes man lol. The board have used him as communications medium right now, so he's naturally going to end up the scapegoat. Emenalo has nothing to do with this Lmao Styles you remember when Emenalo was a the centre of hatred when Mikel was equally hated. What did fans come out with? Because Emenalo was Nigerian, that's why Mikel remains . The funniest one was he conspired to have Wilkins sacked so he could overthrow Ancelotti and have his own way in the board . The Right Honourable Michael Kevin Emenalo will go down in history as 'that' guy' :lol:

Empathise with him more than any other manager we've had. He really did care and it's a shame the fairytale couldn't go on. Wonder how he bounces back

From Guardian.

Club is slowly running out of 'leaders'..

Hahaha well it had to be something enormous to bring you back here.

Capello would be interesting. Hasn't managed club level in England but he's the disciplinarian this squad is crying out for I guess.. Tactically proven and in my opinion one of England's best manager's recent times.

It was no secret FSG tried to get him as soon as they took over Liverpool, but he decided to stay with Dortmund. The writing was always on the wall after his 'sabbatical'

Do we keep the 'next manager' convo in this thread?

José will always be a Chelsea legend. I hope he doesn't resent the club for this, I would hate for there to be hostile relations again. I hope he won't take charge of another English club because then we'll see who was right in the end, won't we? #OneOfUs

Yea.. Matic seems like he's coming back to his 2014 form though so perhaps he's not a one off here.

You never know. He's always wanted to play at the Bridge and now he's hot property, he may be tempted. Question is, whether he'd do it if Mourinho was or wasn't here.

But he does score and that the point. At least he's in positions where he can score and his finishing can only get better as he gets older, he's already proving that. He's learning how to lead an attack now and Everton are beginning to rely on him more and more. His progress is impressive.

Marcelo Bielsa linked with Swansea vacancy, Sky sources understand Where's Justin when you need him?

Tbh I think people feel annoyed because of how he just seemed to walk off. It looked from the naked eye that he sort of just gave up and had enough. If it is an injury, even a short one, then understandable. He deserves to play 100% not less.

You say that, but look at Martial at United. They're having a right go at Van Gaal for relying on a 19-year old for goals. If Lukaku hadn't started scoring quickly and frequently, we would've seen a similar effect. As Tomo said, most of the mentioned players have only stepped up this season.

United fans having the same issue after Rio and Scholes said their sold XI is better than their current. It's true but context is needed. They brought up Nani.. This guy hadn't put in a consistent performance in years, Van Persie was clearly on the decline and was time to cash in etc. Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Why don't we go further and say 'how dare we sell Robben ' Edit: That's not to exonerate Mourinho from his personal failures with this squad, tactically or personnel wise. But he can only be blamed for so much..

Gent - Wolfsburg Roma - Real PSG - Chelsea (Have to believe!) Arsenal - Barca Juve - Bayern PSV - Atletico Benfica - Zenit (could be AVB's time to shine) Kiev - City (city have a major history of bottling it)

http://www.skysports.com/football/leicester-vs-chelsea/preview/341340#ooid=VtMTBneTofC7mbLc7O2UHMyUscWqJzly What a guy.

Watching Mourinho's pc, you have to give to him he is trying to create less drama off the pitch. Behaving himself on the touchline and not going overboard in post-match interviews.

We average 1pt per match as well.. Shocking.

Lmao, you're right.. Group F totally pointless

I can imagine Mark Hughes licking his lips at that. It will be described as a coup

That's even better than the Sturridge one

Just when we were getting excited - A learning curve for the kid.