i did not read any of the rest of this thread but i dont need to. i dont follow others i am a leader. i make my own decisions with my superior critical thinking skills and i can tell you guys this, this is a great move. let me make one thing cleared, i NEVER liked di matteo and i believe he was extremely lucky to win the champs league with us, and that drogba literally dragged us across the finish line. we never played good football with di matteo. the club made a choice a while back when they signed AVB, they wanted big names and big game football, attractive dominating football. di matteo was interim manager to keep the seat warm until pep or someone similar arrives, winning the champs league didnt secure di matteo more time as manager of chelsea, guardiolas unavailability did. i personally think benitez is a decent manager, surely better than rdm. and i honestly think we will turn the season around just like last year. thats my take. btw nobody believed me when i said ibrahimovic is pure F*king class. 4 goals against england seems to have changed some minds....