The Roberto Di Matteo Thread

[Spike 12,049]

Di Matteo should just play himself and only himself against Birmingham in the FA Cup. He will show these wankers how it is done in the FA Cup.

[manpe 10,861]

Well following that post, I'm going to risk facing a huge wrath by posting an article from the Sun that uses the classic "insider" source, but fuck it with the circus that is going on...

http://www.thesun.co...-even-more.html

Blues stars hate Di Matteo even more

and it begins...

[Madmax 9,219]

Er .. good luck?

Nothing to lose, really. We have a titular manager now, this is akin to the Grant reign when it'll be the players doing it on the pitch while RDM puts the cones out.

[FranklyFrank 103]

Well following that post, I'm going to risk facing a huge wrath by posting an article from the Sun that uses the classic "insider" source, but fuck it with the circus that is going on...

http://www.thesun.co...-even-more.html

Blues stars hate Di Matteo even more

Watch them write the same or nearly the same article if Mourinho comes. I can see the bs headlines now CHELSEA WISH MOURINHO STAYED AWAY.

This is just media crap that I have come to expect.

[Tortilla9 390]

I said it months ago, the inmates are running the asylum. Fully expect di Matteo's reign to go just as well as AVB's did. What a bunch of arrogant pricks from the board to players. "Professionals" is a joke.

[Mr. Ziggles 110]

And now the media continue to write bullshit about us, if it was Man United, "oh god no, SAF is a legend blah blah blah i love roney".

Good luck RDM... you'll bloody need it.

[francozola 2,040]

There's still a loooong way to go this season. If he fucks up badly enough against Birmingham, Napoli and the next few Prem games, he could get the sack as well. I won't be surprised if this happens if the rumour that he's more hated than AVB is true

[BleedsBlue 1,549]

I am damn sure that Chelsea didn't sack AVB just so could RDM could be manager for the rest of the season.RDM will be managing only the FA cup tie and then after some days we will get to know who really is our caretaker manager.I probably think it will be Benitez.

[Kezza 1,965]

Would be very noble of RDM to sacrafice himself and start executing contracts in the weeks to come for the sake of the club

[diskoviolente 425]

Expect him to age dramatically too. AVB aged terribly in 6 months.

True. All of a sudden Robbie finds himself in the hotseat. Obviously he is not under the same pressure as AVB, who hopefully will be very successful now with a non-english team. That guy has talent, he is erratic and all, but i like his honesty and his sense of realism. If given the time he´ll build something big. Inter maybe ?

All things aside, hopefully Mourinho signs a 14 year contract, getting all the authorities on football issues, by the end of the week.

[Blue Armour 4,280]

Everyone seems to be going on and on about managers winning battles over player power,etc..but I don't think its simple as that..there seems to be serious problems with fitness (reason why more than half the squad can't win any 50-50's) and tactics...Even if RDM can give some of sort of inspiration he won't be able to do jack unless he employs the right tactics and line-ups.

[capriccioso 2,545]

4-4-2, up and at them! Mikel and Meireles in the middle, Kalou and Malouda on the wings!

[ack17 205]

EDDIE NEWTON RETURNS

http://www.chelseafc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10268~2634054,00.html

[zolayes 14,489]

Everyone seems to be going on and on about managers winning battles over player power,etc..but I don't think its simple as that..there seems to be serious problems with fitness (reason why more than half the squad can't win any 50-50's) and tactics...Even if RDM can give some of sort of inspiration he won't be able to do jack unless he employs the right tactics and line-ups.

I had that feeling about fitness ,,,feeling often other teams were finishing games stronger than we were. Agree our midfield don't appear to

be able to dominate, Fitness could be an issue.

[ulsterchelsea 3,221]

Eddie newton returns, though that might materialize. Good to have 2 former legends at the helm for now at least.

[ulsterchelsea 3,221]

Who's gonna be our opposition scout

[Superblue 6,370]

The news that Eddie Newton has joined up with Di Matteo until the end of the season I think indicates that they will hand the reigns to Robbie for the remainder of the season. I would love him to succeed and if he gets us fourth he will be an even bigger legend than before! The one thing about his West Brom reign was that he gained a lot of plaudits for how they passed the ball around the deck and played good football.

If Benitez were to become our new manager we would appoint him now to allow him to bed in this season and pre season could then be done properly!

For the first time, I'm starting to seriously think Mourinho's return is a real possibility!

[eldo 868]

What a joke. This is last seasons WBA duo.