The Roberto Di Matteo Thread

[Justin_3d 1,140]

Bring Zola to the Bridge!!!!

[Shane 2,275]

Torres will be the death of him.

Hopefully he'll drop Nando, then he'll throw his toys out of the pram again and then gets sold.

Chelsea F.C is better off without Torres.

[Spike 12,049]

For the love of Osgood will someone delete the opening post?

[Superblue 6,370]

Hopefully he'll drop Nando, then he'll throw his toys out of the pram again and then gets sold.

Chelsea F.C is better off without Torres.

I actually believe RDM can and will get much better out of torres.

[AndersonBLUE 819]

Hes got no choice man its either him or Sturridge at the mo. Laugh if Sturridge gets all the games though.

[Jase 43,479]

Our record against top teams was shocking last season in the Premier League, did you know we only won one big team once, Man City at the Bridge.

Mostly thanks to AVB and some incompetent refereeing decisions along the way.

[Jase 43,479]

2 year contract? My guess is that Robbie didn't want to accept 1y one, and he was right. Good thing to hear, fully deserved for doing the impossible.

Congrats Robbie!

They probably give him a 2-year deal instead of 1 because it will kinda get rid of the notion that he will just be keeping seat warm for Guardiola as that might unsettle the team next season.

[Shane 2,275]

I actually believe RDM can and will get much better out of torres.

Carlo managed great strikers such as Sheva, Inzaghi etc, and he couldn't.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Mostly thanks to AVB and some incompetent refereeing decisions along the way.

Tbf, we didn't do much better under Robbie. Drew vs Arsenal and Twatenham and lost to the scum. As a matter of fact, our league form under RDM was worse than AVB.

I think there is no need to blame the refereeing or Andre, we have to acknowledge that our squad just wasn't good enough last season.

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

Tbf, we didn't much better under Robbie. Drew vs Arsenal and Twatenham and lost to the scum. As a matter of fact, our league form under RDM was worse than AVB.

I think there is no need to blame the refereeing or Andre, we have acknowledge that our squad just wasn't good enough last season.

and the CL was more important...

[Sheva. 5,373]

Tbf, we didn't much better under Robbie. Drew vs Arsenal and Twatenham and lost to the scum. As a matter of fact, our league form under RDM was worse than AVB.

Based on stats. But stats don't tell the full story about how many times we played a weaker side due to CL or Fa cup.

We drew away at Arsenal, yes, but we made like 9 changes for that game lol.

[Jase 43,479]

Tbf, we didn't much better under Robbie. Drew vs Arsenal and Twatenham and lost to the scum. As a matter of fact, our league form under RDM was worse than AVB.

I think there is no need to blame the refereeing or Andre, we have acknowledge that our squad just wasn't good enough last season.

Yes, I do agree with you on the poor league form under RDM but you have to take into consideration that we concentrate mostly on the cup competitions then because of the damage that had been done under AVB. Personally, I blame AVB for the 2 home defeats to Arsenal and Liverpool.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Based on stats. But stats don't tell the full story about how many times we played a weaker side due to CL or Fa cup.

We drew away at Arsenal, yes, but we made like 9 changes for that game lol.

Yes, I do agree with you on the poor league form under RDM but you have to take into consideration that we concentrate mostly on the cup competitions then because of the damage that had been done under AVB. Personally, I blame AVB for the 2 home defeats to Arsenal and Liverpool.

We did not loose the tittle in two or three games . I realize that some games had special circumstances, but my point was that last season's squad will never win the league even with better luck and only the league to concentrate on.

[AndersonBLUE 819]

No we lost a few games early on and after we beat Man City 2-1, we went on a shit streak for ages.

[Shane 2,275]

Tbf, we didn't much better under Robbie. Drew vs Arsenal and Twatenham and lost to the scum. As a matter of fact, our league form under RDM was worse than AVB.

I think there is no need to blame the refereeing or Andre, we have acknowledge that our squad just wasn't good enough last season.

Oh please, we drew with Arsenal's first team with our second, then we lost to Liverpool with our second team after beating them in the FA Cup.

The difference with AVB and RDM in the league is that we could beat the mediocre teams.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Oh please, we drew with Arsenal's first team with our second, then we lost to Liverpool with our second team after beating them in the FA Cup.

The difference with AVB and RDM in the league is that we could beat the mediocre teams.

You're missing my point which was: We did not loose the EPL because of AVB or luck or refereeing, we didn't win it because our squad was simply not good enough.

[blue_swaggin_96 96]

You're missing my point which was: We did not loose the EPL because of AVB or luck or refereeing, we didn't win it because our squad was simply not good enough.

our squad was strong enough to finish above arsenal and spuds, but avb and his high line cost us around 14 points with that stuff

[CHOULO19 24,332]

our squad was strong enough to finish above arsenal and spuds, but avb and his high line cost us around 14 points with that stuff

Two things:

1) Is finishing above Arsenal good enough at Chelsea? I don't think so. Over the last 8 years, imo, this club has thrived on competing for every tittle and for settling on finishing 4th. If the squad can at best finish 3rd, then it is simply not good enough by our standards.

2) AVB was brought here to try and implement exactly what he tried to do. The owner's plans for the club, which have continued after Andre's departure through the signings we are making, took a blow when some of our players refused to take the managers instructions. I'll never forget our players wasting time in the last minutes of the game when the team was loosing 2-0 against Everton and 1-0 against WBA. It was the player power, spear-headed by Lampard, that cost us those points. Not to say the Andre didn't have his obvious flaws.