The Roberto Di Matteo Thread

[mediator 2,026]

Don't we still need an assistant manager?

[Chelsea? 892]

Easy? You realize that there's a lot of pressure on the manager to succeed (not only domestically), but also in Europe? One bad season and I bet Carlo's out the door.

why didn't he turn down the Chelsea job then?

[Chelsea? 892]

I still get upset when I think of his line ups early in the season, with Bertrand as a winger.

[Jase 43,479]

Chelsea still paying Di Matteo £130,000 a week despite sacking manager last year

And he's also now being linked to replace Martin Jol at Fulham..

[Bosnian Blue 2,471]

Paying him till the rest of his life wouldn't be enough to thank him for what he's done for the club. One Di Matteo.

[The Mak 4,459]

Chelsea still paying Di Matteo £130,000 a week despite sacking manager last year

And he's also now being linked to replace Martin Jol at Fulham..

And he deserves every penny. He made history for this club and, because of that, also made millions for the rebuilding process. He could sit on that contract until the last day and manage a rival club for all I care, he's still an absolute Legend...unlike AVB who did sit on a similar contract but thankfully got the Tottenham job as soon as he could, which gave me another reason to continue to dislike him.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Well yes, that's not exactly "news". His contract was till June 2014 and we'll continue to pay it by law till that date or till he gets a new job. If AVB didn't get the Tottenham job, we'd still be paying him too.

[Henrique 9,133]

To be fair, Mourinho is not doing any better than RDM.

[Dylan_91 90]

I know we won the champs league whilst he was in charge but he had very little to do with it. All we did was play with 11 men behind the ball and got a few lucky goals. We were so lucky it was unbelievable. Even in the final you could see it was terry giving the team instructictions while di Matteo stood there looking scared and way out out of his depth. Wish people would stop licking his arse.

[bushman 2,043]

I know we won the champs league whilst he was in charge but he had very little to do with it. All we did was play with 11 men behind the ball and got a few lucky goals. We were so lucky it was unbelievable. Even in the final you could see it was terry giving the team instructictions while di Matteo stood there looking scared and way out out of his depth. Wish people would stop licking his arse.

Excuse me, but do you realize what you have started here ?

[CHOULO19 24,332]

To be fair, Mourinho is not doing any better than RDM.

Unless you mean only results, this is wrong on so many levels.

[bushman 2,043]

Unless you mean only results, this is wrong on so many levels.

Could you please elaborate on those levels ?