The Roberto Di Matteo Thread

[Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067]

What makes you think Capello will do anything great at Chelsea. He'll probably end up like Ancelotti in terms of his tactics not fitting in with Chelsea's players....and eventually Roman will have to pay a large fee after sacking him.

We need stability at the club for at least the next 2-3 seasons. RDM may be inexperienced but it's not like Mourinho wants to come back to Chelsea...and there aren't really any top-class managers out there, after-all we are being linked to Laurent Blanc, Harry Redknapp and a few other average managers.

what makes u think RDM will do great in long FULL TRANSITION SEASON?? put in someone who has greater experience and its less of a risk is it not??

[capriccioso 2,545]

I was a little disappointed in him today in all honesty. Didn't do anything to stem that Liverpool charge in the last 20 or so minutes.

Edit: That doesn't change the fact that he is probably the best motivator this club has had since Mourinho. I would still like to see him get the job, even though he was underwhelming today. His decision to convert Ramires into a right winger has been brilliant.

[Henrique 9,133]

I was a little disappointed in him today in all honesty. Didn't do anything to stem that Liverpool charge in the last 20 or so minutes.

Agree.

[Corlett 202]

There's just no pleasing some people.

[Kieran. 6,317]

I thought the Meireles for Ramires change was a good one. Ramires was clearly knackered and Meireles defended well.

[Emmanuelpee 12]

If u can perform very well if the coming transfer n ship out fringe shitty playas lyke bonsingwa malouda kalou n d rest...y not?he deserves d job but i m afraid he might want2 kip some shitty playaz we want out

[Sparkie 27]

Whatever happens next, Di Matteo will go down in Chelsea history.

[KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607]

Didn't know where to put this, but AVB looks set to go to Roma

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/1063327/luis-enrique-quiet-on-roma-future-amid-andre-villas-boas-reports?cc=3436

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Didn't know where to put this, but AVB looks set to go to Roma

http://soccernet.esp...reports?cc=3436

How about in the "Villas Boas will manage Roma next year" thread?

[Blue Armour 4,436]

I felt he was too left out. Players should celebrate with him and he just stood behind their backs.

He was tossed up into the air quite a few times. The guys's just more laid-back, when compared to Hiddink or Ancellotti. Same goes for Mata and Torres.

[francozola 2,040]

I was a little disappointed in him today in all honesty. Didn't do anything to stem that Liverpool charge in the last 20 or so minutes.

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We've still not seen him actually change a game. His tactics from the start are pretty good. Against barca they were exceptional. But he's never really adapted things during games.

I agree with the guy who said he isn't the right person to take us into our transitional season. Roberto's achievements this season are very very good indeed.

However I would contribute most of them to his man management skills. He got the likes of Drogba, Lampard, Cole and co. to WAKE UP.

I don't know how effectively we can judge his results.

It would be hard not to give him the job but it would be fucking painful if roman sacked him next season

[5354 204]

This is the part I am unsure about RDM... he didn't make good chances to wrap the game.

The defeat aganist newcastle also tell us something....

but nonetheless, there was nothing he could have done since our bench is not exactly that awesome too. even though i suggested essien into RB, he might not be that good as well.

[francozola 2,040]

And btw im not hating on him for no reason. I'd be pretty damn pleased if he got the job. But I'm just not getting carried away because there are still a thousand questions to be asked about this team. About 7-8 key players need to leave/become squad players. That's a major transition which also means new players coming in who don't know Roberto. How will he handle all of that?

I think the best solution for this would be to give him a one year contract. Nothing more at first. But we need to think about all the managers that are potentially available.

[themightyblue 443]

I was a little disappointed in him today in all honesty. Didn't do anything to stem that Liverpool charge in the last 20 or so minutes.

The thing is there isn't much he could have done, we were already set up perfectly for a counter attack which could have worked out in our favour with Liverpool attacking. He made the changes at the right time as Liverpool still had to be wary of us on the break, if he goes and makes a defensive substitute at 20 minutes, then what? We just sit back for 20 minutes even eeper than we were before and invite more pressure. If we had somebody on the bench who was good at retaining the ball and wasn't subbed on then i would have agreed with you, but Meireles and Essien both don't keep the ball as well as Lampard and Mikel

[Madmax 9,219]

Management is about many things but, whether team talks, training or tactics, it is about judgement. The Italian's has been impeccable, as Chelsea's goals illustrated. Every participant in both strikes owed something to Di Matteo. They have been recalled, relocated and rejuvenated by him. They have responded to him.

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story/_/id/1063872/jolly:-di-matteo-makes-his-mark?cc=4716