Roman Abramovich Thread

[Peace. 4,352]

As we are speaking of merit : he may has came second, but we didn't deserved to be second.

[Henri 115]

It's completely irrational to sack someone who won the double, then came 2nd. End of story.

Agree whole hearted. lack of patience and judgement by an incompetent leader.

[Rubber bullets 1,183]

As we are speaking of merit : he may has came second, but we didn't deserved to be second.

Well we got second so tough shit.

[Henri 115]

You have a problem with oversimplifying everything.

Why make it complicated?

[Madmax 9,219]

As we are speaking of merit : he may has came second, but we didn't deserved to be second.

And United didn't deserve to win the league, but they did.

The saying goes that the table never lies and if so, then we deserved second place mate

[zolayes 14,489]

As we are speaking of merit : he may has came second, but we didn't deserved to be second.

so who DID deserve to come 2nd ... West Ham???

[Peace. 4,352]

Agree whole hearted. lack of patience and judgement by an incompetent leader.

No, that ain't a lack of patience.

Well, the following part will just be an assumption as we don't know what RA wants and thinks.

To my mind, Ancelotti was appointed on the purpose to win the Champions League within a short period, with the current squad of back then. I don't think he was hired to build something over a long period. His 3-years contract just proove that, if you ask me. In my honest opinion, had he finished second in a more fashionable way and proved something better in UCl, he will have been given his third year, but his contract wouldn't have been renewed.

But anyway, we know fuck all about what is in Roman's mind. So to draw conclusions is impossible.

[Peace. 4,352]

And United didn't deserve to win the league, but they did.

The saying goes that the table never lies and if so, then we deserved second place mate

Yeah, I'm fully agreed with you here. I was only saying that because we were talking about « merit ». At the end of the day, we have what we deserve.

[Henrique 9,133]

Lay off the arguments that Carlo was 2nd in this PL season. His perform as manager was pathetic. End of story.

[Shane 2,275]

Lay off the arguments that Carlo was 2nd in this PL season. His perform as manager was pathetic. End of story.

Most of your posts are pathetic. End of story.

[Henrique 9,133]

Most of your posts are pathetic. End of story.

Stop bitching, Im not interested in you!! I Will ignore you as Im doing with other fans I have in this forum. End of story.

[Styles 9,790]

Desailly: Only crazy thing about Roman is his passion for Chelsea

Somewhere on the road that has led Chelsea to search for their seventh manager in eight seasons, scepticism has emerged over the influence of Russian owner Roman Abramovich at Stamford Bridge.

Any individual who bankrolls a team for nigh on £1billion could never be described as having a negative impact but there is a growing sense that the Russian's heavy involvement in team affairs is not always healthy.

Because Abramovich shies away from publicity, there is always speculation, the consensus of which declares that the seemingly abrupt decisions made at Stamford Bridge in the last few months have had impatience at their core.

Rumours persist about Abramovich's desperation to win the Champions League that conjure images of a man used to getting everything stomping petulantly around the boardroom sacking his underlings through frustration.

Marcel Desailly insists such a depiction is inaccurate. The 42-year-old former France international spent six years at Chelsea, the last of which was the first in the Abramovich era.

As captain of the club and an icon of the game following Champions League success with Marseille and AC Milan, which preceded World Cup and European Championship glory at international level, Desailly regularly held counsel with Abramovich as he settled in west London.

Desailly left the club in 2004 but remains in touch and insists that the notion Abramovich would ever do anything detrimental to the club's long-term interests is unfounded.

"People should stop saying Abramovich just splashes the money," Desailly told Standard Sport. "He loves football. I was captain when he was there and I would discuss football with him. He would tell me football is the reason of life.

"There is no business contract that can give him the feeling of being in the semi-final of the Champions League or when one of his players scores in the last minute to make him win the game.

"The feeling he has the day afterwards, money cannot give him that. We would not discuss culture or politics but his English was not very good back then. A translator would be in the room but he was a normal guy. For us, we were amazed to see how straight forward he was.

"He is a supporter and that is why I respect the guy. He has the passion and loves the team. The club is like a wine cellar where he moves the bottles because he has the money. He takes a player like Fernando Torres and he is like a very nice wine. He hopes when he is going to open it, it is going to be very good.

"I was surprised Carlo Ancelotti was sacked but you don't know what is going on. He was having conversations with people at the club and giving too many excuses for what happened last season for a club that really want to win with a very passionate chairman.

"He is not obsessed with the Champions League. He is calm. The people around him are nervous - the marketing side of the club is not as big as it should be for a club like Chelsea. But Roman is cool. He is happy to make decisions and take gambles. There was life after Jose Mourinho, there will be life after Ancelotti."

Dutchman Guus Hiddink is expected to be appointed as manager next week with the task of quenching Abramovich's thirst for success. The portents are promising, given the healthy relationship that exists with both owner and players after a successful three-month spell in which he delivered the FA Cup.

Desailly himself revealed he is taking his coaching badges and would consider a return to Chelsea as coach - but only at youth level.

"I am doing my badges because I feel there is a real potential for me to get a job," he said. "I almost got the Ghana job but there was a delay, some complications.

"But I don't feel I would get the return if I was a coach in the Premier League, I don't feel I would be transmitting anything to the guys - I would rather train kids."

Well said Marcel!

And if he is serious about training kids then I would love him to do that at Chelsea.

[zolayes 14,489]

seems the contribution of the man ALL Chelsea fans should respect is rarely mentioned Mathew Harding ..R.I.P

[Sheva. 5,373]

Desailly

[termninja 5,290]

Marcel, you're the man