Chelsea in pole position for Guardiola

[Strike 7,474]

Thats why we have Benitez.

Benitez task - get us top 4 and f*** right off. Only Jose and Pep will be trusted by Roman now

[Chelsea? 892]

Does Redknapp have any secrets? He never seems to lie to the media or stay quiet about a rumour

[Kez 2,727]

Oh fuck off.

Can I change my answer?

I would take anyone else other than the fat one right now.

[Laylabelle 9,534]

Cant we just have a pole?Dress it up stick it in the ground probably more useful...

[Manuf 1,448]

Can I change my answer?

I would take anyone else other than the fat one right now.

lol, after the fat waiter even Guardiola doesn't seem so bad

[Kez 2,727]

lol, after the fat waiter even Guardiola doesn't seem so bad

If we got Guardiola tomorrow it would be christmas come early. I'm so depressed.

[Manuf 1,448]

If we got Guardiola tomorrow it would be christmas come early. I'm so depressed.

I'm still hoping for Jose...

eh. need a drink.

[Kez 2,727]

I'm still hoping for Jose...

eh. need a drink.

I would give anything for Jose, time to start begging Roman.

[The only place to be 11,313]

I would give anything for Jose, time to start begging Roman.

Is Jose the best guy for this club?

Since he's left, we've had a a 5 year long hangover. After he left Inter, they've struggled.

Mourinho is the best manager in the world if you want to win right now. I don't know if he's the best man for building something a little longer term, and that HAS to be the aim at Chelsea.

Guardiola at Barcelona did bring through youngsters and that has to be on the CV of any future Chelsea manager. He's one of the few managers who would get time under Roman because he has the track record.

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Is Jose the best guy for this club?

Since he's left, we've had a a 5 year long hangover. After he left Inter, they've struggled.

Mourinho is the best manager in the world if you want to win right now. I don't know if he's the best man for building something a little longer term, and that HAS to be the aim at Chelsea.

Guardiola at Barcelona did bring through youngsters and that has to be on the CV of any future Chelsea manager. He's one of the few managers who would get time under Roman because he has the track record.

While Jose does give out an impression like that, I ask of you to look at our squad only until a few years ago. Drogba, Lampard, JT, Essien, Mikel, Cole, Carvalho, Joe Cole, Paulo...even Kalou who we kept for quite a while...all Jose's players or players that flourished under him and they still carried on as the spine of the team. What happened with other managers who came here? They only used them with slight tweaks and only until recently we tried to switch the core of the squad with Ramires, Mata, Eden and Torres.

How is that Jose being bad for the future? And yeah, when your side is playing good football that brings trophies, you will have no problems attracting players of all qualities. And when they know they will work with Mourinho?

When he came to Real Madrid he didn't make any big crazy signings, but those he made were just the ones RM needed and from a good side he transformed them into a side with one playing one of the sexiest football in Europe. Being a RM coach is probably the most stressful job for a manager there can be. There, trophies are supposed to rain down more often then the fucking rain in England and the royal bosses of RM expect you to eat crap and shit lighting week and week out. I won't even think about how crazy is to manage all the big stars they have, especially when things don't go their way. It's a big test and Jose is doing rather well.

And I wouldn't be surprised at all if RM's current bad league run is caused by Jose's massive wish to win the CL. He probably lowered the workload and altered the tactics in order to do the best he can in Europe.

Imagine if a manager of Jose's quality decided to finally settle down? Imagine if his decision fell on us? Happy days...

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While Jose does give out an impression like that, I ask of you to look at our squad only until a few years ago. Drogba, Lampard, JT, Essien, Mikel, Cole, Carvalho, Paulo...all Jose's players or players that flourished under him and they still carried on as the spine of the team. What happened with other managers who came here? They only used them with slight tweaks and only until recently we tried to switch the core of the squad with Ramires, Mata, Eden and Torres.

How is that Jose being bad for the future?

When he came to Real Madrid he didn't make any big crazy signings, but those he made were just the ones RM needed and from a good side he transformed them into a side with one playing one of the sexiest football.

Imagine if a manager of Jose's quality decided to finally settle down? Imagine if his decision fell on us? Happy days...

You've essentially just agreed with what I said - the spine never changed. The team he built remained the same, but there was nothing coming up to supplement or replace that. Now that might not just be his fault and we can point fingers at the board but the same thing seems to have happened at Inter.

Realistically, how many years does Mourinho stay at Chelsea? 2 or 3 if we're lucky? What about all the baggage that him and Roman have?

It could work. But I'm always wary of people going back to places where they had past glories. It doesn't always work out well. Do we even have the personnel that he would want?

Pep Guardiola has to be this club's first choice and they have to do everything they can to get him, and let him do his job in peace. If not him then maybe Klopp at Dortmund.

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You've essentially just agreed with what I said - the spine never changed. The team he built remained the same, but there was nothing coming up to supplement or replace that. Now that might not just be his fault and we can point fingers at the board but the same thing seems to have happened at Inter.

Realistically, how many years does Mourinho stay at Chelsea? 2 or 3 if we're lucky? What about all the baggage that him and Roman have?

It could work. But I'm always wary of people going back to places where they had past glories. It doesn't always work out well. Do we even have the personnel that he would want?

Pep Guardiola has to be this club's first choice and they have to do everything they can to get him, and let him do his job in peace. If not him then maybe Klopp at Dortmund.

You say "The team he built remained the same, but there was nothing coming up to supplement or replace that.".

Well I say, fucking yeah when Roman sacked his sorry arse...

He did build something, and that something remained even after he left the club, even though we were the richest club back then, or the club most willing to spend the money around...that wouldn't happen unless what Jose build wasn't winning and brilliant.

And I'm pretty sure he wouldn't return here unless he was given some reassurances or given more freedom then to be simply a coach with the board handling players around...

[Billy. 2,742]

if we do get him or our next manager whoever that is, somebody has to tell roman that he must have time if we have a bad month let it be give the guy time to fix it, saying that we need new people that advise Roman, like they was saying on SSN yesterday surely somebody could have told him that Rafa would not have gone down well and aviod it

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You say "The team he built remained the same, but there was nothing coming up to supplement or replace that.".

Well I say, fucking yeah when Roman sacked his sorry arse...

He did build something, and that something remained even after he left the club, even though we were the richest club back then, or the club most willing to spend the money around...that wouldn't happen unless what Jose build wasn't winning and brilliant.

And I'm pretty sure he wouldn't return here unless he was given some reassurances or given more freedom then to be simply a coach with the board handling players around...

He built a car - we need to start building a factory. That team was built around expensive buys and we simply can't continue to do that. We need to start using the academy and the scouting system rather than buying established players. Can Jose do that?

We can't simply waste the talent coming through. This isn't a video game where there's an infinite money cheat. We're a club looking to build a new stadium in the next 3-5 years (ideally) and we need continuity throughout the club to achieve that. I honestly don't know if that is one of Mourinho's strengths.

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surely somebody could have told him that Rafa would not have gone down well and aviod it

We need to get away from this idea that Roman doesn't know this - he knew. He's not an idiot. He was at those matches against Liverpool.

People don't seem to know much about Roman - he's a football nerd. He loves the game, he devours it voraciously and he isn't an idiot. But he's got £1 billion invested in the club so he tends to look past certain things if he thinks a guy can do a job for him.