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  1. 1. Rafa Out?


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Superblue

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I read somewhere that Benitez is setting up base in London but his wife won't be joining him in London, which will allow him to focus purely on managing Chelsea for the rest of the season...wow!

I said it earlier, whether we agree or not with sacking Robbie, it's done now and we are extremely fortunate that we have enticed a manager with excellent experience and pedigree to come and manage us in such circumstances (short term). If he wins trophies and that puts himself in the shop window for other top jobs then good luck to him because I want to see Chelsea win trophies. He strikes me as someone who will give his absolute maximum to try and make this work and I wish him all the best.

Edit: Quote from BBC website -

The Spaniard will make his base in London while his family remain in Wirral, with the workaholic boss saying: "It means I can work more."

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BlueLyon

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Ok, lets give the man a chance. He will try hard for us to play best and afterall, you dont find such 'classy' manager in so short time. Guardiola was never an option now, maybe he will never come (cuz he could face axe from Roman too and lose reputation).

We should see more formations, taking easy games with all seriousness (based on Rafa's experience). As spanish manager, he will probably understand with Mata and Torres (and Azpi) very good and take max of all our young talents.

What will change is our game style. Defence will be much stronger and we should win more games, but there will probably be no fancy football or short passing like Tiki-taka. I guess we will play on either possesion with quick play or counter attacks. He will probably pick strong team, so maybe we wont see Oscar, Mata and Hazard play together anymore...Moses will play more and possiby Romeu.

Wait couple of months till february (when he will be able to buy what he (we) needs) and then judge him.

Good luck!

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I don't know, but it seems a bit trivial of an issue. Didn't something very similar happen last year though? I think Villas-Boas tried to change the goal-keeping coach as well and was denied by the club. Or maybe it was Rafa at Liverpool.. There was something LOL

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Cech's coach has been one of the steadiest people at the club. I think the news about Benitez bringing in a goalkeeping coach is a bit of mischief making from the press to be honest.

I don't recall there being anything about AVB bringing in a goalkeeping coach.

How often do head coaches/managers really work with goalkeepers anyway? They mostly train away from the rest of the group.

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Cech's coach has been one of the steadiest people at the club. I think the news about Benitez bringing in a goalkeeping coach is a bit of mischief making from the press to be honest.

I don't recall there being anything about AVB bringing in a goalkeeping coach.

How often do head coaches/managers really work with goalkeepers anyway? They mostly train away from the rest of the group.

Yeah fair point actually, he's been here through all the coaches, not sure if he was pre-Mourinho or not though. And you're probably right about that, they'll probably link all of Rafa's ex-backroom staff and find any conflicts lol

Man I hope Sunday will show us some kind of faith in Rafa's abilities, I first wonder about his line of formation.. This is the man who was notorious for 4-4-2. Return of the diamond perhaps..?

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He's the Chelsea manager now. It's going to be that way for the next 6 months in all likelihood. Maybe you should take your dignity and go on a sabbatical for a few months like Guardiola did.

The guy said some things to give his own fans a hard-on and they've come back to bite him on the arse. You might have been offended by them but we've got to support him now because he's running our club.

I do not have to do anything at all. I am a Chelsea Football Club supporter, not Torres FC supporter nor Roman Abramovic FC supporter; also I dont see a fucking point about the reason why he said it; he said it and that's what matters he do not deserve our support. Period.

dignity? lmao get over it mate. At the end of the day, Liverpool was cutting his checks and now it's Chelsea. His comments added to the rivalry and I have no problem with it. If he said this yesterday after getting the job then I see your point.

I am sorry but football should not be about checks and money. It's a game played for fans so I can't support man who despise us and I do not fucking care at all when he said it; he said it and that's what matters. End of story

EDIT: And If dignity is something you laugh at I am terribly sorry for you.

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Tomo

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The last manager that brought a mixed response (although not to this extent) was Ancelotti and we know what happened less than a year on. Although lets hope if history repeats itself the second part is different.

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Yeah fair point actually, he's been here through all the coaches, not sure if he was pre-Mourinho or not though. And you're probably right about that, they'll probably link all of Rafa's ex-backroom staff and find any conflicts lol

Man I hope Sunday will show us some kind of faith in Rafa's abilities, I first wonder about his line of formation.. This is the man who was notorious for 4-4-2. Return of the diamond perhaps..?

Pretty sure he came here under Avram Grant. Mourinho had his own goalkeeper coach, Silvinho something - I can remember him doing the Soccer AM crossbar challenge with the Chelsea players!

But agreed, been through all the coaches since Grant. Cech loves him and it seems so do the other keepers.

Benitez in his press interview said he was bringing in Zenden, a fitness coach and analyst. Nothing about a goalkeeper coach - typical media shit!

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Maybe Benitez should hire new chefs as well then. He looks like he knows his stuff in that department. Hope Benitez does something about Chelsea TV too, I hate that Gigi woman.

You leave Gigi out of this! It's bad enough we've lost Robbie, a good and decent man and a pretty good manager to boot.

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Especially as he will give us defensive structure/strength at a time when we really need it. Roman knows what he's doing. In Roman we trust.

I think he's the sort of manager who will either do superb or completely bomb out, for some reason I just don't see any middle ground.

And I must say at the moment I'm optimistic. Anything out of the City game will give very solid foundations to build upon for the rest of the season.

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