Jase 43,479 Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Some will say that while others will say its the glory hunting that has upset a lot of the supporters. A good friend of mine who supported Chelsea longer than me stopped supporting them because he was pissed off with all the chopping and changing in order to secure success. He was a diehard blue who abhorred the clubs policy of "If you don't win you're gone!" He loved RDM and obviously hated FSW and decided to go support another club where he thought the clubs ethos should come first and winning and losing secondary.I can't say that I could argue with him in that particular case.No disrespect but to stop supporting the club because of the chopping and changing seems pretty petty to say the least. Doubt many of us enjoyed the constant sacking of managers and we all moaned about it but we're still here, supporting and loving the club as strongly as ever. Maybe your friend wasn't exactly a diehard fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolayes 14,489 Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 No disrespect but to stop supporting the club because of the chopping and changing seems pretty petty to say the least. Doubt many of us enjoyed the constant sacking of managers and we all moaned about it but we're still here, supporting and loving the club as strongly as ever. Maybe your friend wasn't exactly a diehard fan.THAT sums it up perfectly for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea Legend 11 4,062 Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 So you knew Alf Garnett???hahaha. I guess you can say that! Think about it though, we were the most successful team in all of Europe in 2012 and after all that winning we fire the guy who got us all that success 3 months into his tenure. For a guy who doesn't care about winning and losing and just wants to follow a club do you blame him? After winning the champions league one would've thought stability would've been the order of business. I can see why he left, understand it even, RDM wasn't the guy but that was an extremely rash decision and also to bring in Bentitez??? toxic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolayes 14,489 Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 hahaha. I guess you can say that! Think about it though, we were the most successful team in all of Europe in 2012 and after all that winning we fire the guy who got us all that success 3 months into his tenure. For a guy who doesn't care about winning and losing and just wants to follow a club do you blame him? After winning the champions league one would've thought stability would've been the order of business. I can see why he left, understand it even, RDM wasn't the guy but that was an extremely rash decision and also to bring in Bentitez??? toxic.BENITEZ didnt sack RDM ,, he came in to do a job and did it in a professional way // SORRY you are blinded by your hatred of him .. BUT he is a good manager....... he has a record that proves it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando 6,585 Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 But its nothing to revere him for winning. Each time we played in it it was a reminder of how far we've fallen. Regardless sure he did well beat Rubin Kazan, Steaua, Basel and Benfica(the only half way decent team) in the midst of all the hatred that was being spewed at him match after match. That truly was one of my lowest points as a chelsea supporter. DiMatteo won us the holy grail and was fired a few months later with FSW coming in... That was such a terrible season.It was terrible but it's not how you start but how you finish. After the season was over it no longer was bad. We ended on a decent note. We was improving our play finish top 4 and won a trophy. So that was good for me. Benitez ain't the best thing since slice bread but he sure wasn't the worst. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea Legend 11 4,062 Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 No disrespect but to stop supporting the club because of the chopping and changing seems pretty petty to say the least. Doubt many of us enjoyed the constant sacking of managers and we all moaned about it but we're still here, supporting and loving the club as strongly as ever. Maybe your friend wasn't exactly a diehard fan.You have your view and its closer to mine than his but he had his and the club lost more than just him that day. Its about a club for him, he wanted a club where the business side of things didn't come before the ethos, culture and philosophy of the club. I ain't mad at him for making the decision, the club no longer spoke to his core beliefs about what a club is. He's loving life as a West Ham supporter now. Carefree.You can't question his devotion to the club. If Chelsea adopt a policy that I don't agree with or like I will be looking for a new team too, the club has to represent you in some way, no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom2013 446 Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 If Benitez go to Real Madrid, FLorentino Perez lost it completely. Real Madrid is supposed to have always one of the best coaches in the world... Mourinho, maybe Ancelotti, GUardiola, Capello... not Benitez, Benitez is a joke of a manager that nowadays coaches useless teams that fight for nothing.There are 30 better options in the market.Anyway... In Spain they say that the next manager of Madrid will be Zidane (something even more bizarre). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo 21,751 Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 My anger was less at the fact that fat cunt was our manager and more at the ownership who knew the supporters absolutely detested this guy and still hired him. Showed they really didn't care what we thought.If they didn't care about what we thought they would have made the change in the summer and cut short our months in cloud 9 over being European Champions with a club legend in charge.Getting back in that top 4 was so vital that season and with Di Matteo it was in danger, we looked like his West Brom team with superior players, started well, got a few great results but soon nosedived and he had no idea how to adress the slide, the Juve and Shaktar away games were terrifying.The club commited a nessesery evil to smooth the evolution of the club, we didn't like it but we are reaping the rewards now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea Legend 11 4,062 Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 BENITEZ didnt sack RDM ,, he came in to do a job and did it in a professional way // SORRY you are blinded by your hatred of him .. BUT he is a good manager....... he has a record that proves itHe is an okay manager, this whole discussion is centred around whether or not he is suitable to run the biggest job in football and for me he does't even have the CV to apply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea Legend 11 4,062 Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 If they didn't care about what we thought they would have made the change in the summer and cut short our months in cloud 9 over being European Champions with a club legend in charge.Getting back in that top 4 was so vital that season and with Di Matteo it was in danger, we looked like his West Brom team with superior players, started well, got a few great results but soon nosedived and he had no idea how to adress the slide, the Juve and Shaktar away games were terrifying.The club commited a nessesery evil to smooth the evolution of the club, we didn't like it but we are reaping the rewards now.I was gonna argue that we were fine but I looked up our results in November and saw 4 draws and a loss... yikes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolayes 14,489 Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 He is an okay manager, this whole discussion is centred around whether or not he is suitable to run the biggest job in football and for me he does't even have the CV to apply.You seem to be backtracking but ROM is here now and there will be no sense in this thread now ..// I never said Benitez was the best coach i n the world or better than Jose ,, BUT HE WAS and still is GOOD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea Legend 11 4,062 Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 It was terrible but it's not how you start but how you finish. After the season was over it no longer was bad. We ended on a decent note. We was improving our play finish top 4 and won a trophy.So that was good for me.Benitez ain't the best thing since slice bread but he sure wasn't the worst.It was an extremely low point for me. The only real saving grace was Frank's game at Villa Park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea Legend 11 4,062 Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 He is an okay manager, this whole discussion is centred around whether or not he is suitable to run the biggest job in football and for me he does't even have the CV to apply.Am I? I encourage you to go back a few pages and look up where this thing started. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 12,049 Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Benetiz had Mourinho on his toes for a while. Dis ish a fakt.Benetiz's work with Valencia in the early 00s is amazing. Dis ish a fakt.Benetiz turned Liverpool into a very good team for several years. Dis ish a fakt.Benetiz is a very good manager and most Chelsea fans are blinded to this. Dis ish a fakt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 You have your view and its closer to mine than his but he had his and the club lost more than just him that day. Its about a club for him, he wanted a club where the business side of things didn't come before the ethos, culture and philosophy of the club. I ain't mad at him for making the decision, the club no longer spoke to his core beliefs about what a club is. He's loving life as a West Ham supporter now. Carefree.You can't question his devotion to the club. If Chelsea adopt a policy that I don't agree with or like I will be looking for a new team too, the club has to represent you in some way, no?Can't question his devotion to the club? That's ironic. Like many supporters, I don't always agree with what the club do but I'm always going to support Chelsea FC. It's like 99.99% impossible to distance yourself from something that you've become emotionally attached to for so many years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolayes 14,489 Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Can't question his devotion to the club? That's ironic. Like many supporters, I don't always agree with what the club do but I'm always going to support Chelsea FC. It's like 99.99% impossible to distance yourself from something that you've become emotionally attached to for so many years.Players come and go .. Managers come and go .. even Owners come and go .. ONLY Supporters STAY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom2013 446 Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Benetiz had Mourinho on his toes for a while. Dis ish a fakt.Benetiz's work with Valencia in the early 00s is amazing. Dis ish a fakt.Benetiz turned Liverpool into a very good team for several years. Dis ish a fakt.Benetiz is a very good manager and most Chelsea fans are blinded to this. Dis ish a fakt.And Benitez doesn't win a League in more than 10 years and today coaches minor teams with a ot of problems because no decent team wants him... this is a fact.LOL. Right now we are comparing Benitez with Mourinho... LOLOLOLOLOLOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 12,049 Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 It's like 99.99% impossible to distance yourself from something that you've become emotionally attached to for so many years.Tell that to people in frayed relationships. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 12,049 Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 And Benitez doesn't win a League in more than 10 years and today coaches minor teams with a ot of problems because no decent team wants him... this is a fact.LOL. Right now we are comparing Benitez with Mourinho... LOLOLOLOLOLOLThinking I compared Mourinho and Benetiz.Napoli not a decent team.Overusing 'LOL'.Post of the year, I'd give you a medal in real life if I knew you. 11 out of fucking 10, I would read again and I will nominate this for a Pullitzer Prize. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea Legend 11 4,062 Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Can't question his devotion to the club? That's ironic. Like many supporters, I don't always agree with what the club do but I'm always going to support Chelsea FC. It's like 99.99% impossible to distance yourself from something that you've become emotionally attached to for so many years.Maybe for you! But don't assign the same temperament of a lion to that of a giraffe. I know he was devoted to the club, I also know that the things he loves about football and club culture have changed at the club over the course of him being a supporter. And like I said earlier if the club's philosophy has changed over the years and you know longer adhere to them you're still gonna follow? For instance, if Chelsea adopt a policy where they aren't going to allow players from outside of Britain to play for the club I would stop supporting them, why because that's not what I'm about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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