warnie_666 1,081 Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 http://youtube.com/watch?v=B2XwAqLHiVE&feature=related guess who is this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
changingman2000 35 Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 The Glasgow Branch of the Chelsea Supporters Federation mourn the sackng of Grant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluto 0 Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 The Glasgow Branch of the Chelsea Supporters Federation mourn the sackng of Grant Absolute Classic! Thanks for making my day, it's been absolutely sh*t weather here all day p*ssing down with torrential rain and I could do with cheering up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
changingman2000 35 Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Yet more footage of the glum Glasgow bunch sadly digesting the news that Avram Grant has been given the tin tack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlax25 0 Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 I am not sad to see Grant go but didn't have the hatred of him either. Clearly he was in over his head. Paraphrasing Michael Ballack in his pre UCL final interview "Normally the Manager has a lot to do. Tactics, training, game planning. But we are a big club with lots of big players who have experience playing in big games with a lot of pressure so the Manager really doesn't have to do much but take care of substitutions.". Grant, as an earlier poster mentioned, was successful because of what Jose and Clarke built. He did not bring more entertaining or beautiful football, and he did not sign anyone significant for us in the January transfer window. Grant seems like a nice enough fellow, but not capable of managing such a big club. As to who to get to replace him I really have no idea. Laudrap does not impress me. His record is marginal as a Manager. Eriksson? No thanks. Mancini maybe, but then we certainly will not get free flowing, exciting football. Maybe winning football, which would work for me. Hiddink? Again, no thanks. Whoever is chosen though has to be somebody to that brings stability and a long-term commitment to CFC. Someone who can help build the youth teams and manage a club of superstars. Who is that person? I have no idea. This should be an interesting summer to be a Blues fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbluewillie 1,930 Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Yet more footage of the glum Glasgow bunch sadly digesting the news that Avram Grant has been given the tin tack CM i hope that aint you with ya strides falling down we got our wish!...............only problem now is there's not a decent manager out there now apart from jose of course, please god we don't get rijkard or mancini :censored: regards:JBD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
changingman2000 35 Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 CM i hope that aint you with ya strides falling down we got our wish!...............only problem now is there's not a decent manager out there now apart from jose of course, please god we don't get rijkard or mancini :censored: regards:JBD I'm up for Mark Hughes JBD, Someone who loves the cub, has proved himself to be a very capable manager, and he wouldnt take no shit from Roman. Shame about Grant though eh?? I am gutted for him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueChelseaBlue 105 Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 (edited) glad 2 see him go. need a great manger. he was ok, but his character and confidence was zero. in my eyes he was absolute bollocks. thanks avram but needed 2 go. fuckin muppet. Edited May 24, 2008 by TrueChelseaBlue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C'mon the chels 0 Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 People say he has messed up in vital games, but so did mourinho... remember ferreira on the right of midfield against liverpool fa cup semi? had we all our players fit we would have cruised the league this season. I'm sorry GZ but this argument is poor. The big difference is that You could probably count on one hand in the four years Mourinho was boss the amount of times he messed his tactics up, and you could probably stand there all day picking games out that Mourinho changed the course of the game in our favour by making tactical decisions. You could probably stand there all day picking games out that Grant fucked up with his tactics which cost us and count on one hand the amount of times he got it right, I for one can only think of 3; Arsenal at the bridge, Man utd at the bridge and Liverpool at the bridge CL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C'mon the chels 0 Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 I'm not the least bit surprised about this. I've been saying for months that I am absolutely certain he will not be in charge next season and got called crazy, and asked what I'm basing this insanity on. Well as I said months ago, Jose was the most successfulmanager in Chelsea's history nobody would have been able to fill his shoes, so the Chelsea regime did the smart thing and put a whipping boy in so that the next true long term coach would be living up to a bumbling idiot and not a charasmatic tactical genious. In all honesty though I don't think it has worked completely because most Chelsea fans are still struggling to pickout a manager they woould want at the club because they are still measuring against Mourinho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluto 0 Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 I'm not the least bit surprised about this. I've been saying for months that I am absolutely certain he will not be in charge next season and got called crazy, and asked what I'm basing this insanity on. Well as I said months ago, Jose was the most successfulmanager in Chelsea's history nobody would have been able to fill his shoes, so the Chelsea regime did the smart thing and put a whipping boy in so that the next true long term coach would be living up to a bumbling idiot and not a charasmatic tactical genious. In all honesty though I don't think it has worked completely because most Chelsea fans are still struggling to pickout a manager they woould want at the club because they are still measuring against Mourinho. Great post and couldn't agree with you more, I think they are hoping that the fans will compare the next manager with Grant and Mourinho's legacy will fade somewhat so the fans and not always comparing it. May work may not - time will tell. The new coach at least will not have a whiff of the traitor about him that Grant had in lurking around prior to Jose's exit when he was so obviously not wanted or required. You and me were both insane then because I have never thought that Grant was long term or good enough despite his apparent great record he kept pointing towards. There was more going on than just the stats to back up my claim that he was simply getting by with Mourinho's tools left behind him and he coasted on the backs of others tactical nous and hard work. I'm glad he's gone no matter what next season brings, I don't want to see him again at Chelsea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianfranco_Z 202 Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Yeah but GZ Mourinho got it right in big games too. Mourinho won us trophies. That's the basic difference. True I just feel a bit sorry for the guy, he got us to our first ever european cup final... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianfranco_Z 202 Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 I'm sorry GZ but this argument is poor. The big difference is that You could probably count on one hand in the four years Mourinho was boss the amount of times he messed his tactics up, and you could probably stand there all day picking games out that Mourinho changed the course of the game in our favour by making tactical decisions. You could probably stand there all day picking games out that Grant fucked up with his tactics which cost us and count on one hand the amount of times he got it right, I for one can only think of 3; Arsenal at the bridge, Man utd at the bridge and Liverpool at the bridge CL. Yes on hindsight, it is a poor argument, like I just mentioned previously, I felt really sorry for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EskWeston 696 Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Well i think really it comes as no suprise that Grant has gone. It seems like it was planned all along and i am certain that the new manager has always been decided and we will see sooner rather than later who that person is. I honestly don't think that this was done because of the results. I think Grant was always just a stand in for a season while we waited for the man we really want. At the moment it is looking like Rijkaard, Hughes and suprisingly Jose are the 3 current favorites...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
changingman2000 35 Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Well, without stating the bleeding obvious, I'm glad the cunts gone. He'll no doubt vanish from the mainstream and end up managing some pub team in the Tel Aviv South East Armed Forces Domino League, which is no more than he deserves. He wasnt up to the job and he surely must have known that, Looked like a rabbit caught in the headlights during that shocking first press conference. He was nothing more than a cheap imposter. And for those who still think he's worth a punt, lets just see the calibre of club's who come knocking on his door now shall we? Mind you, aren't Brentford a bit light on the managerial side? No more than a typical handbrake who looked at the money and fucked his moral fibre straight in the bin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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