The Next Manager?

[dave30 728]

Add Moyes to the poll please ?

[Sheva. 5,373]

Bring Arsene the magician to the Bridge!

[Sheva. 5,373]

We have a worse record under Rafa than under RDM facing much worse competition. We've had a very easy schedule under Rafa and still have been poor. Yes, we racked up some goals a few times, but that doesn't come close to making up for some truly dreadful losses. You really think this team that couldn't beat QPR or Swansea at home, would have beaten Juventus in Turin? Come on!

I wouldn't rule that out with the way we have been playing away from home. Even a draw would have been perfect in that game.

[Tomo 21,733]

I dont agree with the other poster but i also think your position is also very extreme.

Messi was recognized as a top 3 player in the world before the age of 20 for god sake, he was still amazing under Rijkaard.

Xavi?He was recognized as the best player in the 2008 Euros and was a catalyst for Spain triumph, that all happened before Pep managed his first game at Barcelona. He had amazing career before Pep and it would absolutely be ridiculous to call him just a decent midfielder. Pep arrival at Barca and Spain amazing international streak puts Xavi career in amazing category.

Iniesta? was always known to be a very talented midfielder but he didn't shine with Deco and Ronaldinho ahead of him.

Yes not everything was good before Pep arrival it was definitely an end to Ronaldinho and Rijkaard cycle. But before those two Barcelona was even a bigger mess, they absolutely revitalized Barca. I don't think many remember what Barcelona was pre Ronaldinho and Rijkaard, they were nowhere the glamorous club they are now and more closer to being a mid-table team then an elite club. While Pep, Messi, Xavi, Iniesta, etc definitely took the club to another level and unmatched success the club had never seen before.

I absolutely think Pep accomplishment is amazing with Barca, and it is bollocks for anyone to completely discredit him because he had such an amazing squad. He had a great squad but he also got the very best out of them, which is a great accomplishment.

But i personally recognize other factors too, like he was at the right place at the right time. Even in 2006 i remember there was something special about this generation of Spanish players and remember Spain success in the Euro and the "tiki taka" football predates before Pep arrival at Barcelona.

I also think he was the perfect manager for Barcelona, he knows everything about the club and endeared by the players in the locker room giving him immediate respect.

I respect Pep accomplishment but i think it would be fair to have a level of skepticism.

Rijkaard worked wonders for Barca, but it got very sour in the final season and a lot of things needed changing, big decision's needed to be made and Pep had the balls to make them. His decision to build the team around Ineista, Xavi and Messi has paid off handsomenly.

I worded it wrongly about Iniesta, Xavi and Messi pre Pep. Messi while was one of the top players in the world, that was "all" he was, there was no talk about being the best ever and that, infact in 2008 wasn't Kaka and Ronaldo widely regarded as better?

Onto Iniesta and Xavi, both were very talented midfielder's but back then you could name a fair number of midfielders who were at their level or better. Pirlo, Kaka, Lampard, Essien, Gerrard, Cesc. Since Pep took over it hasn't even been up for debate, they have left that group, with the possible exception of Pirlo, behind.

Pep promotion of Busquets and Pedro was a masterstoke also.

I will watch Bayern with anticipation next season and hopefully Pep can finish off the myth he was only successful because of the team he inherited. Players like Robben and Bastian i think will go up a level when he takes over.

Fantastic news for Bayern.

[dave30 728]

We have a worse record under Rafa than under RDM facing much worse competition. We've had a very easy schedule under Rafa and still have been poor. Yes, we racked up some goals a few times, but that doesn't come close to making up for some truly dreadful losses. You really think this team that couldn't beat QPR or Swansea at home, would have beaten Juventus in Turin? Come on!

Toronto Chelsea member of the month. Talks utter sense

[bushman 2,043]

very true because losing to teams like juve and shakhtar (away) is far far worse than losing to qpr and swansea at home... right?

The team he inherited was one tired team, Mata, Hazard...in slump. As you might know, any new boss has different priorities, methods & it takes time. Also, the team will drop games occasionally. He is not infallible. His tactics against QPR were good but the players did not convert their chances.

[DDA 9,690]

It's like watching a movie you loved as a kid, as an adult. It just isn't the same and you will probably end up hating it. (Or, like when I re-watched the Wizard of Oz when I was older. When I was a kid, I thought Glinda was beautiful. She really isn't. Very disappointing Mourinho was the right coach for us at the time but I don't think he's the right coach for the future. I also don't think people remember what the end of Mourinho was like. We were playing terribly and there was just so much craziness around the club. Pretty similar to what's happening in Real Madrid actually. Here are the reasons I don't think Mourinho should or will be back.

1) He didn't get along with Roman. Doubt that will change.

2) Roman wants a specific attacking system. Jose is a win at all costs manager.

3) Mourinho likes defensive solidity and counter-attack. We've bought the opposite sort of players.

4) The drama Jose brings. It's one thing I'd like a lot less of going forward. We've had way too much (except for the CL last year...more of that please). Can you imagine Cech getting benched for Turnbull? Rumours coming out how the Portuguese-speaking players are favoured, etc...

Unfortunately, the drama Jose brings with his management of a team is exactly what we do not need at this club. We are always under great scrutiny by the media and you could say that Jose is the reason for such treatment. He had set the tone for the way this club is to carry on under Romans rule with his 'us against the world' attitude that he brought with him when Roman made his first managerial appointment. You are spot on with your observation of the similarities between the end of Mourinho's rule here and his time now at Real Madrid, both in such turmoil spurred on by a prying media. I think the time for change was evident before last season and slowly but surely the style and depth of the squad has done so but now it is time for change in the way that our club is managed and seen in the eyes of the footballing world.

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

I wouldn't rule that out with the way we have been playing away from home. Even a draw would have been perfect in that game.

And we'd have lost 6-0 at home?

[CHOULO19 24,332]

YESSSSSS! NO SHITTY TAKA

[Leif 6,006]

No idea if he's ready for a step up or not, but I wouldn't mind Poyet. His team play possibly the most attractive football in the country in my opinion.

Zola's doing a good job too.

[SinineUltra 1,170]

The team he inherited was one tired team, Mata, Hazard...in slump. As you might know, any new boss has different priorities, methods & it takes time. Also, the team will drop games occasionally. He is not infallible. His tactics against QPR were good but the players did not convert their chances.

I get what you're saying. I respect Rafa for what he has done to Chelsea so far and having RESPECT for someone does not make me or you any less fan like some try to indicate. We are playing more tactical football, our defense is better.. now I hope people won't start to draw comparisons that I like Rafa more than RDM because I dont, but I have respect for him regardless of what other people think who usually just want to 'howl with the wolf pack' to fit in so to say. For obvious reason it's easier to bash Rafa for every bad decision he has done and completely ignore times when he should be praised. This is life, people have popular beliefs and unpopular, just stick with your own opinion and dont let some muppet tell what's right whats not. We are all Chelsea fans and digging in old quotes wont make someone more of a fan. In my honest opinion it was wrong to sack Ancelotti, but that's history and a different story. History belongs to the past... onwards and upwards.

As much as I'd like Mourinho back, I'd love to see Low in charge.

[Sheva. 5,373]

And we'd have lost 6-0 at home?

Probably

[Ollie 4,400]

That's the easiest question i'll ever have to answer. Please come home Jose and give Lampard a new contract. Jose would never let Ash n Lamps go.

[Corner 456]

I would love Klopp here now that Pep is gone to Bayern.

He's a great guy, very down-to-earth. He's fairly reserved when it comes to the media and wouldn't bring any drama to our club. He gets on extremely well with his players. And he plays attractive attacking football, which would please Roman and the fans.

[Tomo 21,733]

Moyes will be in complete unfamiliar terrority if he comes here, he has never had huge expectation's and boardroom/fan pressure to deal with at Everton, that will change if he ever comes here. If Big Sam stayed at Bolton to this day i bet he would be on this poll too.

If we are going to go for midtable miracle men (which thankfully Roman won't) then Alan Curbishley is just as qualified if you consider his job at Charlton and what's happened to them since.

[didierforever 7,349]

The team he inherited was one tired team, Mata, Hazard...in slump. As you might know, any new boss has different priorities, methods & it takes time. Also, the team will drop games occasionally. He is not infallible. His tactics against QPR were good but the players did not convert their chances.

first of all the losses were barely when "he had inherited the team"... i m not talking about the fulham game where this "excuse" might work... secondly, for converting of chances, do u actually believe we dint deserve to win the wba game or the liverpool draw or did we deserve to lose the game to united which started the ""slump"" and what if hazard and mata had taken their one on one chances against the juve... so lets not go into the debate of what might have happened if we had taken our chances. both qpr and swansea games were for a major part his mistake, for uneccesarily resting mata and hazard for the first one when the next match was an fa cup match and not making changes sooner even though we were trailing since 38th minute in the swansea match.

[FriendlyMailman 15]

It would be a slap in the face to his lifelong club Barcelona. Chelsea and Barcelona have had the most heated of relationships for many years anad even more so after they somehow managed to progress past them last season. He wants a stable club, not one essentially run by Abramovich sacking managers left and right.

The philosiphy is so different at Chelsea to what is engrained into his mentality, youth systems, supporters club etc....

Chelsea just buy all of their talent

Told ya....

[Steve 10,227]

Bring Jose home. He wants back in the league and he is surely best for the Job. Thank god we didn't get Pep.