Butch

[zolayes 14,489]

Ray then better known as Butch was one of the best players to come through from a junior at Chelsea .

Sadly he had to move to Man Utd to help solve our financial crisis at that time. While with us he became our

youngest ever captain and far from the midfielder who was called disparingly "The Crab", he was an attacking midfielder in the Lampard role with a blistering shot .

As a manager he failed quite badly and on his return to Chelsea as Assistant Manager I must confess I was far from impressed by the appointment .I saw this merely as a PR exercise .Now however I think it was

an inspired choice . Under Scolari , Grant ,Gus and Carlo ,he has I think done an excellent job . While

unsure just how much impact he has a coach, he seems to have proven himself an excellent assistant

to our foreign managers .Obviously his experiences in Italy helps with language problems and also

in dealing with our multi-national squad . The fact that he is universally popular (exception Wenger)

also helps greatly with our image ..

THANKS BUTCH RAY

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Totally agree. I thought we'd really miss Steve Clarke, but he's done an exceptional job as assistant in my opinion.

[zolayes 14,489]

Totally agree. I thought we'd really miss Steve Clarke, but he's done an exceptional job as assistant in my opinion.

think perhaps steve might have been more involved in the coaching sides but both have served us well

as players and staff

[boshman 1,073]

He has that Chelsea knowledge and Premiership no-how like Clarke which obviously helps the new foreign managers. He has been a great addition and added a bit of continuity in the recent times of change.