Ray Wilkins leaves with immediate effect

[Wilson 358]

I told you all. Lampard is stepping in and retiring from playing.

[Rambo 1,729]

I told you all. Lampard is stepping in and retiring from playing.

:censored:

[crazy1 24]

i feel really sry for him ....................... a great man with lot of passion for club........................hats off to him for wt he has done for chelsea..............good luck ray..................

[Badboy 1,526]

Oh fuck i don't understand everything was going so good and dandy, we had a former Chelsea player who speaks Italian and is calm as fuck as assistant manager.

[ZanSnake 1,211]

Wow. Just fucking shocked.

An absolute gentlemen and a Chelsea legend. I just hope Chelsea hire someone who is also loving towards the club, Zola, Clarke.

I have to say, thank you Ray for all the hard work he has done, and he will always be a legend no matter what.

I hope he becomes a manager somewhere and finds success. He fully deserves it.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Shocking decision to do it now as opposed to the summer! Gourlay is an utter pillock, even if there was some sort of fall-out why not wait till the end of the season based on football grounds? Cock!

[diskoviolente 425]

If there are reasons to let Ray go, fair enough. But there is something in the way how to deal with the kind of problems at Chelsea. Letting him go immidiatly and with no statements towards that ?

I don´t know, but it makes the club look like the villain, i cannot put my finger on it, but i think we´ve had these situations before.

[zolayes 14,489]

I remember seeing a while back that Wilkins will join Capello and today that looks to have happened. After the world cup the FA said they wanted to bring another englishman in as coach and rumour had it he was the man for the job i never thought he would leave us though as he was doing well.

Also Dennis Wise turned down a managers job recently and it was said hes waiting for the asistent managers job at Chelsea.

I loved Wisey as a player BUT PLEASE NO as assistant manager. i do think it is possible that Ray has something new lined up ...As for us Id like

to see Zola back

[EskWeston 696]

As always we will never know what really happened here. But for sure it isn't the way it should have been done if you ask me, and it will not make the club look good at all. I can understand maybe the club wanting to upgrade the Assistant Manager role but this is not the way it should have been done. Ray was sitting with Carlo watching the reserve game and then 10 minutes into the second half they confirm he is leaving....

[Badboy 1,526]

The thing is ray is so calm i cant even see a scenario in were he pisses someone off.

[EskWeston 696]

The thing is ray is so calm i cant even see a scenario in were he pisses someone off.

I doubt it is anything to do with a fallout.

The club probably made a descision to not renew Rays contract and bring in a better level of assistant manager and Ray may well have decided to just leave now rather than sit it out...

At the end of the day it is all speculation and we probably will never know the truth of it.

[Laylabelle 9,534]

Love how the media/press love to cause trouble.One paper,apprantly Carlo knew he was getting the flick,Radio he didnt know.Doubt he did to be honest.

Bizare decison.Guess never know the reason behind it.but yeh timing is bizare but guess thats the bussiness these days.They sack mananagers at the most random times so no surprise

Just hope we dont get effected by it on the field

[Fulham Broadway 17,306]

Bad week all in all down SW6 way -JTs old man, SENs red, Frank too fat to play because hes been on the pies, or Chrsitine Bleakleys bitten his knob (what with all those teeth), and now uncle Ray.

Watched him play as a lad, sorted his brothers (Grahame) tax affairs out. (He was a probably one of CFCs worst players by the way), but Ray, something else, becoming a real diplomat with th emedia as well.

God knows what's going on behind the scenes, but above all else the timimg is fucking awful...

[Badboy 1,526]

I doubt it is anything to do with a fallout.

The club probably made a descision to not renew Rays contract and bring in a better level of assistant manager and Ray may well have decided to just leave now rather than sit it out...

At the end of the day it is all speculation and we probably will never know the truth of it.

Yes but who can you honestly think of would be better in this situation, i think ray was the best assistant manager for us at this time.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

I think ray was the best assistant manager for us at this time.

Hard to say really. I mean we didn't know his actual role, if you get me? But I take nothing away from him a fantastic man, the players and manager obviously loved him! I hope he gets a job as a #1 manager at another football club, or assistant to Capello maybe.