The Ancelotti Thread

[Rambo 1,729]

Chelsea board 7.5 million bravo

[LDN Blue 7,903]

LMAO. FAN-BLOODY-TASTIC. :clap:

Another WISE, THOUGHT OUT decision from the Chelsea FC board.

[HRiver 1,512]

Van Basten.

Oh. My. God.

I would rather have Avram Grant.

[Aesthetic Relic 301]

I cant believe how everyone is so upset with Roman Abramovich over this...I for one im thrilled that we have such a generous owner who does not tolerate failure. I see loads of comments from Arsenal fans on various sites saying how disgusting this is and how can Chelsea ever expect to do well if they keep changing managers, well they have stuck with theirs and its worked out wonderfully for them in recent years!

The bottom line is that this season is just not good enough by Chelsea standards, and I hope we never drop those standards!

Maybe it's due to me being older than some on here, but I can't agree with that.

Many moons ago a good season for Chelsea was mid table. We gradually started to climb the table and win trophies long before Roman rode into town throwing his wads of cash around. For me you have to earn the right to have those high standards, not buy the right.

I'll reiterate what I said earlier, I'm grateful for Romans input, but it's the fans that suffer the most in the long run. We were here long before Roman and we'll be here long after he's gone. Whilst he's here he should be taking us into consideration when deciding wether or not to have us going through another transitional period with another new manager.

All this "Carlo love in" is bullshit. It's nothing of the sort. (Insert New Managers Name Here) will come in and try to stamp his authority on the players. It will take time for his ideas to get across and before you know it, we're back to square one. Roman becomes disillusioned and throws his toys out of the pram and sends him packing with a bumper pay off. We can't keep doing this. We have to draw the line somewhere and give 100% backing to a manager for the length of his contract.

Roman is acting like a teenager who dumps his girlfriend because she wouldn't put out. Sooner or later that teenager is going to have to learn that if he wants to get his hole, he's going to have to be in it for the long run and not look elsewhere every time he doesn't get his end away. Sadly for Roman I don't think he will ever realise this.

Edited May 23, 2011 by Aesthetic Relic

[Tomo 21,751]

I decided to have a early night after the game good decision by the sounds of it.

[Naked Mole Rat 437]

And in your grand plan who plays the player's wages & other admin expenses + funds £50million transfers?

Someone patient enough to allow a world-class manager to guide the team to a higher level.

[bluephoenix 1,131]

The inevitable !

[rantdeville 195]

There is no "perfect" manager. No single great team became like that because of a single person in charge. The recipe for a great team always takes a large dose of trust among players and leaders, we CAN'T achieve that with new managers every season. It should have spoken volumes how quickly Carlo latched onto the program and took the club to great heights.

Not a single chelsea fan should be genuinely proud of losing Carlo, he represented the club with class and dignity, respected the players and loved the fans. We couldn't ask for anything more out of a leader.

Get past this idea of expendability in our structure. It is whats gotta happen for this club to make the next step to greatness.

[nono 791]

Good decision. I am grateful for Carlo's service to the club. However with the way things were running at the present it was hard for me to even imagine how next season would go under Carlo's management. Never giving youth a chance, never punishing established players for shite performances all season, making scapegoats of other players (Luiz), having the team play shite football, never having a plan B when in trouble, making baffling substitutions time after time, not being able to motivate the players to start a game properly (we only start playing after going a goal down). These are the managerial accomplishments of Carlo this season.

Do not feel too sorry for him. He got 7 million pounds for not doing his job. This can only happen in football.

[Milan 17,957]

No sensible coach, who feels something towards this club, will ever accept this job - knowing that even a historic double will not keep you safe. The only managers we can be after are the ones who are interested in money. No wonder we are hated by other fans and we are a fucking laughing stock. This is embarrasing.

Carlo, I feel so sorry for you. These last weeks must have been difficult, you probably knew it was coming. Thank you for all, you did something no-one had managed before and you can be proud of it. You must only understand that this is Chelsea FC and Roman Abramovich. Good luck, wherever you go.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

The management of this club are useless.

Its them who should be sacked, not our double winning coaches in Wilkins and Carlo.

[MetsajCFC 1,255]

This thread is going nowhere anymore. Carlo is sacked.

Its a very sad day, because its never nice when a manager gets sacked, specially after his achievement last season. Carlo is also a very nice guy.

But its also gimme hope that its the beginning of a new era at Chelsea.

Henrique, is that you?

[SinineUltra 1,170]

Its a shame not that people like you support Chelsea, but its a shame that there are people in the world like you. Just accept different opinions. This is just football mate, this is not an opinion about a politic or a religious subject.

Calm down.

Be cool.

Did you recognized yourself from his reply?

[Ollie 4,400]

It doesn't make much sense tbh, we had a bad season but bad seasons are there to improve and have a good season next year. I think Carlo is probably quite happy tho, he came, he saw, he won the premiership and FA Cup for his collection, he got paid off £7m and now can go home. He's actually lucky to be out of Chelsea and i feel sorry for the next guy who accepts this impossible challenge in making Roman Happy.

Granted we'll play good football under Van Basten and in the mid 90's, Van Basten did train with Chelsea for a spell. If he comes, i'd love to see Ruud Gullit back as his number 2.... Then i could say i'm happy. The reality is tho that the new manager probably will not be here come the end of 2013. Would be nice to see some dutch players come in tho, a Brazilian, dutch all star team sounds nice but it'll start getting out of hand like Real Madrid. The last thing i wanna see is Chelsea to be like Real Madrid from say 2002-2011.

Jose's Chelsea didn't have a huge array of superstars, he bought players to fit a system and a style and it worked and we so nearly got the ucl multiple times. Now we're going for superstars and the cohesion aint there and our UCL campaigns are getting worse. Just like Real Madrid of recent years.

Nothing will ever compare to the team spirit of 2004/2007.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Roman's a mug. He wanted attacking football.

AHChelseaFC Alex Hinsley

Chelsea have averaged 2.26 goals a game under the Ancelotti era, compared to 1.79 scored under all other managers under Abramovich.

Make your mind up, gaffer.

[Ollie 4,400]

Ok so the mission for the next manager is:

- Win the UCL

- Score 100 goals every season

Easy.

[Fulham Broadway 17,313]

:goodpost: Agree with that ollie -by the way Roman can you sack that useless cunt Emanalo while youre at it - I think he so insignificant you forgot about him

Roman's a mug. He wanted attacking football.

Make your mind up, gaffer.

The way it was done was applling if true -in a corridor at Goodison. All i can think was Abramovich was angry at yesterdays performance, but there are better ways to dispense with people.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Time to move on now.

Carlo is just another hero in our long list of managers in recent years. We must maintain respect for him when he comes back to the Bridge and support the next manager till he's fired & so on.. Carefree & all.

[5354 204]

The turning point was the sacking of Ray Wilkins.

Its evident.

After the sacking of RW, came the bad patch of form. It was then and we all know what happened to Carlo.

[Tomo 21,751]

The turning point was the sacking of Ray Wilkins.

Its evident.

After the sacking of RW, came the bad patch of form. It was then and we all know what happened to Carlo.

Am i the only one that thinks it was more than that?

To be honest the Sunderland thrashing was coming for weeks and if it weren't for Cech it would have happened against Wolves, the game at Villa Park was the start of the decline in displays but for a few weeks we were getting away with it, im not too sure if Wilkins leaving was the sole reason.