The Ancelotti Thread

[Styles 9,790]

Josh is better than Essien with the ball, but Essien isn't that bad as you want to make him to be.

Have you seen what he did yesterday? He was in the corner and did nice move to take the ball past two Liverpool players.

Or when he went past Wilshere at SB against Arse. Haha that was good. And Wilshere is technically good player.

His passing is good, only last few months he isn't passing so well. He isn't just a runner, it's a pure stupidity to say something like that.

Essien at peak physical form is arguably one of the best midfielders in the world. Before his knee injuries he was incredible and I never said a bad word about him.

Now that he has two bad knees he just doesn't look like the same player anymore. His speed is nowhere near what it used to be and he relied on it a lot as it was one of his key attributes.

We lack quality in midfield, players who can work themselves out of tight situations, keep the ball and pass and move. Any time Liverpool pressured our players yesterday they passed it backwards or lost the ball. You can have Drogba, Torres, Anelka or even Messi but it won't matter if you have midfielders that can't play and pass to create gaps and assist strikers.

[Madmax 9,219]

Essien at peak physical form is arguably one of the best midfielders in the world. Before his knee injuries he was incredible and I never said a bad word about him.

Now that he has two bad knees he just doesn't look like the same player anymore. His speed is nowhere near what it used to be and he relied on it a lot as it was one of his key attributes.

We lack quality in midfield, players who can work themselves out of tight situations, keep the ball and pass and move. Any time Liverpool pressured our players yesterday they passed it backwards or lost the ball. You can have Drogba, Torres, Anelka or even Messi but it won't matter if you have midfielders that can't play and pass to create gaps and assist strikers.

Agreed 100%

[Styles 9,790]

Interesting comments from Torres regarding the game yesterday:

"It was very difficult, Liverpool played a good game, with three at the back," Torres told Chelsea TV.

"We were not expecting that and maybe they took advantage of that.

Not expecting that? Liverpool have played the same formation 2 games in a row and the team-sheet before the game suggested they would again.

This is just further proof of how clueless Ancelotti is. He doesn't care how the opposition set-up and he clearly doesn't do his homework. Please get this guy out before we're embarrassed more this season.

[MikeCFC 45]

Ancelotti is a manager suited for the Champions League.He didn't win that many Schudetto's with Milan but did very well in the Champions League.

I voted for Carlo to stay.Simply because we can't keep throwing money at our problems.Chelsea would have to pay Ancelotti the remainder of his contract and then appoint another manager capable of delivering Abramovich's demands for Chelsea.

Ancelotti has not done much wrong,but he has to start showing some balls,and letting people know exactly who is the boss!.

[diskoviolente 425]

BlueLion, thanks again for your postings !

You are really one true supporter with great knowledge of the game.

Couldn´t have put it any better.

It is obvious that some of our supporters are just tellyclappers who don´t play football themselves or watch much football besides Chelsea.

[Styles 9,790]

Ancelotti is a manager suited for the Champions League.He didn't win that many Schudetto's with Milan but did very well in the Champions League.

I voted for Carlo to stay.Simply because we can't keep throwing money at our problems.Chelsea would have to pay Ancelotti the remainder of his contract and then appoint another manager capable of delivering Abramovich's demands for Chelsea.

Ancelotti has not done much wrong,but he has to start showing some balls,and letting people know exactly who is the boss!.

So you want a glorified cup manager to remain at the helm because we'll lose a few million in compensation? :huh:

[Term-X 7,891]

The managers of world football, see Chelsea as a club to go to in the short term. They earn a few million for a while, and enjoy a fat compensation package for their troubles. This job is the ultimate pay day.

[Henrique 9,133]

The managers of world football, see Chelsea as a club to go to in the short term. They earn a few million for a while, and enjoy a fat compensation package for their troubles. This job is the ultimate pay day.

Ancelotti contract is 6 millions a year. Its what will coast If We sack him in the summer. We sell Drogba or Anelka for that, then we wont lose money.

[Gappy 130]

The managers of world football, see Chelsea as a club to go to in the short term. They earn a few million for a while, and enjoy a fat compensation package for their troubles. This job is the ultimate pay day.

Your post make me remind to Rafael Benitez and Sven Erricson

[MikeCFC 45]

So you want a glorified cup manager to remain at the helm because we'll lose a few million in compensation? :huh:

You have worded your post in a superficial way.My point is why throw money at the problem all the time?.Ancelotti won the double with us last season.Why sack a manager over one bad spell?

What if we do win the champions league this year-still sack Ancelotti?.

Thank god you never had to cope with the Chelsea managers from the 1980's!!.

[Henrique 9,133]

You have worded your post in a superficial way.My point is why throw money at the problem all the time?.Ancelotti won the double with us last season.Why sack a manager over one bad spell?

What if we do win the champions league this year-still sack Ancelotti?.

Thank god you never had to cope with the Chelsea managers from the 1980's!!.

Sack a manager in the end of a season its not the same that sacking before that. I dont get these arguments "he won the double, this is just a bad spell". No, lot of fans now realize his wakness. BlueLion has exposed them in a recent post.

Even in last season his weakness were there, but somehow We won the PL by one point.

This is a bad spell caused by his mistakes. On the other side this argument that he is a manager "to win CL" is still ridiculous. Liverpool has also won one CL, but look where they are now: his biggest star asking to leave.

Months ago when I said he should leave I was called a idiot, its funny that now people want him to stay not because they think he is good, but because they think we cant sack managers anymore.

[eldo 868]

We didn't find a right solution to attack them, and second we had difficulty to play from the back, too slow, and so we didn't find space,' the manager explained.

He is right.

But Henrique usually starts to criticize and shout SACK.

[Henrique 9,133]

He is right.

But Henrique usually starts to criticize and shout SACK.

He is right, explaining his own weakness: its his job to find a solution to attack, he couldnt do that.

[eldo 868]

He is right, explaining his own weakness: its his job to find a solution to attack, he couldnt do that.

Wait, Carlo was playing? Isn't he too old for that?

[Peace. 4,352]

If we sack Ancelotti : we will lose £10m.

If we don't finish in the top 4 : we will lose £40m.

So, we can't afford to keep Ancelotti whatever happens.

But if the board decide to keep him, we have to sell some established players. The players that Ancelotti fears to drop. So if Ancelotti stays I would ask Roman to sell Drogba, Anelka and maybe Essien.

[MetsajCFC 1,255]

Sacking him won't do us any good. Who do we get as a replacement? SAF and Wenger been in their clubs for a long time and thus managed to establish trust and stability. We need that stability, along with 1-2 players in, a few out. I must admit this 'bad moment' has been going on for tad too long but sacking won't do any good. I wouldn't even dare to criticize the man before season ends. I'm tired of lotteries called "Pick a manager", lets stick to Ancelotti and see where he takes us. Didn't see anyone crying for sack when we were winning by 5-8 goals over and over again. Patience guys.

[Corlett 202]

Carlo know's what's going wrong, he's telling the players how it's going wrong but it's their job to go out there and put it right. That ain't happening.

[eldo 868]

If we sack Ancelotti : we will lose £10m.

If we don't finish in the top 4 : we will lose £40m.

So, we can't afford to keep Ancelotti whatever happens.

But if the board decide to keep him, we have to sell some established players. The players that Ancelotti fears to drop. So if Ancelotti stays I would ask Roman to sell Drogba, Anelka and maybe Essien.

Do you honestly believe that things are so one-dimensional?

[Henrique 9,133]

If we sack Ancelotti : we will lose £10m.

If we don't finish in the top 4 : we will lose £40m.

So, we can't afford to keep Ancelotti whatever happens.

But if the board decide to keep him, we have to sell some established players. The players that Ancelotti fears to drop. So if Ancelotti stays I would ask Roman to sell Drogba, Anelka and maybe Essien.

Sacking in the summer will be cheaper: 6 millions. Only make sense sack him in the summer. Right now it wont help.

[Laylabelle 9,535]

Thing is,sack him..that be including however we got in as a replacement 5 managers since Jose left and 4 trophies! Not as bad as it looked before but either way be a case of more managers then trophies in same amount of time.

And be same ole story..new manager,does well,bad results...'sack him!' and theres no guarantee that the new manager makes things better anyway!Doesnt always work out we've been lucky so far but never know that luck can run out

Give him till the end of the season,see where we finish then starts these threads up again