The Football.....

[musa]

whoever is to hold the job needs to put their own clause and bite this guy on the finger...ie cant sack after 6 months or whatever

 

[tug benson]

Guardiola must be getting itchy feet to get back in the game then.

i think he`ll take over at chelsea..

 

[Archie_tect]

whoever is to hold the job needs to put their own clause and bite this guy on the finger...ie cant sack after 6 months or whatever

I'd give it a go for a few weeks on £5m p.a!

 

[RedRider]

He's not on Ferguson's Christmas card list plus the media will angle any story against him but his record speaks for itself: Chelsea've got themselves one of the very best in the business. In the end derailed by politics at Liverpool but loved by knowledgable fans for his incredible achievements under duress. Be interesting to see how he gets on with Abramovich. If that relationship clicks then Chelsea will win loadsa stuff. Bit of a nightmare for Liverpool supporters but Man Utd will win less, a small consolation I s'pose.

 

[Spartak]

Well done to Di Matteo 1st & probably only manager to win the Champions League for Chelsea.

Hope he goes on to enjoy a successful career as a manager at a club where the chairman/board appreciate him.

 

[ianrauk]

I feel sick to the very bottom of my stomach.
Of all people that Russian twit could hire he got the fat spanish waiter.
Shame on you Chelsea, Shame on you.

I'm done with it...

C'mon the Lillywhites.. Go Go Go Bromley FC

 

[RedRider]

I feel sick to the very bottom of my stomach.
Of all people that Russian twit could hire he got the fat spanish waiter.
Shame on you Chelsea, Shame on you.

I'm done with it...

C'mon the Lillywhites.. Go Go Go Bromley FC

I knew it it! You lot don't deserve him. I hope he signs Luis Garcia

 

[mark st1]

Are Chelsea fans really impressed with this appointment after the January transfer window he would have saddled them with his amazing transfer bargains (cough) I don't see how this is a good appointment and i wouldn't say his record is outstanding ? Abramovich should have just stuck with Mourinho he was as good a manager as any and got the best out of the team season after season.

 

[mark st1]

I never forget his announcement of signing "the new Thierry Henry" aka Ryan Babel

Mind you i heard Robbie Keane has always supported Chelski as a boy

 

[rich p]

di matteo got the heave-ho from West Brom so he can get the sack from any team, near the top or the bottom.
The managerial merry-go-round has just become ridiculous. I sincerely hope that the Saints stick with Atkins, Villa with Lambert, Sunderland with O'Neill etc.

 

[musa]

I never forget his announcement of signing "the new Thierry Henry" aka Ryan Babel

Mind you i heard Robbie Keane has always supported Chelski as a boy

ryan babel never got the credit he deserved which was unfortunate

wasted time there

 

[Inertia]

He's not on Ferguson's Christmas card list plus the media will angle any story against him but his record speaks for itself: Chelsea've got themselves one of the very best in the business. In the end derailed by politics at Liverpool but loved by knowledgable fans for his incredible achievements under duress. Be interesting to see how he gets on with Abramovich. If that relationship clicks then Chelsea will win loadsa stuff. Bit of a nightmare for Liverpool supporters but Man Utd will win less, a small consolation I s'pose.

I think you overrate his abilities, he did ok with Liverpool but if anyone derailed him it was himself. he has a track record of blaming everyone else, he blamed valencias owners before us then blamed Liverpool owners (all of them) and then Inters. He now works for one of the arsiest owners in the business so I cant see it going any different this time.

We won the Champions League under him which is something I will always be grateful for but it doesn't blind me to his flaws. I'm still pissed off about the trade of Xabi alonso for Aquilani which I can only assume was a personal grievance as it definitely wasn't because of 'football reasons'.

 

[Longshot]

We won the Champions League under him which is something I will always be grateful for but it doesn't blind me to his flaws. I'm still ****ed off about the trade of Xabi alonso for Aquilani which I can only assume was a personal grievance as it definitely wasn't because of 'football reasons'.

Agree 100% Anyone who believes that Gareth Barry and then Aquilani was a good exchange for Xabi Alonso should be hung by his testicles from a crane.

Benitez had his moments but stopped being a good manager the day that he lost his marbles over ole Red Nose.

 

[RedRider]

I think you overrate his abilities, he did ok with Liverpool but if anyone derailed him it was himself. he has a track record of blaming everyone else, he blamed valencias owners before us then blamed Liverpool owners (all of them) and then Inters. He now works for one of the arsiest owners in the business so I cant see it going any different this time.

We won the Champions League under him which is something I will always be grateful for but it doesn't blind me to his flaws. I'm still ****ed off about the trade of Xabi alonso for Aquilani which I can only assume was a personal grievance as it definitely wasn't because of 'football reasons'.

Yeah, in a room with only a mirror he'd fall out with his reflection. I'm not a fanboy and I take your points but the good outweighed the bad by far for me. He won the league with Valencia twice and he took us to a strong second with relatively few resources - 2008-9 was perhaps the best Liverpool side for 20 years. Listening to the Man City/Real game now and pining for Xabi - one of my favourite Liverpool players of all time - so I know what you mean. But Benitez did sign him when relatively unknown and did play him to the level Real were lucky to get him. Mascherano and Arbeloa also went onto 'bigger' things after thriving under Benitez. Reina, Torres, Agger, Kuyt and Skyrtel were other excellent signings. . There was not a better club in knock out competitions in England and Europe than Liverpool under Benitez. He and Mourinho were head and shoulders above anyone else in the country (bar Ferguson) for those years.

 

[PaulB]

I think you overrate his abilities, he did ok with Liverpool but if anyone derailed him it was himself. he has a track record of blaming everyone else, he blamed valencias owners before us then blamed Liverpool owners (all of them) and then Inters. He now works for one of the arsiest owners in the business so I cant see it going any different this time.

We won the Champions League under him which is something I will always be grateful for but it doesn't blind me to his flaws. I'm still ****ed off about the trade of Xabi alonso for Aquilani which I can only assume was a personal grievance as it definitely wasn't because of 'football reasons'.

He won the European Cup in his first season as a Liverpool manager. Chelsea don't deserve him and are lucky beyond belief to have him at all, no matter for how short a time. I hereby declare any Chelsea fan who henceforth refers to him as a 'fat Spanish waiter', to be outed for doing so when they are forced to accept they have been made to look stupid by his outstanding genius.