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Post by admin on Feb 9, 2009 17:12:32 GMT
And Luiz Felipe "Big Phil" Scolari is sacked by Chelsea: news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/7879638.stmYou can't help but wonder if Roman Abramovich, apparently not enjoying the best of financial times these days, is losing interest in his expensive little toy. He hardly seems to be seen at Stamford Bridge these days, compared to when it seem obligatory for television cameras to show Chelsea's owner during coverage. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2009 20:25:18 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2009 18:15:39 GMT
The decline of Chelsea will continue I am afraid. Abrahamovic has no concept of what it takes to build a football team.
He is all about instant results, which are not always possible in football. Often, to move forward, you first have to take a couple of steps backward.
The legacy of Mourinho has made this position a poisoned chalice and a foolish one for any manager to take up, apart from in a financial sense of course!
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Post by admin on Feb 10, 2009 18:25:18 GMT
And Roman Abramovich's desires aren't just for success. Mourinho delivered that, although not the Champions League. Abramovich wants style as well as success, whereas Mourinho took the pragmatic view that results were all that really mattered. Abramovich wants results, but results with the style of Manchester United and Arsenal (although Arsenal are a bit rudderless at the minute).
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Oh dear, I don't think I should post on this topic any further, since when I do the following appears on the "forum statistics":
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2009 21:12:28 GMT
Last Updated Topic: Scolari Sacked by Subedei That's a good one for the list isn't it ;D |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2009 16:22:33 GMT
Its a good point Subedei.
He also wants to turn Chelsea into a worldwide brand, akin to a Manchester Utd or a Liverpool. Again he fails to realise that these two clubs have built their legacy over a period of 50 years plus.
Yes, some gloryhunters jumped onto the Chelsea bandwagon, but they soon desert them when things go a little pearshaped.
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Post by admin on Feb 11, 2009 16:56:29 GMT
I'm not sure how much Abramovich cares about Chelsea becoming a "global brand". It seems to me that could be more to do with Peter Kenyon, once CEO at Manchester United. Kenyon, in large part, seems to credit himself with Manchester United becoming a "global brand", although the building bricks were in place at Old Trafford way before his time and indeed way before the time of Alex Ferguson. Indeed, it really took the bizarre intervention of Michael Knighton in the 1980s to unlock the real potential of Manchester United.
The two great clubs of British football are United and Arsenal, the one built on the Busby years and the tradegy of Munich, with the lost Babes, most notably, of course, the "Black Country" kid Duncan Edwards. The other built on years of stability, success and the celebrated "marble halls" of Highbury. Liverpool's mighty successes during the Shankley-Paisley-Fagan era made them a great club, but without the romance that attracted itself to United and Arsenal.
Poole and Coventry are successful speedway clubs, but Belle Vue and the now defunct Wimbledon will always be the great clubs. Manchester United and Arsenal will always be the great clubs when it comes to football. Love it or leave it, Kenyon.
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Post by admin on Feb 11, 2009 18:29:12 GMT
And, if rumours are to be believed, Gus Hiddink remains on the Abramovich payroll as he takes the "hot seat" at Stamford Bridge: news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/7882667.stmIt's widely believed that Abramovich was Hiddink's real paymaster in his previous role as coach of the Russian national side. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2009 19:22:49 GMT
Indeed, it really took the bizarre intervention of Michael Knighton in the 1980s to unlock the real potential of Manchester United. Ah yes, the guy who believes in UFOs and who not only appointed himself as manager of Carlisle, but picked himself for the subs bench as well.  |
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Post by admin on Feb 11, 2009 19:47:28 GMT
Indeed, it really took the bizarre intervention of Michael Knighton in the 1980s to unlock the real potential of Manchester United. Ah yes, the guy who believes in UFOs and who not only appointed himself as manager of Carlisle, but picked himself for the subs bench as well. Hey, I'm not denying that the guy was a buffoon, but his spectacular intervention at Old Trafford, his attempted takeover for circa £20 million, shuffled up things at the club and showed the potential for growth (he remained on the board for some time after his takeover collapsed). Martin Edwards was going nowhere fast until Knighton came along. |
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Post by Genghis on Feb 11, 2009 22:02:19 GMT
Its a good point Subedei. He also wants to turn Chelsea into a worldwide brand, akin to a Manchester Utd or a Liverpool. Again he fails to realise that these two clubs have built their legacy over a period of 50 years plus. But Liverpool haven't won the league since granny was a lad. The sacking of Scolari is ridiculous, though. Never liked Chelsea since they cheated their way to a 1-1 draw in a FA Cup match at Oxford United in 1999 in a rare excursion to the footie for Genghis. Diving bastards.  |
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Had the support of Kenyon but sacked by Abramovich.
