A Thought on the Managerial Front

I gave up many moons ago, I'm just living off the adrenalin from May 19th still!

@Gian-Franco well said. my shortlist : di matteo, david moyes, joachim loew. if not robbie then low if not then moyes.

I have said what i will on this several times before..no point sounding like a broken record. All i can hope for now is that the board do what ever it is they want to do quickly. If they are hell bent on Pep pay him whatever it will cost..it does appear we now have excess money to spend (let us not bother asking how and who got us this extra funds and respect in the European football circles). We all know that even if the messiah himself were coaching Chelsea with Roman at the trigger he would not last more than 5 yrs tops anyway so the way i feel about it now..instead of waiting till mid to late July to appoint RDM (after every one else has told us thanks but no thanks) and then severely hamstring his ability to prepare the team for the season, for all i care the board can pay Pep 50m per season for 3-5 seasons and let us all behold the miracles he will perform when he gets here. There should be no delay...since the decisions makers feel that he is the holy grail for the clubs future..lets perform the experiment..as Nike says..lets do it..it wont be the first time we have made these sort of head scratching decisions..it probably wont be the last. When the dust and ashes settle the Phoenix known as Chelsea will again rise from the ashes as we always do and maybe we would have become a little wiser for the experience.

I don't think having managed "Messi et al only" disqualifies Pep from managing Chelsea, who had Mourinho managed before he came to us?? This Pep-RDM talk has been washed up and that some still have the gall to mention it beats me because IT'S EVIDENT Pep is our NUMBER 1 TARGET (for obvious reasons) and RDM is the last resort (why else would they take this long) so the sooner some accept that the better. Who's to say RDM will be successful, especially given his history pre-3 months ago?? It's so easy to discredit others who are PROVEN BETTER MANAGERS (like Pep, I mean 13 Cups in 3 years, actually make that 14) yet RDM only has 2 cups, of which 1 was borne out of highly controversial circumstances (FA Cup semi vs Spurs) and the other was a miraculous 1 (unless you believe RDM's tactics involved other teams either hitting the post or missing sitters by their failure to convert NUMEROUS chances created)...face FACTS will you, RDM is last resort for obvious reasons

@mq 2 cups in 3 months with a team no one thought had any chance & even took down ur boy pep's barcelona so u face facts he deserves a chance. Dont care for the defensive approach but we did what we had to with an old, slow + uncreative team & won

@ mq if you want to indulge in a debate do it in a gentlemanly fashion. Your attitude to just hammer your point is appalling. Let me tell you some facts. After JM, RDM is the most successfull manager at CFC. Talk about mental strength, we have scored last minute goals in each of our quarter, semi, and finals of our champions league. We saw the best of ramires lampard luiz torres dd cech mata all under RDM. In fa cup finals we played a good attacking game. RDM started bertrand and lukaku in his time. Just as we cant blame barcelona for what happened in 2009 you cant blame our coach for our opponents being pathetic. In fact i would say they fell victim to our extra ordinary discipline and our vigour. If you watch the finals and the semi finals again, it was them and not us who were playing under pressure. Poor league form was essentially a prioritisation issue in my honest opinion.

@MQ: 1. How many goals have we conceded in the last minutes. I can count Bayern, may be Benfica and what else. How many were conceded during AVB and in how many matches did we actually come back. Do not try to manipulate facts just to twist facts to suit you. Conceding goals at the last minute has been the trait of this team but to come back Man Utd style is something new. (2) Ramires was a performer during AVB, but he just got better attacking wise and defense wise under RDM. Torress was bad, just about when he was coming back AVB benched after him the red card to deflate his confidence. Drogba was labelled crap but he CAME BACK TO WIN US THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE AND FA CUP under RDM. So credit goes to RDM, to wake us a sleeping giant. (3) No comments there as I enjoyed the match as much as I enjoyed the Champions league semi final. Just check the match day moments thread to see how many people actually enjoy the match. (4) Lukaku played in carling cup, trained as a winger, Mikel was benched without any communication, Malouda was played with Toress, are some of the master strokes of AVB, aren't they?(5)Just like 2009, It is a skewed perception on your part, I do not blame RDM for a referee fiasco, but look at the other 4 goals. It is as much a refereeing conundrum. Also Accept one thing, AVB destroyed the dressing room. made himself look like an idiot making senseless comments and virtually making the entire world our enemy. RDM united the club, its resources with immense passion (read Ryan Bertrand's article on the pre match activities before the Champions league Final). RDM was brave to take a decision like giving Bertrand a start in the most important match in Club's history. Also kindly note that RDM was himself an attacking mid fielder. Under strict directions, he can and will make us play attractive football. BTW, YOUR PEP WILL DEFINATELY TEACH OUR PLAYERS NEW WAYS OF DIVING AND SHOWING FALSE CARDS, IF THAT IS WHAT YOU WANT.

Interesting things are going to unfold and we must be ready for nervy moments in weeks to come.

Blueindia thats prööobable...Rdm all the way....And i'l swear on his critiques every trophy he wins

MQ - you really are an ABSOLUTE INSUFFERABLE FOOL! I, for one am done with you, you really are not worth the effort.

Whilst I think Robbie deserves a second shot I don´t think its fair to right off Pep so quickly. His signing have not been the best but its clear that our board prefer to sign players so him coming in would not really change that. In regards to his style of football he must be No.1 choice. Bearing in mind he was promoted from youth team and the fact that their academy is really the foundation of their dominance you´d have to say he deserves alot of credit for their success. You rarely hear youth team coaches promoted to Manager (especially in big club) so he really must have been making big moves in their academy.. and to follow such a step-up with so much success he´s gotta be the real deal.

Promoting managers from the youth team is a good idea given the way Brendan Rodgers CV is on the up. Imagine he was promoted through the ranks, he could be the chelsea manager. We are moving the right direction promoting these managers at chelsea and can see Drummy still climbing since Holland is up their already.