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hard call very hard...but i think maybe we'd have been slightly better overall under RDM...it was a tough patch with RDM which i felt was going to pass..but hey i could be worng....but i think we probably would have won the CWC...because being knocked out of the champions league and our our trrible performance at the super cup could have given RDM more motivation to win the CWC...anyways RDM is gone and Tubby is doing his best...i do hope we get some success this season still..and then plan for the long term (hoping against hope) in the summer...we desperately need some stability....

A good question. We would certainly be in the Capital One Cup, be it Rafa or RDM. Also when we talk about the champoins league, all fingers too be pointed at RDM, Rafa did what he could and win the final game which was not enough. We would have been in a better postion in the premier league if RDM was in charge and also would have won the CWC... Lets just cross our fingers and hope tubby can get us a top 4 finsh...

@latunvic,exactly ma thoughts,i agree with everybit of your comment....judgin by this article,i would love to ask the author if we would have won the Cl and F.a cup last season if avb was still here??

@Latunvic, i was about writing down a long text of my opinion,but after reading your comments, i guess i'd have to say you've said my mind. But then,let me add that Corithians play a sit back and counter kind of game,just like AM,and they have a good defence that could have easily stiffled the MaZarCar combo as obtainable under RDM. The COC was always a given under a relatively upped team moral. Lets tell ourselves the truth,the bridge was uncontrollably crumbling down under Robbie,and it is easy to see that we would of lost against Citeh and possibly had a similar result against Fulham,that is why i think we would have been in the tussle for 4th position. So i think we would have been worse of without the change. I hate the managerial merry go round and worststill the treatment of the legend,but i guess an objective analysis could see that the team looks large now with the adequate utilization of options,only lacking in attacking options. Clubs like Cfc require a coach with massive cojones to make those tough and risky decisions which was apparently and conspicuously missing under RDM. I don't like Rafa as a person,i only want the best for my dear club,if he clear isnt by summer, away he goes.

I wont waste my time on this pontification except to say remember RDM had only one transfer season to work with and the one big ticket signing he requested from Roman and Co (Falcao) he was refused and was given no alternative striker either. He was told to make do with Torres and Danny while Lukaku was shipped out. He asked for Moses instead of Hulk and we can compare where the two players are now. Oscar, and Hazard were board buys. He also had no say in who got shipped out on loan or sold. He was handed a team that was half new with just one player he specifically asked for and with just two strikers one of whom was repeatedly injured and the second whose underperformance is now the stuff of legend. For anyone to put the blame of what then transpired entirely on his shoulders and absolve Roman and his three stooges is laughable to me. It will be interesting to see if come January Roman shows a willingness to spend heavily for an interim coach (Rafa) and ends up buying the very same player (now at a higher price) that he refused to get for a former "permanent manager" (RDM)who is also a club legend as a player and had just won him the holy grail champions league and an FA cup to boot. Let us all wait and see what Rafa achieves in half a season with what may well end up being a significantly better and deeper squad and then we can evaluate just how wise Roman and his three stooges were. Also come summer when the usual summer coaching carousel again turns at Chelsea FC depending on who we end up with then we may well go from frying pan to fire.

hahaha! @GabeU, u only raised excuses for RDM and didn't answer the questions of the article, anyway, it's all good... I'm not faulting the excuses, they are valid ones, but unfortunately in this business, like most other in the world today, there ain't no excuse for failure.....I just feel if we want to start raising excuses, we can raise a lot for the likes of AVB, Carlo Ancelotti and now Rafa as well. And sometimes we make it look like these coaches are controlled with remote controls or are puppets when we say "he has no say". My stand is, as a coach if you know what u are doing and have a mind of yours u wont accept a job u know u have no influence over and wont work out well, or better still, just resign when u see that you are not given the freedom to do your job the way u deem fit, resign before you get fired and people will respect u for your boldness... And yes, very true, majority of our problems stems from the board....