Reassurance Needed!

Mistake? No. If we hadent sacked him then it would been, No Champions league, no fa cup, No Hazard, Oscar would have gone to spurs

Considering the targets he identified under us, his 3 years project, I would have said we made a mistake sacking him, but the truth is we got him at the wrong time, if we have this squad before we hired him, we would be the one reaping the dividends by now, basically we used ourselves as stepping stones to gain him experience and perhaps further his career, but not to worry merlin, a michael laudrup can be worth a shout . Kindly post my article on that note pls

www.goal.com/en/news/12/spain/2013/02/26/3781055/real-madrid-want-swansea-boss-laudrup-insists-toshack?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

The thing is, our expectation are higher than spud we should be contesting winning the title rather than struggling to finish top four, the problem is now the limitations of top managers available to us. I for one thought he should be given a chance, even though I can’t stand him, but now I hate him even more and wish he would just leave, the thing is now Roman should eat humble pie and get Jose back as I think he the only top manager left that would be brave enough to come and get the respect of the players, fans and Roman. Please please come back Jose and please please go Rafa. Before I hate you even more

From a rival fan, I think 4everaspur got it spot on! With RDM, we would be 2nd on the table now, the game against manure with the cards and clattenburg took wind of his sail, we would have gathered up momentum if we stuck with him. Thankz to torres he got sacked

it was one of the biggest mistake roman has done...avb was one of the best coach and he had a great project for chelsea...which in future could have turned in one of the best...but this timing of appointment went wrong...had he had been appointed this year things woulh have been different...but last season because of some senior players revolt he had to face the sack...roman should had done the vice versa at that time...yaa we have won cl after his departure but we have to pay a big price for it this season...spurs are lucky that they have got a good talented young coach who with right backing and money will take them further higher....chelsea loss is someone gain...

Roman has made the job a poison chalice. Also the way he is treating Lampard is wrong he pays huge wages to average players but won't give a loyal servant of your club a contract extension when it's clear he still has a lot to offer. He should have kept RDM at least till the end of the season IMO it was the least he deserved after last season. Hope Mourinho doesn't go back as he deserves better

heard it al before zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!

fitzy-carefree, I don't need a Daddy like yours because I support a Real big club that spends its own money not a wanna be big club that has to use somebody elses money to make them look something they are not and never will be.

jimmy-yid, thank you very much.

the spuds were the perfect place for avb. organic club...young side...good owner and chair with patience and vision. he sucked with us so he could be great with them...he came to cfc to learn...to benefit the spuds...he was here and was shunning the club seniors....he got there and respected the club seniors like defoe and freidel...he was inflexible with us...and is flexible with them...i was happy when he got the sack coz i luv rdm....but i knew he had massive potential...manure will poach him from the spuds to take on fergies role...

Honestly Merlin the last few years have been a catalog of errors and poor decision making and Roman has continued to ride his luck..he mistook good fortune for license and actually thought that the success we were enjoying was because of his poor decision making rather than in spite of it. As far as AVB, i blame his demise equally on our "wonderful board" and some poor decisions he made which i chalk up to inexperience. Roman hired him to begin a revolution, Emenalo made the right call and advised him to clear the Aegean stables as he came in (much like Pep did when he took over from Rijkaard), the rest of the board advised otherwise and AVB made the fatal mistake of going with the rest of the board and persisting with a veteran group that were well past their due date. He then compounded his error by insisting on trying to teach old Lions new tricks and then when that did not work he publicly berated the non conformers in the media forgetting that these senior players had been there long before he came and had won way more than he ever had..the rest was history we know. As bad as that debacle was i have no ill will towards AVB and i am glad the guy is doing well with Spurs..it is obvious he has become a better manager for what he learnt at Chelsea. The absolute most disastrous mistake of Roman's Littany of errors however was the double whammy of sacking RDM in the most classless way possible (imagine the crassness it takes to fire a man at 4am while he is enroute from Turin to England back from a game the team had just lost...not even waiting for the day to dawn, to sleep over it, to allow raw emotions calm..treating a guy who bled for Chelsea as a player, broke his leg playing for this team ending his playing career, got us two major trophies barely months ago and was being paid peanuts relatively for the thankless job of Chelsea manager) and then capping of the madness by appointing Rafa on the say so of Emenalo. Honestly i think Roman is presently in a state of introspection..the old Roman would have sacked Rafa weeks, maybe months ago based on performance results (or lack thereof) knowing his well established trigger happy nature but i really do think now he is in a major pickle because much as he may want to sack Rafa he probably realizes he has no great options for replacement and he may be fearing that another rash decision may literally move us from the hot frying pan we are in right now straight into the open fire. Besides Roman knows sacking Rafa now is a clear as daylight admission that he got it absolutely wrong sacking RDM in the first place. It certainly will not paint him in great light having to sack a second manager within one season..it is one thing to be known as Ruthless Roman but multiple manager sackings in one season could well move Roman in the public eye to the realm of clowns like the owners of Palermo, Sampdoria, Wolves, Blackburn and Birmingham City who have turned multi manager sackings into a bizarre art form.

4everaspur, the fact is without Bale your team is average. He has carried Spurs on his own with individual goals.

i also think we got rid of AVB far too quickly, even if on the other hand got us the champions league. if you look at the squad of spurs compared to ours he proves he certainly is capable of creating a winning formula. but i don't think this is our problem, it just is the sacking of managers without anyone being given a reasonable time to achieve anything. looking at the results, compared to most of his predecessors rafa should be sacked straight away. if we continue this hiring anf firing one day no-one will ever want to manage cfc as long as roman is the owner.

killney spud or whatever...learn to humble...remember what cockiness got you last year...

Is the season finished? ...no Will they beat Arsenal to top 4?......yes Will Chelsea get into the top 4? ....No but they will get 5th which is an improvement on their league position of last season.

lol dont worry 4everaspur, jimmy da tulip is still licking his wounds after AVB keeps hurting his football ego... Hey jimmy should we not be in 7th or something by now? did u not predict the downfall of Spurs under AVB??? fitzy "The thing is, our expectation are higher than spud we should be contesting winning the title rather than struggling to finish top four" lol i actually can't contain myself after laughing so hard! Chelsea fc are expected to A: Pay over the odds for avg players... B: Sack their manager C: Embarrass themselves by mocking the football world at least twice in a season and D: finish in the league where u phucking deserve to!

Say what you want but Benitez does have a point there

If you look at the two squads the team in Third have a weaker one with much less attacking options then the team in fourth. But the lack of unity and poor tactical desicions have cost Chelsea. Roman's big mistake is backing his big money ego signings instead of his managers and the rest of his squad. His treatment of AVB firstly and then RDM was disgraceful. The appointment of Rafa was just disrespectful and bizarre. Sunday could effectively put Arsenal out of the race and leave third and fourth a straight shoot out between Chelsea and us or a Gunners win will bring them back into the mix. Either way of the three london teams fighting it out, arsenal are in the worst shape and I think this will see them finish outside the top four for the first time in 15 years! Chelsea should be too strong despite Benitez. AVB has proved with Spurs what we knew all along that he is a very good and tactically astute coach. Spurs for third!

Amazing how we had problems last season and managed to win the FA Cup and UCL(May I remind you the first and only team in london to),we've also had our share of problems this season,trashed you at the lane and are 4th on the table. Amazingly your best achievement in a long time is battling for 3rd spot. Class apart mates!

debruyne it's a fact we missed out on "4th" spot as we were knocked out of the CL due to u winning the the CL. Chelsea were lucky to win it-fact... The only harm u did Spurs was the fact we could not attract a top striker due to no CL-Fact. That's all over and Spurs have reacted remarkably despite the media,pundits and idiots like jimmy yid (our own fans) slating the changes we undertook. We lost "Modric" and VDV and gained AVB... Lets just say the greatest gift Chelsea could have ever handed Spurs! The point is we are a very good young squad which is improving week in, week out! We are a stronger unit due to that "lost out" moment and more importantly we are better than Chelsea and Arsenal. Make no mistake Spurs are hungry to compete for titles and we will compete regardless of the blood money ur gangster owner comes up with every season.

lol nelyvanile u sound like a liverfool fan... Our greatest achievements blah blah blah! It's Tuesday the 26th of Feb 2013 mate...

lol im actually dumbfounded how Chelsea fans claim that it was AVB's fault he got sacked! How many managers does RA need to fire before you realise the real root of the problem? How on earth does he firm RDM after winning 2 of the biggest prizes in football??? U gotta be a real (unt to do what he did to RDM. Im sorry but RA is solely responsible for the AVB debacle...

@Mix26...I agree about Roman...Ruskie Buffoon El Grande...he, more than anyone else is responsible for our current problems with more 'little buffoons' running around in his boardroom.

@Squig and @Elmagico. It was imminent and obviously going to happen. The players obviously don't rate him and must be freaking *****ed off by his tactical approach. They do need to put in a top shift whenever they are on the pitch but its hard to stay motivated when you don't rate your manager. Let's hope something gives and we start seeing better performance from the lads.

@Mix. Oh do i? That's not too bad ei, its probably a language you won't understand...A language only European Champions speak.

We thrash you in the FA Cup semi final last year, we again humiliated you once more at our 3 points lane earlier in the season. Happy memory. Cant wait to beat you again at the Bridge. And beware of AVB, he is clueless. Remember how you lots booed him earlier this season?You will get back to that I tell you

Serious amount of childish craap coming from the yid brigade . Go and comment your ***** somewhere else ,your embarrising ur fellow fans and club. Spurs have a decent season thanks to Bale and they think there a bigger club than the Chels ? Have some respect you tools and come back here when you's win something . Your a small little selling club and will never challenge for the Prem ...EVER . Tell me how your success in the PL makes you justify your comments ??? Anyone of you got an answer ??? We were winnin cups regurly from 95 onwards , where the ***** were your lot then ??? Even b4 Romans money we were knockin on the door you muppets .....grrrrr

4everaspur. I disagree as I think we can hope for 71pts which is enough for 4th place, behind Chelski 75, above Asenal on 69. That is taking into account a draw v Arsnal and a defeat at Chelski. Draw at home to Citeh. Citeh and Chelski squads too good in the games they have left to drop too many points.

Player for player are Spurs better than Chelsea? No way. Spurs are a one man team, Bale.

ZolaisaL, just for the record and balance, we can remind you we won MAJOR trophies in the 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's. We have a HISTORY. Where were you lot then when you didn't have money, just like us now, and then ???

Spurs have one trophy in this century.

hot spurs....you are right thats why lamps is not getting contract extension...he along with few others were there in that revolt...and thats why roman is now taking that grudge by not giving contracts to whom he felt were rightly involved in avb sacking...

hot spurs.....roman knew that in future he doesnt wanna spend big thats why he choose avb...because avb has an eye for talents and he also know that avb can get the best of each and everyone..thats why avb wanted to play young players but he was there at wrong time because he was surrounded by all seniors players with lots of egos in them....but before he could fulfill his wish here he got clashed with some senior player ego...which was enough for them to make sure that get rid of him...avb was perfect for this chelsea team young full of talent they would have loved him and we could have been in good position but sadly things never happen as you wish...avb is a good manager and he has the potential to be a great...never wanted him to get sack here but the ship has sailed now...

@hotspur, did u remember what I said at the beginning of the season? I said u have to be wary of AVB that he might be good and might be bad, I also said he'll sign u guys some good players, fast forward he is doing so now, though the season aint over, anything can still happen between the 3 london clubs, what I am worried about is that come next season if u don't sell too much, u'll be stronger and the points more difficult to amass, that is when u get that elusive no.10 and a striker which I am sure AVB have already identified. Congrats to u guys but we'll always be up there. With or without roman.

Hotspur you sound like a reasonable bloke so i exclude you from my anger ...

That advisor cannot be the manager, it has to be a DOF, purely because of the way RA seems to work and think. That DOF should be in place now, he needs to stop listening to the 3 amigos.

Alot of interesting views here by Chelsea and some 'reasonable' spurs fans alike. More than anything, i subscribe wholly to GabeU's opinion and can safely add that swallowing a good chump of humble pie and reappointing RDM might just be the tonic that can save our season. He, where ever he has been, must have asked himself what actually went wrong,thought very deeply what he could have done differently,and may very well have learnt alot from it,just like AVB. So appointing him will be similar to bring back an improved AVB. And i believe one of the clogs at the wheel of his job then has been fixed,which is extra striking options. Can it be done? Can we have him back? If yes,why not we get him back.

Why are rival fans seeing this and some of our own fans not seeing it or roman? RDM should have been giving a full season at the least and assess him after this season, that would have gone well for both parties

I dont really agree that sacking AVB was a big mistake,that will be equivalent of admitting i'd rather not have the big earred cup and not booking a CL place that ultimately paved way for us to land Hazard,Oscar etc... Maybe it was suppose to be a mistake,as he deserved to be back is actually a good coach who would have been great with us,but we moved on quickly and it was long forgotten with RDM doing everything he was unable to do,tactically and man-management wise. The biggest mistake was the failure to give Di Matteo enough chance to build the team while going through the entire learning process. Perhaps it was hoped that the effect of managerial change that brought us the double last season which included the holy grail will reoccur...unfortunately it wasnt to be,and it was further complexed by appointing someone we clearly shouldnt have hired. Thats were the main mistakes lie,imo.

Oops!! *Typos* he deserved to be backed,he is actually....

I think our objective(s) as a club for that year/season (I doubt we had one) is what can determine if sacking AVB was right or wrong... If our goal was CL or any trophy, then it certainly was the right choice but if it was stability then it was a wrong decision... Though a little more patience with RDM could probably have corrected the wrong and made it a win situation altogether.... The bottom line is that lack of patience is the bane of CFC...

letting AVB and Mou go will stand out as 2 of the biggest mistake of Roman. Few fans never gave AVB a chance as well. the future is always more important that the past. the big egos in our team decide who to play for. This will always be our problem. until the coast is clear no coach will survive. Roman have set a very high standard. Believe it or not, his goal is to dominate in Europe and with the players we have he never thought a day will come CFC will be struggling to get into top 4 positions. I am sure he will need a quiet summer to review everything.

I am hoping RA's summer will be anything other than QUIET!!! He needs to get his own act back into gear.

yes it was a mistake but I didn't loose any sleep over it.....for their roles in his sacking, Lampard and JT shouldn't be given a new contract

As for the negative football stuff that jose plays, with some coining it a defensive style, jose must have been overdefensive to beat barca 3-1 on their home turf... We should learn to give credit where its due, the man is very good, the best manger in europe if we are beeing fair

I believe a big part of AVB sacking was due to the mans body language. might be an 'out there' comment, but his BL was terrible 'SQUATING" 'BITING FINGER NAILS' etc. He wasnt very composed and wasnt a good face during war. I actually saw a photo of him and roman togetyher at cobham. They were chatting and it looked as if though roman was trying to hold in a laugh!

I think is time Roman go and see the players and remind them who is the boss. kalou confirmed his words has worked magic twice 1 during Carlo reign and second after AVB was sacked and the players always responded. This show he believe so much on the crop of players we have. They just need to buried their egos and play for the badge and the fans.

Hotspur , Chelsea were a one man team with Drogba ??? Come on now mate ,we had lamps bangin them in every week not to mention the power of Essien ,Ballack and speed and trickery of Robben and Duff to mention but a few !!! Apart from Bale ,what have you's got ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

can you guys stop discussing with this Spurs troll called hotspur and the other DH's....wtf He was never on here when chelsea were winning every game and will disappear as soon as we regain some form. I'm sure the majority of VC fans can realise that the " i come in peace" comment is a mask, they are only here to rub your noses in it (only the daft ones among us will oblige)....i didnt see him on here the day we trashed them 5-1 in the FA cup semi's last season...Rubbish

JohnnyOz - And further, what right do you think you have to tell other people who they should or shouldn't have a discussion with?