Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0 Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Just been announced on fivelive. No surprise really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo 133 Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 2nd place in the Premier League and a spot kick away from winning the Champions league, a shocking season by all accounts. And the London media have the gall to mock us for sacking managers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizza 105 Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Bit harsh like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0 Posted May 24, 2008 Author Share Posted May 24, 2008 Kenyon is such a cunt. Can't believe he led the team up to collect their medals on wednesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggy99 0 Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 2nd place in the Premier League and a spot kick away from winning the Champions league, a shocking season by all accounts. And the London media have the gall to mock us for sacking managers. carling cup final Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GafferTape 0 Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Guus Hiddink is next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo 133 Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Allardyce for Chelsea ! the campaign starts here ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM4 0 Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Kenyon is such a cunt. Can't believe he led the team up to collect their medals on wednesday. Quite fitting actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13919 Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Allardyce for Chelsea ! the campaign starts here ! Facebook now!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 9340 Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Sweet Lordy dear that's harsh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0 Posted May 24, 2008 Author Share Posted May 24, 2008 Allardyce for Chelsea ! the campaign starts here ! It'll be Hiddink, Rijkaard or Mancini. Although Mourinho is still out of work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hadrian 0 Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 God knows what the guy was meant todo , you dont see many teams perform like that after a manager change a few weeks into the season , regardless of how good the players are its not possible for them to carry the team as far as they went this season . i kinda liked the guy aswell . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Besty 4 Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Mental. Be an interesting Summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isegrim 9038 Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 I hope they sign the spitting Dutchman, makes them even more loathsome than they already are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Guus Hiddink is next. Staying with Russia for another year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 (edited) If you lot can put yer grieving hankies away for a minute. What exactly did he do to warrant the job in the first place apart from knifing Jose in the back? I'm sure he's got a future ahead of him giving interviews about the holocaust. Edited May 24, 2008 by Park Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isegrim 9038 Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 If you lot can put yer grieving hankies away for a minute. What exactly did he do to warrant the job in the first place apart from knifing Jose in the back? I'm sure he's got a future ahead of him giving interviews about the holocaust. How and why he got the job is totally irrelavant in regard to his sacking, isn't it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 If you lot can put yer grieving hankies away for a minute. What exactly did he do to warrant the job in the first place apart from knifing Jose in the back? I'm sure he's got a future ahead of him giving interviews about the holocaust. How and why he got the job is totally irrelavant in regard to his sacking, isn't it. He's played the same system as Jose more or less apart from the odd game. He'll probably get moved upstairs anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0 Posted May 24, 2008 Author Share Posted May 24, 2008 Avram Grant has been sacked by Chelsea, on the day José Mourinho broke his long silence on his successor at Stamford Bridge by criticising the Israeli's failure to win a single trophy. The Portuguese went on to suggest that the football philosophy of his successor is that of 'a loser'. Mourinho's interview with The Observer comes as it emerges that Roman Abramovich made his former manager the extraordinary gift of a limited edition Ferrari worth more than £2million in the immediate aftermath of Grant's debilitating Carling Cup final loss to Tottenham. February's defeat was one of three final-day failures, culminating in Wednesday's Champions League Final loss to Manchester United. The Israeli coach had his contract terminated last night. Asked if Chelsea's campaign had been the good one Grant depicted it as, Mourinho said: 'That depends on your philosophy of leadership. In my philosophy it was a very bad one because in football "almost" means defeat and Chelsea almost won the Carling Cup, almost won the Champions League, and almost won the Premier League. Almost is nothing. 'After two titles per season for the last three years there were zero titles this season, which in my philosophy means a really bad season. Maybe in the philosophy of a loser this was a great season, which I respect.' Mourinho was in regular contact with Abramovich and several of his former players ahead of the Champions League final and was quick to commiserate with them after their defeat on penalties in Moscow. He told the Russian billionaire that Chelsea would not continue to suffer the misfortune that also cost them two previous European Cup semi-finals to Liverpool. 'The best team lost the Champions League final, like last season the best team lost the Champions League semi-final,' Mourinho said. 'That is football. I have always said that details make the difference at this level - and luck is a really big detail. 'I am very sad about what happened. In the last two years this team lost a Champions League final and a Champions League semi-final on penalties. The supporters deserve more, Roman and the board deserve more, top people like [Frank] Lampard, [Michael] Essien, [Claude] Makelele, Ashley [Cole], Didier [Drogba], [Ricardo] Carvalho, [and coaches] Steve Clarke, Mick McGiven and some others deserve happiness. I still think of them as my boys. 'Yes, I was sad. Yes, I felt deeply that it was not fair. But I believe that after an empty season new success will come to Chelsea. And I will always be a Chelsea supporter.' The chances of Mourinho returning as Chelsea manager have increased significantly in recent weeks. Mourinho was astounded when Chelsea director Eugene Tenenbaum called in February to inform him that Abramovich had purchased a rare Ferrari for the man he had removed from Stamford Bridge five months previously. Customised with Mourinho's 'Special One' moniker, the 612 Scaglietti was one of just 60 produced to commemorate Ferrari's 60th anniversary. While still at Chelsea, Mourinho had told Abramovich that if he could have his choice of cars, the four-seat Scaglietti would be it. The list price is around £250,000, but such is its rarity the secondary-market value is as much as eight times that amount. Abramovich's gift was made at a time at which he had begun to consider replacing Grant as manager, with Mourinho's name raised as a potential appointment. While such a move appears more feasible now that Grant has gone, sources close to the Portuguese coach say that he is too close to taking a position in Italy for it to happen this close season, although they do not rule it out in the future. Mourinho is likely to take over from Roberto Mancini at Internazionale, and may sign a contract with the Serie A club this week. He has already drawn up plans for next season and is likely to take Didier Drogba with him to Italy. Grant has agreed a £5.2m pay-off from Chelsea. Former Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard remains a prime candidate to replace him, although Chelsea have also been involved in secret conversations with Guus Hiddink, whose position as Russia's national coach is not as secure as has been presented. Hiddink has a provisional contract to coach Russia until the 2010 World Cup, but that will not be ratified until after Euro 2008, and senior figures in the Russian Football Union are unimpressed by the team's qualification campaign. Vitaly Mutko, newly appointed sports minister and head of the Russian Football Union, said: 'We will evaluate his work after the European Championship.' Although his salary is funded by the Chelsea owner, Hiddink has previously resisted invitations to manage the club for personal reasons. Sven-Goran Eriksson, who was approached about the Stamford Bridge post before Mourinho replaced Claudio Ranieri in 2004, is due to meet Chelsea officials next week after he is formally dismissed by Manchester City. The Swede had been linked with a return to his former club Benfica, but the Lisbon side have appointed Quique Sánchez Flores. The Spaniard was sacked by Valencia last October. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 (edited) It got to pens for one reason. Avram was too defensive and indecisive as usual, there were periods when Man U were rocking and he didn't have a clue how to take advantage of it. Edited May 24, 2008 by MattM4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 36208 Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Parky likes Jews about as much as Hitler did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmericanMag 0 Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 bye Avram, you did a lot more then I expected, I hope for a Dennis Wise & Gianluca Vialli combination. Lets bring back some heart into Chelsea Chelsea Forum: Avram Grant Eulogy Thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 bye Avram, you did a lot more then I expected, I hope for a Dennis Wise & Gianluca Vialli combination. Lets bring back some heart into Chelsea Chelsea Forum: Avram Grant Eulogy Thread I'm shocked at the mixed response on there I'd have thought they'd have the party poppers out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 27147 Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 CL final, League Cup final, 2nd place in the league with more points than last season under Mourinho after a poor start and the poor bastard gets sacked. What a fucking joke, makes the cunts even more hateable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmericanMag 0 Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 A lot of them are hoping Mourinho comes back. I wonder if they will begin to use the term "messiah" if that happens... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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