coogar:

like finishing 6th in the league?

Ibime:
If the question is who do you trust with transfer funds, I trust RDM infinitely better than Guardiola (a disastrous transfer-market operator - see Chygrinsky, Ibrahimovic, and the unnecessary signing of Fabregas which has weakened Barcelonas system) and Mourinho (spend-spend). Given that Chelsea do not have extreme amounts of money to spend anymore, RDM knows the market for undiscovered gems better than these guys as seen in his purchases of the likes of Mulumbu for West Brom.

Secondly, the likes of Guardiola being mentioned make some stupid tactical decisions at Barca, playing 3-4-3, 1-4-5 and all sort of nonsense systems without shape. Guardiola is a good disciplinarian, motivator etc but he is tactically atrocious. He will make exactly the same type of tactical mistakes that AVB made at Chelsea.

Speaking of tactics, RDM's tactical flexibility has been extremely superb in big epic games. Compare with Ancelotti's meek tactical surrenders in UCL over the last 2 seasons and you will appreciate the tactical flexibility RDM applies. Ancelotti had only one way of playing (he sometimes changed from diamond to 4-3-3, but the style of play was always the same except for Arsenal match where he counterattacked). Compare also with AVB's disastrous tactical changes when luckily leading Manure 3-0 with 30 minutes left and still managing to draw 3-3.

Some people told us that the reason we lost against Napoli in first leg is cos we have no Ezequiel Lavezzi's. By making some astute tactical changes and deploying Kalou, Mata and Ramires in other ways, RDM has proved that we can have the speed and width, even though we have no world-class wingers.

Give RDM the job!

like finishing 6th in the league?

coogar:
that said, i am not saying chelsea should hire him or hire jose mourinho but the comparison
is daft. for every ibrahimovic or chygrynsky he bought, there were busquets, pique, pedro, messi, etc
they have won countless titles under him as well and the success of a football team is cyclical.

coogar:
guardiola is not tactically atrocious, i disagree with that.
he was just too intransigent in his big to revolutionize football philosophy.
under him, barcelona have played better - they win 95% of their games and he's promoted some
exciting youth players. he does not use a plan b cos plan a rarely fails him.

Ibime:

All inherited, not bought. The only successful signing Pep has made in 4 years is Pique.

In the same time, Barca have gone from financially solvent to having to take emergency loan last July after failing to pay player wages. . . all because of signings like Ibra, Chygrinsky, Cesc, even David Villa (all unnecessary)

Ibime:
Actually, Guardiola is a regular tinkerman, often making silly changes that destablise the team.

The signing of Cesc has been a curse in disguise, making him play all sorts of silly formations to fit Cesc in the team and dropping loads of points on the way.

I dont want any Barca manager in Chelsea, simple reason being all the tactical brain-farts they make at Barca is covered by some great players. Make those same brain-farts in any other team and they will flop badly. I argued vociferously against the signing of Frank Rijkaard here in 2008 and Rijkaard has since proved what a rubbish manager he is with extreme failure at Galatasaray and Saudi Arabia since then.

coogar:

he was the manager of the youth team before he got promoted to the senior.
effectively, players like messi, busquets, pedro, thiago, etc developed fully under guardiola's tutelage.
give him his credits, will ya?

Ibime:

Then we should send him to develop our youth team. . .

We dont have such players in our youth team, so his ability in the transfer market is what would determine his success at Chelsea.

coogar:

he won 3 league titles, 2 champions league titles for the senior team. of course, he's proven.
you cannot tell me he has not revolutionise football tactics. his team dominates and they win 96% of the time.
how can you not like pep guardiola and his passing triangles.

if they had a fit villa, pedro and abidal, chelsea would have been slaughtered. i blame him for yesterday's loss.
there was no point playing 3 at the back after chelsea went a man down. he should have switched to 4-3-3 and pedro
should have played to offer genuine width to stretch chelsea's back line.

timbros:
.
IF. . . Thats one word i hate hearing in football. . .IF
Ok, how about IF Chelsea had a fully fit and in form Essien, Barcelona wouldnt have scored even a single goal.
Or
IF all Barcelona players were injured, it would have been a walk over for Chelsea. . .
How about that?

BlueDiva:
Like reaching the FA cup final and CL final.
Something Sir Alex Fuckinson would have killed to achieve this season considering the fact that he is at risk of going trophyless.

coogar:

killed for champions league final? he's played 3 of the last 4 finals.
chelsea are the club in crisis. a cup team!

BlueDiva:

He will. United stand a risk of winning nothing this season.
Tell me you and your red wankers won't be happy to be playing in both cup finals.

You look down on the excellent performance of RDM and yet praise the hopeless AVB.
Coogar what are you smoking?

islamrules:

Yes

FA reward IS far lucrative than premier league. Compare the financial reward.

Ibime:

@ topic,

Di Matteo has proved on at least 5 occassions that he is tactically suited to the big games.

Whether Napoli away, Benfica, Tottenham or Barca home and away, he has shown extreme tactical flexibility.

A staid and stagnant Chelsea have become vibrant simply by Di Matteo playing players to their strength - the likes of Mata, Kalou and Ramires in particular have been deployed in positions that get the best out of them, and add pace and extra dimension to the team to make the team adaptable against any opponent.

If we need to defend, RDM can defend. If we need to attack, RDM can attack.

RDM has the poise, confidence and media-handling for the job, and should be given the job.

I've been hearing some nonsense about RA and Chelsea suits wanting a big name manager that can move players on and handle new transfers. Why do you need that?

Most of the old players contract are coming to an end and they should simply let them go whilst squeezing every last drop out of them on their way out (as RDM is doing), not weakening the team by some foolhardy fixation with replacing older players who still have something to give (as AVB and RA have been doing).

If the question is who do you trust with transfer funds, I trust RDM infinitely better than Guardiola (a disastrous transfer-market operator - see Chygrinsky, Ibrahimovic, and the unnecessary signing of Fabregas which has weakened Barcelonas system) and Mourinho (spend-spend). Given that Chelsea do not have extreme amounts of money to spend anymore, RDM knows the market for undiscovered gems better than these guys as seen in his purchases of the likes of Mulumbu for West Brom.



Give RDM the job!

odiaero:

See me in my office

Cant Recall Last When we Started Sharing Office!

coogar:

messi missed a penalty.....in the midst of the chelsea celebration,
that fact has been buried. [size=14pt]imagine if ronaldo missed a pen that woulda
taken his team to a european final. hmmmm[/size]

Ibime:

Then we should send him to develop our youth team. . .

We dont have such players in our youth team, so his ability in the transfer market is what would determine his success at Chelsea.

nateevs:
I really hope he wins the CL and FA Cup and test the resolve of RA.

This will put to bed finally, the endless arguments we've had on here about the real reasons behind RA's manager appointments. Style before results or not.

debosky:

If he wins the CL and gets the job that will confirm that RA prefers results above all else.

nateevs:

Agreed. As RDM has not clearly shown his style anywhere.
If he doesn't then your argument of over 3 seasons, is shot to pieces in one fell swoop.

debosky:

Agreed - the key here is whether he wins the CL or not. . . .if he doesn't and simply reaches the finals, he'll simply be the younger version of Avram Grant and will be swiftly fired or offered the assistant coach job.

You still can't predict what RA will do though, he is still a partly whimsical billionaire.