There is a lot going on at Charlton at the moment and emotions are running wild. I am married to a Chelsea supporter and remember the emotions he went through during the take over and inevitable success that followed. But what has happened to them? Has Abramovich lost all interest? Why sack Mourinho, the most successful manager they had in 50 years after a couple of mediocre performances, yet Ancelotti is still sitting strong with one win in last 9 league games? Any theories on why with all the money behind them this form is allowed to continue? I think Abramovich is going to pull out his investment so don't care anymore.
Makes me worry about our future at Charlton a bit too I must say.
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Phil Parkinson is to be appointed there to steady the ship and bring in much needed stability.
You heard it here first!
Parky can do better
Abrahmovich sacked Wilkins to show that he was the one running the show, look at the way that the decision was made, Ancellotti was given no choice or say in the matter whatsoever - how humiliating must that be for him?
Chelsea always go off the rails when Roman starts interfering, they suffered their last big dip when Roman showed his muscles when sacking their best ever manager, Jose Mourinho, and Ancellotti had begun to get them back on track.
They have had injuries and their squad is thin but the sacking of Wilkins, a crucial link between the English core players and the Italian coaching staff, seriously put the noses out of joint of their big hitters.
His record as Manager/Ass. Manager or coach is simply appalling.
The big name players, especially Terry, who we know is hugely influential at the club, were apparently furious about the way he was sacked in such a humiliating way.
My word if you take anything from that programme apart from humour then you need help.
The awful hacks, Winter, Barclay, etc etc who appear on this are just sycophants who are so far up the arse of the likes of Wenger, Terry, Gerrard etc you cannot take anything they say seriously.
Ray Wilkins - Look at the facts. He has had loads and loads of jobs in football and has basically failed miserably. All of a sudden him leaving Chelsea is the reason why last year’s Double winners are sh1te this season. Crap.
They may be hacks but fact is that all of them, especially Shaun Custis of The Sun, has a direct line into Terry and his management, that's where this line about Wilkins came from.
I would venture that they probably know more about the situation than you do.
Do you really think John Terry knows a good coach/Ass Manager etc from a bad one?
John Terry knows nothing.
John Terry is a high profile footballer. Captain of Chelsea and was captain of England. So if you want to keep your job as coach what do you do? Exactly, get up John Terry's backside. It's not rocket science is it?
The point is though that he is a very, very influential twat at Chelsea Football Club and he is the dominant force on the playing side. Anyone who knows anything about Chelsea will tell you that.
His nose was apparently put very much out of joint by his mate's sacking and that might help explain, at least in part, as to why Chelsea have collapsed since Wilkins left the club.
Its not the only reason but it looks like it might well have played a part, not because Wilkins was a master coach but because his sacking upset a lot of key people on the playing staff.
Teams have also sussed ways to counter Chelsea's system. If you pin back their full backs, Malouda and Anelka/Kalou (whoever normally plays on the right flank) get nullified easier.
Hilarious
This team won the double last season, surely this couldn't have been done by a Chelsea fan?
Nice idea but doesn't really work 100% does it?
Once again for those who missed it earleir......
To suggest any correlation between Chelsea's slump and the departure of Butch Wilkins is totally ridiculous.
Agreed, break open the Cava.
Would love to see Abramovich bail out and they do a Leeds. Then we will see how many real fans there are.
Looked into getting some tickets for Chelsea and the cheapest Adult ticket was £52 quid- what a joke!
Therefore, if that is correct he & others can't just go pumping untold money in any longer to buy success in Europe.
Doesn't explain the recent results, but may explain why Abrom is not pumping in money.
I don't pretend to understand this & don't really care at this moment in time, but if they are going to begin imposing sanctions based on the year starting 2011/12, that sounds like next season to me, so they need to be breaking even by the start of next season ?
Probably wrong, but that's how it reads to me.
So only Arsenal will survive and all the others will go into administration & Charlton will be in The Champions League within a few years - Tee hee .
I thought they signed some promising players a few years back; Deco I really liked but he never seemed to click and then they were gone with no replacements.
I've never really rated Lampard over the years - kind of a prozone proplus player - some say that Chelsea have underperformed during his long absence - but they started the season with a bang without him and now he's back he hasn't done much yet. Sorry Frank.
Maybe it's just old age - a lot of those players have been around for years and they're coming to the end of it, coupled with no managerial stability, and you get the impression that managers don't really do much, the players seem to decide what's what like some kind of overpaid union. I kind of felt - no evidence - thatthe players didn't like Phil Scollari and didn't put the shift in until he left?
You could argue that they kyboshed Capello, too. Terry and David James(Yeah I know he isn't Chelsea) rebelling, knowing what's the best, a bit like the French. Hmmm Annelka's part of the French set up, too.
Frankly, who cares?
In Mourinho he had the perfect manager - MANAGER. That means somebody who marshalls the resources available to him to achieve the greatest result. Mourinho knew what made a team tick, he didn't need too many fancy Dans like Ballack and Shevchenko. He built upon Ranieri's foundations, brought in Drogba and Essien and few others and fashioned an awesome team.
It seems though that the owner wanted certain stellar names rather than leaving it to the manager to decide on who he needs. They spent a fortune but not necessarily on the right players.
Since his departure, the team has been relatively successful domestically but the cracks have emerged. Their success in the last couple of years has come at a time when Arsenal have not been at their best, Manure have been in transition, Liverpool have lost the plot, Spurs are still on the way up and Citeh haven't hitherto gelled.
I think in Ancellotti they have a decent manager but he has taken over at a time when the squad did need freshening up with the right players but it coincided with Ambramovitch stopping spending money like it was going out of fashion. Indeed I wonder whether he is bored with his play thing.
Their demise may be temporary. The right players coming in this window may boost their season, but the shine has definitely gone. Wilkins sacking is a symptom of a wider malaise rather than the cause of it in my view.
I do agree that they need to bring in new and younger blood. Perhaps we will see a clear out of the ranks in the summer?
The view amongst those in the know is that Abramovich wants to be seen as the ultimate reason for Chelsea's success, he apparently really did not like Mourinho getting God-like status from the fans and that is why Mourinho fell out of favour.
Abramovich wants to be seen as the undisputed, sole power at the club and nobody or nothing is allowed to challenge his authority.
The long term future of Chelsea is going to be very interesting to watch, I can't see Abramovich sticking around for more than the next 5-10 years, they will find it tough to find a replacement.