News filtering out from the back pages suggest Roberto Di Matteo will be handed the chelsea job on a permanent basis in the next week. Now, I don't really care about this either way but I find it interesting that so much bollocks is written by the media on this subject and mainly by ex pros and the media. The same people who said we should stick with the obvious failure Bruce. IMO, RDM is a disaster appointment waiting to happen. Chelsea rode their luck hugely in the Barcelona game and even more so in the final and it was more the senior players getting together and running the show that saw a resurgence in fortune and not his management skills. Di Matteo has done himself no harm of course and will secure himself a managers job no problem but he will not be good for a Chelsea team if he isn't in control of it going forward. Norwich would be a great club for him for instance. I can see Chelsea drifting badly if John Terry and Frank Lampard are effectively running it behind the scenes and they need a bigger name to take the job imo and stamp their authority.
Il be a bit surprised if he gets the job Cest, regardless of the fact he had produced miracles...only because, there were strong rumours that Abramovich felt he was 'exceptionally' lucky throughout the good run and seriously rode his luck with his tactical decisions
I think with Guardiola wanting a break then appointing Di Matteo now is win win. If he does well then great if they have a bad season then Guardiola is waiting in the wings. On a side note Guardiola could be a disaster for any club as what he's done with Barca doesn't prove ship to ne that he could hack ot anywhere else
I completely disagree. He picked the side that beat Barca and Bayern (JT conspiracy theories aside), he picked which players he wanted to substitute (Torres scored the goal that wrapped it all up at Camp Nou). He has absolutely earned the right to manage that team at least for another year. That Chelsea side hasn't been the same since they fired Ray Wilkins, and what they achieved by bringing in Di Matteo is squad unity. He's the right man for that job, alongside Wilkins if I'm being specific. I'm sorry but if O'Neill had left you lot to manage Chelsea and achieved exactly what Di Matteo had achieved in the same fashion and order, you'd be spaffing all over these boards about him.
Chelsea have real ambition and ability to win the Championship though and thats the difference. When did a novice last manager a top club to the title? Sentiment will dictate this if he gets it not brains.
He won the Champions League and the FA Cup, if he doesn't get at least a year it's a ****ing disgrace.
