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Chelsea F.C [2007-2008] Thread

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treble41;2528915 said:
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By the way Newbie, no offence but your team's 3 season outing with your manager's gone too long I think. A club shouldn't be like Real Madrid but Benitez could do a lot better, he's just been riding on CL success and the FC Cup win. They wouldn't have finished 3rd before if Arse hadn't had such a crappy season. With the Liverpool squad, they should be competing with us at the top, not fighting for a CL qualifying spot.[/B][/COLOR]

I know.
 

Filipower

Bunburyist
Jose Mourinho believes Chelsea's 2007/08 campaign can only be viewed as 'great' by an individual with 'the philosophy of a loser'.

The former Blues boss was speaking prior to the announcement on Saturday evening that Avram Grant's eight-month tenure at Stamford Bridge had been terminated.

Grant was unable to lead his side to silverware during his time at the club after finishing second in the Premier League and suffering defeat in both the Carling Cup and UEFA Champions League finals.

And Mourinho, who left Chelsea last September after guiding the club to two League titles and an FA Cup and Carling Cup success, has labelled Chelsea's 2007/08 season as 'very bad'.

Loser

When asked if the term had been a good one, the Portuguese told The Observer: "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."

On Chelsea's Champions League penalty shoot-out defeat to Manchester United, Mourinho added: "The best team lost the Champions League final, like last season the best team lost the Champions League semi-final.

"That is football. I have always said that details make the difference at this level - and luck is a really big detail.

Very sad

"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.

"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."

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Haha, good old classy Mourinho.
 

treble41

Senior Squad
lol looks like Jose is still bitter with Avram Grant. That comment would only heighten speculation of his return. And I don't think people are saying 2nd place is good. They're saying it's not bad considering the season Man U had.
 

pede54

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ישראל;2529181 said:
Chelea is a toy for Roman Abramovich, i hate him so much :swear2:

Things were not so different when Ken Bates was in charge. He sacked Vialli, who up to that point was our most successful manager.

No, this has more to do with Kenyon. He was a slimeball when he was with United, and he remains a slimeball now. We are becoming a sad reflection of Kenyons personality.

....and WTF was he doing collecting a losers medal in Moscow? What right had he to do that? The guy is a 1st class <unt.
 

Interista13

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I'm pretty dismayed at the firing of Grant...I believed he deserved more credit than he was given...many consider him a bad manager but hey, in the long run he did manage to keep Chelsea united and as a whole...best of luck to him...

But hey, what did he get? 6 million for 8 months' work? Dayum! (H)

Btw, guys, I wanted to ask you, what do you guys think of Lippi? I think he'd be willing to come and coach Chelsea, and I don't think he'd be a bad manager at all...what do you guys think?

Btw, I read Mancini reps went to Chelsea officials today to ask them for the job and they simply said no and shut the door (H)
 

pede54

Team Captain
Only according to A Bola. Are they like the Portuguese SUN?

Mancini's agent and Inter themselves have said that Mancini is going nowhere.

This whole Jose to Inter situation is just media fantasy at the moment. Jose has never even confirmed that he has been talking to the club. Until Jose confirms something then it's simply speculation.

The report actually states that Jose told Milan to buy Lampard and Deco. That's assuming that Lampard would want to play in Italy of course. Which he certainly does not. He will sign a new deal with us, much to many Chelsea haters dissapointment.:)
 

pede54

Team Captain
Of course.

Although I would have thought that Jose signing with Inter would have made the news headlines around the World, but there is nothing.
 

Filipower

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Yeah I know what you mean, I'd actually be more confident if it was "O Jogo", but anyway, I couldn't care less. Unless he came back to Porto, obviously, haha :D
 

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Didier Deschamps said he would welcome the chance to coach at his former club. He believes he is on the shortlist.

He did a great job with Juventus(although they were in Serie B) and also Monaco in 2004, getting them to the CL final by beating Chel.
 

shadowofanubis6

Reserve Team
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/soccer/05/26/inter.mourinho/index.html

"According to Portuguese sports daily A Bola, José Mourinho and Inter Milan have come to an agreement for the former Chelsea man to replace Roberto Mancini as coach.

It was reported in the Italian press earlier Monday that Mourinho had made up his mind that he wanted the job at Inter, but had issued club president Massimo Moratti a deadline of midnight to make or break the deal.

Moratti, who was said to be having second thoughts about whether or not to keep Mancini on, has now, according to A Bola, decided that Mourinho is indeed his man.

The 45-year-old has apparently been handed a three-year contract at San Siro, and will earn $14 million per season.

As part of the deal, Mourinho will immediately be allowed to sign former players Frank Lampard from Chelsea and Deco from Barcelona, while Luís Figo will be handed a one-year extension to his current contract that runs out next month.

The Mancini era, which yielded three successive Scudetti, appears now to be over, although it must be noted that there is still no official confirmation."


well well well...
 

Interista13

Starting XI
We don't know that yet. As long as we don't see an official statement on Inter's official site I don't believe a word of it...still it seems pretty convincing...:browsmiley:
 

pede54

Team Captain
I could find a thousand newspaper articles that are as high on the bullsh1t monitor as this one. Why even waste your breath on gossip?

This thread was declared a bullsh1t free zone long ago, so please no more gossip if you don't mind. We have learned to live without it in here.:)

I have heard a dozen names put forward for the Chelsea job, but one name I haven't heard is Dick Advocaat. I think he has done a fantastic job with FC Zenit. They play a very watchable brand of football and he has steered them to a league championship and won the UEFA cup this season. Just a thought.

As for Deschamps. He made the CL final with Monaco because Claudio Ranieri handed him the semi final on a plate. When he got to the final he was severly thrashed by Jose. Deschamps would be a step back in my opinion. There again, its only Deschamps who says Chelsea are interested. I cant see them even approaching him TBH.
 

Filipower

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I think Advocaat is staying at Zenit. They gave him a multi-million &#8364; contract, and although I'm sure Abramovic wouldn't mind topping that, and don't see it happening.
 
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