It’s true. Rafael Benitez is returning to the Premier League as manager of Chelsea.
Here are his best bits:
5. Benitez refuses to congratulate Ferguson on winning the title in 2009.
4. After Gerrard stuck his fingers up at a referee after he was booked, Benitez had a great excuse.
3. KRAP – Keep Rafa At Pool. Benitez was unhappy he wouldn’t be given more money to spend.
1. His mental rant about Ferguson
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is that the Fachhhts ?
Hahahha fat Spanish waiter is back fatter than ever. What a fucking joke of a football club. CFC is a team run by scum with scum manager an scum players. Hahaha what a desparte fool!!
Seriously though? Why the fuck does roman even bother with managers? Just get in the dugout urself since he seems to think he knows better or
Better yet let terry run it hahahha
what’s wrong with michael owens moustache???? hahahah
and rafa welcome back… noooooooooooot.
letäs hope you do bad like in liverpool
Welcome back my beloved FSW!
If anything him sacking Matteo proved that they realize their win in CL was completely bull shit and a fluke otherwise they would have given him a proper chance.
Fucking hell, that fat spanish has returned, the mind games is on!!!!!!!!
Daddy is explaining to me who this Rafa Benitez man is. Apparently he last got Liverpool to 7th, so he must be pretty clever.
What an embarrassment I don’t know how anyone can go around wearing a Chelsea shirt. Absolute fucking classless idiots. Guardiola must be mad if he traded barca and messi for a chance to manage racist scum like terry….mark my words he’ll be sacked too
Christ, hes fucking back! Still an obnoxious team though, hopefully he will completely fuck them.
Fat Spanish Waiter now a rent boy. He’ll find enough customers up Fulham and King’s Road!
Guardiola would be absolutely crazy to join the madhouse, Chelses FC is.
Rafa Beneathus! Mint this! Almost makes up for yesterday…….. in comedic relief!
A complete cunt, just like the people who worship him
Benzimaaaaaaa 1 – zip to the Madrid!!
DiMatteo for Rafa, lol
Anchelotti for DiMatteo, lol
It gets better and better who next Rafa for Redknapp or maybe King Kenny could do a job, lol. Why not give Allardyce a call Roman, ha ha ha ha ha. You never know he may be able to convince Nolan to follow him again and hey presto a replacement for Lampard, ha ha ha ha ha. Priceless.
Rafa ,welcome back . We missed you Bitters concieded, well done Real … you bastards. mankini gutted. lets hope they suffer
rafas cracking up!
BestKeeperInTheWorld™ Joe Hart!
Couldn’t make it up!
city getting shafted
Ronaldo making Kompany look daft. Can always get on board with that.
Ronaldo making company look ordinary. If only he was still a united player:(
Hoping Ronny can put a smile on our faces with a brace.
To be fair to Komany, it is Ronny making him look ordinary.
Yaya Toure is suspended for the Dortmund game. Hahaha
yaya is indicitive of city when they are behind. starts to lose composure and lets his emotions take over. Bring on Mr composure Mario
welcome back Rafa. Hope you waste fuckin trilions .
I wish Nev owuld not join in the City love in .
Say what you want about Mourhino but he knows how to set up a team in a big game.
Ronaldo making kompany look like a fool
Real Madrid would walk the Premier League.Scary how far ahead of us and city they are.
Yeah, they look ripped and fitter
I’m sure they keep on dodging macdonald, unlike……….
They could have scored more than 2 goals in the first 20mnts
Rafa Quotes: ” Chelsea is a big club with fantastic players, every manager wants to coach a such a big team. I would never take that job, in respect for my former team at Liverpool, no matter what.
For me there is only club in England, and that’s Liverpool” via @vinnymcp
Dortmund winning 3-0 at ajax, oh boy
Rafa is probably going to rebuild his team around john obi Mikel, creative midfielders beware
priceless. Now it will be a race to fixture 38 between only the manchester clubs for sure. I bet Chelsea wont make top 5 once more, and this time parking the bus wont help them get a CL spot.
well chelsea are fucked
Proverb.
How on earth can that be a positive thing. City will play Dortmund right before the Manchester derby, and now Touré will be rested! Think before you write!
Dortmund will win the CL they look impressive .Kawaga must be scratching his head
You gotta admire david silva, his spirit is amazing adding to his undoubted talent it makes for a wonderful player
Rafa just before Chelsea called lol https://twitter.com/gillsy14/status/271355532999274496/photo/1
via gillsy14
come on Real
City fans singing “we shall not be moved”……..presumably from bottom place in their group?
Brilliant news. He can start by nicking some points at the weekend, the stupid bastard, haha.
I heard bobby manc talk to the officials before second half, now I get what they were talking about
Simply the best news I’ve heard in a long while. I love to hate Benitez more then any other manager. Bring it on, Fat Boy.
KRAC, Keep Rafa at chelsea
the blues are blue
LOL best news all season,someone made a good point on talksport,[before the news of FSW hiring]Roman paid 50mill for Trannyboy but as of yet has made him look a mug because has played like shit,so Roman because he’s such a egomaniac brings in Rafa to get to Trannyboy sorted to prove to everyone he wasn’t a mug for spending the 50 mill.Then low and behold FSW is signed
Benitez. Great news!
City out!
The teams kept alive on life suport by a mafia guy and a dictator lose.
GREAT DAY!
Just how much does Robbie savage enjoy licking city’s balls? What a twat
I AM SO HAPPY WOW
now they can sack mancini and bring di matteo hahahahah
so glad seeing them go out, they didn’t deserve that penalty
our legend and golden boy RONALDO teared them apart. Shame he didn’t score.
peace.
I will make a petition for Ronaldo, bring Ronaldo back, cause we miss him.
Fuckme i forgot how much i hated that fat twat. Isa fahhct. Njoy ur short stay in the prem. Because we all know you wont be there nxt season! 19 times and daza fahhct!
City out of CL!!!
We should probably hope they beat Dortmund and make it into Europa.
Common wisdom is that we need them in other competitions so that they can’t focus on EPL.
Not sure if that’s completely correct, but I tend to side with that view.
Tough week for city fans as both their teams are out of of the champs league.
I thought City would get a late goal of some sort there, it just seemed likely to happen. Even though it wouldn’t have helped them at all, the injustice alone would have put me in bad form.
WORST REFEREE EVER!
Aguero should have been carded for a blatant dive. Ronny should have had a penalty, Kompany got away with two obvious fouls on him. All they did all night was take him down.
Now get the FUCK OUT of the Champions League, and don’t bitch and whine about having a tough group… you took 1 point from Ajax….
Off topic hope shitty get in2 Europa to stretch them 4 games. Ronnie smiling away with al the bitterz wtf was that about?? Also this knckout stage in c.l is guna be deadly all the 2nd teams in groups are dangerous as fk!
It’s starting already!
Chelsea is Crackin UP!
Joe Chelsea FC @All_Blue_CFC
Stop with the Benitez hates Chelsea quotes FFS! We all know what he said and that was the past. Get over it he’s here now. #CFC
Dela, That’s exactly how City played him when he was with us.
Kompany: Welcome home son! x
Ronny: Be watching you on Thursday night Channel 5!
Disgraceful media should be ashamed, interviewing hart instead of ronnie WTF :/
In fact, fuck it. I don’t even want to see them in the Europa league. They can focus on the league & we’ll still beat them. Deserve nothing.
What a great day! I’ve needed a good laugh. City out… again. Rafa back at the helm… again. I just can’t believe short-sighted Chelsea have been. Why hire a back-up then dump him a few months later for a has-been? Granted, Benitez can work a trick or two with a squad someone else has built–and Chelsea do have some brilliant players. To paraphrase Pink Floyd, this seems like a laugh but may really be a cry.
I can’t wait to have Kagawa back. Watching Silva in and around the box highlights our need for a technically gifted player slotting in that role. Wayne’s done magnificently and his passing has been phenomenal at times, but he couldn’t dribble around a bus. Okay a tad harsh, but I can’t wait for Shinji to be fit!
Man…. I didn’t realize how much I missed having that ugly pock-marked face to laugh at until just now.
Welcome back, El douche-bag.
Seem’s maybe Chelsea have some bad news coming re the Clattenberg thing in the dressing room and are taking evasive action. but there again maybe they are just twats.
I agree with those who prefer City to drop all the way out of Europe. I think their locker room dynamics will get even worse if they don’t have those extra Europa games to spread around (especially among their strikes given that Tevez and Balotelli are insane and Dzeko is a whinger of the highest order (compare his attitude about being an impact sub to Chicharito’s)).
Wohahahahahahahahaha……Hohohohohohohoho……. Pwahahahahahahha…….I just ….. Heheheheheheheh………. Hahahahahahahaha………… haven’t been able……. Nwahahahahahahaha…… to stop……. Worhorhorhorhorhor…….. laughing since I heard.
Lololololololololoooool
I agree with the talksport lads FSW has been signed to get the best out of Trannyboy,no other reason to sign him.His tatics aren’t going to suit Rent boys new signings,Oscar and Hazard don’t like to defend.FSW plays a boring defensive style of football,he was afraid to lose at the Dippers Rent boys the pressure is 3 times as great,fuck me he’s already had one major meltdown they’ll be carting him away from Chelsea in a straight jacket
KRAP Campaign – Keep Rafa At Pool Campaign….
KRAC Campaign – Keep Rafa At Chelsea Campaign….
FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACHT…! Lolz.
Haha @mansuy
Jokes aside….
Silva was magnificent tonight, really kept the bitters from within distance to finding a winning goal
Floating about through holes he created himself, brush everything on his path and providing with that final ball its something to admire, he was the best player in the second half. Great player shitty have in their hands
Regarding our injury woes..
I’m Starting to have some question marks to our medical staff, its getting way out of control I thought kags would be back by now but has again been delayed his return for 4 more weeks only god knows what’s wrong now if its not his knee
The reason Chelsea are so insane at the moment comes down to money! They had just been celebrating turning a profit for once and hailing their efforts to comply with regulations and yada yada. But the truth is, they won the European Cup, and that’s why they balanced their books. Since then they’ve splashed the cash again and now they’re on the very very edge of going out of the champions league, so there’s NO WAY their financials look good at the end of this season.
As for City, I understand why some people here want them to grab the Europa spot so that they have mid week games and Monday fixtures, but I really don’t want to see them go into it. I want the band of mercenaries to fall flat on their face in Europe, even though it means they will have that bit more fitness than us.
BTW, Real Madrid finishing second is going to be a real dodgy fixture for those who topped their groups!
@Proverb –> Aye. I know nothing really about the medical staff, but I do know that we seem to have players sidelines far longer and more often than our rivals. Either this is sheer bad luck, or its the training regiment, or there is something wrong with the medical side of things. Hard to say. Annoys me that every year we have a crisis.
I agree with those saying City should end 4th.
-It’s bad (good for us) for their moral
-It will be lesser playingv time for their BIG EGO fringe players
-Ajax is a team of local youngsters “worth” 10 % of City. And they end up in front of them
I DO HOPE MANCINI STAYS THOUGH!
Imagine the laughs week in week out with him and the fat waitor talking out of their arse!!!!!!!!!
I agree with those saying City should end 4th.
-It’s bad (good for us) for their moral
-It will be lesser playingv time for their BIG EGO fringe players
-Ajax is a team of local youngsters “worth” 10 % of City. And they end up in front of them
I DO HOPE MANCINI STAYS THOUGH!
Imagine the laughs week in week out with him and the fat waitor talking out of their arse!!!!!!!!!
Hahaha there is Alreat rumours about Torres having a direct hand in do Matteo firing and subsequent hiring of FSW. LOL who does Torres think he is? John terry? Only the captain leader legend cunt can do such things!! Hahahha oh man to have been a fly on ferguson’s wall when
He got word of Benitez imminent arrival!!!
I’m just wondering lol what would have happened if Matteo had won last night? Judging by what’s been said this plan been in the works for a fee days.
I think it would be more embarrassing for those whores to have to play Europa league,those Thursday games really puts a strain on a team,be much better for Utd
Esteban @ 23:14: “I agree with those who prefer City to drop all the way out of Europe. I think their locker room dynamics will get even worse if they don’t have those extra Europa games to spread around”
I’d second-that-motion. That’s not a team over at Wastelands; it’s a collection of mercenaries. AND BoobyMancs ain’t up to much as a man-manager.
The match on Sunday should be/could be fascinating – can TheFatSpanishWaiter instil a sense of urgency in the RentBoyz ? or will they all be confused by “facts” ?? If they lose will ‘arry be called in to patch things up ???
Christmas time mistletoe and wine…………..
Bentez want Skrtl
City OUT
This is a post from some guy named Nafis on one of the above links:
MAY 3, 2010 AT 16:36
Nafis says:
@Carras Knee:
Here are some Livpool facts in UCL:
2005 – Champions through pens
2006 – Don’t remember, but definitely not much ahead
2007 – Runners Up
2008 – Out in the Semis
2009 – Out in the quarters
2010 – Out in the group stage
and in the future….
2011 – Not in UCL
2012 – Not in Europe
2013-16 – Not in Top 10 perhaps? * Fingers Crossed *
This was in 2010. And boy was he spot fucking on! Get in lad!
This has got to be the most stupid managerial appointment of Abramavich’s ownership of the Rent Boys AND THAT IS A FACT!!! Two important points arise from UCL activity over the last 24 hours,
1) City are and always will be pretenders to the EPL Championship, proving that money can BUY short termed glory, but eventually the ‘owners’ financing such wannabe’s is financial stupidity.
2) Chelsea will regret appointing an individual who is more suited to serving drinks than quoting FACTS that are in fact BULLSHIT excuses for FAILURE!
It has been very sad to see the English game ruined by stupid owners with nothing better to do with their billions of oil generated pounds, leaving fans short of cash because of artificially inflated raghead oil prices as well as being ripped off at the turnstiles.
One must not overlook the criminal activity of the Glazers paying themselves millions of pounds, for what? Buying one of the worlds top football clubs, who were actually without debt, by borrowing money to buy the club and FORCING almost 1 billion pounds of debt on a club founded by local supporters.
Yeah, I think it is about time that the EPL was wrested from these greedy money hungry owners and returned to their rightful owners; The true football fans, also limiting the number of ‘imported foreign’ players and ‘imported foreign’ managers. These ‘imports have not improved English football one iota because the kids are not getting a chance, as they did before this invasion.
A few youngsters do beat the trend but then what happens? Greedy money grabbing agents convince them their career would prosper abroad, when in fact these ‘agents’ are only looking to feather their own nests.
One last observation, these agents, in general, are not English, not even British.
after tonights game its fair to say that real madrid will be seen as faves for the CL
and i do think they will win it…
they are frightening…and so far ahead of us and city its not even funny…they couldve been 5-0 up by the 20th minute.and in ronnie,they have a phenomenal talent…he ripped them tonight…taking 4 on some stages…
its going to be dreadful if we draw them…id rather barca in all honesty …lol
alonso essien modric vs carrick scholes giggs
lol
A good mate of mine is a pensioner and a life-long Pensioner. Earlier this evening he was aghast at the thought of Benitez. First prize for him was Hiddink, anyone was better than fsw or ‘arry.
I don’t expect he can revive Torres, that ship has sailed and is sinking fast. I still expect CFC to qualify for next year’s CL, and it’s still a 3-horse race in the league. Chelsea’s fat new jockey will probably have put paid to their title hopes by late February.
I’m stoked to have fsw more accessible to regular ridicule. He’s makes a great lampoonee.
There was a shot of SAF at the game watching .. I”m sure he was pleased with the result
United till I die says:
Say what you want about Mourhino but he knows how to set up a team in a big game.
– Second that. They’re stamina was impressing, most of their team was on the hills of every City player, incredible stamina as a team, crisp fast passing.. great..
For City – SIlva is really top notch.. some amazing moves from him tonight.
A statement on the CFC website said: ‘Chelsea Football Club can confirm Rafael Benitez has been appointed interim first-team manager until the end of the season.’
What are the odds on him making it?
zigoo – have you seen the la liga table? madrid have not been exactly been this perfect outfit
Just seen the joe hart interview he comes across as a bitter big head twat !!
Who the fuck does he think he is?
Brilliant comment from the Mail article on Benitez appointment:
“Bet you by the time my egg boils ‘Rafa’ will be gone! Ahhh and here he is right on cue with my egg, well done fat boy!”
A few facts ex Mail:
Chelsea have spent approximately £86m since 2004 in compensation for managers – more than Everton’s entire net spend since the Premier League began.
Chelsea had eight managers in their first 70 years from 1905 to 1975, they are now going for a ninth in nine years.
The average life span for a manager under Abramovich is eight months. Only Mourinho and Ancelotti lasted more than a year.
FITB….
does that really make a difference?they had a poor start to the league,but theyve picked up over the last month or so,and already won the super cup vs barca…
besides with the quality they have,they will definetly definetly be up there…
and if u r talking about league tables,take in to consideration that city are top of our league,and were made to look like amateurs in the first half by real who arent doing great in la liga as u say…even thought they are the current holders!
dont let the table fool you…bilbao last year played us off the park and they were 12th in la liga…am just saying we need to be realistic and say that we will need to shore up our defence and with a bit of luck we will be contenders for the crown…but in a real world,barca and real are miles ahead of any team atm,and are favourites….
i also back juve and dortmund to be the dark horses…
juve have a wonderful midfield tbh
viva benitez!
@Mansuyunited
I can’t wait to have Kagawa back. Watching Silva in and around the box highlights our need for a technically gifted player slotting in that role. Wayne’s done magnificently and his passing has been phenomenal at times, but he couldn’t dribble around a bus. Okay a tad harsh, but I can’t wait for Shinji to be fit!
same here, I said after the loss to norwich that we needed Rooney and also that we need our “Silva”, “cazorla”, “mata” back –> Kagawa, somebody laughed at my suggestion.
WE HAVE to play to his strenghts and sacrifice someone so Kagawa can play his game. Put him to the left like SIlva, Finger crossed SAF realized last night that Kagawa shoul be in that position.
OR
Rooney to the left, the sacrifice and Kagawa behind RVP. We also need Chicha, so when Chicha is on form, change formation. Bu that is my solution for our playmakign and if we want to start playing better attacking wise.
ALSO
Nani to the field and give the lad some love. So he could play like he has done in his better days.
Rooney, RVP, Kagawa and Nani would be a deadly combination linked with Chicha and Valencia from the subs and when needed.
peace out.
Lol Can’t believe Rafa is back, I really hope he fucks up.
Off topic, but hilarious
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Np4eqEM9HV8&feature=g-vrec
Steven Gerrard, what a gentleman
Di Matteo was decent man and a better coach and man manager than he gets credit for. This is a sad day for football but a good day for United…I hope….! We will at least have managers bitching at each other again with the ferocity of a Spanish meerkat. Also good to see we can still unravel teams, Chelsea have been crap since our match when the accused ref of racism.
Fuck Ronaldo, he should have stayed. He earns less than Rooney at Madrid and they easily cover his salary and more with shirt sales.
On a negative, our title contenders out of the CL is not good so early. If they get in the Europa they will just play kids most likely and not give a shit and just gun for the EPL while we will be more stretched. I hope they both stay in the other cups and play their first squads.
We need to sort out defence and stop dropping points! I think Jones if he improves and develops more passing range can be a holding MF, though he does not have the passing range and vision Carrick can have.
I actually think as he ages Rio should play the Carrick holding defensive mid role infront of Vidic and
Smalling.
@NBI
I remembered they put Rio in front of the back four for a game, and it was a disaster
Off Topic again
The English media waxing lyricals about Ibrahimovic’s overhead kick because it was against mighty England. And nothing was mentioned about this? A much better goal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=509z5o8izsU
@Proverb @WeAreUnited Spot on, the both of ye’s. I miss the little lad immensely, and I hardly know him!
As I hinted in my post, this may actually be an astute short-term appointment. Like I said, Rafa can work a trick or two with a team, and this is the key part, that someone else built. Chelsea have a bucket full of talent, and he just may be able to unlock it.
That said, I’d gladly be made a fool of for placing any faith in the meltdown queen. He reminds me of Bowser in Super Mario, don’t ask me why.
Anyone recall Benitez’s famous quotes about “Turning corners”.
The moment he said Loserfool had turned a corner and they were back to the same spot.
That was hilarious !!!
Poor guy just got an interim job. Roman must have wisen-up about manager’s contracts.
so now we can use the slogan “KRAC…Keep Rafa At Chelshit”. Hahahaha….here comes the new comedian in town!!!…
Wonder what he will have to say about the statue when the reporters inevitably ask for his comment! He will telll them “facts” lol!
Rafa the fat spanish waiter is back..daza a fahhct no 1
He will be fired at the end of the season…Daza Fahhct no 2
He was brought to get the best of the 50M “oil muppet project” daza fahhct no 3
……
Am sure it must be tough being a blue fans. Both their Oil teams are crashing out of CL
I was laughing at some headline on the dailies
“Torres has finished off more bosses than chances”
He might as well finish the fat spanish waiter
As fun as City’s Ch.League failure was, hopefully they will make it to the Europa League. They are our main title rivals and I don’t want them enjoying a 7 day rest period before each game in the second half of the season. With the Europa League being played on Thursday, it should provide a good distraction for them.
Incredible! May be chelsea do go by who the media rumor. Why on earth quite anyone would think that a manager out of work for 2 years do well interim is beyond me. This is a bad idea. Hope it backfires on them.
Apparently kompany tweeted “The opportunity to claim our place at the top of European football will come again” – I’m astounded by the sense of entitlement in his statement and what is this with the “come again…” they never were anywhere in europe to begin with – wonder what he means by again?! He might have a future as policitian with statements like this, I tell ya.
Costas, Cheers mate. Agree on need to keep CSKA and City in Europa in principle. But those egos without enough games could well self-destruct for their own back biting.
Speaking of rivals… reading that Leeds is getting an infusion of oil cash. Like throwing scraps to the dogs.
Finally, Did ya see that our own delinquency case Ravel Morrison is considering Jamaica for his internationals? I fear for the lad. Must have an absolute fool for an advisor.
Home of rum and ganja, right
Why are chelsea and Liverpool fans saying that Rafa was signed by Chelsea to help fernando Torres rediscover his form. Dont they remember the last two seasons of Rafa Benitez at Liverpool. You know the ones where Torres lost his scoring touch. Chelsea didnt buy Torres on the back of a 30 goal season you know, he was bought because he was expendible by Liverpool and his history.
To put things in perspective. Torres with his coaching from Athletico Madrid fresh in his head came to Anfield and scored 33 goals in his first season. Very comendible. The following two years with Benitez he scored 17 and 22 in all competitions In a team that didnt understand how to defend. Incidentally comparable to Darren Bents record playing for Tottenham then Sunderland where he scored 25.
I put it to you that Rafa Benitez is just one of those managers that take over from a team builder and gets a lucky streak going. Benitez had success with Valencia, a side built by Hector Cuper. Benitez had success with Liverpool by complete fluke by a side built by Houllier. He then went on to destroy Inter Milan which incidently was built not by Mourinho as some give credit to, not by Manchini before him but by a manager who was there between the years 2001 2003. A certain Hector Cuper, who brought in the very successful players Adriano, Almeyda, Emre, Cannavaro, Conceicao, Crespo, Cruz, Gonzalez, Martins, Materazzi, Toldo and Christiano Zanetti. The bedrock to the success under Manchini and later Mourinho.
What team is Rafa taking on here, one in decline, one that is aging. Even with the likes of Oscar Hazard Mata etc will these team ever emulate the success that Claudio Ranieri put together at Chelsea.
@Goat – excellent points on cuper and ranieri – both very good managers. Patience from owners to persevere with managers will pay off long term.
I don’t rate di matteo though – he is just average. Chelsea’s main mistake was sacking ancelloti.
My opinion is that city should stay bottom of the group. Will keep their euro quotient where it is and also no great player will want to play for this club with no European pedigree. Next year will also be more of the same for them on europe with clueless mancini on the helm [if he is kept on until then].
@Fletch
Hi mate. Nah, I hadn’t heard anything about Ravel intentions, but Jamaica sounds fitting for him! Plus, the way he’s going, even Heskey has a better chance at getting called up by England than he is.
@Gandalf
I think he probably meant to say that the top European football will “cum again” the next time City enter the Ch.League.
That team’s Ch.League record is no better than Bate Borisov’s. 
As for Rafa, he’s been unemployed for 2 years during his prime as a manager and he jumped at the chance to join a club on a 6 month basis. Goes to show how much demand there was for him…
Gandalf
There are managers that can attract and buy teams and then there are those that can build teams from players properly scouted and a good eye for what will become.
The players managers like Mourinho, Mancini King Kenny and the like are those that th epress say are the best players to go for.
Before Sir Alex showed an obvious interest who was
Steve Bruce other than a milk cup winner with Norwich, Who was Pallister, who was Stam, who was Ronny Johnson, who was Solksjaer, who was Kagawa (if you compare to the likes of Hazard, Silva, Mata etc) who was Smalling, who was Jones, who was Evra, who were the daSilva twins,who was Valencia, who was Anderson, who was Ronaldo etc etc etc
Some managers are given respect by the press because they speak the same language Im just so happy Sir Alex doesnt.
@Goat
Excellent points. It is most unfortunate for Chelski (or fortunate for us) that AbramoRich does not have the tactical astuteness to see this. He is shortsighted and impatient. Perhaps when Chelsea falls into further decline, we can poach Mata, Hazard or Oscar from them
@Goat – aside from building the team, the main quality that I adore about SAF is that he takes responsibility for everything about the club. He makes everything about the club, fixes when needed in his own way. But it is all him. And that takes balls.
Unlike moronho, mancini, dalgliesh and even ancelotti used to blame on other aspects like owners and made childish comments about refs etc…
Fergie even when we didn’t have that much money early on, always took entire responsibility for the club’s football side. That is what makes United the club it is. Ever so thankful to sir Alex for that.
(in a French accent!)
Allo René,
Listen verry carefully – I shall say dis only once!!
StR
Any news from prosportex regarding the fantasy football. It still hasnt been updated from the 11th 12th of november fixtures. Ive written to them 3 times and no reply. Im starting to wonder whether it was a bit of bullshit by scouse fans to get RoM users email and personal info. No other teams fans seem to be represented much.
Oh come on don’t be so hard on him, he has done what we all strive to do, improve ourselves.
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Once a waiter now a Fat Spanish Caretaker – well done
I`ll have the Chorizo followed by the Paella and a bottle of San Miguel to swill it all down.
………..and bring me some more bread you fat cunt.
WOW !
THE FAT SPANISH WAITER IS BACK ? WHAT A FARCE HE IS …………………
I don’t FSW for taking the job its Roman that’s lost the plot with his Torres obsession and wanting to prove that he wasn’t a mug for paying 50 mill for him
This has to be obvious for everyone to see FSW has had a past due date for years,Rent Boy fans must be embarrassed to be reduced to hiring a Dipper reject just because their owner can’t accept he fucked up with Trannyboy
This hiring is comedy gold and absolutely ridiculous
Benitez was the one who screwed up Torres in the first place. From a striker who scores for fun to someone who can’t put it into an open goal.
I don’t know how true this is but heard that torres has a goals stat of 2.6 per coach since he joined CFC.
Fucking funny.
Torres has never been a prolific goalscorer he’s been playing regular 1st team football since 2001-02 and only ever once gone over 20 goals in a league campaign that was 07-08 for Liverpool at 24,in 374 app only got 158 goals.I couldn’t make sense on why Chelsea didn’t sign any strikers in the off season what top club starts the season with one striker doesn’t make any sense.Now it does because Roman wants Torres to be the main focus, again getting back to the fact he can’t stand to be proven a mug,he’s one fucked up egotistical man
maybe De Matteo got fired because he was beginning to give up on Torres,the starting line up against Juve in such a big game was a strange one having no recognized forward
Anyone have a cogent reason why United didn’t sign up to be apart of the NextGen series? One can imagine a few scenarios, but sounds like THE place to be for elite youth squads.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2012/nov/22/nextgen-football-elite-youth-europe
@wayne
The formation in itself is not strange.
However, doing it with any team other than Barcelona is – at best – ambitious.
* or Spain
kanchelskis hi mate think about it De Matteo drops Torres for Chelsea’s biggest game of the season and goes with a formation that is foreign to the team,day later De Matteo fired FSW hired,tells me Chelsea won’t be signing any top strikers in January,heard today Drogba could be on his way back giving Rent boys cover.Roman is going to live and die by Torres this season
@wayne
Oh yes I agree the Torres dropping could well be the reason or at least the final straw (AVB was sacked after making the same decision), just meant to say the ‘false 9′ formation in itself is useful, given the right resources.
………and by the way………I almost forgot that when this fat cunt was at the dippers I used to call him BENEATH US coz he never finished above us !
Gandalf you said
Incredible! May be chelsea do go by who the media rumor. Why on earth quite anyone would think that a manager out of work for 2 years do well interim is beyond me. This is a bad idea. Hope it backfires on them.
Do not forget liverpool took on a manager in daglish who has not been a manager in well over a decade. So it is no surprise some clubs would hire a manager who has been out of the game longer than a year
Fucking Minging. Lisa Riley with a shit beard. Cunt.
And the battle continues:
Benitez: “If Chelsea are naive and pure then I’m Little Red Riding Hood.” (2007)
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/rafa-benitez-on-chelsea-i-would-1450396
Rio and Evra are 2 of only 5 EPL Defenders shortlisted for the FIFA/FIFPro World XI 2012 team
Vidic would be there if fit as well.
http://en.m.fifa.com/ballondor/news/newsid=1940071/index.html
Hahahah, Chelsea fans be pissed!!
I remember i WTF when i heard about this, sent a couple friends “RDM been fired from Chelski, Rafa hired, and thats a fact” lol
WOW life is stranger than fiction. Benitez at Chelsea. Let the humor begin.