OT: Chelsea fires Manager

This is just stupid, they will not find a better manager.

Huge Chelsea FC fan here. Obviously disappointed...

the press releasesays he had  "fallen short of expectations."  Tough crowd.  

I remember Sparky Anderson saying something along the lines of, "I was a Hall of Fame manager because I was smart enough to have a bunch of great players on the teams I coached," implying that the best managers were only differentiated from the average manager by being lucky enough to coach the players who were on the 1984 Tigers.

I've always thought of pro soccer and basketball coaches in the same way. Their primary job is to keep players focused and not try to get cute. Am I way off base here? Maybe it's because I don't understand soccer very well.

Their squad has gotten older and more injury prone. Several of their top players were injured and/or underperformed. Roman has always been quick to change managers, but I don't think it was the right solution in this case. I understand that he invested a lot in the club, even in midseason, but the team was probably the hottest club to end the season. Ancellotti had gotten the squad back on track particularly once David Luiz got into the side. While I do not like Chelsea, I don't think it was a good decision. Who is a better manager on the market right now? Mourinho might be available if he gets fired with Real but would he want a second stint at Chelsea? Would they be able to lure Guardiola from Barca? I don't think either are realistic possibilities.

Nooooooooooooo!

The coaching carousel in soccer is ridiculous. I know they have less influence than alot of other sports and personnel changes are very frequent, but how do they expect any stability and continuity year-to-year by sacking managers every other year?

The guy has won everywhere he has coached. Great manager. Now the door is open for him to come back to Roma. What a perfect way for DiBenedetto to start to improve the club

The writing on the wall has been there for a few months in regards to Carlo. Pretty funny how he won the double his first year and the sacked in the second year. The lack of form of Essien, Lampard, Torres, and inability to find a half decent RB did Chelsea and Carlo in this year. In the cases of Essien and Lampard, they are at the age where it may not be in a dip in form, just age catching up them. Not everyone can be a Ryan Giggs.

Edit: In regards to OP, can we make an exception to the no manager is safe with SAF

.... when you have the Russian people's oil money to spend, why not get the best? Abramovich has let himself down here. I don't think they like Ancellotti's  style, and with an incredibly mediocre Man United winning the league this year, Chelsea's point total seems unacceptable. He did not get the best from Torres, who is burying managers everywhere he goes of late, and you have to wonder, as others said, who they will bring in to make this team hum. Let them flounder; you can't buy history.

I'm a big Man U fan with a ton of respect/hatred for chelsea, but this is a terrible decision.  Ancelotti seemed to be a great manager and they weren't out of the EPL title hunt until last week. Roman is just so desparate to win the champions league he's making a big mistake here.  I guess getting rid of Mourinho was the bigger mistake. Who is better AND available to meet his standards?

Yet Arsene Wenger whose team has choked at least 3 times in the past 6 years in the quest for the premier league title keeps his job. Chelsea is ridiculous their team showed poise getting themselves back into contention for the league and finishing second.

Torres has been a huge disappointment so far especially considering what they paid for him but still....runner up to repeating for the title and winning the double last year.

All Abramovich cares about is winning the champions league.  Even if Chelsea won the premiership this year, I'm pretty sure Ancelotti would still be out.

Always nice to see another Arsenal fan. It isn't even the lack of trophies that is bothering me it's about the decisions and the tactics. Wenger usually signs great players when he goes out and does it but his resistance to doing it when Arsenal is better off financially than the other Big Four just drives me crazy.

It really got to me when after Arsenal beat Barcelona in the CL by being aggressive offensively that he said something along the lines of while we are still the underdogs we know how to beat this team now......then he goes and plays an all defensive first half in the second leg that was only counterattacking

Real Madrid has twice hired Fabio Capello.  Both times he won La Liga.  Both times he got booted out the door immediately following the season (the second time because the fans and ownership decided his team's style of play was not entertaining enough).

Being English, I've obviously followed the EPL for a very long time, and this firing is just another verse in the terrible leadership of Roman Abramovhic. Ancellotti is a great manager who's won multiple Champions League titles (the trophy Chelsea seeks the most) at Milan along with many other trophies. And yet they fire him because he went one year without a trophy?

This is almost as bad as when they fired Avram Grant, who, whilst he isn't the greatest manager, was one penalty kick away from winning the Champions League. 

Note: John Terry missed a penalty to win the CL in 2008 vs Man utd

It was also Abramovich who fired Ray Wilkins, a great coach at Chelsea who basically told Abramovich that his plan to buy Torres was a load of crap and wouldn't work. After they fired Wilkins, the team went on a streak that basically cost them the league this season, and they went on to buy Fernando Torres for £50MILLION!!!! He scored 1 goal....in like 15 games.

Conclusion: Chelsea are stupid.

Totally agree that was a huge mistake and the results directly after that during the winter period of the season would back that up. Comparing the Carlo situation to the Avram Grant one  is pretty laughable though. Grant inherited an awesome team from TSO and was one kick from winning the CL (viva john terry! viva john terry! could have won the cup but he fucked it up) but he is no where near the level of the top managers even the middle tier of managers in England. It's a shame what has happened to West Ham under his watch. That team has no reason to be playing in the Championship.

In regards to Wenger, I can't understand how Arsenal fans can still support his philosophies in the transfer market. They've been such a flawed team for how many years now and it's the same exact flaw but he refuses to address it. The lack of leadership on the pitch for Arsenal is amazing for a team that big. Basically started with Gallas crying @ Brum a while back (the Eduardo leg break game) and it seems to be passed on to Cesc who wants to be in Barca.

I am new to following the EPL and have noticed that the EPL spends more money and has more rabid fans then any league I have followed. I can only imagine the combination of the two leads to managers short life span with a club. Chelsea has made a big mistake. City seemed ready to fire their manager before the FA cup win and securing 3rd in the league. Who knows maybe Mancini will be fired if Carlo is available. This makes hockey coaching changes seem normal.

If Mancini gets sacked, which is highly unlikely, it would be a way bigger shock than Carlo getting the axe. Mancini exceeded all expectations this year with removing the banner at Old Trafford and finishing 3rd.

I believe that my avatar obligates me to say "bwhahaha."

Unless of course Gera's red costs Fulham their Fair Play Europa League spot.  In which case I'll just be another fan whose club disappointed them on the last day of the season.

And as long as we are talking about the EPL, pity Blackpool got sent down today.  They were fun.