We've picked out a column from the Sun on Friday which pretty much sums up was most think about the bizarre goings on at Chelsea.
Should Carlo Ancelloti get the boot it in the summer will be the end of their fourth manager in the space of just two years. Who do they think they are, Real Madrid?
Steven Howard talks about Chelsea's chance of success, and insists it is time for owner Roman Abramovich to let a manager build a dynasty. He says:
Roman Abramovich's billions enabled Chelsea to dine at football's top table. The great irony now is he is the main reason for the current indigestion.
In your opinion, of course, Steven.
Now, it's said, Abramovich is ready to spend another fortune in the transfer market. Well, if he does (and I have my doubts), he will have to let Carlo Ancelotti buy the players HE wants. Not the players Abramovich wants. Or those whispered in his ear by Guus Hiddink or any of the other "advisors" keen to stay on the firm by suggesting names they know will go down well with the owner.
He has to allow his manager to manage. The problem is that having got through six in six years, it is not a position that encourages any long-term planning.
What Chelsea really require is a period of tranquility, sufficient time for a manager to have a proper look at some of the talented 18-year-olds at the club like Jeffrey Bruma, Gael Kakuta and Fabio Borini.
But Ancelotti, realising the owner's track record, knows he has to go for the quick fix. Not that he helps himself. He talks of Chelsea having developed their own identity under him but it was patently obvious on Wednesday the only team with any identity was Inter. And that was Mourinho's. Chelsea are increasingly a bland reflection of Ancelotti.
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