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I really hope that Roman takes a big step back now that the CL has finally been won, but i can also see this reinforcing the mindset that "my meddling produced results! Let me keep meddling!"
I liked AVB and was in the faction of fans who wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt, but from everything i've heard about his man-management skills, they were pitiful. I wouldn't trade the way this season ended though for anything. Just to give you a little background, i've been a fan since 1996 and to see Robbie freaking Di Matteo and Eddie Newton (both heroes of the 1997 FA Cup) take the reins of this team all the way to a UCL and FA cup double is the stuff dreams are made of.
I don't believe Terry, Lampard or Cole will just roll over from now on. If anything, it will only give them new arguments 'we've proven all the naysayers wrong, we still have it in us'. This point is reasonable and the idea did strike me as i was writing my long comment, but i do think it will depend on what is asked of them and how. If they are given roles to guide younger players (Bertrand, for example, has talked a ton about how much Cole has worked with and guided him), they are likely to let others shine. It's all about fostering a sense of common fate. Drogba did not complain when he was benched in favor of Torres this season. Frank and Ashley also sat out games under Di Matteo without complaint. Then again, it's really hard to make inferences based on only the last 2-3 months of the season. What Robbie had to do with this team was very short-term focused and done under the most unusual set of circumstances and i have no idea what a long-term plan of his would look like.
I think Abramovich is going to clean house this summer. I'm not that optimistic that Robbie will be hired, though it's possible he'll get a one-year contract and i'm not sure that is the best way to go either. It's nice for Chelsea to be in the position of having all these choices though.
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Date: 2012-05-20 09:28 pm (UTC)I really hope that Roman takes a big step back now that the CL has finally been won, but i can also see this reinforcing the mindset that "my meddling produced results! Let me keep meddling!"
I liked AVB and was in the faction of fans who wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt, but from everything i've heard about his man-management skills, they were pitiful. I wouldn't trade the way this season ended though for anything. Just to give you a little background, i've been a fan since 1996 and to see Robbie freaking Di Matteo and Eddie Newton (both heroes of the 1997 FA Cup) take the reins of this team all the way to a UCL and FA cup double is the stuff dreams are made of.
I don't believe Terry, Lampard or Cole will just roll over from now on. If anything, it will only give them new arguments 'we've proven all the naysayers wrong, we still have it in us'.
This point is reasonable and the idea did strike me as i was writing my long comment, but i do think it will depend on what is asked of them and how. If they are given roles to guide younger players (Bertrand, for example, has talked a ton about how much Cole has worked with and guided him), they are likely to let others shine. It's all about fostering a sense of common fate. Drogba did not complain when he was benched in favor of Torres this season. Frank and Ashley also sat out games under Di Matteo without complaint. Then again, it's really hard to make inferences based on only the last 2-3 months of the season. What Robbie had to do with this team was very short-term focused and done under the most unusual set of circumstances and i have no idea what a long-term plan of his would look like.
I think Abramovich is going to clean house this summer. I'm not that optimistic that Robbie will be hired, though it's possible he'll get a one-year contract and i'm not sure that is the best way to go either. It's nice for Chelsea to be in the position of having all these choices though.