You
are perhaps one of the most passionate persons ever to own a football club.
Your passion for
the Champions League is legendary. It is good to be passionate
and aim for glory. The Champions League has evaded Chelsea for a long time now
and it is every fan’s dream to see the Holy Grail of football at the Bridge.
But it’s not easy, and sometimes when we don’t win, we just have to live with
it, and move on, and hope that we do so in the next season.
Your
involvement in Chelsea and your willingness to use your funds for the club has
been appreciated by every fan. The money you have provided has helped Chelsea
improve its standard and has helped translate good football into trophies. We
are all very grateful for that. You have brought to the Bridge some of the best
managers in today’s game, and with most of them with reasonable amounts of
success in their short durations. Every year Chelsea hopes for Champions League
success. Sometimes we fail due to poor football, sometimes due to poor
refereeing and sometimes due to plain bad luck. But always, you take out your
wrath on your poor manager. It’s become a joke! We know your passion and high
hopes, but sometimes, it blinds your sense of thinking and rationale.
Casualty of the Roman Empire: Andre Villas-Boas
Chelsea
fans are perhaps one of the most patient set of fans in the EPL. We never boo
or criticize a player even when he’s misfiring. But sadly, our owner has absolutely
no patience and is blinded by his desire to see trophies every season. You
sacked ‘The Special One’ due to personal issues. You sacked Carlo Ancelotti
after he won Chelsea’s first ever domestic Double in his first season and was
runner-up in the league in his second year. Most clubs would die for a manager
with such a record in the first 2 seasons. You sacked Avram Grant and Luis
Felipe Scolari without even giving them 1 full season. And now you sacked the
young tactician, AVB. And none of your sackings and appointments is helping
Chelsea’s cause for financial fair play.
Football
managers need time, support and patience. Look at Man City this season. Roberto
Mancini is making them work wonders AFTER the owners trusted him for 2 seasons.
The legendary SAF won NOTHING in his first few seasons at the Old Trafford.
Still the owners persisted with him. Look where Man Utd is today. You need to
give your managers time. Each manager has his own tactics, needs his own time
to settle. You have proven by spending millions on AVB that he is a bright
prospect, someone who could be brilliant for the long term. Yet, you give him
less than a season to show his worth. He is a young manager, barely older than
some of his players, at one of the world’s biggest clubs. He will take time to
settle, but still you sack him. Why,
Is
This The Message Chelsea Fans Have For Abramovich?
A
good team needs a good manager, and a steady approach to the game. How will you
ever get that consistency if you have 6 different managers in 6 seasons! You
need to realize that it is way tougher to MANAGE football players than it is to
spend millions on them! To manage successful and established stars is not an
easy task. You need to realize this. This needs commitment, which you also
have, and patience which, sadly, you lack.
What
would you rather prefer? Chelsea qualifying for the Champions League next
season and doing squat or Chelsea playing the Europa league for one season,
getting reorganized and balanced and then win, say, 4 Champions League titles
in the next 10 years? You need to stick with one manager and give him the time
he needs to settle down and perform. Otherwise, you can buy all the Torreses
and Matas in the world, and still not win the CL. It’s a simple choice. It’s
your choice. Please be patient in the future. You owe it to the players, to the
team, and lastly, to the ever so patient fans. Think wisely. We know you can do
it.
Sincerely,
A tired yet optimistic fan.
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Today’s News:
Champions League winner Di Matteo sacked by Chelsea
