[Denver]

Chelsea sacked him having already identified a replacement to take charge before there next game and its not Ancelotti.

Im guessing everything appoints to Rodgers?

[Denver]

Although Gus Hiddink is the bookies clear favourite

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Donder Kebab

Chelsea sacked him having already identified a replacement to take charge before there next game and its not Ancelotti.

Im guessing everything appoints to Rodgers?

If Rogers get it I will post nudes on TiBB, NOT A CHANCE

[Denver]

Originally Posted by Cherie Christmas

If Rogers get it I will post nudes on TiBB, NOT A CHANCE

Well he has links and i rember reading he turned down jobs as he wants the Chelsea job

[bots]

Rogers isn't the right calibre, and with the team so borderline at the moment it will take a brave top gun to risk managing them with such a high risk of going down, however unlikely it may seem

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Cherie Christmas

If Rogers get it I will post nudes on TiBB, NOT A CHANCE

[arista]

Originally Posted by Cameltoe and Wine

Shame

It was on the Cards



Life Goes On

[arista]

Look Fella
have you got a Exclusive?

http://news.sky.com/story/1607898/jo...helsea-manager

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Joseph the Carpenter

My husband says he doesn't mind if I post his pics

[Locke.]

He deserved to go, results weren't improving.

I think it's also pretty clear that the next guy they appoint will only be there on a temporary basis until the end of the season, when they'll go for who they really want (whether that is Pep or not who knows), so Rodgers wouldn't really be that surprising. He is familiar with the club having worked there before, has experience working with one of the top sides in the league, and would definitely improve on the results they've had so far this season. It would make sense for Rodgers too, a good job until the summer when he can go for the one he really wants (England). It'll probably be Hiddink though.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Cherie Christmas

My husband says he doesn't mind if I post his pics

never mind him

pm me 5 and i will pic the best one, just in case you lose your bet

[MTVN]

Rodgers is the only manager in England that's a bigger joke than Jose, be madness to appoint him

[Crimson Dynamo]

temp replacement being announced this evening

[Shaun]

imagine if it was Sherwood

[Brother Leon]

It's Hiddink with an attempt to bring in Simeone is the Summer.

[Denver]

Not really any better is he

[GiRTh]

Hiddink is Abramovich's friend. Doubt he'll be in the long term plans.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by MTVN

Rodgers is the only manager in England that's a bigger joke than Jose, be madness to appoint him

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Donder Kebab

Not really any better is he

Well he will be because the players will start turning up now

[Babayaro.]

Originally Posted by Cameltoe and Wine

Just a rotten football club from fans to ownership really.

(Babayaro aside)

It's a joke he was sacked. When will we learn that we need stability. Play the youngsters on Saturday I say

[Babayaro.]

Hiddink would be ideal just for sheer nostalgia, love the guy. Simeone would also make sense but only for next season. If Abramovich opts for Juande Ramos then i'm done

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Cherie Christmas

If Rogers get it I will post nudes on TiBB, NOT A CHANCE

Thank you Gus

[Mystic Mock]

The players have been a disgrace, they always do this to the Managers and Abramovich needs to clamp down on it and remove the players causing the trouble rather than removing the Managers all of the time.

Well at least Jose is still on TIBB anyway.

[GiRTh]

Chelsea sacked José Mourinho over ‘palpable discord’ with players

José Mourinho was sacked as the Chelsea manager on Thursday afternoon because of a “palpable discord with the players” according to the club’s technical director, Michael Emenalo.

Guus Hiddink is primed to return to Stamford Bridge on a caretaker basis until the end of the season and, in the longer term, the owner Roman Abramovich has designs on a clutch of managers, chief among them Diego Simeone of Atlético Madrid. There is also a long-standing interest in Bayern Munich’s Pep Guardiola, together with the Italy manager, Antonio Conte.

Mourinho was dismissed in a 10-minute meeting with the chairman, Bruce Buck, and director, Eugene Tenenbaum – moments after he had finished his Christmas lunch at the staff’s annual party, which was attended by all the first-team squad. The most successful manager in the club’s history departed after a dismal run of Premier League form, which has seen the defending champions drop to one point above the teams in the relegation zone.

Mourinho went on the offensive after Monday’s 2-1 defeat at Leicester City – which was a ninth defeat in 16 league games this season – when he accused some of the players of betraying his work. In effect, he had admitted they had stopped listening to him. Mourinho, who returned to the club in 2013 for a second spell, had signed a four-year contract, worth £250,000 a week, or £13m a year, in August.

José Mourinho leaves Chelsea’s training ground in Surrey with his face covered after being relieved of his duties as manager at a meeting with club chairman Bruce Buck. Photograph: Peter Nicholls/Reuters

Emenalo, who pointedly refused to use Mourinho’s name in an interview with the club’s in-house television channel, said: “The new contract signifies that what happened today was not a premeditated decision. It was a decision taken to protect the interests of the club. While there is huge sentiment for the individual, who has done so much for the club, the fact remains Chelsea football club is in trouble. The results have not been good.

“There obviously seemed to be a palpable discord between manager and players and we feel it was time to act. The owner is forced to make what was a very tough decision for the good of the club. We are one point above relegation and that’s not good enough. Any fan can understand this club is in trouble and something needed to be done.”

Emenalo appeared to absolve Mourinho’s players of blame and laid it squarely at the feet of the manager. “This is the same group of players who won the league and the League Cup last season, they did it by sweating tears and blood. They played to instruction, they adhered to everything the manager asked them to do. It’s very easy to make that kind of inference [about the players] but it’s not one that club accepts.

“We know the players have a responsibility to prove everyone wrong and to show a level of commitment to the decision that’s been made to try to get the club up the table. That’s what they are were supposed to do and I believe that’s what they’ve been trying to do.”

Chelsea are expected to confirm on Friday that Hiddink will begin his second interim stint, having taken charge for three and a half months at the end of the 2008-09 season, when he achieved excellent results and won the FA Cup. He is expected to be at Saturday’s home game against Sunderland.

Chelsea would have to pay a release clause fee of £15m to prise Simeone from Atlético and he may take some persuading to leave a Champions League club for one that will almost certainly not have that to offer. Abramovich has already sounded him out. Guardiola is expected to leave Bayern at the end of the season and come to the Premier Leaguebut it is Manchester City who are the favourites to take him. He considers Chelsea to be too volatile a post.

Abramovich, who has now sacked eight managers since he took over Chelsea in 2003, had held off for as long as possible over Mourinho, and not only because he gave him a new deal before the start of the season. He desperately wanted him to build on last season’s title triumph but so bad has this season been that he knew he needed to act.

Mourinho took training as normal at the club’s Cobham headquarters on Thursday morning and at 12.30pm he sat down with the first-team squad and staff for their Christmas lunch. At 2pm Buck and Tenenbaum arrived to fire him. The pair left the training ground shortly afterwards but Mourinho stayed until 4pm to pack up his things and say his goodbyes to staff. He will in effect be placed on gardening leave, and continue to be paid his salary by Chelsea until such time as he finds another job. The Portuguese’s long-term assistants Rui Faria and Silvino Louro have also left the club.

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