Mourinho gone from Chelsea

Le Snake · Post by **Le Snake** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 12:28 am

As reported on Five Live, following emergency board meetings.

Croiky!

Little Green Man · Post by **Little Green Man** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 12:33 am

Holy-moly!

Not a total surprise though - there's been quite a few rumblings from both sides and last night's result won't have helped.

Lee in!

sluffy · Post by **sluffy** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 12:33 am

Le Snake wrote:As reported on Five Live, following emergency board meetings.

Croiky!

Chelsea to swoop for Sammy Lee perhaps?

Little Green Man · Post by **Little Green Man** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 12:35 am

I wonder if they'll try to pinch the Seville manager ahead of Spuds? Or bite the bullet and go all out for Souness.

chris · Post by **chris** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 1:07 am

Sacked for poor summer signings, according to Sky Sports News.

LeeRoyBrown · Post by **LeeRoyBrown** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 1:24 am

Who'd have thought he'd have been the first casualty?

I really liked him too, he brought somethin different to the premiership.

Shevchenko was a huge waste of resources though.

Jose for Bolton!

Rated R Superstar · Post by **Rated R Superstar** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 2:32 am

Has he been added to the poll on the 'Next Bolton Manager Thread' yet?

communistworkethic · Post by **communistworkethic** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 6:35 am

no chance! We'll just be playing the same footy as under Allardyce!

Anyway it was on the cards for months, especially after Roman's pet striker failed so miseraby.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid= ... fer=europe

Batman · Post by **Batman** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 7:07 am

They're f ucked now

Batman · Post by **Batman** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 7:08 am

Mourinho still had three years left on his contract, worth a staggering £6.5m a year, after agreeing a new deal in May 2005.

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Sure this will soften the blow

Batman · Post by **Batman** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 7:36 am

JOSE FOR ENGLAND

bw@bw · Post by **bw@bw** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 7:44 am

chris wrote:Sacked for poor summer signings, according to Sky Sports News.

Can we have TBH back?

Worthy4England · Post by **Worthy4England** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 7:49 am

So according to popular beliefs held on this board, Chelsea after this kneejerk should be favourites for the drop then?

Dave Sutton's barnet · Post by **Dave Sutton's barnet** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 7:52 am

Missed this news last night, was alerted this morning by the World Service (they came round banging on the window). Must admit it was a sit-bolt-upright shock, not least as I worriedly tried to remember if we'd referred to him in any of the 98 pages which print today. Although Abramovich has long disliked him, I'm surprised at the timing; who can they appoint? Capello is the best available manager - bar Hoddle

- and although they could afford to simply poach a Ramos or such, hadn't Abramovich been paying Guus Hiddink's wages for Russia ahead of a widely-expected move to Chelsea next summer? The one employee Abramovich can't poach a coach from is Putin, who could very easily see him behind bars or even underground. Interesting days...

Dave Sutton's barnet · Post by **Dave Sutton's barnet** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 7:58 am

Worthy4England wrote:So according to popular beliefs held on this board, Chelsea after this kneejerk should be favourites for the drop then?

My, his first six games have taken a while, haven't they?

Batman · Post by **Batman** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 7:59 am

Chelsea are set to name Avram Grant as their new manager replacing former boss Jose Mourinho, BBC Sport understands.
The Israeli, who was the director of football, will now take charge with Steve Clarke as his assistant.

communistworkethic · Post by **communistworkethic** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 8:06 am

Batman wrote:
Chelsea are set to name Avram Grant as their new manager replacing former boss Jose Mourinho, BBC Sport understands.
The Israeli, who was the director of football, will now take charge with Steve Clarke as his assistant.

replace "new" for "caretaker"

Batman · Post by **Batman** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 8:06 am

BBC, and SSN are reporting him as the 'new' manager, not caretaker

communistworkethic · Post by **communistworkethic** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 8:17 am

oy vey!!! he's in charge for saturday, there's nowt beyond that yet

Dave Sutton's barnet · Post by **Dave Sutton's barnet** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 8:25 am

Careful what you wish for, Roman...