[Kiz]

there is no such thing as an easy life managing barcelona. catalan media is absolutely ruthless. the pressure he was under to perform was massive. just look at the transformation of his body under stress from when he started to when he left.

[JOAL.com]

yes, we get segunda. football sucks and we're all whores

look at the brightside, you ever seen the nfl?

as for pep, see a timeline of his hair loss to see the toll barca took on him

[The-Rock-Says]

Rafa is the best option out there for Chelsea. But Rafa would be mad to take that job. One more sacking and it could all but kill his career as a football manager.

Pep would also be stupid to take the job too. Shit club.

[WOOLCOCK]

Never bothered with NFL or any American sport tbh. Only one I've ever actually vaguely enjoyed was Ice Hockey, and that was just mainly for the inevitable fight.

I probably went a little overboard in that last post, but fuck it. It probably doesn't help that most of the people I primarily grew up with in school/college/uni are the same part-time wankers who most of the time didn't want to talk about football unless their team won at the weekend. The Cardiff thing just really pisses me off. I can understand some fans looking past managers regularly getting sacked, but re-designing the entire identity and history of your club to try and conquer the Asian market?

[JOAL.com]

Oh no I agree Segunda, I deeply dislike it when casual fans arrive out of nowhere and lay down their genius opinion

Either way youre right, it its a bloody disgrace. But not much you can do when the club owner would make bond villains looks sane in comparison

[Anark]

Originally Posted by Dolce & Gabbana

At the time it would have been stupid not to. He won the FA Cup and Champions League.

And fair play to that achievement, but he didn't win them by entering from the beginning. He took over (can't actually remember when) just before the semi-final maybe? Quarters? Help me out.

He should get props for it, deffo, but it's not the same as managing a team all the way through. I think Roman knew full well he wasn't lasting beyond the first bad patch. The full time appointment was just a thank you and to keep the fans sweet who were high on him because of the trophies.

Agree with Seabs that the timing is odd though. He must have something lined up already and was just waiting for a result like last night to come along.

Rafa's making them sweet noises already:

In football a lot of people are talking so we will see what happens in the next few days. I am looking for a club that can challenge for trophies and Chelsea is one of these clubs.

[iMac]

I hear Steve Kean is available...

[The-Rock-Says]

He took over when Chelsea were in the group stages.

[JOAL.com]

Time for someone young, handsome and talented to shine

[WOOLCOCK]

Originally Posted by Redead

Oh no I agree Segunda, I deeply dislike it when casual fans arrive out of nowhere and lay down their genius opinion

Either way youre right, it its a bloody disgrace. But not much you can do when the club owner would make bond villains looks sane in comparison

You're right that sadly there's little that can be done, but I'm british. Moaning is what we do best