Robbie Rotten wrote:
Scolari was never the right man for Chelsea. There is more to football management than a CV, which is why I don't really look too much into things like statistics and all that jazz. The varying styles and cultures of just about every single aspect of football - both coaching and playing - means clubs should do more than just look at the CV. If Chelsea had looked into detail at Scolari, they would have seen a coach who was tactically average, a manager that was very much 'old school' and a manager that had relied on things like religion to motivate players. (Particularly his WC winning side) He had a great CV, but for a modern giant that had been built on defensive solidity and 'power', he was never the right coach. Never.
Ancelotti is sort of the right coach; however, Chelsea need to start a rebuildind process, a new 'cycle', if you will. I don't think they can be expected to win trophies if they are to go through this phase within the next year or two. There are quite a few players who will gradually begin to draw the curtain on their career, but I don't see who will replace them yet, or, at least I don't see them being rotated enough to consistently perform at their top level. It seems some of them are just being played through indifferent form. If you compare them to Spurs, they seem to have everything going their way, they have a decent average age through the core of their squad, the players that are coming in are doing well and they're getting results. I know they finished in the top 4 last year, but I still think Chelsea will churn out the results when it matters, particularly if Spurs go far in Europe.
Good post, though my point with Scolari was that if you appoint a manager you have to give him more than 6 months to give him a reasonable chance of proving himself.....Sacking somebody so soon, is just an admission of your own incompetence in judgement, and, thus, you should be looking at yourself, rather than the continual cycle of unsuccessful managers, as the reason for a side's failure.