Manager for next season

[Whiney MacWhineface]

Are we complaining about how the potential new manager beat Barcelona and Bayern Munich on the way to winning the European Cup?

No, I'm saying that Chelsea side are the worst European Champions ever. Something we probably all agreed on before we hired Di Matteo.

Doubtful. I think a lot of money would have gone on Steaua, but hey, don't let prejudice get in the way.

[Monty]

If he gets us promoted, I might start forgiving him for winning Chelsea the Big Cup. He'd have to actually win the Cup for me to forget about Wembley, though.

[Dave]

Are we complaining about how the potential new manager beat Barcelona and Bayern Munich on the way to winning the European Cup?

No, I'm saying that Chelsea side are the worst European Champions ever. Something we probably all agreed on before we hired Di Matteo.

Doubtful. I think a lot of money would have gone on Steaua, but hey, don't let prejudice get in the way.

Liverpool 2005 were also nothing to write home about.

[enigma]

Are we complaining about how the potential new manager beat Barcelona and Bayern Munich on the way to winning the European Cup?

No, I'm saying that Chelsea side are the worst European Champions ever. Something we probably all agreed on before we hired Di Matteo.

Doubtful. I think a lot of money would have gone on Steaua, but hey, don't let prejudice get in the way.

Liverpool 2005 were also nothing to write home about.

They had more going for them than that Chelsea side though. Didn't they also finish outside the top four that year?

[enigma]

Are we complaining about how the potential new manager beat Barcelona and Bayern Munich on the way to winning the European Cup?

No, I'm saying that Chelsea side are the worst European Champions ever. Something we probably all agreed on before we hired Di Matteo.

And if that's the case then the manager who dragged the worst European Champions ever to the trophy must have done a pretty phenomenal job.

Or they fluked it

[glasses]

Are we complaining about how the potential new manager beat Barcelona and Bayern Munich on the way to winning the European Cup?

No, I'm saying that Chelsea side are the worst European Champions ever. Something we probably all agreed on before we hired Di Matteo.

Doubtful. I think a lot of money would have gone on Steaua, but hey, don't let prejudice get in the way.

Liverpool 2005 were also nothing to write home about.

They had more going for them than that Chelsea side though. Didn't they also finish outside the top four that year?

Both Liverpool and Chelsea did. Spurs finished above them and missed out on CL

[paul_e]

From what I remember of the 2005 final Liverpool and in particular Gerrard were absolutely shit for the first half then they moved Gerrard to right back and he had the best match of his career and pretty much single-handedly got them into extra time.

From then on I was adamant that the solution to the England team was to do the same and let, at the time, scholes and lampard be the central midfield, it became a heated topic between me and my friends that I was insistent that Gerrard was a good midfielder who should've been a world class fullback.

[Villa in Denmark]

Are we complaining about how the potential new manager beat Barcelona and Bayern Munich on the way to winning the European Cup?

No, I'm saying that Chelsea side are the worst European Champions ever. Something we probably all agreed on before we hired Di Matteo.

I can't believe that I'm defending Chelsea but....

Wash your mouth out.

As odious as Chelsea are and as dire as they were in that final, they've got nothing on Red Star Belgrade in 1991.

If you ever wish to experiment with the thought of gougin your own eyeballs out, or dissolving them in caustic soda whilst still in vivo, try watching the whole match here and see how far past kick-off you get before it starts sounding tempting.

Just seen Woofle's suggestion of Staueau Bucharest in '86 as another excellent bid for even worse, more negative teams to lift the big one.

[Ian.]

Are we complaining about how the potential new manager beat Barcelona and Bayern Munich on the way to winning the European Cup?

No, I'm saying that Chelsea side are the worst European Champions ever. Something we probably all agreed on before we hired Di Matteo.

Doubtful. I think a lot of money would have gone on Steaua, but hey, don't let prejudice get in the way.

One thing that stays in my mind was the performances of Drogba in that tournament. He was the perfect centre forward throughout. He held the ball up, he won headers, worked the channels, defended, won free kicks and scored goals. He was awsome that season.

[PeterWithesShin]

Attacking highlights of Red Star in the '91 final.

[ciggiesnbeer]

Are we complaining about how the potential new manager beat Barcelona and Bayern Munich on the way to winning the European Cup?

No, I'm saying that Chelsea side are the worst European Champions ever. Something we probably all agreed on before we hired Di Matteo.

Doubtful. I think a lot of money would have gone on Steaua, but hey, don't let prejudice get in the way.

One thing that stays in my mind was the performances of Drogba in that tournament. He was the perfect centre forward throughout. He held the ball up, he won headers, worked the channels, defended, won free kicks and scored goals. He was awsome that season.

Agreed, Cech was pretty great as well.

[enigma]

From what I remember of the 2005 final Liverpool and in particular Gerrard were absolutely shit for the first half then they moved Gerrard to right back and he had the best match of his career and pretty much single-handedly got them into extra time.

From then on I was adamant that the solution to the England team was to do the same and let, at the time, scholes and lampard be the central midfield, it became a heated topic between me and my friends that I was insistent that Gerrard was a good midfielder who should've been a world class fullback.

But Gerrard never played right back. In the second half they switched to a three man defence with Smicer playing as a right wing back. Gerrard was playing as an attacking midfielder.

[enigma]

Are we complaining about how the potential new manager beat Barcelona and Bayern Munich on the way to winning the European Cup?

No, I'm saying that Chelsea side are the worst European Champions ever. Something we probably all agreed on before we hired Di Matteo.

I can't believe that I'm defending Chelsea but....

Wash your mouth out.

As odious as Chelsea are and as dire as they were in that final, they've got nothing on Red Star Belgrade in 1991.

If you ever wish to experiment with the thought of gougin your own eyeballs out, or dissolving them in caustic soda whilst still in vivo, try watching the whole match here and see how far past kick-off you get before it starts sounding tempting.

Just seen Woofle's suggestion of Staueau Bucharest in '86 as another excellent bid for even worse, more negative teams to lift the big one.

Red Star were brilliant in the rounds previous to the final though. If I'm supposed to give Chelsea credit for beating Bayern en route to winning the thing, we need to do the same for Red Star. It was a shit final though to be fair.

As for Steaua, they'd had a pretty easy route to the final but they scored plenty along the way. Barcelona were also shite in that final. They were a world away from the Barca we know today.

[Dave Cooper please]

Are we complaining about how the potential new manager beat Barcelona and Bayern Munich on the way to winning the European Cup?

No, I'm saying that Chelsea side are the worst European Champions ever. Something we probably all agreed on before we hired Di Matteo.

And if that's the case then the manager who dragged the worst European Champions ever to the trophy must have done a pretty phenomenal job.

Or they fluked it

So he's a lucky manager then?
Good, we could do with a load of luck.

[LeeB]

Are we complaining about how the potential new manager beat Barcelona and Bayern Munich on the way to winning the European Cup?

No, I'm saying that Chelsea side are the worst European Champions ever. Something we probably all agreed on before we hired Di Matteo.

I can't believe that I'm defending Chelsea but....

Wash your mouth out.

As odious as Chelsea are and as dire as they were in that final, they've got nothing on Red Star Belgrade in 1991.

If you ever wish to experiment with the thought of gougin your own eyeballs out, or dissolving them in caustic soda whilst still in vivo, try watching the whole match here and see how far past kick-off you get before it starts sounding tempting.

Just seen Woofle's suggestion of Staueau Bucharest in '86 as another excellent bid for even worse, more negative teams to lift the big one.

That was just weird though, they'd been electric right up until that match.