Why is it disgusting? Because they don't share your view? Get over it, if you are entitled to loathe him, they are entitled to love him.
It's disgusting that some Chelsea "fans" started to almost love the guy. He did good, but nothing more. As Carl said, win or lose tonight, what I think about him won't change.
Why is it disgusting? Because they don't share your view? Get over it, if you are entitled to loathe him, they are entitled to love him.
Never understood the amount or love a man who almost got west brom relegated gets. If his name was anything other than Di Matteo he'd be distinctly average, can count the number of non-Chelsea fans who think he was anything other than extremely lucky on one hand. Benitez equals his win rate playing more difficult fixtures, with about 12 players playing every 3 days with no help in the transfer market and no good striker. I imagine Benitez would turn a fair few draws into wins if he had a fearsome striker up front, like say, drogba.
All things considered, he's done a fairly good job, unfortunately.
Never understood the amount or love a man who almost got west brom relegated gets. If his name was anything other than Di Matteo he'd be distinctly average, can count the number of non-Chelsea fans who think he was anything other than extremely lucky on one hand. Benitez equals his win rate playing more difficult fixtures, with about 12 players playing every 3 days with no help in the transfer market and no good striker. I imagine Benitez would turn a fair few draws into wins if he had a fearsome striker up front, like say, drogba.
All things considered, he's done a fairly good job, unfortunately.
Its an absolutely shocking read, poorly put together and full of absolute **** which make no sense what so ever.
Never understood the amount or love a man who almost got west brom relegated gets. If his name was anything other than Di Matteo he'd be distinctly average, can count the number of non-Chelsea fans who think he was anything other than extremely lucky on one hand. Benitez equals his win rate playing more difficult fixtures, with about 12 players playing every 3 days with no help in the transfer market and no good striker. I imagine Benitez would turn a fair few draws into wins if he had a fearsome striker up front, like say, drogba.
All things considered, he's done a fairly good job, unfortunately.
It's a shame, because buried somewhere amongst all the vacuous bullshit and massive grasps for cogent points there's honestly some interesting nuggets that COULD form a decent argument.
You answered your own question with the first few words.
I'm loath to criticise Di Matteo TOO much, because I know that if Martin Laursen came back to Villa, rebuilt the relationship between fans and the club, rescued a wobbling season and then won us the Champions League against all odds and far superior teams all in one year, I'd defend him to the ****** hilt and wouldn't hear a bad word against it.
I often think United fans' views are somewhat warped by the years of success, and I think this might be one example of it. It's easy for you to say "oh it's just a CL, he's still rubbish" and "oh just because he used to play for Chelsea" but that's missing the point rather handsomely. Having a man who connects with the club so deeply lead it to the greatest prize of them all against all odds forges something of a strong bond.
Yeah, we all know Di Matteo's pretty average. Even many Chelsea fans know deep down that he simply isn't as good a manager as Benitez. But they'd prefer Di Matteo, and that's fine. It's illogical, but fine. Football isn't all about logic - and this is coming from someone who spends big chunks of his time attempting to find the logic, the stats and the hard facts about football - and we've all done plenty more illogical things in support of our club. I, for one, remain deluded that next year will be the year Agbonlahor blossoms into a beastly all-round forward capable of pulling the team one handed to a top ten finish. I'm pretty sure it ain't true - it hasn't been for about four years now - but just because I know I'm wrong doesn't mean I shouldn't stop holding that view. It isn't hurting anyone, after all.
Yeah I worded the first sentence badly. I understand why they feel the way they do about RDM, was just trying to put an objective slant on him that he hasn't the managerial Golliath that he seems to have become in this thread.
And they may well prefer Di Matteo, but if you're going to bask in the glory that Roman brings to your club, then you also take his decisions you don't like on the chin. If someone who I hated came into united on a 6 month basis (and frankly, in the context of Benietez just speaking in favour of his current club at the time, he didn't do anything that bad IMO), I'd hate to see united fans act in the way Chelsea have. You have little to no influence on who the manager is, you do have influence on supporting the team, and I'd rather not jeopardise the club for the sake of one man who I will never even meet.
You should all be forced to spend the childhoold standing in freezing cold and snow on the stadium with no roof in northern Poland, watching people fail simple 10 meter pass, and the tribal aspect of football would quickly vaporize.