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• I may be one of half a dozen idiots (probably more chelsea fans who respect rafa now)who like to comment on this anti Rafa site.Rafa has done very well dignified and professional for CFC.We may have the best players in the league but not enough strength in depth owing to injuries in the marathon season.I do not think Di Matteo would have done any better than Rafa, 3rd CL spot and a trophy.I want Rafa to stay (sure there are Chelsea fans like me)and it will end in tears you lot if Jose decides to go elsewhere. Be grateful as a Chelsea fan.

  • This site is anything but anti Rafa.
    We merely post articles that are sent in that represent Chelsea supporters as a whole.
    Should you wish to send in a pro Rafa article I would be only too happy to put it up, in fact, I hope you do as most only send comments about the articles posted without sending anything that can be make more public.
    Thank you for your comments.
    Ed

• For Christ sake let it go woman!!
  How the hell can you say it’s not been fun seeing supporters arguing with each other yet feel its ok to write such bile as ‘he may have been won over half a dozen idiots’ or indeed the very professionally written ‘no matter what was scrawled on a grubby pillowcase by some retard with a crayon’. These are fellow fans that you feel it’s ok to slag off because they choose not to agree with you, yes?
  Grow up, and like Benitez, move on.

  • Here here.

• What a fantastic article – sums up everything as I saw it through out the season.

  I too wasn’t convinced by RDM but Rafa – ffs?!!!

  He was average at best and I think almost anyone could have done better.

  Thank god he’s gone and onwards and upwards

• Spot on as usual. Imagine what could have been if Benitez had a clue about man management?

  The board have more to answer for though

  Keep up the good work

• The self proclaimed tactical f****** genius demonstrated how far he has drifted from his peak 8 or 9 years ago, in the League cup semi finals against Swansea. It was Swansea, in my mind, who were the first team to shut down the 3 Amigos. Liverpool did the same the following week, and Di Matteo went shortly afterwards.

  So given that Swansea only play one way, and FSW had the DVDs to prove it, did he use his tactical genius to select a side and tactics in the semi-final to deal with them? Did he heck as like. People will remember Ivan’s mistakes, but they’d be missing the whole setup as outlined above. 0-0 in the 2nd leg, and we exited, just like how we lost the World Club Cup and the FA Cup.

  I can think of only 2 occasions, 10 minutes from time, where he played Torres and Ba together, switching to a 4-4-2. He never demonstrated that he could find another way other than 4-2-3-1, a system that Di Matteo hit upon, piecing together the wreckage of AVB’s folly. So now he goes, probably to wreck another club as he did Inter.

  Wait for what the players really thought about him to start coming out. If you liked him, great. But leave the rest of us alone. We disliked him not without reason.

  • Hear hear!!

• A very well observed article which reflects the views of the vast majority of rational Chelsea supporters.

  Benitez has been appalling in his entire time at Chelsea.

  He came having caused rancour with the supporters. He refused to acknowledge this and to apologise. He kept himself apart from the paying public and tried to distance the team as well.

  He drew at home with Fulham, lost to QPR and drew away with Brentford. While making the rest of West London happy, he failed to understand the importance of winning these games. He doesn’t understand the passion of the supporters. He denies that it exists.

  He lost the League and FA Cups. Both of these were within our hands. He lost them.

  Reading away. What can one say about that performance? I could go on.. West Ham away. Various others. Even those we won left us watching nervously as leads threatened to evaporate.

  He took over when we were second in the league. We could at least have finished runners up.

  The World Club Championship.

  The attack on supporters after Middlesborough.

  The disdain for supporters.

  His treatment of Lampard and Terry.

  The blame is not his alone. Buck and his chums share it, but don’t be fooled by the fact that the reigning European Champions won a secondary competition – after all, we had to be favourites to do that – or squeezed through into third place. The season was not good enough but worse, far worse, he set out to damage the link between supporters and the club. Don’t let his legacy increase the disunity between supporters.

  • Corking post!!! Up there with the article – the majority of us were never fooled for a minute – good riddance to bad rubbish

• I don’t like the way Rafa dealt with John Terry, a legend and consistent performer. Given his history, Rafa was always going to be a controversial and hated figure by long time Chelsea fans. I think the team did as well as it did in spite of Rafa, not because of him. I’m glad to see him go.

  • Totally agree about his treatment of Terry & of Lampard to a certain degree – he only really bought Lampard back into the fold when he belatedly realised that he could potentially save the season. Both players have contributed too much (& could still contribute) to be treated with such little respect

• Benitez was a huge mistake from the beginning. He used Chelsea to re-launch his career; he had no respect for the club, the fans and the majority of the players. He my have won over a few idiots who have had their eye drawn by the Europa Cup but they missed the ooint on what this team COULD have won if there hadn’t have been an egotistical has been at the helm.

  But he’s gone now (we hope) and we can all move on

• What a load of spiteful tripe. Petty,vindictive tripe. Rafa is a professional, got on with the job,qualified for the champions league won us the europa league and has moved on. A professional.

  I expect you will be welcoming home JM with open arms.Just remember,he loves inter and their fans more than you.Dont forget it.I wonder if you will reserve the same venom and petty insults for him? Didnt think so.

  • Hello Asger!

• Do you get paid for that? I hope not.

• Spot on. Relieved that this season has finished, but looking forward to the next whatever it may bring.

• What Manager accepts his medal before his squad? Classless Benitez. Sayanora Big Man.

• Fans, supporters of CFC, we’re entitled to our opinion on Rafa. So Uncle Roman sacking of RDM and hiring of Rafa worked in a way.We can all move on now.On to Jose who is combustible, not keen on pace, finesse, attacking football (what Roman wants)and youth.Just wonder if the Special None comes in, what the future will hold for the 3 Amigos, and the many better talented youth like Lukaku,Courtois,Chalobah, De Bruyne and who are ready to be given a run with the first team. Just think Arsene would love to have many of our Chelsea youngsters. We are so fortunate.

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