Why fans shouldn’t buy into the media outrage surrounding Carlo’s dismissal
Regardless of how the media try to paint the picture, Carlo Ancelotti was not sacked for finishing second, there are a whole plethora of other reasons that justify his sacking. The same media and opposition fans condemned Chelsea for not playing Daniel Sturridge after they realised how talented he is during his loan spell at Bolton. The Ancelotti supporters would be even more bemused to find out that Sturridge scored 5 goals in a single reserve game against Tottenham Hotspur, was rewarded with a start in the FA Cup in which Daniel Surridge would go on to score 2 very good goals and if that wasn’t enough, to cement his pedigree, Daniel Sturridge would then score 4 goals in an arranged reserve friendly against Bayern Munich. What did all of this mean to Ancelotti? How was he rewarded? Sturridge was given 8 minutes in the next game and this in an environment where Chelsea strikers were all struggling to score.
Chelsea were comprehensively beaten by Manchester United over 2 legs in the Champions League this season, Chelsea played Manchester United a total of 5 times in the 2010/11 season losing 4 out of the 5 games. Ancelotti’s dismissed assistant Ray Wilkins commented on how the Chelsea players looked as if they lacked fire in their belly, during their Champions League games with Manchester United, they clearly lacked motivation, this is a key aspect of a managers role, motivation. There was an interesting theory about Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger’s erratic and anxious behaviour on the touchline seeping into his teams performances, I could say the same for Carlo Ancelotti’s calm demeanour when Chelsea have been in crisis, the team remains calm, but, crucially without fight.
The poster boy for the stability argument is Sir Alex Ferguson, I wonder how Ferguson would have managed the situation if he were making the decisions at Chelsea. Replacing great personnel is always a difficult task, I’m sure Alex Ferguson realises this.
In his search for the “right man” Ferguson went through a plethora of goalkeepers, Mark Bosnich, Raimond van Der Gouw, an English keeper named Nick Culkin made an appearance, Italian Massimo Taibi failed miserably, American Paul Rachubka made an appearance, Fabien Barthez had a shot at filling Schmeichel’s gloves, Scottish goalkeeper Andy Goram was brought in on loan, Northern Ireland Goalkeeper Roy Carroll attempted to make a name for himself, Spaniard Ricardo was brought in and then Tim Howard was brought in all before finally, Sir Alex Ferguson found a goalkeeper he was satisfied with in Edwin van der Sar, but perhaps he should have just stuck with Nick Culkin, after all stability is key!
6 responses to “Why fans shouldn’t buy into the media outrage surrounding Carlo’s dismissal”
Good article with some good points. Unfortunately we are a country, possibly world, controlled by the media. Every facet of our modern lives is controlled by the popular media. Football is a mere sideshow – Goverments are elected and hounded out of office by media influence, and both sides know it. Football is the new rock and roll as they say – a real life soap opera which the script writers of Coronation Street and Eastenders cannot hope to match, even Footballers Wives was a parody of what had already gone on before.
But yes you’re right – how much stability would have been shown towards Sir Alex Ferguson if he hadn’t won the Premiership at the first one or two attempts all those years ago? In fact if legend has it right, it was the FA Cup win in 1990 that saved his job. What would have happened if he had lost that game? Probably anything but loyalty and where would United’s stability have been then? They would have been like the rest of the wannabe clubs – hiring new managers every 1 – 2 seasons.
Absolutely spot on sir –could have written it myself – loved every comma and full stop.
the media outrage is entirely phony as it always is and the endless yap about class — there’s too much class in england already for my liking anyway — these idiots mean taste but what’s that got to do with the business of football — did anyone else see that the guardian retracted the sacked him in the ocrridor story — which was a palperble lie – designed of ourse to underpin the no class story — every time we get a new manager we win something — roman’s no fool and neither are these media hacks – they hate us because we win things and they love us when we’re down — also agree that finishing second is not the issue — how we did it is the issue — we were awful and i utterly expected yesterday’s result- carlo’s looked like a rabbit in the headlights for a long while now. Like he’ got no clue how to get the team to perfom how he wants. No clue
Spot on, carlo deserved to go. he made alot of mistakes. the media r wrong
Excellent analysis and conclusion. So refreshing to see an exception to the “Emperor’s New Clothes” mentality. So, who do you think is “already in place” for next season?
This is probably the best article I have read all season. Everyone has their own opinion but every manager has his flaws. Look at Hargreaves at ManUre, look at Bendtner/Chamak at Arsenal, Joe Cole at Liverpool etc.