It was not the first time that Chelsea Owner Roman Abramovich sacked his football club manager on the basis of club’s dismal performance. In fact Mr. Abramovich sacked his eight club manager in a span of nine years and Andre Villas-Boas was sacked with in just 257 days.
From September 2000 onwards, Villas-Boas is the only manager to be sacked in just 257 days. Before him it was Guus Hiddnik who left the job in just three months, as he wanted to coach Russian national team. But the exit of Hiddnik was not as controversial as Villas-Boas. Hiddnik left the club on his own terms with a better win percentage of 73, whereas Villas-Boas has been fired due to his poor winning percentage of 47.5, lowest than any other Chelsea Manager since the year 2000.
No doubt winning and earning profit is the prime objective of any club but to achieve all the goals, it’s important to have faith and patience on the person who is leading the club. Sacking a manager on the basis on a year performance is like setting a bad example to others.
Manager like Sir Alex Ferguson too took four years to win his first trophy for Manchester United. Hence if any club wants to win trophies, it should bring and show confidence in the manager and also give him time, instead of pressurizing him from the moment of signing the contract.
It is acceptable that Chelsea’s this season performance is one of the worst since the year 2000 but it is not acceptable to sack managers like Carlo Ancelotii and Jose Mourinho on the basis of one bad season, before sacking the Mr.Abramovich should have also noticed their success with the club.
In this case, Mr Abramovich must learn something from Arsenal management who still has confidence and respect for Arsene Wenger even after not winning a premiership title since 2004. Arsene Wenger is still out there all because of his success.
It’s really suppressing to see Chelsea appointing number of managers in a period of nine years. In fact in the recent decade Chelsea has played its best football. After 1955, they won their championship title back 2005, reached Champions League final, won F.A cup, Carling Cup and even then Mr.Abramovich is not happy with the club managers.
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