Originally Posted by Dixon:
“Imo, a return for Jose at this time would be a backward step and nothing more than a shorterm fix.
We are rapidly running out of credible, quality options, so yet another short term appointment would be bad.
We badly need the next manager to be able to put down some roots and stay for a decent period of time.
I've said it many times before, i'd go straight to Lampard as player manager.”
I don't think we'll ever have a long-term manager as long as Abramovich owns the club. It's just not the way he does things.
The best we can hope for is a succession of managers, each adding their own ideas and taking the club foward. And to be fair, that policy hasn't served us badly up to now in terms of trophies.
Mourinho is charismatic, a great communicator, and can motivate teams like few other managers in the game today. If we can get him for another three years, we should jump at the chance. I don't think the fact that he was with us before makes any difference. He's a born winner, with a giant ego, and won't take the job unless he believes there is every chance of proving something.
Lampard ?..I think he would be completely out of his depth. I'm all for giving Terry and Lampard future roles at Chelsea, in fact with Mourinho as manager that might be a possibility. But bringing either of them straight in as manager..no, not in my opinion anyway.