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martinez is exactly what we need..new fresh enthusatic blood . a guy that will play football the proper spanish way. a guy the media like, a really smart and articulate bloke.

think we need our heads examined if we don't take him on. all the rafa's ,cappello's ,avbs' they got ego's, baggage and defensive personalities..total crap..we need life in the club,martinez will breath it into us.

there is no chance in hell of rafa getting it. fans can forget that. the players if asked would say no thanks, the previous staff would have given a bad impression, and all fsg need do is watch the type of footy we played under rafa , especially towards the end. paint dry was more exciting and more adventerous. don't care that he had restrictions. hicks and gillet were not on the touchline telliing him to bore the crap out of everyone. he's done here and rightly so.

avb..an 12yr old couldn't have ballsed up the chelsea squad more than he did.

he's not even a proper manager. see his team selections and tactics for chelsea ..a mad man. everyone going on about his porto record so what its portugal. i watched his europa cup final win and it was yes whats the big deal with this guy , his team was boring.

avb would be a joke appointment. he knew he was out of his depth. didn;t look confident at all in the prem, and now he's our favourite. no way - martinez is going to get the job.

avb was a nervous wreck in the prem, all rapid eye movements and jittery .. the reason was he knew he shouldn't be here and that he lost the squad in record time.

Well whoever wrote that is a rubbish journo because he should know that Carra cannot be an assistant manager yet, as he does not have the qualifications required by fifa. To becoma a manager or coach in the PL you have to pass several FIFA certified tests and training courses of which Carra has completed exactly ZERO!

KopProphet says Rafa is not happening so we might aswell roll out the welcome back Rafa carpet now ... You know it's true.

Klopp has stated blatently he isn't interested, Riijkard is under contract and ruled out taking over, Rogers rejected us, Villas Boas I believe is not interested at the moment, Pep has refused the offer, I don't think Laudrup is even in the running, Hiddink is in charge of Anzhi who are paying him more than enough to keep us away, Cappello has stated he wants the Chelsea post, Ancelotti is under contract and happy as he has all the money he wants for transfers and such...So who does that leave us with?

Martinez and Benitez...who would you put your money on to get us back to the CL? If you were investing millions, who would you pick?

Of course, I am sure there is some other manager that we haven't been linked with who will probably get the job :P

papers reporting that rafa will not be interviewed, avb will.

good and bad news respectively

Let's hope Ayre disengages his mouth for a second and sees sense. Get Raffa signed by Monday and get on with the job.

There was a small but highly vocal minority who wanted Raffa out last time and polls done over the last few days show strong support for him being reinstated.

With the few quality managers like Klopp ruling themselves out or not available, I see little intelligent choice. Can all the worriers tell me what's wrong with giving him a year contract with an extension option and sweets and chocolates scaled up after that and see how he goes?

Or would you honestly prefer a manager who was in the bottom 3 of the premier league for weeks in Martinez and finished 15th ?


Unbelievable.

Bringing rafa back (i love him by the way) would be a huge mistake, i can't imagine him getting the money or control he would need to bring the club on, we'd have a inter milan situation with him at loggerheads with the board, back me or sack me job. And ultimately we'd be back to square 1. But mistake or not if he does come back then like every other manager we've had in the last 30 years, i'll support him whole heartedly.

I don't agree LT. My first choice would have been Klopp simply for the fresh slate and all that. Now he has ruled himself out it would be Raffa.

I don't think it would be an Inter situation and I'm sure Raffa and the board would both want things crystal clear as to his role before he signed. This sentiment thing is also garbage. His ability is unquestionable for me. We need to see progression up the table in the first season and he will do that. If we finished 5th and things are going well give him an extension. If not a year on other managers/options become available. If he loves the club (as he says) he would take it and understand why the owners are apprehensive.

I can understand the reasoning of an AVB type appointment but I just don't see him fitting the players we have here now. The guy is a long term project man. Suarez and others aren't going to wait for an Arsenal type team builder. So if that is the plan then FSG should say so and expect patience and understanding from all and big stars to leave.

I'm sold on Deschamps now. Love Rafa, and would be happy if he came back, but my top 3 would be Deschamps, Rafa and AVB.