Wasn't the point of the hire to set a basis for the future? To install a new system that would take Chelsea to the cutting edge of contemporary football tactics?

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I'm not opposed to players complaining when something isn't going right. I don't think for one second that players should accept mediocrity, grit their teeth and do what the manager says just because he said it.

I think there are ways to constructively criticize a manager. I don't think that's how the Chelsea old guard handled it.

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His point was that while it is good to respect your manager, it is more important to think. Don't do something that is obviously a bad idea just because the manager said to. He went on to say that blind respect for managers in England was one of the problems with the game.

I'm just going to disagree with this. While I like the essence of what he's saying, its a slippery slope. With that type of mentality players can just do what they want because they don't agree with it.

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Posted by LSUSOBEAST1

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Posted on 9/29/12 at 4:26 pm to BleedPurpleGold

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Wasn't the point of the hire to set a basis for the future? To install a new system that would take Chelsea to the cutting edge of contemporary football tactics?

And at what point is that abandoned? Is the fact that they went on to win an FA Cup, CL and are now top of the table evidence enough that the players were right to some extent? Once again, as nice as it is to think that AVB should have been given time, hindsight shows us that Roman made the right decision.

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With that type of mentality players can just do what they want because they don't agree with it.

Not what he's saying at all. I guess you have to read his book to really understand what he was getting at. Like Bho said, this isn't U8 where the manager is infallible. That was Rafa's point. Think.

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