José Mourinho has been massively successful in Spain, Portugal, England and, now, Italy.
Luiz Felipe Scolari has won the World Cup and remains one of the most successful and respected managers in the world game.
Steve Clarke is, arguably, the premier assistant coach in the British game.
Avram Grant took a dysfunctional squad to the brink of Champions League glory.
Sméagol was a poor player (the initial water-carrier), and is a sensationally underachieving coach with a nice sideline in rogue punditry on behalf of ######
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Mr Abramovich would appear to be doing a Rafa...
Sméagol, Jamie Redknapp, Frank Arneson, Frank Lampard, Michael Ballack - Kenyon's Keystone Kops.
The turning point was undoubtedly Mourinho walking out just prior to the title-deciding game at Old Trafford last season. From that point on, the club 'lost' some of their players, most obviously Didier Drogba.
The hyperreal turning point would have to be Terry's slip and a miss in Moscow but, by then, the Real stability (financial and otherwise) had long since become a major infrastructural concern at the club.
Scolari was the last chance.
In the first third of the season, Chelsea were the best team in the Premiership.
Then Steve Clarke was more tempted by the probability of imminent unemployment through West Ham going into administration than continuing in the dysfunctional atmosphere at Stamford Bridge.
Sméagol was put forward by ###############.
The rest is history.
Fake history, but history nonetheless.
Hyperhistory, in fact.
Aside from an inappropriate and, ultimately, broadly challenged management structure, there are other reasons that Chelsea find themselves in their current malaise.
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A further factor is Abramovich's loss of attention.
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No clubs are being bought currently.
The time comes closer when the repayment of £700 million or so in an eighteen month window will be Chelsea's primary concern.
So far, so obvious.
There are two other core reasons why Chelsea are spontaneously combusting.
The first of these factors was also utilised to startling effect at Tottenham Hotspur prior to the takeover by ########### - dressing room unrest.
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For Juande Ramos to be sacked so soon after winning the League Cup and despite having been forced to sell over £50 million worth of forwards was ludicrous.
The sacking of Scolari after less than a full season is equally so.
The second factor relates to the machinations of the Premier League and the PGMOB.
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If Lampard hadn't been done over by the Kipper and if the denied penalty had been given against Hull, Scolari would still be in his post.
Kipper demonstrating the Butterfly Effect here.
Who knows where this might end?
And the first game for Sméagol is a visit to one of Chelsea's client teams, Watford, in the FA Cup Fifth Round.
You hyperreally couldn't make this up!
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What chance Sméagol being given a fake run to non-meritocratic full-time appointment, and an FA Cup Final victory against #################?
We jest not!
In our view, Sméagol is worth the best part of a tenner.
At most.
And that is before one takes into account his propensity to utter disinformation as a matter of habit.
Consequently, the man is a liability.
The Premiership is dumbing down.
This is not a creative strategy at the onset of the Depression.
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