scolari wants the credit

[The Brit]

scroll down the interview below and you will see scolari is claiming he did all sorts of great things for Chelsea and that is why we're doing so well now...mmmm...me thinks his old age is kicking in and making him delusional:

http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=1327522.html#scolari+want+coach+brazil+2014

[Plavi26]

The man is delusional, I love this quote "When we have a whole week of training sessions, for example, we get the first-team players and the reserves together, and that doesn’t really happen over there. That was another of the reasons why I didn’t stay". For some strange reason I remember him being sacked and not really given an option to stay.

[HazardsLeftPeg]

[Planet Drogba]

first stage of dementia

[coco]

first stage of dementia

No its well advanced I'm afraid.

[Cam]

Clearly his time with us damaged his ego so badly he attempted to trick us into thinking he was actually pretty great.

[moi]

The poor bloke has made himself a laughing stock throughout the football world!

[PloKoon13]

What an outrageous emoticon.

[Hutch]

Q. You’re known for your ability to adapt systems in line with the resources at your disposal...

A. Of course. The first thing I have to do is find out what my team’s strengths are and then try to find the best system.

Which is of course why we conceded virtually the same goal again and again, week after week, aided and abetted no end by Scolari's fantastically effective implementation of Zonal Marking.

[dkw]

Which is of course why we conceded virtually the same goal again and again, week after week, aided and abetted no end by Scolari's fantastically effective implementation of Zonal Marking.

Stolen my thunder you sod, exactly what I came in to say.

[Tea Bar Boy]

The man is delusional, I love this quote "When we have a whole week of training sessions, for example, we get the first-team players and the reserves together, and that doesn’t really happen over there. That was another of the reasons why I didn’t stay". For some strange reason I remember him being sacked and not really given an option to stay.

How would he know this ? the fact is he hardly ever appeared at the training ground and if he did it was to have lunch and then go home again this was one of the main reasons he was sacked

...............I blame Peter Kenyon

[HazardsLeftPeg]

What an outrageous emoticon.

Outrageous as in ridiculously bad and unwanted? Sorry then. Didnt want to type a reply to 'Scolari wants credit' at the time

Just read it now and laughed at this bit:

"I know that some of the players improved as a result. Look at [Nicolas] Anelka. He wasn’t getting a game and then all of a sudden he was Chelsea’s top scorer. Ashley Cole couldn’t use his right foot and later he even scored with it, and all [salomon] Kalou could do was run fast. He couldn’t dribble very well, so we taught him to dribble round poles. Ok, I know they were only poles in the ground but it helped him to start dribbling round opponents, which is something he does now without any problem. And then there’s [Didier] Drogba, who had a serious knee injury but is fine now thanks to the work I did"

[Bobbywoodhogan]

Ha ha what the hell is with Scolari.

He nearly took us down to where Liverpool are now.

[PloKoon13]

Outrageous as in ridiculously bad and unwanted? Sorry then. Didnt want to type a reply to 'Scolari wants credit' at the time

Outrageous as in hilarious.

I didn't know Scolari personally healed Drogba's knee.

[SydneyChelsea]

One thing we musn't forget it was Scolari who allowed our team to attack more.

HE just had no plan b.

[moi]

Outrageous as in hilarious.

I didn't know Scolari personally healed Drogba's knee.

Maybe he kissed it better?

outrageous as in hilarious???? Wish you young people would stop changing our language!!! That's well bad of you!

[Valerie]

Which is of course why we conceded virtually the same goal again and again, week after week, aided and abetted no end by Scolari's fantastically effective implementation of Zonal Marking.

Remember his comment that goal posts don't score goals, so we didn't need to put one or two extra men on the goal line? That still makes me furious.

[Andreas]

is he f**king delusional or what? f**king muppet is what he is.

[The Moos]

Remember his comment that goal posts don't score goals, so we didn't need to put one or two extra men on the goal line? That still makes me furious.

When he says things like that one has to wonder how on earth he become a manager.

No, Scolari is a deranged old sod who because he can't get good jobs nowadays (that alone should tell him just how "good" he really is) has to take credit for what others have done.

S*it, even Avram Grant did more than he did.

[Gem]

Priceless.

[TheWestwayWonder]

Outrageous as in ridiculously bad and unwanted? Sorry then. Didnt want to type a reply to 'Scolari wants credit' at the time

Just read it now and laughed at this bit:

"I know that some of the players improved as a result. Look at [Nicolas] Anelka. He wasn’t getting a game and then all of a sudden he was Chelsea’s top scorer. Ashley Cole couldn’t use his right foot and later he even scored with it, and all [salomon] Kalou could do was run fast. He couldn’t dribble very well, so we taught him to dribble round poles. Ok, I know they were only poles in the ground but it helped him to start dribbling round opponents, which is something he does now without any problem. And then there’s [Didier] Drogba, who had a serious knee injury but is fine now thanks to the work I did"

Frankly, i dont see that as the funniest part, becuase it was while he was here that Nico really did blossom. Thats probably because he was given all the minutes during the rift with Drogba (or whatever it was, i dont think Scolari "saved" him or whatever he is claiming), but before that I wanted Anelka gone. I was convinced he was a waste of money by Grant, and what happened in Moscow just sealed that opinion for me.

Kalou is another matter, but the fact remains that in the last couple of years he has gone from a laughing stock to a player who is good for a goal when you bring him off the bench. Something happened in the last year or two, and Scolari may or may not have been a part of it.

There are plenty of things to go after him for without talking about this. These points he brings up are actually plausable. As far as Drogba goes, he needed to earn the players trust before icing him out of the team for his own good. Im sure the fact that he could barely communicate in English didnt help his case.

Ha ha what the hell is with Scolari.

He nearly took us down to where Liverpool are now.

Get real man. The lowest we ever sank under Scolari was 4th. There were cracks in the foundations, and we were getting tonked in the games against big rivals, but the fact remains we were still picking up alot of points against lesser opponents.

But starting with a big lead in the leauge, and then sliding down the table by Feb. was really going the wrong way.

[Hutch]

Get real man. The lowest we ever sank under Scolari was 4th. There were cracks in the foundations, and we were getting tonked in the games against big rivals, but the fact remains we were still picking up alot of points against lesser opponents.

But starting with a big lead in the leauge, and then sliding down the table by Feb. was really going the wrong way.

And that is the point. We may have still been hanging on to fourth place, but we were in the middle of a disastrous run of form, with no real hint that we might somehow turn things round. In fact if anything, the only realistic outlook was that things would continue to go from bad to worse. The players were unfit, morale was at rock bottom, we had become an easy touch, both home and away. There is simply no way that Scolari could stay on as Chelsea manager.

[Bobbywoodhogan]

Frankly, i dont see that as the funniest part, becuase it was while he was here that Nico really did blossom. Thats probably because he was given all the minutes during the rift with Drogba (or whatever it was, i dont think Scolari "saved" him or whatever he is claiming), but before that I wanted Anelka gone. I was convinced he was a waste of money by Grant, and what happened in Moscow just sealed that opinion for me.

Kalou is another matter, but the fact remains that in the last couple of years he has gone from a laughing stock to a player who is good for a goal when you bring him off the bench. Something happened in the last year or two, and Scolari may or may not have been a part of it.

There are plenty of things to go after him for without talking about this. These points he brings up are actually plausable. As far as Drogba goes, he needed to earn the players trust before icing him out of the team for his own good. Im sure the fact that he could barely communicate in English didnt help his case.

Get real man. The lowest we ever sank under Scolari was 4th. There were cracks in the foundations, and we were getting tonked in the games against big rivals, but the fact remains we were still picking up alot of points against lesser opponents.

But starting with a big lead in the leauge, and then sliding down the table by Feb. was really going the wrong way.

All I meant was we were going that way and had we not sacked Scolari we could have ended up in a worse position we just don't know.

[TheWestwayWonder]

And that is the point. We may have still been hanging on to fourth place, but we were in the middle of a disastrous run of form, with no real hint that we might somehow turn things round. In fact if anything, the only realistic outlook was that things would continue to go from bad to worse. The players were unfit, morale was at rock bottom, we had become an easy touch, both home and away. There is simply no way that Scolari could stay on as Chelsea manager.

All I meant was we were going that way and had we not sacked Scolari we could have ended up in a worse position we just don't know.

Look, I agree with you both, we were going on the long slow swirl down the toilet. And just about all of it was Scolari's fault, but I dont wanna get into the scouser trap of thinking the man was absolutely at fault for everything and deserves absolutely no credit like they do with.....everyone not named Benitez

I will add that without that blinding start we had under him, the slide into mediocrity might have been much worse, and Guus might not have been able to rescue us. And if Nico had no gotten all those minutes that he did, and built up his confidence to believe he could be a top striker for a top team, we might not see the player before us today (recall before that Nico had played for City, Fenerbache and Bolton....I honestly never thought the guy would be any good for us, so its nice to eat crow on that one). I couldnt have been more wrong, and now he clearly feels like he has a home here, and plays like it.

When LFS was dismissed I was mad, but mostly at the players, because alot of the bad stuff about his regime hadnt come out yet. Yes, we saw the constant tactical f**kups, especially on corners, the horrible late goals we conceeded, the tonkings from Arsenal and the Mancs (really, it was probably that night that sealed his fate, 3-0 and we just looked beaten at every turn) but I was more angry at a group of players who seemed to be playing without conviction or any kind of emotion for the club and the fans. Fair enough, they didnt like the manager, but it seemed at times as if their lack of belief in him meant they didnt think they had to give it their all anymore. Lets just say, seeing and hearing what has happened in the intervening time made me realize the players were right to be dissatisfied, and the club were right to sack him when they did.

Imagine if we hadve been saddled with a 30m GBP Robinho too? He probably wouldve hopped on the plane to Brazil when he heard the news Phil was out.

Edited November 3, 2010 by TheWestwayWonder

[HazardsLeftPeg]

I just dont think that he can claim to have improved any player and find it laughable.

Anelka was never a bad player. Scolari didnt improve him. His goals were what kept LFS for that long.

Cole's never even done anything with his right foot since then.

Kalou started improving towards the end of last season and thats more due to Carlo than dribbling around some poles

And i doubt that LFS is some medical expert who saved Drogba's career

Edited November 3, 2010 by footballoholic