I'll always remember FA Cup Final 97

I'll always remember the night at St Gallen

I'll always remember FA Cup Final 2012

I'll Always remember Munich 2012

I'll always remember the text I got saying you were gone.

one of my favourite Chelsea players ever, and brought me the greatest joy in his brief spell as our manager.

What a man.

Thanks Robbie

Someone made a great tribute to RDM on youtube.

Edited November 27, 201213 yr by abramovich

Surprised moi hasn't commented on the lack of an apostrophe in 'there's'.

Someone made a great tribute to RDM on youtube.

This post should be bumped at least once every week, this man should still be our Manager.

Edited November 27, 201213 yr by Chippy

I'll always remember FA Cup Final 97

I'll always remember the night at St Gallen

I'll always remember FA Cup Final 2012

I'll Always remember Munich 2012

I'll always remember the text I got saying you were gone.

one of my favourite Chelsea players ever, and brought me the greatest joy in his brief spell as our manager.

What a man.

Thanks Robbie

You also forgot his last goal for the club: - The last FA cup final goal ever scored at the old Wembley

Chelsea 1-0 Aston Villa (1999-00 FA Cup Final)

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Jump to: navigation, search 2000 FA Cup Final 0Scoreline Chelsea 1-0 Aston Villa 0Date 20th May 2000 0Competition FA Cup 0Referee Graham Poll 0Stadium Wembley Stadium 0Attendance 78,217

The 2000 FA Cup Final took place on 20 May 2000 and was the last to be played at the old Wembley Stadium. It was contested between Chelsea and Aston Villa, who had finished 5th and 6th respectively in the Premier League that season, though there was a seven point gap between the sides. Chelsea secured victory with a strike mid-way through the second half from Roberto Di Matteo; his last goal for the club. It was Chelsea's second FA Cup success in four seasons and the third in the club's history. Di Matteo had also scored in their previous cup triumph. Wembley Stadium closed five months later, and was subsequently rebuilt. It was more than six years after the old stadium closed that the new stadium opened, with Chelsea also winning the first FA Cup Final at the new Wembley.

Edited November 27, 201213 yr by BLUENUT

Rather than attempt to write my own, inevitably inadequate tribute, I'm going to quote John Terry's notes from Sunday's Match Programme:

"I want to say that it was a privilege to play for Robbie. I had the pleasure, as a YTS player growing up, of watching and learning from him and to go on and play under him as captain was an honour.

"To win two competitions last season, including the Champions League that we had wanted for so long, was incredible.

"Robbie is a great man and an absolute legend. We wish him every success in the future, because saying thanks doesn't seem enough."

Surprised moi hasn't commented on the lack of an apostrophe in 'there's'.

The website only allowed alphanumeric characters.

Surprised moi hasn't commented on the lack of an apostrophe in 'there's'.

Was that your sneaky way of pointing out that you'd noticed noticed the omission?

Brought a tear to my eye. Chelsea legend through and through.

I'd forgotten about this:

Utterly unforgivable that the club have allowed such perfect memories to become bittersweet. Unforgivable I say.

Excellent Vids. Robbie sir, you are close to all our hearts.

Someone made a great tribute to RDM on youtube.

Absolutely have to bump this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T74rqebpr6A

ha

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2249400/Roberto-Di-Matteo-wins-Credit-Suisse-coach-year.html

So sad.

 

Seriously this shouldve been a brilliant season. Fun and celebratory.

 

After all we are European Champions.
 

Instead we've got this.  And we've got a man we despise in charge and the prospect of disapointing game after disappointing game and the sight of wonderful players getting the life and creativity sucked and trained out of them.
 

Ive will never forgive the club for taking this season away from me and practically soiling the memory of Munich.

 

We love you RDM.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2249400/Roberto-Di-Matteo-wins-Credit-Suisse-coach-year.html

 

Quality,

 

this is the sort of thing that usually has the owner headhunting...got to post the headline

 

 

Look who's won another trophy, Roman... as Benitez blows it in Japan, Di Matteo is named coach of the year in Switzerland.

 

Robbie , class personified. Haven't heard a word indeed a bad word from him about the club since he was dis-respected. 

 

All of you , and you know who you are , money , standing , position will never get you in this mans bracket. Look , admire and have regret for yourselves.

I'm so gutted. Still can't get over what happened and I don't know if I ever will. Reading this thread and watching those videos makes me feel even worse... This club is run by f**king muppets!
 
Kindly f**k off, Roman and take your pathetic staff with you. I felt awful when Mourinho got sacked but never in my life until this have I actually been ashamed to be a Chelsea supporter. We were on the right track ever since Robbie took over but Roman, being the senseless prick that he is had to f**k us all over.
 
And just to rub salt in our wounds he replaced a club legend and a true gentleman with FSW. Surely he is taking the piss!?
 
Thanks for everything Robbie. Not many give you the credit you truly deserve for completely transforming our season and giving us the best night of our lives. You are a genius and deserve better than working for somebody like Roman. I hope you go on to become one of the most successful managers in the world and more importantly I hope you work for someone who doesn't treat his club like a toy.
 
I wish you the utmost success in your future endeavors.

Edited December 17, 201213 yr by Amputechture

 

 

 

 

 

Goosebumps watching Robbie there , where is that passion and pride gone ?

Robbie's sacking becomes more baffling and more saddening to me by the day, why on earth would we sack a manager who had it all?

 

- He had the unquestioning love and respect of the players (f**k you Machiavelli - Robbie D the master of men could control through fear AND love). He showed he wasn't afraid to drop the likes of Lampard when necessary.

- He had the unquestioning love and respect of the fans, and looked every bit like he would be the man to expel the ghost of Mourinho from the club. Now José's spectre lingers worse than ever.

- Tactically he could do it all: he embarrassed Wenger at his own game (without the defensive ineptitude which was brought on through AVB), had the team playing beautiful football, and also was able to set out a backs-to-the-wall 4-5-1 capable of defending their way to the Champions League title.

- He was the epitome of class, never pointed fingers when things didn't go well, never pissed anyone off, and managed it without the sullen, defeated tone that Ancelotti had sometimes. He also filled out a suit much better than Benitez, a man lumpier than the potatoes he serves.

- He bled blue.

 

The three gifs above show how perfect Di Matteo was for this club. This is a man able to get involved in David Luiz's hi-jinks without his seriousness being questioned, jump into an elated bear hug with Branislav Ivanovic without being accused of AVB-esque posturing, and yell in Didier Drogba's face without fear of a tantrum. Di Matteo could well have been our messiah.

 

 

Can you even imagine this happening with Benitez? The players wouldn't even be able to lift the f**ker...

Baffling indeed....

 

to me he also beat Pep into submission, I mean we had Messi shaking his head in bewilderment... well maybe there was a slice of luck as many have pointed out, but this was the so called best team in the world over two legs 180 mins I make that, and about 1/3 of that with 10 men....

 

Then Munich, in their own ground, anyone there will tell you they were celebrating the victory well beofre the game had started....

 

blimey I am sounding like a cracked record but you are the only ones who would listen

Edited December 17, 201213 yr by andy

 

Can you even imagine this happening with Benitez? The players wouldn't even be able to lift the f**ker...

What about trying to throw him up and then run away ? Just an idea