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"Sir Alex Ferguson "turned down Chelsea""

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/ hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/3097310.stm

Looks like Ranieri is second choice at best for Chelsea. Makes you wonder how long he will last...

Ashley - you need people like Fergie and Wenger. Yes they aren't nice guys but they bring you championships one way or another.

Nice guys don't get you anywhere - just ask Glen Roeder.

Although obviously ferguson is a top manager, and i'm not gonna make outrageous claims that rainieri is better, i'd much rather have rainieri in charge of chelsea.

What i respect about rainieri is he is one of those "nice guy" managers who unlike fergie, houllier and Wenger isn't always moaning to the press or putting down other teams, he just tries to express himself through his football. He has assembled a top quality team and got us into the CL in a year of non-spending, so i think he deserves a chance to show what he can do with top level resources, I'd be furious if we sacked rainieri

And he was very confused when he was a BBC pundit for the Wales-Italy game:

"Sorry, could you say again?"
"Que?"

Insane Bartender wrote:
> I only respect him for his grasp of the english language.
>
> "When I win I am lucky and when I lose I am a donkey"
>
> "One coach was training a player's hair, and another was
> training another part of his body"
>
> "Football managers are like a parachutist. At times it doesn't
> open. Here, it is an umbrella. You understand, Mary Poppins?"

don't forget the old classic:

"The pitch is a bi*ch"

Of course he meant "beach", referring to the amount of sand on it. But I laughed when I read that. Or the time when he said he wanted his players to play like "pirates". Excuse me? What the hell does that mean?

Or what about the time he said he wanted to "beat my [his] players with sticks"?

The guy is a legend.

Chelsea have never had a normal manager - Vialli, Gullit and now Ranieri. They're all insane.

I only respect him for his grasp of the english language.

"When I win I am lucky and when I lose I am a donkey"

"One coach was training a player's hair, and another was training another part of his body"

"Football managers are like a parachutist. At times it doesn't open. Here, it is an umbrella. You understand, Mary Poppins?"

He's not second choice with the fans though.

If they get rid of Ranieri before he does anything wrong, the fans won't like it. Afterall, he's the man that got them into Europe, having spend no money at the start of last season.

I'll miss Ranieri if he leaves the Premier League, because he's a complete nut bar.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/ hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/3097310.stm

Looks like Ranieri is second choice at best for Chelsea. Makes you wonder how long he will last...