Scolari has gone after just seven months. Chelsea's regime has shown its ruthlessness and its impotence.
Avram Grant got the Blues within an inch of the European Cup - something the fabled Jose Mourinho couldn't achieve. Yet that wafer-thin failure supposedly demanded Grant's removal. Chelsea are fast sliding into self appointed chaos. Mere money cannot buy success. Scolari may not have been the answer, but Abramovich's lethal mix of boredom and impatience will doom Chelsea to oblivion unless he finds a miracle worker.
This assumption of a divine right to success is disastrous. Newcastle fired Sir Bobby Robson four years ago yet have never come close to the success he achieved. Similarly, Tottenham sacked Martin Jol early in the 2007/08 season but have struggled to come anywhere near Jol's achievements. When will football owners demonstrate an understanding that things can get a lot worse, not better, if they replace their manager?
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