Luiz Felipe Scolari arrived at Chelsea with a reputation that was more lofty than he deserved, and departs in ignominy with that reputation now in tatters.
Big Phil, bigger disappointment, but not the biggest surprise...
Luiz Felipe Scolari arrived at Chelsea with a reputation that was more lofty than he deserved, and departs in ignominy with that reputation now in tatters.
It is not easy to turn a club from a force so powerful that it had not lost at home for more than four years into one that is so predictable that a draw with Hull City at home fails to raise more than a few eyebrows. Not easy, but Scolari managed it.
Chelsea's form of late has been so poor that owner Roman Abramovich and the club had to act with a ruthlessness borne of necessity.
In recent weeks Scolari has been at pains to point that Chelsea have had injury problems and are not the club they once were in terms of spending. That is true, but it is a loser's lament. Chelsea still have the biggest wage bill in the Premier League and a host of world-class players.
Whose fault is it that Didier Drogba once looked the most dangerous striker, and now looks one of the most lacklustre? Whose fault is it that Chelsea's lack of genuine wide players makes their predictable approach a simple one for opposing coaches to counter?
The buck for those faults stops with Scolari he had to go, it was just a question of whether Chelsea would wait until the end of the season or make a clean break to try to rescue the remains of this campaign.
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