Carlo

Anyone can say that coach's success is determined by the prizes he seized (Ferguson, HIddink) or progresses he made with up and coming teams(Perez, King Kev, and again Hiddink) so the whole talk concerning Ancelotti being the Chelsea coach can be tossed away till season finale, either a successful or not 8)

However we can somewhat guess the motives and problems that Carlo might face in our beloved club. Personally I have to admit I was not happy learning that Carlo is the Blue manager, as I was hoping for Rajkkard or Dechampes to take the role, as in his 8 year spell in Milan he actually has won only single Serie A title! Having a highly capable team with likes of Kaka, and Shevchenko in the prime time, and trashing Champions League he coudnt get the consistency to last a whole season. Prioritizing on Champions League (wining which will finally end debates on is Chelsea a "big" club), might attract new fans and bring more revenue to the club but not neccessarily will make current fans happy, you dont have my vote for one.

On other hand, with Chelsea team aging by days, this appoinment makes more sense knowing that noone like Carlo can revitilize older players, from Baggio, to ever-playing Inzaghi, Maldini and Pirlo to LA socialboy David Becham, all of them playing at their best under Ancelotti. Can Carlo do his magic on Ballack, Deco, and maybe Shevchenko? Fans will be more than happy to see these players rise to their previous greats, but is this the way club should take? Over the years of Carlo's rule Milan has not produced any worthwhile youngsters, depending heavely on owners finances, and squizing juices from their 33+ players. With current spiked prices on players, and their everdemanding wages, Chelsea need to produce more and more cash in order compete on the transfer market for key 1-2 player a season and not to get too deep into owners pocket. For this we should have a sustainable youth programm that pushes youngsters through 1st team in order to cash on them later (Man U and Arsenal are great examples of that). This is called long-term development Carlo.

Last but not least is Ancellotti's english. Proffesional is a proffesional in any country, but experiance with Phil showed us that players and the coach should be speak the same language, other wise frustration leads anger and anger to underconfidence to losses. Hopefully today Carlo spoke much better than he did so 2 months ago, and his efforst to learn the language is clearly seen, so lets hope he will not lose players respect and confidence with wrong word or phrase.