this abramovich reminds me of Jesus Gil at the Athletic Madrid in Spain.... Athletic who?
yes... Madrid's other team, when Gil was its president he changed like 20 coaches in 15 years -something like that- and he only won the Liga once, even at some point he ended up in demoted to Second division...
Like Gil, Abramovich is a little nuts, numbed by his own money and his success in areas that has nothing to do with football...
As an example: AC Milan has been so successful under Berlusconi because , he has kept himself at a healthy distance from the team. Gosh! he even had time to be Prime minister and make a few dozens of new enemies off the pitch...

Bottom line is, Abramovic should stick with his nose on the Oil bussiness because that is what he knows about and leave the football to those who know about football.

But he is the owner and he can do whatever he wants.
If he ends up turning Chelsea into the Bozo of the class, it's his choice.

leo, phoenix, usa

Why are people asking to give him 100 or 50 days grace? If he doesn't have the qualifications then he has 12 weeks to get them. Since they take much longer than that to gain, Chelsea have brought themselves problems. No grace period, just the rules.

Dane, London,

As W Gallas said Chelsea's got money ain't got class that 's the explanation of the mutual agreement plz Roman you stay away from pitch matters.

Adams B, London,

I always thought that Jose Mourinho looked like Columbo (the US detective's) better looking brother. However the one thing they had in common was that they were originals and that left to their own devices they both produced spectacular results. Chelsea FC need to have their collective heads examined for losing this flamboyant genius.

CHARLIE, LONDON, UK

This is brilliant news for the game... Chelsea hit the self destruct button and suddenly the big money owner craze that has been destroying the game seems like less fun.

Al, Leeds,

he stiil
is a hero although he was falt

ming, yaan, china

It amazing how fast people forget that this "Russky owner", by giving to the coaching tem free acces to his wallet, brought 2 championships to Chelsea.
Give Grant a chance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!,

At least 100 days grace period

Eli, London,

This is the start of a decline for chelsea. ambramovic should have stuck with moriniho just like united have stayed with ferguson

Simon, west hollywood la, usa

And look at the problems at Hearts with the Russky owner micro managing the team. Well, the Chelsea fans had a good few years!

Romans, Billesdon, uk

Chelsea's Rushian owner as just gifted the championship to
Man u /liverpool /arsenal United are about to thrash some one
just see.
it could easly be Chelsea on sunday

Ken aspden, Darwen, Lancashire

i know you all smell the politics. it is reasonable to assume that one of the five best teams in the world deserve at the least one of the ten best coaches. so how this anonymous, unrecognized coach got the hottest chair in the FA?
chelsea fans, football fans, media: this coach, Mr Grant, with a bunch of 14 untalented guys was able to finish the world cup qualifications unbeaten!! with france, swiss and irland- far far way more talnted teams. it could be fairytale story, whats wrong with that? in israel we have what is called "100 days of grace"- give him 50!
add some color...

barak , tel aviv , israel

Chelsea are just a circus, they have tried to become a prestigious club and failed. What next for them? I think Abramovich will get tied of his billionaire plaything and simply walk away. Chelsea will then return to where they belong a midtable side who have a hardcore of 25,000 supporters (the ones who turned up against Rosenberg) Bye Bye Mourinho...

Tony Bleasdale, Liverpool,

Although I am surprised that Mourinho has left Chelsea so early in the season I am not shocked.

I live in Spain and have become used to the continual merry-go-round at Real Madrid when it comes to the choice of manager. At Real Madrid it is simply not enough to win the league or, as Gus Hiddink found out, the Champions League. No, at Real Madrid you must win with panache.

Whatever we think about Roman Abramovich, Chelsea is his club and if he chooses to fire the manager for not wanting to play the game as he wants to see it; I'm afraid, it's his choice.

I am also old enough to remember when Dave Sexton was manager of Man Utd. Before he was asked to leave he had won several games on the trot. Why did he go? Well, the punters at Old Trafford wanted to see the football that Utd have become famous for. It appeared that Mr Sexton's job was safe until the punters decided to vote with their feet. A fall in attendence is simply not tolerated at Old Trafford.

Denis Robinson, Fuengirola, Spain

This is good for comedy - what a joke.

Chris Jackson, London,

Jose for Man U when Fergie retires in 24 months from now.
What a prospect.

John, Aberdeen, UK

Abramovich's ego appears to have got in the way of sound footballing judgement. I doubt Chelsea will have the same success under Grant as they did under Mourinho. Perhaps Abramovich really is picking the team these days and Grant''s just his yes man to parade in front of the cameras. Whatever the case I'd be worried if I were a Blues fan. As I'm not a blues fan I find the whole Chelsea saga under Abramovich to be a complete joke. LOL Mourinho to be managing Barcalona or Real within 12 months and hopefully dumping Chelsea out of Europe to rub Roman's nose in it.

Chris, Guildford, UK, Surrey

Peter, beverly-hills is absolutely spot on. As soon as they can find a new coach they will replace Grant. Would be great if the special one went to Tottenham and they were more successful than Cheslea - surely Chelsea have made a deal with Mourinho so he can't though - must be in that £12M payoff somewhere.

Mat, Yorkshire, England

He is a joke appointment!!

Bring back Jose.

JAY, LONDON, UK

the best way to solve the bottleneck, at least for now, is to let Abramovich to coach the team by himself!! since he has already killed the Blues anyway

Leonard, Los Angeles, USA

READ AND COMMENT PLEASE: I can not really understand why people don`t see the bjg picture about selecting avant grant as coach...whenever a good coach leaves a club the next coach is always the one who gets the fire.ambramovic and his staff know that....they know they are throwing him to the dogs! they know grant will not succeed! when results get bad and fans are furious they get a new coach ( a better one) and things will get a bit better and fans get a bit happier and meanwhile forget the hole thing and remember the owner is is trying to improve things now. what do you think?

peter, beverly-hills, USA

Re. the final paragraph: Joe Cole starting on the right is not a change, for he started there also for the last match (Tuesday v Rosenborg). SWP doesn't 'own' that position: Joe Cole should always be in the starting XI: easily the most creative player.

Dean, Cheltenham,

No one should be surprised at the turmoil at Chelsea.
Private ownership gives the owner all power.
Other clubs such as Hearts have endured it.
Look at Sylvio Berlusconi at AC Milan - he doesn't even care if no one turns up to watch because their TV Revenues are so great.
West Ham are going to feel the effects of it.
Another Russian Billionaire is circling Arsenal.
Bernia Ecclestone at QPR - God help us!
The owners dictate who plays, who they buy, the style of play & game team formation.
This leads to unhappy players & the end result is failure.
So what about the die hard fans?
And how long before their is a breakaway Euro Super League such as Kerry Packers World Series Cricket?
Just a matter of time!

Shane, Gold Coast, Australia