After a title defence so poor as to be hitherto unimaginable, Jose Mourinho has been sacked by Chelsea for a second time. Rarely has a football story been so grimly inevitable yet relentlessly compelling.
That is the reaction of those present on Balls.ie's daily podcast 'The Racket', while the online reaction has been more sardonic than symapthetic:
Better call Curbs
— James Horncastle (@JamesHorncastle) December 17, 2015
Made (Redundant) In Chelsea. #CFC — James Martin (@Pundamentalism) December 17, 2015
Hey @ChelseaFC we're available! pic.twitter.com/366iMwp6Ng
— Fr Dougal McGuire (@DougalMacGuire) December 17, 2015
Wanted by #cfc: a manager who doesn't pick fights, who doesn't park the bus, who gives youth a chance and who listens to the doctor. — Henry Winter (@henrywinter) December 17, 2015
PL Manager of Year 2014 - Brendan Rodgers. PL Manager of Year 2015 - Jose Mourinho. Both gone by Christmas 2015.
— Kieran Cunningham (@KCsixtyseven) December 17, 2015
Jose Mourinho throws his hat in the ring for IFA presidency #TheUnemployedOne — Ciarán Lenehan (@CiaranLen) December 17, 2015
Mourinho being sacked after losing to Ranieri. Good old football. — Daniel Storey (@danielstorey85) December 17, 2015
Farewell Jose, hello (again) Guus...? Strange but unnervingly familiar times at #cfc, but this has still been a bizzarely ridiculous season
— Dominic Fifield (@domfifield) December 17, 2015
How many times do you have to be fired by the same club before you become a specialist in failure? #Mourinho — Oly Duff (@olyduff) December 17, 2015
Mourinho hoped to 'build a dynasty this time' but it wasn't in his nature. He'd disagree but there's more to v v best managers than trophies
— Jonathan Northcroft (@JNorthcroft) December 17, 2015
I don't doubt Mourinho leaves Chelsea on good terms. One of the craziest aspects of this story is he never fell out with the hierarchy
— Jason Burt (@JBurtTelegraph) December 17, 2015
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