There's an interesting post currently circulating the net from the Tales Within Thread on the Chelsea in America forum by writer Vince Per Noi (known as 'Chris' to fellow CIA posters) titled 'Tales From Within', who claims he was one of a number of Chelsea supporters ushered into "Roman’s office at 2.30pm on Sunday 25 November 2012" to discuss the club's direction hours before Benitez managed his first match for Chelsea. This could all be the workings of one man's imagination, but I'd like to think this really happened.
It's a pretty surreal piece of writing and we recommend you read it yourself, but here's a taster:
To be truthful, neither Roman nor Eugene mentioned any protocol. We were simply allowed to speak our minds. I was going to see where the meeting went and shoot from the hip. As I think back, my inputs into the meeting were statements rather than questions, but I wanted to see how Roman and Eugene reacted to them. After the introductions were done, the meeting began and I surprised myself by launching the meeting with a warning for Roman.
“I just want to say how much we appreciate all that you have done for this football club. That is beyond question. But you have to realise that there a lot of upset supporters here today because of what has happened this week. When I awoke in my hotel room in Turin on Wednesday morning and heard the news, I could hardly believe it. Because of this, you may see and hear some things in the stadium today that might shock you. The atmosphere will be pretty tough.”
So Roman was prepared for the negativity that was expressed on Sunday evening.
