<p>Chelsea's sacking of manager Roberto Di Matteo shocked fans outside the team's Stamford Bridge ground on Wednesday (November 21).</p><br /><p>One fan, Mark stood up for the former club favourite. " They never gave the man a chance, " he said</p><br /><p>" He's won the (sic) Championship for him, I think he wants far too much far too quickly and he wants it all now,</p><br /><p>he's thrown his toys out of the pram, hasn't he."</p><br /><p>Another, Chris, said fans of the club had become used to rapid change. " I'm not totally surprised, " he said</p><br /><p>" I thought he sounded very downbeat after last night's game, that's really the scene we've had here for the last few</p><br /><p>years, but though on the other hand although change has been rapid we've also had a lot of success, so I'm not</p><br /><p>totally suprised, to be honest."</p><br /><p>Alan Pardew, manager of Premier League club Newcastle United, admitted he was astonished. " As far as</p><br /><p>I'm concerned he's done nothing wrong. His philosophy was perhaps to change the look of the team, which he's</p><br /><p>tried to do, that doesn't happen overnight, he's won two competitions in less than a year, so it's unbelievable.</p><br /><p>He should walk into another job, but probably somebody else's misfortune unfortunately."</p><br /><p>Chelsea removed Di Matteo just six months after the Italian led the London club to a first Champions League title.</p>
