I'm a bit late, didn't seem to get the alerts for this thread in a while.
Knee-jerk reaction, they can still qualify, why not just sack him after they dropped out of the champions league, or once the seasons over.
There's people calling Di Matteo lucky? Really? He achieved more than most of the recent Chelsea managers have achieved, and this Champions League group is proving to be majorly tough, no team in that group is guranteed to go through, and Shakter have been a real surprise.
Have faith, I bet he(Abramovich) rues the decision of letting Mourinho go, that was a team.