When news broke that Jose Mourinho had left Chelsea, I was over the moon. Despite having a poor start to the season, it was clear what effect Mourinho had on the confidence of his players, and that is not the kind of man you want in charge of the opposition.
I often wonder how those fans, in a half empty Stamford Bridge, feel about the fact they booed off their Special One in his last game in charge. The lack of support from the fans was all the excuse needed for Roman Abramovich to give Mourinho the push, so just two days after Mourinho left the jeering Chelsea fans following the 1-1 draw with Rosenburg, he was looking for a new job.
Now, I have had probably more than my fair share of pops at Mourinho’s replacement, Avram Grant, but the man just makes it too easy. Whilst I can’t argue with the fact Chelsea have done bloody well to keep up with United this season, though forced to admit, we’ve been far from our best for chunks of it, I do wonder whether Chelsea’s good form in the league is a credit to Grant. Some people will feel I’m being overly critical of the man, who I consider to be a moron, but I find it hard to believe it is thanks to his tactics and managerial talent that Chelsea have in the race. Whilst the squad Grant has been passed on is inferior to the squad Mourinho was given (which is quite astounding considering the amount Jose spent), lacking in the talented depth Ranieri created, there is no denying they’ve still got lots of bloody good players. Just because England can’t manage it, doesn’t mean the same can be said of all teams. Some players are capable of pulling together and winning, regardless of who the manager is.
We’ve seen Chelsea knocked out of the FA Cup to Barnsley and lose in the Carling Cup final to Spurs, both of which are things that would certainly never happen under Mourinho. Grant just doesn’t seem to have what it takes and I would be suicidal if he was in charge of our club.
Today, he has really gone on to confirm my suspicions that he is totally clueless, when speculating over who may join the club in this summer’s transfer window. “We want to be more consistent and of course I need players who can help with this,” he said. “Will it take a flair player like Kaka or Messi? I will not reject that one of those names will be here. Will they come? I think so, yes.”
Hold on, Kaka and Messi are going to leave AC Milan and Barcelona to play for Avram Grant at Chelsea? Is he smoking crack? Was Mourinho still at the club, then despite their fall from grace over the past couple of seasons, I’m sure the money could have had the final say in the matter. But two of the best players in the World aren’t going to join a side with little to no European pedigree (particularly in the priority competition in Europe), who haven’t won the title for two years (here’s hoping!) and are managed by an unknown bore. Even the money Roman would be prepared to offer up wouldn’t be enough to console these players over Chelsea’s shortcomings.
But it does get better. Why will Kaka and Messi join Chelsea? “This is a big club.” To quote a whole host of cockney arseholes, are you having a bubble?? If we want to start talking about massive clubs, like Newcastle and City, then sure, we could throw Chelsea in to the mix. But if we’re talking about “big clubs” in any serious sense, we’re talking about the likes of Manchester United, Real Madrid, AC Milan, Liverpool (vomit), Barcelona, Juventus, Bayern Munich and the like. Teams who have a shed load of titles to their name and have competed in Europe for decades. Add that to the list of things Roman’s money can’t buy.
I’ll be more than happy to see Grant in charge of Chelsea come May, and won’t hold my breath on him being able to lure Kaka and Messi to the Premiership. Him staying at the club will boost our title bid more than any signing could!
HE. IS. HAVING. A. LAUGH!
Looks like he’s drinking from the same cup of clueless crazy as Wenger was sipping two weeks ago with their “double” dreams. lol Here’s to hoping eh?
Come on you reds!
hahahahhahahahahahah this is tooooooo funny
y da hell wuld messi and kaka leave for chelsea lol chelsea culdnt even get benzema. even benzema decided not to move to chelsea cuz their history is not big enough. wht do u fink messi and kaka have to say abt dis??
looool
That was hilarious…
the fact that compared to Mourinho, Grant has no flair or charisma whatsoever, he will never be able to inspire or motivate his team in crunch time.
[Scott] I know tradition is important and its clear that their respective clubs wont let world class players like Messi and Kaka go, unless ofcourse they want to…but having said that, is it absolutely necessary for a club to have a magnificent history for big name players to join it? Chelsea certainly isnt in the league of Man Utd or Liverpool, but they beat us in buying so many great players over the last few seasons. Drogba, Essien, Shevchenko, Ballack are all big name players…lack of glorious history at Chelsea dint stop them from joining it.
Mihir – like I said, it’s a combination of history, money and success that can lure players. Aside from Drogba, the players you mentioned signed for Chelsea when they were Champions.
Money won’t be a factor for Kaka and Messi – for two any big club that needs a player like that will be willing to break the bank. Besides, put yourself in their shoes – if a team like Madrid or Chelsea or United were in for you, and you had the option of earning loads of money and play for a good manager/side or loads loads of money and play for a boring side with a dickhead manager, what would you go for?
With Grant in charge, there are rumors most of the first team wants to leave Chelski. There is no way he will be in charge next season. Even if he was, his first priority will be to have 11 ppl who would want to play for him, forget about Kaka and Messi.
LOL. Man i ussualy try to defend the Toad and ask people not to underestimate him, but this is smth that even I can’t defend…LOL Messi and Kaka. The guy is a returd if he believs that he is going ot get them. Someone mentioned Sheva and Ballack….well they are on early retirment and Lyon accepted higher bid from them for Essien same goes for robben.
Mihir – though they’d never admit it, Schevchenko and Ballack are both at the end of their careers. Both super-talented with great records but it is at Chelsea where they have looked like players in the descendency. Drogba took 2 years to make a decent impact and Essien is the 1 of your chosen 4 who has always been good.
Chelsea, whether we like how they do it or not, are entitled to their dreams. They have lured quite a few decent players but have never played the game like United or Arsenal. When Chelsea won the league they had a squad better than the competition, but the Managerial experience at Arsenal and Old Trafford has seen development and trust in young players come good. Yes, Arsenal lacked the squad we have nowdays but still put in a good effort this season.
Chelsea had a head start when they became over night billionaires but now other teams have caught back up and are fighting back. Now it’s all a bit equal, Chelsea realise that and it is there for all to see that although they are capable of winning titles and cups, they are not an attractive club in any way, shape or form. Ronaldo and I’m sure Messi and Kaka are football lovers, they love playing the game. I’m sure a club offering loads of cash is not all it takes.
He really is a moron!!!Funniest thing i”ve read for ages!!!
Mourinho to succeed Fergie?
watchin ur on sky sports the other night i got sick of hearing chelsea rent boys moaning about how clueless grant is, despite them being , until wigan, in for a v good shoyt at the league and european cup! people seem to forget how poor chelsea were last season and how they even managed to start this one even poorer, under the special ones leadership. god, moureen really has got the media and everyone else it seems wrapped around his little finger. if i had the squad he had when he was winning compared to ours arses and scummers squads, i,d have won back to back titles too.
anyway, we got blackburn, barca chelsea an barca again on the horizon, cant we chat about them instead of avram grant, ive heard enough about him from lots of people who know little or nothing about him. give him and the rest of the world a break!
Stephen-I hope not and I think not.
Austin Reynolds-I am sure me or you could be semi-successful with a squad like chelsea’s. It is what you do in the big games that counts. One thing that really makes me sick is the way Chelsea fans Boo their players and manager everytime they don’t get a great result, despite the fact that they are in 2nd place and in the Semi’s of the Champions League…
“Where we you, where were you… WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU WERE SHITE! WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU WERE SHITE??!!”