Mourinho Quits Blues

Avram Grant and Abramovich are very close friends as i've heard from sports news ... Then Murihno was close to quit 3 times last year, mostly because of the team's roaster  (Sevcenko, ballack ) then Abramovich had personal business to do last winter (mmm i think something about divorcing his wife?) and he didn't participate a lot in Chelsea's matters. It was the period that Murihno was asking intensely for a back half and the unlucky results with Reding and Fulham cost a lot  . Final result: Chealsy lost the championship... Murihno almost eaten his coat back then (thats why he bought a new one for this season, but short pants and t-shirt was enough for him as it seems...) I also heard that Avram will be a temporary solution until the end of October when probably will be substituted byRuud Gullit...

I think that Chealsy is not a "heavy shirt" as the rest of classical english powers so probably will be affected both in champions League and premiership...I believe mostly in premiership because if you  manage to take 3-4 bad results, you 'll be in the queue behind the 3 big ones...Don't forget that Chelsea took the last championships from the first round ... Now they can only hope...

I was surprised by the news but it's perhaps best for everybody involved.  I actually enjoyed his antics and attitudes.  He was a champion even before he got there and he is still a great coach.  Winning Champs League with Porto along  deserves all my respect.    In the end the pressure of wining for the richest club led him to 'Win Ugly'.  But that's just another day in the life of EPL.  With $300 mil, not only you should be winning but you should be winning beautifully.  I know Chelsea fans will remember him forever as a savior.  But with that kind of money, not only he should be lifting EPL trophies and FA Cups but also should be a legendary team like Rijkaard or Cruyff's Barcelona, 98' Real Madrid or Capello's AC Milan.  For me, even 99' Man Utd is more memorable team than Chelsea under Mourinho.

I know Mourinho will be successful no matter where he will end up.  So will Chelsea.  They still have enough talent to win with their bench players.  If not they can always buy some more.   The issue here is the philosophy that is governing the team not the resources.  They have lifted some trophies playing ugly, it's time to risk more and win beautiful.

Edited by Paul - 21-Sep-2007 at 14:35