lobomojo
21 Sep 2007, 09:31 AM
“Mourinho was the greatest manager Chelsea have had, or are likely to have ––...”
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/columnists/giles_smith/article2500566.ece
Can not put it better than that.
All that purported “beautiful football” by Arse and they only scored 13 more goals during Jose’s tenure, while hoisting little silver and accumulating 49 fewer points.
It really is not as simple as apparently most of you think to win 2 League titles an FA Cup, two League Cups and get to two CL semi-finals all while NOT LOSING A SINGLE LEAGUE HOME MATCH.
The 50 years without any titles ought to be a bit of a clue to the difficulty of the achievement.
And with all this record breaking success Sir Alec was still nipping at our tails, leaving so little room for error like a home loss or two.
“Grindingly successful? Again, there was a grain of truth in that. But you would say this much in favour of grindingly successful: it has a lot to recommend it over grindingly unsuccessful, which is the historical background that most Chelsea fans are necessarily coming from. “
Yes it is not the first time Chelsea have changed managers, acted incredibly stupidly, times have been darker in many ways than they likely will be now and so on but when you can justify firing a coach, and only a mind as thick as a bubble blower could think otherwise, after an “unacceptable” run of 1 loss, 1 draw and 1 draw that was really a win, without 3 of your most valuable players, that is an altogether different and more troubeling sick darkness on a path to ruin and a clubs “collective suicide”.
Personally I find more beauty in the discipline of a team working together and defending as one and simply winning 1-0 over sloppy error filled, defense be damned back and forth 4-3 solo acts galore, no more parades at the end of the year, losing.
No it is not the end of the world and only the end of an era; but undoubtedly that era was the most successful era we have yet to achieve or likely to achieve for many years to come. No Jose is not God but he truly is the “Special One” and the most successful Gaffer we have yet to have or likely to have for many years to come. It is certainly a time for mourning and feeling the loss and respecting the achievements.
Yes we have good players and resources but so do other teams, and we might pick up silver here and there but dreams of being a dynasty, the most dominant team on the planet for years to come, let alone League titles for the near future, have dissipated into the foul fumes of unqualified cronies, meddlesome owner and boards, press releases only Saddam’s Information Minister could deliver with a straight face, and aging galacticos being the face of shallow style over substance “branding” and marketing.
I have found that often when life blesses you with a rare and special magic and success and you choose to mock and piss all over it, it usually pisses back long and hard. Remember your umbrellas.
Premier League Table in Mourinho Era
Pos Team--P--W--D--L--F--A--GD--Pts
1 Chelsea 120 85 25 10 215 67 148 280
2 Manchester United 120 78 26 16 217 89 128 260
3 Arsenal 119 68 27 24 228 106 122 231
4 Liverpool 119 65 24 30 177 95 82 219
5 Tottenham Hotspur 120 50 31 39 166 144 22 181
6 Everton 120 50 29 41 139 137 2 179
7 Bolton Wanderers 120 48 29 43 152 148 4 173
8 Blackburn Rovers 119 45 31 43 140 142 -2 166
9 Newcastle United 119 40 33 46 138 150 -12 153
10 Middlesbrough 120 40 33 47 152 162 -10 150
11 Manchester City 120 41 26 53 124 133 -9 149
12 Aston Villa 119 35 41 43 135 152 -17 146
13 Portsmouth 120 35 32 53 132 171 -39 137
14 Fulham 120 35 31 54 147 189 -42 136
15 Charlton Athletic 114 33 28 53 117 173 -56 127
16 West Ham United 81 31 13 37 95 117 -22 106
17 Wigan Athletic 82 27 16 39 89 116 -27 97
18 Birmingham City 82 21 23 38 75 105 -30 86
19 West Bromwich Albion 76 13 25 38 67 119 -52 64
20 Reading 44 17 8 19 55 57 -2 59
21 Sheffield United 38 10 8 20 32 55 -23 38
22 Crystal Palace 38 7 12 19 41 62 -21 33
23 Norwich City 38 7 12 19 42 77 -35 33
24 Southampton 38 6 14 18 45 66 -21 32
25 Watford 38 5 13 20 29 59 -30 28
26 Sunderland 44 5 7 32 31 78 -47 22
27 Derby County 6 1 1 4 4 15 -11 4
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/columnists/giles_smith/article2500566.ece
Can not put it better than that.
All that purported “beautiful football” by Arse and they only scored 13 more goals during Jose’s tenure, while hoisting little silver and accumulating 49 fewer points.
It really is not as simple as apparently most of you think to win 2 League titles an FA Cup, two League Cups and get to two CL semi-finals all while NOT LOSING A SINGLE LEAGUE HOME MATCH.
The 50 years without any titles ought to be a bit of a clue to the difficulty of the achievement.
And with all this record breaking success Sir Alec was still nipping at our tails, leaving so little room for error like a home loss or two.
“Grindingly successful? Again, there was a grain of truth in that. But you would say this much in favour of grindingly successful: it has a lot to recommend it over grindingly unsuccessful, which is the historical background that most Chelsea fans are necessarily coming from. “
Yes it is not the first time Chelsea have changed managers, acted incredibly stupidly, times have been darker in many ways than they likely will be now and so on but when you can justify firing a coach, and only a mind as thick as a bubble blower could think otherwise, after an “unacceptable” run of 1 loss, 1 draw and 1 draw that was really a win, without 3 of your most valuable players, that is an altogether different and more troubeling sick darkness on a path to ruin and a clubs “collective suicide”.
Personally I find more beauty in the discipline of a team working together and defending as one and simply winning 1-0 over sloppy error filled, defense be damned back and forth 4-3 solo acts galore, no more parades at the end of the year, losing.
No it is not the end of the world and only the end of an era; but undoubtedly that era was the most successful era we have yet to achieve or likely to achieve for many years to come. No Jose is not God but he truly is the “Special One” and the most successful Gaffer we have yet to have or likely to have for many years to come. It is certainly a time for mourning and feeling the loss and respecting the achievements.
Yes we have good players and resources but so do other teams, and we might pick up silver here and there but dreams of being a dynasty, the most dominant team on the planet for years to come, let alone League titles for the near future, have dissipated into the foul fumes of unqualified cronies, meddlesome owner and boards, press releases only Saddam’s Information Minister could deliver with a straight face, and aging galacticos being the face of shallow style over substance “branding” and marketing.
I have found that often when life blesses you with a rare and special magic and success and you choose to mock and piss all over it, it usually pisses back long and hard. Remember your umbrellas.
Premier League Table in Mourinho Era
Pos Team--P--W--D--L--F--A--GD--Pts
1 Chelsea 120 85 25 10 215 67 148 280
2 Manchester United 120 78 26 16 217 89 128 260
3 Arsenal 119 68 27 24 228 106 122 231
4 Liverpool 119 65 24 30 177 95 82 219
5 Tottenham Hotspur 120 50 31 39 166 144 22 181
6 Everton 120 50 29 41 139 137 2 179
7 Bolton Wanderers 120 48 29 43 152 148 4 173
8 Blackburn Rovers 119 45 31 43 140 142 -2 166
9 Newcastle United 119 40 33 46 138 150 -12 153
10 Middlesbrough 120 40 33 47 152 162 -10 150
11 Manchester City 120 41 26 53 124 133 -9 149
12 Aston Villa 119 35 41 43 135 152 -17 146
13 Portsmouth 120 35 32 53 132 171 -39 137
14 Fulham 120 35 31 54 147 189 -42 136
15 Charlton Athletic 114 33 28 53 117 173 -56 127
16 West Ham United 81 31 13 37 95 117 -22 106
17 Wigan Athletic 82 27 16 39 89 116 -27 97
18 Birmingham City 82 21 23 38 75 105 -30 86
19 West Bromwich Albion 76 13 25 38 67 119 -52 64
20 Reading 44 17 8 19 55 57 -2 59
21 Sheffield United 38 10 8 20 32 55 -23 38
22 Crystal Palace 38 7 12 19 41 62 -21 33
23 Norwich City 38 7 12 19 42 77 -35 33
24 Southampton 38 6 14 18 45 66 -21 32
25 Watford 38 5 13 20 29 59 -30 28
26 Sunderland 44 5 7 32 31 78 -47 22
27 Derby County 6 1 1 4 4 15 -11 4