Yuh know......one can always reflect on a season past and say you could have won this game here, or done better with that game there, etc., etc. But with but a few games left in the season, abramogrant was in a great position to bring the character of his leadership to the fore and rally his players into position to seize the season. We choked against Spurs; we gagged against Wigan. So much for his leadership.
manUre, love them or(Her-culeez! Her-culeez) hate them, will have met the requirements to be crowned champions if they win tomorrow and that has to be acknowledged. Otherwise......I ain't surprised at the insanity, stupidity and boldness of his comments. I've been around dem people in Crown Heights long enough.
you too harsh. last time i checked..it is the players who are on the field who have to do hte business. Grant choked? Blaming Grant for Chelsea not taking some points here or there is ridiculous, lest you forget it is a tough league. you also seem to forget that all teams..even the big ones drop points. didn't Chelsea make up ground on United anyway. That means in that same period that you blame Grant for dropping points, Fergie and co. dropped even more points. Is fergie a choker then. does that show he lacks leadership, especially since in a massive head to head, Grant made the better team choices and tactical decisions and Chelsea won the game. Yet you praising ManU and hating on Grant. League eh even done yet..ManU could lose or tie at Wigan.
And how are his statemenst insane. He is not ranting or raving..it's a level headed comment and the system is used in Serie A. Over the space of 38 games, to decide the title on goal difference is something I guarantee you that many managers would have a problem with. And you could bet your bottom dollar if it were reversed, Fergie would say the same thing. None of these managers are beyond looking out for their own interest, but he is not making rules up out of the thin air, he is citing a legit system used by one of the best leagues in the world. The use of the term insanity and stupidity should be reserved for if he was just making up a system that suited Chelsea. And what's more, he is probably the most sensible of the big four managers..cuz even when he asks for something he knows he will not get, he has the common sense and honesty to admit that he is looking out for his teams interest..unlike the rest who like to whine like the world is against them and they getting persecuted
By Chris Hatherall, LONDON (Reuters)
"Of course, I have interest now to say that, but I like it anyway.
Of course, manu could lose tomorrow. That is why I said "....if manUre win tomorrow...blah, blah, blah...."
But if they do lose, and Chelsea wins, then that would have made his comments premature, in addition to "insane, stupid and bold" but we all know that his statements are more meant to cause a stir in the media at a very crucial point in the season than anything else.
The criticism of Chelsea (especially) over the past few seasons has been that they play "negative football". Boring, boring Chelsea, not so? Who had them playing so, not the coach? Abramogrant has them playing the same style, using the same formations and approaching games with the same overall defensive-minded philosohy that Mourinho was getting criticized for doing............contrary to grant's declaration after defeating Rosenborg 4-0 that they were "....now playing the style of football everbody wants to see them play...." It is that same style ofplay that had them in the same position end of last season as they are now: behind manu on goal difference.
I take it you saw the game against Wigan, where that same philosophy and style of play cost them two points, just like it cost them points at the same juncture last year. The coach have to accept some of the blame for that. If you go out and play attacking football, like manu does, you're going to create more scoring opportunities and subsequently score more goals, whether players execute perfectly or not. When manu had lockup shop at Barca two weeks ago, yuh tink is Rio and cronaldo and dem who decide to do that or is fergie who tell dem to do it?
If you go out and play score-one-goal-and-defend like Chelsea does, then you're going to have inferior goal difference (and draw 1-1 against the Wigans of the world) come season's end.
Who cares how the Italians decide to decide their league? If the FA want to change their format then they will take the necessary steps to bring about whatever changes they want/have to and they'll do it in the off season. The fact that he threw out his advisory of "..looking out for his team..." is only takin' in front before in front take him and he's being redundant. It is understood that he's ALWAYS looking out for his team first but it don't make his comments any less ridiculous, no matter the context or the situation. It still is griping. When he decided to get involved with the epl, he accepted their rules and their format as-is. If he likes how they do things in Italy, then.......
As I said on that other thread, Filho, if Jose woulda said the same things last season when Chelsea were in similar position, all the Jose haters woulda be vilifying him en masse, for that and any other outrageous comment he has made since primary school. And you know that, too.
