Most Chelsea managers in the post Abramovich era have won trophies of some sort. Heck even Di Matteo won the Champions league and cup double. It's great when you have unlimited resources at your disposal. Conte hasn't had to contend with midweek European games or injuries and yet was only 4 points ahead of us going into May. I will reserve judgement on him for next season and give him credit if he can retain the PL like Mourinho did during his first stint.
Cannot see why? His celebrations are damn annoying as if he has been true blue all his life. The only Chelsea manager I have liked in recent years is Carlo Ancelotti. Came across as a true Gent.
I'd like to dislike him more (hair, celebrations), but he does seem annoyingly reasonable at times, especially compared to his predecessor. Chelsea should always be managed by a massive clam.
Did I imagine that they were Champions the season before last? Of course Poch didn't have the advantage of out bidding every one for the services of Kante. It's like I said before Chelsea are trying to disguise the fact that they are lottery winners.
And does Poch have 11 premier league title winners in his squad? And has he won multiple titles in another European league? And have we won several titles in the past 10 years? And have we had 2-3 players choose us over th because of money?
Unless he is at Barca
Makes it easier when Arsenal are the opposition [emoji16]. Although, out of the two at least Arsenal are a proper football club.
I agree with this 100% and have been saying as much for years i add manure into that an their mountain of debt that they used to buy players and run the club.
They will if you teach them.The thing is, they know that football fans of this generation will see them as doped-up and their successes as correspondingly hollow. They don't care about that.
They're wagering on your kids and grandkids forgetting the circumstances of their trophy wins and just remembering that they did in fact win those titles, cups and accolades. Which, lets face it, will likely be the case, because that's how legitimization works. Which is correspondingly one of the reasons why I'm not as opposed to investment as some of you folks are (the others have to do with the lack of fan ownership making any attempt to build naturally somewhat ephemeral - but that's another discussion entirely). For me, winning things with 1,000,000,000 pounds spent won't really be as gratifying as winning things with a team built within our means...but my future kids and grandkids won't remember that. They'll only remember that we won titles and cups on a succession of glorious, sunny afternoons, made perfect by the passage of time and the onset of nostalgia in what will by then be an older chap thinking more fondly of those days.
