Strength in the face of adversity

[friedk]

The humble one, Jose Mourinho, said that his squad showed great mental strength when the stingy one, Roman Abramovich failed to fund transfers in the January transfer window.

Besides the meagre outlay(in millions) on:

Glen Johnson 15/07/03 £6.0
Geremi 16/07/03 £7.02
Wayne Bridge 21/07/03 £7.0
Damien Duff 21/07/03 £17.0
Joe Cole 06/08/03 £6.6
Juan Veron 06/08/03 £15.0
Adrian Mutu 14/08/03 £15.8
Alexei Smertin 25/08/03 £3.5
Hernan Crespo 26/08/03 £16.8
Neil Sullivan 29/08/03 free
Claude Makelele 01/09/03 £16.7
Scott Parker 30/01/04 £10.0
Petr Cech 01/06/04 £7.0
Paulo Ferreira 22/06/04 £13.2
Arjen Robben 01/07/04 £12.0
Mateja Kezman 12/07/04 £5.0
Didier Drogba 19/07/04 £24.0
Tiago 20/07/04 £8.0
Ricardo Carvalho 27/07/04 £19.85
Nuno Morais 29/08/04 undisc
Jiri Jarosik 06/01/05 £3.0
Lassana Diarra 16/07/05 undisc
Asier Del Horno 21/06/05 £8.0
Shaun Wright-Phillips 18/07/05 £21.O
Michael Essien August 05 £25.98
Michael Ballack May 06 free
Salomon Kalou May 06 undisclosed
Andriy Shevchenko May 06 £31.0
John Obi Mikel June 06 £16.0
Ashley Cole August 06 LB Arsenal 5.0 + willam Gallas;

Abramovich has offered no support whatsoever (except the highest wage bill in the history of football) to his managers since taking over the club.

Hang in there Jose, be brave, you and your poor squad shall overcome.

[The_weatherman]

11 players purchased for 15m.+ We barely manage one a year, Shevchenko alone equates to our whole summer outlay. Plus he should have some youngsters floating around FFS.

[NICKZS]

11 players purchased for 15m.+ We barely manage one a year, Shevchenko alone equates to our whole summer outlay. Plus he should have some youngsters floating around FFS.

In fact, we have never managed one. £14m is the most we have ever spent on a player (and that was £7m too much )