Originally posted by tanner
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Its going to be tough to get the title now but its still within our reach which has to be the only positive to come from today. Its funny how things pan out. If someone had said to me at the start of the season that we'd be where we are now, I'd probably have laughed, yet here I sit bitterly disappointed with todays result whilst we're sat at the top of the table with just a couple of games left. Its crazy.
I was unable to watch the game today and had to settle for the radio, which becomes a device of torture during moments like these, every ball kicked sounds incredibly important and every shot is a near miss. The phone in afterwards was possibly even more tortuous with Call Collymore attracting many a cretin fighting for their 15 minutes of fame. One caller had me reaching for the mute button, a Chelsea fan claiming firstly that Brendan was classless in saying that Chelsea had "parked the bus" and then secondly that "what Mourinho had achieved this season was nothing short of a miracle with this squad." My head nearly exploded at this point, but then Collymore said that he completely agreed! What followed was a complete Mourihno wankfest which followed into the next show.
I've always said that mediocre tacticians can build a team to defend well and that only the best managers can build a team to defend and attack. You only have to look at the likes of Pulis, Alladyce and Hodgson to see that, but the difference is that they tend to do this at squads with few resources. Mourinho adopts the same tactics with some of the worlds best players, with one of the most expensive collection of players in English history, so is he really a great tactician or just a great manager? Adopting this style of football with such riches will always return silverware, but is it really a tactical masterclass? I think not.
If I'm being fair, my belief has to be applied to Rogers too. At times this season we've been exceptional moving forward, but also really awful at the back, and this is something we need to work on. To be fair though, with the resources we have (financially speaking) I really don't think we'd be near where we are now if didn't adopt the principle of scoring more than them. Anymore conservative and we'd probably be hovering around 4th spot. My fear though is that this season we've managed to catch a ten year wave and if we leave it empty handed it could be another 10 years before it happens again and that would hurt like hell. I really want Gerrard to lift the trophy.
God I hate Chelsea, hypocrisy seems to be deeply rooted in the psyche of everyone one at the club.
I was unable to watch the game today and had to settle for the radio, which becomes a device of torture during moments like these, every ball kicked sounds incredibly important and every shot is a near miss. The phone in afterwards was possibly even more tortuous with Call Collymore attracting many a cretin fighting for their 15 minutes of fame. One caller had me reaching for the mute button, a Chelsea fan claiming firstly that Brendan was classless in saying that Chelsea had "parked the bus" and then secondly that "what Mourinho had achieved this season was nothing short of a miracle with this squad." My head nearly exploded at this point, but then Collymore said that he completely agreed! What followed was a complete Mourihno wankfest which followed into the next show.
I've always said that mediocre tacticians can build a team to defend well and that only the best managers can build a team to defend and attack. You only have to look at the likes of Pulis, Alladyce and Hodgson to see that, but the difference is that they tend to do this at squads with few resources. Mourinho adopts the same tactics with some of the worlds best players, with one of the most expensive collection of players in English history, so is he really a great tactician or just a great manager? Adopting this style of football with such riches will always return silverware, but is it really a tactical masterclass? I think not.
If I'm being fair, my belief has to be applied to Rogers too. At times this season we've been exceptional moving forward, but also really awful at the back, and this is something we need to work on. To be fair though, with the resources we have (financially speaking) I really don't think we'd be near where we are now if didn't adopt the principle of scoring more than them. Anymore conservative and we'd probably be hovering around 4th spot. My fear though is that this season we've managed to catch a ten year wave and if we leave it empty handed it could be another 10 years before it happens again and that would hurt like hell. I really want Gerrard to lift the trophy.
God I hate Chelsea, hypocrisy seems to be deeply rooted in the psyche of everyone one at the club.
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