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stormy clouds on the new horizon	3:59pm 9/21/2007
As yesterday i was scolded once again that my posts are too long, by two independent observers no less, i will confine my thoughts regarding this week's Chelsea news to a few concise observations and a quote. José Mourinho is gone. Can't say it's a shock, and i can't say there aren't elements of his strategy that i will mind saying goodbye to. But on the whole this is a catastrophic development for the Blues. Why? Mourinho had the respect of the players. Not the management, mind you, but team leaders John Terry and Frank Lampard were in his corner. Are they going to buy into the next coach? Because it's absolutely essential for the team's success that they do. Speaking of the next coach, he's undoubtedly going to be some sort of Roman Abramovich yes-man. Remember, this is the guy who wanted to buy way-past-his-prime Roberto Carlos to make his kid happy. He may have a marketing vision, but he clearly has no idea how to construct a winning team. And thinking of the team, how will they pick up the pieces in the middle of the season? Our goals of winning a Premiership/Champions League double look pretty freakin' unrealistic now. Not that they were a lock before Mourinho's departure, but still. And on a personal note, i loved that José wore his emotions on his sleeve on the sideline. That kind of enthusiasm was infectious. I will definitely miss seeing Mourinho run the sidelines pumping his fist after an inspirational goal. Some others said it mere days after Abramovich bought Chelsea, but call me a slow-learner: perhaps the business-ification of the Blues wasn't such a great thing. little babies, let's go! women and children, let's go! old folks, let's go! don't know where we're going!
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matthew

1:18pm 9/25/2007

I guess it comes down to how do you define something not being a 'great thing' - on one side, you have the mercenary-style recruitment, the disfunctional forcing together of so many footballing cultures/styles done so for commercial interest over team cohesiveness etc etc. on the other side, you have the most successful 3yr period in the clubs 100+ year history....and a club that has won every major trophy in England in that 3yr period..some of them more then once.... Were you a happier Chelsea fan; finishing 6-12th in the league, year after year, not having a realistic chance of ever winning the league, perhaps the occasional cup success - but you had a team that played hard, and worked pretty well for each other, a couple of big names, but nothing too flashy - a club focused on football first?

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