Did Chelsea exceed our expectations? in Barclays Premier League from Football.co.uk

Steely Hill · Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 10:14 pm

just ask Sammy Lee at Bolton or Steve McClaren at England how easy that is

Roonanialdo · Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 10:17 pm

Steely Hill wrote:

just ask Sammy Lee at Bolton or Steve McClaren at England how easy that is

Both struggling teams...unlike Chelsea.

J-Axe · Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 10:19 pm

Chelsea didn't exceed my expectations. I expected them to challenge for all trophies to the same degree as they have in the most recent seasons.

Even when Mourinho went I knew they'd get going again. There's too much strength & quality in depth at the Club to falter. With the amount they spend and what they have at their disposal they should be challenging for all trophies.

Before the season they were my favourites to win it. Man Utd just came good again and improved some areas yet again. Chelsea had a rocky patch and some bad things going on behind the scenes which didn't help them.

Steely Hill · Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 10:25 pm

Roonanialdo wrote:

Steely Hill wrote:

just ask Sammy Lee at Bolton or Steve McClaren at England how easy that is

Both struggling teams...unlike Chelsea.

how the hell were both of those teams struggling prior to those two men taking charge!!!???

Geordie JJ · Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 10:28 pm

Bolton were flying at the time and boro have always been crap

Roonanialdo · Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 10:32 pm

Steely Hill wrote:

Roonanialdo wrote:

Steely Hill wrote:

just ask Sammy Lee at Bolton or Steve McClaren at England how easy that is

Both struggling teams...unlike Chelsea.

how the hell were both of those teams struggling prior to those two men taking charge!!!???

Struggling to win anything Wink

Steely Hill · Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 10:36 pm

haha you do make me laugh i will give you that

Roonanialdo · Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 7:59 am

Steely Hill wrote:

yeah thats a good point BMJ.

Avram Grant has shown the rest of the 'top bosses' how to behave with respect, dignity and class.

even if he never manages Chelsea again i feel that he has made his mark. just because he is no media whore he gets vilified by the media time and time again and even by his own fans and yet he gets on with his job in a manner that a certain few others could learn a lot from.

i wish him every success in whatever his next move happens to be.

Absolute nonsense. He has been moaning like the rest of the managers ALL do. See the European Champions League thread for proof Laughing

http://forum.football.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=76624&start=75

Steely Hill · Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 9:37 am

he is not moaning, everything he says there is quite valid.

scholes should have been sent off, wigan could have had a penalty, referees do get influenced/intimidated into decisions.

Roonanialdo · Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 10:22 am

Steely Hill wrote:

he is not moaning, everything he says there is quite valid.

scholes should have been sent off, wigan could have had a penalty, referees do get influenced/intimidated into decisions.

Johaldo8 · Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 11:03 am

Roonanialdo wrote:

Steely Hill wrote:

yeah thats a good point BMJ.

Avram Grant has shown the rest of the 'top bosses' how to behave with respect, dignity and class.

even if he never manages Chelsea again i feel that he has made his mark. just because he is no media whore he gets vilified by the media time and time again and even by his own fans and yet he gets on with his job in a manner that a certain few others could learn a lot from.

i wish him every success in whatever his next move happens to be.

Absolute nonsense. He has been moaning like the rest of the managers ALL do. See the European Champions League thread for proof Laughing

http://forum.football.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=76624&start=75

Yeah I heard about this; it's perfect timing given the topic of discussion! He's a bad loser. He said fcuk all when Chelsea got their offside equaliser against Arsenal. He wasn't complaining then.

I also recall him saying that he prefers the Italian play off system when the top teams are locked on points, rather than goal difference. How coincidental! The team who scores the most goals should be rewarded so he should could his toad-like mouth shut! If his team didn't sit back so often and went out to score more goals like United do, then there wouldn't be a problem.

Steely Hill · Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 11:19 am

Ragap · Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 2:19 pm

Hopefully Fergie along with the whole Utd camp ignore Mr Grant's latest rant about the title race and treat him with complete indifference and concentrate on beating his team in Moscow.

I suppose he is trying to a Jose and spark controversy to enhance his profile.

Del Piero 10 · Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 6:25 pm

Grant is gonna win it, then Fergie will burn in his light. Chelsea are far better than Man U.

Roonanialdo · Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 6:32 pm

Del Piero 10 wrote:

Chelsea are far better than Man U.

The EPL final positions proves your statement to be incorrect Laughing

That is unless you are going to use 'Steely' logic on me.....and tell me that you can't count the results in the table because Man Utd have an unfair advantage over everyone else. They have SAF leading them Very Happy

Geordie JJ · Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 6:36 pm

Del Piero 10 wrote:

Chelsea are far better than Man U.

as much as i dont like Man United, it has to be said that they are the best team in the world

Steely Hill · Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 6:47 pm

Roonanialdo wrote:

Del Piero 10 wrote:

Chelsea are far better than Man U.

The EPL final positions proves your statement to be incorrect Laughing

That is unless you are going to use 'Steely' logic on me.....and tell me that you can't count the results in the table because Man Utd have an unfair advantage over everyone else. They have SAF leading them Very Happy

great way to twist things.

i wont bite on that obvious bit of bait! Wink