Chelsea
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 4:31 pm
I've supported Chelsea since the late 60s.
I hated the way Man U and Arsenal players acted the last 6 or 7 years as if it was their God given right to win every ball, every decision, every game.
I hated the way they rounded on referees when decisions went against them. I hated their play-acting and dives.
I hated the lack of grace their managers showed when they were beaten by a better team on the day.
I never thought I'd be as ashamed of a Chelsea manager and players as I have been these last few weeks.
We have been graceless in defeat. We have been equally graceless in victory. We have a squad of extremely talented players, yet more and more are using their acting talents rather than their footballing talents.
Fulham deserved to win today.
We simply weren't good enough over 180 minutes to beat Barcelona.
We were lucky against WBA.
We do not have a God given right to win every game. We do not have a God given right for every decision to go our way. We do not have a God given right to foul opposition players and expect to get away with it every time.
Mourinho has instilled a sense of confidence that we were lacking before. That sense of confidence has turned into arrogance. Now arrogance, when chanelled correctly, can result in breathtaking football. But sadly at the moment all it amounts to is a series of poor performances allied to bad gamesmanship.
I hated the way Man U and Arsenal players acted the last 6 or 7 years as if it was their God given right to win every ball, every decision, every game.
I hated the way they rounded on referees when decisions went against them. I hated their play-acting and dives.
I hated the lack of grace their managers showed when they were beaten by a better team on the day.
I never thought I'd be as ashamed of a Chelsea manager and players as I have been these last few weeks.
We have been graceless in defeat. We have been equally graceless in victory. We have a squad of extremely talented players, yet more and more are using their acting talents rather than their footballing talents.
Fulham deserved to win today.
We simply weren't good enough over 180 minutes to beat Barcelona.
We were lucky against WBA.
We do not have a God given right to win every game. We do not have a God given right for every decision to go our way. We do not have a God given right to foul opposition players and expect to get away with it every time.
Mourinho has instilled a sense of confidence that we were lacking before. That sense of confidence has turned into arrogance. Now arrogance, when chanelled correctly, can result in breathtaking football. But sadly at the moment all it amounts to is a series of poor performances allied to bad gamesmanship.