Money Isn't Everything - Chelsea Struggling in Premiership
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by user Alex Holowczak
The race for the Premiership in England is warming up, with the multi-million pound spending Chelsea trailing Manchester United by 6 points after the Christmas and New Year period.
While Chelsea could only draw 0-0 with Aston Villa, United missed out on a chance to extend their lead, by only drawing 2-2 with Newcastle United. As an Aston Villa fan, you can imagine my delight!
Nevertheless, it is a considerable achievement for United to have a lead at this stage of the season, and Chelsea are not going to dominate in the way they did last year.
Chelsea have all the stars, bought with all the money they could want with oil-billionaire Roman Abramovich in charge, spending money on any player that Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho wants.
The fans of the traditional game in England have become tried of Mourinho. His constant arrogance is despised, and his statement about his current situation is contradictory. He says "with all the problems we've had, I'm surprised Manchester United have not got a 12 or 14 point advantage by now with all the problems we've had. I think they've blown it."
That's a load of piffle. Frankly, with the squad of players Mourinho has available, he shouldn't have any problems with team chemistry. Admittedly they've had goalkeeping injuries, but their defense is so good that it shouldn't really be a problem. The problem with Chelsea is a bit like the Canadian Ice Hockey Team - they ought to win every time.
The two still have to play each other in a League match this year, and that could make all the difference. The League takes a break this weekend for Round 3 of the FA Cup, which will be treated for a rest for the stars of Chelsea, as they will still have stars, whereas United have a tougher match against Aston Villa, who drew to Chelsea yesterday evening.
Come May, the Premiership could come down to the wire, but Mourinho needs to be more concerned than he sounds. For the first time in recent memory, the neutrals will hope that United can beat Mourinho's Millionaires, and prove once again that in team sports, it's how well the team plays, not the players on your team that wins matches. Just ask Canadian International Ice Hockey Fans, US International... Anything Fans, the New York Yankees. Let's hope Chelsea are added to that list.
With the ice hockey analogy, when Chelsea play another team, it's like the playmakers and scorers of Chelsea against the other team entirely being grinders. A team that sets itself out to not give up anything, and fight for everything is generally going to do well. If they snatch a goal, suddenly, upset. Look at the FA Cup, or England losing 1-0 to Northern Ireland last year. Teams know better how not to lose to them better.
Terry is a loss, but with their squad, it is not an overly big problem, like you say.