100% Wire wrote:
This is why i'm glad Fergie has a backbone and won't take this player-power nonsense. As good as Beckham/Ruud et al were, nobody is worth keeping only for them to destabilise the whole club. Roman and all the glory fans down at the Bridge deserve all they get.
Bringing in Ronaldo & Rooney as replacements also helped.
Chelsea's basic problem is that the players they've brought in to replace the old guard, or at least make them less dependent on Terry, Lampard, Essien, Drogba etc, haven't worked out. The Torres buy has been a unmitigated disaster and only Mata is anything like the quality they need. Every time the manager tries to exert his authority, for example by dropping Lampard, the replacements just prove how much he's still needed.
AVB didnt seem to me to be up to the job, but I also think he's paid the price for all the average buys since Mourinho's early days. And to be honest I cant really see how a new manager will fare much better.
