: Tue May 12, 2009 5:46 pm  

Nemanja wrote:

From what I've seen, Geovanni is an overrated no-good gob$hite

Don't hold back, say what you mean.

Geovanni was too inconsistent even for Man City, and they wrote the manual.

: Tue May 12, 2009 5:49 pm  

Nemanja wrote:

Is Aurelio the left back? IMO he has been the best / most consistent LB in the PL this season.

By plenty. At least.

: Tue May 12, 2009 5:58 pm  

Nemanja wrote:

Is Aurelio the left back? IMO he has been the best / most consistent LB in the PL this season.

You'd think if you'd seen enough of him to endorse him being the best player in his position in the league, you wouldn't really need to do a name-check.

: Tue May 12, 2009 6:13 pm  

Lord God Jose Mourinho wrote:

Bolton weren't really expected to win against the top sides. Chelsea were.

Liverpool weren't expected to finish in the top 2, Chelsea were. Chelsea were expected to win trophy. So by your own logic, Hiddink has only done what he should have done whilst Benitez has overperformed. That earns Benitez a higher place in the eyes of most but Chelsea fans.

Now where do you want to shift the goalposts to?

: Tue May 12, 2009 6:17 pm  

carl_spackler wrote:

Liverpool weren't expected to finish in the top 2, Chelsea were. Chelsea were expected to win trophy. So by your own logic, Hiddink has only done what he should have done whilst Benitez has overperformed. That earns Benitez a higher place in the eyes of most but Chelsea fans.

Now where do you want to shift the goalposts to?

When Hiddink took over at Chelsea Chelsea were still expected to win trophies? **** off! When Hiddink took over it was being predicted that Aston Villa would take Chelsea's place in the top 4.

: Tue May 12, 2009 6:22 pm  

The Joker® wrote:

That's why he recruited Jimmy Bullard who IMO would have been a very good signing but unfourtunately for him and Phil Brown he already had a Knee Cartilage injury at the time of the medical, but the risk was taken regardless without thinking it wise to perhaps bring 1 or 2 others in as well.

I've just completed the picture a bit. Hull City blew it with the January transfer window IMO.

: Tue May 12, 2009 6:28 pm  

Lord God Jose Mourinho wrote:

When Hiddink took over at Chelsea Chelsea were still expected to win trophies? **** off! When Hiddink took over it was being predicted that Aston Villa would take Chelsea's place in the top 4.

What would be the point of bringing him in then? too finish in the top 4?

: Tue May 12, 2009 6:35 pm  

Lord God Jose Mourinho wrote:

When Hiddink took over at Chelsea Chelsea were still expected to win trophies? **** off! When Hiddink took over it was being predicted that Aston Villa would take Chelsea's place in the top 4.

There's are exactly zero reasons why Chelsea were less capable of winning a cup competition at the time he took over than at the start of the season. And IIRC, Man Utd were league favourites before the start of the season, so that wasn't expected. You seem to think Hiddink has worked near miracles. He came in to coach a team packed with world class players with a recent history of winning things and got results. That's it.

: Tue May 12, 2009 6:37 pm  

Wire_85 wrote:

What would be the point of bringing him in then? too finish in the top 4?

Exactly. Seeing as he was never, ever going to consider the job on a permanent basis, there would be no reason at all to bring him in for the short term unless you thought it would change your chances of winning a trophy.

: Tue May 12, 2009 6:41 pm  

Lord God Jose Mourinho wrote:

When Hiddink took over at Chelsea Chelsea were still expected to win trophies? **** off! When Hiddink took over it was being predicted that Aston Villa would take Chelsea's place in the top 4.

That's funny, since hiddink came, you were saying Chelsea would finish above Liverpool and win the Champs League.