: Tue May 12, 2009 11:06 pm
Lord God Jose Mourinho wrote:
Getting more league points than Benitez in the league, plus knocking Benitez's side out of the CL, as well as reaching the FA Cup final after beating a side obviously superior side to the one who dispatched Liverpool = significantly better.
You, and others, are now classing Chelsea's players as a better crop of players? Must have missed all the new judgements on "Fat Frank" and the over-rated John Terry amid all the to55ing off over Gerrard, Torres, Alonso etc. Are you saying the best, most consistant left back in the league isn't "whatshisname", the Liverpool left back?
Different people have different opinion's. Somebody else may say we have a better squad, but he thinks Chelsea do. I'd say your squad value is higher than ours so it's quite likely your squad will be better, or at least stronger in terms of depth.
My main gripe with Hiddink being second in manager of the year is because he's only been here half a year. Other manager's have had a full season with their sides, yet they've still managed to get to a cup final and they've still managed to punch kind of above their weight in the league. Moyes has been excellent at Everton and although it's over-achieving on their budget, it's quite clear they're a good side and aren't that far from challenging for 4th place. I think his job, over the full course of the season, is more deserving of second place over Hiddink.
I just don't think Hiddink has done anything special since coming in, he's a caretaker manager of one of the strongest sides in the world, I think a lot of manager's could have gained similar results with a side like Chelsea's, maybe not Alan Shearer