How Long 919

Well, you are entitled to your opinions but not sure they stand up to close scrutiny?

I agree that their style is pragmatic to a degree, but it is too easy to charge them with being boring, just as Arsenal's opponents did a few years back. I have been watching Pool sides for over 50 years and remember that they faced the same charge when they dominated. Very sound defence, some clbutty players mid field and up front .anew doing just enough to win. I have never seen a side who more reminded me of the old Pool giants. Maybe many have forgotten how often that team played out dour results? I haven't !

So how can I be objective and find Chelsea to be an attractive side to watch simply because of their efficiency. toughness, fitness and the touches of clbutt, but seems you can't?

Maybe I am not as blinkered? Maybe I don't need artificial reasons to dislike them?

I will leave you to work out how you can claim a side who scores around 5 goals to every one conceded can be rubbish, or a team which scores about as many goals in winning the prem as those attacking flair sides Arsenal and Man U did just a year or two before them ( but conceding far less) are just pragmatic? They might even get close to 100 this term. How boring can you get?

Yes. Morinho is full of ego. Many other good managers have been the same, but so what? I don't find the players arrogant at least no more than any other successful side. If we want to see that particular fault we don't have far too go, unfortunately, do we?

LC