'Chelsea are inferior to Man-Utd' says Ruud Gullit

[Term-X 7,891]

'My God, their game was awful!' Ruud Gullit lays into Chelsea for Champions League approach

Chelsea legend Ruud Gullit has criticised his former club following their defeat by Inter Milan in the first leg of the Champions League last 16, claiming they are boring to watch and inferior to Manchester United.

Gullit, who guided Chelsea to their first trophy for 26 years as player-manager when they won the FA Cup in 1997, is unimpressed by recent performances, in which they have lost three out of four games.

Gullit said: 'I really hope Chelsea win the Champions League this season as I want the club to do so well. But they must start to play better than what they did in Italy in the first game with Inter.

'My God, their game was awful! They bored me to death. If I compare that to Manchester United, then United have impressed me so much more.'

Gullit is unlikely to be impressed by their tactics today in the FA Cup quarter-final against Stoke, with assistant manager Ray Wilkins admitting they could copy Rory Delap's long throw.

Branislav Ivanovic replicated Delap's long throws in Chelsea's defensive practice last week and has proved so accurate and effective that Wilkins said: 'We've found a weapon of our own because Ivanovic can possibly throw it even further (than Delap).

'He's certainly as good as Rory and with a similar style. It's a great temptation to use it.'

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[Badboy 1,526]

He wants us too play the "sexy" football that got him the sack at newcastle :541:= gullit

[Kostas 1,468]

I think/hope his point is that the Inter game was boring,a point which I agree with.

No matter how you see it a 5 goal game is more entertaining than our 3 goal game.

As for us being inferiors to the mancs as a team? :ballack:

[Rubber bullets 1,183]

Well, the thing with sexy football is that with most teams (especially Arse) its pleasing on the Eye but gets you nothing, thats why West Bromwich Albion got battered into relegation.

Edited March 7, 2010 by sam81292

[Aesthetic Relic 301]

Why dont you come down at the end of the season and you can polish our inferior Premier League and Champions League trophies :champions:

[zolayes 14,489]

ruud is usually critical about us ,, sad really

[CHD 30]

The day I am worried about something Ruud Gullit says pigs will fly.

[EskWeston 696]

Sorry, was he watching the same game as me? Everyone expected it to be a boring tactical game but the game i saw was a game with attacking intent from both sides....

[Steve 10,227]

Haha Ruud you silly man. He never has anything good to say about us, does he

[Luke 60]

Its a shame really, loved him when he was with us, but was soon found out to be a useless manager, couldnt hack it at LA Galaxy FFS.