Grant Equals Mourinho Record

[changingman2000 35]

What would happen if he beats a big club? for example United,Arsenal etc....would you respect him more? Doubt it

Sadly no, I'll still think he's a cunt

[changingman2000 35]

Yes, you should. No offense but the posts there have A LOT more quality than here. If people here says pluto's posts are good, you should check out the posts there, her posts don't hold a candle against several of the members there IMO.

I'm a glory hunter. Happy now?

Yep, absolutely, you have nailed your colour's Firmly to the mast

[.Cee 50]

Yep, absolutely, you have nailed your colour's Firmly to the mast

Thank you. TBH, I can't care less what someone who thinks he's better than someone else just because he's older. And on the Internet to boot.

[changingman2000 35]

Thank you. TBH, I can't care less what someone who thinks he's better than someone else just because he's older. And on the Internet to boot.

"and on the internet to boot"? how else do you want us to make contact?, smoke signals?, and just who said I was "older" than you?!

[True_Blue 469]

Sadly no, I'll still think he's a cunt

@changingman2000

"and on the internet to boot"? how else do you want us to make contact?, smoke signals?, and just who said I was "older" than you?!

Everyone knows you're the oldest block on here

[.Cee 50]

"and on the internet to boot"? how else do you want us to make contact?, smoke signals?, and just who said I was "older" than you?!

Your posts implied it.

[changingman2000 35]

@changingman2000

"and on the internet to boot"? how else do you want us to make contact?, smoke signals?, and just who said I was "older" than you?!

Everyone knows you're the oldest block on here

Fuck, am I??, the oldest one?, Fuck that, I cant be having that, dont you kn ow "Fulham Broadway" celebrated his 65th last Sunday with a jolly good knees up at the local church service. Whereas, "Misschief" is "allegedly on a par with Julie Goodyear

Edited January 26, 2008 by changingman2000

[misschief 24]

"and on the internet to boot"? how else do you want us to make contact?, smoke signals?, !

Seriously LMFAO here.

[True_Blue 469]

Fuck, am I??, the oldest one?, Fuck that, I cant be having that, dont you kn ow "Fulham Broadway" celebrated his 65th last Sunday with a jolly good knees up at the local church service. Whereas, "Misschief" is "allegedly on a par with Julie Goodyear

Well you know what they say the older the wiser

[warnie_666 1,081]

From CFC net:

Grant wins quietly where Mourinho failed loudly

There is a hint of the emperor's new clothes about Avram Grant's Chelsea. Can anyone truly see the stylish football he insists the team are now playing? In other ways, however, there has been a marked break from the Jose Mourinho years and the change has underpinned the recent progress of the team.

Rewind to last January. Consumed by frustration at dropped Premier League points over the Christmas period and his own faltering grip on absolute power, Mourinho lamented injury problems and lobbied hard for signings during the transfer window. Ultimately those signings did not come. Resentment crackled and the big bang to end all of his previous outbursts edged closer. It finally came last September when he was ousted as manager and replaced by Grant.

This time the injuries have been worse and the African Cup of Nations has deprived Grant of a further four players, including two of the club's brightest stars, Didier Drogba and Michael Essien. If the biennial tournament had fallen last winter, Mourinho's views on the subject would have been eminently quotable.

It isn't Grant's style to rail against events beyond his control. Nor is it his style to complain at all, or give the media the sound bites they enjoyed under his predecessor. He has refused to whinge about an injury list which currently deprives him of the heartbeat of the squad, John Terry and Frank Lampard, and has also left him without Petr Cech, Ricardo Carvalho, Michael Ballack and Florent Malouda for varying spells.

The Israeli has griped about the criticisms of his functional football but he has largely maintained a low profile and, as importantly, kept the spotlight off his players and allowed them to get on with it. Although he has been favoured with new signings during the transfer window in the shape of Nicolas Anelka and Branislav Ivanovic - who lacks match fitness after arriving from the Russian league which has shut down for winter - his refusal to publicly demand reinforcements has bolstered the belief of his players.

Roman Abramovich, the owner, though recognising Mourinho's motivational and tactical acumen, grew tired of his confrontational tendencies and egocentricity. There was even the feeling in the dressing room that the Portuguese wanted to hog the glory of major results. Grant has employed gentler means, and a sign of the times came after the Carling Cup semi-final second leg at Everton on Wednesday night.

Mourinho did not fare well in semi-finals on Merseyside and after the Champions League defeats at Liverpool he left fireworks behind him with those complaints about "ghost" goals and only one team wanting to play. Such aggravation is conspicuous by its absence under Grant. There have been no sideshows on the touchline. He won the grudging admiration of some Evertonians after his team produced the textbook away-day performance to win 1-0, and 3-1 on aggregate, and there were even mutterings among them that Chelsea might also be a bet for Champions League success.

Grant has taken more of a back seat, to the delight of Abramovich, his champion, and has given the players the stage. True professionals, they have responded. The results have been impressive. His team have won 21 and lost two of his 28 games in all competitions. Remarkably, they have conceded only five goals in their 14 away matches and are in the final of the Carling Cup, still alive in the Champions League and FA Cup, and back in business in the Premier League, four points off the leaders, Manchester United.

"Chelsea are the team to fear now," said Cech, the goalkeeper. "With everything that has happened this season, we have got through with great character. Winning all four competitions is possible.

"We are using all the squad and it's great to know that we can keep playing well and winning. Imagine the day when everyone comes back - we will be stronger again and able to rotate and rest players."

Mourinho fostered a ruthless will to win but Grant, in his understated way, has shown that this is not the sole preserve of the Portuguese. Henk Ten Cate and Steve Clarke, the assistant coaches, do much of the work on the training ground and the cynics suggest that anyone could make a decent fist of Grant's job, such are the resources at his disposal. But that is to overlook the difficulties associated with man-managing two dozen millionaire footballers.

"I didn't imagine we'd have so many injuries but you can go two ways: you can trust your squad or bring in six or seven players," said Grant. "It's not easy to find better because the ones here are quality players. They have good character and what they have done in the last months is amazing."

At the beginning of December, after the Premier League win over Sunderland at Stamford Bridge, Grant was spotted strolling along Fulham Broadway with Abramovich. Chelsea are in harmony and growing in conviction.

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/01/...here_mouri.html

[misschief 24]

Yes, you should. No offense but the posts there have A LOT more quality than here. If people here says pluto's posts are good, you should check out the posts there, her posts don't hold a candle against several of the members there IMO.

Maybe we dont all want university challenge, there's nothing wrong with down to earth talking y'know. Just because they all compare degree's in the stands these days doesnt mean its a pre-requisite to every conversation about football.

Fuck, am I??, the oldest one?, Fuck that, I cant be having that, dont you kn ow "Fulham Broadway" celebrated his 65th last Sunday with a jolly good knees up at the local church service. Whereas, "Misschief" is "allegedly on a par with Julie Goodyear

Oi, cheeky fucker.

[.Cee 50]

Maybe we dont all want university challenge, there's nothing wrong with down to earth talking y'know. Just because they all compare degree's in the stands these days doesnt mean its a pre-requisite to every conversation about football.

Oi, cheeky fucker.

I'm not saying you should compete against the posts there. I go there regularly and read things but don't post.