What took Chelsea so long? It was obvious that Mourinho had completely lost the dressing room. His players, for the most part, just did not like him. He's shown great tactical skill over the years, and lots of his players loved him, but when things go sour he blames the players. His last post-game interview was disgraceful. He said that he'd made the players good enough to win last year, playing "above their level," but this season they betrayed his efforts by failing to do what he told them. That's unforgiveable. And now he's gone, taking another 8 or 12 million pounds of Roman Abramovich's money with him. I hope he goes to Russia and we never see him again.
It makes one appreciate the boss we have at Arsenal. Have you ever heard him hang a player out to dry? Ospina nearly cost us Champions' League progression. Bendtner was a nonstop arrogant tool. Santos was awful in nearly every way. He's had a lot of cause to call out a player for lack of effort or for screwing up (say, smoking). But he lets his team selection speak for him, refuses to place the blame for a bad result on the players, and focuses on the next game. Yes, he's kicked a water bottle or two, and has earned a touchline ban for complaining about the refereeing. But he's one of the sport's gentlemen and we can all be proud to be represented by him.
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