Any other manager (aside Arsenal’s Arsene Wenger, of course)
would have been booted in the groin after last weekend’s shameful home loss to
Southampton but the defending champions handler’s rant after that game probably
saved his job.
Liverpool’s Brendan Rodgers have gone on to lose his,
despite grabbing a draw in their derby with Everton and sitting 6 spots above
Chelsea on the log.
You can only pity the former Swansea
boss. He was not lacking in self-confidence and quality and you only have to
remember that he was a Steven Gerrard slip away from winning the league in
2013. But times have passed and Rodgers is out.
So how much longer then can Jose
Mourinho survive on the Chelsea hot seat? Till the end of the season? End of
the year? Two more months?
Don’t kid yourself! Roman Abrahamovic
is no Father Christmas and anyone lost in the illusion that the Russian will
continue to endure the kind of days becoming evident at Stamford Bridge recently
has obviously taken too much alcohol.
Mourinho has lost the plot. He has
blamed the referee, the physio, the players, the weatherman, the FA, the club,
bad luck and everyone aside himself for his side’s misfortunes. But the truth
is: never before has the Premier League seen a defending champion wallowing in
16th place after 8 games played.
The Blues have only won once at home in
four league matches and that was against a decimated Arsenal side. Swansea,
Crystal Palace and Southampton that have taken points away from the Blues’ once
hallowed grounds are not even teams expected to end the season in the top 4.
The defense is in shambolic state.
Cahill, Terry and Zouma have all had time at centreback yet they have not been
able to help the team stay solid. Out-of-form Ivanovic's continued stay at right back has not helped matters, either. Chelsea have only kept two clean sheets in
all competitions, including preseason games.
The midfield is slow and inept while
the attacking trio of Costa, Remy and Falcao can only boast of 4 goals between
them. That’s one-third of Lewandowski’s total of 12. Go figure.
A hurriedly issued vote of confidence
and a self-proclaimed ‘best Manager Chelsea has ever had’ rant aside, Mourinho
has the next three matches to save his job. They face Aston Villa next at the
Bridge then travel to Ukraine to tackle Dynamo Kiev in the Champions League
before returning to battle giant-killers, West Ham United.
Two wins in 8 is unacceptable and the
Portuguese’s side must start picking up points and climbing the table fast.
Aston Villa are struggling more than Greece’s
economy currently and a Chelsea win should be a forgone conclusion. The
Ukrainian league is not at the level of the English, so a win in Kiev is not
mission impossible. A test awaits at West Ham but it shouldn’t be too hard to
navigate for a team that boasts Hazard and Fabregas.
But then football is no mathematics.
Dick Advocaat and Brendan Rodgers, both
of who have been released from their duties, know that by now. And by the time
Chelsea host Liverpool on the last day of October, it might be another manager
leading the Londoners out of the dressing room with Mourinho already dumped in
the labor market.
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