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The Canadian Red Army wrote:I know i could of put this on another thread and yes this is from tribal football but i wanted to give you guys a laugh as well. 

Mourinho raps Liverpool's Gerrard: Wrong to snub Chelsea
tribalfootball.com - August 1, 2005

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has told Steven Gerrard he made a big mistake choosing Liverpool over the Blues.

He said: "Gerrard is a great player and we want an English core very much. But I think it is Gerrard's loss more than Chelsea's.

"Why? Because Chelsea have a good team with the conditions to improve and a club which will be one of the best in the world in a short period of time.

"So when he decides not to join this club, I think it will be a loss for him, for his career.

"He can say 'I was European champion at Liverpool'.

"But I can say to him in the next 10 years we will compare trophies at Chelsea and at Liverpool. And he will lose."

stmichael wrote:Are you kidding me?

Surely the 'great one' has been enjoying one too many of Fergie's invitations to a quiet glass of red at the local MUFC-branded pubs (soon to be released as the latest merchandise by Mr Glazer)!

I cannot believe that he is convinced that the mighty blue Bolshevik revolution (Mk 2) will be winning more than Liverpool in the next decade. While, as a Liverpool fan, I can concede that Chelski were superb last season, I personally am not convinced that they will sweep the board this season.

They have a good core of players, a great coach and a blank check for a bankroll, yes. A tick in every box yet as we all know in football, money does not always buy success. I feel that the Blues are in need of a good thrashing or two (which may come this season) and it will be the catalyst for a sell-off of immense proportions.

Chelski can't sustain a squad with their current talent and keep them happy. ManYoo have tried this before (just ask Ole Gunner) and unless they are winning the league, it turns to sh!te. Just ask Parker, Morris, Kezman, Crespo, Babayaro and Bridge. All have had limited parts in the Chelski team and all have been frustrated with the style of management. Mourinho cannot manage his squad for another season the way he did last year and I feel that a few bad results will lead to a mass culling of talent.

It can't be long before that smile and swagger turns to a washed-out whimper of desperation, and I hope it comes courtesy of a 5-0 drubbing by Liverpool!

I don't think that Liverpool are necessarily the better side, but I feel that we are better grounded and have a team resolve that will serve them us well in the next couple of seasons. Rafa the Gaffa has transformed a bunch of misfit players into a solid unit at Liverpool and I feel he has bought well to the needs of the team.

Liverpool have signed Gerrard this summer to a big contract and so now has a big responsibility to his team and the fans. However, if he went to Chelski, he would find himself drifting through the mist of fame and success that Mourinho artificially creates. There is no real success to be had at Chelsea and what better place to prove 'the great one' wrong than by winning a few bits and pieces this season while Chelski flounder. This should be a good season for the Reds and with Gerrard at the helm, the Reds could march on this season!

Chelski and their bosses should take a good hard look at themselves, their arrogance will be their undoing and as the old adage goes, "the bigger they are, the harder they fall". I don't think there will be anyone to protect Mourinho when he does fall and I'm sure that the new blue army of fans will as quickly dissipate as if his very words were teargas to the nose and eyes!

Get your hands off it Mourinho! You have the league, we have Europe, and we didn't have to buy it!

Possibly the best post i've read since i joined.

thank you.   

stmichael wrote:We are WAY off the pace.

bigmick wrote:It's certain that over the next 3 or 4 years Chelsea will win more trophies than anybody else.