Re: Moving forward - Now that the race for 4th is over
Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 4:55 pm
heimdall wrote:do you remember how dominant Manure were at that point, Maureen did an amazing job to win it in his first season, and bear in mind it's not about how much you spend but also how well you spend it and mold the team etc.
well the year ranieri finished second it was arsenal who were the champions, that was the year when they went the entire season unbeaten, but ranieri finished above united himself when he was sacked.
ranieri actually lined up and bought robben and cech as well before he left, mourinho joined a team that had finished second the season before, got to the CL semi finals and had the likes of petr cech, john terry, frank lampard, joe cole, damian duff, arjen robben, claude makelele, william gallas etc in the squad plus on top of that he got even more money to spend the squad.
any manager taking over in that situation especially with the backing of an open chequebook would fancy their chances to do well. that was no miracle at chelsea, he never built a team from scratch or took over a struggling side.