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Football News: Is Jose holding Chelsea back?

Is Jose holding Chelsea back?
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I know it seems strange to criticise a guy who has won so much, he is clearly one of the best coaches/managers in the world, but I do wonder how much more he could have won if he had just gone out to win every game, instead of settling for not losing. This season especially, Chelsea should be so far clear of the rest of the Premier League should have given up on catching them. Instead they have dropped points due to Jose's pragmatism.

Manchester City have had no striker to pick for a while, yet the gap is just 2 points, due to, in my opinion, Jose Mourinho's approach to games. The old fashioned Italian way of getting a lead and then sitting back on it works to a degree, but not every single game. I just want to remind him this is the English league, that here the weaker teams will not just roll over and let you tickle their tummy when you get the lead.

Even the bottom of the table team in the Prem will have a go, no matter who they are playing, and will often pick up shock results against the top teams. The quality has dropped, especially this year, everyone is dropping points they shouldn't be and only Chelsea got off to a good start. Chelsea should be already lifting the trophy, like Bayern Munich in Germany pretty much have. They just need Jose to stop battening down the hatches the minute they score.

This is the best Chelsea team I can remember, they have, without doubt, the best squad in the Premier League, with cover even Citeh can only dream of. What other team can boast the striking talents of Diego Costa, Didier Drogba and Loic Remy fighting over one place? Even the back up defensive talents of Kurt Zouma would easily walk into almost any other team in the league.

This year Jose will have no one to blame but himself if Chelsea are not the champions. He has been given all the tools he needs to win in style, but so far that style has been a little lacklustre and lacking.

Written by Tris Burke January 12 2015 05:56:40