Avram Grant and Chelsea

So Chelsea walk away from this season winning nothing. This is not really surprising if you look at the season that they have had.

Firstly the departure of Mourinho the the 20th September 2008 caused huge unrest at the club, key players such as Drogba, Terry and Lampard who where are "Mourinho's men" where bound to be affected. And then the appointment of Avram Grant the virtual unknown.

"Avram who?" was the phrase on every ones lips. The public, the media and even the Chelsea fans where very unsure of this seemingly uncharismatic, unqualified man chosen to manage one of the richest and biggest club's in the world. I certainly think this unease transferred to the players as discontent grew behind closed doors at Chelsea.

From then on you could see that they weren't anywhere close to having the same teamwork mentality of Man Utd, they seemed more like a team of individuals trying to gain personal glory. Obviously there where exceptions such as Joe Cole and Micheal Essian however the little team spirit they tried to create was overshadowed by the others around them. However they battled on and surprisingly stayed in the hunt for the premiership, champions league and league cup competitions.

This was no small part down to Avram Grant, the man who no one knew surprises many with his tactical know how and managed to gain support from those who doubted him in the first place.

So the Premiership went down to the last day and the champions League went to penalties and if truth be told Chelsea could have easily won both. However I do believe that it was Man Utd's belief to win as a team which helped them prevail to win the double.

Both teams have the quality, the managers are equal in tactical knowledge, the difference maker between the two teams is that Alex Ferguson is the personality at his club and Grant was not. Overall it was a mistake to appoint Grant in the first place and in a recent interview Glenn Hoddle said it best.

However who will take up the mantle of being the Chelsea boss? Whoever it is will have to overcome adversities such as an interfering Chairman and a team who at the moment don't play for each other...... sounds like a very tough job to me.