With regards to the Chelsea team and their manager. Does anyone actually enjoy watching them? Mourinho's genius is based on having 7 fighters in his side, a stern rearguard that's protected well and a couple of talented individuals who can prove the difference in tight games.
That's not to say they don't have the ability to blow teams away, while Hazard and Fabregas would have most football purists purring in appreciation, but alot of their games, particularly against some of the better sides and some of the league's scrappers, are won by strangling the life out the game and nicking the odd goal.
In the latest stats of the big seven sides in head to heads, they were 3rd from bottom, based on the fact they had the most draws of the top teams, that's pretty telling. Though many tops sides do that, go away and get a draw against their rivals, which can have a big say in a title challenge, while beating the rest.
I just find it all a touch empty and robotic. It's effective, Mourinho is a winner and we all hate him for it, but they're probably the most unattractive top team in Europe (United aside lol), when you factor in that their antics from top to bottom are riddled with filth and they are working in a market that's way ahead of most, it's all a tad ironic that for all the money spent, for such an alleged enigmatic manager, they're as dull as fucking shit to watch.
PS, how many elbows is the Gypo going to get away with this season? I hope someone breaks the cunt soon.