There once was a time when being Chelsea Manager was tantamount to drinking from the proverbial poisoned chalice. Your neck would constantly be on the line when the team was losing, the team was drawing, the team was not scoring or even when the team looked destined to be second, Carlo Ancellotti witnessed this first hand. Andres Villas Boas had his 'project' cut short even after receiving assurances he would have ample time to see it through. Roberto di Matteo suffered the same fate just months after delivering the much coveted Champions League trophy.
Fast-forward to 2015, the Blues are wallowing in 14th position with 15 points after the same number of games, a negative goal difference and an ever plummeting reputation. It used to be at least difficult, often times even impossible to beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge but the likes of Crystal Palace and AFC Bournemouth have already done so this season. At first the excuse was a conspiracy against Chelsea by the FA and referees then the fans were supposedly not loud enough after that, the players were not performing well and now as Jose Mourinho sees it; the team is just unlucky.
Expectations have fallen from title retention to just challenging then Champion's League places and now the self-proclaimed Special One has set his sights on the Europa League. One could say Jose is quite simply asking to be fired as his team's poor form has been accompanied by simply outrageous outbursts to the Media, player squabbles and the much documented dismissal of team Doctor Eva Carneiro.
In the past it has taken a lot less for Mr Roman Abramovich to wield his sword but Mourinho has been walking this tight rope pretty comfortably for some time now. Could it be that his is now a permanent place at Chelsea or he is indispensable or this is now simply the only job in the World you cannot lose regardless of how badly you perform?
Source: DSG
