Essien's Overconfidence Is Ridiculous

Mind games, they say. Probably they are right - but it should not detract from the fact that Sir Alex's comments about Chelsea were actually valid. Though papers boasted bold headlines like 'Fergie: Chelsea not a major title threat', he said nothing of the sort. If you read his comments carefully, he just said that he did not expect Chelsea to significally improve under Scolari, no matter how good a manager he is and is therefore not afraid of them. "It would have to go beyond Mourinho's performance to really worry us. It will be a challenge with the players they've got and the players they've added - they've got a lot of experience and that was the one thing I was a bit concerned about - but I don't know how far that team has got to go." it's hard to see where there's going to be a big improvement with a team that's really... [read full story]                    

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