http://www.goal.com/en-k...eserves-recognition-not
C&P:
"Under Abramovich, Chelsea have ascended to the top of the English and European game, at the cost of all credibility and integrity. They have spent ludicrous sums, sacked managers on an almost yearly basis, alienated club legends such as Steve Clarke and Ray Wilkins, and kept a man found guilty of racist abuse as their captain because he is still a valuable ‘asset’. At some point, every discerning follower of this club must have asked themselves: “Is it worth it?”
The anger of Blues fans towards their owner will always be tempered by a feeling of intense gratitude. Had Abramovich elected to buy Tottenham back in 2003, Chelsea would almost certainly have been consumed by their crippling debts in the manner of Leeds United, becoming yet another cautionary tale for chairmen willing to live the dream with somebody else’s money.
Unlike his many managers Abramovich is accountable to no one. He will never take responsibility for the vain purchases of Andriy Shevchenko and Fernando Torres which have made Chelsea a laughing stock in the transfer market, nor the decisions to employ Luiz Felipe Scolari or Avram Grant, or to invest almost £30m in Andre Villas-Boas on the strength of one excellent season at Porto.
But then, he has earned the right not to be – not only as a result of some £1bn of investment, but also because he has brought an amount of silverware to Stamford Bridge unprecedented in the club’s 108 years of history. There remains the nagging sense that Chelsea would have achieved even more without this now infamous ‘sacking model’, but we can only remark on what is, not what might have been."
Truly 2 sides of a coin
BEER IS LIVING PROOF THAT GOD LOVES US AND WANTS US TO BE HAPPY!