, SPORT:THREE Major Reasons Not To Sack Jose Mourinho #chelseafc

                                     

   The club is going through a terrible spell at the moment, the Portuguese is under growing pressure but his club’s situation is no reason to fire him just yet.

“The pressure is mounting by the minute”

At the sound of the final whistle at Upton Park, visiting fans left with looks of anger on their faces, this feeling was becoming part of the script, and Chelsea had lost again.

The match had not been without some form of spectacle; Matic was sent off after two bookings, Skipper John Terry and Cesc Fabregas were also booked, even Mourinho was sent to the stands.

The loss which had been their 5th of the season served to compound the misery the club finds itself. Naturally, criticisms are going the way of the manager for the team's poor performance, to the point that there have been calls for his sack. Apparently though, he seems to be on the brink.

Some of these agitations may not lack foundation as the case may be, but sacking the 52 year old is NOT the solution. In this article, Kelvin Sage outlines three reasons why sacking Jose Mourinho may not be the solution, albeit for now.

FOCUS and STABILITY

20th day of September 2007, Mourinho left Chelsea in somewhat unceremonious fashion after winning 6 titles during the course of the three years he spent at the club. To Italy and Spain he went afterwards, amassing titles and inadvertently proving to former (and current) employers that their loss was Inter Milan and Real Madrid's gain. After his departure, the manager's office at Chelsea saw no less than 8 occupants. In the managerial flux that they went through, they have only 7 titles to show for the huge amounts of investments in both players and managers.

Fast forward 6 years, 3rd June 2013, for the sake of precision, Mourinho returned to the club, and with him, stability and focus have also returned to the club. This stability and focus in the modus operandi of the club has shown in their dealings in the transfer market as they seem more prudent compared to their free-spending of the past. The squad looks more balanced both technically and tactically with a blend of youth and experience.

Sacking Jose Mourinho at this point in time will disrupt this flow and send Chelsea into the cycle of uncertainty and instability which in wallowed in during the post-Mourinho and (well) pre-Mourinho era.

PLAYERS ARE ALSO TO BLAME

                      “John Terry has been quite inconsistent and showing signs of age”

Often times, when a team is in poor form, criticism is targeted the way of the manager for not getting the best out of his charges. Inasmuch as this line of thought may hold water, it is noteworthy that this is not so in all cases, and this is part of the few exceptions to the rule. A microscopic look at the state of affairs wills that the player share portions of the blame. The key performers of last season's premiership winning campaign have been sub-par this season. John Terry has been quite inconsistent and showing signs of age; Ivanovic is giving opposition left wingers much joy down his flank; Fabregas seems to have lost his ability to chalk up assists -only one assist so far- and Diego Costa is yet to attain the heights of last season.

       “Fabregas seems to have lost his ability to chalk up assists -only one assist so far-”

While Mourinho's off-field antics may have been in the spotlight, he is not solely responsible for their slide as statistics will show that the players are not maintaining the standards set last season. If things are to change for the better, the players need to up their game.

PATIENCE

Rome, they say, was not built in a day, and surely, during its construction, there must have been ups and downs. Roman Abramovic acquired Chelsea with a vision of making the club a football power house, to this end he has invested massively most especially in terms of finance. So far, so good, but could be better.

“It took Ferguson four years to win his first trophy at Manchester United and after 26 years, left the club a soccer mammoth”

Money may go a long way in achieving this but it is not the end-all as patience is also required especially with the man at the helm of affairs. Examples of the fact that patience can be rwarding abound in the league; it took Ferguson four years to win his first trophy at Manchester United and after 26 years, left the club a soccer mammoth. Arsene Wenger was also afforded a lot of patience to mold Arsenal into the modern footballing prototype that it is today. For Abramovic to see his dream come true that Chelsea becomes a football dynasty a lot of patience is required with the manager and the former Real Madrid coach shows that he is the right person for the job.

“Arsene Wenger was also afforded a lot of patience to mold Arsenal into the modern footballing prototype that it is today”

With only 3 victories in 10 games, the clouds at Stamford Bridge are gloomy, the air reeks of uncertainty and there is that feeling that the power brokers at the London club's headquarters may take the familiar route: sack the manager and employ a caretaker manager till the season is over. But we have been down that road before and know where it leads to; pulling the trigger now will cause short term gain and long term pain. Sacking Jose Mourinho is not the ideal solution… yet.