Originally posted by iSpeak:
Because the rest of the clubs are bitter. 
But seriously. Chelsea bought their success.
That is what seperates them from United and Liverpool.
I could swoop in on Geyland United FC and make them FIFA World
Champions if I were a Russian Oligarch and had a net worth of $18.2
[b]billion.
I wonder how the genuine Chelsea fans, not the ones who jumped in
on the Chelsea bandwagon after the takeover but those before the
Abramovich-era, feel about that. Many fans have stopped supporting
the club out of sheer disgust.
Football. The beautiful game.
But even the beautiful game cannot escape the snares of cash-hungry
capitalists.
Money is the root of all evil. [/b]
Actually i think it started since Mourinho came in... Before
him, the feeling wasn't so bad. Mourinho was so arrogant in his
first year, They are also dislike in Europe since their
controversial match with Barcelona which José Mourinho accuse Frank
Rijkaard & referee Anders Frisk causing him to retire.
But it seems like Abramovich and Kenyon has remind him to be more
humble cos there is no point in winning all the title there is if
the whole world hates them. Since last season you can see he is
behaving better making up with Wenger & Fergie but still not
shaking hands with Ah ben...
Anyway, the way i see it is Chelsea FC cannot last as a top club in
time to come. Reason is unlike other top clubs, they are not self
sustainable. They depend on Abramovich $10.8b pounds to maintain
their club. If anything happens to Abramovich or if he loses
interest in Chelsea, then everything will be over in a short
time.
Though Kenyon has said they plan to be a profitable club in time to
come, i find that very difficult cos every year Chelsea's expenses
in the transfer market is getting bigger and bigger without much
return when they release them, and even their players salaries is
enough to make the club bankrupt let alone their highest paid
Manager, $6m a yr, double the amount McClaren gets managing England
and even more... Super paid CEO P Kenyon, seems more interested in
getting himself a fat pay cheque than anything. I think Chelsea is
the only club that has 4 players on more than 100,000 pounds a wk
salary and about 6 to 7 players between 70 to 90 thousand pounds
weekly salaries each. No other clubs can afford this kind of
salaries.
Top clubs like Liverpool, Man u, Arsenal and even Spurs &
Newcastle will and has last longer over the years. They won't come
a time when they will be burden by huge... players, manager &
managements and Directors salaries... Abramovich will also not be
getting any richer after he sold his main money making business,
the oil production company Sibneft to the Russian gov to get into
Russian President Vladimir Putin good books after watching a fellow
billionaire jailed. Abramovich was later awarded Order of Honour
for "huge contribution to the economic development by decree signed
by the President of Russia.
Maybe in 10 to 15yrs time, Chelsea will be over... just my take on
things... 
