Man Utd must pip Chelsea - Waddle

zocoss SG

Chris Waddle was one of England's most skillful players

Former England winger Chris Waddle hopes Manchester United beat Chelsea to the major trophies this season "for the good of football". The teams meet in the Premiership and FA Cup final next month and could also contest the Champions League final. "For the good of football you need entertainers to succeed," Waddle, who won 62 England caps, told BBC Sport.

Ferguson has won trophies the hard way - by entertaining

Chris Waddle

"I think it would be better for the game if United won the trophies because of the way they've played this season." Waddle added: "People obviously take notice if you're winning things. If Chelsea win three or four trophies, people will think that's the way to play.

"Chelsea are a no-risk team and I don't get out of my seat watching them. "In contrast, watching United encourages young kids to dribble and to entertain. Our country is desperately short of this type of player." Waddle also believes Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho cannot be classed as a "truly great manager" because of the football his side play.

For the money and resources Chelsea have had, I think they should entertain more

Chris Waddle

"He doesn't like flair, he likes machines," said Waddle. "Fitness, strength and organisation are the key things for Mourinho. "A lot of people will say this means he can't be classed a great manager, even though he has been tremendously successful and has achieved a great deal. "Of course, he can turn round and put two fingers up and say 'I've won the trophies'. "But it's a lot easier to stop teams entertaining than to play entertaining football.

"This is why Manchester United's Alex Ferguson and Arsenal's Arsene Wenger are great, great managers. They've won trophies the hard way - by entertaining. "Ferguson has always entertained, mainly by playing two wide men who can produce magic.

"Think of Lee Sharpe, Andrei Kanchelskis, Ryan Giggs and Cristiano Ronaldo - they're unpredictable players who the fans love to watch. "Ferguson and Wenger have got the philosophy right and won trophies with entertaining football." Waddle says Mourinho should have produced more entertaining football because of the millions given to him by Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich.

"The majority of teams in the lower leagues play a percentage game," stated Waddle. "They succeed by being well-organised, playing at a high tempo and getting the ball forward quickly. "You can understand that because they don't have the resources to buy people like Cristiano Ronaldo. Players of that quality are hard to find.

"For the money and resources Chelsea have had, I think they should entertain more. "Mourinho can turn round and say 'I've got Arjen Robben, Shaun Wright-Phillips and Salomon Kalou' but he takes them off all the time. "He doesn't seem to want that type of player. If Robben was playing for Arsenal or Manchester United he would be unbelievable. He would be in the same class as Ronaldo by now.

"He needs a run of 10 games and to be told 'go out and enjoy it'. It's a confidence thing. Under Mourinho, if Robben loses the ball once or twice, he knows he's coming off." There has been widespread speculation that Mourinho could leave Stamford Bridge at the end of the season - largely because the rumours suggest Abramovich wants to see "champagne football" played by his team.

Waddle said: "Abramovich has probably thought everything is going well apart from the entertainment. "Apart from when they score, he never stands up. I bet he's not on the edge of his seat very often. "When everyone is raving about Manchester United and Barcelona, he's probably thinking 'why can't we play like that?'

"Even if Manchester United or Arsenal don't win, you know you'll see moments of brilliance that could be worth the entrance fee alone. "But, saying all that, the fans would be up in arms if Mourinho went because of the number of trophies he has won at Chelsea."

CKeer SG

In my opinion, United have the advantage now because Chelsea is on the slump, winning matches at the very end and scoring only 1-2 goals per match.

Let's hope this advantage turns into a great result for United. Mr. Green

Cheers.
CK

Bontakun SG

Well… Chelsea has a habit of fighting back till the end and usually got the odd goal to win the match. So unless MANU kills the game off by scoring 7 goals, its hard to confirm MANU will win the matches against Chelsea.

zocoss SG

The present united defence is in a bad state... Unless they start to get back some players from that department, I am afraid it may prove costly... Neutral

lpx88 SG

Then again Man Utd's injuries in the defence is very extremely worryin

rocky_509 SG

Glory glory man utd.. Very Happy
Must win.

Saltiga SG

i don't know if that can be considered as slump but winning when you didn't played well seems to be the key to a Championship winning team, ManU had quite afew of those a couple of months back and like i've said before someone needs to takes the league from Chelsea, doesn't needs to be ManU but since ManU is the only team capable this season, i'll root for them to beat Chelsea

imprezaWRXSTi22B SG

chelski is churning out the wins..... that is all that matters....

beautiful football counts for little if u dun win

iceFatboy SG

I think they do..

Look at arsenal, they have won nothing this season but on any given day, they can play the most direct and entertaining football fro 2/3 of the field, but failed on the last 1/3. but hey, it is good value. they are doing great, and I believe in a season or two, they will become more lethal.

now compared to another EPL game (no offence), would you find value in some where they search for their lone striker be it 6ft 10in or build like a Russian Tank?
And play mechanically?? Like a maths formulae..

For example, sometimes, when MUFC got beaten like against Celtic, hey, Celtic took the chances, even when MUFC was playing good, we have to give them that. So what if we lose but MUFC players tried. We have to appreciate the effort.

imprezaWRXSTi22B SG

ok but i’ll rather man utd played ugly and won 1-0 than played beautifully and lost 1-0…..

Saltiga SG

stop all these lame dig at other teams, you've always try to project yourself as a Mr nice harmless guy but most of your posts are directly or indirectly targeting another team or its supporter and when flamming pots gets underway you'll start coming back tell people not to hurt the small little boy as if you're such an understanding person. what a pretentious chap!!!!! Twisted Evil

omgukilledkenny SG

Rolling Eyes

but this is the forum for red devils.

pierre^^ SG

arsenal will nv become lethal if they dun start investing in players who can score

i foresee another season of 60 points again for third season running

winning is everything, even if it is 1-0

SumOne SG

Not too sure what you mean by investing, but it'll be hard to pull a forward to Arsenal if he knows he's only gonna play second fiddle to Henry. Which is why, Arsenal might be better off grooming an unknown and young player. I see Theo Walcott as that player.