like i've said before, with so many new players, its really not
easy to make them gel and play as a team, Spurs would be expected
to be such a state given the amount of new players they brought
in..
since i've mentioned making many new players gel as a team, i
can't help but feel that JM indeed did a great job during his
Chelsea days, i don't like him as a person but i respected his
way of managing.. many manager wouldn't say it out but i
bet most if not all, does have their hat taken for him..
Err... I think you are a bit mistaken leh... The actual players
that Jose brought in that actually played were Drogba, Carvalho and
Ferreira... The main players in the team were already there playing
together long before Jose arrive... Of the 3, only Carvalho and
maybe Drogba to a certain extend, seemed to have done well
in their first season, the others didn't... And there were
others like Tiago Mendes and Jarosik as well
who were poor or could be called flops
signings...
Main players like Terry, Lampard,
Duff, Joe Cole, Gallas, Crespo, Makelele were all there and
playing together under Claudio Ranieri... And they even came
in 2nd in Ranieri's last year or Roman's first year. In a
way, he was the one that gel the team, they were already
stabled when Jose arrive cos Ranieri already had them playing one, two or
more yrs together by that time.
It was also Ranieri that signed Pete Cech and Robben who later
went on to be great signings for the club...