"Chelsea have been mainly unstoppable so far because they have a very healthy team ... not many injuries to deal with, especially to their stars like John Terry and Frank Lampard. Drogba was out for a while, but he hasn't exactly been setting the football world on fire considering the fee paid for him. ManU had a largely depleted squad at the beginning of the season when Chelsea beat them .... not a big ManU fan, but they are playing very well at this stage. Arsenal had a great start, but quite a few of their players have been injured on and off, which has affected their consistency. Still, they find ways to win ... sign of a great team. Once Chelsea gets hit with a few injury blows, Arsenal and ManU will be all over them. And Chelsea's win over Liverpool was just pure luck ... even Chelsea's coach admitted they didn't deserve to win."
With the exception of the last comment regarding the spot of luck against pool, I disagree with this whole post. It is representative of the main group of fans who just don't get Mourinho.
The man's arrogance is a well-crafted act. Sure he will lose sometime, that's inevitable, but if you're looking for injuries to debilitate any team, Chelsea is the least likely to suffer, because they have the most depth. That speculation was Ferguson's wishful thinking because he has no answer to Mourinho. He didn't last year when he was turfed out of the CL by him, and he has much less chance this year.
Mourinho is the perfect coach. He is highly organized, (unusual for a Portuguese coach), focussed and hungry. Watch him, whenever the slightest thing goes against him he will have half a dozen ready excuses or explanations all aimed at protecting the morale and confidence of his team. He backs up the off-field savvy with very impressive technical knowledge and his biggest ace - the understanding of what it takes to build a team. He looks for ever advantage and uses it. Barcelona and Juve are the only teams with outside chances of stopping him. Regardless of what Mourinho says, Chelsea is the favourite to sweep the Premiership and take the CL.
