Strain getting to Grant
Chelsea manager Avram Grant today hit out at the media after the sides Carling Cup final defeat last week.
The press had speculated that Grant was to be sacked if no trophy was won by the Israeli in his first season at the Premier League giants. In the press conference he hit out at those claims and he also criticised the media for taking the defeat way out of context.
It appears as though now the strain is getting to Grant. He has recently been sent death threats and it appears to me as though he hasn't been the same since them disgusting threats were sent to him.
Grant now realises that he could be out of a job if he does not lead Chelsea to some sort of success and in my view he will struggle to. I feel as though he made a couple of selection mistakes on Sunday and he payed the price.
The Carling Cup offered Grant the chance to win some silverware in his first season and not have to worry too much that he was going to be out of a job if nothing else was to follow. Grant also tried to play down reports of a rift between club captain John Terry and his assistant Henk Ten Cate.
Chelsea currently ly nine points off the lead in the Premier League and in my view will probably finish in their current position of third place. They have a big chance of reaching the semi's in the FA Cup with a home tie against Championship side Barnsley (although Liverpool found out it's not to easy to knock them out).
They have a home tie against Olympiacos in the Champions League in which they currently stand 0-0. I personally can't see Chelsea going all the way in Europe so I feel the FA Cup may turn out to be the thing that saves Grant, although I wouldn't bet on him being at Stamford Bridge next season.