CHELSEA WORTH OF THE TITLE

Call them boring. Call them unlovable. Call them gruff and ugly. Call them the bus. Hurl at them a tirade of insults from the darkest murks of human thoughts. Then after that, call them EPL champions.
There was a presage to all this, and its amazing how we either totally missed it or blatantly ignored the signs. The writing was on the wall when Chelsea went fourteen games unbeaten, an exploit that helped them solidate their place at the top despite some lethargic showing in 2015. Marquee signings of Cesc Fabregas and Diego Costa quickly settled in, running rings around helpless and countless defenders and its obvious that they, alongside the mercurial Eden Hazard were and will be in coming times the vertabral point of Chelsea's success. All this happened while teams like Manchster United and Liverpool still tried to come to cognizant with this thing called winning. 

Following the implosion of Man City in 2015, the only team that had shown glimpses of matching Chelsea, it was rather obvious that it would take a miracle then one more to upset The Blues.

To be truthful, save for their early season run off-the-block, Chelsea have barely been pleasing. They haven't been eye-catching. Some have labelled them boring. Yet in the same breath, they have simply been outstanding. Breathtaking on some instances. Devastating on others. Consistent through out. That they have only lost twice by the time of writing goes a long way to prove that they are a formidable outfit and it could take a few more years before Chelsea face some serious competition.

Arsenal lacked the fortitude and only showed some seriousness when there was nothing to be serious about. United still appear hanged over. Manchester City still seem not to know what to do with all that money. Liverpool meanwhile, are still trying to shrug off the mid-table stench that's fast becoming their identity. That leaves Chelsea as the only complete team.

They may not be everyone's cup of tea but Chelsea need not even worry what sort of tea the others enjoy so as to suit their taste. They have shown qualities of true champions-grit, consistency, defiance and using your opponents weaknessess as much as your own strengths. Mourinho has always been a tactical coach and he has proven that Chelsea are a team that embrace his philosophy more than any other.

It is his genius use of Chelsea's good defensive opacity that has led to them being labelled boring, but most importantly, being crowned EPL Champions for a fifth time.

Boring? Boring would be Chelsea winning the title for the next few years as the other teams look on and sulk in silent rage.


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