Man United is thriving on nothing but a streak of luck. chelsea is by far a better, faster and stronger team. chelsea perhaps has one of the best defensive lines in europe with a duo at central defence stronger than any i've seen. dont forget mr. cech either. besides buffon, cech is by far one of the top goalkeepers in europe. inter milan recently offered him something around 25 million i believe. chelsea however their flaws. i think the first thing chelsea needs to reconsider is management. avram grant im sorry to say is a fairly weak manager who does not have any experience whatsoever managing top class players. just because he managed Benayoun on the isreali team does not mean the guy can succeed at managing top players. strategically, grant seems to be very novice. deploying 5 man midfield against a team this is extremely attack oriented is perhaps one of the dumbest things i've seen in football. drogba really needs to clean up his attitude. he seems to really be distancing himself from the team since mourinho's departure. understandably, drogba and jose were close but football is a very volatile sport. i dont think selling drogba will be a serious blow to chelsea. the striker is almost 30 and chelsea really needs to start look ing at some younger prospects. arsene wengers youth policy is brilliant but you still need to maintain a balance between youth and experience. either way, with some restructuring, chelsea can pose one of the biggest threats to the current champions next season.

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