Stability

[Rag_hater]

[BobKowalski]

[Kiss_The_Goat]

[Rag_hater]

[BobKowalski]

[Colin the King]

Stability vs. Lack of stability:

Chelsea's strongest XI

Cech- 257 appearances

Bosingwa- 58 appearances
Terry- 452 appearances
Carvalho- 210 appearances
Cole- 160 appearances

Ballack- 165 appearances
Essien- 179 appearances
Lampard- 473 appearances
Malouda- 129 appearances

Anelka- 121 appearances
Drogba- 259 appearances

COMBINED TOTAL- 2463 appearances


City's strongest XI:

Given- 60 appearances

Zabaleta- 81 appearances
Kompany- 71 appearances
Lescott- 25 appearances
Bridge- 39 appearances

Johnson- 18 appearances
Barry- 44 appearances
de Jong- 63 appearances
Bellamy- 50 appearances

Adebayor- 33 appearances
Tevez- 46 appearances

COMBINED TOTAL- 512 appearances


There's a world of difference there. Our (arguably) strongest XI doesn't have a single player with over 100 appearances- Chelsea have only one player who has played less than that amount. It's easy to suggest that they've been successful without stability, but management is only one part of that. Our downfall hasn't been sacking managers alone, but rebuilding the whole squad and infrastructure, starting from scratch every few months and having to start the process again and again. If/when those players accumulate 200-300 appearances in a City shirt, I guarantee there'll be a couple of medals to go with them.

[Im_Spartacus]

CTK, I see where you are coming from, but what was the number of appearances of the Chelsea side which first won the league?

Its a total myth that success is unattainable when you have a new side, peddled by sub standard managers as an excuse for their own shortcomings

[john@staustell]

[Im_Spartacus]

[Rag_hater]

[john@staustell]

[Slim]

[Im_Spartacus]

[Kladze]

Building a team is, in many ways, comparable to building a corporate image.

First of all the talent has to be assembled - this may take a little while - and 'encouraged' to work as one unit. The aim, eventually, is to have everybody buying into an ethos - a 'team ethos' if you will. But such an ethos is only achievable if a strong degree of continuity is present, otherwise individuality and factionalism will break out. Continuity is obviously best achieved if it starts (but doesn't end) with the management.