What makes you think Lampard and Terry wouldn’t provide boring, negative football? Over someone whose attractive, attacking football has won him personal awards?

I’m not really sure why it’d matter whether Chelsea fans had heard of him two years ago or not. I doubt many Chelsea fans had heard of Mourinho in 2002.

At least the less connections someone has with the club before they arrive, the less painful their inevitable departure is. Do Matteo’s sacking was particularly hurtful. Imagine Frank and JT had us in the relegation zone at Christmas and had to go, that’d be horrible.