作者Celery1905 (熊貓兒)
看板Chelsea
標題[情報] Robben under pressure
時間Wed Jul 20 21:34:13 2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/4697603.stm
By Pat Nevin
Former Chelsea and Scotland star
Shaun Wright-Phillips' £21m arrival at Chelsea does not just mean they have
captured a quality player - it shows manager Jose Mourinho is intent on
building a dynasty at Stamford Bridge.
And it also opens up some interesting sub-plots about who will be playing where
for Chelsea next season.
Mourinho likes two players for every position, but I think the arrival of
Wright-Phillips may just leave Arien Robben a little vulnerable.
Don't get me wrong - Robben was fantastic for a part of last season and I'm not
suggesting he will be moved on.
But he had a lot of injuries and people know more about him now. There were
also whispers, only spectulation I should stress, in the media that he was
reluctant to play through injuries.
There is a mentality over here that you try and play with the odd knock, but in
other countries the philosophy among players is that they will play when they
are ready.
There is no right or wrong on that one,but the arrival of Wright-Phillips
emphasises that on-one is indispensible at Chelsea.
As a former Chelsea right-winger myself, I know the crowd will love him and
his style at Stamford Bridge.
He is exciting and rearded as one the top young English talents in the game
today.
Mourinho clearly wants to have a core of top-class English players, and Shaun
fits right into that philosphy.
I sometimes look at players and wish I had something they had - and as one-time
winger I wish Shaun's pace.
He's got skill as well as pace, is really fit and scores goals. He's got things
to learn but he will have the perfect opportunity to do that under Mourinho.
His arrival is further confirmation to me that Mourinho is building something
long-term at Chelsea, and something with a very English heartbeat.
Some managers with money buy the finished article and then have to rebuild the
whole system a few years down the line.
Mourinho has gone for young players who he can mould and develop - he seems to
steer clear of 30-plus players who may not be willing or able to buy into the
concept he is trying to foster at Stamford Bridge.
I suppose if there is a concern for the new boy, it is that Wright-Phillips
faces serious competition for his place for Robben, Damien Duff and Joe Cole,
although I'm sure he weighed all that up.
The concern for England is that he may not play enough games in the season
leading up to a World Cup, and for Shaun he will also want to play enough
games to make an impact.
It would be a worry for England if that happens, and he will certainly not
want to disappear into the black hole that seemed to consume Scott Parker at
Chelsea, although Scott was also unlucky with injuries.
But if there are any worries, Shaun need only look at how Joe Cole flourished
after it looked as if his career had stalled.
If you are good enough, you will play under Mourinho. If Shaun is good enough,
then Mourinho will have faith in him, as he proved with Cole.
It's a really good buy for Chelsea and it will be interesting to see how the
battle for places pans out.
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