A year ago, it was reported in the papers that Jose Mourinho, the current manager of Chelsea and ex-manager of Porto preferred average players(think of Drogba) than ego-inflated superstars as he was able to control his players. His signings seem to reflect that and with a huge war chest, people expected him to sign superstars to justify Chelsea's backing. True enough, Chelsea signed Shevchenko and Ballack in the August summer window.
However, some people felt that the signings were hugely due to Roman Abramovich who wanted superstars to be in his team and make his team invincible. I was not surprised by the rumours because Roman apparently wanted Ronaldo(the fat one) and Morinho advised him against from buying Ronaldo. In the first half of the season, Mourinho was not happy with Sheva's performance and it was rumoured that Mourinho was not happy with Shevchenko moving to Chelsea as Sheva was a close friend of Roman and it might complicate matters in the dressing room.
This became a talking point when Mourinho and Sheva seemed not to be on talking terms and Roman seemed to offload the Portuguese over Sheva when the Portuguese steered Chelsea to two successive league titles. Now, things have suddenly changed as Sheva has started scoring on a regular basis and Mourinho has openly declared that it was he who made the decision to sign Sheva and Ballack. I can't help suspecting that Mourinho would have kissed and made up with Roman and Sheva and tried to make the unsuspecting public believe that everything is fine. Mourinho could have said right from the start that it was his decision. Why now? One can only wonder.
Being a late-bloomer, I managed to catch Constantine and it was quite good as there are some dark elements to the movie. I didn't know that the followers of the Catholic faith will be condemned to hell which is stated in the bible if they commit suicide. There were also some funny elements when Satan tried to take Constantine and Constantine showed him the middle finger. It has also made me respect Keanu Reeves for choosing his movie roles well and not just choosing for the sake of attaining mass appeal. The movie has made me realise how little I knew about Christianity although I have asked Lester lots of questions. It also reignited the curiousity streak in me to know more about the Catholic faith as my knowledge is bare minimal. I guess it's time to consult my Catholic friends once again over the holidays.
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