If there is one person that even Jose Mourinho can't conjure something against is Chelsea's current manager Avram Grant. The ageing Israeli, who looks like a young Grandpa who is grimly satisfied with his life, has worked wonders at the London side.
The word pressure too would shy away and ask for a higher-level substitute if you consider the kind of pressure that Grant was under when he took over the reins at Stamford Bridge. But the kind of work he has done is incredible in the wake of it all.
Sometimes, I have always felt that if you could go the exact opposite of how Mourinho is - pompous, excessively enthusiastic, always looking to stir up controversy - then you have a chance to succeed as much as him. While we have to wait and see whether Grant wins any trophies or not, he has efficiently taken Chelsea off the limelight and completely put the focus on football and his team. Grant doesn't shout at his players, doesn't scream at wrong decisions, expresses discontent in his own way and even speaks politely with the referees.
No pre-match comments, no controversy rakers, no childish behaviour, not even win-at-all costs. That is the way to go. Grant's fallacies could only be the defeats at Manchester United and Arsenal, something that the Special One would have taken care off, if not by his football and tactics, then by his off-pitch antics.
Just two defeats for Grant so far and if it weren't for Arsene Wenger's explosively-talented team or Manchester United's ruthless efficiency, Chelsea could well be top. But dont take them for "grant"ed.
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