Grant aid

Am I the only person who feels that Avram Grant is a little bit unlucky and does not deserve the grief he is getting this week?

Ok he is a little dour and wears black a lot. So what. Ferguson is a miserable bastard too and Wenger is hardly a ray of sunshine recently and you don't see them getting picked on to the same extent about their personality.

I don't believe he was involved in "knifing" Mourinho, and he has done a very good job with Chelsea this season.

In previous seasons Jose would moan about losing the spine of the team, be it Terry or Lampard or Cech or Drogba and blame this for defeats. At various stages this season all of these players have missed large parts of the year, often at the same time, and they kept winning.

His one big purchase, Anelka, has been a success and despite poor form in the domestic cup competitions he has done very well in the two big competitions, Champions League and Premier League.

The league may be gone for them now but Champions League is still a possibility, Jose never got them to a final, Grant might.

But even if he won the British Open, Wimbledon and the Rose of Tralee he will not keep his job.

Chelsea are the sort of club now to have a big name manager. Rijkaard may be available, as will Mancini and possibly Ancelotti too.

Poor old Avram can't compete with these guys so will be moved back upstairs next season.

Man City are rumoured to be thinking of ditching Sven after the poor second half to the season his team has had. With agents closely connected to Sven and Abramovich appearing in the papers recently don't be surprised to see the Swedish love machine in control at the Bridge next year.

And Sven loves spending money....a marriage made in agent heaven.