You know what, I’m not sure that Chelsea will or should after what has been an amazing season at the Bridge.

1) Until the draw with Wigan – and by the way that was a goal in a million from Heskey – I mean it’d take another million efforts for him to score that again..Until the draw with Wigan, Chelsea were in the title race and that after being written off time and again.
2) Avram Grant has for the most part been working with Jose Mourinho’s squad of players, who’s loyalty from afar, from some of them could be open to question.
3) The owner Roman Abramovic made the choice to install Grant as manager, so was it his fault and not the manager’s.
4) Chelsea are still in the Champions League and within 180 minutes of making the Final in Moscow.

All this not bad for a team who until Mr Abramovic took over were not prolific winners of trophies, let alone even in contention.

Chelsea fans have been queuing up to criticise Avram Grant ever since he was given the manager’s job earlier in the season. With the Premier League now seemingly gone, does he have to win the Champions League to stay in a job, and should he stay in a job.

All the successful football clubs rely on stability, just look at Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United and Arsene Wenger at Arsenal. United stood by Fergie for years before reaping the rewards, and Arsene Wenger is about to go a third season without a trophy and yet no sane Arsenal fan would want him to go.

SO Ok Avram Grant is Football’s equivalent of John Major with a personality of wet fish, but is that a reason for getting rid of him? I mean not every manager in the Premier League give’s virtuoso displays at their pre and post match press conferences. If fact I can only think of Harry Redknapp and Martin O’Neill among the managers in the top 10 or 12 in the Premier League who have outstanding personalities, add Kevin Keegan to those two and that’s about it for the top flight, but does that make them bad managers. Neil Warnock’s a great laugh to speak and listen to but does that make him a top manager?

Well I guess I’ve talked myself into Chelsea sticking with Avram Grant for the time being. You never know he might with the Champions League, you never know he might prize the title away from Manchester United next season, and finally being a West Ham fan – arch rivals of Chelsea – it’s not altogether boring seeing Chelsea flatter only to deceive, snatch defeat from the jaws of victory – carry on Avram you’re doing a cracking job.