As I said yesterday wasn't as bad in isolation, it was simply the fact that he's done it again. You'd have thought that after last time he'd have a bit of humility and let Lampard have his moment. I know plenty of other captains have done so previously and many that would do so still.
And what is it with Chelsea fans trying to make a rivalry with Liverpool? We don't care about you.
Very few people have let a non captain lift a trophy, its usually when a captain on the night lets the club captain lift it(Garry Monk/AShley Williams, there is no question at all that Ashley Williams is the real captain of that team, but on history Garry Monk got the chance, in this case there is no question that Terry is the real captain of the team), the only exceptions I can think of to these are guys who have been at the club a while and been through a lot, like Abidal or guys in a similar situation.
As for Benitez, points total doesn't matter, he took over when CHelsea were 3rd in the league and ridiculously closer to Chelsea, RDM 7 wins, 2 losses 3 draws iirc, Benitez 14 wins, 5 losses 6 draws I think(I did the numbers last week). He hasn't improved Chelsea at all, and the team hasn't actually looked one iota different from before or after Benitez, the same players play, the same formation, tactics, defending, style, nothing has changed frankly, at all. Despite the idea he'd reignite Torres, he still sucks in the league and has done ok in Europe, because much of the opposition is weaker.
Benfica are good, but no where near great, Chelsea were strong favourites and frankly any top four team should walk the Europa league, that a couple English clubs didn't a couple years ago when they had the chance was simply embarrassing.
He's changed nothing, done nothing, just overseen the existing team playing the existing way with the existing players.
I think more than anything with several new players, Chelsea weren't likely to win the league this year, with Hazard and Oscar with a year under their belts, and a top striker, they'll be very strong next year.
The team were FAR less defensive in this cup win than the last one, but that is for many reasons, firstly RDM took over a struggling team and didn't have a preseason, nor any time, nor as strong a squad to do much, secondly, Barca, Bayern, Benfica don't even slightly compare. Before RDM got fired they were a significantly more attacking team than last year, in Europe and the league, it was pretty much his mandate to make the team less pathetically defensive and did a decent job, helped by the style of player the club bought.
