We have to talk about Jose

This is going to be a football post, so look away now if you're not interested in the beautiful game.

I'm getting very concerned that the wonderful, marvellous and indeed, very special Jose Mourinho (pictured above) might be about to part company with Chelsea. And by the sound of it, if he goes, it will be directly the fault of two people - Roman Abramovich and Peter Kenyon - for not backing him by giving him the money to spend on a much needed central defender in the January transfer window.

When he first arrived at the club, Jose cut the number of players in the squad saying that he didn't need a massive squad to be successful; generally speaking, this policy has worked well - he's not had to struggle with that most beloved topic of the footy journos, the rotation system ("tell me, Jose, how are X, Y and Z coping with sitting on the bench, despite having cost 3 trillion each?"). However, since the beginning of December, our talismanic captain and central defender, John Terry, has been out of action with a back injury and suddenly its all gone a bit Pete Tong.

There's no question that he bosses the defence, he's not Chelsea and England captain for nothing, but without him our defence has gone missing in action. Points that should have been ours for the taking have not been won, goals galore have been let in, the gap hasn't been closed on Man Utd; I know that Hilario is a third choice keeper, but the keeper is very much a last line of defence - a decent back four shouldn't let the goalkeeper so much as sniff the BO of the opposing team's striker. And to cap it all, we've now got injuries to other defenders and suddenly, Jose is having to cobble together a defence from midfielders and fullbacks.

But, according to press reports, Jose hasn't been given the money to shore up our defences this month. And that's directly down to Kenyon and Abramovich. I really don't know what they're playing at - if they want Chelsea to win a third title, FA Cup, Champions League, whatever, they're going to have to put their hands in their pockets because without a defence, we're stuffed - our whole game plan revolves around having a defence that's pretty much watertight, and when that's not the case, we start to let in water/goals.

Is it part of some plan to get him to leave? Constructive dismissal on a grand scale? Or do they really not get it even more than usual.

Don't get me wrong - I'm very grateful to Roman and his billions. Well, partly. Part of me wishes that we were still the underdogs, coming third or fourth in the league, winning the occasional League/FA Cup, maybe even a minor European title; no russian godfather pouring millions into the club and expecting unrealistic returns for his money.

But Roman doesn't really get football. He says he does, but he doesn't. He wants Chelsea to win everything, year in year out and that just doesn't happen, not for Chelsea, not for Man U, not for Real Madrid or AC Milan. And I'm very grateful it doesn't because it would be dull beyond belief. There was a point in the 1990s when it was unbelievably boring that Man U won almost everything, and quite a relief when Arsenal started challenging them. But Roman doesn't understand this and wants some sort of all-conquering team that sweep all before them.

And Kenyon is just a nasty manc who cares nothing for the club other than making it big, bloated and profitable. As if sport was ever a profitable business.... An aquaintance of mine who is a rep for the Chelsea Supporters Club had the temerity to support a peaceful in-stadium protest and was hauled into his office and threatened for publicising the fight to get, wait for it, half price tickets for children to the matches. Hardly a russian revolution. Had she been less doughty a person, she admits that she would have been frightened by the whole experience - locked office door, presence of a couple of heavies and a solicitor. So much for Kenyon having any empathy for the fans or appreciation of their concerns; all the Fans Forum and Chelsea Supporters Club stuff is just paying lip service to this and nothing more than PR. If there was any justice in the world, Kenyon would spontaneously combust, leaving behind nothing more than a greasy little puddle. But how would we tell the difference?

Enough of my ranting. Jose will stay or he will go. But they'll never get another manager like him, and time and experience will make them realise that there's no manager that can deliver their dreams of world domination, it just doesn't work like that. And the Special One will go and be special elsewhere, and our club and the premiership will be the drabber for it.

And who will they replace him with? Dear God, if its Sven Goran Erikkson, I'm going to have to start supporting York City....