Like another poster said, if Chelsea do win the league that will largely be down to Mourinho and his experience, tactics and knowledge of the game. He will be influential in plenty of games for Chelsea when they are drawing late on and the substitutions he makes turn the game in Chelsea's favour, such as against Norwich. They will also take points off the top sides that will be massively decisive, like draws away to Spurs and United.
I don't think they have the best squad, albeit very strong. I do think it's still flawed and they quite obviously lack a real quality striker. Torres has been impressive of late, but I'm not buying into the hype yet and I still doubt whether he will be the same player as he was at Liverpool, purely because he doesn't have the same burst of pace or sharpness now. I think they need a deep-lying playmaker like an Alonso or even Carrick. Often their build-up play from deep can be laboured and disjointed, it's just not highlighted because of their attacking brilliance with Mata, Hazard and Oscar.
Manchester City in comparison have a really strong squad, I think the strongest in the league despite their worries in goal and defence when Kompany's out.Their firepower will win so many points just like ours did last season. I like City's style, but I feel that Pellegrini can and has been tactically naive in a lot of games by playing too open and not being aware of the threat direct teams pose. That will improve as Pellegrini's knowledge of the league improved, but I do think they will drop too many points away from home to win the league.
