the point that chelsea is contributing to the english football more than any other club is always downplayed by the press. if the same is happening in man utd, this may have good very good publicity. this is because most of the reporters and editors of sports magazines are man utd/livpool/arsenal fans. may be things will change in few years and we get the credit that we deserve.

if the quota system is in, the manager’s skills of scouting and man-management will be put to different kind of test. i welcome that too

That’s right. While everyone’s saying Chelsea has bought their success by buying top players, Jose Mourinho did not even bother to respond to this FIFA announcement. Because, he is a top quality manager who can win in any circumstances. And look who jumped up first?

I agree with Chelsea having half of the regular England side and I’m totally convinced that media is biased towards other clubs.

But I don’t agree with ur thoughts on quota system. The major difference between International football and club football is if u need a player for any position, u can scout around the WORLD and get him. That is not the case with International football (except for Deco playing for Portugal).

If we want to see competitive mathces in EPL, we should not force the criteria of having 6 players of English origin.

On the other hand, it will also limit the number of players coming to EPL which I don;t want to happen.

Roman says
Tough luck that England has got only a small population so therefore a small talent pool .. But it does have one of the best leagues with best talent in the world . Just make sure that the EPL is the best , so lot’s of English boys and foreign youngsters who are eligible to get English passports will want to become football players instead of stock broker or drug addicts or thugs.
. That’s the way to go . Put quotas in place and you are goners. Look up “quota ” in the dictionary. “A system that has to be used in a situation of scarcity and dire straits”. So the whole league goes down ther drain. And all of us in Asia will start watching La liga at ungodly hours if we have to.

We all gotta wake up, England might not win the World Cup soon but a quarter of the Blues team might.
Nationalism like racism should not be encouraged ,To say the least , I say

Roman

Over the weekend, I was bombarded by friends from Man U & Liverpool fan. They were saying that Chelsea is just filthy rich, buying over good players to make them win. And in a native dialect, Chelsea means ‘Stinks’. I was a little annoyed but well …

Hopefully someday, people will begin to realise the good of Chelsea .. the media will give the Blues a fair share of the pie too … we’re just too played down.

And as for the quota system, sounds like a good idea too so as to retain the English origins in EPL. After all it’s EPL! Yup but it’d also be good to have a mixture so that skills can be exchanged & potentials can be complemented.

Cheers
Christabel

Well Christabel

We do win and we enjoy it when we do and those twoare the important things
Cheers
Roman

That sounds comforting, Roman. Thanks!

Cheers
Christabel

Football Icon is a great way to showcase new talent that has been missed by the ‘talent’ scout network. The boys in Football Icon 2 are looking much better than the boys were last year and that is no disrepect to last years winner Sam Hurrell. Sam got a new 1 year contract and has played a part in all but 3 of the Academy games this season. The Academy has played 12 and won ten.

Academy players to watch out for: Scott Sinclair (who I think is better than Theo Walcott), Ben Sahar 17 yr Israeli Youth International and Miroslav Stoch 16 yr Slovakian International, plus there are lots more boys with extremely bright futures in front of them.

COME ON CHELSEA

very good post. Interesting too. i support the idea of minimum no of players from same nation. whenis this being implemented?

@Roman (& Wenger)

I dont agree that the quality of football in EPL will deteriorate if this quota system is introduced. Anyway, I assume that there can be two arguments with respect to this system:

Argument#1: England has all the quality that is there is Italy or Spain or Brazil or Argentina. So, even if this quota system is introduced, EPL will still continue to be of top quality

Argument#2: England does not have the quality players to make the league an interesting and top quality one. So, actions need to be taken to ensure quality players of English origin are developed in England and given enough top flight action in EPL.

In either arguments, quota system should be fine.

As it is, if as a manager, I want to make up an EPL club team full of Brazilians and Argentines, it may not be possible, because there is a restriction (on non-Euro players). While we accepted this restriction and prepare the squad accordingly, why can\’t we accept this quota system?

I\’m not against buying players from other countries. I love that. I love to see different styles and different talents in EPL. But it should not be to an extent of none of the first eleven being English (like Arse does so often). All I say is, let\’s have atleast 2-3 English players and make it mandatory.

Any radical change will be difficult to digest initially because the fruits can be enjoyed only in the long term.

You guys have brought a lot of…..

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

into the game. Thanks.

Haha jokes aside, I think Drogba is the hottest striker in Europe now.

Roman says
Well a quota like at least 2-3 English players woyuld be just about OK but not something like no more than 5-5 foreigners per team . The mix we have at Chelsea seems like the ideal.Don’t u think ,guys?

BTW
Are u guys BC and 58 based in London?
Is this site supported in anyway by CFC?
What do u do for a day job?
How much work goes into a site like this?
Has the blog ever been hacked by anti CFC people?
Just curious , don’t think I’m probing or anyhting
U really don’t have to answer if u don’t want to

Roman

It ain’t a duplicate ,read it carefully ,u dumb machine !
Roman says
Well a quota like at least 2-3 English players woyuld be just about OK but not something like no more than 5-5 foreigners per team . The mix we have at Chelsea seems like the ideal.Don’t u think ,guys?

BTW
Are u guys BC and 58 based in London?
Is this site supported in anyway by CFC?
What do u do for a day job?
How much work goes into a site like this?
Has the blog ever been hacked by anti CFC people?
Just curious , don’t think I’m probing or anyhting
U really don’t have to answer if u don’t want to

Roman

Yes, Roman. Even I feel a quota of 2-3 players would be just fine and Chelsea is right there.

And Roman, the answers (revelations!) for your series of questions:

I (Blue Champion) own this blog and write for this blog. I’m in India and an Indian. Blueblood58 is in London (supporting Chelsea for 41 years!) and he wrote for this blog for some days but his personal commitments did not allow him to write further, but he is still a very good contrbiutor through comments. This site is not supported by CFC and it is actually the other way round! This is just a personal blog of a Chelsea fan (might get notied later, I hope)

I work for a bank for my living. Football, Chelsea and this blog are just my passion. You gotta spend about 10 hours a week or so to write in a blog. It was not hacked as such but heavily spammed by a Man Utd fan. I blocked his IP later.

Looks like you’d like to start a blog of your own mate! All the best anyways!

Hi there BC
Great blog, great work u put in to it,great that u started it . Thanks for the answers
I can see that it is a labour of love
I’m not too far away ,in asia and I appreciate that i have somewhere to write my comments.
Although I don’t want my own blog
Hey something is wrong today with fixture times , I think

Generous words there, from you Roman. Thanks a lot for the appreciation.

Sorry about today’s fixture timings. I’ve fixed it now! Thanks again.

henry– the best footballer in the world

henry the best footballer in the world…….

plays for barcelona ha ha ha!!!!!!!!!11

lmao ur funni

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