Man U is losing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi folks,

Chelsea have just beat Everton 3-2 and I have watched all 90 minutes. It was a spectacular thriller and I am happy that we won but…

Chelsea again had problems as everyone could see. Yes we won but we cannot play like this and have luck or enough time to beat our opponents by the quality we have. I think I can see what is the problem. There are two problems.

The 1st one: the team do not bother to play “FOOTBALL” unless they concede. And the proof is not only Everton match. Remember: Barca (2-2), ManUtd (1-1), Arsenal (1-1) and now Everton (2-3). It’s just sheer luck that we won this match. We won only because we have a potential to win matches. But we did not play the football we should play in order ro retain the Premiership or simply to beat an opponent. It appears to me that Jose doesn’t bother to score and beat opponents in a normal manner like ManUtd do. Jose just wants to collect 3 points even if it means to collect all his 11 players in front of his goal for 89 minutes, to defend and then make a fast counterattack and score a goal in the last minute and win a match. The last proof to this is the 1st half of Everton match. I don’s say we defended, I just say we did nothing to score.

The 2nd problem is the team selection. I think Chelsea can play the diamond formation and be very successful but for this to be done the team needs right forces driving the diamond mechanism. As I mentioned in my previous comments already Jose should drop either Lamps or Ballack. Yes, you can say that 2 of 3 our goals against Everton came from Ballack and Lamps. But you will be wrong to put it in defence of Lamps-Ballack link. Because, first of all, it’s due to this linkage that Chelsea concedes first and doesn’t produce till new players and new formation is introduced. Ballack’s goal was a quality though a little bit lucky but that’s all. Robben, as I suggested, started but now there was no Sheva or any other striker along with Drogba. In the 1st half if you could see there was lack of power in the Chelsea’s attacking area. Robben gave width which we need but we need one more striker along with Drogba. Yes, Sheva is still weak but the Everton game as well as the Newcastle game showed that Drogba needs Sheva to help him. The assist was again from Sheva though 90% of the goal belongs to Drogba (it was a magnificent goal) but again Sheva did contribute.

To conclude, being again back on the scoresheet Jose just throwed in his stars in order to change the score. In my opinion Jose, himself, did nothing to win that match. But “Lady Luck” was on his side on this day. Wiii she be on his side every game??? I doubt it.

And ManUTD is defeated. What a day! Let’s celebrate it fellow blues. Huraaah!!!

Good-luck to Chelsea!!!

u r correct MD. In recent matches we haven’t tried to score a goal when score is 0-0, but when opposition scored, we played to our full potential.

but one important point i want to make here is, the way we play once we concede the goal. Against Arsenal in the last 10 mins. we created opportunities which we didn’t create in the first 80 mins. Today also the same thing happened. What I liked from this is when the chips are down, we play as a team, looked at the MAN U match today? when they conceded the goal, what extra effort they put in to win or even save a match. Nothing.

On the contrary look at us, Essien, Lampard,Drogba goals were sheer brilliance.

And when drogba scored in 87th min, for the last 7-8 mins. we defended well.

One more reason why we won today is bench strength. Intro. of Bridge and Sheva put new life in the team. Ashley is not a CD but he played there, giving us options to change the combination.

On the contrary look at MAN U bench strenght today, none of the players substitued in performed really.

I liked the way we played today, with only one thing we should kill the opposition rather than waiting for them to have a go at us.

Thanks

Dont forget that Drogba and Kalou hit the post and Everton’s only two chances on goal ended in goals.

Boulahrouz was a nightmare. As well as conceding Everton’s penalty he was VERY VERY lucky not to have conceded another penalty. Everton’s 18yr old Amicede made a mug of Boulahrouz had JT been playing we might have won 3-0 or more.
Plus don’t forget Sheva when he came on had TWO shots saved by Howard and just be happy and pleased that Chelsea won and MANURE lost as I almost predicted in a previous post.

To the moderator BLUE CHAMPION

Please create a KEEP THE FAITH thread!!

We always keep faith but we should be realists in order not to be badly awaken when a dream ends.

Thanx.

being a realist is being around ‘when we were shit’ Were you? Or are you a Jose Mourinho ‘pot-hunter’?

BC where is ur post? it 1:30 man.

Everton 2 - 3 Chelski

I must say you did not deserve anything out of todays game. You were the second best side for 75 mins of the game and if it were not for a 30 yard SCREAMER from the hunch back of Notradam you would have lost. Ballack was a great threat through out the game. Chelseas defence was truely awful today. I dont think from todays proformance you can win the league. If it wasnt for 2 wonder strikes you would have been an average team. Jolean Lescott had Robben in his pocket then when he went off Shevcheko makes LEON OSMAN !!! look good. He is very very poor. Everton battered Chelsea for all of the first half and most of the second. You were very very lucky to get anything out of that game

Sorry Jack! We were too good for you! Better luck next time!

I think we were awful in the 1st half. But we had wonderful fightback in the 2nd half. I still dont understand why do we need to concede 1st so as to play ‘classico’ football. For past of seasons defense was our forte but this season its a weakness. I still dont understand the substitutions. Can anyone tell me why the hell bridgey was brought in? I think A.Cole doesnt fit in the CB role.

I held my breath thinking that this would again be one of those awful days where we finally give up ground in the title race.

Khalid was awful, and Hilario too didn’t inspire confidence.

But we won. And in a spectacular manner. And Man Utd lost!

Lampard and Drogba goal were unbelievable. There are alot of problems to sort out - and I agree with most other posts here, that Ballack is a conundrum for Jose….

My beer tasted ever so sweet, last night after Drogba’sgoal

2 hours later , sheer joy,as ManUre ran into some seriuos opposition

So as I have said before

Team Spirit and the never-say-die attitude come first

The formation and what-not will take care of themselves

Always first comes the belief and the fighting spirit

Roman

to blue champion-y u r so against ballack? in ur every thread u write against him.in this thread also,despite scoring a superb goal.i agree with u that he misplaced some passes to front,but only in this match.in every match,if u watch,then watch his passes closely from next match.

And of course JM is doing something . Who would sit still and do nothing in the present scenario . Like last night when Robben was on, he wasn’t at his best ,So JM had to do something about it .

All this talk about who’s right or wrong ,this or that is good is OK , I guess. But the players have to make it happen on the field for any tactical change to pan out .Or any game to be won.

And u gotta be wily. All the other teams are looking for ways to stop us even more than Manure. They want the scalp of the champions .Extra motivation they have .

So as Joeblue said in his last post we gotta eke out wins at first and then tweak out the best smooth-flowing footbal system possible with the palyers we have and then peak and take the title .

But last night was a big big psychological boost.And warning to all the other teams ,even when we are not at our best we play like champions .

Roman

And guys,
at least we got no C.Ronaldo type who was groaning and moaning, making faces at each missed shot like it was his sovereign right to get a goal every time he happened to try. Or like Rooney who was getting visibly frustrated and about to explode.
No indeed our guys are cool and directed .
If the team is not going to win it collectively ,our guys just dug in and did what they had to do by themselves.
I’m not saying it’s the way to get the title but it’s a lot better than bitching about missed chances.
Lamps might have missed the goal by inches in the last moment of the Arsey game . But wasn’t pathetic about was he ?

Roman

And guys,
at least we got no C.Ronaldo type who was groaning and moaning, making faces at each missed shot like it was his sovereign right to get a goal every time he happened to try. Or like Rooney who was getting visibly frustrated and about to explode.
No indeed our guys are cool and directed .
If the team is not going to win it collectively ,our guys just dug in and did what they had to do by themselves.
I’m not saying it’s the way to get the title but it’s a lot better than bitching about missed chances.
Lamps might have missed the goal by inches in the last moment of the Arsey game . But he wasn’t pathetic about it was he ?

Roman

What a day, perfect ,Manu loose , Barca loose and we win i dont think i have the vocabulary to describe Dec 17 it was scintilating,awe-striking,jaw-droping,eye-poping, thundering, blistering,heart-stopping,stunning,electric or to put it in one word - magical!!!!

Hey BC when’s the party !!!! A tribute to the Chelsea spirit -’Never say Die’!!!!!

Guys,

I told in my earlier Post also, Drogba can not score Until Sheva is on pitch.

I have not seen Ballack(not in best form)doing anything wrong on picth,he is playing his part.He breakes some attack stop opposition from playing free flowing football.
For me team formation is fine with front 3- 4 players keep on rotating(Drogba,Sheva,Robben,Cole/Kalou and No SWP he gives ball to0 cheaply).

Though as a team we are not playing well,but we have some good match winners(Drogba,Sheva,Robben,Cole,Frank,Ballack,Essien,Terry,Chec)in a match, even do not play good football but one moment of their brilliance can win a game for us.
I remeber ‘04 world cup Brazil won,only becuase of individuals skills,some briliance from Rivaldo,Ronaldo and Ronaldihino on a given day.

And BC i think it wld be great to discuss what Chelsea needs this Jan transfer window, we won yes, but there is a long way to go and a lot of blips to correct!!!!!

ballack is the world class player and give the respect to him,and he is a goal scoring midfielder that every one knows and also he scored lots of goals than lampard or any other player in chelsea(international and in his former clubs)he scored more than 150 goals but now he is in a new club as well as new country so it may be a problem for ballack but even he is manage to score 4 goals in epl and also he is a third higest goal score for chelsea apart from drogba and lampard.

“In Portugal, our culture is to call someone like that an ‘intelligent’ player,” Mourinho said

Which is why, you might argue, the play fair football of the 70s and 80s has been sullied by the ‘get away with what you can’ that seems to have arrived with the imports.

wat can i say?!?!?! it was the best chelsea game i have seen in a while. After being behind twice and with time running out we clinched the much needed three points. ( and luckily man u lost ) Honestly i admit that chelsea played like shit that game they became better after ballacks equilizer but the first half was absolutely horrible. We thank the saviours ballack, lampard, and drogba for the outstanding beautiful goals that sealed the deal for chelsea. This shows the true power of chelsea as even when they are having a bad day and a bad game away…..they never give up. Go chelsea i hope thsi season we can win th EPL, Chmapions League, Carling Cup, FA Cup, and everything else i left out.

FROM JOSE MOURINHO’S INTERVIEW:
“We need to give Sheva time. I give him time. The good thing is that he is not happy with the way he is performing. If he was happy we would have a problem. He wouldn’t work hard to go in my direction. But he’s working very hard. After every game we have feedback meetings where I explain to him what we have to change. Between the Manchester United game and the Bolton Wanderers game, we worked together 1½ hours, speaking about his game and I could see the difference easily. He’s going in the right direction.”

i agree with all of u guys. but with new comers in our team, we need time to adapt & understand well as a team. dont worry, JM is doing his work endlessly. keep up the good work BC! and yeah, its a magnificent Sunday for CHELSEA!!!

Watched live on ESPN while I was away in Bangkok for holiday. The goals shot is one of the best for Chelsea this season. All 3 goals in the second half is indeed a job well done to even up & win the match with Everton.

*applause* Good job, Chelsea for the hardwork. Cheers to one & all *smiles*

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