Let Ballack rest a while!
No excuses this time. We should play both the halves of the match and stop treating every opposition like they are the European champions or something. Wigan will not have their strikers Camara and McCulloch. I just hope we play a high tempo game and sweep them over completely.
Terry is still not back, which might give another chance to dicey Boulahrouz. Geremi should play again. I want Jose to drop Ballack for a match. Let Maka, Essien, Lamps and Robben play. Sheva deserves to play. He was impressive in the last match but was little unlucky. Talking about being unlucky, what do you make of this shot by Lampard?
The familiar Chelsea script this season has been that, we dont score in the first half despite possession. Jose makes half time substitution, he gets Essien in the right back, he changes to 4-3-3 and sometimes later to 3-4-3 and we score a stunner to win/draw the game. The more we follow this script and get successful with that, the more complacent we would get.
Why do we always have to wait for something to happen – the opponent’s goal, a yellow/red card against us, an on-field quarrel etc. Why do we perform well only on a reaction? Why can’t we finish the match in the first half itself? We have enough quality in our team to put the match out of opponent’s reach in just the first half.
All said, do you remember the corresponding fixture in the last season? I had my heart in my mouth as I saw that. Crespo’s stoppage time screamer saved us the blushes as the Champions managed to beat the newcomers in the first match of the season.
If there is one thing I would like to see against Wigan, that is sealing the match in the first half. Do you see a 0-2 in the first 45 mins? Am I the only one who believes that when we beat Wigan, Man Utd will get just a point in Villa Park?
[tags] Chelsea, Wigan, Premiership, Goal video, Chelsea video, Crespo, Camara, Lampard, McCulloch [/tags]
I almost forgot! If we win, it will be Jose Mourinho’s 100th Chelsea win (out of 142 matches)!
no Ballack should playy….robben is good when he comes from the bench he is pumped up…sheva shpuld get a start but i cant see any carvlho in ur team where is he??????
My mistake. There is no Terry today. That should be Carvalho, in place of Terry.
spot on. nowadays teams do fancy a draw or win against. we should play in suh a way that we shud put them out of the game completely. we are yet to terrorise oppoenents this season. oh yes, we terrrised barca, that apart…
i think a 2-0 first half lead is in order.
a cleansheet away from home would be nice, also to see khalid and carvalho work together well.
a sheva christmas hat trick?
Well, Man U are currently beating Villa 2-0, so this is a must win game for you.
Good luck. :)
Jose still insists on Ballack..
What a shame?!!!
We have almost dropped points away at Wigan as well as the last week at Goodison.
What will Jose do when his luck runs out???
Kick Ballack out of Stamford Bridge.
Congratulations on the result! I was absolutely orgasmic when the lovely Arjen Robben scored. Love him.
in my opinion we were better with duff ,gudjonsen,and gallas,we are not showing the desired teamwork,.
IT SEEMS THAT WE ARE GAINING AGAIN OUR CONFIDENCE
WE CANOT MISS A WIN,
jOSE HAVE THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE WORLD, SO,WITH MORE TEAMWORK, WE CAN AGAIN CELEBRATE THE PREMIERSHIP CUP ONCE AGAIN.