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Why Do You Need To Buy A Right Back?

Why do we have to buy a right back? Was our right back terribly poor or committed blunders? Was it because of the right back or the lack of back ups for the right back that we lost the Premiership and the Champions league last season? I don’t think you’d say yes. Then why are we screaming our lungs out for a right back now?

Player to player, we have one of the best teams in England and also in Europe. Every Chelsea player in his position is a world class player who might readily walk into any European club. Cech, Terry, Carvalho, Ashley Cole, Essien, Lampard, Ballack, Shevchenko, Drogba, Robben, Joe Cole and so on. So what’s the big deal about not having a ‘world class’ right back. Sure it was our weak link when you look at the other flashy names in other positions. In terms of contribution to the game, how much did the right back really cost us last season? We were able to win back-to-back premiership with no big name right back and why do we need one so badly now?

If you go back to the last season, you can say that the loss at white hart lane proved very crucial in the end. In that match, Khalid was made to chase shadows, unable to cope with Lennon and Keane. The fact that both their goals came from their left wing is quite a testimony to Khalid’s efforts. But let’s not single out this match. What about the half a dozen draws which should have been won by us. The right back did not cost too many points as much as poor goalkeeping, needless own goals, inefficient backline communication did.

Daniel Alves is a good player with very attacking mentality. At 30 million euros, is it really worth a buy? With all the signings so far, hoping that it can be a better season with respect to injuries, may be we can go on another season with the available right backs - Paulo Ferreira and Glen Johnson. I know Khalid might be on his way to Sevilla for half the price we bought him but we also have Tal and Alex, who may not play as right backs all through the season but atleast ensure that Essien stays in midfield. Or may be Royston Drenthe at 5 million euros as suggested by Blue Winner in his article on problems at Chelsea. Though he is originally a left sided player, Drenthe seems to be a man of any position on the pitch.

Let us not under-estimate Paulo. He had a patchy season but he is a very good right back, a lot of clubs would love to have. What comforts me more is that his form improved tremendously towards the end of the season, especially the FA Cup Final. Borrowing Thierry Henry’s line, “before the match everybody was talking about Cristiano Ronaldo, but I didnt see him today”. He simply had the ‘premiership player of the year’ in his pocket that he Fergie had to move him from left to right.

We have Tal who played for Bolton also as a right back, who has enough premiership experience and can continue from where he left at Bolton. Remember Tal said that he is ready to play wherever Jose wants him to play. When Essien did the same, I dont think Tal has an option of not doing so. Anyways, it is nice to know he is mentally ready to play anywhere in the backline.

The bid is still there for Alves and we could still land him here but if we don’t end up buying a right back, I won’t be crying. We have one of the strongest squads in Europe and not having the one of the best right backs in Europe should definitely not really impact our chances of winning the premiership title or champions league.



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1. mgelz85



Jul 12, 2007 @ 4:28

30 million for Alves seems a little high. Yes, Alves is a young flashy talent but that is a pretty hefty price tag. It really comes down to the people spending the money doesnt it? If Jose and company believe that with a healthy back line this season we can bring home the premiership then I say keep the 30 million. If someone like Alves however is going to mean we have a chance at dominating the premiership taking the champions league and retaining the FA cup, well I’d say a treble is well worth 30 million.

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2. blue champion



Jul 12, 2007 @ 5:39

All

You should now be able to see a tab ‘Intro’ in the menu bar on top. Please use that space for your introduction and to know more about you fellow-visitors! Maysam - Thanks to your idea.

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3. blue boy



Jul 12, 2007 @ 6:50

Hi does anyone know if were actually signed alex and if he can pay for us next season?

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4. fwembt



Jul 12, 2007 @ 8:24

We need a new right back because, for every FA Cup final calibre game Paulo played, he also played one on the calibre of the game in December(?) where he was beaten time and again by Tottenham players before finally committing the frustration foul that awarded the set piece and the first goal. PF can be a tremendous player but it comes and goes. We need some consistency back there.

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5. bluewinner



Jul 12, 2007 @ 8:34

30 million is just too much for a player that is not that great a step forward from what we could have for 5 (or so) million in the form of Drenthe. I’ll grant that Alves is a great player but what does he bring that we absolutely have to have? For 30 million he had better bring something that is absolutely a must have. Alves just doesn bring that to the table.

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6. RomanHoliday



Jul 12, 2007 @ 11:05

What’s wrong with Glen Johnson ?
Is he still in jail for nicking the toilet top ?
I believe he was OK for —— team —– last year.
And he’s pretty good at getting forward too !

Anyways I think if we play 4-3-3 lots more the right back “problem” is not so dire. I guess we’d be attacking lots more so less pressure on back line too.Not that i know football that well.

lso if Malouda , J Cole ,Robben perform and we get early goals , I think Glen Johnson and Paulo should be enough .

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7. Manish



Jul 12, 2007 @ 11:52

Guys, just watched the goal scored by Messi against Mexico
in Copa America SF….ask RA to uplift that lad form Venezuela
itself….just kidding…but we really really need someone like
that both for winning and club advertisement as well….

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8. Raging Bull



Jul 12, 2007 @ 16:05

Seen messi goal… = Fantastic even tho i h8 him, lol..
Watched sky sports news all morning as im off today and alot on Mourinho interview saying Ben Haim can play any where across the back for him and i could agree with that, altough would love to see Alves sign….

P.S were did you all get the 30million price tag 4 Alves from? Maybe you all mean Euro’s,, Seville value him at £20mill, The Ches have now offered £16Mil according to reports..

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9. danski blue



Jul 12, 2007 @ 16:11

I say Glen is Good enough! iv been saying this the past week or so, I would like Alves but only if we were selling paulo Ferreria. Glen is a Young Talent that is in my eyes now proven after a good start with us and a solid season with Portsmouth! i Say get shot of PF bring in Alves and then we have 2 youthful, spritely promising players that (in theory) should sort out our RB problem for a few seasons to come.
To back up my comment, look at what JM has done with our LB possition, Englands Best (young-ish) 2 LB’s have secured that possition and unless a drastic double injury occur’s we are not left Wanting in the possition, i think adopting the same tactic in the RB possition is a good idea! What do you guys think???
Barrow-in-Furness’ danski Blue lol

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10. Jo



Jul 12, 2007 @ 18:19

Alves said tt tt he wan sevilla to accept chelsea ‘take-it-or-keave-it’ bid…yea man….

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11. Giridhar



Jul 12, 2007 @ 19:05

We donot need a new - right back… existing ones are sufficeint, proven

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12. ADonis



Jul 12, 2007 @ 21:29

Roman: Glend played for Portsmouth.
I dislike Paulo and Diarra isn’t good enough. Paulo keeps me nervous, when I see him at the beginning of each match, I’m sweating if the left winger’s going to get a hattrick or an embaracement that day. It’s a shame he’s so inconsistent, he could be a star if he plays to his utmost every game. I say package him with the 16 million pounds and ship him off with Boularouz.

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13. Cashif



Jul 12, 2007 @ 22:14

Alves is not a very good defender; bloody marvelous when he goes forward and has bundles of energy, even has great crossing ability, but he’ll leave gaping holes behind him everytime we go forward.

Re Glen Johnson - he would be England’s first choice right back if it was Ranieri responsible for his development instead of Big’ed.
He was brilliant for us - though he did have lapses of concentration sometimes - in Ran’s last season with us.

Don’t think he’ll be ready for Chelsea until he plays a season or two with us and features regularly… and that just aint likely.

DIARRA was immense for us at right back. The guy sticks to oppistion players like glue and makes sure he stops them. Gets forward too and has a lot of pace (surprisingly). If he was trained as a proper right back, I’d have Diarra as first choice instead of Feriera (who’s half-decent at best) and Alves who’s not our kind of player.

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14. mgelz85



Jul 13, 2007 @ 0:02

I actually just read on soccer365.com (how credible are they?) That Chelski has offered Sevilla 14 million pounds for Alves. For me that seems a fair valuation and if Sevilla were to agree to that I think we’d welcome his addition. Also added in the story was that Sevilla is asking around 20 million,however, Alves and his agent have stated that he would really like a move to CFC and have asked for the two teams to come to an agreement. 16 million seem fair?

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15. Adonis



Jul 13, 2007 @ 5:38

I’m not so sure we need a RB, for all those reasons listed above. Did we lose the championship because of Ferreira and Diarra or because of Terry and Cech’s injuries? Remember, we were only defeated only 3 times in the season, at least two less than any other team. What defeated us was the rediculous amount we tied with opponents. It was the eleven ties that really destroyed our chances. imagine, if we’d scored one goal in four of those ties we would’ve won the championship. So I think we were lacking more in offense than in defence. We lost because of the four four two, because of the new players being unable to adapt and give us as much help as we needed, because our REPLACEMENTS weren’t able to cover up all the wholes left by the injuries. And with this upcoming season, we certainly won’t have as many injuries, we won’t have need Essien the CB, and we certainly won’t have that stupid 4-4-2!!! We might need a RB, but not buying one certainly won’t lose us the title, people.

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16. Adonis



Jul 13, 2007 @ 8:10

Skysports have a stupid poll going on, who’s your pick for the Prem title… and we’re fourth with 11% right now. Don’t you love it? We’re underdogs!!! Even Arsey’s got 12% haha. Of course, Manure’s leading with 49% and Loserpool’s second with 22%. Totenham’s fifth.
What kind of stupid public?? I mean, I understand that Manure’s spending has maybe made them favorites in some people’s eyes, but Arsey’s got more votes than Chelsea? That made me crack up. And Liverpool are going to be better than last year, with Torres instead of Bellamy, but there’s no way they’ll fight us for the title. It’s going to be us and Manure once again.
I can’t wait till August, when we can show them who the trophy belongs to.

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17. Maysam



Jul 13, 2007 @ 8:38

Hey guys, I have just came back from chelsea training session.
I guarantee Lampard and Robben won’t leave Chelsea, because first, they were very determined in training and I can say Robben was the best in training, he trained as if he is playing in a real game. And when players came back from training, all players went straight to changing rooms but Robben and Lampard stayed and took photo with EVERY BODY, nobody missed their signatures. That’s a good signal.
Ben hiem showed that he is a good defense but I believe he won’t be jose’s first choice.
SidWell, he is good but for future. Most of his passes went to nowhere and most of his shots were out. he will play 8 or 10 games for chelsea not more.
SWP: how does this kid play soccer? He is too short and Most of his passes were wrong.
G.Johnsen : I was shocked when I saw him, I really did not except to see him. I did not know he came back. That’s why mourinho won’t buy right back because today Johnsen , Ferriera and Lessana were playing right back.
Malouda: well………. I did not see anything from him, but I took a good photo with him. : )
Lampard: God Damn , How big are his legs!!!!!
Joe Cole, he was on the ground all the time. He looked like to be injured. Essien was training with a bandage arm too.
The best man of the training was ROBBEN.
If i could , I put some clips form the training session here. I have some from sidwell ,robben, joe cole, essien , maka , g.johnsen

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18. Maysam



Jul 13, 2007 @ 8:41

by the way, I saw something strange.
Wayne Bridge ’s number was 25 today. that’s strange. nobody is supposed to wear 25 in chelsea after zola.
Ben Hiem ’s number was 22.
Sidwell’s 9.
Malouda’s shirt had no number.

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19. Aniket



Jul 13, 2007 @ 8:48

When JM’s startegy isnt really focussed around wingers crossing and sending long balls in, I dont understand why he is pursuing Alves. A winger who cuts in and scores, like Robben is a good buy as he will suit any strategy. But Alves is a wingback, so dont expect himn to get forward too much. Moreover, from what I have seen, he is not a top rate defender. I guess this proves what we Man U supporters believed all along, Mourinho is a fuckin idiot!! Just buying up talent for the sake of it, so that other teams cannot have them. Anyways, I believe Chelsea is preparing for the numerous cup competitions it is aiming for…Carling cup, FA cup and UEFA cup ( next season because you will fall outside top 4)

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20. Aniket



Jul 13, 2007 @ 9:01

Hey Adonis….Why so concerned about the public opinion? Why is Chelsea always trying to push itself into the limelight? Why cant you just put up with fact that you are the most hated club in England, not for your winning( Man U have been doing it for years), nor for your spending(again, Man U have done it) but just for the sheer arrogance and cheek you supporters and your fuckin manager show….really believe me, you wont ever achieve cult status…you wont have a huge fan base in any country(dont believe me?? just look at the number of responses to any Man U blog/article and then look at yourself)..and as for your US tours, after Beckham has reached there, only club which will catch the attention of the yankees are Madrid and Man U…Believe me our club doesnt have any stars…nobody for whom people will pay willingly to watch him in action…you have big players but no stars…just dead pan players like shevchenko, terry,lampard,drogba and all…Just one advice to you…Try buying youngsters who have potential and are unproven, rather than established big players or youngster who have been one season sensation…Anyways wishin you all the best in your journey to Carling cup final…and ya……………………………………………………………….
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F*** YOU

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21. Manish



Jul 13, 2007 @ 9:28

What the hell is this illegitimate child of ‘RED NOSED’ doing here…f*** you Aniket….

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22. Maysam



Jul 13, 2007 @ 9:50

Aniket : I personally don’t care about other people, I don’t give a damn to what other people like you think about chelsea.
Even if I was the only fan of chelsea, I would go to stadiums and cheer them up and I was proud of that.
you are talking about Manchester and Madrid, :)) .
Manchester: most of manchester fans are girls or girly boys who just like cute players like Beckham and C.Ronaldo. some of them event don’t even know how many players should play in a soccer field.
Yankees , :)) who cares about them , they don’t understand soccer. Manchester really deserves fans like american fans .
Some of them don’t even know where beckham played before :)) I don’t know if you live in the U.S.A or not, go and ask people. yes the know Manchester and Madrid, but are they really fan? they cannot name three Manchester players. you call them “fan” ?
Chelsea is becoming famous. of course Manchester is a big club but it does not mean the number of their fans is not comparable.
I prefer chelsea to have a fan like BC or joeblue rather than having hundreds of fan like Americans.
please do that, talk with an American ( an ordinary person) about soccer for 10 minutes , and tell me what do think about them.
last week I was talking about soccer at my work , I was talking about formation , 4-3-3 …. , one american guy who supports Galexy and went to airport for beckham asked me what’s 4-3-3?
have you ever been at a stadium in the U.S.A? people do anything except watching the game :)) they don’t understand soccer. they are not to be blamed. it is their culture. the point is that no one should not be proud of these kind of fans.
When I supported Chelsea (back to 11 years ago) nobody knew Chelsea in my country , I could not find Chelsea jersey in my country, I bought a white shirt and painted the shirt like Chelsea jersey. When Cameroon International team came to Iran, I slept one night in my car in front of their hotel , just to see Geremi, when Germany came to Iran , I did the same because of Huth. Tell me how many percentage o f Manchester fans do this?
Chelsea fans a fewer than Manchester fans, but they are real fans, tell me how many of Manchester fans would support Manchester even if their results were not good? ( I knew the answer myself) :)) or let me put this way, how many of manchester fans are manchester fan or C.Ronaldo fan ?
you are one of manchester fans :)) or chelsea haters . you are not even a real manchester fan :))

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23. Maysam



Jul 13, 2007 @ 9:51

by the way, here is not like mancheter websites where you can type whatever you want , you should be polite.

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24. Maysam



Jul 13, 2007 @ 9:54

sorry for bad typing i was angry

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25. blue champion



Jul 13, 2007 @ 10:50

Aniket - It’s not the smartest thing to do, to come to a Chelsea fan blog and abuse Chelsea or its players or coach or fans or whatever/whoever. I’ve only moderated your comments instead of completely banning you. That’s because you discuss and reason before you stupidly abuse. Consider this a warning and anymore abuses will see you banned.

Thanks for visiting the blog. It will all be very positive if you keep visting/contributing without those abuses. We’d love to see some different points of view from a non-blue.

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26. blue champion



Jul 13, 2007 @ 11:45

<p>Danski blue just made me realise what a hypocrite I am! Ok guys, now I’ve added my little pic and introduction in the intro page

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27. SpecialOne



Jul 13, 2007 @ 12:30

Although Alves is a greatly talented player, I think it would be a waste if we bought him. We have a plethora of options for right-back, and by buying Alves it would mean even less or no playing time for these existing right backs. The likes of Ferreira and Johnson are available whose natural position is right back, while we also have Ben-Haim, Essien, Diarra and maybe Alex if he eventually arrives who can also fill in if need be. Looking back on the season, while Boulahrouz had a good game against Ronaldinho, I personally think it was a bad decision to start him at right back. But in the end it wasn’t the right back position that lost us the Premiership, it was the combination of bad luck through injuries to influential players and a strong Man Utd team that won some important games.

And also, if we did spend big on Alves, then the early promise of spending little from Jose and co will turn out to be a broken one. :P

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28. Aniket



Jul 13, 2007 @ 12:46

Point taken…its just that same thing happened in the MAN U blog..

Apart from the abuses thing, I guess I have made some valid points…why does chelsea keep on going to the US if the fans there are shit to quote Maysam…It isnt the market nor the opposition( at least Man U have gone to the right market,if not the perfect opposition.)…I believe that their market is in Africa

And you will have to agree that Chelsea have been traditionally stupid buyers…I mean when you have great players for a position, why bring in another big name???? I just cannot understand the reasoning…young players are the need of the day…and seriously your team needs some pace…I am copying a previous comment made on the big bully post…of course with the abuses deleted… :))

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Dudes…you all are mistaken…nowhere does the chelsea signings compare with that to what MAN U are doing now…let me analyse it player by player.

1. Nani( 17m)- Replacement for Giggs. Good young 20 yr oldlad who has loads of talent, somewhat like Ronaldo. Will learn from Giggsy this yr and then will take on the mantle.
2. Anderson(16m)- Replacemnt for Scholes. Again a 19 yr old talent, dubbed as the next Ronaldinho, and strongly vouched for by none other than Scolari himself. So he must have some potential.
Hargreaves- A player whom Man U have been chasing since last year, to replace Keano. Bundesliga and Champions league winner. Has the experience. And doesnt have a star billing.
Tevez(possibly)- First of all…it will be a loan deal, then he has already proved himself in the premiership, thirdly he is young and really really talented. Played less league matches than super flop Shevchenko and still scored as many goals.

What has to be noted that Chelsea have been buying players who have played half or 3/4th of their playing careers-Shevchenko, Ballack, Malouda. No focus on youth at all.Looks like they just want to win for the moment. Even if they do buy some youth players, they are not as replacements, but just beacuse they are the best available and therefore should naturally (and foolishly) play for chelsea.
Finally, when you have two players for the same position, one of them must be either very young or more of a squad player. By buying players like Malouda JM is showing what a big idiot he is.
Lastly, United might have bought very expensive players but the price is based on clauses and also they wont be paid huge salaries, thus meaning a huge saving. Compare 130000 pounds a week to 50000 a week!!! And since they are young, if they are sold after 6-7 years at max, they will be in their prime, so Man U will surely make a profit.

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29. blue champion



Jul 13, 2007 @ 13:03

Completely agree. I think you got the point wrong. The whole big bully discussion had a different mood to it than what you’ve portrayed here. Man Utd’s signings this season have been lot better than Chelsea’s, not even comparable. But dont please assume that Nani and Anderson were unearthed by Fergie and they were unknown until you signed them. All big clubs including Chelsea were chasing those two but they signed for Man Utd because Man Utd is really a massive club with tremendous fan base.

To name some of Chelsea’s young talents - Mikel, Diarra, Kalou, Sinclair, Sahar - who were all bought by Mourinho and have a long future with Chelsea. We’re all set to sign 20-yr old Royston Drenthe from Feyenoord. And Chelsea have bought 10 bright youngsters and who have enrolled in the Chelsea academy. Chelsea has been spending big on Football Icon, a programme to discover the best young talents in English football, an initiative taken up only by Chelsea FC and no other clubs. New training facility at the cost of 20 million pounds with 30 pitches in it. You may not be aware some of these as long as you dont follow Chelsea as much as you do with Man Utd. That’s the fan thing, you know.

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30. Aniket



Jul 13, 2007 @ 13:55

I know about it….but the point is that in the chelsea team, even established players dont get a chance to play regularly, so how are you going to blood these youngsters. And how many of the young players have been unearthed by the chelsea academy…I am sure not more than one or two…Compare this to United…Pique,Evans, Simpson, Rossi…All of them are going to play in the United team this season..

And you have to agree that Chelsea has not been delivering after having such a talented squad…Carling cup was won against the Arsenal team full of their youth players and FA cup..I will give credit for that…but you should have got the Champions league if not the premiership…after so many semifinal appearances, JM should have figured out what was missing…And I am sure that even you know the reason for it- Its your uni-dimensional squad and unidimensional style of play…Come on now…you have to admit that Chelsea isnt attractive to watch…althouigh I will again admit…its hard to beat…ANd surely JM has to understand that he has to give his more creative palyers such J.Cole and Robben a free hand…That is the key to success in Champions league…Tactical organisation is good for the league..

Hope you will reply to the questions what I have raised

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31. SpecialOne



Jul 13, 2007 @ 14:42

Aniket -
When you say established players who didn’t regularly play at Chelsea, who do you refer to?

Also, you can’t say that those players are going to play in the team this year. For all we know Rossi might be leaving United, and Pique, Evans and Simpson have been out on loan (if I remember correctly). Who says they won’t go out again on loan, and if not, who says they will play games?

Chelsea have not been delivering? 2nd in Premiership, semi-final of Champions League, FA Cup winners and League Cup winners. More than what United did in terms of silverware. We had major long-term-ish injuries - Cech, Cudicini (at the same time), Terry, Joe Cole, and Robben every now and again with others mixed in between. This year we have depth, that is the key to such a long season. We have very competent cover for injuries now, and that is what Jose and co have planned for.

What makes Man Utd such a more attractive team to watch? And when you say Jose has to give more creative players a free hand, well he might have given them the chance if they were not injured for most of the season.

Just to make sure I am not trying to flame, just a discussion. :) It’s good we have your opinions here, I think.

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32. Aniket



Jul 13, 2007 @ 15:28

I will give a point by point rebuttal…

First of all, the established players . Take Lampard, Ballack,Essien,J.Cole,Robben,Malouda,Makelelee, SWP,Sidwell(to a certain extent)I guess the first 6 of them are good enough to be drafted into the mourinho’s untouchables,i.e. if they are fit. Now how do you accomodate all of them in a 4 man midfield…I dont say 5 man because then you will have to drop anyone of Drogba or Shevchenko. I know that you will have the african nations cup and will lose some of your players, but then last season you had injuries, What I mean is that at full strength, you will never be able to satisfy all of your players because the cover which you are talking about is not meant to be madeup of players who will make the first team at any other club , I repeat, ANY. So its really tough for the youngsters to get a look in.

Now about the United players. Rossi will not be sold as Ole is injured, Smith will definitely be sold, and Saha is also injury prone, If Tevez does come along, then I guess you agree that Utd. at least need 4 strikers-Saha, Rooney,Tevez,Rossi. Moreover if you check the MAN U website regulary, they have quoted SAF that he believes in Rossi’s ability.
Now for the other guys. All of them are defenders…and surely if you follow the transfer market closely, MAN U has not bought a single defender. Can you tell me why??? Because SAF has got these youngsters to provide cover which he needed so badly last year in CL later stages.( I am just repeating what he has said) Moreover these players have gone out for loan once, now they will get the first team action.

AS for Chelsea’s delivery, they lost the Premiership title…Now if you are bosting about 2nd spot, then seriously I doubt the club’s ambition. A 2nd spot is as good as the 3rd or 4th because all it gets you is a champions league berth.
AS for the league cup victory, if you field a full strength squad against the Arsenal’s youth team, you are bound to win, romping away. But you were stretched.
I give you credit for the FA cup victory but then MAN U was runners up…should i boast about it??? No I wont, even though we definitely played better.
As for the CL, Both of us dont have anything to take back…although must say that Chelsea have become a semi final specialist, i.e. you know how not to reach the CL final :))

SO as for the trophies, I guess you cant really find fault in my arguements.

As for MAN U being more attractive, just look at the no. of goals scored and conceded…I guess we are better than you in both of them…Two Man U players scoring above 20 goals this season… MOst of the midfielders have given a decent return…A free flowing,direct attacking brand of football is what MAN U play…Now just compare this with Chelsea.

As for yopur creative players being injured, I am just waiting to see what they can do this season…The point is not whether they are playing or not…but how they are playing..and JM takes the blame for stifling their creativity

I was really happy when Chelsea started to dominate EPL because they were getting good players into EPL and also making it more competitive…but soon I realized that you cant watch them play…they are boring!!!

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33. blue champion



Jul 13, 2007 @ 16:12

Aniket. Here are my counters.

1. What’s your problem with the multiple options that we have in the midfield? We never bothered how Saha, Rooney, Tevez, Nani, Anderson, Park, Ole and Giggs will play alongside. To have multiple options and to be able to manage that coach’s responsibility. We have a coach, who at Fergie’s age, would be a bigger legend that Fergie himself. So he will take care of this part. Don’t talk about being injury-prone is a reason for buying your new kids. Then I’d say, Robben, Sheva, Cole are all injury prone too.

2. What’s the big thing about grooming youngsters? I don’t mind even if the Chelsea playing XI has bunch of 45 year olds as long as they win. What’s a football club supposed to do? Win trophies and entertain fans - they certainly do it. May be you dont like the way Chelsea play but I can’t be arsed about it.

3. All your arguments about the trophies are faulty. Admit it, you won this time only because of the injuries to Chelsea and even Fergie knows this. How would you have fared without van der sar for more than half of the season? With all the problems, we still won two trophies. Talking about goals scored, how about checking the record of goals scored and conceded and points earned in 04-05 (95 points is a Premiership record!!!) and 05-06. Even this season, two Chelsea players scored 20 goals. Check the records. There is a huge difference between ending up 2nd and ending up 3rd/4th wrto champions league. As a football fan you should know what that is. We lost the semi finals in penalties and you were whipped by Milan (Italian press says that you were taught a lesson in football!) after you conceded two home goals, so both losses cannot be put in the same lines.

4. As regards our football being boring, I cant help it. If I have two matches, one with Chelsea and another one with Man Utd in it, I’d die to see the Chelsea game, because no club entertains me like Chelsea does.

It’s not my idea to respond to each of your comments as I have better things to do. So, if I dont respond to your comments, dont even think that you’ve won the argument as there is no argument at all.

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34. True Blue Fusion



Jul 13, 2007 @ 16:37

Maysam May I Have The Photos U Have With Chelsea Players at UCLA
That’s my email id:anadi_tiwari@hotmail.com
:fusion47xxx@yahoo.com
i want it………..pls
Why R We Entertaining Guys Like Aniket Anyways

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35. Aniket



Jul 13, 2007 @ 16:58

A park or ole or even a nani or anderson wont mind sitting on bench…ask Ballack to do that or Shevchenko…the problem last season was that Shevchenko was thrust upon you and you had to play him…regardless of his poor form…I bet even robben or J.cole wont be happy to sit on bench…so thats the point. Have multiple options, but they should be options…not certainities.. :P

And as for you watching Chelsea’s match, I dnt have any problem with it because somebody has to watch their matches otherwise they will be kicke dout of the EPL…and I wnt have such a good punching bag..
As for the injuries, I really wish that none of your player get injured…because then you will have a real problem-whom to play???? and surely you wont be able to use this excuse again. One more thing, In every league there have been one or two season wonder clubs..and yours is just another one…I am sure that Arse will give it up your ass and then you get back doing what you are best at- Rubbing your asses

Thats it for now…I find this blog pretty boring anyways…just like your team…so catch you after the community shield match…bbye

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36. True Blue Fusion



Jul 13, 2007 @ 17:02

@ Akinet
1.Fergie Knows His Premiership Was A Fluke Due To Our Injuries
2.Maybe Man Utd Is More Attacking But Do We Lose To Someone Like West Ham 2 times in a season??????????????????????????
3.youth-kalou,sinclair,sahar,diarra,mikel,johnson to some extent robben,joe cole
4.is man utd able to defeat us with their attractive brand of footballing
i m writin an article and posting it here soon…………watch this space

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37. SpecialOne



Jul 13, 2007 @ 17:05

Agree with BlueChampion on all fronts there.

Just another thing to say, by saying that the Chelsea youth system has not unearthed young players compared to that of United, is completely wrong. Look at Terry for example. We have plenty of youngsters that come through from starting at the academy that receive a chance, thus Jose giving 3 spots in the squad to youngsters for each American tour. You proclaim Pique and Rossi were bred by your academy, but just thought I would point out for arguments’ sake that Pique was not unearthed at the United academy, rather purchased from Barcelona, and Rossi was bought to United from Parma. It would take a long time for some of your defensive youngsters to get starts ahead of - Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Heinze, Neville, Brown, O’Shea, Fletcher (who can play at the back I believe) and Silvestre.

And I wouldn’t call it boasting about 2nd spot. But believe me, I would definitely rather a 2nd place over a 3rd or 4th in the Premiership. Any idiot would. And yes I know that we haven’t reached a CL Final .. yet. However, Man United have only reached 1 in the past 40 years or so. Doesn’t make you guys experts at it, now does it. :D

Also, you say that it will be hard to satisfy all players this year. I think it would be best if you looked at your squad first, as you just brought in 3 midfield players to and already quite strong and packed midfield. To satisfy Carrick, Giggs, Scholes, Hargreaves, Nani, Anderson, Park Ji-Sung, Fletcher, Ronaldo and Richardson will be as tough for United as it will be with our midfield for Chelsea. Not to forget any possibility of young players getting their ‘inevitable’ chances.

Just as an end note, I am sick of United fans proclaiming they definitely played better in the FA Cup Final. There is nothing to suggest this apart from the score .. oh wait, that shows Chelsea were. Sorry there.

Hehe, I am done, sorry for the messy post. I just kept thinking of stuff to say. And I’m not trying to ‘entertain’ him TrueBlueFashion, I am just defending Chelsea in anyway I can. :P

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38. blue champion



Jul 13, 2007 @ 17:11

Warm welcome SpecialOne! We are richer and wiser by your arrival. Nice to have more and more Chelsea fans joining this community. Three cheers!!!

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39. Mourofsame



Jul 13, 2007 @ 18:04

I love this community. the arguments are so sound. Chelsea are just an incredible side. man u fans know they won it by default, thou openly they will not admit it. am excited ahead of the next season. i believe pizarro is going to be a bomb. sheva will come good. by january, the blues will have have closed it, trust me. blue champion and the rest, keep on doing a great job. i am the greatest chelsea fan in ghana. and by the way i have been with the club long before essien. The italians brought me to the blues-Vialli, Zola, di matteo, casiraghi.

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