Short post today. Some quick news roundup on how Jose Mourinho wants to change his personality, on what Terry thinks about moving to/playing in USA, why Khalid thinks Jose made a mistake and some ‘positive’ developments at Man Utd, Liverpool & Arsenal. Also, my second thoughts on the LA Galaxy game.
Chelsea played really really well against LA Galaxy. I know I’m awfully late to say this, nevertheless the truth remains. I just watched the highlights again in Chelsea TV online, a few more times. It was very obvious that there is change in Chelsea’s style of play. We were unfortunate to end up with just one goal but it should have been many more.
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The Drogba’s disallowed goal was pure magic by Malouda, Kalou, Sheva and Drogba – Sheva in particular. You could see that was very unChelsea to be that patient to build the attack being so close to the goal post. I’m convinced that this would be a much better season.
Berlusconi has a fair chance of getting shot by me, if I ever get to Milan. I’m sad to say that this is still news. Milan still seems to chase Sheva or atleast gives that impression to their supporters. From Chelsea’s side, we have made it clear that Sheva is not for sale, even if they present a cheque with 15 digits in there.
There is this interesting piece of news on Jose Mourinho on Telegraph and TimesOnline. Jose says that we would see a more mellowed version of himself. Among other things he says:
I will be more mellow this season. I’ve thought about it and it’s something I want to do. I am what I am, but at the same time people use my personality to create something that is not true. If I am emotional or react to something I think is not fair, it’s normal. But I feel that over the last couple of years people have created an image that is not correct. I shouldn’t feed it. I’m a bit more mellow.
Well, he does go overboard sometimes, occasionally embarrasses with his pre-mature statements. On the whole, he has been a great source of news for the Press, with his ‘unmellowed’ version. I have a feeling that he wouldn’t change because being direct is very much his nature, in his speech, and as you know, in his football too.
Elsewhere, John Terry says he’s the son of the soil and would never leave England, even if he were to be made President of United States. I know it’s like saying ‘Ronaldo dives’ but still let me say it – for a young, fierce competitor in Europe, hungry to achieve a lot, USA is certainly not the place.
Khalid vows to prove Mourinho wrong. Well, he should vow to improve rather than to prove. Even if he is successful at Sevilla that’s no guarantee that he would come good at Chelsea unless he realises that the problem is with himself and not with the coach.
And you know what, William Galloss is not alone. Now you have Ljunberg questioning Arsenal’s future, as he stepped out of Ashburton Grave to join West Ham. I like this guy, him game and his commitment. I’m sure it would be West Ham’s gain and not sure if it’s Arsenal’s loss, given that they use a flat 4-4-2 often.
Man Utd gets into more and more legal mess as Rafa Benitez decides to consult their lawyers over the suppressed move of Gabriel Heinze. With Arsenal future questioned by their squad players, Man Utd and Liverpool into a legal battle, Chelsea changing their formation with new players, there is no better time than now to start the new season.
Chelseablog has some interesting links that you might be interested in. Andy makes a nice roundup on TheOffside on the US tour of friendlies.
Chelsea plays Feyenoord at the De Kuip stadium tomorrow at 6 pm UK time. More news on that tomorrow. See ya.
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Manure again win and this time by a whooping 6-0 , hell i can see us chasing them once again , they r so strong , score so much , play such beautiful football ………….grrrrrrrr!!! It makes my blood boil but wat can we do our coach is a machine(a very blabbering one) and he has made our team such as well , sigh , if u ppl ask me as a CFC fan who wil win the title i wld say Chelsea , but if u ask me to answer realastically , grrrr—— Manure!!!!
They seem to be a zillion levels above us in football!!!!
Srry guys i said it!!!
chelsea played well versus Galaxy , but don’t forget that team was “GALAXY” . I am looking forward to seeing chelsea versus Feyenoord . this game is a good test.
To be honest I like Mourinho . I like his manner and his interviews. sometimes I ask myself am I a cheslea fan or just jose fan. I like this man. I likr my team to have a coach who acts like fans. he jumps up and down , he shouts , he does everything . well If I want to name the 5 best moments o f my life, 2 of them are created by t his man. This man means a lot to me.
shutttt up joeblue………
i really tot we played good football……..look back almost 20 years ago when sir alex fergusen started to manage man utd….
they started in a similiar way…..they were criticised for what ever they did……nobody then siad they played good football….
some ppl even said he is so selfish to win the match that he might do anything to win it……..such critisms go on and on….
rememeber the rud gullit days …when we played the “sexy football”………what good did it fetch us…..also viali days not much impression ………
remember cluadio ranieri …he was a gentle man type……….
neva opened his mouth when needed…….i hated that guy..
finally came our jose…….
you should also look at it in a diff kinda way……our club is the most dyanamic of all……everythings fast changing in west london…..we are on a journey to mark our name on the annals of the game…on a wider sense…..its part of our development plan and very important that we get the headlines…….everyday……..jose’s givin us that dimension…he’s always in the news and making us heard all over the world……..we are growing in a big way…………
and thus we are a success both on and off the field………..
jose will prove you wrong joeblue……
Is that the real joeblue or the impersonated one? I dont see you guys logging in. Not sure if you’re those genuine joeblue, maysam and sooraj . .
Jose may win matches but that does not mean we play good football , wat do u want to say??? that we shld play ugly football , and thats the only way we can win titles??? Headlines for wat , ‘spending 500mn pounds and not winning epl or CL’ ? or maybe accusing somebody’s background cuz this machine was born in a rich family???
That might be the idea of attention-seekers like u and JM but not for real CFC fans , we want to see beautiful football and hear how CFC r a mixture of beauty and consistency , if Manure can win it like this , Barca can , Arsey hav , then why cant us???? 4 years r still transition??? stop talkin bullshit , Arsey Wenger language , u dont kno a thing abt football and u just care abt us makin headlines , wat a foolish sick man u r !!!!
Are you guys worried about Man Utd’s 6-0 win over that Chinese team? Certainly I’m not. I’d rather say that if Fergie had seen Chelsea vs LA Galaxy, he’d be surely worried!!!
no way in hell BC , u sure do hav a good sense of humour but i dont see the need t o excercise it right now!!!LOL!!!
Some very very interesting update coming up in BlueChampions this week. No, nothing changes, there’ll be a sweet addition that you’d love to have.
wat wld he be worried abt????
SAF————
oh my new signings r scoring , we hav won 4-0 and now 6-0 , and there they r CFC still slugging out , scraping goals , and crawling to the finish line like they always do!!!
I m damn worried ,
Let the bloody season begin!!!
Barca won 9-0 against this Chinese team so I think they are
not that good a team…but I agree we need to score more goals….I haven’t seen any preseason match so far and hence would be able to comment on JM only after Birmingham match…
but as far as I understand JM he will play same direct football and grind out results….I wish I am proved wrong….
Dont worry Manish u wont be proved wrong , slugging and crawling as they say ‘Its in the Machine parts’ oops , i mean the blood!!!
guys how can u possibly compare Galaxy to a chinese team… not only are ManUre a (i hate to say it) but solid english team, they will of had about 2 foot of height and a good 2-stone of weight on every player! ManUre will have pushed the little guys about and played over the top of the bigger guys! 6-0 against a eastern team is not that big of a victory! Galaxy on the other hand have the same build as the TRUE english champions, they had the ability to move us of of the ball and in some cases push us of it! we played a far superior team and altho they may be MLS they showed some bloody good moves! just watching the video they were playing shap football, Even tho over-shaddowd by our flair they challenged Chech and Cudicini on a number of occasions! im sure ManUre wernt quite as tested! i am confident in our approach and in our ability and the fact ManUre have just been playing Micky Mouse teams while we have been looking for a (weak) test!
stop the doubting and start believing!
DROGBA SHEVA AND MALOUDA linked together so fluently its clear they are forming a quite formidable relationship, the passing, vision and link up play was tremendous to watch and unlike some of us, im all the more excited about this coming Season!
IT IS IN THE BLOOD!!!!
Yeah let the season begin …..we’ll see what counts…………
a hard fought victory or an easy goin 6-0 drubbing…………..
i bet ova players will be in better shape than those manures or
livafools……….
and besides i dont care what these otr teams do……..
i’m least bothered……..to me what matters the most is how we are about the job…………..till now i’m 100% satisfied…..
hail the blues………………..
i just cant understand why JoeBlue is so quick to jump on the negative band wagon, look at the whole picture, u seem to have some red tinted glasses!
yeah sheva was totally sharp in the L.A games….its a pity that goal wasn’t given…….oh marvelous to watch………………..
n thnx 4 the whole highlights………its waybetter than givin just the goals………keep the good work goin BC…………..
thats more like it sooraj! get behind the team and open your eyes to the bigger picture, our players will be in better shape than ManUre, just watch in this coming charity shield match against ManUre…They will shit themselves when they have a REAL team running at them! Ferdinand wont know whats hit him!!!
yeah come august 5th…..
we’ll see fergie and manhols running the hell out for cover…….
we’ll kick their butttzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
anyone knows if any channel airs the matches in India?
u r completely at sea Danski , so wat do u say abt a Mexican club beating Galaxy 3-0 just abt a week back , surely Mexicans r not known for their size or do u indicate they brought giants for the match or maybe played africans??? u can make up any excuse as u like but the truth remains!!!!
oh and BC the title is hilarious , u really kno how to get on the humour nerves , i mean can Jose get more boring than he already is???? wat a fantastic joke!!!! its in the machine parts LOL!!!
Nice highlights packages BC. thanks for sharing. I like the way Sheva and Moluda made the disallowed goal. I hope to see many more in the new season. I dont know if Jose will ever be boring… if Sheva and Moluda do not make the Football intersting this new season, Jose will sure make it.
Joeblue i feel yor pain but this season is the season we are going to change our style of football. It’s gonna show up our defence, esp John Terry but we will be scoring a lot more goals and CREATING CHANCES for a change.
joe blue, we played our share of interesting football in the 90s and early 2000.its the turn of the our teams to entertain as we collect our overdue trophies.
if you think it’s easy try being an ass anal fun for a week and see how the interesting football thing is so hollow.
Robben should stay, i’ll tell you why. he plays on half the games in the season, so we have the best bench player ever,the time is injured malouda plays, the 2 or three games he is fit to play malouda rests.
who are you going to find we so much quality wanting to sit on the bench.
give him a new contract.
i really hope so Cashif we do share the same pain it seems!!!
And u jard all ur philosophies are as stupid as u , i find no sense in ur foolish theories , and hav no interest in getting into a debate with such a low intelectual , so it wld be hence better if we both ignore each others comments!!!
Nice package BC…Its way better watching it here than on that crap youtube!!!! Now lets get to business!!
Joeblue calm down dude…..relax man!!! U getting all torn up and frustrated, mine u give uself a heart attack man!
Last season was a season many of us real fans would rather like to forget …YES!!! Not much flair creativity,diving and stuff….Never mind the fact tho that we still did pretty well!!!
Whether you like it or not Joeblue, we have a brilliant tactician! Last season’s tactics were somewhat devious but somewaht understandable! It ws a precautionary measure in relation to the injuries! Which u may have forgotten!
How many fit and consistent wingers did we have last season?????
Really and truly i personally think that was our best option at the time!!!! In order to keep us competing!!! It wsnt a boring tactic….it was a defensive tactic!
very sad many ppl dnt enjoy proper defense anymore:-(
We conceded the least # of goals…..No1 remembers that!
Its a new season now….new players, renewed vision, more passion, more hunger!!!
Lets get behind the boyz instead of constantly criticizing em and comparing em to stinky Manure!!!! I hate it when u do that!
I didnt hear any1 talking about how entertaining Manure were the seasons when we won the premiership and saying Chelsea were boring……….Y?
Bcuz we were 2 busy beating em and every1 else!
Thats the thing with football……
If we had won this season, playing the same brand of football……most ppl would be saying…how efficient and productive Chelsea were NOT BORING, with little mention of MAnure being so entertaining! Im 18 and I’ve bn around long enuff to kno dat………..
I assure ya’ll if Hose truly is the SPECIAL1 then we will see more entertaining football next season…..
Lets see
Agentblue i hav been criticizing our brand of football since JM has come , on this site since i hav become a regular , but the fact remains wether u call it consistent it is -Boring!!!! U dint here me cuz i dont kno u personally dude!!!
JM is one of the best tacticians , he knos how to get the best out of his players but he is arrogant , short-sighted and luvs shitty football, and it wasant just last season , his philosophy of passing around in the defence has been here since he came , yes we did very well and score well in the first season , but after that the teams hav got used to our football!!!
Dont give the crap that we were playing conservative football , we still werent better than Watford and scraped a win , we cldnt beat Villa in the league , we drew Fulham at home , we scraped away to Reading and drew at home ,we lost to Spurs and Boro , scraped at Bolton and drew agnst them at home , stole a win at Wigan , tell me r these the results of a champion team???????
No and thats why we were not champions , this mentality won us in the first season , it was closer in the second , we lost in the third and i can see this graph going only one place now!!!
u guys still ramble on abt the injuries , but who has been spending so much money??? JM has spent abt 500 mn pounds and then we celebrate our titles as if we hav won them out of nothing , any manager in this world , and even non-managers can win titles if u get to throw away such a lot of money , and there no ‘SPECIAL THINGY’ in it!!!!!! who plans the squad???? who buys the players??? who plans the tactics????——– JM and stop his worshipping , he is nothing special he is no god any manager can do wat he has done if u get so much money!!!!
Ok Joeblue Im really not 1 to follow up arguments but by the looks of it dude…….U wont be happy until “The SECIAL 1″ leaves Chelsea!!! U may argue all u like and compare all u like……..
Sure we gave away sum points thru the season….that happens to every1 or every team.
MANURE drew with Sunderland,(lol) Lost to West Ham twice in 0ne season, dropped sum points which should have allowed us to have regained our title, and the greatest one of all was that 5:0 thumping thet got fron Newcastle(sum seasons back)…hehehehe long b4 MR Mourinho wz here. But neway just saying that to show that Chelsea did not lose to these below satndard teams because we played boring football….we just never finished our chances, simply put!!!!
Am I to assume that Manure cannot lose to any of these teams because they play entertaining football???????? ur kidding man! Even tho time after time they have. Even at the end of this season,,,,,,they were riding teir luck time and time again with last minute winners!
Joeblue our boring team hasnt lost to Arsenil in around 3 season….hmm(I think) while Manure play with their entertaining brand of football and are being beaten tym and tym again by Arsenil(lol)
I dnt think its a matter of us being boring bro………..Its simply a matter of lack of efficiency up front in our finishing!!! We create of course but do we always score….No we dnt:-(
JM’s football is shit…. no doubt about that…I can accept injuries’ excuse against top teams(though with so much money spent that shouldn’t be) but we struggled against Wigan,Watford, Fulham,Reading which is totally unacceptable for a team supposed to be champion…if JM doesn’t make changes this time story won’t be different.
I guess SAF is shit also….Manish which top class team hasnt lost and struggled to a lower team b4??????? Man U lost to West Ham twice in the season 4 heavens sake,,and sum other lower teams!!!!!They were the eventual champions rite???
MAnure struggled against many of the same teams that Chelsea struggled against!!!! If ur gonna be that hard on the man….be hard on all the other managers who lose to lower teams!!!!
thats only fair
Many of ya’ll expectations of the club is a bit too high…..b4 the Mourinho era the expectations werent half as high!!!!
We now have a super rich owner who spends millions on the club and players and all of a sudden Chelsea should be invinsible!!!!!
be reasonable and intelligent guys……..
Money doesnt guarantee success.
i’ve learned that first hand from “Fake Madrid!”
Thank God 4 Barca messing up they won last season!
Similarly thank God 4 us wasting our opportunities to score we lost the title to Manure……
My biggest prob with Mr mourinho however is the fact that based on the amount of cash spent on players, there should have been suitable amount of replacements to cover 4 the injuries…..
That was my biggest concern 4 last season!
If ya’ll wanna argue with the man, argue along those lines!!
Dnt come with bogus arguments like………….
Manish:
“JM’s football is shit…. no doubt about that…I can accept injuries’ excuse against top teams(though with so much money spent that shouldn’t be) but we struggled against Wigan,Watford, Fulham,Reading which is totally unacceptable for a team supposed to be champion…if JM doesn’t make changes this time story won’t be different.”
Chelsea will never win every match and we will still have our ups and downs!!!!!
what is important is that we ensure we have more ups than downs!!!!!
After all,the manager aint perfect as none is and the players aint perfect either……….
NO AMOUNT OF MONEY WILL EVER GUARANTEE SUCCESS!
WHEN WE WIN THIS SEASON WE WILL PROVE THAT!
THEN WE ALL WILL BE ABLE TO LAUF AT MANURE AND LOSERPUDDLE!
Cheers Blues 4 Lyphe!!
joeblue from the very last season you were criticising the CFC , the way they play, the way our special one makes decisions,
i think you are blindly crit’ng the special one and his boys.
why are you so worried about MANURE….
if they win 6-0 in china then does it means they are stronger….
yes they are stronger, also our boys….
let them win by 6 or 10 or 100 goals…….WHO CARES…..
the matter is EPL this season….
and on the behalf of all our CFC fans and BC ….keep supportin CFC….
WE ARE WHAT WE ARE…… AND WE DONT CARE ANY ONE.
WE NEED OUR TITLE BACK…..
ITS IN OUR BLOOD……………..
At least sum1 shows sum strong Chelsea loyalty!!!!!!!
Cheers Zubinj9
Blues 4 lyphye!!
Definitely Its In our blood!!!!!!
Joeblue and Manish Im not opposed to ur criticism of the Special1…Once its constructive it has to be accepted……,but the fact is that u simply do not like a hair on the guy’s head! At least thats how it seems! Maybe if it was sum other manager doing the same thing then ya’ll would be saying sumthin else??????????
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When playing style is discussed JM backers say comparison shoudn’t be made with Manure…on Chelsea’s struggle against lower teams same guys easily point to Manure’s failure against West Ham etc…this points to biased and dishonest analysis of last season….
be a fan, not a chauvinist….accept and discuss shortcomings, no harm in it….may be JM visits this forum and take some cue(LOL)…
ya manish
be a FAN not critic MACHINE always
righto Manish and this Agentblue looks ready to bow down and pay homage to Jose , tell me if anyone gets a vault full of money , the right to throw it away on anything and a well placed team of talented players who in the hell cant win titles???? these guys talk of managers before JM ,dont forget no other manager , not only in CFC history but anywhere else has had this privelage!!!
never u dare accuse our loyalty again AB , unlike u we r Chelsea supporters not Jose lovers , so get that straight and then say such shit!!!
Its just that U hav fallen in luv wid dis man ,so its insane to reason with u!!!
and zubinj9 u cant direct anyone to do anything , fans can be critical at times , supportive at need , united agnst the others and intelligent to debate footie , funny u mantion ‘Machine’ wen u urself luv machine man Jose and his mechanical tactics!!!LOL!!!
Lets observe first few matches of the season…till then jury is out….I hope JM plays ‘football’ this time…believe me if he does so we will be banging goals left right centre.
I’ve missed quite the discussion!! Joe and Manish bring up good points, but they’re arguing the wrong way. We don’t play shit football because if we did, we’d never ever finish second. And about us being boring, we weren’t boring last season. We were very exciting… you are quick to mention the crap games (which were few, and you don’t seem to put them in perspective–how tired were we fighting for four competitions??) but you never mention the terrific moments… The game at the Mestalla, Arsenal at home, Spurs at home and away in FA cup. All these games and more. We had a fantastic season, full of excitement. And remember, we had the Ballack-Lampard problem in the midfield, Andriy pulling a sheva, and endless problems from a weak bench. Now, we’re going to have a lot better season because Lamps and Ballack won’t have a sure spot in the XI, so they better play better. Also, we have the powerful Pizarro upfront to give Sheva a run for his money anytime he’s under-performing… So we won’t have the problems of last season, being unable to finish all the opportunities we created…
And Joeblue, how many of the games you listed had Cech in them??
joeblue – apparently you’re not aware of football history at all. you said: “these guys talk of managers before JM ,dont forget no other manager , not only in CFC history but anywhere else has had this privelage”.
Check how much AC Milan, Inter Milan, Real Madrid and Barcelona have spent over the last 20 years. Then you will know the reality. Don’t make will guesses on things that you do not know.
i’m not a great jose fan but i respect for all that he has achieved and he can achieve. so many fans of other clubs have very high regards for his managerial quality and talent, that they are in fact, jealous of us.
i’m ashamed to call you a fellow-blue. see how madrid supporters supported them all along when they wnet trophyless for many seasons. and you . . cribbing . . sobbing . . complaining . . i seriously doubt if you enjoy being a Chelsea fan.
its clear joe blue just comments to enduce and argument. i tend to pass by his comments.. they have meaning but the way its portraid makes him sound anything but blue!
Happy blogging guys
and also notice that his argument for any1 with anything positive to say about jose is that we love him not the team…change the record joe”blue” its gettin dull
Joe Blue is a faint hearted Blue fan. I watched Manure beat that chinese team and it did not move me a wee bit. Because that wasno team. Just watch again and see the amount of space Manure players were being given. For a pre-season, I thought the plan is to pick opponents that would help you get into shape. Joe blue and manish clearly have a problem with Jose. I think the propaganda from our opponents has eventually worn you out. look at this way- It takes time to imbibe the winning culture. while inculcating that winning habit into the team, it is prudent to be cautious and not reckless. Do you remember how Ranieri blew our chances in that Semi finals against monaco by doing those reckless substitutions, that is something we did not need. Chelsea over the last three seasons under Mour has developed Character and winning pedigree. This is the season to now open up and am glad Jose has himself decided to that. watching us against Galaxy proveed that our style is different this year. Our passing game is more fluid- the movements around the box much better- I believe if Mour can gradually let Mikel and Essien run the midfield, our game will be at a whole different level this year.
By the way, we lost last year in my view thro no fault of mourinho. Gallas exit was opposed by him but what could he have done? But more crucially, Roman behaved like a teenager by refusing to get Tal Ben haim during the Jan window- without him, we lacked cover not only at the back at crucial times but more importantly, we lost the pivotal role of outr Bionic engine Man, essien. Our Exit in CL and loss of EPL were down mainly to this. We could still have overhauled Manure despite the huge problem we had around christmas caused by absence of Cech and Terry.
Have faith, you fainthearted blues. This year is the real beginning of the Royal Blue Domination. Just wait to see.
Guys, if we lacked cover for injuries at back then who is responsible….its coach…JM must accept his faults whenever
they are there but its not in his blood….even when we play crap
he says we were great liek CL semifinal at Anfield.
JoeBlue, I respect to your idea, but I like good result more than good soccer.
I said Galaxy is not a good team , but for sure they are better than chinese teams
manish – we were not shit against liverpool in the sf. we rolled them over in the first leg where we should have scored 3 or 4. in the second leg, we were not shit and we played well but we didnt score. it’s all in the way you look at things and your expectations.
wat i meant was to be a FAN … and tat says it all….
i didnt tell u to be critic…
i was just mentioning that dont use ur keypad only to type critics
Why do you blame Mour for lack of cover last year? Gallas left cos perception that the top hierarchy did not fully appreciate his worth. His exit happened on the last day, barely any time to have a quality replacement. Boula who had been added because of his performance with Holland played a couple of great games, notably the first match against Barca and after that was either out injured or was a disaster. Mour tried hard to recruit Ben haim during the January window. That did not happen because Roman was sething with anger cos Mour was not treating Sheva with kids gloves. I maintain that our troubles last year were mainly due to that failure of the club to get Mour the needed replacement in January. Manure know too well that but for that crisis, we would have sailed through ahead of them. In the CL, we were clearly the best out of the four teams that entered the semis. But for that lottery loss to loserpool, I can bet my last penny that we would taken Milan apart in the finals just as we had earlier done to Barca and Valencia. Have some faith. Sometimes You do not know the value of what you have till you lose it. Mour is great for Chelsea especially now that he wants to go the next level of doing the all out football without sacrificing our defensive solidity.
seems some people are under unhappy bondage to the club?
My view has always been …you have to look at what binds you to the club.
if its beautiful football maybe you should be an Arse or Manure.
then you can enjoy 6-0 wins over ??????? Ithink last season was an exception cos of the lack of width and depth in certain areas of the squad but its really not true to say we did not play exciting football all through.there is really way too much whining in the name of criticism and its really sad any counter view must come from a JM lover(classic fallacy of argument).
Anyway, we do not have the sort of creative players other teams have but we have the most effecient and workmanlike bunch of soccer players on this planet bar AC Milan (now thats a team to benchmark urselves against)and we are a study in football methodology.
no tell me….Do you think AC Milan plays beuatiful football????
Bigbadblue, you can’t dictate which club one should support….
you say ‘we don’t have creative players’….if Robben,Cole,SWP,Sheva etc are not flair players then no-one can boast of so….these all are great players but under JM they all give
average performance….JM is killing talent.
here comes the ‘Jose let me clean ur boots’ gang members!!!
lets start then , Adonis , i really respect u dude cuz u talk like a fan , u argue ur case and then put it across , cheers , but i still think u r wrong , champions dont hav to scrape and win , yes those games were entertaining no doubt but they decimated our prestige completely , we took in goals from every opposition , yes we had the best defence in the EPL, but in the CL??? hardly a match went where we dint concede , i want beautiful football ,not a tense match where we scrape thru to the next level!!!
Of course i dont expect us to roll over opponenets ,but we were never convincing enough , trying to chase ever y rabbit in the bush as they say and ending up with none!! in this case the only rabbits i consider worthy r the CL and EPL and we lost both!!!!
Mestalla————–we scraped thru to the next round by 3-2 agg!!!
Arsey————–we equalized in the dying minutes lost 2 crucial points , cldnt score , in the away match we went a goal and man down and lost the title even after fighting hard!!!
Spurs————–we shamefully conceded 3 at home , were on the brink of defeat before fat Jol recalled the devastating Berba who had marshalled spurs ripping apart our defence effortlessly!!!
These were great games but showed how vulnerable we r , how penetrable we r , how easily we can concede goals , hence nothin to boast abt i m damn sure!!!
Trublu , sorry mate but i post comments neither for ur satisfaction or ur entertainment , its just plain and simple truth if u cant bear it ignore me dude , i hav no problems at all!!!!
But i can assure u i hav my facts pretty right , no club has spent this amount of money and even then end up as losers , ppl say Real but hey 30 league titles and still growing , i see no prob , whereas here we r spending and apending and spending and
wen we loose –’oh , r we expected to win everything??? jose is only human look at wat all he has done he is the greatest manager!!’
if we win-’see we told u so , he is the greatest manager in the world!!!’
give me a break , i too am damn ashamed to call u a fellow blue TB , i can assure u that , it pains me no end to see ppl like u tryin to defend Jose fighting for him , clinging for him ,hoping ur god stays , u make me sick , we don not agree on any topic but i just post my comments and i respect others opinions until u ppl start this shit again , there is something called freedom of speech and expression , if u dont follow it its ur personal choice but unfortunately for u guys this blog does!!!!
i dont kno wat u consider urself bigbadblue , the unofficial security gaurd i think , stop dictating others,u bloody damn hav no right to question anybody , just post something rational and intelectual for a change , get a life dude!!!
Manish, I do not intend to dictate to anyone … follow what you will.
When the Manager starts the preseason with a crew cut and declares this is war, what did you really expect?
Last season, where were the “flair players”? I have not said anything that is not true. Robben was in and out. Cole was out, Sheva was never a flair player ( IMO). If you want to argue JM has been killing SWP’s talent, that would be sad.
We did not have these players last year and then lost Duff as well. We really made the best of a wingless wonder all season through.
Will you say since JM has been killing talent that Diarra, Mikel, Drogba have clearly become worse players? I think that wing play is central to “attractive football” and the clear absence of wingers will affect the way the team our plays…except you have a Maradona or Pele in your side.
that said, the team seems much more dynamic this year. I do think this trait will see us through a lot this season. plus “flair players” are back.
Now where the F**K is Alex?????
Hey Joeblue…totally agree with ur points and can understand ur frustration with those scrapy wins….but lets give some space to JM and his backers…wait for first few matches of the season..may be JM gives something nice this time…I would be happiest if I have to eat all what I have said about JM so far…till then cool down a bit towards fellow fans.
Sorry Joe,
I missed saying hello to you and you are clearly hurt. okay …I apologise, I should have smacked you over the head.
If you have not noticed…I am IGNORING you!!!! get it. take the hint and bugger off.
If you are a Chelsea Fan, you are the dregs, the very bottom feeder low life type the clube will ever get.
Is that intellectual enuff for you. bet you did not even clear high school.
repeat… I AM IGNORING YOU!!!!!!!
TAKE A HINT. ITS BIG ENOUGH NOW.
Bigbadblue, its not that only wingers can be flair players…any-one who can contribute to building up of an attack either by pace or dribbling or dodges is a flair player and I think Sheva is capable of this…but JM’s ‘solid’ football doesn’t allow such things and hence Sheva is looked down as a failure today….SWP has not at all improved under JM,no two thoughts on that.
would will agree that flair players are more likely to be wingers though. Robben, Ronaldo, Quaresma?? , Messi, etc come to mind. Those that are not, come with very big egos (LOL).
I also agree that the system places constraints on them though eg Mikel is a Flair player … but his play is so much more controlled today. Same goes for Joe Cole.
Between you and I, I dont think Sheva was a failure. Too bad his reputation is too big but he still did 15 goals last season. He clearly struggled but worked extremely hard. Reminded me of SWP a lot. They both seem to struggle with the wieght of expectations…..and they both look sharper this preseason.
SWP has been the player of the preseason for me…..but then the real thing cometh…
holy god how long hav i waited for this security gaurd to get off my back , i get the hint , i get the whole pic thanx a hell lot dude bigbadblue!!!
nd Maysam cheers pal , thats ur opinion , and i respect it , nice to see somebody being straightforward and simple for a change , wat happened to the pics mate , wanna see dem soon!!!!
and bigbadblue if i see one more comment abusing me for ur own fuckin entertainment , u wld live to regret it lowly, uneducated, parasite!!!
Hereby i hav nothin to do with this excrement!!!
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz….boring…boring….
actually, you are about the only entertainment on this site!!! i should give you some credit. you are even more boring you claim the Team is….I feel like you are the SI unit for boring.
So Arse is like 1 JB? – really great football eh.
Barca – 1 JB
Manure – 4JB – okay
Chealsea- 7JB – boring but efficeint.
now what are you gonna do about this……
joeblue the tru fool…..
only live entertainment I meant….
damn, I am entertained……..
i rightly named u parasite , we can all se why!!!
“parasite”?? thats 5 JB….thats unlike you!!!! common…there’s more shit in you yet, spill it. Shitbag.
Stupid Ass………Ppl leave the quarrelling 4 the ladies….We are fans not sissies!!!!!!! We all disagree @ times!
Cut it out!!!!!!!!!
okay as long as its is civil , language and all. This is a great site and the people too for the most part.
Alrite then…….no mas!!!!
THE END
WHOA WHOA WHOA… We are all blue fans here, whether we love JM and his football or not. Constrain yourselves and be respectful guys, you’re fighting like you’re Barca/Real fans… Cut it out. continue the discussion properly, concentrating on the football, and not on one another for goodness’ sake. It’s like a kindergarten dispute!
Joeblue, to follow up on what I was saying, we clearly had much more on our plate than those teams, as you must agree. At the time all these matches took place, we were still fighting for all 4 trophies, with every single match extremely important, and every week with 1, maybe two tough matches. Now let me see… Arsenal were not even fighting for a CL spot, they were safely fighting with Loserpool for 3rd/4th… Valencia was out of the La Liga race, effectively… Only cared about Europe, and the Spurs… If you recall who was playing defence that game, you’ll be sure that’s not under a normal situation that we concede three to the spurs. And mind you, I didn’t point these games out to say we had a great season. All I said was that we had heart and were the gutsiest team in the world, and these comebacks showed what truly shined and made our football entertaining last year. It was our never-die, off-the-canvas will to win, and we never, ever had that before JM. Say what you will about him but would Raineri have dealt with such a horrific season in injuries and lack of cover as well as JM?? Would any manager in the world?? Maybe one or two, but not too many. Like it or not, we have one of the top five managers in the world.
And don’t tell me “Raineri would never have had the problem of cover to begin with…” JM’s hand was forced when it came to the defence, and our major problem of the season, as I recall, had nothing to do with JM’s “ineptness in the transfer market.” As I recall in a game against Reading, Cech was plowed into and nearly died, and shortly thereafter, our only capable replacement Cudicini was also injured. Hilario played alright, for a third goalkeeper. But it just is not in his blood, if you will.
You can’t expect Jose to sign THREE world class goalies, that’s a waste of money and talent. Now Cudicini was terrific, and was the only one we needed. My point is, JM made the right decision with the GK, yet it ended up costing us a lot. So, the circumstances of last season were not FULLY JM’s fault. I admit, he was a bit stubborn playing Lamps and Ballack simultaneously, which wasn’t too effective, but overall, he was FORCED to play the diamond and therefore a reduced flashy/stylish brand of football. And even when we have a full healthy squad, we aren’t Barca, but we are a lot better than we were.
And this year we’ll be even better. Malouda’s going to help, and the probable improvement of Kalou, Sheva, and SWP will as well. Oh, and a healthy Joe Cole and Robben… can’t forget them. I’m sure you’ll agree, Manish and Joe… this year’s looking up, and JM’s not as big a devil as you’ve painted him to be.
i went there
i watch the entire game 
i got my pizarro shirt too