Okay, some essential news roundup. Hope you know that Drogba, Ballack and Sheva will be back in another week or so. That’s some good news after a series of bad days for Chelsea. There are some interesting quotes from Drogba, Malouda and few others, Timesonline lists (truth is ‘listed long back’) the top 50 footballers at the moment, which does not include Arjen Robben who seems to be surely on his way out.
BBC Sport has this interesting team-by-team analysis of the premier league for the season 07-08. Mark Lawreson has written about all the teams and their prospects this season. Well, I don’t quite value Mark’s predictions and assessments, but I should start believing what he says because he says Chelsea will be the crowned as the premier league champions this season. Makes a nice read!
Could be late news but anyway, Timesonline or ‘somebody’ in Timesonline has listed down the top 50 footballers as of date. To no one’s surprise Kaka tops the list. The Chelsea players who feature there are Essien (5), Cech (14), Lampard (16), Drogba (22), Shevchenko (24), Ballack (26), Terry (30) and Malouda (31). Read those clever disclaimer paragraphs before you proceed to the list. They have published few more top lists including ‘Worst 50′ transfers, where Sheva gets a picture up the article ;-)
Just remembered now. Only three more days for the kick-off of the fantasy league. Have you signed up for the BlueChampions fantasy league? Yes right? Ok, now let’s move ahead.
Long time no talk on Robben. It is rumoured that Chelsea wants 27 million pounds for Robben and Real Madrid are thinking in the range of 14 – 15 million pounds. Sounds like a joke isn’t it? Why can’t it be as simple as Kenyon calling Calderon and telling him and “We want 27 million pounds for Arjen” and Calderon saying “No, thanks. That’s too much”. How can there be a communication gap that’s worth about 12 -13 million pounds? Strange.
But senior Robben says this:
We hope that the agreement between Real Madrid and the Chelsea can be closed tomorrow [Tuesday]. Between now and Wednesday we think that everything can be solved. My son cannot make any sort of declaration or grant any interview until the agreement between Madrid and Chelsea is reached. His present club will not allow him to speak with the Spanish press until an agreement is reached. Chelsea is a club that protects its players.
So, he is surely on his way out. We are only shagging over the price. As you know already I’m a big fan of him but the prospect of signing Alves makes me tilt towards sending off unhappy Robben.
Elsewhere, Ben Haim sounds very confident as he talks about what’s important for the back four in Terry’s absence.
Of course John Terry is a fantastic player. He helped me to settle in here. We had a few missing, and we want to be 100 per cent in every game we play. The manager told me to play, and I do my best in each game. The defenders can see everything from the back, so of course we need to speak and communicate with the team. But it is not only me speaking, also the whole of the back four have to communicate and it is our job to do that from the back because we see everything.
I’m very sure that he’ll do well. He has the skill, determination and attitude that are required for a centre back (or you can even say for a good footballer). Ben Haim wanted to get Terry’s jersey number but ended getting his centre back role, how sweet for him!
If you think Malouda joined us only because of Drogba, you’re only half correct. He says that the main reason why he chose Chelsea was the team factor than the club factor or anything.
I had a lot of options but for me I chose Chelsea not only because of Didier Drogba but because from the moment he played here I used to watch Chelsea games and it’s a team I really appreciate. I didn’t meet Rafa. I spoke with him many times. I have a lot of respect for Rafa Benitez and I know he appreciates me. But in Liverpool I didn’t feel everyone in the club was like Rafa Benitez and wanted me. That’s why I chose Chelsea.
Lot of people say this about Chelsea and we can also feel this. They all play well together and are buddies even outside the pitch. They think alike and the teamwork comes from the fact that the collective goal in very much etched in their minds.
This might sound atrocious for non-Chelsea fans (more so for anti-Chelsea fans). Drogba considers it to be a divine right for Chelsea to win the premier league title every season. How else would you explain these comments from Didier. Well, you can also say that he, alongwith his team mates, are a set of warriors who simply dont want to lose.
The whole Chelsea squad has felt it, it is not nice, and now it is up to us to go out and win back the title. The way last season ended is still fresh in our minds. It was horrible we could feel the Premier League slipping away. After spending all year battling for it, it wasn’t to be for us. Now United will keep the trophy until next May. That hurts even more. To win it three years in a row would have been special but United were strong throughout the season and it is fair to say they played better football for large parts. All I have thought about in the last few months is getting our trophy back. This Chelsea team is built to win things.
I liked this part – “This Chelsea team is built to win things”. Say it loud and clear!
[tags]Chelsea, Drogba, Robben, Malouda, Ben Haim, Premier League, Real Madrid, Rafa Benitez, Liverpool, John Terry, Kaka, Dani Alves, Essien, Cech, Lampard, Drogba, Shevchenko, Ballack[/tags]
great blog BC, robben can go – we have malouda and young scott sinclair who doesnt seem like a whiner! Let’s get alaves becasue as much as i admire glen johnson’s athleticism his shortcoming is his brain! Go chelsea go BC.
PS: I hope joeblue doesnt contaminate this blog…
Frankly speaking, we’ve got used to Robben not being around. Let’s admit it. It’s not that he played all 60 matches and played really well or something. He’s always on and off. As much as I like him, I’d love to see Alves in Robben’s money.
i dont believe in such top 50s. anyone can come up with a list and get that published. websites like timesonline let one of their sports correspondents run riot with such top 50s. no one is going to agree with anyone’s top 50 etc.
buts still if i have to comment on this top 50, my gripe is that drogba is at 22, which is very given his current form. ronaldo in no.3??? he can’t run 10 metres against good oppositions and he is rated so highly? he has been particularly poor against chelsea, arsenal and liverpool – home and away. he was poor against milan – home and away. lucky him at no.3! And ramos ahead of ruud? i dont think so!
as regards lawro’s predictions, i dont rate them as well, but more and more people have started to believe that this is Chelsea’s season.
i have malouda in my fantasy league team. hope he has a great season ahead!!! robben can go. he doesnt deserve to be a blue anymore but we should get a lot of money with no compromise. he has to make good all those weeks and months he was watching chelsea on tv.
mark my words, ben haim is top class and we won’t miss terry.
scott_sinc well said about the top 50s, but he probably rated Sergio Ramos higher than Ruud because he’s 21, 10 years younger than the Dutchman… I see your point, perhaps, and with Real being my second favorite team, I’ve watched them quite often playing together. I’ve got to say, Van Nistelrooy was one influential player last term. Along with Drogba they were the best 2 strikers in Europe.
Alves on our side whets my appetite… I can’t bear watching Ferreira or Johnson underperform one more season. It’s time to plug the biggest hole in our team, SIGNE ALVES and give us a terrific RB.
They have this little thing about our injury situation as well… seems like Drogba and Sheva will miss the Birmingham game and Terry’s out for a month!! At least we have Cech, Tal Ben Haim, and soon, Alex.
What’s up with the Drenthe deal, BC?
Drenthe is using court in an attempt to force his way out of Feyenoord so as to sign with Real Madrid. That is the latest news from him and it is not encouraging.
adonis – drenthe is mostly going to madrid. it’s like the heinze story. drenthe is planning to sue feyenoord as they are not allowing him to join real madrid. in short, forget about drenthe. let’s see how dani alves deal goes.
kaka is the best player now but why drogba is so low? let’s robben and ballack as well. madrid are offering for 50 million euros. let’s take it and buy alves and deco. end of story. UCL, PL everything is ours!
no i now dont think ballack should be sold. he should be given some more chance to prove himself in this league. he’d do lot better than lamps. let robben go for whatever money.
I’d rather keep Robben so we’re guaranteed some quality width this season. Kalou is evidently not a winger. However inconsistent he is with injuries, when he’s on form we have absolutely no one better.
If we play a flat 442, that would benefit the two strikers immensely.
We don’t need Robben. Like BC said, we are very much accustomed to not having him around because he is injured so frequently. Besides that we have Malouda, a stronger, more determined, and more consistent left-winger. Robben might look great when he’s on form but how often is that?
If we want to win the Premiership we need consistent performers in the squad. I can’t help but think that Jose and Kenyon recognized this, so they brought in Malouda.
Letting him go (which will evidently enable us to snag Alves) is a fantastic move in my opinion. I love the way Ashley links up with Drogba from his LWB position, and here’s to hoping Alves can do the same from the right!
Quick update here: Ashley Cole left training with a thigh injury. Expected back for the Birmingham game.
can sheva/ballack play against birmingham or not ?
Let Robben go. He’s not shown much loyalty and I think we’ll be better off without him. Malouda is an EXCELLENT replacement for him. Hes strong and good on the wing and can shoot well too. Robben and his ‘glass ankles’ were completely the opposite of Chelsea who prides themselves on being tough (led by the Bison). Malouda is far more suited to Chelsea’s style of play. And I’ll be honest, Robben was the biggest diver in our team: let him go!
As for Ballack, dont let him go in a million years! Once hes fit, he can be back in our team as the playmaker. Lamps having a bit of a bad run so perhaps a bit of a rest might be good. In any case, Ballack acts as a perfect substitute for Lampard. He takes on the role of AMF perfectly and at the same time, can also be an emergency holding midfielder. Hes hits shots hard and just as well from the midfield. And we can forget even mentioning his headers, which are world-class. I’m a big fan of Ballack and i think Ballack, Lampard and Essien can play in the 4-3-3 midfield together.
Lastly, Id just like to say what formation I would love to be used when eveyone is back from injury
Cech
Paulo Terry Carvalho A.Cole
Essien
Lampard Ballack
Shevchenko Malouda
Drogba
with that 4-3-3, weve got Drogba up front and Sheva to the right. Maloudas the left winger. When Joeys in form and Shevas not, then Joey takes the place. Finally, if Alves is brought in, i believe we can smell the Premiership once again!
I worry what getting another right back (alves) does to Diarra. He seems to be anxious to play and is a good, tough player who often found time on the right side. And it’s not to say that Diarra is comparable to Alves, because he is not. I would just hate to see Diarra go someplace else.
Chelsea does not need Robben , I did not think this way first, but after watching Malouda and renewed SWP , I strongly believe we don’t need robben .
I like him , but he is the first player who leaves chelsea just for money . noone did this before , no one. Eduir NO , Duff No , Melchiot No , nobody . now I hate robben he plays just for money and these kind of players won’t succeed. I am sure . he will spend most of games in Real medical department.
I don’t think Alves will flourish in EPL….he moves forward too much but is not that fast to come back quickly in case of any counter-attacks ,hence would provide too much space for fast paced opposition of which there is no dearth in EPL ….we should rather go for someone like Micah Richards.
The Chelsea Team as I see it, is built t be a ” battering ram”.
Now all who say we’re never gonna get the CL , my answer is :
The castle gates will fall sooner or later if we continue smashing at it time and time again but eventually and surely they will fall.
Moulada for Robben is great ( not cos I dislike Rooben ) cos he is tough.
The goal against ManUre proves it
Radical Evans @16: Diarra may not get a starting place but remember, Chelsea’s priority this season is premier league and champions league. Players like Diarra, Sidwell etc would feature in the domestic cups very much apart from being second choice for PL & UCL games. Plus, I dont think Arsenal needs a right back and they dont need a holding midfielder either. I wonder where Diarra could play at Arsenal, that is if he really goes there.
Manish@18: You’re right. Alves is very attacking and he would create space and gap at the back for the opponents to take advantage. But he can work well in teams where something like total football is practised, Chelsea, to some extent I’d say. When Alves gets way too up, Essien should read the game and fill in the empty right back position, until that attack is over. It’s all about defining and adjusting roles, as per the team startegy and individual specialties.
RH@19: Exactly that’s why I’ve started liking Malouda. This guy is tough and he has this never say die attitude. His power, muscle and strength makes up for any gap in skill between him and Robben.
If Robben had got that ball from Ashley, I don’t think he’d have ended up with a goal, may be with any other defender but not with Rio. Rio would have brought him down harmlessly.
I was of the view that what Chelsea practices is antithesis of total football…else we would hadn’t felt Terry’s absence last season…
Manish, I think BC was talking about the fluid movement of players between positions, one covering for another as the play dictates.
fluid movement of players in Chelsea…r u kidding…ours must be the most rigid structure…changing players’ position doesn’t mean fluidity….
BC @ 22, I am not sure that it would have been Rio bringing Robben down so much as Robben taking himself down. It is hard to count how many decent opportunities he has squandered by his historonics. It makes all of his skill and pace hard to watch when you know an arm waving, leg flailing flop is coming at the end of it.
BC did not say that we practice total football as such. chelsea normally does not leave even during attacks. alves can attack as he likes!
Guys we need arjen robben the lad is brilliant he is easily one of best players.
Malouda is a great player but Robben is also world class and we need him . He’s got the pace , he’s got the technick , mabye not the strenght but when he get’s in a game he always has a goal or an assist . Jose said we can play Robben and Malouda together and I would really look forward to that . With the new tacticks Mourinho is trying to play with 2 wingers and 2 strikers and this would do … Cech,Ben-Haim,Terry,Ricardo,Cole,Essien,Lampard(Mikel),Robben,Malouda,Drogba and Shevchenko….GO Chelsea and win your crown back :D:D
Cmon guys..Robben is world class without a doubt..he has made a huge impact whever hes played for chelsea..losing Robben will be really bad for us..maluoda is great no doubt..but we have to remember that Robbn is as good as malouda and hes just about 22 or 23..hes a future superstar..Losing robben will be a huge blow no doubt..
Whatever happens..life goes on..chelsea as a club must move ahead..work that bit harder..win back the EPL..win the CL
Cmon BLUES
Robben is great player but may not fit in the Chlesea mentality. He is not as strong as many of the chlesea squad and keep going down regularly. The one thing that he has got is pace and trickery. Moluda looked great in the match that he played and should be easily the player to watch this season. Joe Cole is still not finding the form that we expect of him. I remember the match with ManU during the 2005-2006 where he was great. I hope to see more of him.
But still the right wing is the problem we need fix that with Alves very quickly.
I am now more than ever convined that we should let robben go. The guy clearly is bent on leaving. he fancies he must earn more than a player like essien earns. Can u believe that? He is class, no doubt, and for me easily one of the best in the world. I was chatting with a dutch friend recently who told me that back home they do not rate him as much as they do Van Persie- that should say something. I would have loved to have him and Malouda criss crossing and causing terror, when he is not off injured. but like we say, you can take the horse to the river but cannot force him to drink. lets let him go for a good fee. For me, the money should be used to get Alvez and Quaresma. can anyone tell me why a super player like QUARESMA, who is portuguese has not even come on our radar?
By the way, Longrange, i love the idea of playing Sheva on the right in a 4-3-3. I do not love that 4-3-3 much cos I feel drogs tends to be too lonely in that formation but the idea of Sheva playing right and louda left thrills me to no end.
Robben’s departure should give further opportunities to Sinclair. I rate the lad very highly and bel;ieve he will do the Mikel thing this season.
WHAAT ROBBEN to go, COMMON. hes the most creative player chealsea hav,and young. if we r gonna bcom a great fotball team lyk real madrid, barcelona, liverpoll(of the past), and the current best man utd (lets b real thy r
Have to agree with BC, take the money and let robben go. 20 – 25 million pounds for a player we paid about 12 million, not a bad business at all.though he is top class if hes fullyy fit and be on his feet rather than on the ground, but 20 plus millions,go for the deal.
drogba is not high cos hes only playd well 4 1 season. lets face it hes not in eto, ronaldinhio, ronldo(both), zidane, ronney (in future), van nilserooy, henry, messi, kaka’s class. yes he scored 30 goals, but players lyk kevin philips scored 30 in 1 season. tht DOES NOT mak him class. common guys lets b real, none of chelsea current players r great. i mean our greatest eva was zola( great as he was) thts it.look at otha cubs great players past n present they TRUMP chealsea. tyhm 4 a revolution
We have the second best ( if not the best ) keeper in the world , we have the England’s captain ( a real commander in the pitch ) , we have a superb midfielder like Essien who (as Jose said) will never stop running and a goalanimal in Drogba and to top it all we have the best manager in the world . I heard that Mourinho said “The only star Chelsea need is me” and I agree with him . If you want to say that Chelsea don’t have a player that they are depended on like Milan on Kaka or Arsenal (was) on Henry than that is true but we have a lot of world class players and I think this is better than having a superstar like Porto has in Quaresma and they all depend on him . I am not saying that Milan can’t do nothing without Kaka but I saw a game a couple of days ago with Milan and every player that had the ball was looking for Kaka to pass it to , I am glad we don’t have a team like that .
Bluchampion ,
Ur blogs democracy is two faced , u can check my earlier comments i hav never abused without provocation , which has always been the case , and more than the word sh** i hav never used other abusive words like wanker etc as far as i cld help it!!!
On the other hand ppl r writing abt Jose being god and such , hav they been shown yellow cards????many ppl were impersonating me and getting away with it , did u do anything??? they still abused me and went away and u deleted my retaliations, why?????
And u say we agreed only on 5-10 percent , which is a joke , we both support Chelsea and that accounts for abt 99 perecent , i dont consider Jose and his jokes 90-95 percent of Chelsea sorry to say!!!!
U say there r restrictions , r they on everyone????praising and worshipping Jose is good but abusing or defying him leads to red cards and all that crap????
What r u trying to prove with all this in the end???? i hav supported u all the time i hav been on the blog , but u stil say we wld get banned etc for commenting on wat we want????And abt M_D , i dont kno if u realized it or not but he was by far the most intelectually gifted person on this blog , yes he did hav a short temper , but can u blame him if ppl like Bingo and such were busy abusing him , why shldnt he fight back?????
In a nutshell BC , i hav no probs with ur rules if they apply to everybody , and banning ppl over fighting their case or discussing other topic , is a complete excuse , i m sorry to say but since now u hav made such a big hit with ur blog u dont give a damn abt the ones who hav been with u as ur blog became a hit , i am not trying to take any credit , its all urs and ur hardwork , but atleast ppl like me, RH , BB58 and M_D shld atleast hav some respect , we r being shunned for ur bandwagon boys!!!!
But i cant blame u , now u r sucessful , why wld u need ppl like us anymore???? u can do as u please , the blog wil still enjoy sucess and i hope for the best for u , ur family this blog and everybody else i hav ever known on this blog!!!
Cheers blue fans and goodbye BC , i hav been faithful to the end , atleast dont forget me , that wld be enough for me!!!!
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mendim
thts tru, chealse hav EFFECTIVE players, thts hav impacts on all games, small or big. but i ask r ne of thm great. NOOOO!. THEY ALL LACK THE FLAIR, as individuals thy do nt put da fear into players, mayb mediocre players ie. championship, or championsleauge qualifyin grps from countires no-1 has heard of. (but thy do so as a team). non of the players com under the same category as the greats of the past and present
Maysam @ 17… I have to disagree with you, Robben is NOT just leaving for the money. Are you kidding? Real Madrid is the most prestigious club in the world. If I was a player, I’d certainly prefer playing in a terrific city, in a prestigious place, making more money, and just having a change of scenary. I don’t think Jose has the best relationship in the world with him because of his poor health, and in his mind (as was in millions of people’s) Malouda was brought in to REPLACE him. So he’s not going JUST for the money. And trust me, we don’t need him. Take the money and get Alves, Total Football or not, this kid can play. At least it’ll give us another alternative for free-kicks, as Lampard started going off at the end of the year and Ballack never shined from dead-ball situations.
And guys, you’re telling me we don’t have A superstar?? I’m telling you, Terry is a superstar. He’s a legend. Essien is a super-star and a legend. Cech is only 25, but soon enough… In my opinion he is second only to Buffon and still has a lot of room for improvement. And someone said thank God we don’t have Kaka or a player like him for everyone to look for… Are you kidding?? Kaka is the best player in the world, what do you mean you don’t wish he played for Chelsea?! And how many games have you seen for Milan??? 2? 3? I see about 75% of their games as they’re my favorite Italian team, and they DON’T only look for Kaka… He’s a central part of their team of course, but Pirlo, Seedorf, Gattuso, Seginho, and Ambrosini are all terrific midflielders that can create and play and don’t JUST look for Kaka.
JoeBlue.. i hold you in high regards and would like you to be here. i have been following this blog for a year now and its relishing to read your comments.
What BC has done was required …a new visitor should not feel as if he has visited a man utd blog.. regarding baning of M_D i have no comments.. but if it was you i would have felt bad..
As we all say club is important(blue champions) … players not!! i love the club and its in right hands… success ensured!!!
cheers
Joeblue, you know I respect you man, but I’ve got to say that you are wronging BC by telling him he has two faced democracy and all this stuff. He treated everyone equally, the people that appologized he forgave and warned, and the people that kept fighting he stopped. It was all getting out of hand and becoming too silly and below this blog’s standards, so someone had to step in and it could only be him. You guys started having personal insults (I’m not saying it was anyone’s fault or whoever started it or whatever…) It had to end and BC ended it, end of story. You guys should have just stopped the fight and went back to the good old discussions we used to have. Too bad it’s come to this, you know?? We used to have some terrific talks!
Sorry, Serginho, not Seginho
adonis
common bro, TERRY is fantastic n the heart of the team. but ledgend? common… nt yet, mayb not ever. he will b i chelsea’s history bcos he is the heart of the team, but cos they aint tht many legends in chelseas history. u no i right n the world of football knows it. this is da tym 2 change fings, if missd the chance will neva com again. greater players and beautiful football is required. ESSIEN, DROGBA N TERRY, kind of football (ie. no technique or flair) dont cut da mustard. please tell me im wrong?.. n read dis objectively nt as a chealsea fan, as i hav written it
Hey Adonis , i kno there were ruff tiffs , but self defense is not wrong , even right now chelseaconcrack had a go at me , normally i wld hav responded , and then the fight wld hav begun , is it my fault???? why dosent he get banned or yellow carded or whatever????
Its always been this way on this blog , ppl abuse u , if u beat the hell outta them wid both arguments and abuses , BC comes heavy on us!!!!
I dont pretend to be any angel or something , but everybody shld face the same thing , this is a blog debates wld happen , ppl wld fight , but u dont go and ban ppl who hav bben there for so long , M_D wasant passing his time!!!
He had great arguments and everything , go and hav a look at the arsenal blogs or Manure blogs , they fight like hell, but ppl love it , its the passion wid football!!! if u ban the passion there is nothing remaining!!!
New ppl on the blog hav come and gone, sometimes accusing , sometimes abusing , sometimes doing nothing , while we here hav fought for Chelsea all this time , and they get the prefrence????they shldnt be made to feel out of place???? at our costs???? , our allegiance is far proved equal if not more than anyone who has ever visited this blog!!!!
I kno its a shame , but its a shame on BC , for acting like a judge or some great god!!!! its not right!!!!
i think 4 the reason of the money($50 or $54 million) robben should leave 4 madrid. no doubt he his a classy player who gives chealsea a lot flair and create chances wit his dribbles but he’s spent more time wit the medics than on the pitch. malouda is a stronger though a little bit less skillful player than robben. the money wuld come in handy to get daniel alves who 4 me is best right back player in the world. robben or no robben chelsae still is ready to claim back our PL trophy and elusive UCL
And another thing , if ppl expect me to be herded like the rest of the cattle to eat Jose-loves-u grass , then i aint part of it , BC i dont think u hav any explanations for any of this, for being so irrational , u shldnt try to be a god here even if u made this blog , but then why wld u listen to me , who am i???
wat right do i hv to question u???? on top of it according to ur rules its not even based on the topic here!!!!
I m now just a frog of the well u started from , now that u hav the ocean and all the big fishes with u , ppl like MD and me r discardable!!!!
And to think once i thoght this place home!!!!
………….and u my brother-in-arms!!!!! :(
JB look fella iv said this b4 u make good sensible comments that are both thort provoking and well backed up, the only reason u get the responses and critisism u do is due to the irrational and irritating responses EVERY1 AND ANY1 recieves for not agreeing with you, and please please please stop the guilt trip you are trying to reel BC in with its pathetic! all u gotta do is be ALOT more open minded and realise not every fan is so clued up about THE MIGHTY BLUES as the all-knowing JOEBLUE!
have a few days off, take a chill pill and come back when we’ve beaten birmingham…..
speaking of which does any1 remember Mikel Forsell, he is set to make his 1st injury free season with birmingham and in pre season he has scored 5 goals in 3 games….possibly should not of let him go.. we’ll see on sunday i guess!
take care guys and KTBFFH!!!!
guys I read that Alves want to come and play at Chelsea now we are waiting what Sevilla will say..
joeblue – i suggest that any dialogue between you and me can be had offline. Either through the contact form or to admin@bluechampions.com
I’m thoroughly convinced that I was/am right and I don’t regret my decisions a bit, because they are always well thought out ones.
And about me being successful, I believe I’m already successful in my professional and personal life and this blog was just out of my passion (I get to sleep only 5 hours a day, because I run this blog) and for clarity, I dont need bluechampions.com to make me successful.
No one loves the comments that ridicule others even as a form of retaliation. If there is a reportable comment, let me know. As an admin, I’ll do the needful. And how do you know that I have not banned your impersonators? How are you sure about it?
P.S: So far, 34 users (15 Chelsea fans + 19 non-Chelsea fans) have been banned in this blog since its inception.
And joeblue . . . this place is still your home . .
i think it will be yet another player to go to the lawyers to force a transfer!!!! Pato (“The Duck”) is going to milan!!!!!
and dont give up on Drenthe!spanish press are idiots that will turn a cotton thread into a persian rug!!!
thats why Robben isnt alowed to tlk to the spanish press!
id like to see drenthe and alves in blue shirts and i also dont think robben deserves to even sit on the bench the hypocrit! considering robber and robben jnr both said “happy at chelsea” the have turned that on its head in all of 2-3 months! get the slimey selfish so n so out the club and bring in players who wanna be there!
Joeblue, you were as free as anyone to think what you thought, no one said you have to love JM or anything. In fact we thought it was interresting to have these discussions and you and M_D often disagreed with me and sometimes even changed my mind about some things (The Lampard-Ballack combo, for one)… All of your opinions were yours to keep, no one forced you to change your mind. But you abused some people that disagreed with you, whether they started it or not is a different matter…. But the repetetiveness of the matter is what made it grow. Listen man, we all loved discussions with you and M_D as long as they stayed civilized and no one was hostile… And if someone gets hostile, we would simply end the arguement or try to be civilized, and as soon as that fails, the admin takes care of it. Fighting back isn’t excusable by “they started it.” Sorry mate, but you’ve got to deal with that rule.
I’d love to see you stick around, after all we’re all Chelsea fans that make up this blog.
Footballguy, objectively speaking, I don’t think there’s a better defender than Terry in the English game at the moment. He compares with Sergio Ramos, Carles Puyol, and Alessandro Nesta as the best CB’s in the world. I think along with Rio, these five are the best five CB’s at the moment. Some people might disagree with me, which is understandable… In the same way, which player do you know that does so much of the dirty work for their team as Essien?? Maybe Gattuso?? I can’t name that many. But because Terry is a defender, because Essien is Ghanian (not Brazilian or European) and because Cech is a goalkeeper, they won’t be as big stars as your Ronaldo’s, Ronaldinho’s, Kaka’s, Eto’o's… whoever you think is glorious enough… Drogba isn’t that type of player yet, but a couple more 30 goal seasons and he will be.
I understand we don’t have the mega-super stars in the marketing world, if that’s what you mean, but on the field we have the best of the best, enough said.
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_2649401,00.html
Food for thought, this. We are going to entertain next season, folks.
essien, terry and chech are great players 4 da team, and possibly da most effective individuals in da team. yes thyr r respected, n hav the consitancy to b regarded as quality players. but thy are missin tht somefink extra, tht indescribable factor, which will stop thm reachin the nxt levels. thus a reson 4 the type of football played by the team. ie y sheva and ballck cnnot flourish thy expect 2 play beautiful football, not a long punt to drogba, n set pieces. gonna b entertainig?, i hop so, its benn 3 years in da waiting. neways neva gonna reach dahieghts of barca asrenal n man utd. lets b real now im right
footballguy,
I disagree with you again. Terry, essien and Drogs dont need to do those 360 degree turns, flicks, back heels to reach the top of the world. who said that football heights are reached only through eye pleasing movement? Footballers are first and foremost athletes and professionals. And they me judged on the basis of how far they optimize as top professionals and athletes and how much they help their eams to reach the desired goals. Maybe, those gracious eye pleasing stuff make you glad- good for you. For me, I want committed, selfless and hardworking professionals who will at all times put the team ahaed of themselves. Other team may want Galacticos- we do not want them. The team is the only star in the Blue corner. If Messi joins us, he will have to understand that the team matters more than his galactico aspirations. he can be as fanciful as he wants as long as he constantly plays 100 percent for the team, respects fully his colleagues and does not delude himself that without him, the team has no hope. Viva the Blue Philosophy- that is how great empires are born and endure.
JoeBlue,
No one has a problem with your different opinions because we can disagree without being disagreeable. For instance you said that M_D by far was the most intellectual on this blog. That’s your opinion. I do not think so but I need not insult cos of that. Be fair, BC did not ban you. he gave a yellow card to M_D and you decided to go along in solidarity. You BC should ban folks like me for saying MOUR is god? That is not insulting anyone, and I do not think BC is preventing M_D from freely expressing his point of view.
I said and I mean it that i will miss you in particular and M_D as well though am completely opposed to your views on Jose. But I accept that you have a right to express them and will defend that right at all times.
I joined this Blog not too long and i love it. You guys made this place a great place, so instead of just abandoning ship, you should rather like the pioneers help to make it even better. I look forward to this place becominng the hottest Blue blog on the planet where blue fans all over the world can congregate. Lets all help to make this place a “HAPPY FAMILY” like Mour has done with the club. KTBFFH.
Joe Blue just cut out the offending vocab and everything should be OK.
I like your comments concerning JM and CFC they are really interesting altho I don’t always agree with u .Always enjoyed ur writing and M_D ‘s stuff too.
And hope to continue to do so
I never thought u were going that overboard when you crticisized JM. But I guess we gotta keep it civilized.
Don’t be hurt cos you’ve been yellow-carded… whatever… We gotta look at stuff from other’ points of view too.
Maybe JM is promising a new attacking and stylish Chelsea . Maybe he read and acknlowdged the vaild points u made in this blog. That could be the case . Not many blogs like this on the web. JM and RA and PK could be reading us on the sly.
C’mon a new season is abt to start,
Cheer up everybody
joeblue and m_d: you can be back, but like BC said you gotta follow the rules and not bully out each and every one around here with you ridiculing comments, which most of dont want to respond and you consider that you’ve won the argument.
see how the commnet section has been for the last couple of days. it should remain the same even after you return. also, did you notice so many people (like me) who had not commented so often, have come to the fore, because we can expect decency in the comment section now?
What other level are you talking about football guy?? What, winning the quad?? I mean, what do you expect that’s not allowing our players to be of the highest quality??
And great belief in your team (if it is) by the way, saying we’re not going to be the best. Newsflash: we are as good as any team in Europe, including Barca, Arsenal, Real, Milan, Inter, and yes… Manchester United.
as good as who? COMMMON, yes chelsea are a treat n r always taking seriously in europe. bt common nt as good as barca, man utd n arsenal whn it comes 2 PLAYIN the game as it shld b played
and ac milan and inter r nt as good as those teams mention whn playin GOOD& ASTHETICALLY pleasin football.
n the next step in called GREATNESS, having NATURAL ability not manufactured ie LAMPARD n TERRY
footballguy, who defines the way the gaame should be played. whose standards? I think you spend too mych time reading funny talks of arsenal and Manure fans. But for our injuries last year Manure would have gone several seasons without sniffing the premiership. so much for gteat football.
You have little imaginations going on in your head telling you Chelsea are sub-standard to these teams. That’s fictional, made up. And AC Milan and Inter aren’t as good as Man U, Arsenal, or Barca aren’t good?? You must have missed Inter’s 14 match winning streak last season. Or AC Milan’s run to the Champions League crown. I’m sure Arsenal is better than a the European champions and a TOP FLIGHT, ITALIAN team that went 30W, 7D, and 1L. That’s right, they lost ONCE to Roma through the whole season, eventually taking the title by 22 points! But no, Arsenal is a better team, they couldn’t even win three games on the trott.
footballguy, if you’re arguing that Barca was also better than Real last season, then you didn’t see how Real closed out a magical season, how they came back off the canvas and out of nowhere and fought like no other team in Spain could and captured the title winning 8 of the last ten matches. Or El Clasico at the Bernabéu where they controlled the game and won (which led to their winning the title)… All of your points are false, just because we don’t have Galacticos doesn’t mean we don’t have some of the best players in the world.
I still don’t understand how you’re a Chelsea fan, or WHY you’re a Chelsea fan, if you have nothing good to say about your team and you think it’s a second rate team.
ADONIS
with regards to Inter, thy did go on a phenomenal run, yes thy only lost twice. but r u 4gettin JUVENTUS wer relegated, AC had a 9 poin deficiet. so of course thy had such a run. r u tellin me if unt and arsenal were either relegated or ducked point. chelasea wouldnt hav won it. or if manutd wer in tht position thy woulnt hav won it.
as 4 da quiff bout arsenal, thy went 1 better thn inter and won the EPL, UNBEATEN, playin BEAUTFUL football. thus pls explain hw INTER are better thn arsenal in tht respect.
and as 4 REAL’s victory, y was CAPELLO SACKED!!, bcos of the type of football tht was played. dnt 4get Ronaldinho, did not hv a great seaon, ETO and Messi Were missin 4 da majority of the season. isnt tht da same excuse MOURINHO, uesd last year and in the charity shield. many experts would tell u Seville wer da best team in spain, followed by BARCA ( tough thy would hav been top without the injury)
and ADONIS I THINK U ARE BEIN PRESUMCIOIUS
mourofsame
as fans we all no the way football shld b played, remember players are fans 1st b4 players, bcos tht the reason y they started playin football. for eg
y did frank lampard himslef say “HE COULDNT BELIEV HE WAS ON STAGE WITH RONALDINHO, AND SECOND TO HIM IN THE WORLD BEST PLAYER CATEGORY”, as he was a “GENIUS”, A Label given to him by Rooney as well, and many hav said the same bout players lyk HENRY.
wht do thy have in common flair
remeber wht did HENRY say y he joined BARAC cos “OF THE STYLE OF FOOTBALL THY PLAY, THY PLAY IT THE RIGHT WAY”.
OK, suppose Juve beat Inter both times they met… That’s three losses in the whole season. Still phenomenal. Just because AC Milan had a 9 point defecit doesn’t mean they couldn’t challenge Inter during their matches!! MAybe not for the title, but they couldn’t beat them in their matches. I watched them both, my friend, the great classic 4-3 win and the 2-1 win both by INTER…
And I’m talking about last season, that’s all. Arsenal play beautiful football to finish a crap fourth (on goal difference)… 20 or so points behind your beloved Man U. Their beautiful football sucked, in short.
Let the critics say what they want, Real won the league. In fifty years, when someone asks their grandpa what they thought of the spanish league in 2006-07, they’ll tell them it was a great race that REAL won. They won’t say that Barca was great but had injuries and fights, or that Sevilla should have won but didn’t. Barca and Sevilla didn’t win. Real was the best team in Spain.So you’re arguing that Barca should have won it without the injuries, but deny that Chelsea could have won without the injuries? Hypocritical and ignorant.