2 matches. 6 points. 5 goals scored. Leading Man Utd by 4 points. What a fantastic start to the season! When BBC’s Lawro predicted that we would win and Man Utd will draw, I not only wished it would happen but also started expecting it. After a listless first half, we played to our potential in the second half, we drove Reading out of the game with some brilliant stuff. Looking back at the hype we created by comparing Chelsea’s and Man Utd’s pre-season games, it all seems so funny now.
The team that played was Cech, Ferreira (Pizarro 46), Ben Haim, Carvalho (Johnson 31), Ashley Cole, Wright-Phillips, Sidwell (Obi 46), Lampard, Malouda, Drogba, Kalou. Subs Not Used: Cudicini, Joe Cole. Not sure why Sheva was not even on the bench.
The first half was dominated by Reading. They played with lots of ‘home-fixture’ confidence and put Chelsea under pressure each time we had the ball. We could not string even few passes together and hardly made any decent attack in the first half. Reading took a very deserved lead though with a freaky goal, courtesy a poor but rare goalkeeping error by Cech. Immediately after that goal, Ricardo injured himself and had to be replaced with Johnson. Reading were unlucky not go 2-0 up but Chelsea reacted neither for the Reading goal nor for their closer chances for doubling the lead. At half time whistle, it did look very gloomy but I have always believed in the effects of Jose’s half time talks and tactics.
Having used one sub in the first half, at half time, Jose made a big gamble by using the other two subs too bringing on Mikel for Sidwell and Pizarro for Ferreira. The other bigger gamble was to play with three defenders only – Ben Haim, Johnson and Cole – against a stronger looking home team. Real gamble I’d say. Very typical vintage Jose. When we started the second half, I felt as if we’ve made 11 substitutions. We were a completely different team in the second half. It took all of 5 minutes in the second half, to equalise and to take a lead. Full credit to Jose, in the way he used his subs, changed his tactics and also for having developed a group who would respond to such situations positively. After we took the lead, SWP started playing as the right back and was surprisingly impressive there too. Having just outsmarted Sir Alex, Steve Coppell was devastated by an extremely dominant Chelsea in the second half.
I wonder if Frank Lampard is reading this blog. Exactly a day after the post on his form, he comes up with this super frank goal. This was not one of his better matches, he still lost the ball and all that but this goal was a beauty. In a swift link up play Drogba heads it to the space in front of Lampard and he controls the ball with his head and thighs and finishes superbly with nano seconds before Hahnemann makes contact. Within a couple of minutes from the first goal, Drogba does a solo effort to keep the ball from 3 to 4 defenders and does a 1-2 with Kalou, who sets it up for Drogba to blast an inswinging volley to hit the net.
The second half play by Chelsea is our new approach to the game. It was sheer joy to watch Malouda, Drogba, SWP, Lampard and Mikel linking up so well. We could have easily scored 4 goals but some kind of complacency or lethargy crept in. There was also a touch of arrogance in the way we toyed around with Reading midfielders and defenders. After we took the lead, we were in complete command of the game and it was played as we dictated. Believe me, Chelsea had 72% possession in the match and were only the traveling team in a diffcult Madejski stadium.
After the match Jose said:
I asked the players if somebody was feeling a bit weak or feeling a little bit of an injury because I wanted to make two changes and I wanted to finish the game with 11 men,’ he began. They told me yes, everybody was fine and fit and ready to go. We made the changes, I explained the objective of the changes, I explained the good qualities of the changes and the bad qualities. I prepared them for the difficult things and I pushed them to try to use the good things.
The players were brave. They were brave to accept some difficult situations because it is not easy for Shaun to play right-back, it is not easy for Glen Johnson to play central defender and it is not easy for Ben-Haim after two months at Chelsea to lead his defence. It is not easy for Mikel to play alone in the front of midfield and not easy for attacking players to have defensive tasks. The players deserve a lot of credit. When the game was 2-1, I could make the game more defensive with Malouda in the centre of the midfield but I thought with this positive wave, we can score the third.
I know it is a big gamble but if one day it doesn’t work, like in my first season it didn’t work at Newcastle, and I am criticised, I accept that but I sleep well because I tried. The worse thing in life is when you don’t try. It is a message I want to give to my kids all the time – you have to try. If you fail, you fail but you have to try.
See, Jose wants the third goal. Now with the current set of players, that’s the mood at the Chelsea camp. We want to score more and more and more.
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mETPc0tnMk[/video]
The big difference in the second half was the introduction of Mikel. He brought so much stability in our midfield that I was no longer worried about Reading’s advances. Mikel was solid as ever, no-nonsense as ever and I dont know why he has to play only 45 minutes, if he can make such a strong impact. The other player who deserves huge credit is SWP. He seems to be a completely transformed guy this season. I wish he has the consistency in his game, that can give a run for Joe Cole’s money. SWP played superbly, made good dribbles, kept possession and most importantly, made some correct decisions with respec to choice of passes and timing and placement of crosses. Malouda and Pizarro are fast becoming (or already become) the crowd favourites for Chelsea. They seem very very dangerous and look like they could score/assist any moment. The inimitable Drogba did what he is best at. Kalou still needs to work on the final ball. Roman watching Glen Johnson play is good enough for Jose to get those extra millions (!) to sign Alves.
Staying with Daniel Alves’ news, his agent Geronimo Suarez says:
I am confident in the Chelsea directors, I understand Chelsea is not easy to be driven but let’s say at least we are 80-90% confident that we can close the agreement. He is determined to go there (Chelsea). He has spoken in these terms a lot of times, he has said to the press here in Seville that he is 100% determined to go Chelsea. He asked for the Seville club to close the agreement with Chelsea as soon as possible. These are his own words. We expected yesterday afternoon to be the perfect day to close the agreement but it didn’t arrive so it may be two or three days or a maximum of one week before both clubs must find a solution.
See this first page at The Telegraph website as at 12:00 midnight in the football news page, there is absolutely no mention about Chelsea’s win over Reading. Isn’t this strange? Their correspondents and editors don’t like Chelsea or something?
Elsewhere, Man Utd were once again held to a draw, this time by Portsmouth. If losing Rooney was not bad enough for the Reds, Cristiano Ronaldo got sent off for unwarranted headbutting. He would be missing the next three matches, which are against Man City, Tottenham and Sunderland. Fergie said this about Ronaldo’s sending off:
Steve Bennett has sent him off before, and I think he took great delight in sending him off too.
I’m curious about what actions would FA take for saying so.
If Chelsea manages to beat Liverpool on Sunday, that will send out a huge warning to all and also would make it very difficult for other teams to catch up with Chelsea. Now, how about the resurgent Man City beating the Reds at home and Chelsea picking up three points at Anfield. A seven point gap after 3 games? God, I’m fainting!
[tags]Chelsea, Reading, Madejski Stadium, Cech, Drogba, Lampard, Jose Mourinho, Steve Coppell, Premier League[/tags]
Related links:
Official Chelsea FC website report
BBC Sports report
The Telegraph’s LATE report
The TimesOnline report
The Chelseablog report



Sopcast Not working!!!
somebody please update match status.
last time i checked it was nil all at 20 minutes
Sidwell starting!
r we playing attacking game today? on bbc site, i can see two bookings for reading & chelsea possession is 61%.
1-0 down
bikey scores from a header, sounds like cech didnt read it properly
Not as attacking as you would like. Now that we’re behind, we should pull our socks up. Defensively we’re still shaky a bit.
correction: left footed strike
carvalho off with injury, johnson replaces him
Jesus,where are defence???
We will win this game 2 1 mark my words!
thanks to Ashly cole and Cech , reading is winnig 1-0 , first half is over in 1 minute.
it is obvious that chelsea need a DM , nobody plays in this position .
it seems Malouda is not accustomed to play in rainy days .
if chelsea does not bring in a DM , with Glen johnsen , we will lose 2-0 .
i can see chelsea winning the match, but we have to work on our defence, very back at this time,
i wonder if Jose works on defensive line or not . first 15 minutes , we defended like second division teams.
what is happening to Johnson???
i don’t know how we wanna defend versus Liverpool next weekened.
something very bad, he is in :) and plays
did u see Cech’s mistake. i am disappointed
Our midfield is central midfield is embarassing right now. We need essien or makelele or even Mikel asap!
don’t worry , first Sub. is Mikel in Sidwell out
then, that will be terrible at the middle of the season, but let see how it goes, every clubs are out for the big teams, watch out..
Thanks God Portsmouth score against manure,now 1-1
DAMN Celskis don’t announce the result of that game , i wanna watch that tonight. , so i had better close this page and don’t show up here :) bye
Man,not everybody can watch this match,so for some people it will be good to know result
last prediction : Chelsea 1 – 2 Reading
bye
see i told u Mikel will come in
pizarro and Mikel are in , bye
hoq many rough tackes were threre from our & their side? is everyone safe?
GOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL
Gambeling is not what we do in vagas :) ,is using all Sub in halkf time :) what jose did
GOOOAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLL
”gosaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal DROGBA
Mourinho is GOD
He cant do anything,only make all changes,coz first points very important,of corse Jose playing roulette,but he knows what he doing,reading have 3 yellows
GOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!
Chelsea 2reading 1
gr8
all 3 subs used? & we r playing with only one proper CD? gosh….
i wanted to see Joe Cole playing
pls describe goal details
Cant describe goals,i watching game-reading game-trough sky page…:(
Maysam, pls do not provoke our friend M_D with Mour Is God comment pls.
Didi scored a brilliant goal with the right foot from an assisst from Kalou
whats the formation now? is it 3-4-3 or who is playing as second central defender
Guys! Cristiano Ronaldo red carded at ’85. Still at 1-1 there!
@BC what did he do? i read on bbc that Muntari was also red carded, why?
Muntari second yelow,c.ronaldo red card for fighting,can you believe? :)))))
Muntari recieved second yellow 82min
Ronaldo straight red for violent conduct! 84min
Cisse dismissed……..
Portsmouth 1 – 1 Man Utd at FULLTIME. Yipppeeeee!
Manure sucks big time. Ronaldo out for three matches. This is looking great.
any update on RC’s injury. Will he play against Liverpool
looks like Alex May be thrown in at the deep end…
4 points clear. The boys are falling behind already. they cannot handle the pressure of being champs. Jose causes such fear in their camp
Yep i said 2 1 we didnt play dat well but hey 4 points clear of the champions afta only 2 games?cant ask for more!liverpool we coming for u!
I LOVE THIS GAME
Oh man, what a performance. I was sweating at halftime, after the poor showing in the first half, but what genius management by JM, he deserves all the credit for having the balls to do what he did. We’re entertaining, we’re winning, and we’re 4 points ahead of the Red Devils. It keeps getting better.
Any Carvalho news?
Up blues Up Chelsea Up Mourinho.I’m blue 4 life
Awesome day !!!!
Mourinho is incredible! A genius! We don’t need Alvez, SWP is the best right-back ever!
That was one of the most incredible tactical displays I’ve ever seen, and the way we played early in the second half is just about the most exciting and riveting football I’ve seen Chelsea play in the last 3 years.
Beautiful stuff. Can’t believe Manure drew. Perfect start so far.
TOO STRONG 4 THEM,READ THIS INSCRIPTION “BEWARE OF CHELSEA”
Reminiscent of the last few games, Lampard was invisible in the first half alongside Sidwell.
Then we broke out at halftime and he looked incredible. Nearly every touch was perfect, every pass beautifully lofted and spun exactly where he wanted it to go. Cisse just couldn’t keep up with his energy. His forward runs were unstoppable!
MOM Frankie Lampard and for all manutd fans THIS IS HOW ITS DONE!!!! ;)
JOSE was brilliant with his tactics….awesome match!!!
am seeing chelsea in barca shirts, beautiful eye-catching passes from so called boring chelsea ;) lol. wid juss moderate defense we rocked like anything. once terry is bak, alex is fit, alves getting RB position, we are the team to beat…go chelsea go…
match report BC…..???
I had to miss second half…how did it go…
we played second half really well, keeping abt 75% that too @ rugby ground is not a joke. juss now i d relaized even jose knows how to teach crisp passes, complete non-stop action football, so called attractive football as well ;) as everyone knew our defense is kinda weak as of now, so hoping to see a fit terry @ littlepool clash ;) in one word lamps goal ‘intelligent’, drogba s goal ‘craker’!
WOOOO!!!! :D I actually forgot we were playing this morning (my time) oops but so happy with results!! Once i got to work rubbed it in to my Manure fan supervisor so bad, its a great day!! By sounds of it the 2nd half was awesome, shame to hear about Cech stuffing up, maybe he was a little worried/tentative heading back to Reading. He is in my fantasy team too. Oh well, at least the Drog and Lamps got me some points :)
JOSE MOURINHO … Nothin more 2 say
And guys! Steven Gerrard was injured in their champions league qualifier match and is a doubtful starter for our Sunday clash!!!
It’s a bloody good result (the Manchester one) from an Arsenal perspective as well. Although Chelsea winning was a little disappointing. Two great goals though. Things seem to be falling Chelsea’s way a little bit so you guys should be very happy with the start to the season. The game against Liverpool will mean a lot, in my opinion. Whoever wins that game has the initiative – and a draw would hand it back to Arsenal early on. Very exciting start to the season so far.
What a game, what a game, what a game!!!! Absolutely breath-taking, ballzy performance, although we looked pathetic during the first half, we more than made up for it in the second. Lampard was on fire, absolutely marvelous thing to see. Pizarro also impressed me once more, I’m starting to absolutely love him. Hopefully Carvalho’ll be back soon, he’s a jem.
But for Liverpool, we’ll hopefully see Alex and Terry beginning their season, with Ben Haim (another impressive player today) at RB.
This season’s absolutely brilliant. As is our team.
If Gerrard’s not playing, there’s a possibility of a repeat of the 4-1 thrashing of two seasons ago at Anfield. Can’t wait till Sunday!!
TBag, how do you have THREE Chelsea players on squadgod??
Nice articles…. luv the picture of our Jose.. Hey BC please show the video of the goals from last nite game (Reading-Chelsea) !! Glory glory draw united!!
Damn its been long>>>>>>>>>>>>>
I havent posted in ages…………
Well unlike most of ya’ll I aint getting any coverage whatsoever of the matches!!!:-(
Sucks aint it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I cant really comment like I really wannabut already it seems that If we are gonna play more attacking football….maybe we are gonna have to sacrifice some of our defensive stability!!!!!!
Im jus wondering if that is actually the case…………….
Hey BC Ive waiting for the goals of the previous match since forever!!!!!!!!
Plz dude!!!!!!
And as you already kno….Im not a big fan of youtube videos, but 4 now….guess I jus gotta take it:-(
can someone please post the goal videos,thanxs.
Why does it happens always that before the anfield clash ricardo always gets injured or ill :(
love to see him there along with terry
nice win to us!!!
cheers
manure is really lacking that finish of nistelrooy!!! they r no where right now but wings they r playing good… lacking a striker who can finish…
yo where can i watched the goals? Thx in advance
jose great work….
Great start to 2nd half, and in the end great results all round. I missed the first half, and surprise when I started watching they knocked in 2 goals straight away! Drogba’s assist for Lamps was perfect, and his goal was well .. perfect. Jose says JT is back for Liverpool. He and Ben-Haim will be great in the centre of defense, ’cause TBH has been great so far for Chelsea.
I think our main contenders for the title from Manchester are going to be City! Man Utd will be without Ronnie and Rooney for at least the Manchester derby and going on recent form City will win.
SWP did very, very well at RB in the game, while Johnson also was pretty solid in the centre when he came on. Pizarro and Malouda are fitting in heaps well with the team. Here’s to a great season!
BC
Where do you get the strength and time to to write the post match reports for games shown in India in the dead of night?
Appreciation & respect extreme.
RH
Can you post the goals please
please see it here. footytube.com … full highlights available.
Great 2nd half, Pizarro and Drogba have to play together if we want to adjust to the champions league. At least in the important Matches.
how many manager can do what mourinho did today ?
let me answer , nobody.
Job Done right. Great post BC. It was horrible to watch chelsea in the first half that I swithced to watching the ManU and Portsmouth match. The second half was great and I think Mikel made lots of difference.
SWP was great again inthis match. He did such a good job in the right back postion as well. But Jose showed why he is the special one again.
Oh sweet…This footytube stuff is great mates!!!
Thanx much!!!!!!
Full highlites of all the games!!!!
I will wait until after Sunday to rub in the salt to the wounds of my Manure fan superiors and underlings.
But they are looking devastated already.
May ManC drop a major hammer upon there title hopes too, but I don’t think CFC will need them to stumble to win the Prems like they needed us to trip with injuries last year.
On top of it we’re playing pretty footyball.
Let’s hope we don’t overdo it and get hammered at inopportune moments.
i just look forward to a good outing on sunday and i hope we beat the hell out of liverpool….we’re doing a great job and although i didn’t get to watch the match,but all ive heard has given me a good picture of it….i believe SWP is already giving J.Cole a run for his money and i am glad Alves would be with us in the next 1 week..
RH @ 83 – Thanks mate. Yes, I do it post midnight, especially on champions league nights. The way Chelsea played, the result, the jose mourinho cameo, the man utd result, Ronaldiver sent off – there are too many things that gave me strength last night :-)
Nihongo Blue @ 85 – Thanks a lot mate for the footytube link. I’ll provide a link to this website on the sidebar so that you can just click it and go!
Torohi – I saw you say somewhere that we talk too much sense and you dont see matches and that’s you dont comment. Point #1 – I can talk for myself. I’m not an expert but I follow, understand and study football and I have opinions on certain things in football and have certain views on the matches and non-match events that happen in football and especially Chelsea. This sums up. So, I’m no expert. I have opinions and I say, if you have some you say it. Simple.
I almost forgot. The post has been updated with highlights video.
Giridhar : which channel did show Man – Proth. ?
Manchester fans should be worried now. next week versus ready Manchester City . a defeat or another draw can destroy them. I am really shocked by their result and tottenham’s result.
Alves : if he came , that would be great, if did not we would not have any problem . but I think the best choice for Right back is Ferreira right now. Glen johnsen is not reliable.
I believe out defensive line has many problems , I hope terry back can cover these problems. Today, Ashly cole was horrible. if reading was a pro. team , they could kill chelsea in first half. I did not think chelsea is able to turn over the game , to be honest with you, I am not optimistic about Chelsea – Liverpool . I don’t know the game is at London or Liverpool but I believe we will have a hard time there, and if we played like today, we have no chance.
however i am sure we won’t play like today versus Liverpool.
chelsea is better 4-3-3 , chelsea can not play without a DM , in the first half versus reading we played without DM and we had a hard time.
I hope Essien comes back fast
thanks !!
i am good at searching things… watch all matches live where ever they r… their is always some one sharing somewhere!!
Maysam … next match is at anfield. We will be almost full strength that time and i have high hopes after our CL exit…
Good work Chelsea, I slept so well last night and now I know why!! I am sad RC is out cause he is irreplaceable but the great news is that JT will play against Liverpool according to the Official WEBSITE!!
Still concerned about our defense, 3 goals in 2 games is a little worrying but I am Sure TSO will sort this dillema out!!
alves is edging closer and closer to the bridge!! Sevilla is trying to cram up the asking price because they know we have alot of Dosh!! Gets the blood boiling doesnt it!!!
I think Uniteds arrogance is catching up with them!! Because of their spending spree they thought they were unstoppable! Its great to see them so quiet!!
As for the Liverpool game, Im feeling confident about it, really confident!!
They are not looking that good for my liking and hopefully we can silence them because their supporters seem to be convinced of a victory on sunday!!
If we sort out the defensive issue we can take them!! Come on blues!! We are behind come winter or rain, lets nail this season!!
Hurah for JM! The diffrence between a champion and competitor is that champs will try things that others wouldn’t do.
Hurah for SWP and Malouda! Robben has a place in my heart from the 04-05 season. But, they are playing well enough for us not to miss him too much.
Hurah for Lamps! Yeah, I think he can still sit down every now and then. But he came up big when needed.
Hurah for six points! Three more at Anfield will be great.
Mayasam. the ManU match was on ESPN and the Liverpool match is at Anfield.
BC are you sure of the seriousness of Gerrad’s Injury. I think its all hype and he will play. The good thing is that Terry will also play. The full backs and Cech are making a mockery of themselves for the last 2 matches. I am not sure why Cech is coming to pick those balls and there seems to be lack of communication. It also happened on sunday against birmigham.
Where r the doubters of JM ??
Guys, I said it repeatedly here that Jose will shut the mouth of those who doubt him. And he is doing just that. He promised a new approach and that’s exactly what he is doing. The defensive problems will sooner than later sort themselves out. as I see it, this is the first time we are playing without a holding player covering the back line. the Absense of the great Terry compounds it a bit. Anfield will not see us do any of such mistakes tho, am sure.
Woooh, joey has not even had a look in yet. SWP is really having a season so far. Am so happy for the lad. Not worried for joey tho. he is so competitive that he will not be discouraged at all.
if Essien is fit, then I will want him in nthe starting eleven with MIKEL. Mikel is something else. these two will keep the looserpool midfield quiet.
I will want to have drogs and piza play as well. It will be great for Mour to let alex come in at least at some stage even if Riccy is fit to play on Sunday.
This is the way I see it.
this is why we’re hot,
this is why we’re hot,
this is why, this is why,
this is why we’re hot,
we’re hot coz we’re winning,
Man U aint coz they’re not,
this is why, this is why,
this is why we’re hot.
Reports in guys, Stevie G has fractured his toe!!! Lets see how they do without him!!!
sorry guys, gerrard will be playin on sunday :(
Stevie has fractured toes? looks like some interesting payback time for those who last season claimed we had no excuses for complaining about sustaining key injuries. Rooney for manure and now gerald? Things are happening!!!!
Poor McClaren
but he will play against us
Yes, Gerrard’s playing against us, and I’m glad. I want Liverpool to really test us, it would be a hollow victory without their best player playing.
Again, what a superb move by JM at half-time, it completely rocked Reading and they never could recoup. I think Frank played his best agme of the year (including pre-season) so that’s encouraging. I wouldn’t be disapointed in an Essien-Lampard central duo at Anfield.
Pizarro’s been off the charts, and Malouda is sublime… And Tal?? He’s fit like a glove and is playing tremendous for us! I think part of the Chaos at the back is that we’ve not had JT, our organizer and leader, and our RB problem’s led to goals (particularly vs Birmingham) which made us play more attacking football, which led to chaotic defensive work. True, we’ve been messy and not all that great at the back, but JT’s back next match, and coupled with Tal (or maybe alex for a while) I don’t think we’ll have a problem. Mind you, we’ve won everything we’ve won because of our tremendous defense more than anything, and we’re the best defensive team in the league (mayber the world, when Alves comes) on paper. It’ll sort itself out.
A bit of trivia… How long had it been since Cech made an error that led to a goal?? I really don’t know the answer, you guys have to help me out.
Maybe now that people don’t want JM fired, they’ll want Petr Cech fired? haha, just joking.
Jose and we all have tremendous faith on cech… cech talent and performance is the only reason y a player of cudacinis calibre doesnt even say a word…
even cudacini is awesome but cechs reach is more than him anywhere…
i would like to see rotation in keepers also … cech for big matches but cadacini should also play…
cheers
A few weeks ago I popped along to tell you all not to worry about preseason results as it is the real thing that matters.
A lot of you either declined to read my comment or totally ignored what I had said. Now after two games gone we are four points ahead of Man Utd and have won games from going behind first.
Forssell on Sunday and Bikey last night. Incidentally here is a story for you. Once I had heard that Forssell was playing on Sunday I had a feeling that he would score against us, just the same feeling I had last season when Jimmy Floyd scored for Charlton at the Matthew Harding End. Its a shame the Forssell didn’t work out when he was at Chelsea because when I saw him make his first start against Oxford United in the FA Cup as a 17yr old the boy had quality written all over his face, nothing to do with the fact that he scored two goals that night – Chelsea won 4-2.
When it comes to ex Chelsea players playing against us – have a bet for the first goalscorer – often works!!!
Anyway I digress. i have been following lots of comments regarding our pre-season on this wonderful area that BC has set up and I cannot believe how many doom and gloom mongers posted whilst we were in preseason. After the last two results, especially after these winning games from a deficit, and in a far more attractive style than last season I hope you lot now are far more happier.
Liverpool will never win the title under Benitez mark my words so dont worry about Sunday’s result. Forget the following teams from the top four – Spurs HA HA HA, Everton, Man City (even though they have Gormless in charge), it will be the usual suspects. Chelsea, Man Utd, Arsenal and Liverpool – always has been (at least for the last few years and always will be).
So just sit back and enjoy the ride – criticise if you must but make it constructive – Chelsea under JM this season, with his style and new motivation WILL win more games than he loses. I would rather a 3-2, 4-3, 5-4 than the stuff of last season ie 1-0, but having said that a win is a win and football especially the Premiership is ALL about results.
As they say on Chelsea TV
KEEP THE FAITH
and as I always say
KTBFFH
and if you don’t know what KTBFFH means, then you don’t belong here!!!!
Hi BB58,
Great to see you back in action here. I have always enjoyed your comments here.
By the way i also have the same feeling about the Liverpool’s match on Sunday. Just relax and enjoy the match. All i need is a full Liverpool side to test our full capacity.
Spurs are just buying players to try to reach the fantastic 4 and definitely not the top spot which can be reached only with a overall good team with a good manager. I don’t see Arsenal even in the race for the top spot.
Good to hear from you BB58, your views are pretty awesome, having been a Blue fan for so long. It’s great to have you part of the blog!
Blue Devil and Adonis – thank you both… as for Spurs eheheheheh all that money spent and two defeats ALREADY especially as they were undefeated in pre-season, now do you get my point guys, girls and doubters????
KTBFFH
So guys, what is Sevilla really about? I am happy we are not caving in to their demands. They need the money so eventually, they will come over. We should not pay more than 20 million pounds for Alvez methinks
Hi there all
Do you think we can get the premiership and cL without Alves ?
I think we can and with Ben Haim ,Diarra, Paulo, Johnson and even Essien and SWP I think we’re covered good in that position.
I think being a much more attcking team this year will cover up one or two cracks at the back.
I guess the only times that the RB position is gonna be a problem is when we play the big teams.
Anyways every team has a weak point and we knows ours so we’d be extra careful with ours.
But then again Alves , Carvalho,Terry and A Cole , what a back line that would be !!!
But Roman, that’s what the CL is, playing the big teams over and over and over… We won’t win the CL with a weak RB. The best teams in the world will focus in on it, and maybe we can’t score one game, that’s it, we’re knocked out by a single goal from our right flank’s weakness. We must sign Alves, to be safe and really cover all the weaknesses of our back-line.