he played well for us in some big games. but i guess we don’t know all that goes on behind the scenes. there was a little bit of noise about him wanting to go and no use keeping a player against their will. still, disappointed to lose him to our direct rivals.

Johnson is no great loss given his character off the field and his lack of consistency.

@ M_D:

now, if key liverpool players are out due to injury for long periods of time (like it was for chelsea last season), do you think Rafa would end up at no.2 with a 6 points gap?

To other fans:
Today’s Aston Villa game will be the first Chelsea game I watch this season, and I wish Jose and the players will respond to Liverpool’s form in a very good fashion by beating Villa with at least 2 goal margin. I think Rafael Benitez has already shown what can be done with the big money transfers at your disposal. I know it’s very early to say anything but Liverpool’s display in every game so far has been very dominant. Even if Derby is a very weak side I don’t remember Chelsea under Jose beating any Premiership team with such a big margin (correct me if I am wrong). Needless to say that they even ouplayed Chelsea at Anfield. All this shows that, given funds, any good manager can do what Jose has done for Chelsea so far. I think Liverpool will be the biggest title contender this season (I don’t know along with whom) though I hope I am wrong. So, the biggest question is can Jose with all his resources handle the league this year. Let’s wait and see.

guyz wht about ballack whe he will be back.. [:(]

You’re right, at least about me! I’m no expert and I don’t want to pretend like one too! I’m a football fan, who supports Chelsea and who happens to own and run a blog. As simple as that. If I’m an expert in football as well as writing, I wouldn’t have this blog because I’d be working for BBC or Sky!

Interestingly, we say there are 100 million Cricket experts in India, hope you got it!