First Chelsea defeat in the fifth match of a long season. I was disappointed that we didn’t get three points, yes three points, and for clarity I’m not talking about a draw here. But I was not disappointed with the way we played. We played some different kind of stuff, which for any other top 4 team is called as ‘beautiful football’. When we get the results, we are blasted for the way we play. When we play well, what’s being looked at is points lost and goals conceded. Now some of you would be asking, why don’t we play high tempo, one-touch and at the same time get three points and a clean sheet?
First two seasons under Mourinho, we played superb football, in my opinion, and there was widespread propaganda that we were boring and all that stuff. Third season we played intelligent and efficient football and very nearly made it. Being one of the earlier clubs in England to get a billionaire owner, anything attached to Chelsea was to be either bad or simply evil – the owner’s source of income, the manager’s arrogance, the way the team played their football, the football pitch of home ground, the fans, the transfers, the tackles, the free kicks – every freaking thing was seen with tinted glasses.
Arsenal’s possible new chairman is a criminal of murder, rape and every crime you’re heard of. Thaksin keeps getting arrest warrant after arrest warrant. Man Utd got Tevez in one of the most ugliest, shadiest deals in football history. Arsene Wenger nearly hit Alan Pardew (he too went off-target) and we’ve forgotten that. Liverpool played horribly boring all last season but it gets no mention. Time and again, there have been hooliganism, violence and bloodshed among football fans and all these involve Man Utd and Liverpool, but our fans are the most ridiculed ones for our money. What I mean to say is that everything Chelsea is accused of, other clubs have found it in themselves. So funny that Roman was called the Russian mafia by the Arsenal blogs during the Cole-Gallas swap and see what they’ve got – a complete real Russian mafia guy in charge of them – true in every sense of the word. AC Milan and Juventus were involved in the most ugly match-fixing affair of the football history. Guess what would have happened if Chelsea was involved. This is the double standards I really hate. The double standards are adopted not only by the Chelsea-haters and neutrals but also by the so-called Chelsea fans, just to make it more painful.
Just to re-focus on what I intend to talk about, we lost to Aston Villa at Villa park. How much of a disaster is this? Look at Man Utd, they dropped points early on and they are back. We started fine enough and we lost a match, so what? A regular Jose Mourinho team would have hardly let a goal by now. We have conceded 6 goals so far in 5 matches. Why is the defence leaking these goals? It’s because, we are changing the way we play. It’s a transformation and such things won’t happen overnight. It’s very obvious that Chelsea’s way of attacking has changed and as a result the movement of players and the space created are undergoing a change. We get a new back four every match and it’s not too easy. Were we completely outplayed and we lost 2-0? No freaking no. We were all over them. We were easily the most dominant team that afternoon. Another day, the same performances would have seen us win 2-0.
If you want to make a constructive criticism instead of the mindless “sack/hang/shoot Jose”, you should see that we were poor in set pieces – attacking/defending, we were a little too lethargic sometimes in the midfield, our decision making in the attack was not proper – it showed at least one or two players were not playing to the plan, and in defence we had four players from three leagues and there were some inconsistent way of defending. The fact is, you can see these points existing even in a match that we win 2-0 but the thing is we used to get the three points, no matter how we play. Jose is a master at this and this feature of the Chelsea’s game is everyone’s envy and that’s what made Chelsea a very tough opponent and rival. Now, it is clear that Jose is trying to change the philosophy and it is happening gradually and we are now in a period of transition. Jose, used to be happier with 1-0 than a 2-1 or 3-2, as it gives three points and a clean sheet (if anyone childish points out that Real won 5-0, damn I’m not wasting my time on them). Now the way we play we should score goals and should complain too much if we concede. But until we get to the right level of balance and understanding in the new system, these things will happen.
If there is one thing you can really bet your life on, it is how Jose would give a kick in the back side to the players. Some of them did not show the real passion or determination. Some did not really chase the ball as they should have, some did not follow the plan and did things on their own and some forgot the basics at crunch times. But I’m sure that the team alongwith the coach will sit together and analyse what went wrong and how to improve from here on.
I don’t intend to publish a post for every such defeat as my estimate for this season is 5 defeats, 7 draws and 26 wins (how did I arrive at this: I just made it up!) and we should win the league with 85 points as it is a close fight this season and you can expect very good battles with the mid table teams too. It’s not going to be easy for the champion, whoever it is. Season has just started and so many things can happen – players going out with injuries, teams suddenly going out of form, derbies getting hotter and hotter with the underdogs showing more courage and determination than before, the results of the matches involving the big four is anyone’s guess and possibly more upsets for the big four.
It’s getting a little sick to see in the comments section that Jose Mourinho is the sole problem of our ‘poor’ situation now. I don’t say all of you feel so. That opinion poll I published still showed that more than 80% of you think he is a legend. For the ones looking for his head, get over it. Until he is sacked or until he resigns, he is our coach. As the Chelsea coach he deserves a lot of respect and support. Look at this defeat and try to provide some constructive criticism, for a change.
Update: Kenn Emetulu at Chelseablog says something in the same lines
[tags]Chelsea, Jose Mourinho, Roman Abramovich, Aston Villa, Premier League, Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool, Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger, Alisher Usmanov[/tags]
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nice read BC.
Good post man..Just about sums up the situation well
I support Jose’s effort to play more expansive stuff n all, but I want him to restore our solid defensive set up.Because that was our strength.Anything new should be developed only over that foundation.Play beautiful n remain solid.Dont compromise on our defence.
I feel Chelsea should aim for 90 points..85 might be enough..but 90 should just about seal it
Great, man! You’re absolutly right! And you wrote it in a really nice way :p
I absolutely agree with what u just said, i mean we were really good especially in the first half but we were probaly unlucky, on a better day we would have been leading by halftime. I also agree with the adjustment we need to make as matches progress, soon we will be really good. Finally i just want to praise swp and mikel and essien their combinations at times were really good, probably when we gell more we’ll see more of that with lamps attacking the spaces the create. Up chelsea!!!!!!!!!!!!
that’ts right .
nothing happened we still have chance however, we had a coech he always said , it is impossible to win all games, but champions always make impossible possible.
BC that was an awesome article spot on i totally agree with you esp about the double standards most newspaper articles reviews on websites etc are written by non chelsea fans so i think thats the reason for the hypocrisy cause every action every word evrything is under surveillance and then blown out of propotion!!! i wanna end this on good note by saying keep up the good work BC!! this is the best sports blog!!
Blue Champion I hope you read this!
PLEASE RESPOND
You are a very GOOD ANALYST and none of us would have been here if your analysis of events was crap.
I can speak for the majority that we think your blog comments are much better than those “so-called professionals” given to us by BBC or Sky Sports.
If I insulted you man by “ameteur stuff” I didn’t mean to offend you.
The only ameteur stuff is coming from some people like Midfield_Decider and Joeblue and footballguy etc..
If I insulted you by the “ameteur stuff” I didn’t mean to offend you.
Sorry
xxx
I completely agree with your statement.it was mourinho who brought the title back after 50 long years.He is the Best manager for this Job.Instead of critzicing him we should give our moral support to him,to lift the spirit.
Ballack will come back in two months.
Does anyone know any good football jokes?
Does anyone have any football jokes or stories?
Ok. I’ve got a story.
I was watching Chelsea tv a couple of weeks ago and we interviewed the head of the family.
Jose Mouriniho
Mouriniho was going on about the gesture he made, the gesture to Chelsea supporters to hold their chins up, when we drew to Arsenal.
This happened near the end of the season.
So Mouriniho goes on, come the FA Cup Final against Man Utd.
Mouriniho goes on to say that as he entered the stadium and while the match took place, he could see Man Utd fans gesturing to the Chelsea supporters to hold their chins up high.
I don’t know what happened after that because the wife needed me, but I only imagine what he said to those Man Utd fans after winning the FA Cup.
Can anyone finish/better this story?
Great analysis BC, I’m really loving it!
This was a good post to just calm everyone down a little bit.
Also I expect the defense to get much better. We’ve been playing with 2-3 new signings in the back four every game. They will take a while to settle and play together as a unit. Also, once Carvalho is back, look for them to be back on top of their game. The clean sheets will start rolling in.
Bue champion
u said last seasons, performance by chelski, was “efficient” is tht a euphemisms for boring.
secondly
u said the tevez deal was one of the “shadiest deals in football history”. is tht y the FA ratified it? is it not the same deal as maschinaro?, its nt shady, if it was man utd wouldnt hav gt involved with it, the reason we didnt take tevez whn we wer offerd him at da strt of last season.
and u tlk about matchfixing etc, and double standards, tht if it wer chelski, the reprecussions would be unimagiable.
COMMMON, hav u 4gotten chelski tappin up a.cole, and ONLY gettin fined 100k, or u tappin up MIKEL, frm united, or the two leeds youngsters, or the liverpool youngster. wht happend thn.
stop dis nonsense bout double standards.
MICHAEL M (comment 7)
dnt appreciate bien calld an ametaeur in my football analytical skills. i have given my opinion, and backd it up, and share the same views of neutrals and some of ur fans. so dnt u dare level such a comment at me.
if ne thing (altough a manutd fan) i know more bout chelski thn most of the people of this site. who’ve only ben”supporting” them for 2-3 yrs, look at dis 4 example
TRUBLUEND said
“I was an Arsenal fan till 2003..Then with Roman taking over chelsea there was a lot of hype n i just fell in love with the blues..I’ve been a chelsea supporter for the last 4 years.”
how is tht possible, 2 support 2 sworm enemies. if tht isnt glory hunting i dont no wht is?
if u want 2 tlk bout bien ameture, pls discuss BLU 07 said
joe cole COULD BE AS GOOD AS RONALDINHO, if he practised, and is mourinho let him do hes skills.
COMMON are u kidding me? how ridiculous is tht of a statement. 2 mention dinhio in da same breath a j.cole shw an inept understanding of football.
wht a joke. if ne thing comment lyk tht (with “fans” who r blinded by “club loyalty”) are wht shld be called amateur.
dare ne 1 2 prove me wrng on dis point
Football Guy @ 13
efficient football: I’ve made it clear more than once that I like football in its complete sense. It’s not just the goals and attacking moves that satisfy me. It’s also the tight defence and crunching defensive midfield tackles and the ball winning that satisfies me. Holding on to the lead and playing so cool is what i like. Playing the best possible football not to get the maximum but just what’s sufficient to get 3 points is efficient football and I love it. So it’s not an euphemism but just an expression for a different way of playing football which not appreciated by many.
Tevez deal: FA ratified it but until the day before it was cleared, Man Utd were not sure whom to pay the money and whether it was a purchase or only a loan deal etc. Not a real mark of a very clean deal. But the point here is that if the team here involved was Chelsea, then we’d have had it. That’s what I want to say.
Tapping: If you already didn’t know, player-tapping happens like it’s legal. It’s happening everywhere. Henry and Fabregas were contacted with no permission from Arsenal and there are so many other instances. In fact, Fabregas even went public saying that Barca contacted him. You think Gallas was not tapped? Do you think Real Madrid never taps players? Certainly yes. But I’m not saying it’s right. See what happened for the Ashley Cole story and the rest. Always, we get the headlines, mostly for wrong reasons. And for Mikel, we paid 12m to Man Utd and that’s what financed them the Carrick deal. It was a settlement. As regards the youngsters, again, it so common but it may not be right, but so damn common that every single club does that and only Chelsea got into the papers even for those stories.
I was just hoping that more clubs be bought by businessmen and billionaires so that the anti-Chelsea bias goes off. Premier league is going to be a lot different next season wrto the club ownerships.
I agree with you, BC. Let us not forget that Chelsea is a team in evolution at this time. The team that we have now is not the same one that won back-to-back trophies — certainly Mourinho is aware that one has to change in order to move forward (and win more trophies).
And anyway, that’s the way it is: sometimes we win, sometimes we lose. Let’s cheer them on and hope that Mourinho and the boys learn something valuable from this loss.
Cheers to everyone!
Please, Blue Champion. Building up passion in a fan blog is one thing. Using it to propagate one argument by eschewing another is completely unacceptable. I don’t want to wind you up or anything, but saying Tevez’s deal was the shadiest ever is unfair.
From the first day Man Utd’s lawyer had sorted out the paper work and it was left to the FA, WHU and Kia (his owner) to sort out their differences. United were just waiting to pay the cash to the person the FA deemed right to be paid.
About Chelsea getting stick for some of the things you’ve mentioned, yes, you are right on some counts. They do play an efficient brand of football, that to many, is not easy on the eye. Roman might concur, I guess.
About the Russian mafia and takeovers, most of the Arsenal fans are pretty much against the takeover. The same could be said of the Glazers and Man Utd. To this day, ‘Fuck Glazer’ resounds throughout the club. Give me a PLC over a Glazer owned United, I will take it anyday. (And Glazer is not even a mafia gang member) I am sure a lot of the Arsenal fans would not be able to reconcile with their new Russian owner.
Honestly, there is only one reason why Abramovich, or Randy Lerner, or Thaksin were invited with open arms. These owners bring in much needed cash into the club which were unheard of in the past. Roman’s arrival wiped out debts in one fell swoop.
For what it’s worth, Roman loves football and does the Chelsea thing with passion for the game than for business purposes as such. (It’s probably the reason why Mourinho’s brand of football worries him) However his murky past would stick with him thanks to rival fans.
Anyway, getting back to my point. Jose Mourinho is and has done a good job at Chelsea. The problem with him has been him shooting his gob about being the special one. While he did prove it, it sets standards ridiculously high for a person of his level and ego. So everyone wants him to take the fall. Simple human nature.
I have tried to be as unbiased as I could (considering I am a United fan) and I hope I get a cultured response. Not some nut job trying to tell me off. I’ve been through that before, and it’s not going to affect me one bit.
Michael M @ 7
No problemo! No offence taken as I don’t think I was your target
blue champion
i see wht ur sayin, but i really think u guys at chelski ned 2 get it outta ur head there isnt an anti chelski, felling amongst football fans.
the reasons chelski dnt win many fans, is nt just the type of football thy play, but alo the attitude of the club.
1.jose mourinhio, (as much i i love some of the comments he makes), hes arrogance knws no boundries, and he has crossed the line 1 2 many tyms. remeber whn he made it personal with ronaldo, and how he was brought up.
-aalso hes inablity 2 accept defeat, ie the villa match (2 shots on traget, 4 me suggest u deserved 2 get beat, but NOT 2 jose). also he says barca cnat beat us with 11 v11 palyers. wht nonsense thy beat u accept it.
2. the mumouring of the players, manager, and club alike, suggestin thyr goin 2 win the title by bien unbeate. tht sort of arrogance does not win u ne fans, especially wit da type of football u play. arsenal won fans nt only by their acheievment bt the football thy play.
3. the most annying, is the team, manager and FANS alike. comments such as the priemiership is “our trophy”, 2 titles in 50 yrs suggest nt. 2 in 15 of the priemiership supports this. man utd 9 in 15, and current holders suggets it is our tophy.
also fans try 2 walk b4 thy cn run, suggeting chelski is a GREAT club. great team yes, great club NOOO
the most annoyin is epitomised by statements lyk the 1 blue 07 made.
j.cole could b as good a ronaldinho, or comments such as ur tht chelski hav bette wingers, and comments lyk mikel, had a geat seaon last seaon (whn it ws averager).
these things make chelski disliked.
feel free 2 prove me wrng
Football Guy
The way Jose Mourinho expresses his arrogance and rudeness is all part of a big scheme. That’s a very important contribution he has made to the team. Even now, when Arsenal plays, you can see how Gallas stands out from the rest with his grit, determination and never-say-die attitude. Like I said it’s all part of a big scheme. Managers are no longer soft and diplomatic as they used to be. Fergie and Arsene have done their bit of service already too – that ‘wife’ comment, hairdryer treatment etc.
You become what YOU believe in. That’s the psychological message. If you think it’s your trophy, you’d do anything to win it back. That’s the bottomline. Why do you bother when you already know that Chelsea has won just thrice while you guys have won it umpteen times?
This is the best stuff I’ve read in a while along with some of the comments in the last post.
I HAVE CONFIDENCE IN CHELSEAis a theme that needs to be touched on once ina a while cos if we win 4-0 in the next match lots of the negative stuff get washed away but some fundamental challenges will always be there.
No team or anyone is ever perfect and like I like earlier better to stumble a bit now than later in the season when we’re neck to neck with someone in the final dash for the trophy.
The team needs to GEL and that is a fact and we’re gonna get there !
Red Ranter
Tevez deal: You got me wrong here. I was just mentioning that if the team involved was Chelsea instead of Man Utd, it would have got a different kind of publicity – something like a Roman conspiracy or Kenyon bribing the FA or whatever stupid stuff.
I pretty well know that the fans are not too happy about the billionaire owners (may be, Roman excepted) but I’d wait to see what kind of bad publicity people like Thaksin get. Believe me, I had even contributed a few pounds to Shareholders United to keep Man Utd away from Glazer, just purely as a football fan.
I agree with you that Jose has set himself and for us, vey high standards and he has the tougher job of meeting or bettering them and we have the easier job of criticising him.
Finally, you’re most welcome here, with your points of view. Anything from anyone is fine, as long as they are not stupidly abusive
Guys! Red Ranter runs this Manchester United blog – http://www.redrants.com – one of the very few Man Utd blogs I like.
My dear TrueBlueInd
Just in case you had missed this.
When we win, Mourinho refers everithing is due his brilliant and dareful decisions, but when we play not as a team , but a collection of unconected stars, he expect from us not to think it’s his foult.
I think he must start to work better in make those unconnected players to work as a team not in a selfish way, and avoid talking in the public telling us how good he is anytime we win.
For sure we recognize how good he is and his good things , but we want him to be better.
ballack get well soon
you hit the nail right on the head. the frustration of being singled out every single time is something. and bout the match, no qualms of losin cause u could see the effort of the players.
and come no matter what, jose is and will be the best man for chelsea. his true worth will be realized when is out of chelsea( which i hope wont happen, ever)
Nice article BC. Jose is what he he is coz he plays to win and with him a loss never becomes a trend.
I completely agree with you when you say there is a lot more to Jose’s Chelsea than just goals. He completely outfoxed Martin O’ Niell.
Jose played Mikel and Makalele together though they play the same role it was a masterstroke. It completely countered the threat of Ashley Young’s and Agbonlahor’s pace. It gave no room to Gareth Barry and Reo Coker to operate. The only way Villa could have scored was through a set piece which to our misfortune they did. That they scored a second goal is of no consequence as we were totally devoted to attck at that time and had to run such risks of counterattack. I did’nt see Villa play at all the entire evening!!!
I have only one suggestion we should rotate SWP, Malouda and Joe Cole and not make any of them a permanent bench fixture.
When SWP plays he should also concentrate a bit more on defense. He has pace and it comes in handy to stem the flow of oppenent’s counterattcks.
At the end i am disappointed at not winning but i am very content with our game.
To add to the earlier comment Aston Villa hosted Liverpool in the first game in the season and it was not an easy outing for Liverpool either. They won thanks to an unjustified free kick that Steven Gerard dubiously won and brilliantly took. Now when we see Liverpool are winning 6-0 and we are loosing, i am not fazed and still think we handled them better than Liverpool did. John Carew in their match against Liverpool had all the time to claim long balls. Gareth Barry and Reo Coker ran the length of the other pitch at will and Young and Agbonlahor were the only guys who could be marginally restricted in that game by Benitez. Jose caged Aston Villa.
With a little more discipline and selflessness we could have won against Villa. But i am sure this is a rare phenomenon like a solar eclipse where the tiny moon can block the mighty sun but only for some time.
For me apart from the regular performers, Alex really had a good game baring few mistakes. The good thing about him he seems to have all the time to go into a tackle that seem last gasp to us.
Juliano Belliti was good with crosses but SWP was running that flank so this game was not the right one to watch his capability.
I think you guys are making distaster from a simple lose.
“So funny that Roman was called the Russian mafia by the Arsenal blogs during the Cole-Gallas swap and see what they’ve got – a complete real Russian mafia guy in charge of them – true in every sense of the word.”
Nice read, again, but I don’t agree with this. The new shareholder is simply that, a shareholder, and is not in charge of the club. Although I am disappointed, as an Arsenal fan, that he has come to the club and that David Dein has let him in, he is by no means in charge. That would be Peter Hill-Wood, the chairman.
Keep up the good work though, I still see Chelsea as Arsenal’s major title rivals.
U hav proved again BC how naiive and ill informed u r , remember last season wen u put up silly posts like……CRISIS WAT CRISIS , and SURELY SOME CRISIS after we drew 3 matches in sucession had lost 6 points , and at the end of the season who was the clown???? U!!!!
We lost the title by 6 points!!!!
U really need to brush urself up , every point lost is a point gained for the others , this time its not only Manure but the Gooners and scousers r going for the title as well , and r already ahead of us , i m not sayin that they wil not loose points , but as i always say we shld hav our fate in our hands and not like last season sit on our asses and hope somebody beats United!!!!
So instead of being so uterly bull headed see some sense and see the real faults in the team , dont like always sweep them under the carpet , we r Chelsea fans but that does not mean we wil hide our mistakes , wat was wrong was wrong!!!!
@footballguy u think ferguson is all clean if you have been supporting manutd for a long time which i suppose you are, you would know he wanted to get robben that is why robben was seen at OT without psv’s permission and then psv was about to issue a legal notice against manutd but they didnt, secondly its about last year only that he was abusing some skysports reporter and you know this was not the first time, thirdly every player that leaves OT has never left on a good note be it beckham(shoe smashing), keane. heinze, RVN, veron etc etc and i dont wanna start this but you come here and start abusing my fellow chelsea supporters but if you wanna talk about glory hunting that term is synomyms to manutd most of the people are suppoting manutd after 1999(treble) they dont know anything beyond that and ofcourse because of worldwide popularity of beckham at that point of time i bet people dont even the 1st 11 team players and they say that they support manutd and all they talk about is glory(glory glory manutd) which i can see in your tone when you say that we have won 9 out 15 tiltles wat happened before that mate you won your first title after 36 years in 1991 and you talk about chelsea winning title after 50 years i dont care when people start supporting chelsea as long as they are supporting CHELSEA!!!
To the guy qusetioning Sneijder’s place in the team……….
R u kidding , except for Lamps and Essien no player till now has shown the performance or the consistency to be a regular in the midfield , Makelele is so old and plays so less that ppl r startin to forget him he cannot even run now ,Ballack wil miss most of the season , Mikel has been the most rubbish player in Chelsea this season , he neither attacks nor defends well , he cant score goals and cant even use his physiqe in set-pieces…………..so who is left????
the ever wasting not good enough SWP , the talented and my fav Joey Cole and the inconsistent settling Malouda ,
personally my midfield wld be this………………
J.Cole–Essien–Sneijder
——-Lamps————-
But dreams wil remain dreams , we r more likely to sign a talented young creative goal scoring mid fielder than we r of playig beautiful football!!!
ok what after ballack returns you would want him to warm the bench and according to your formation you would play lampard as a holding midfileder and just one wing player that is joe cole cause mate sneijder is a midfileder he is not a wing player you think you can play attractive football with just one wing player….lol dude you are funny you contardict yourself lol!!!
wat a joker this guy foreverblue is………..
1.even if Ballack returns he has not done anything to warrant a place in the starting 11 , and he dosent return til the end of Oct that too is not certain , so u keep waiting til then and hoping he wld cm back and start slamming goals and creating stuff , which he hasant done til now and nothing shows that he can!!!! For me reputations r not imp , only performances r!!!And Balack has not shown any performance worthy of notice yet!!!!
2.Lampard is not playing defensive midfielder dude , he is the tip of the attack this is an illustrtaion for children like u who can even think of such crap , u make me laugh , u surely must be a clown……………..
——————-cech—————-
Beletti———Terry——Carvy——-Cole
——–j.Cole—-Essien——–Sneijder
—————-Lampard——————
————Drogba———sheva/Pizarro
Maybe now u can understand the formation if stil not please do go and learn footie first and stop posting infant stuff!!!!!
3.J.cole can also play in the wings , but he is a utility man , who likes to play either as a creative head or just on the side of the midfield , if u wld hav seen him play for England , he plays at Left midfield not left wing , and he plays extremly well but all this stuff is out of ur understanding!!!!
4.i want us to play creative football but i kno Jose wil never do it , thats why i want his head , he can sign any talented player but he wil make that player play his defensive mindless football , the crux of my argument is to get Jose kicked , only then under another coach can we hope to play any sort of creative beautiful football!!!
Enugh education ,u post childish comments , please leave me alone , i dont hav a teaching football job on this blog!!!!
Michael M,
just to finish your story, at the end of the match, the entire Chelsea Team was doing the “Chins up” action back at the Fans.
A. Cole, Robben, Maka, Drogs the whole lot really… The Manure fans must have felt Fecked over. LOL…was a funny sight to behold.
Joeblue, maybe RA should sack Jose and hire you.
@joeblue childish comments!! just get your facts right we were talking about sneijder and you think chelsea should splash money and buy a player for 20mil just because ballack is out for 2 months you make me laugh mate i dont wanaa start this whole thing that i know more about football than you do variety! and one thing i wanna tell you mate that class will always be there you cannnot write off players like ballack you havent seen the best of him!
i dont pretend to be a manager or a Ferguson , i just give my views but this sarcastic crap is intolerable , we r the fans , we r educated and inteligent enugh to rate or review any team(maybe some r not) , we can question and doubt , most of us hav our own opinions(with Jose or agnst Jose) , we hav not only the right but the duty to criticaly analyse our team!!!!
If somebody wants to counter my views i m completely ready to face this challenge but wen uneducated and low minded ppl cm and post stuff like ‘u shld get out’ , ‘Jose knos more than u’ and such stuff , i can pity u ppl , lambs being herded around , if u hav not got anything related to football or any counter-arguments its better to just shut up and follow the Jose herd!!!!
Thats more respectable than advertising wat an incompetent , uneducated follower u r!!!!
the reason we played so well in 2004-05 was because we were using the wings and you cant compare england team with chelsea. joe cole is an awesome player i know he can play anywhere but for chelsea he plays right wing and please get it right wesley sneijder is a playmaker he plays in the same position as frankie lampard!! just get it right the next time!!! and ya about obi mikel well i think you might be sleeping in the latter half of last season he played so well just because he had couple of bad games this season you are going to write him off….. an advice to you joeblue never i mean never get into football management!!!
hi clown!!!!
Lampard is a playmaker???? does he get creative balls in????
does he gets thru passes????do u even kno wat a playmaker is????
Ronnie , Deco , Riquelme , these r playmakers not players like Lampard ,
Obi Mikel had few good games last season so he has become some sort of a god , how very typical Jose lover attitude , couple of bad games???? whatever he has played this season has been crap , look at ppl like Fabregas they r also so young , does Obi even get to his shin pads????
NO , mybe Obi is 100 times better then even Fabregas for u ,right??? but then u kno nothin abt football!!!
let me give u some advise , please leave football!!!!
oh and if we can splash 23 mn pounds on SWP and were going to splash abt 22 mn pounds for a RB , then 20 mn pounds for Sneijder is a bargain , anyways wen has Jose really cared abt the price tags???? why not sign somebody worthwhile for a change .. eh Jose?????
Gud post BC. But the thing which concerns me is the objective of Jose ‘n’ Roman. The fact we all know that Roman loves Samba brand football, but Jose doesn’t fancy those kinda football. For Jose the only thing is Winning, Winning ‘n’ Winning, doesnt matter how we won, but Roman wants something in Style. See BC, our Owner isn’t bankrupted Glazers, he can spend even billions if the team plays gud football and makes him happy. So I dun c anything wrong in Romans view, after all he paying 5m+ GBP/per for Jose (double da money of Arsene). Roman wants every football fan shall cheer about Chelsea the way it plays, but dats not happening… afterall he bought a football club not to earn bit money instead to create some revolution in Futball!
yes! u,ve lost the title.u lost it even before the league started.your team is getting worse and worse by the day,conciding lots of goals and depending on fatlumps deflected shorts to go in.rem. comebacks don come all the time as u witnessed on sunday and more of those to come..lol!
@ joeblue, its our honour to respect other Chelsea mates views and their opinions, I really appreciate your comments, but are more welcome if its in diplomatic manner nonetheless i can understand your pain of Chelsea defeat and paly!
ha ha ha!! ur post make me laugh man…mate i dont wanna put you down i know my limits so call me wat ever you like but you know nothing you are tring to say that lampard is not a playmaker you should showed how naive you are do you know who had the highest number of assist last season for chelsea yes mate it was lampard so i dont wanna argue with a guy like you no point!!
Roman , nice new name LOL!!!
Wassup mate , long time no see!!!
the points u bring up abt Abramovich and his want for more samba football , is something very new and which ppl generally ignore cuz they hav no respect for the MAIN man behind this Chelsea revolution , they just luv Jose!!!!
And i can be diplomatic with ppl who r more rational and open minded not ppl who hav only one side of the story hard up in their minds and just cant even look at the other view point , perhaps u r right its better to ignore such ppl!!!
And another fact Lampard is NO playmaker , but why am i convincing u????
U kno nothing , answer me , wen does Lampard thru ball other players???
Wen does he run the play???? wen does he initiate sudden attacks out of nowhere???? the real playmakers r Ronnie , Deco , Fabregas , Riquelme etc and if u cant see the diff btw Lamps and them, then srry football really is not ur sport dude!!! See ya!!!!
When is the next game ?Can’t wait !
We should be either
(1) better at the fashion show football stuff and win by 3 goals
or
(2) Play pragmatic ,boring and win by one goal and get 3 points
or
(3) Play pretty and lose or draw
or
God forbid (4) play boring and lose or draw !
Whatcha think is gonna happen ?
I forward the notion that
(1) We get rid of the whole team at 5 million pounds each and buy 20 new guys at above 30million pounds each
(2) Get rid of JM and replace him with Erikson or even better me !
(3) Flay them ,slap them, stab them every time their form goes down or score less than 3 goals a half
Do I hear any Ayes ? Joe Blue ?
Yeah joeblue my name reflects am always behind our true footballing fan ‘n’ owner Roman! But unlike you, I am really a big fan of Jose as well, may be his Armony suits attracts me more
lol. See everyone can learn joeblue, and Jose is truly the Special one in a way he brings the kinda determination and giving motivation for our players, but if he bring the trophies with Style which is what Roman demands, Chelsea will conquer the world of football! But will Jose bring Samba football, thats da biggest question mark?
now get something straight…….playmaker is someone who usually runs the play…..who is the player responsible for spraying passes to SWP and malouda on the wings or to the strikers up front??maka passes the ball to lampard after he wins a tackle…why?? Nd u say he does not pick out thru balls to players?? do you watch chelsea matches?? u dont need do be a rocket scientist to figure that out…..fabregas does the same thing for arsenal and scholes for manutd….they both play with defensive mids behind them…gilberto and hargreaves resp. the same way lampard works with makaele to do the mopping up.
swp,joe cole,maloudA are wingers,kalou,pizzaro,drogba,sheva are strikers….makalele,essien and mikel are DM’s…lamps and ballack are playmakers. GOD i have to tell you the whole squad list now
and don’t argue for the sake of arguing…..
When did we last scored of a freekick directly?? long time … i would love to see some goals of thunder freekicks..crafty freekicks… last game alex was trying for one power shot but i think there was no 10 yard rule that day
… may be we can use essien too for power kicks!! but bending dipping freekicks only lampard is capable that too not surely… i think we should put some consideration here too rather than just targeting JT and alex … may be a good surprise.
ronnie had a good one this weekend!!
cheers
some formations, pls do chop and change according to players on form,
4-3-3,
…..PC……
,,JB,,,RC….JT…AC,
,,,,,,,,,,ME,,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,MB,,,,,,,,FL,,,,,,
,,SWP,,,,DD…..FM
4-4-2
,,,,,,,,,,,,PC,,,,,,,,,
,,JB,,,RC,,,,,JT,,,AC
,,SWP,,ME,,FL,,,JC
,,,,,,,DD,,,,AS,,,,,,
3-4-3
,,,,,,,,,,PC,,,,,,,,
,,,RC,,,JT…ALX,,,
……….ME…….
…SWP………FL….
…….. MB……….
…AS…DD…FM..
3-5-2
…………PC………
,,,RC…,,.JT……ALX,,
,,,,,,,,,,,,ME………
…….MB……FL….
SWP…………….JC..
,,,,,,,,DD…………
………….AS………
@joeblue – like anyone, i dont like personal comments made against me. but i can not advise you as that has been your hallmark. if you’re saying that about lampard and through balls, that’s a signal that i need not respond to you.
i hav not had any probs with u BC , but hav i been wrong in saying u cm up with silly , brush under the carpet excuses ,every single time????
tell me dont u remember wen u posted foolish articles CRISIS WAT CRISIS , and SURELY SOME CRISIS , where u tried ur level best to prove us Jose haters completely wrong???? that losing those six points wasant the end of the race as we were making it to be????
And wat happened in the end???? we lost the title by 6 points!!!!
So that proves how one sided ur opinion is and how wrong u almost always r , even now u say wats the problem , we lost only 1 game????
What if we end up losing the race by 3 points wat do u say then????
I kno , u wld hav forgoten like the rest of the Jose lovers and wld hav found some new excuses , i hav not taken any personal swipe at u , but correct me if i m wrong with the facts i hav given in any way????
And foreverblue , just cuz a player has got the responsability to pass around does not make him a playmaker , the playmaker is somebody who does it on his own accord , who dictates the play , who runs the midfield , Ballack and Lamps r 2 players who get forward and try to get goals on each opportunity , they dont sit and dictate play , they dont like making goals for other ppl , they like to get the goals themselves!!!! i dont think there is anything wrong in wanting to score , the problem is wen that becomes the prime want!!!
Even wen Lamps plays for England , no manager wants him and Stevie G to play togeather , unless its a 5 man midfield cuz he runs off to get his own goals , so does Gerrard to set others up and the defense is left in shambles , wat assist does Ballack make???? just stands around , shoots wen he gets the ball , and towers around in the set pieces!!!! no thru balls , no creativity , r u saying that the way Ronie and Deco etc make chances out of nothing Lamps does that???? hav u even ever seen him play????
Just cuz he is the only player to hav that role and gets the assists does not make him the playmaker , can he recreate Ronnie’s passes , or Deco’s thru balls , or Fabregas’s wonderful set ups????? no all he can do is rush to the box and slam the ball as soon as he gets it , thats not a playmaker!!!!!
oh and roman holiday ur sarcasm is dripping thru , and its completely pointless , wen ur beloved Jose buys crap players for 20 mn pounds and above everybody hails him , if i say so , u hav a problem right?????
i expected a better counter arguments from somebody like u , not that shameless stupid comment almost every Jose lover makes , very dissapointing , prove me wrong , u had said Jose shld be given time!!!!!
Remember , and now wat??? this ugly crap arrogant football again????
here r my sugesstions……………
1.Kick out Jose , a man who has no respect for football and with the multi million pounds at Roman’s disposal get anybody who has respect fior the sport my prefrence wld be Hiddink!!!!
2.Sell off players belonging to Jose’s arrogant , wasted mould like SWP , Ballack etc and get in players who redefine football , i mean if Jose was given so much cash to bring in thrah like he did , then a little more bucks and get some players like Kaka or Ronnie or Diego or Vaart etc!!!!!
3.oh and to play good football u dont need to score 3 goals a half but i guess Jose’s football has made u completely bonkers , stil if u play like Real Madrid r right now , i wldnt doubt our team scoring 2-3 goals avg with performances that wil make opponents shiver and neutrals fall in luv with!!!!
A NEW CHELSEA , A DREAM COME TRUE!!!!!! OH ROMAN , I KNOW WHAT U FEEL AND WHAT U SEE DISGUSTS U , BUT I CAN MAKE OUT BY THE WAY UR PATIENCE HAS BEEN TORN TO SHREDS , jOSE’S TIME IS NEAR!!!!!
@BC
I Don’t mind we lost 2-0……………2 goal means nothing……….as jose mourinho obviously put it…………………..we played football the way i guess “joeblue” and “midfield_decider” wants…………….if they don’t call this beautiful football……………..i think they are better off with arsenal or manchester united………………………
about roman abramovich………………..his reaction just showed that chelsea is not his toy as media puts it…………he loves his team…………can’t see them loosin………and contrary to the media i can picture him tryin to console the team and even congratulatin jose for the way we were playing football.
@joeblue
my advice: go and search for other club………and change your name to fabregas.red or anything………….this is ridiculuos critising………………….even my arsenal fans admitted we lost due to luck we had the better chances……………….we played football as “joeblue” wants it………………..if you call ballack is not creative enough………go and get a life…………schneijder scores ………..u want him……………………..in football we can play with 11 players only i guess you know it…………….throw off lampard who in his off-form scores as much as cristiano scores in his best form……………….[note that ronaldo dives and scores from those penalties]………….
jose won’t be sacked because you are of those rare breeds who wants jose out………………….if jose was a bad tactician or manger trust me he would be praised even in rival communities
i guess arsenal and man utd play beautiful football……………but are they able to defeat us??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
@joeblue
CHANGE UR CLUB OR CHANGE UR FRIENDS WHO ARE FILLING YOUR MIND WITH THIS CRAP THAT CHELSEA PLAYS BOORING FOOTBALL……….JOSE DOESN’T KNOWS MANAGEMENT
Good points from joeblue. Bravo.
By the way, I will respond to you pesonally soon.
I hav not said Lampard is not a good player , but he is not creative and thats that!!!! Ballack and creativity?????poles apart , he does everything other than trying to create spaces !!!!
Hav u not even read my earlier comments????
Sneijder and Lampard r playing TOGEATHER in my given team!!!!!
First check wats the debate abt before jumping in!!!!
and i dint even talk abt Arsenal’s play and style!!!!
Not even Manure’s!!!!! all i m saying is WE shld play beautiful football!!!!!
lol do u see any Ballack’s games for Germany/B.Munich?! .. i think that problem is that Lampard/Ballack cant play together .. i dont know why .. it’s same like Lampard/Gerrard in England !!
joeblue – losing the title was still not a crisis. even if we dont win it this season it is not a crisis.
It is!then y did we spend 300 million on players.2 lose?nop!
(if anyone childish points out that Real won 5-0, damn I’m not wasting my time on them)
@BC, it isnt sin to give some respect to Real Mardid, atleast they are the symbol of football in the last century. Moreover i warn you, you will loose young spanish chics (fans) following your blog if u blame Madrid
lol. Juss kidding…!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/6977063.stm
oh and if anybody saw Sneijder and Ronnie in the La Liga and stil cant see any diffrence btw them and Lamps/Ballack , i advise u to switch to cricket!!!
BC, I cannot believe that you wrote that we played well at Villa Park. With that preformance we would lose to Liverpool, Milan, Barcelona, Manchester Utd, Arsenal, and maybe others too.
You say that if we don’n win The league this year it won’t be a crisis. Then what is a crisis for you? I’m sure that Roman Abramovich will disagree with you.
When Rafael Benitez was a “poor” guy with no funds he used to teach Jose how to play solid defencive game.
Now, when Rafa is a “rich” guy with funds he teaches Jose how to play attractive attacking football.
Hats off to Rafa. It’s not coincidence that the guy likes to play chess as he admitted once. Football like chess requires creativity, which Jose doesn’t have.
Joe blue
To you, everything is wrong with Jose nd the team. No problem its your opinion but i think here, we should be discussing on how the team can improve.Let your criticism be constructive like M.D. Or you could just change club since you luv attractive football so much
PS Arsenal are off to a flying start nd United are just 2pts behind.
This article is not mine but it has sense in it:
Chelsea have finally been caught, and the jury is out. For the past seasons Chelsea relied on grinding results and wearing dowm the opponents. The ball will be kicked long to Drogba to hold for Lampard to shoot. It was simple route one football, that lacked creativity and imagination. Yes it brought results we were told. Yes it was justified because it had two premierships titles to show. Yes it was good becoz great Champions win ugly. Is that true,? We were reminded that Artists and Entertainers are for the circus, winning and results for football. Real Madrid came to our rescue, Capello won La Liga but was fired because he did not entertain.
For all their millions Chelsea have no creativity and flair. All they have is power houses who cannot unlock the defence, give a defence splitting pass or a reverse pass. Its power and pace. Essein is a monster on running all day, but the guy is miles behind Fabregas, Alonso, Scholes in passing and changing the game. Abramovich has realised that all the musclemen (Drogba, Essein, Mikel, Ballack, ) are at the Bridge while Artists he craves are either at Arsenal, Man U or Liverpool. Your style saved a purpose when other teams were maturing, Liverpool lacked quality, Man U was developing, Arsenal was constructing. Now these teams have come of edge and you cannot simply use power and long balls to beat them, you need creativity and flair to unlock their defences. Long balls alone will not help. Chelsea need more than just musclemen. Theirs fans live in dream world and fantasy simply telling us results matters most….its a joke…If the man who spent ?500million ( Arsenal ?35m)cannot stand your style, who are you to say ….or we do not mind winning ugly. Yes every team at times wins ugly…. but not the whole season. Chelsea are conceding goals because they cannot balance defence and attack. Arsenal and Man U have for years played this games…so for Chelsea now to desire to play expansive football will mean more defeats…simple…you do not have the personnel to play this kind of football. You lack artists who can hold the ball and retain possession through pass and move. You for years have played long balls and relied on set pieces. Now Abramovich wants to be entertained and Chelsea cannot afford to do that without conceding goals. Its not their game, you cannot all of sudden encourage Essein and Lampard to dribble with the ball when for years they have played functional football. You cannot expect Mikel to be creative when he is used to maintain his position and never take risks. Chelsea have been asked to take risks thus living gaps at the back. Its not easy to play like Arsenal they have perfected the art for years and are good on it. They are the real entertainers and Chelsea are way off to match them. Any attempt will lead to more defeats and headache for Roman. Roman and Mourinho are in a tight position, you cannot entertain without conceding goals, you are used to waiting for opponents to take risks.
joe blue is right. lampard is NOT a playmaker. for reference heres a list of real play makers; zidane, kaka,riquelme,veron, pirlo-remember the pass to fabio gross for the final goal against germany,ronnie, zola-even though he was also a great stiker,gullit,deco-marginally,appiah-ghana’s captain and…….john obi mikel whom jose is misusing as a DM.
beautifull football is not just about scoring or storming forward…that lampard an ballack excel at. its a fair mix of clever passing-both long and short,great dribbling,counter attacks, commited tackles, aerial balls…the full gamut. it has a commitment to poetic football as opposed to the somewhat prosaic football of chelsea at times. to illustrate instances of this kind of play reel back both games MiLAN UNITED games the last two suceeding seasons OF THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE.the ball conrol by the MILAN players was divine/superlative at stretches making united look pedestrian . also milans play in the 3-0 first half of the 2005 CL final.
the point though is that with lamps and ballack as our principle attacking midfielders that type of football is not possible. both these guys are great at what they do…passing, tacking and storming into the box but they lack creativity and dribbling skills to hold off opponents as they create space to play in their teammates-here conrast with a zidane or riquelme. this is in fact my explanation for shevas inability to adapt to chelsea football…. the truth in fact is that chelsea used to play much better football-in a creative sense- in the zola, flo, vialli years. you can see in the character of these guys a commitment to artistry than you can perhaps with drogs, essien and ballamps.
the problem with jose (and this is one of his few shortcomings)… is that he does not seem to value that kind of play or player much. he is in a hurry to attain success and records…as was roman initially, and so style is trumped by triumph. it is not a fatal flaw however…the change of philosophy is a great start, frank ansens starlets will eventually come through-and there is a man who understands style-he’s dutch you know
.certainly with jose’s great inspiration,defensive solidity, and new personell chelsea will play the kind of football we all love to see. my only worry however is whether jose can mellow enough to let creative genius flourish in his chelsea.
“When Rafael Benitez was a “poor” guy with no funds he used to teach Jose how to play solid defencive game.
Now, when Rafa is a “rich” guy with funds he teaches Jose how to play attractive attacking football.
Hats off to Rafa. It’s not coincidence that the guy likes to play chess as he admitted once. Football like chess requires creativity, which Jose doesn’t have”
Attacking football nad beatung Derby. Even with the horrible football we play we would beat guys at least 4-0. Their backline was hopeless on the day.
The article makes sense and remember these clubs have done this for years before “perfecting” it. So,since we all want attractive football lets steel our minds for more losses of matches and trophys-we only lost to villa nad some are shouting like we have lost the league already.So lets stick to what we know and truth is we dont play boring football all the time. We all musn’tplay “attractive” football
sorry for spelling mistakes. guess i was too fast.
bluegal,
Talking of Rafa I did nor refer only to Derby game. Liverpool outplayed Chelsea at Anfield recently, you know that. In fact Liverpool played very attacking football even last year against Barcelona at Anfield when they have 2-3 balls on woodwork and some cleared from the line by Spaniards.
Rafa proved long before that he is smarter in football sense than Jose.
As for attractive football, if Jose really wanted to play that football he should have bought players who suit to that style (he shouldn’t have lost Robben). There are no such midfielders in Chelsea. So, either Jose is lying or he is very naive.
Mourinholic, you have very good points but again, Jose doesn’t have creative playeres because he doesn’t like them and cannot use them. So how he is going to play creative stuff???
Mourinohlic, interesting post… but Ballack not a playmaker???
I’m sure there are plenty who dissagree with that and under Ranieri Lampard was mroe of a playmaker than he ever will be for Mourinho.
BTW Joe Cole had a clever pass up his sleeve and probably still does, if only he’s encouraged to attempt these we’d see something we have been lacking at Chelsea for some time.
great points brought to notice by u guys and which r completely true!!!!
L’Pool hav been playing very well this season , dont forget they r yet to concede a goal form open play , the only 2 they hav conceded were penalties!!!
They r looking completely like champions(how much i hate to say it) , wall strong defence , potent mid field and a master blast attack!!!!
Compare this with our always leaky defence this season , poor mid field , and lack of real goalscoring threats!!!! Heaven save us!!!!
“Heaven save us!!!!”
Amen.
M.D, We all know Robben didnt want to stay ; requesting for ridiculous wages so why keep an unhappy player? This is not going to help to help us. The media is creating a mountain of a molehill and we are fanning the embers. This would sure unsettle the team eventhough they might not get6 to read this.
Yea.. joeblue rules!!!
reading the comments it feels all the people who come to watch chelsea play in stanford bridge and away are fools!!! why will anyone waste his/her money watching a boring football match?even i have heard that the ticket rates r maximum there.. 3 season of boring football is enough to keep the stadium empty isnt it? they dont have flair players like ronaldo who orgies with his mates celebrating man utds first win of the season.. they dont have kaka and ronaldinho in midfield.. all they have is clumsy players … then y they come???
or do they come because they r assured they will go away home with a smile of win or just to get a glimpse of one among the worlds 100 sexiest people u know whom!! roman must be dumb and kenyon what to say… they must read this blog
KTBFFH!!!
cheers
So can someone tell me what the real story is with Shevchenko? Has he even “dressed” for a game this year?
I dont understand why people speak as if Mourinho kicked Robben out of Chelsea..Mourinho has always said he wanted Robben to stay..He has always appreciated Robben..But Mourinho doesnt pay the wages..Robben wanted more cash..Morinho doesnt make those decisions…CHELSEA FC does..The club let Robben go..Mourinho didnt
N yes..Mourinho was in a hurry to get results..so he opted for efficient football..ROMAN n CHELSEA FC wanted RESULTS right..They bought in Mourinho with a single agenda..tO WIN..n Mourinho did that for them..He won..Do u guys think Roman would have been happy to wait for 3 years with Mourinho to win the EPL???..No way..he wanted immediate results..he wouldnt have given Mourinho time to develop beautiful football.
n Now If Roman wants Chelsea fc to play with beauty he should know that he will have to splash out cash to get the magicians in..
He Should have agreed to Robben’s fees to keep him at Chelsea..
He should have sanctioned 24Million plus for Alves..
He should have splashed for Deco, Quaresma n whoever else Jose wanted to help create beauty…
OR..He has to be ready to wait for a season or more n allow Jose time to perfect the beauty stuff with this squad..The transition to beauty will mean more defeats like Villa, maybe a 4th place finish in the EPL, a CL QF, and maybe just a CC or FA SF..so maybe a season without any trophies..will Roman, chelsea fc n the FANS agree to this???
Roman has infact restricted Jose from spending since January..Jose wanted Micah richards to bolster our depleted defence in Jan,n Roman wasnt ready to shell out the cash..Even in this transfer window..4 of our new payers came in on free transfers..NO Cash to spend..n the club would natuarlly only give out diplomatic statements like RIGHT PLAYER, RIGHT AMOUNT etc
true..roman has spent around 500 million on the CLUB(almost 200 million pounds on the players)..but Jose Delivered trophies n results with those players(playing the way he wanted the team to play)..now Roman wants the team to play in another way..fine..its his club..then be ready to do whats necessary for the same..Bring in more players suited to play that brand of football..Dispose players who cant..that is completely revamp the squad..OR WAIT n SEE if Jose can create magic with the current squad
Jose doesnt pay the money..THATS A HUGE FACTOR..Roman does
If Roman expects Chelsea to play beautiful with essien, lampard, pizzaro,makalele,sidwell etc..then wait..wait for the transition to be over..could b weeks..could b months..or even an year or more..n Be ready for more upsets n losses in between..
Or in january..buy 4 or 5 magicians n then ask jose to show beauty in a day..
Or Fire Jose N bring in someone who can create beauty in a day with the present Chelsea squad..I dont think any manager on earth can make The present squad play beautiful in a day..Mybe I’m wrong..Just my opinion
BC..thanks for that link man..That was one of my old friends…
bluegal (73) i second your view people are saying liverpool is playing really well esp after that 6-0 victory against derby but derbys defence was pathetic.
La Liga – Robben fires parting shot
Eurosport – Tue, 04 Sep 16:46:00 2007
Arjen Robben has fired a broadside at former club Chelsea, saying he quit the Blues for Real Madrid in order to play “attractive” football.
The Dutch winger left Stamford Bridge before the transfer window closed at the end of last month for a bumper fee of £25 million.
And the 23-year-old believes he will get the chance to play more attacking football at the Bernabeu, a clear slight at Chelsea’s more conservative style of play.
He told The Sun: “I will enjoy it more over here. Maybe this is a style of play that suits me better.
“Real Madrid are a team and the coach said he wants to play attacking, attractive football – so that all sounds very good to me.”
Real have started the season superbly, following up an opening day derby win over Atletico with a 5-0 demolition of Villarreal at the weekend.
Robben was not involved in that particular stunning display – he is still some way off full fitness – but already this season Real have shown they are capable of playing some of the most attractive football in Europe.
Robben added: “I think I can be important to the team. As a left winger, you are there to score goals and, hopefully, I can do that
“It’s been decided I’d do an extra pre-season to give me more time to get used to it here and to adapt and to make myself very strong, so when I start I can show everybody the player I am.
“I had a little bit of bad luck last year. I had surgery on my knee and I couldn’t really come back properly because the season was finished.
“I started again with Chelsea in pre-season but things were fluid so the pre-season was not the best.
“And of course the situation with Real Madrid – going or staying – is not good for you or for your body.”
Eurosport
So that means Robben left because he too was bored by Jose’s boring style.
@ TrueBlueInd, I agree wid you mate, the transition will never happen in a day, hope Jose gets da right results over the period of time, if given one entire season ‘n’ if not sacked! For sake of flair we should ve kept Robben and bought Drenthe atleast, but with the current Chelsea squad playing attractive game seems miles away. Letting Duff, Gudjohnson go was one of the mistake Jose did in my view!
Robben left because he was offered more money at Real madrid..his dad n agent kept speaking about how they wanted a the new improved contract n stuff ..Chelsea didnt agree to meet Robben’s wages..thats the only reason he left..everything else is bullshit from the press..
Robben was playing his natural game at chelsea..He was given all the freedom to play the way he wanted..thts why all of us still say that Robben was our best winger n losing him was bad n stuff..HE WAS NEVER STIFLED at Chelsea..HE PLAYED HIS GAME..thats why he made an impact n attracted Real Madrid..
If Robben was stifled at chelsea, then how did he make such a huge impact???..can anyone here say Robben could play any better than he did at chelsea..NO..He played his Best football..He displayed all his tricks at chelsea..
HE LEFT ONLY FOR MORE MONEY..cant blame him for that..a footballers playing days are short..he wanted to cash in on his talent..& Chelsea FC werent ready to pay him the wages he demanded..its as simple as that..everything else is pure bullshit
TrueBlueInd,
YOUR points are very interesting and I respect your opinion but you’re wrong.
No matter which players a manager has he will show his style with them. For instance give Arsen Wenger 25 amateur players every game they will attack, attack and attack even if they lose 0-1, 0-2,…0-10. The same with Rijkaard and the current REAL Madrid coach Shuster. Mourinho’s teams have never ever played like that. In the first season with Chelsea we had creative and speedy players like Gudjohnsen, Duff, Robben, J.Cole and that helped Jose to play very fast demolishing football that was eye-catching too even if not creative. With the passage of time Jose lost all of them except Joe Cole and Chelsea team have transformed into Jose’s true original team. Team of hard-working powerful labour force. If Jose was the man with ability to build a team playing creative attractive attacking football he would do that long before because he had 3 years. He could buy many creative players like Snejder, Van der Vaart and others with Roman’s money. But instead he bought Essien, Kalou, Mikel..That was until Roman refused to meet his demands. Jose never went for creative players just because he knew that he couldn’t use them. Just look how Sheva was wasted. Sheva and the likes of him never have chance to flourish in Jose’s system. Briefly, Jose cannot play creative football. The question is: can he change his style? My answer is NO. That must be in your blood, in your genes. Many of us talk of a transition period which I don’t believe in. Like we were beaten by Aston Villa because we tried to play attractive attackig football. I’m sorry I did not see that on the field. Rafael Benitez used to play solid defencive game with Liverpool but I could see sparkles of attractive football from Rafa from time to time, and he was always complaining in lack of funds. I think this guy has that in his genes but not Jose Mourinho. Only naive manager can hope to play attractive creative stuff with players like Drogba, Lampard, Essien, Malouda, Kalou, Mikel and others.
There is only one solution for Roman Abramovich: to wait till the end of this season and replace Jose with someone whose career has creative style and give him all the money he needs to buy players who will fit to that style.
ok here r the terms offered by Real Madrid…………..
1.Get to play for the greatest football club ever
2.Get to play attractive football , with outstandingly talented players from all over the world
3.Get to play in a league a 100 times superior to the EPL , both in the players quality and quality of football
4.Get payed even more
Who in this world wld say no to that?????
No sane person can , not even great Henry was able to resist the temptation , great legends , amazing teams ,a heritage of clubs no league in the world can boast of , great football ,amazing cult status ,more money!!!!
WOW next thing u kno its staright road to heaven!!!!!
amazing one M_D , ur right if Jose really wanted beautiful football he wld hav never let Duff, Robben , Gudjohnsen etc go , his only want is to hav hard working labourers who can just keep on running , to do what he wants , just like a machine , no creativity , no beauty , just the age old beast , i mean who is he kidding????
the only player in our squad who has that talent and ability to play beauty is Joey Cole and as far as i can see it Jose does not like him one bit!!!!
He never gets play time ,even tho we all kno wat he is capable of , even after seeing SWP go match after match without proving Chelsea class ,Joey is put out only as a sub , ifear we r near losing him as well!!!
I hav said it time and again , he is THE most exciting player at Chelsea , and Jose has no regard for him , even after the performances he has showered!!!
If he gies which seems more likely by the day , it wil truly be the end of football at Chelsea, somebody please rid us of this monster!!!!
Hey MD..Nice points man..
Thats exacty what i said..Roman n Chelsea FC wouldnt tolerate 0-1, 0-2, 0-10 losses..They wanted that winning culture to come in first..Get Chelsea to win..Make the name Popular..Get in the fans..So Jose did that..He did what was asked of him..WIN..now Chelsea is a house hold name..We have blogs, fan clubs, Global fans, Increased viewership n stuff..the base is set
Now roman wants more xpansive stuff..Nothing wrong in that..
So like u said..either sack Jose n revamp the squad..or give him time n see if he can deliver what Roman wants with the current squad
I think Joe, Kalou, Mikel, Shaun can fit into some beautiful set up with time..rest of the guys like lampard,essian, drogba, sidwell, pizzaro, makalele,ballack..i’m not too confident…lets just wait n see because as of now jose is still the manager.n the squad cant b changed till january
watever happens..i just hope chelsea keeps winning
BC..u never commented on drogba an the way he played in d 90 mins…….plzzz do…coz i thought he was horrible and he just was playin lik a solo %$#@er..not tat i hate him..but there were so many places where there was a chance of a goal if he had crossed…….also the thing i din lik abt drogba was tat he never ran behind d ball if he missed thm..even if it was close to him…..wtf..is drogba feelin insecure at all d new signings an want the lime light to be on him only..an tat is y he is doin this!!
hey all
the leavers (joered & midfield_destroyer) are back i see.
Let me help these jokers/clowns.
1. chelsea are playing boring football
2. jose is the sole reason for that
3. jose is a bad football manager
4. jose is poor in transfers
5. jose should be sacked right away
that’s all they say in all their posts. nothing new. same old bullshit. now you highly dignified guys (who quit with so much passion and are back here in two weeks lol!!!) need not bother repeating same crap over and over again. i’ve helped you here and you can give the link of this comment everytime you spit something here.
other than these 5 points, there is nothing positive you do here.
jose is the best manager now. how many people have won back to back titles in their first two years? it’s okay that you don’t support him but if you hate him this much, then i wish that he stays here for the next 30 years.
i just saw that 85 out of 109 people have said that Jose Mourinho is a legend. it is in this post – Does Jose mourinho deserves the criticism he gets
Overwhelming majority is with our coach.
@footballguy.
You must have misunderstood me. I said if he practices his skills in a match he would be as good as Ronaldinino. You call yourself a world-class football expert but I see you as a beginner. You must of became a “football expert” because you sucked at soccer.
Maybe it was because you didn’t PRACTICE. So what I want to put into your brain is that PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT.
To Blue Champion, if you think I offended football guy in any way then I just want to say that I am sorry.
chelsea are gunna win title and copefully everything else 2 i playing fifa 07 just bourght malouda alex ronaldinhio i cant wait to will get him {if we do}.only 1 thing wheres the rest of a players gunna play if he does come we got some gd players on banch anyway
joeblue seems to be more of a Chelsea hater than a fan. Any real fan would know that at the end of the day, Jose Mourinho has been THE most successful Chelsea Manager. And as of now, hes one of the worlds best. Just a little side note, Liverpool which prides itself to be a great ‘European’ team only got into the 2007 finals because of beating us on PENALTIES. Wow! Thats so ‘European’.
And Joeblue has shown such incompetence in stating this (#92)- 3.Get to play in a league a 100 times superior to the EPL , both in the players quality and quality of football
The La Liga is better than the EPL now is it? You seem very intelligent. You also are backing Sneijder after 1 GAME. Another Wow. If Real Madrid plays such attractive football then why dont you go support it? By the way, How far did they get in Champions League last time?
By the way Jyotirao (thats Joe Blue’s real name in case you dint know), you claim to have supported Chelsea since 2001. Alright, that means youve just seen two managers – Claudio and Jose. And by the amount you hate Jose, you must think Claudio is god. Are you backing Juventus to win the Serie A by any chance?
I lack this statement of urs – ‘but the last four seasons hav been a revolution’ (written in your introduction) – isnt it funny that 3 of them have been managed by Jose.
Jyotirao you red carded yourself and yet you have returned. You have over 200 people laughing at the fact that youve eaten your words. We all know how you spent ur following days after issuing ur own red card – READING EVERY POST and missing being able to contribute. Finally, when you couldnt take it, you returned. I must say, BC is quite kind, that he hasnt mocked you.
Like all teams, Chelsea has a style. If Man U has a lot of tempo, it also lets in more goals and loses more games. IF you want to talk about Chelsea starting off badly, let me remind you that we’ve switched from a 4-4-2 to a 4-3-3 and its not painless. We are now in your fav formation – wingers, fast, pacy, high tempo…so now were leaking goals…oh u dont like it, is it? Well make up ur mind! Like Jose said before the FA Cup final, do you want to be happy during the match or after the match?
Im off…ITs my first and only post…Just a humble request BC, ban Joeblue..Hes not a Chelsea fan..Hes probably a Man U/Arsenal fan coz he finds something wrong with everything about Chelsea – Jose, our style, our defence, Lampard etc etc. Mate, why do you like Chelsea? Your sitting in Delhi so I dont believe that you drive down to Fulham Road to see every game that you love the area. What do you love about Chelsea? You say youve supported it since 2001 but you hate everything about it.
If you hate Jose so much and you have any credibility, stop supporting Chelsea.. Hes deciding everything what Chelsea is doing on the pitch and mate, you dont like him and you dont like his players…Its Abrahimovichs Club on paper, but man, this is Jose’s team..Why dont you go support the Chelsea Ladies? You love Chelsea so much and you hate Jose…Stay away from the Men until you grow up Jyotirao..
joeblue @ 57
You said I was posting foolish articles: Well I guess you wanted to say that you don’t agree with what i wrote/write. May be, that was your civilised way of putting it. But you have no business to call it foolish. If there was no democracy here (as you had suggested few weeks before), that comment would have got deleted and you’d have got nuked. But that’s not my wish. You need to grow up boy. And, if you don’t like it here, you’re free to take a walk. There is a big difference between saying I DON’T AGREE and YOU’RE WRONG. If someone like ‘you’ has so much arrogance, Jose can have loads and loads more.
You still have a different opinion about what a crisis is? Sometimes I don’t respond to you because, it is way below my intelligence to even argue with you and I don’t want to get into a mindless, indecent, immature, abusive war of words. And I don’t intend to respond to every comment from you on me. But this time I just thought, let me say it.
In football, just like in life, a lot of things are very subjective. I can be in a minority or majority, but in my opinion, I’d never be wrong. For instance, just for instance, if I feel that Brazil of 60′s and 70′s played the worst football ever, you cannot prove me wrong. Simply because, in my eyes and for my liking, they are boring. Whole world could be thinking otherwise. Even if you shout from the top of the hill, or produce pages and pages of statistics, I would simply say, ‘for me, they are boring’. That’s what I call subjective and that’s why I never go overboard on ridiculing someone or their choices or their opinions.
I wish you had started respecting people and their opinions.
who was that at comment 101? please have a name.
longrange…I doubt u’d remember me
yes, i do. and i’ve updated your comment with your name.
Check this article in Chelseablog. Looks like Kenn Emetulu has stumbled upon BlueChampions!
What a team!full of arrogance!terry’we want our title back’ hahahaha which title?huh?haha!chelsea and their sugar daddy can crack u up!were would they be without sugar daddy abramovich?play with no flair,no skill,nothing!reading the comments i thought this was a united blog!joeblue redrants.com!come on in!blue champion?champion?of what mickey mouse club?haha
hey guys, come on, even my girlfriend wouldn’t talk this much non-sesnse that we die-hard Chelsea fans keep on arguing on the same topic. lets see dis season what da special one does, then ll post our comments; Since he promised he would be more mellow dis season that we could see in his post interview abt the denied penalty decision vs villa. and he also promised that chelsea will play attrative football this season. so lets all hope and give some time to him ‘n’ lets all behind Chelsea.
@joeblue: come on mate i am also fan of La liga, and am following Madrid abt 15 years, AC Milan abt 10 years but you saying La Liga 100 times better than EPL which is simply unacceptable. La liga isnt entire abt Madrid n Barca (somehow Valencia n Sevila i agree) look at other teams as well, half of the teams+ are pathetic not even da quality of EPL s 15th-20th in my view. 3 English teams in the UEFA champions league Semifinals last year ll tell you which league is superior. 3 English teams represented UEFA CL finals for the last 3 successive years.
@ BC, I am da biggest fan of your Chelsea blog since you started the blog, though i recently started posting some comments. everyday, my day actually will start with your blog opening page
I really appreciate you for all your kind efforts and keep up your gud work mate! Cheers 
!
logrange,
joeblue was a fan of Snejder before he went to Real Madrid and 3 months ago was wishing to see him at Chelsea.
My God, how ignorant are some people!!
I think Chelsea plays “professional football”.
The way the the blues score the goals to win, keep possesion and shut out the opposition.
I love the way the way Chelsea plays.
There was a comment the other day on how Chelsea could have opted to get out of the EPL, play Exibition football and play with flair and allow the crowd to aplaud till there were blisters on their hands.
I don’t think these people know what beautiful football is all about.
They think if you score four goals and concede two in a match you are playing beautiful football.
That is ameteur football and there are only a few people who enjoy this type of football.
1. Midfield_Decider
2. footballguy
3. Joeblue
4. peter jones
@Giggs11egend, by posting the comments like this you proved that you Manurens r full of arrogant fans not the Chelsea fans. Did you forgot those Roy keane period brother! Wont you remember dat Saipan incident? Wont you remember Prawn Sandwich Brigade term? Wont you remember dat poor Norwegian where Keane finished-off his career by some karate kick? Wont you remember SAF throwing boots on Becks? Even ManUre abt to sack SAF if not dat FA cup? Giggsmate you spent more money this year than anyone else, lets see where you finish? Dude we are proud abt our owner Roman than your pathetic n bankrupted Glazers!
Jose Mouriniho plays the most entertaining brand of football.
@ Midfield_Decider ‘n’ Joeblue, pls be brutal honest, hey guys what you think abt the match Chelsea won Barca by 4-2 @ Standford Bridge juss 2 years ago under Jose. I think this is the same Jose who destroyed Barca that year though lost da in da end to dat never-crossed the line goal scored by Garcia. Didnt you enjoy that match? If you think yes, then yes, Jose can change the style of our play. If you didnt enjoy dat match then even da divine gOd cant convince you guys. Even take last years Barca match @ Bridge, Chelsea played like they playing against relegation zone team though score sheet suggest Chelsea 1- Barca 0.
My point is Jose was strongly believed in defensive approach, now he is abt to give da Attractive football to us as he promised, so lets give some time and will see the results. He himself agreed so many times Winning is everything abt n doesnt care abt the Style, but now he himself admitted Chesea will be attrative this season.
Even i too wann to see dat explosive futball as our beloved owner wanna to see, and even the Worlds 9th richest man ‘n’ one of the topmost business man in the world who s owning arnd 10 billion GBP+ believed in Jose and his coaching, i too believe in Jose. If not Roman knows what to do next, since he loves the club than anyone else here arguing…Cheers!
I think Jose Mouriniho plays the most entertaining brand of football.
I’ve enjoyed watching Chelsea over the last 3 seasons, barring the last season under Jose Mouriniho reign with Michael Essien playing at CB. And us conceding goals as it were Christmas.
People who didn’t enjoy Chelsea first season, should learn more about football and I’ll sugest magazine like FourFourTwo.
Learn more about tactics ie. the way Philip Scolari played with Portugal in the last World Cup.
Jose knows alot about football.
Isn’t the point of playing football to win the match?
blue 07 (comment 99)
you said:
“if (J. COLE) he practices his skills in a match he would be as good as Ronaldinino.”
I urge u 2 reapeat tht stament again and again and again, until u get it into ur head hw RIDICULOUS of a statement tht is. u say practice makes perfect.
Ronaldinho is in a different leauge, he is regarded as a genius, 2 many. J. COLE has some skill, and so do alot of players.
your comment is lyk sayin if robbie savage prcatises, he could ulock a defence like scholes. or if jason koumas practiced he could b the next beckham.
(wait 4 it im gonna school u in football)
PLAYERS HAVE DIFFERENT LIMIT. THEY MAXIMISE THIER POTENTIAL. ronahldinho maximum, far outweighs j.cole no matter how much practicing he does. During his stint at psv, he was touted 2 b a great, he hasnt just perfected it, hes been doin this skills since thn, n b4 tht. its a gift he is born with.
ps. in england its called FOOTBALL not soccer. get it 2gether bro.
some1 who makes aWILD STATEMENT lyk the 1 about j.cole been as good as RONALDINHO, clearly has no knowledge about football. and probably cant/never played the game
whenever we play football with some bit of flair we end up loosing the match .Track your mind back to last season when we played against Spurs ,we played an excellent kind of football and we lost the match .Our attacking instincts without lampard on the pitch is very minimal and essien is not playing the brand of football that is known of him .We need a creative midfielder and i believe ballack can be an excellent replacement for lampard .I wish he was in that game ,would have played the role better than mikel who has lost his attacking insticts ./……TrueBlueInd you’ve got “Blue blood cells”
whenever we play football with some bit of flair we end up loosing the match .Track your mind back to last season when we played against Spurs ,we played an excellent kind of football and we lost the match .Our attacking instincts without lampard on the pitch is very minimal and essien is not playing the brand of football that is known of him .We need a creative midfielder and i believe ballack can be an excellent replacement for lampard .I wish he was in that game ,would have played the role better than mikel who has lost his attacking insticts .……TrueBlueInd you’ve got “Blue blood cells”
@football
Blue 07 is only 12 years old.
You are having a conversation with a 12 yr old which says a lot about you.
But I an adult would like to tackle you on your warped thinking ability such as Chelsea should play with “flair.”
Bro you don’t know what football is about.
Do you want blisters on your hands?
Are you brave enough to take me on?
@footballguy
I would love to debate with you?
are you talking about me Michael M ?
@andrew4042000
Do you think Chelsea should play with flair?
I would love to call the following idiots to a debate.
I don’t think you guys know anything about football and once I win the debate I would love it if you guys would leave the blog.
1 Midfield_Decider
2 Joeblue
3 footballguy
Please leave the blog?
Are you talking to me Michael M ?
yes of course chelsea can play with some flair and i believe JM can deliver on that path .but we must remain solid and maintain our defending insticts which distinguishes chelsea from other teams of the premiership .What do you think Michael M ..?
micheal m.
4 1 i didnt no blue 07 was 12. nver mind, never 2 early to learn n debate bout football.
. also u imply tht by discussing with a 10/12 year old i am immature, but yet u resort to calling me and others “IDIOTS.”
y is tht necessary, i have never explicitly insulted u, or ne 1 4 tht matter. so just because u dont agree with my point of view (whcich is correct by the way) doesnt mean u can throw insults at me. THERES NO NEED 4 IMMATURITY, i wonder how old u r
im guessing 8-10, by the level of insults u throw at people (“please leave the blog”, HOW MATURE OF U). thus i wont bother asking 4 an apology, as ur young, u’ll learn.
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BC, did you tell REDRANTER any comments are welcome as long as they are not stupidly abusive? That was spot on. And we know the two who descend intoi the quadmire anytime people express opinin contrary to theirs, don’t we. The kinds who describe their fellow blue fans as Low Caste servants who are dubly retarded. How long, BC, are we supposed to be tolerating such abuse and insults on this beautiful blog? While those two were away, we disagreed several times on several issues, but hardly witnessed such vituperations.
Man Everyone has gone plain LOCO !
What would happen if we lost two in a row ?
My computer and brain would expode probably.
Well I say that it’s a good blog if you can disregard the sporadic profanity and arguments that go around in circles !
Hail all Chelsea fans whatever their personal preferences are and BTW I’m only 11 myself. LOL LOL
And Mon ami joeblue I was joking as usual abt sacking and selling , but I am dead serious about gving support to Chelsea , that’s what a fan is supposed to do, thru thick and thin. It’s not exacly a sin .
But I say my friends could we direct some of our so-called arrogance and superb analyticals skills against the likes of redranter and that spanishfly and aresyguy sometimes.
But again You know probably fans of other clubs reading this blog when they read us smashing each other so hard, they’re afraid to post !
I have a hangover.
RomanEmpire, you are just a great guy. But in all seriousness, BC must seriously reconsider the decision to continue allowing JoeBlue back. Why should we countenance him when he thinks he has the liberty to insult anyone who disagrees with him? Just check his reactions to comments that are not in agreement with his view.
Guys, I think we need to seriously think whether we want to allow JoeBlue to continue abusing everyone including even our beloved RomanHoliday.
I was one of those who thought he was welcome back. but clearly the guy is incorrigible and i think BC must axe him for good.
@Michael M : where are u from buddy ? I can not sleep nights, I am busy thinking about your nationality
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Nah guys, I never take offence whatever others say , Others speaking their mind it’s OK with me, just leave out the shity stuff
I prime myself for jousting with Manure ,Arse, and Liverfool fans I find it so much more enjoyable.
I guess joeyblue is like that and is who he is and can’t help reeling off the comments he does, and if he were the fan of another team ( which he isn’t) he’d do it to them too. At least he’s a blue !
I feel that this season is gonna be a roller-coaster ride and there’ll be a lot a rough patches but all us blues gotta stick together( the occasional arguent aside)
And we gotta assess the opposition more, Manure and liverpool as they’re gona want the title bad and gonna fight tooth and claw for it .
Also we gotta find out more abt the CL teams we’re gonna be up against too.
Just some thoughts
When is next game and against who guys?
look who’s topping the commenters table? LOL LOL LOL!!!!
we all know that joeblue has zero football knowledge and it is confirmed by this statement – “Lampard is not a playmaker”.
I say Lampard is a playmaker. Prove me wrong. It depends on what your definition of the term playmaker is. If you have a screwed up understanding of football and poor following and analysis of games and you follow football only on youtube goals and highlights, I’m sorry.
i read this somewhere: “you should never fight with a pig and if you do, you’ll have to get inside the gutter and as the time goes, you’ll realise that the pig actually enjoys it in the gutter and you’ll start stinking too”. may be this is what BC follows but i’m ready for the fight.
but it’s a pity that i would be able to browse the net again only after 12 hours or so. it’s okay anyway.
hi guys long time no post! extreemly dissapointed with the Villa result but we just didnt deserve it, the amoung of shots on target was very low and for a team with players like we have we should be converting, i think altho a little weak Beletti had a good game and showed promise, every cross he made went in the direction of a chelsea player and it was rare his crosses were blocked… unlike sean wright phillips who runs it out of play or is closed down at final second!
im not saying Beletti is our saviour RB but i think he is a more than efficient defender with a promise of getting a good few assists!
….but hey i would still have adored having alves here!!!!
ALSO: BC could u delete my account so i can start it up again i only have one e-mail address so i cant create a new account name! cheers buddy!
Trueblend, you have a good head on your shoulders. MourofEssien, Roman holiday, BC and others have a nice day. Where is Adonis?
@ RomanHoliday
Dude if u hav any probs with my comments tell me , u kno i hav full on respect and it increases after every such arguments remember , lol i kno u do , dont get too worked up mate , i can never bad mouth u , or abuse u personally , and u kno that as well!!!!
The other shit ppl trying to create a fracas out of this , go to hell , we kno each other long time bak since u jokers hardly knew such a blog existed , so no one needs ur moderation!!!!
@ longrange
my real name is Jyotirmay , not something u made up urself firstly!!!
And looks like u first saw how i was beating the hell out here first and then went and read the intros nd came bak to post the crap u did!!! right????
do u kno that the person who made this blog resides in Bangalore???? so u mean just cuz a person lives a thousand miles off , he she can hav no love for the sport or team???? maybe u live in a place near SB ,but does that make u a more Chelsea supporter than anybody else????? I think not!!!!
Let me clear up the air for every joker , if u read that i red-carded u must hav also read that BC said this place is open for me always!!!! thats the guy who made the blog , if he says tat then the rest of u clowns hav no right!!!!
I hav known him longer than 99 percent of u guys hav!!!! I stay , i come ,i go , i red card myself , yellow card myself , etc is none of anybody’s buisness , but i kno there r many perverts here who day and night just post comments on me , rather than football , so i m used to it!!!!
do i care that 200 or 2 billion guys r laughing or dying??? maybe u hav the time to go and find and count such ppl , but if u think that wil affect me , srry mate , try somethin else , as u must hav read i m sure in my intro, i dont care wat others do or dont nobody can herd me anywhere!!!!
@BC
i think we need to hav some private chat on that matter , though i did call u naiive , u went 100 steps further to say UR intelligence is much much more than mine, u might be right , i dont brag to be Einstein , but if that comment hurt u so much that u reverted to such statments so unworthy of u then i must truly apologize , but always remember i hav stood by u wen i came ,wen i was around , wen i left and wen i hav come back ,and always will and i hav held the highest regard for u , u kno it , maybe our views on Jose dont match but i think for u to attack me personally on being called naiive was way below ur standard!!!!
I m a kid , for u atleast dude , but mature ppl dont brag and brittle like u did , get over it , Jose shld not be the reason for US to fight over , the times we hav shared on this blog r much more SPECIAL than him!!!!
Cheers see ya l8r!!!!
And just forget the whole matter !!!!
@bingo
dude if it was somebody else i wld surely hav responded , but not U!!!!
Anyways pls leave me alone , i say that again , i hav no patiene to get into an argument with u , and u can quote whatever u want abt pigs etc , i dont cm here to discuss all that , just football!!!
Hasta la vista mate!!!
we have more than a week for the next mutch if we won’t play well in this mutch i wiil really worry..!
Well I missed a lot in the three days that I did not visit the blog. so many comments. Now I did not have so much time to read all these. But certainly it pains not because we did loose not because we did conceed not because we did ask a single save from Carson.
It is because we lost the touch to fight back. Every game last year was played with an intensity to win. It did not appear in this game. Either becasue we donot have Lampard. I some how dont see the same spark in Moluda or Joe Cole that we find in Essien and Lampard.
JoeBlue
Loosen up ,man , change ur style a bit and it should be all right ! No harm in that and use some time to dissect Real Madrid. I gotta funny feeling we’re gonna be meeting them this year. Whaddya think of that match up ?
And everyone, lets go visit a ManUre or Liverfool or Arsey en masse !
And write some “arrogant” comments.Stir up some beehives !
Gimme the addresses !!!! And We’re off !
I meant a ManUre or Liverfool or Arsey FAN SITE en masse !
Did you notice that every time Chelsea loses this site goes beserk ?
Lots of personal muck gets thrown about !
I remember in january after losing to Lverfool it was just like this !
Did you notice that every time Chelsea loses like to Liverfool in january this site goes beserk and loony, not to say personal muck a-flying in all directions.
Not only are we Chelsea fans ” arrogant ” but “high-strung” too. LOL LOL
( Not intended at anyone / Does not refer to any particular individual)
Hey … who threw that beer can at me ….. !
Lets just say this is my style , hate it , love it , but cant ignore it!!!
Anyways dissecting Real Madrid??? tough ask , lets just hope we dont cross paths with them , cuz if we do………..!!!!
difficult to say what their weakness is , getting past Metzelder , Pepe , Cannavaro , Ramos , Heinze is a near impossible task itself , and then theres Casillas whom i rate as THE best keeper in the world , not only cuz he is dependable , but he can keep out any opposition , stop penalties etc he is a complete goal keeper!!!!
Their midfield , my goodness , any of them can make a goal out of thin air , Robben we all kno , Wesley Sneijder a player i had been asking to get to Chelsea long before he signed for Madrid , he has already got 3 goals in 2 matches a freekick specalist and with mind blowing intelligence!!!!
Robinho , he makes me shudder every time he has the ball , he is so fast , so tricky , can get penalties and assists as if he were in a practise session , though he dives too often , Guti is having the time of his life , amazing player he is in posession when he wants to be!!!! Gago , Diarra etc will be useful squad players!!!!
As a strike force they hav Ruud we all kno so well , and he hasant changed , Raul is getting back to his goalscoring self with 2 in 2 ,Higuain and Saviola will be surprise packages , injecting creativity and speed!!!
Lets just hope they r drawn to Barca or L’pool , i tell u with the team and players they hav , its better to be safe than sorry!!!
‘chelsea are a big club’ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha this is funny really hilarious ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.not with a boring type of football sorry lads!
If there are people who should be banned from this blog for abusing others the black list should include scott_sinc and Michael_M.
Both of them called me “fool” and “idiot” while I said nothing personal to them. You can check their comments if you don’t believe me. Scott-sinc did that after holding out his stinking olive branch, which tells much about him.
Now, you two, if you want joeblue or anybody else to leave this blog for abusing others, you should leave too. No double standards, please.
By the way, scott_sinc, you have neither shame nor honour. Reading your comments here I cannot help not to laugh. You are acting like some kind of guardian of this blog while everyone who read my comments know that you just a fool from a street.
you sound like mourinho
they dont like us, what a lot of spurs!! everyone knows liverpool play shit football but chelsea play some shit aswell, mourinho plays the percentage 2nd ball knock on scrappy game. why is abramobitch stll pissed off even when you win things, becuase he is bored….zzzzzzzzz, it’s not so much people dont like chelsea its more they dont like the moany never wrong special one!! against villa you had 1 shot on target, aganst pompey you scored a la route 1 …..the proof is in the pudding!! people appreciate good entertaining football and even the most proudest loyal chelsea fan must see that it aint pretty down at the bridge! but it is effective!!
Can we go back to discussing issues without hurling insults at each other pls?
hey guyz what is the BALLACK issue actually…
is it because of injury only…or any other issueeee
they say 4 injury but Bridge is injury too but is registered .. but JM should know that Ballack is better that any Chelsea midfielder
@SH.IBRAHIMI :
becasue Ballack is not gonna be ready in 2 months but Bridge will be ready soon.
@Maysam
I am in my mid-twenties and I am English.
@Maysam
I am in my mid-twenties, happily married and I am English.
if truly chelsea ommited ballack from champions league squad because of injury then why will wayne bridge be included. I think chelsea do not want him to be cup tied and he can be sold for a reasonable amount in January. Hope fully we get a better replacement . BC, I want you to shed more light on this so we will know what to expect soon.
@Owonatty
Ballack won”t be sold by chelsea.
Chelsea is a team I like so much but, with what they play last time, I cant stand loosing anymore, I think everyone should scould Mr Morhino…………
there is nothing good about chelsea anymore, everyone is wise up, no club has come to the premiership to come and be an on-looker so, I guess the blues should not expect miracles like last year, Blues need to be pimped…..lol
@footballguy
I don’t want to be your enemy, but you keep on talking rubbish about the Chelsea.
You are not a football genius, your comments are such of an ameteur watching the game for the first time.
The first time I browsed this blog and read your comments, I’ve now come to the realisation that you don’t have a clue about football.
I have a heart and feel sorry for you.
micheal m.
u said u dont want to b my enemy. yet u hav calld me an “IDIOT”, “AMATEUR” and “CLULESS” about football. all bcos i share a difference of opinion with u.
once again y, do u resolove 2 this childish behaviour. i cld if i wantd 2 come dwn 2 ur level n throw insluts. but i wont.
u say my analysis is of some1 who has watchd football 4 the 1st tym. but my view of chelsae, playin football THAT IS NOT PLEASING TO THE EYE (ie. boring)is a view shared by many.
i didnt come on this site and throw insults at chelski or u. so wht exactly is ur prob. cant u handle the truth.
chelski wont win many fans by playing football the way thy play. and chelski fans, although i understand uve only just recently tasted success in the last 3 yrs, thts y u take wht u can get. boring football or not, as long as u win..
but as a man utd fans, as weve had sucess for years, even b4 the priemeir leauge (and im well aware we didint win the leauge 4 some tym), u learn to set ur standards high and apprieciate football bieng played the right way.
ps, u claim 2 b in ur mid twenties, but yet u inslut people lyk u are still in primary shoool. e.g your an “IDIOIT” or my personal favouriate “LEAVE THE SITE”
b4 u come bac at me, come up with better insults or batter yet, actually hav a debate FOOTBALL
My favourite player at Real Madrid is and has always been Guti.
Strong , dependable, dedicated ,sometimes very entertaining and a team player to boot.
Oh no! I have made him sound like a Chelsea player LOL LOL LOL !
( POke in the RiBs JB )
And Mr Giggs who is only 11 years old bring, ur dad to come and debate with us. We need to chew on some red meat.
And tell him , child, that he can’t use profanity…..That’s dirty words…..
Hey JB , Whatcha think Real is better’n Barca ?
@ Michael M : thanks . you are English or British?
I wish I live in England one day , soccer land. I am sure I will live there one day.
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@Midfield_Decider : Robben left chelsea for two reasons
1 – he wanted to play more
2 – money
maybe Mourinho was one of his reasonsd , but he was not the main reason.
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@Ade Omoba : Miracle !!!! you mean Cech injury or somethnig else , i did not see any Miracle last season . if you mean scoring at 89 90 , i should tell you “This is Soccer” it is not miracle.
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@manuatic : you said “Chelsea lost the title ” it seems to me you are a manchester fan , I am very sorry for manchester that you are a manchester fan. one lose does not mean losing the title.
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@Midfield_Decider : you said , We did not play well in Vila park but I firmly disagree with you , we did not play bad , our performance was acceptable without Lampard, it was not bad.
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@Owonatty : you should find information about extent of their injury. Ballack injury is much worse than Bridge.
BC STOP THIS PERSONAL ISSUES HERE IN THIS BLOG.
AND LETS ONLY DISCUSS ABOUT CHELSEA FC AND CHELSEA PLAYERS,
RATHER THAN THE CHELSEA FANS.
hope you understood me BC?
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