Comments on: Chelsea Transfer News & Rumours | 28-Dec-07

By: Frank

Frank — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:52:48 +0000

If franklampard leaves chelsea then will give room 4 deco and mikel in d m/field and if robinho and arshavincomes,i think players like swp,anelka,pizarro should be offloaded.

By: used2gonwatchcfc

used2gonwatchcfc — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:31:32 +0000

This JoeBlue and What a Joke are confused people, did they watch the same match as i did?
The first and second seasons under JM chelsea played brilliant attacking football
with a very solid defence ans with a midfield that could shut shop.
And it is true after january 2007 RA never gave a penny to replace the players JM wanted, unlike now where RA is given AG £50KK to buy players so RA is trying to save face by appointing AG. But I still believe RA is the one who tells AG which players to play in the team, so why does he want to buy those russian players? they are crap sorry they are.
What joke and JoeBlue should get the DVDs and watch the match in the 1st and 2nd season under JM also watch the ones in CL.

By: Adwait Hebbar

Adwait Hebbar — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 12:04:50 +0000

Good job mate !

By: Adonis

Adonis — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 03:59:56 +0000

All the rumors about Ronaldinho have quickly died down. I hope it’s not completely out of the picture that he’ll be a Chelsea player by the end of the month. I realize he’s cup-tied, but at least he’ll be a player seldom injured who can bring exactly what chelsea needs… goal-scoring magic.
Whoever we do buy, I hope we have a new consistant free-kick taker. Lampard has been quite off, and we’ve seen as many people as Alex, Cole, Belletti, SWP, Shevchenko, Mikel, and Essien taking cracks from free-kicks. But we just don’t have that established, constant threat taking free-kicks. Ballack used to do it in a Bayern jersey, but apart from the goal last week, I haven’t seen him too effective (apart from the penalty spot )

By: Adonis

Adonis — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:32:06 +0000

Branislav Ivanovic seems like he would be a good addition to the squad because he can play anywhere along the back-line. We got Tal Ben Haim for that and he’s made quite costly mistakes and has been our worst defender. Perhaps if we ship him out, along with a rumored Bridge move to Liverpool for 6 mil. pounds (I would hate for this deal to take place), the sale of Ivanovic would be necessitated.

By: Adonis

Adonis — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:27:05 +0000

BlueFan nr:1, keep dreaming.
I wonder if any of the Valencia players are fed up with their team this year and would ask for a transfer. I heard some rumors about Villa doing that, and I think he’d be great if partnered with a big striker as he is by no means a replacement for striker. But he is a great complement for him.
And I don’t think we should sign a right back, but they have a fellow by the name of Miguel who’s constantly impressed me. I just wonder if these two players would be available.

By: BlueFan nr:1

BlueFan nr:1 — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 23:56:53 +0000

i want eto, barry, g. dos santos, and drenthe.

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By: Ashton

Ashton — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:23:00 +0000

Bella – Don’t waste your time. We all know you’re right. Any time spent with joeblue and the like is wasted.

see, BC already made a post about what is beautiful football

http://bluechampions.com/chelsea-the-concept-of-beautiful-football/

By: What a joke?

What a joke? — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 16:20:07 +0000

@ Joblue & Bella

I tend to agree with Joeblue on his assesment of JM style of play.
As a matter of fact you could see the transition during JM time allready :
from the Reneiry attacking style and somewhat naive to the heavily boring holding style of of JM. 3 years of transition .
That was his style at Porto .
So yes he was the right man for winning the trophies and start a new era in Chelsea,but he is the wrong guy to transform the team into an attractive winning team . That is not his natural view of the game-Simple. He saw himslef as a collectore of trophies irrespective how he plays and it manifested in his
view on the game and even more so on the type of players he spend so much money on. He counted the trophies with his fingers-I am sure you know what I am talking about.
And legacy is not built only on winning trophies it is the game you play as well
as winning.The owner was not happy to see his fortune wasted on average
skilled players who will fit the style of JM only.He had seen enough.
I am not even surprised that he forced Cheva on JM.He truly beleived that Cheva will help to change the style of the game.That how desperate he was .
I can not imagin why else he would do that.
However by doing so he signaled to JM what he wants and if JM can’t do that he should go.
By saying that I am not suggesting AG is the right guy or not.But it seems he is trying.You may not have noticed a change in the game ,but I do.Not huge but it is there.
The movement forward is somewhat faster .It is not only the long passes from lampard which dominate the game.It is the entire team which move forward passing the ball.However ,with the calliber of the players we have it is difficult to maintain this style during the entire match which on average looks as if nothing have changed.
And another thing which I have noticed.Cheva is given the freedem to play anywhere on the field to creat his own chances as well as to others.
This was the Cheva I remember from the serie A. He is a very fit fellow .
Time will tell ,but the signs are there.

By: Bella

Bella — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 15:44:11 +0000

And thank god Joe Blue you are not the owner of Chelsea, otherwise Jose would have been shown the door due to your great experiencce about how to formulate a team to please a very demanding owner in his second year by the sounds of it!

Instead of lambasting Mourinho, perhaps you should look to Roman and think if he hired Mourinho and knew what he was getting then who was to blame when he got fed up?

Jose or Roman?

I think that would be Roman.

I didn’t realise you knew Mourinho so well and could tell that he NEVER EVER intended to play attractive football. Are you related to him?

But then considering you seem obsessed with us playing like a clone of Barcelona or Arsenal, it’s no surprise you have been in obvious torment over the last three years under Jose’s pragmatic reign.

Did you not think that the Barca-Chelsea CL game from a few years back was entertaining and great football to watch? It was counterattacking football at its best and one of the most exhilarating games you will ever see. But apparently that is not good enough football for you, it is not football of the kind Arsenal or Barca play and therefore its not acceptable to you.

You seem extremely blinkered, apparently there is only one way to play football that pleases people and unless we play like Barca or Arsenal then its not “good football”.

Can I just remind you that Arsene Wenger who apparently is related to God he’s that sacred playing his “beautiful” game you rave about never beat Mourinho in all his time here?

Seems playing good football of the kind you demand we play doesn’t necessarily mean winning football.

I wonder if there are many ways to play football not just one way? Do Barca and Arsenal always play beautiful football? Or do you just like to keep thinking they do? Do they always win everything? Do they deserve to win everything because of how they play?

Instead of constantly aspiring to copy Arsenal why don’t you aspire to just be uniquely Chelsea instead?

Give my regards to Mourinho by the way since you appear to know him so intimately.

By: joeblue

joeblue — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 10:30:24 +0000

even i dont think Pizarro will leave in Jan Californication, on the other hand i wld love it if Berba signs for us, he is a class apart but minus that arrogant attitude of his, still its gonna be Anelka, not him……………………..

By: CaLiFoRNiCaTioN

CaLiFoRNiCaTioN — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 09:46:27 +0000

who wants to bet w/ me $100 american dollars that PIZARRO will not leave CHELSEA in january ?????

By: joeblue

joeblue — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 09:23:15 +0000

let me tell u something Bella, did Jose ever aspire to play beautiful football?? was it ever his aim??all he said was–’we got the result and thats what matters’ or ‘if u play beautiful football and dont win its no use’……………blah blah blah, 1st year–great the guy has won us the title let him take his time, 2 year—ok maybe he is upto something behind the scenes maybe, 3 season—where is the beauty??, 4th season–enugh is enugh………………………
the fact is that Jose never , ever aspired to make his team play pretty football, neither last season, this season or anywhere in the near future so what do u wait for?? sudden realization?? its never gona happen, with Arsene and SAF it was a slow transition everybody cld see the difference with time, i think this time too u were waiting for a sudden godly interference(or maybe Jose in the mirror acc to you)?? and one fine day our team wld turn up playing like Barca , what a load of bull………………….u keep waiting for that while the sensible move on…..thank god u are not the owner or we wld be waiting for the beauty till eternity………………