Comments on: Steve Clarke on Chelsea’s Season | Grant Questioned By FA

By: GermanFan

GermanFan — Mon, 19 May 2008 08:50:27 +0000

“I realise that in continental Europe, to question the referee’s integrity is a very common thing. It is nothing unusual there. But it is my belief that football in the UK is more clean and regulated than in the continent”

What a statement, do not know if it is naivity or “some nacionalism” creeping under.
I was going to leave a”no comment”, however I must voice my opinion about your belief.
The difference between UK and the Continent is that continentals are more individualists, and in the UK people follow mor the “herd” mentality. Hence the reason that since your Margareth Thatcher your society has lost almost any social and human rights you have earned over yourt democracy, without any complain, that would never happened in the Continent.

By: MourofEssien (MoE)

MourofEssien (MoE) — Sun, 18 May 2008 23:57:03 +0000

Denver@ 23, depending on the going on though, i will not be surprised if we throw in sheva rather than Louda in the second half to give us three in attack- Anelka, drogs and sheva.

I will be too ecstatic if sheva scores the winning goal.

By: Denver

Denver — Sun, 18 May 2008 23:21:56 +0000

@ 22. MourofEssien (MoE) you got that one right… don think hel will start with Drogba and anelka up top. it will look like this

—————Cech—————

Essien–Riccy—–terry—A.Cole

—————Maka—————

——Ballack——lamps—-

—joey——————Kalou

————Drogba————-

subs to come on : Anelka(joey), Mikel(maka), Malouda(Kalou), unused subs…. Carlo, Alex, Sheva, Paulo.
to finish with a :

—————Cech—————

Essien–Riccy—–terry—A.Cole

—————Mikel—————

——Ballack——lamps—-

—Analka——————Malouda

————Drogba————-

By: http://soccerfanbase.com

http://soccerfanbase.com — Sun, 18 May 2008 19:28:30 +0000

well lets hope we win the champions league …it is quite obvious that serious changes will be made this summer and that changes starts with Grant that I am sure of so no one should bother himself/herself about him

By: MourofEssien (MoE)

MourofEssien (MoE) — Sun, 18 May 2008 19:01:06 +0000

Guys whats your line up on wednesday?

I will go for-

- ————-cech—————

-ferreira—Riccy—-Terry—Cole

————Mikel————–

–Essien—Ballack——-lamp

———drogs—–Kalou——

We need two guys in front- i will start Kalou with drogs and later bring anelka. I will opt for essien in joey’s place and use paulo at the back cos he always does very well against his countryman Ronaldo. I would rather have Mikel than Maka. But I am sure Grant will rather go for his conservative-

—————Cech—————

Essien–Riccy—–terry—A.Cole

—————Maka—————

——Ballack——lamps—-

—joey——————Kalou

————Drogba————-

By: Denver

Denver — Sun, 18 May 2008 18:57:56 +0000

@20. MourofEssien (MoE) your right on that one….. he did his bit in that xmas period….!!! we forgot about him, he is a good player.

By: MourofEssien (MoE)

MourofEssien (MoE) — Sun, 18 May 2008 18:30:55 +0000

It is a shame that the real player who saved our season is not being given the accolade he deserves. The difference betwwen this season and last is the fact that our team did not collapse anytime terry or carvalho were out. essien did not have to be pulled into central defense which curtails his ability to surge forward. The single most important factor that ensured that none of this happened this season is that man called Alex the Tank- for me, alex is the silent hero. Our last season was ruined cos we had no such capable man to hold the fort and keep the shape of our team intact when either terry or riccy was off.

Kudos to alex- shame that you have in front of you two stalwart defenders- i sometimes wonder why we did not try him at right back because alex actually started playing at the right back- some say he lacks pace to cope there- but what pace he lacks is largely accounted for by his near perfect reading of the game. Alex is my unsung hero of the season.

By: Trevor

Trevor — Sun, 18 May 2008 15:52:05 +0000

Brian – I know how Man Utd fans reacted to their coach for his faulty team selection. They completely ripped him apart. His team selection was ridiculed and blasted and some even claimed that he dropped the title. Some said he is become too old and he should go at the end of the season.

We don’t need your preaching here about supporting the coach. We are making constructive criticism. You don’t have to be blind because you’re supporting someone/something. As regards Liverpool, as far as I know their fans are totally behind Rafa. And Newcastle fans consider Keegan as their messiah. Just check if it’s true. It’s not about under-performance. If you think so, you’re completely missing the point.

By: Denver

Denver — Sun, 18 May 2008 15:13:00 +0000

for all thoses Dos Santo fans out there… it seems he will only come if Rijkaard is there….because he respects Rijkaard, so if we are after Dos Santos that means we are after Rijkaard too thus, we can expect Dos santos therefore. Chelsea is working behind the doors on this one just like bosingwa….

@15. BlueFan nr:1 come on guy we dont need Bojan and we wont get him also we wont and cant get torres… ok. they would be too expensive.

By: Brian

Brian — Sun, 18 May 2008 13:41:00 +0000

I’m disappointed that a few weeks pass and again so much negativity towards AG. Look at how ManU react to their coach (who almost cost them a title with his team selection a few weeks back). I would expect that Clarke praises the players, it wouldn’t be very diplomatic to talk about what a great job him and the rest of the managers have done, especially as 95% of winning games is obviously the players

Honestly if we consider the form of Ronaldo & the injuries to Cech they are the biggest differences between 2004-06 & 2006-08. That AG and the brilliance of Cole, Essien & Ballack almost won it for us this year was amazing! Plus we’ve never been in a final b4. Please just support the coach. If you want to talk about under-performance go speak to a Liverpool or Newcastle supporter. Go Blues for Moskva

By: BlueMind

BlueMind — Sun, 18 May 2008 10:28:15 +0000

Grant lack of vocabulary gives him problems. He meant to say the same thing as Fergi is saying occasionally and what JM said and others. I think his point was made in relation to the sending off of Mikel in the game against MU.
I was watching the MU -Wigan game and AG’s observation is 100% correct. Schole had a yellow card and his next foul deserved another yellow! He tackled badly from the side a Wigan player that was charging freely towards MU goal from the right . The commentator was sure Schole is going out ,yet the referee only warned Schole. Your are warning a player first ,than give Yellow card not visa a versa.
AG is 100% correct that Wigan deserved a penalty. I mean it was so clear. Ferdinand clearly handle the ball intentionally .He leaned sideway with his hand in order to stop the ball!
If Galas deserved a penalty this was a much clearer case.
But what is also clear is that Wigan was not hungry in this game. They played free, nice football at times and at times were close to scoring ,but they didn’t give a fight .
I am not trying to say Chelsea lost the titel,they should have beaten Bolton irrespective what MU were doing.
My point is AG is correct in criticizing the referee of the MU/Wigan game. The terms he used in doing so were wrong .
I am sure if Chelsea would have beaten Bolton and you people were watching the MU game as I did (moving occasionally to watch the CFC game to see the score- I thought that the result of MU game was the key to the final standing)and I am sure you would tolerate AG words and even agree with his rough assessment.

By: BlueFan nr:1

BlueFan nr:1 — Sun, 18 May 2008 08:45:23 +0000

the dream team next seonson if lamps, drogba leaves:

———–cech————–

richards—–terry—carv—–A.cole/drenthe

????—–essien—-mikel—-G.Barry

———torres—–bojan——-

its stupid to get dos santos he lets get bojan he is 100% better

By: Nihongo Blue

Nihongo Blue — Sun, 18 May 2008 04:26:08 +0000

regarding the frisk incident i remember jose said that a member of our team saw the refree with the barcelona coach and after that our player got a red card. and he got fined because the refree told that frank did came to him but he sent him away. What jose said had an effect but what grant said no one except for FA has taken seriously. thats the magnitude of grants talk u see.

Everyone bow to grant who has former ajax manager as his assistant and chelsea faithful clark to handle players egos, PA representative to tell him what to talk in press, psycologist to improve team morale and a world class squad who do not even need a manger now.

We are represented by a person who has to tell and explain the press about his substitutions across the season. amazing.

we are going no where next season if he stays and a few core members leave. he will be exposed soon and will be runing for bushes.

By: blabliblublu

blabliblublu — Sun, 18 May 2008 04:21:53 +0000

ask any inter fan
they ll frankly say he is not a great coach
he ll just break chelsea into pieces
luk at th teams he hve managed

roman pls go and get laudrup