Have you recovered from that disastrous night? Well, you might say you never will. At least a night’s sleep should have brought a lot of sense. I couldn’t write the match reaction post after the match. So now, after more 24 hours from the defeat, I look back at the match, its key moments and what this result could and should mean to us.
Lampard agreed that this result has been more devastating for his colleagues than for himself. That’s not because he’s signed a new contract yet but that’s because of the personal tragedy he had to endure in the last few weeks. Only in light of these ‘real’ tragedies would you realise ‘it’s just a game’. Well, I’m not planning say this everytime we lose but I’d have to say this when some of us are upset like crazy. Once again quoting JM “pressure . . pressure of what? pressure if for millions of parents who can’t feed their children”.
Talking about the match, there were few key decisions from our side which turned the course of the match. You might know that I’m not a fan Essien playing in right back when we have two right backs who have won the champions league, one of them even scoring the winner in the final. Essien could never cope with Ronaldo and if there was any doubt or debate the goal must have sealed it. Essien was watching the ball without realising that he is a right back, defending an incoming cross, marking the best premier league player who has scored 41 goals till then. And then, Malouda has been decent of late but did his recent performance merit a champions league final appearance? Was I the only one that thought he was the Essien’s counterpart in attack – weak link?
The first half belonged to Man Utd. They had some great chances to go 2-0 up. Chelsea were not in the game for the first 30 minutes. When Chelsea started involving themselves in the match, we came closer. I admit there was an element of luck in Lampard’s equaliser but this game won’t be complete that ‘element of luck’ that was there all through the match, until the final minute. Credit should go to Lampard for again being in the right place at the right time. That was a good finish. If the half had ended 1-0 to Man Utd, it could have been a different game in the second half. The equaliser was really crucial that Chelsea played with some confidence in the second half.
Second half belonged to Chelsea. Man Utd were played off the park. No, this is not a biased statement. Man Utd were simply chasing shadows. Chelsea’s domination was not only in terms of chances and shots but more in terms of controlling the game. Man Utd could not string three passes together in the second half while Chelsea were playing so fluidly as if they were playing a mid-tabler at home. Despite controlling the game well, Chelsea could not force saves from van der sar. But we were always threatening Man Utd and kept Sir Alex’s heart in his mouth. Drogba hit the post with a fantastic shoot and Lampard finding all the time in the world, within the box, to turn about 360 degrees and shoot the ball clear of van der sar. When Lampard was preparing for that shot, I was already celebrating.
I’m now genuinely worried about Joe Cole. He was playing superbly in a few matches but his performance of late, for the last couple of months has been mediocre. Is he back to his inconsistent form. Is going to be unreliable again? How can he play so poorly in a champions league final? He must have been waiting for this for many many years and then he delivers this performance. I’m worried.
In the extra time, it was a much more even match, both teams coming out strongly and playing for a win. Towards the 5 to 10 minutes, both teams were willing to go to the penalties and that was evident. Terry made that characteristic clearance which simply personifies him. And it was then, Drogba got himself a red card. He gave no chance to the referee. It was not a difficult decision to send him off. There has been a lot of criticism on Drogba that he behaved in a manner that saw him off and also made himself unavailable for the penaly shoot out that was to follow just 5 minutes later.
I do not support Drogba’s actions. He let us down. Any player who gets a red card, lets his team down. At least I don’t think he was carelessly irresponsible. I thought he let his emotions take control of him. I realised one thing. It was not an action of someone who did not care about Chelsea. It was not an action of someone who wants to impress other clubs with his ‘supposed’ last match for this club. It was certainly not an action of someone who was selfish and wanted the winners’ medal so that he can improve his CV. If he had his mind on any of these, he’d not have involved in the whole fracas. He’d gone ahead with his football. What he did was not at all intelligent but surely he was not planning to let us down with carelessness.
It is an open secret that Drogba thrives in a 4-4-2 formation. He was at his best when we play him along with another striker. After his fantastic season in 4-4-2, he had to be the lone striker in a 4-3-3 formation where the wingers were dishing out sub standard performances. I was still hoping that Chelsea plays 4-4-2 in the final with Drogba and Shevchenko. I see Fergie playing Scholes and Giggs ahead of Anderson and Nani, even though those portuguese are better than the seniors as of now. I also see Malouda and Kalou being played ahead of players like Shevchenko, Belletti and Ferreira.
You might say that if Terry had buried it, all this would not have mattered and all these decisions would have been justified. No. Had we got the right formation and right players, we might have won the match in full time. Clearly, Man Utd could not handle Chelsea when the Blues get their act together. We were too strong int he second half and we could have even finished the match in the second half. Imagine Essien being available in the midfield, Shevchenko being available with Drogba, and add it our performance in the second half.
When the match went to penalties I was not too happy for two reasons. One is, we deserved to close it out in full time or at least extra time. The other is, I don’t remember when we last won a penalty shoot out. After the forgettable shoot out at the community shield, it was great to see four of our shots go in. For a couple of them I had to wait to see the net disturbed but anyway they found the net. Something told me, I was even telling my mate, that Ronaldo would mess it up. It was a poor shot with not enough power. The first penalty save in many months (years?) from Petr Cech happened to be that of Cristiano Ronaldo. Not bad. Then came the big moment of the match.
When Terry walked up to the spot, I’d have bet my house on him burying it. The only way he was going to miss it was some cursed ill-luck, that’s what exactly happened. I can say that it is common sense to check the boots, studs, ball placement and the tightness of the soil before taking any penalty. It appeared that Terry wanted to get over that moment as soon as possible. He wanted that big relief and ecstasy without any delay. He was over-anxious. He had all he guts to take the penalty but he was a bit over-anxious. He sent the keeper to the wrong side, he slipped, he missed. The ball could have rolled ever so slowly to the right corner but it was a few feet off target. I won’t blame Terry. Even if Drogba were to take that kick, you can’t say he would not have slipped. Not hitting the target, not deceiving the keeper etc may be ‘footballistic’ reasons where different players handle situations differently. To slip on wet soil was ‘misfortunistic’ than ‘footballistic’.
I’m really sorry for Terry that it had to happen for him, of all people. It could have happened to anyone, but not him. When he was stepping up, so many things would have come to his mind. It is Moscow, Roman is watching, thosands of Chelsea fans are cheering, their first champions league final in their history, could be the last match for some of his dear colleagues, have just lost the league title on the last day – so many things. At hind sight, someone with less weight on his shoulders (with same passion) could have done a neater job? Hind sight is a nice thing. If we were to win the champions league on penalties, I don’t want anyone other than John Terry to take the winning kick.
Okay, we have lost it this season but champions league comes every season and we have the team to win it soon. When we lost the shoot out I could imagine how Milan would have felt after dominating Liverpool and finally losing it in the shoot out. To lose a 3-0 lead and subsequently losing the finals is much more disastrous than what happened to us on Wednesday night. Didn’t Milan come back and win the title, against the very opposition that they lost to? That’s what I want to see Chelsea do.
The thing that now worries me is, how long will Terry take to recover from this trauma and what impact will this have on him? Some say that it’s good that he does not have play in the Euro and he can holiday his ill memories out. I feel it would have been better if he is to play in the Euro. Between now and the start of the next season, it helps if he plays more football and which forces him to concentrate on something else other than that dark moment. Who knows, may be, England will manufacture an even more disappointing moment that helps him overcome that champions league shoot out! Italian fans say that, Shevchenko has not been the same footballer since he missed the penalty shoot out kick against Liverpool in Istanbul. Such can be the impact of these mishaps. All said, I’m sure Terry can come back strongly. He is a man of guts, determination and strength.
In the drama around John Terry’s miss, what escapes the media and fans attention is the bad miss by Anelka. May be that’s his style but he walked up and took the kick as if it was at Cobham. He delivered a bad shot and when van der Sar saved his shot, Anelka’s reaction was not that great. Again, may be that’s his style but he did not look too worried or upset about that. I don’t want him to break out crying but his reaction was an odd one out from that of the rest of the team. Despite what his agent says, Anelka never struck me as someone who is hungry for success. May be he is too philosophical.
Overall, I’m proud of these players. I’m proud of the way we played the ‘champions of Europe’ off the park for good part of the match. The spirit and effort shown by each one of our players certainly deserved the title.
Finally, congratulations to Man Utd. They were deserving champions. Though we put in a great performance in the finals, I cannot forget the fact that we were fortunate to be in the finals in the first place. It hurts to see us coming second in three competitions and losing the other to Barnsley when the route ahead was quite clear of troubles. JM said, “in football, there is no such thing called ‘almost there’”. Why am I quoting JM so much these days? He seemed to have made the best quotes for all seasons. Coming second might look like coming close enough to win it. I always believe that the gap between the champions and the runner-up than what we can see in the table or statistics. That’s why being runner-up in three championship does not equal winning one championship. It is quite possible to end up second every single season without winning the title.
The season is over. Time to measure up Grant? Credit to him for over-achieving but I can’t help but say he lost at least two trophies this season that he should have won. May be Roman would keep him for another season but if I were him, I’d move Grant upstairs and bring a good young manager who is desparately hungry for success. Season is over. Let’s talk Euro 2008 now. I’ll tell you who I’m supporting and why.
And yes, you want to know how I’d get over this finals disappointment? Just getting Grand Theft Auto 4 on XBOX 360. I’ll go gunning down innocent people and criminals alike, driving after booze and dope like I’m in god mode and make some dirty money in my new career. Should put me at peace.
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fans thiz is the time show our support for our clb and our CAPTAIN.
its okkk….but we can do it next season………..come onnnnnnnnnn
“TERRYble”… lol BC
@BC
Regarding Essien,he is not a defensive midfielder but a box to box one……so in a 4-3-3 there are two spots for his position which are dually under ballack and lampard……maka/mikel being the other mf…………so i don’t think how we were gonna fit essien into mf.
Grant wanted to pick the best players………so essien got picked up at RB
After 40 min,he got the gripe of ronaldo……..the problem was evra assisting ronaldo……..essien had two mans to control that’s why i guess he looked so rubbish.
regarding joe,it will be safe to say he has a dip in form but yesterday he and essien were the reason ronaldo and evra were quiet after 40 min.
i thought malouda had his best game in blue shirt.
belletti is a cl winner no doubt but he is liability against any mid table team…….ronaldo would have r*ped him to be very fair……………
not having paulo on bench was a big TACTICAL mistake and to be fair the only tactical mistake.
A good article BC.
Yes being a runner up in 3 competions is being the first of losers.
I like Chelsea a lot, particul;arly since JM got ballack, maybe a bit bias but I follow every game of Chelsea.
But I must say that had JM not left, and this is very subjective, I have a feeling that Chelsea would have fared better, at least in finals, JM seem to know how to win finals.
Chelsea had had a very easy passage to the CL final, always the weakest teams until Liverpool and still an own goal decided the outcome.
I have read the english press and it seems that AG is going, I personally think Chelsea needs a proper manager, if not a brilliant one at least one that can motivate the players to higher peaks.
But if a top manager comes in , how is he (the new manager) going to deal with AG? after all it looks that he had a good season,(well compared with his previous experience, he had) but not Chelsea, Chelsea won nothing.
About the Euro my teams are germany followed by Portugal and Spain, but dont forget Italy and France, they always start badly but peak at the right time.
Though I have been in sad mood ever since our loss but I somehow have a feeling that this loss can really prove to be a turning point for our club,off course a pleasant one..I can feel that our team will be back with vengeamce next season…even if we loose few of our players,this team will just drench newcomers in a spirit of revenge and many of them will go on to become legends in football as well as for club…Terry will rise like a Phnoeix and he would storm the world with his performances and fighting spirit..
if rebuilding plans are on anvil then I would put real emphasis on:Striker,left wing(in Robben mould),even right wing needs some reinforcement(a young quality talent for future) as Cole has a habit of going missing and a playmaker in midfield…
RB has been fixed…if Wayne wants release then we can go out for a young talented LB also who can be an understudy of A Cole…
but one thing is for sure,though both Lampard and Ballack are great players but playing them both can’t win any team EPL..may be CL but definitely not EPL…with due respect to them,allowing one to leave can be a blessing in disguise…
and lastly we need to start entrusting responsibilities to our youth players…so for Carling and FA cups we can use a squad having a mix of senior and junior players..definitely need to have a look at Kakuta,Stoch,Santos,Woods,Tajera,new Italian signings…and lastly but most important
GET HOLD OF AUGUERO….that guy will prove to be a panacea of all of our ills…
I’m in the same boat as lampard to be honest, i found out my aunty died hours before the game started. I’m devastated but there’s alot going on at the moment! Same day i had to say goodbye to all my childhood friends on the last day of school as well. Emotional few days
guys i don’t want to be bad but i have to say that i think that it could be better to sheva than anelka cause semply he has more experience and he can kick the penalty better than anelka..and about drogba it was stupid to sent off 5 minutes from the end of the game, he could kick a penalty too..but anyway it’s easy to talk when you are out of the field..everything is cool we can do it again next season..!!
@BC
Another thing that has been constantly bugging me is
Our Set-Pieces
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*Apart from Lampard[whose corners are decent],everyone’s CORNERS are pure rubbish…………joe,malouda,kalou struggle to beat the first man in sight.
*From CREATING angles,apart from lampard,no one takes decent set-pieces
*From DIRECT SHOOTING ANGLE,Lampard is awful but we have drogba[no longer from next season hopefully]and ballack who atleat test the keepers.
Regarding Euro,it’s no guess really you must be supporting Italy for the obvious reason i.e their playing style.
I for one will be rooting for Germany.
We really have something in common that is football and gaming to start off with though i m pretty confident,MY COMPUTER will not meet the requirements for GTA 4.
Not able to still recover after 2 days. Saw the way players were out of Gatwick. Didier Stupid Drogba with big headphone walking cooly as kid.
when will he be kicked out.
Balotelli – Inter future in doubt. Guy earns only 60,000 per season less than 1000 a week
Great Striker for the future.
@BC
Can you tweak the site to something similar in the mould of cfcblog so that i may assess it on cell………
@BC
Just read the comments by Anelka that he didn’t want to take the penalty caus he hadn’t warmed-up………….really poor excuse but another one in our squad with talent but with bad attitude.
Another thing we need is a proper no.10..the king of role which guddy used to do for us that is picking brilliant passes.
@BC
Bring me a better LOL post
Picked it from scouser comm……….
TITLE:For Sure,Next Year
“For Sure, Next Year”
“Last night I also dreamt about Rafa, watching the final, then retiring to his laboratory and plotting and scheming his revenge for next season. He was wearing a long white lab coat. He had his hair all frizzed up like a Einstein, he was pouring liquids between test tubes and suddenly some sort of chemical reaction happened and he started repeatedly screaming yes, between bouts of hysterics. When the smoke cleared from the room their stood Kaka from Milan, fully kitted out in a Liverpool strip.
Some of you laugh, but when I dream as vividly as that, there’s usually an underlying aspect of it that comes true.
Anyway, two years ago when we won in Istanbul, taking us to 18-5, the mancs where stuck on 16-2. They had just been the laughable victim of a hostile takeover, won absolutely nothing and their midfield consisted of Kleberson, Djemba-Djemba and Liam Miller. Times were good. Fergie looked like he was on his way out and that United’s reign of terror was over.
Today their record stands at 17-3, a testament to luck and money more than anything else. Astonishingly, they’ve managed to claw their way even closer to our record.
But enough is enough, and I get the feeling that Gerrard and Carragher who both had relatively quiet seasons, will, because of United’s success, take it to the next level in 2008/2009. With Torres leading the line and Rafa plotting and scheming in the back ground the signs look ominous for not just the mancs but the rest of the premiership and Europe as well.
Already Rafa has strengthened our defence by signing the brilliant Swiss defender Degen and is now Chasing Flourent Malouda from Chelsea. With Gareth Barry, who has kept Michael Carrick out of the England squad, to be involved in swap deal involving Carson, it looks as though we could have three top class players on our books within a fortnight.
Let’s not forget my visions of Kaka either. It may turn out be someone else, but rest assured there will be a key signing like their was with Torres last season. Whoever it is, will be the final key in the jigsaw. The player that takes us to that illusive first Premier League Title and our 19th league title in total. From there it will be like a snowball gathering pace. We’ll get better and better and United will see us and our trophy haul moving way, way out into the distance.”
Beat that.
BC
you have been wasting time telling everyone why we should play 4-4-2 and anelka says it was not even tried in training. All of us wanted to see 4-4-2 with anelka and didi upfront but it wasnt even tried in training is something i cant understand.
more over he says he denied to be among the first 5 penalty takers because he wasnt warmed up. makes sense seeing ronaldos horrible penalty against barcelona. But if players feel this way why would grant include balletti to take a penalty that too 2nd one. fergi included anderson but wasnt among first 5 and took the 6th penaly.
these small details do tell us something … dont they. oh yaaahh we already know it.
Worried for Joey, BC? That is what you get when you don’t have a no nonsense manager like Jose. I honestly don’t know why we played him in the finals. his place should have been given to essien and we would have won the match easy. instead, essien was kept at the back to allow Joey to go on with those fruitless, ineffective showboating that he does. he has talent no doubt- but he needs a manager who will keep his head down to do the business and allow the crowd to make judgment after. Quaresma or ribery are a must next season. I will even like belleti up there- at least decent runs and better crosseas will be made. besides, he is a brazilian, so talking about natural skills, joey can watch him and learn.
the way grant has treated anelka is another reason he must go. Anelka is a world class striker. keeping him on the bench after splashing 15 million pounds on him is a massive financial loss. Why was he not playing anelka or sheva, because he was too defensive minded. what he calls 4-3-3 is a nothing but 4-5-1. when robben and duff were there we had a real 4-3-3. So we end up demoralising a super player like anelka, frustrate him by making him play 15 minutes etc and then allow our fans to call him a poor striker. anelka must stay and must be given full attacking role. he has nothing to prove iin my view. all he needs is more games and his quality will show fully. but of course average grant must go!
@5. blueindian i agree 100% give the younger player for carling cup mix with more experience we definitely need to have a look at Kakuta,Stoch,Santos,Woods,Tajera,new Italian signings… we need to get a manager who can vary his formations for the situation!!! JM could that!!!!! im wondering if Rijkaard can do that … so her is my pick for the team for a 4-2-3-1, 4-4-2 4-4-2(diamond)
*** guys if you all dont know yet Alcides has come back from is loan released by PVS so that is a extra CB that we didnt plan for (can’t CB convert him to a left back….!!!
LB… if Bridge leaves.. get Taye Taiwo
MF…. Quaresma, Dos Santos, Van Der Vaart or Diego( i think Diego is more skilled) Veloso and Joao from sporting.
Strikers…. get Gomez,Eto’o or Beloteli promote Dos Santo i think we should keep Pizzaro
@15. MourofEssien (MoE) ypur so right grant killed off Anelka playing mi out wide…. he should play upfront !
Devastated! That’s the only word for it. There is always next season and that loss will only make the players who stay even more determined. Our name will be on that trophy soon……I hope.
I was having a discussion with some mates, has Terry ever taken a penalty in a competitive game for Chelsea?? Anyone know??
anelka is a sulking player and a sulk tells u alot about a player….look at ronaldinhos smile even when he is going through bad games he puts an amzing smile on this shows his determination! but on the other hand anelka is a stuck up money grabbing player and i would totally, anyday prefer shseva up there in the lone striker role……
i also think we should promote di santo to firt team next year!!!
come on you mighty blues!!!!yesterday when i played football i even dedicated one of my goals to terry…..god bless him and god bless chelsea, amen
the final was the first time i saw grant taking over and motivating players…did u guys happen to see him pulling drogbas shirt and giving hm a talk about tactics????
maybe this determination was due to the fact that he knows hes gatting the sack if he loses…
terrys damage wont be forgotten soon… even if he recovers crowd and away games chants wont let him forget…
i just watched our penalty shootout last yr at anfield to feel more bad and sleep … instead it helped because we were far better this time..
3rd time lucky against liverpool
and we will be 3rd time lucky in penalties… thats positive thinking… next season onwards be rest assured we can never loose on penalties
cheers
@ BC chelsea needs new players with HEART( terry, essien, ballack, a.cole,j.cole, kalou, mikel, cech, riccy) that cry if they loose and run themselves into the ground for their team and hug when a team mate scores a goal…. i think Malouda has heart and JM say that in him, Pizzaro aswell but i dont think Anelka has that …. i like him as a striker but does he have what it take …… hopefully we will see next season.
come on guy lay off grant now .. im not fan of his but i think he really tried, i would give him back his sporting director job and get a world class manager but he did his best for our club…… thanks for trying
denver
you forgot lampard or was it intentional…?
@ just forgot him thats all, i could have left John Chelsea too cause that goes with out saying…. did you know that we have a overload of defenders for next season… Alcides comin back from his loan with PSV!!!… couldn’t we convert him into a LB as back up to cole if bridge leaves…..?! so lets list them
Terry
Ricky….??
Alex
Ivanovic
A.Cole
Bridge….??
Bosingwa
Fererra
Belleti…..goner
Ben Haim…goner
Sam Hutchinson
Alcides
Robinho Confirms Chelsea Offer
Real Madrid forward Robinho has confirmed that Chelsea have engaged in talks with his club about a move to Santiago Bernabéu…
»Comments (22) Print This Story Send To A Friend Contact Us galleria zoom The Brazilian international’s current deal with Real Madrid is due to expire in 2010, and although both parties have been in talks about an extension to his contract, no agreement has been reached as of yet.
Robinho, who is understood to be unhappy with his current wages at Santiago Bernabéu, could reportedly take on a new challenge this summer after failing to reach an agreement with the board over his new salary.
Reports coming from the Spanish press this Friday suggest that Real Madrid are interested in making a player-plus-cash offer for Cristiano Ronaldo, which would see Robinho going to England.
However, Robinho has quashed speculation, suggesting that only Champions League runners-up, Chelsea, have made an offer for his services.
“There is nothing from Manchester United, that’s speculation,” he told Globoesporte.com. “Cristiano Ronaldo will not want to leave, he just won the Champions League and could be elected the best player in the world.
“What could happen is a move to Chelsea, because I have an offer. Milan are also after me, their board have already asked to speak to my agent.”
Meanwhile, Robinho’s representative, Wagner Ribeiro, revealed that he was in London on Thursday to discuss with Chelsea’s director of football, Peter Kenyon, the possibility of the Brazilian international playing for The Blues next season.
“Chelsea are willing to offer Real Madrid €35 million for Robinho. We did not discuss salaries or length of the contract,” he said.
Nonetheless, Ribeiro stressed that his client’s wish is to stay at Real Madrid and that the Spanish capital club want to keep him in their ranks in years to come.
“The problem is that Real also want Cristiano Ronaldo. But Alex Ferguson says he will only let him go if someone from Real that plays in the same position comes to Manchester. And that player is Robinho,” he concluded.
Luis Mira
well said BC. But i´m still stuck at the referee. He was at his worst.
@ BC. the is the head line for “THE SUN” “JOSE MOURINHO has been rebuilding his relationship with Roman Abramovich”.
“One senior official has confirmed the prospect of Mourinho returning HAS been discussed.”
here is the link read it for yourselves
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/article1202378.ece
** could the special one come back!!!????? and let him have FLAIR players!!!!
JOSE MOURINHO has been rebuilding his relationship with Roman Abramovich.
This is from the sun>>>>>
“One senior official has confirmed the prospect of Mourinho returning HAS been discussed”
“But it is more realistic the ex-Porto chief will go back to Chelsea after the NEXT manager has served his term”
grant will be leaving us…..”The Israeli had three years of his £2.4m-a-year deal to run and has decided he wants to find another manager’s job rather than go back to being Blues director of football.
He has said thank you and goodbye to players over the last two days”
Anelka is a quality strikers,no doubt in that ,Avram only played Anelka as winger whenever anelka played in center forward position he was a thread to opposition, even though he didn’t score goals,he gave many good assists for goal.
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chelsea linked with Martins…
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/article1202314.ece
what do you guys think …… is he good enough for chelsea…can we make him into a star i think so….
First we need to decide on a coach and then let the coach decide his players.
Micheal Laudrup Will Be Manager Of Chelsea Next Season!!!
ROBINHO HAS SAID THAT HE MIGHT BE GOING TO CHELSEA AND THAT CHELSEA ARE WILLING TO PAY 35 MILLION EUROS!!!!
http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=708267
After the champions league finals, Nicolas Anelka said this:
Quoting BlueChampion
This is simply incredible. Whatever little respect I had on Anelka has evaporated.
I can understand that he could not warm up before he was subbed. May be Grant hurried up. There was sufficient gap between the end of extra time and the start of penalties. Why didn’t he use that time to warm up, if his presence on the pitch for 10 minutes was not sufficient?
What kind of experienced professional would say ‘that is out of the question’ when asked to take a penalty in the finals of the champions league? He doesn’t talk like a winner. He does not have the Chelsea charateristic of being spirited and determined. Didn’t he see Belletti come on late and take a good penalty? Looks like Anelka did not try well enough and my remarks on him in the above article is correct.
After all, it is not his style, it is his bloody attitude. Grant must be sad to listen to his purchase talking such stupid things.
Still recovering. I have completely isolated myself from all friends and news about the Champ League. But I think it will come back to haunt me cause they would be calling ManU the champions of Europe for the whole of next season. Bloody Hell they are! Damn!
BC
you said it yourself. he doesnt talk like a winner. he doesnt have chelsea characteristics of being spirited and determined. Exactly!! when did anelka won anything last time? how will he get those chelsea characteristics of being spirited and determined? lets be prepared for next season… unless we get a good manager.
oh God, you have had your revenge on Chelsea. Now, let our JM back!!!
Guys, i don´t know if it works. But i think we all need to pray!
Hey BC, i think you should make a column for CHELSEA FOOTBALL GOD, so that we Chelsea fans can send our prayers everyday and wish for wonderful next season. Its a unique idea, isn´t it.
(Idea: a prayer button, that counts a number of prayers received. It would be a wonderful tradition. Praying for good for our club isn´t a bad idea is it? Football is our religion and chelsea is our temple, hehe.)
martins wouldnt be good at chelsea…..
if JM is really coming back, i would wish drogba to stay.
now i’m reading that Jose sent a message to Essien after the game in Moscow and said that he will sign for Inter in Monday?? .. the only manager that i don’t want in Chelsea is Roberto Mancini cos if Jose join Inter he can come to Chelsea so i prefer Grant 100 times than him .. at least
i think robinho is coming to chelsea
malouda-giovanni swap
http://www.goal.com/en/articolo.aspx?contenutoid=708867
i want balotelli from inter or pato or messi. young fast players that will be grat for the future and now.
Belletti really has heart the way he stepped up and finish like a true professional, I like him but it seems that was his last match for chelsea. I hope JM does not try to take Essien from us!!!!
it would be great if we could get dos santos for malouda. this kid is only 19 years old, and would be great with the new team we’re trying to put together. if lamps leaves, God forbid, then we should get a player like diego as his replacement.
Robinho will be a failure in EPL…he is a lightweight….
Guys the person you should all want is JM.
Forget about players, you already have a fantatstic squad.
You didnt win the CL because of your present manager,and regarding Anelka
interview I quite agree, how can you send, in a match like that, a player without warming up?.
Obviously Avram Grant was playing is lucky card again, expecting that an individual would win the game. Sorry guys you should pray that JM comes back, and I bet Carvalho, Drogba, Essien, Lampard and a few others will stay, and the team will win first and foremost the league, and the CL trophy will follow.
However i can see JM saying, that “before” and the “past” was brilliant AG is the best thing since sliced bread, prob the best manager that no one has ever seen, but unfortunetely cant win trophies.
Just bring back JM and Chelsea will dominate the european football.
Now a challenge for BC, can you write an article about SAvram Grant and explain that the best way to become a millionaire is to have a good talk?
I was reading on another blog that some people are saying Anelka should be sold by Chelsea…. and that he is useless. I disagree Grant has played Anelka out of position since he came to the bridge, pretty much the same way Rijkaard has done to Henry. Therefore we should give Anelka is run upfront and them asses him, I also feel Pizzaro was not given enough time to show what he’s got. We have to remember that Pizzaro was in JM’s plans however JM got sacked…. and grant came in …and lets all remember grant is not tactically sound thus certain players would not have shown their best this list include: Pizzaro Sheva, TBH(even though he is not world class), Mikel,Fererra, Malouda and ofcourse his own signing didnt florish under him Anelka O and where is Ivanovic (probably grant’s best signing… this is based on watch clips of him on youtube).
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chelsea will win the Quad next season , how you ask….
CC…. a mix of youth and first team will be good enough
FA cup……a mix of youth and first team will be good enough
EPL…. true world class players scoring lots of goals and conseeding very few goals( great defense + Cech)
CL….. our true mental strength and HEART from being so consistent though out the years will over power other teams as well as our new brand of attack football will get the better of other teams.
@52…’new brand of attack football’…but who will bring this new brand..we have same players…