This must be a special tournament – my favourites are really doing well! Germany really lived up to their reputation as cup favourites. Sweeter fact was that they beat Portugal, who were generally expected to sweep aside Germany. They were propelled by none other than Michael Ballack, the only Chelsea player left in the Euro 2008 now.
Germany controlled the game throughout and in fact, the scoreline does not do justice to their domination. Only in the last 10 minutes, Germany were willing to sit back and take the result and that’s when and how Portugal appeared little dangerous.
And you know what? A certain Ronaldo, who’d being valued at about 65 million pounds, was as good as anonymous. Allright, he had a part to play in Portugal’s first goal but that was his only moment of the match. Germany were very comfortable on the ball, and used their possession wisely to build up to the attack while Portugal lost possession in every square metre of the pitch. Credit should be given to Germany’s ball winning abilities.
Any good ‘tournament team’ is going to be very dangerous in set pieces. Last night Germany created two goals from freekicks. And that was not a surprise, especially when the free kick taker was Schweinsteiger and the scorers were Klose and Ballack. So, that’s the second goal for Ballack in as many games. It’s great that Ballack has overcome his poor performance against Croatia but the Schweinsteiger has been the key for the German attacks. I really like this guy, not just for his fantastic-sounding name but for the way he plays the game. He is light but that does not stop him from making those big tackles. He is very quick and has a good football brain. With the richest pair of eyes on him, Big Phil would have loved anything but a defeat with three goals conceded. To put a positive spin to this, let’s say that he has now more time to look forward and plan for Chelsea.
The rest of the final eight is pretty much what I had predicted. I thought Czech would make it but Turkey knocked C(z)ech off in the most cruel fashion. In group B, as I thought Germany and Croatia made it to the quarters but I thought Germany would top but they have not. Then comes the group of death. How many would have predicted this group correctly? And how many would have thought Netherlands would top the group. I did. Didn’t I? This group went exactly as I predicted, Netherlands at top and Italy in second. France are finished. They can watch the rest of the Euro on TV. Spain were supposed to progress but give me some credit for putting my faith in Russia.
Here are my new round of predictions. Croatia might cruise past Turkey. Lightning may not strike twice. Netherlands vs Russia might look like a no-brainer but I had in my earlier post mentioned that Russians could beat the Dutch in the quarter finals. I still stand by it. Hiddink would know the chinks in the Dutch armour. One caveat for Russia is that they can’t be attacking in numbers. Their nature of short-passing play needs number of players in the middle third and the attacking third. Even the full backs operate as wing backs. This may be a bit risky for them given the quality of Dutch counterattacks. I expect a tight match with just one goal in it.
Then the big one. Spain vs Italy. Once again the popular choice is Spain but my choice is again not the popular one. Italy have got a mjor lifeline in the tournament and by beating France, they can rightfully consider themselves hot favourites. Italy have progressed from a very tough group while Spain have not been really tested by good oppositions. Italy will miss Pirlo and Gattuso due to yellow card suspensions. Italy have already gone weaker in their defence and to miss players like Pirlo and Gattuso could only make things worse for them. Despite this, I feel this could be Italy’s match.
On the club front, the papers can go crazy over the Ronaldo saga again as his Euro dream has been terminated. I wish Ronaldo goes to Real Madrid. But the whole thing is getting very complicated now. Ronaldo wants to go. Sir Alex says ‘on my dead body’. Madrid wouldn’t mind breaking the transfer record or the salary record. Madrid have contacted the Glazers directly. Glazers have said that Fergie will have the last word. Madrid have meanwhile arranged Ronaldo’s apartment, car and his hair gel. Ronaldo’s agent is pushing Ronaldo to submit a transfer request. That’s where it stands now. If Ronaldo really makes that transfer request, it’s gonna be fun!
I think it would do well for Fergie to cash in on Ronaldo at this time. Even if he manages to hold onto Ronaldo this season, he is not going to see the same old Ronaldo on pitch. Not again would he manage a 42-goal season. Ronaldo for Man Utd, has peaked already. He is not going to command more transfer money in his career than he does at this point of time. I’d say, Fergie can take advantage of the desperation of Ronaldo and Madrid, and hold them to ransom. Anyway, Sir Alex can make more Ronaldo’s out of Nanis and Quaresmas. From a Chelsea standpoint, I’m just simply waiting for the day he signs for Real Madrid. One reason is it will make As you might know, in Spain I support Real Madrid and not Barcelona just like in Italy, I support Inter Milan and not AC.
On Chelsea side, not much has happened. Few rumours here and there. Ah yes, Avram Grant has found his match, FC Twente. Good luck to him! I would be in London next week, so I’ll post some interesting pictures and also write about my experience at Stamford Bridge!



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>>Avram Grant has found his match, FC Twente
Even FC Twente doesnt consider grant capable to manage their club and appointed old english boss steve mcclaren. wow. bad for the worst !!!
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_3713675,00.html
Sack Scolari!!!!!!
Since his appointment he lost 2 out of 2
ha ha ha
Sack the loser
hi scolari my name is balack! i will be playing for u!! HAHA
@BC
Schweinsteiger and Podolski are wonderful players but underrated.
Germany all the way as i have said before.
Scouting
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Moutinho-Not good enough………….very raw product as of now.
Deco-Best player on pitch yesterday to be honest and has regained his form but age is the main con.
Bastian Schweinsteiger-Wonderful and just what we need.
Lucas Podolski-Reminded me of Rooney in the way he approches his game…….good passer,clinical and can play on wings
Van Der Vaart-Deal him in….
Boulahrouz-Afraid to say and eating humble pie but better CB than Ben haim…………another Mourinho’s masterstroke[appreciate the sarcasm]
@BC
Just out of curiosity,you hae started supporting inter from this season or before.
Will be glad to know that atleast in italy and spain i support barca and milan.
ballack gave scolari a warm welcome by kicking portugal out of the tournment
not kicking portugal but pushing ferriera.. i am not sure how riccy, ferriera , bosigngwa and most importantly scholari are going to take it. riccy atleast now has a ready made excuse of going to inter saying this.
hey
Am i the first to question Mr Scolari ?
With the best squad he get kicked in the ass at the quarter finals
Since he got the appointment at Chelsea his record is Zero
2 games 2 losses, Should we call to sack him? Too early?
Ha ha ha
Coming next May or before I will post this here again
Read this slow
Scolari is an arrogant over the hill coach that will give us nothing except lots of body language trying to do 2 things
One is to cover is lack of abilities and the other is trying to wake our confused players.
You all loved the word motivator claiming AG wasn’t one , so here you have one that he is only a motivator nothing more, that alone can’t hold, and it wont.
In the other hand Ronaldo is going away so maybe Man U will not be so good , that’s the only sunshine over Chelsea’s sky.
I´ve never seen such a lucky team as Türkey ever in my life….They show passion only when they are a goal down and manage somehow to come over it, even if only few seconds are left….haha, really feel sorry for you Croatians….
Hurah for the Turks! What a wonderful, never-say-die attitude they have brought to the tourney. Chances are they will loose to Germany. But, Turkey will be well remembered for their heroic comeback wins.
BFDS, saddly, you do make a vaild point to raise the question about Scolari. But, I am willing to wait and see what he does when the season is under way. The announcement of his hireing and assorted rumors may have been a distraction. I don’t know. We’ll just have to wait and see.
HOLLAND WILL RULE EUROPE!
Hey IwasMissingJose
You never seen a team as lucky as Turkey ? I have… LOL …Chelsea …last year and Turkey’s luck is gonna run out like CFC’s too .
ferriera is one of the worst player i ever seen…all 3 goals came from is side only
why blaming scholari for defeat and i will like to ask @3 that loses 2 games in a row should be sacked then no one will be willing to manage us again we will 5 managers a season and all superstARS WILL leave no will want to join chelsea. scolari is agreat manager very great may be not as great as jose but 10000 times than stupid grant and he won south american version of championsleague 2 won world cup with a brazilian team that was even struggling to qualify took portugal that had not reached semifinal for years to a final and semi .lets face it germany were a better team and it our ferriera fault not scolaris .he will be a success at chelsea waiting for the season o start and hoping to end united reign
why blaming scholari for defeat and i will like to ask @3 that loses 2 games in a row should be sacked then no one will be willing to manage us again we will 5 managers a season and all superstARS WILL leave no will want to join chelsea. scolari is agreat manager very great may be not as great as jose but 10000 times than stupid grant and he won south american version of championsleague 2 won world cup with a brazilian team that was even struggling to qualify took portugal that had not reached semifinal for year to a final and semi .lets face it germany were a better team and it our ferriera fault not scolaris .he will be a success at chelsea waiting for the season o start and hoping to end united reign
Ivan Rakitic is one of the croatia team.He is young and fast.20 years old not good enough.Luka modric is the best Mid in the EURO.EVEN BETTER THAN BALLACK AND VAN DER VART BUT WE LOST HIM TO SPURS.
I have always liked and followed Inter but has not supported them as such. As such I hate Milan and Juventus who have had a history of cheating and corruption. I’d choose Roma over these two teams. From this season, I’ll also support Inter especially because of Jose Mourinho.
Milan and Juventus have their history of cheating and corruption, and Roma have their own of ultra-violence although it appears to have improved in recent years.
I hope Germany obliviate the Turks. Any team that has led for two and a half minutes over four matches and still reaches the semi-final of such a prestigious competition takes luck to a new extreme, more so than we did over the 06/07 season with all the late winners, perhaps even more so than Liverpool in the Champions League final in Istanbul. Now half of their players are suspended or injured, Turkey’s luck has run out. There’s no way they will get past Michael Ballack and co. Croatia paid for their missed chances, and Germany will be deserved finalists for learning from their mistakes.
Italy barely survived their group and yet I have a feeling that they will reach the semis also. Spain are the only team that can stop Holland other than Germany, I think, but Italy will somehow get past them.
If it turned to be a Germany vs. Holland final, I wouldn’t be disappointed whichever side won.
@12….yea, i had expected someone would say that. But unfortunately, before i could correct my statement, it was already posted…
@JoseHoliday
You never seen a team as lucky as Turkey ? I have… LOL …Chelsea …last year and Turkey’s luck is gonna run out like CFC’s too .
were you having a dig at jose’s chelsea last minute equalisers?………can you appreciate your dig at yourselves………i can
@BC
On the contrary i have never liked inter[not caus jose is manager now]…………they are one of the most underperforming teams who spend money,play shit and their results are even more shit……….there three titles are won more or less by default and that muppet moratti sacked their most successful manager[lol].
though have to admit i like the jersey and the youtube superstar zlatan and adriano[though no longer the same].
it will be interesting to see for how long jose will be able to survive there
Euro ´08 is the most thrilling football tournament i´ll ever watch in my life. So many goals being scored, so many players giving their best, so much of luck in some teams, a better side mutilating the other, such passion in football shown by players, new faces, new coaches….its like a new era of Football has started. Its really exciting. Although i tip Germany to be winners, teams like Holland, lucky Türkiye, and tactical Russia frightens shit out of me.
Slaven Bilic is next jose mourinhi.he is intelligent and his celebration is too funny.i like him .we must bring him to chelsea in 2013.
The best players in euro 2008(UNTIL 20 JUNE)
VAN DER SAR
BOULAHROOZ POYOL Joris Mathijsen Van Bronckhorst
MODRIC BALLACK SNIJDER
L.PODOLSK D.VILLA Bastian Schweinsteiger
Manager:marco van basten
subs:robben,F Torrers,van der vaart,arda turan,van der vart
@BC
Just read your report about Germany v Portugal and sure sure you must have watched a different game.
To start with portugal had the very first opportunities of goal, even Moutinho had one sitter.
Then Portugal lost Moutinho through injury, when he started dominating the his side of midfield, a blow to Portugal and scolari thats for the first time he didnt even had a B plan, so sure was him that Portugal is far superior to Germany, in my opinion I agree .
Then in a counter attacke the Germans scored a typicall portuguese goal.
The secon german goal came from a free kick that the same fault was done by ballack on their progression, but typically of UEFA to save the financial success of the tournament referees go in favour of the host or tyhe hosts’ neighbours.
You see an Italy v Germany final will defenetely be a bigger success than a Portugal v Spain, for the mere fact that less distance to drive.
So honestly I do not understand your comments, truth may be told , I only read your first paragraph. In my opinion there is no coubt that the best team so far is Holland, followed by Portugal (gone) and Spain.
Spain has no chance against italy and we will see the same favoured refereeing towards italy that we saw with Germany.
Germany as a team play well as they always played as team, against Portugal, and watch the highlights in BBC interactive, played deffensivelly always 10 men behind the ball, in another words it is easier to destroy that to build. Everytime Ronaldo had the ball 3/4 germans players surrounded him, even if you are superman, eventually yyou capitulate. £rd goal of Germany was a foul, but conveniently the refferee and the linesman never saw, pity that the commentators immediately saw it and so did Scolari.
Yes Germany has some players above the average like Ballack, a sly and dirty player, has always been even in the last World cup and the last euro cup, saying that has a technic well above the other german robots. Lahm has a spanish newspaper put it is like a robot, runs 100 metres prob under 10 secs and a good foot.
Anyway pls watch the high ligts and read the stats and tell me who had the most possession, the most corners, the least fouls, but also tell me who had the most luck.
Germany in the last 15 minutes of the game were shit scared, we only had to watch them embrace after the end of the game to see that they believed they won the cup.
Between Portugal and Germany there is a gulf in skill, technic and good players as big as the grand canyon(metaphoricacly speaking). Do not worry it will be an Italy v germany final brings far mor euros than pounds lol.
I could go on but better leave it .
Oh by the way I am not Portuguese so my opinions are totally free of bias, and just after having watched the game in full a few times.
24@CM,
Hi, I’m Richard and I’m not a fan of both Portugal and Germany. Indeed I wanted Portugal to win it against Germany so either my favourite team Holland or Spain can go one-on-one with Portugal in the final and I bet it will be one hell of a Showdown of skills and speeds. To be fair, almost the whole world populations are watching EURO 2008 and everyone knows that Germany won the game because of the “immeasurable” statistics. Statistics that you mentioned are measureable. Total shots on target, corners, shots wide, passing…but there are things people could not measured with numbers, the quality of players as ONE UNIT and the QUALITY TO WIN. Talking about Ballack’s goal, which I myself think it was unfair, but the fact is, this is football and its been part of the game since Maradonna’s Hand of God. I was wondering after the match, regardless of Ballack’s 3rd and decisive goal… Germany did really give one hell of a match after they were leading 2-0. Why not Portugal leading if they have all the quality individual players? If you can answer this, than maybe it is WORTH to ASK about Ballack’s goal. Just look at our Chelsea team in Champions League final, we have the statistics, we also have the Qualities, Manure too have both but our match statistics are higher, but then, we lose the game on lottery. If Chelsea needed to win with qualities, we need to have more HIGHER quality players that can shutdown Ronaldo or players alike from being able to score the One goal, and then we need the higher quality players who can break down Manure tight and disciplined defenders. We need a higher quality Chelsea team that do not depend on penalties or luck to win each games.
24@CM…
Blah, blah, blah…Pure shite against the germans.
Arshavin is a great player.even better than cole.chelsea has to buy him.
did you see how russians tore apart netherlands today? This Gus hiddink is really something. my respect.
russia won…. bring their no 10…. he is awesome and want to leave zenit
arshavin is a27 year player.his speed is more than jo cole and is very intelligent.
roman must bring him to chelsea an give him number 7 of chelsea.
be careful :wenger and anceloti are going to land him.
chelsea need a great winger.arshavin is the best player that we can have him.
Hi guys..
Just saw the Russia game..That Arshavin guy is one heck of a player..he has been brilliant over the last 2 games
He plays attacking mid & 2nd striker roles well..I think he would be a better buy than an ageing Deco..Roman is definitely following Russia’s games and must have noted the talent in this guy..Will Roman recommend Andrei Arshavin to Scolari???
Scolari would definitely prefer Deco..
I cant wait for Scolari to officialy take charge..I am dying to see whos coming n more importantly whos going
Rusia beat Holland????? WTF??!!
24@CM, I’m afraid all the best team that you have mentioned is going out including my favourite team…
Holland, Portugal and Spain…now only left Spain and hopefully they will beat Italy. But I am just afraid of the scary facts that I have just noticed…
1-Germany, Turkey and Rusia are all second placed in Group Stage – win the Quarterfinal
2-Portugal, Holland and Croatia are all winners in Group stage – Lose in quarterfinal, out of EURO 2008 race
3-All Portugal, Holland and Croatia, after won first 2 group stage matches, they rested their first team players on the last group stage game – which maybe disrupted their current good form because of too much rest. There are difference between a fresh player(after 2 good win) and players who are forced to continue working hard to fight for 2nd position and a place in the quarterfinals.
On Jun 6, I wrote here that Netherlands will play Russia in the quarterfinals and Russia will win. Couple of days back I said I still stand by this prediction. Not a bad one huh?
One slip from Italy/Spain, Russia could be in finals!
bluechampion ypur prediction is amazing….and who is going to win euro2008 any prediction?
I won $200 , I bet on Russia , I knew that.
But I am very disappointed becasue we could have Guss after Euro games. He will leave Russia for sure.
well , Scolari , I am not very sure about him .
i hope that arshavin comes to chelsea
@BC
How about “blue-astrologer”…………….lol
@Everyone
why is everyone jumping on arshavin,van der vaart,sneijder etc bandwagon………..we have awesome,unmatched creativity in lampard………guys we honestly don’t deserve better caus we are satisfied with lampard,drogba and after that new lampard,new drogba.
BC doesn’t rate fabregas…….lol
Please guys open your eyes we are running a football club,not a loyalty club………..have you guys seen modric,arshavin,sneijder[joeblue was banging about him throughout the last season when he was in ajax but as we have lampard so..],vdv,xavi,iniesta,ronaldinho,deco,zidane etc……………if you still rate lampard as a playmaker…………god bless us amen
@BC
I am interested in knowing what you make of these
1.carvalho openly critisising club for sacking grant.
2.michael essien openly saying “we don’t play good football”
3.mourinho saying roman doesn’t have a family in football business and moratti breathes football[pathetic escpecially as roman is an orphan]
i m sure you will let me know[but then you can justify "no eggs no omelettes"]
when Abramovich has guys like Hiddink and Arshavin whom he can easily bring to Chelsea why does he look for others…he should has brought him 3-4 years back itself…
I hardly say this about any players that RA wants to get, but I really want Arshavin and Pavlyuchenko in our squad
scolari has to forget deco and bring arshavin to chelsea .
out:makelele/sidwel/wright philips/anelka
in :mutinhio/arshavin/rakitic/eto
@34. doesnotmeananything
Thats correct the teams that I favoured to win the euro they are all going out.
Well this football, about russia they deserved the win and they played with hunger of winning something that the dutch didnt show.
At least Russia won clean, unlike other matches, Turkey really incredible, so is russia, this only shows what good managers can get out of the players.
Russia with those young players are a very good team indeed, and with the money the russians oligarchs are pouring into football in Russia , they soon will a force to reckon with. Zenit an almost unknown club outside Russia already gave the signal.
I must take my hat off to Hiddink, Russia really played like the dutch usaed to lol.
I still think that skillfully, artistic football is being the losere i.e. Portugal, Croatia, holland, whose next? Spain?
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@34 doesnotmeananything
amazing facts!!!!!
go germany go…………….crush the turks.
so i guess RA was right when he tried so hard to bring in guss Hiddink. If this guy can achieve so much with inexpierienced young russian team, just imagine what he could have done with Chelsea squad. I am regretting now. but lets not look at the past….
Schweinsteiger admits his love 2 play in england
mayb we cud swap ballack for him
CFCIR: You are so incredibly fickle. A week ago, you said we HAVE to get Deco and Van Der Vaart. Now we HAVE to get Arshavin and Rakitic. We don’t HAVE to get either. We need consistency, not constantly going after the flavor of the month. Your strategies will get us more Maloudas, Sidwells, Anelkas, and Shevchenkos at inflated prices. Just because you get excited watching someone play in Euro 2008 or reading tabloids about them doesn’t mean they’re going to be a good fit for Chelsea.
MATT:I am sorry.but i am sayin deco and van der vart are good players but arshavin and racitic are younger and better than them.after all i am not only watching their game in euro.i follow them in shalke 04 and zenit,specialy arshavin.SO BE CAREFUL WHAT ARE SAYING MATT.Last year we follow players like F.Torres and C.Tevez .but chelsea fc forget them and their go to ManUT AND liverpool and scored goal against us.do you like arshavin and van der vart join Man ut and arsenal and score goal against us?do you like manchester united and arsenals laugh to us again?i said we must bring some of thees players to chelsea(deco/van der vaart/arshavin/eto/…..).who do you suggest to bring in chelsea?
arshavin over deco anyday! i was going to say arshavin over pretty much anyone but it turns out he’s 27!? he looks 23 max, i thought the world had found a boy genius
spain and italy are playing like shit. its the most unexciting quarterfinal match i have ever seen….
no tricks, no talents, both teams are trying the same tactic again and again.
Big Phil is interested in going for Schweinsteiger!!!
Arshavin/Schweinsteiger/eto/berbatov/rakitic/ronaldinho/….:bring them or lose them.
hey guys did you think about that avram grant bring shevchenko in moscow final instead of anelka.then sheva could took that penalty instead of john terry.do you think he could goal that penalty like what he did in 2003 oldtrafford final?
Hi there people of BC…
About Arashavin from Rusia, I watched him play in this EURO 2008 and some of his videos in youtube. I like this guy to join ChelseaFC, but I am just worried things that he might have trouble adjusting himself here. He have the skills, his finishing is bizarre just like when Schevchenko during his younger times as a hotshot, BUT, he do not have the PACE or SPEED and also STRENGTH. I am not a fan of Ronaldo of course, but Ronaldo got speed and skills. In the Premiere League, SPEED is important and so far Schweinsteiger have both skills and speed. IMO, I don’t think Arshavin can withstand strong and speedy defenders like from England, Italy or Germany players. That is why I think until now he is already 27, he has not signed with any top clubs other than Rusian clubs. He may have that tremendous skills, but I do not think he has the strength and speed or pace to play in Premiere League. But it will interesting though to see him join Chelsea and see him blending his strength with Chelsea players and drilling through the hard tackling defenders from our oppositions. Anyway, I think he will be a good playmaker or taking a role as a support striker.
@57 – AG should have played Sheva after 60 mins. He scored a goal, just a week back. Anyway no point in discussing now that is all over
One of the great players in spain is David Silava.did you guys remember his goal against us in CL 2006-2007.He is FAST and has STRENGTH and showed his ability against ITALY.he is to young and could be a great signing for us.
Schweinstager actually would be an incredibly good pick for chelsea, I think. He just switched from the center midfield to wing this year (swapped with Ze Roberto) and he’s been… okay. He may be in need of a change of setting and teammates to bring him to form, as he obviously has done well at Euro 2008 and of course he wouldn’t mind pairing with Ballack.
The main problem I have with the names many people list here is that they aren’t physical enough for the English game or don’t fit into Chelsea’s style at all. Schweinstager is strong and fast and has a heck of a boot. I think he fits Chelsea’s style of play, whereas people like Arashavin and Villa do not.
yes yes more support for schweinsteiger
he’d look perfect in the chelsea shirt too, and the bleached hair look of duff and gudjohsen. i love him a bit too much i think and i’d hate to see him at one of our rivals, i’d be so confused.
he’d be my no1 target.
i feel villa would still do ok though, but podolski would be a better fit for the pl? don’t want the entire german squad though, lahm might have to come too.
Although that I love Felipe I miss Mourinho in Chelsea.
I’m brazilian, but I don’t see with good eyes Felipe, I hope that Felipe makes as he did on 2002 World Championship: with no credit..to win…Nobody is will better than Mourinho did…
That’s why from this season, I’ll also support Inter…
arshavin will go to barca.podolski is better than villa.villa is always injured.
i don´t think players like Philip lahm or schweinsteiger will ever leave germany, unless they get 30 like ballack….
oh no the opposite, that’s why i’m so interested, shweinsteiger has talked about a move to the premiership recently, saying he’s always wanted to play there.
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12876_3722236,00.html
Philip Lahm and Schweinsteiger could probably leave Bayern because they want to compete in Champions League and if posisble reach the final. I think that he will feel that Bayern is still not capable yet in this competition as long Chelsea, Manure, Loserpool and Arse-nal still have the X-factor to conquer Champions League. See, Bayern even lose to st Zenith Petersburg (Russian club) in UEFA Cup. Comparing Arshavin and Schweinsteiger to strengthen up Chelsea, I personally prefer Schweinsteiger coz he has the pace and strength even not as skillful as Arshavin but to be able to go up againts opponents especially from English Club is important. I believe Chelsea attack from the flanks will be strengthen up and will be more dangerous and have more options to attack. Chelsea will be dangerous from the middle and also the flank.
@66 JinkaJinx
Do not compare the homegrown German players with other filthy gold-diggers. They are very loyal to their club, and i´m sure they´ll work hard to earn a place for champions league next season. And by the way, they have now their favourite Klinsmann as their coach, so just forget that they´ll leave bayern so easily, unless some great disaster strikes the club to grounds. They´ll leave the club only after they have won almost everything with bayern.
It seems a lot of Chelsea fans’ eyes will be on the Italian championship this year.
It’s as if the bugger, RA has a horse running in that race too !
And Bastian Swein …..er… can’t be worse than SWP but he looks a lot more rugged and menacing than the little bloke… Well it just is a reminder of AG’s year at the CFC helm … that he just couldn’t afford to let players grow or improve or become part of the team…. Whatever people said about JM …. they can’t say he didn’t give Sheva and SWP and Mikel a chance ……
mikel is one of CFC best midplayers. one day he will be better than viera.
haha podolski better than villa?!
@BC
Why don’t you get oleole.com to host this site……i m not sure but they are funding too.
chelseablog has already taken the initiative.
i mean just give it a lookthrough.
mikel is only 21 and already one of the better CM/DM players in the PL. Sure he has a tendancy to get cards and loses the ball a little easily sometimes but he makes up for it by being a mini-makelele, you might even call him mikelele. His ability to win the ball and harass attackers is very good. If he was playing for a lower level side with less strong central-midfielders like liverpool(just kidding maschareno is awesome) he might of had more games but as he is now he cant overtake essien and ballack for those midfield positions, he will probably replace maka this season.
Hopefully scolari doesnt go overboard, we only really need 1 Attacking mid and a striker unless we have a mass exodus, perhaps try for eto’o and VDV or adriano and deco cause scolari will want ppl he cant talk too.
Germany all the way! Ballack & co. to beat Arshavin & co. That’s two predictions for you in one line!
Sorry BC I cant believe that luck will strike 3 times. I will go for spain to beat Germany. First Spain must pass a very improved Russia team, what i think it will happen tomorow.
Russia for the win! ol’ pavlo-chenky to score 2 early on, germany get one back through ballack only for arshavin to score the decider to make it 3-1 in the 85th minute
@CM – Luck? I don’t understand your point. If it happens to be a Germany vs Spain final (i don’t think so), Germany would deserve the trophy better than Spain. Turkey deserved this trophy more than Spain.
I don’t think any team (Turkey included) in this Euro has been luckier than the rest.
@BC
Look at the stats on Germany games.
Germany has not played a convincing win so far, particul;arly after the group qualifications. Against Portugal, they got a portuguese team that played their worst match in the Euro, with probably with the best defense in the tournement, but in that particular game was unrecognisable. Every team in any tournement has a bad game Porttugal had it against Germany, even so Portugal outplayed Germany.
Against Turkey, gee Turkey could be 2-1 or 3-1 after the first 45 minutes and Turkey was all over Germany, yes they took their chances and won. As Lineker used to say football is a game of 11 v 11 and Germany wins. Germany has 3 or 4 good players but even Ballack is not a playmaker in the mould of a Deco or Cesc, a good player in good form for the last 3 months, but I do not think if they play Spain or for that matter even Russia that they will win it. We will see .
@77
there is no point in arguing now ,germany r in d final,u an call it luck or watever,
perhaps turkey’s luck ran out in d same way as chelsea’s in d champs league final..the result was manu won n u cannot change dat..
i hope germany win ….i would love to see ballack lifting the trophy,just hope he does not have another heartbreak
germany all d way
ballack to score d winner
some guys seems to come out with mindblowing ideas that germany win through luck and teams like portugal win through hardship. and states portugal had a bad game with germany. Well just guess the standard of the team who can afford to have bad game in quarter finals? and they point finger at the team who make it to semi-finals and finals again and again? well portugal got to euro finals last time just because of luck, and germany won yesterday despite having a bad luck. so which one is better?
Ihave been a Juve fan from time immemorial. My support for juve is not going to diminish because of my favorite jose becoming inter’s manager. I will always wish jose the best but when he comes up against my juve and chelsea, not a chance. I always have such a laugh when i hear all thge talk about buying all these fanciful so called “beautiful football” playing guys. Hello?????? how many of those guys have traditionally thrived in the EPL? guys, the EPl is not the same as the La liga or the serie A. Those leagues are more technical and tactical. The EPL thrives more on phisique, conditioning, adaptation to british clime and above all pace. So pls lets be careful else we load our team with so called bundle of talents who will just become greater flops. I have problems with lamps too but pls lets be careful how soon we want to get rid of players who have settled in the EPL and doing the best they can as compared to those we cannot guarantee for now. A bird in hand is worth two in the bush. I still maintain that scolari must ensure that young lads franco di santo, Scott sinclair and Kakuta are brought into the first team. make just a couple of additions to what in my opinion is a winning team that was terribly under utilised by a clueless Grant. Bosingwa, and paolo give us great options on the right flank. Ivanovich and alex great cover for terry and riccy (that we must keep at all cost). The player for me that needs serious competition is Joe cole- who can we get to do that? any player that will not be a nine day wonder- Between arshavin and quaresma, i trust scolari to get the one that can adapt to EPL better- belleti i believe must be pushed into right winger role- I maintain that belleti is class whenever he is on the offense.
well said MoE, i agree to you almost all that you said above.
why don´t you use gravatar stuff. here´s a nice pic of MoE if you are simpsons fan…
http://images.google.de/imgres?imgurl=http://www.simpsonstrivia.com.ar/simpsons-photos/wallpapers/moe-szyslak.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.simpsonstrivia.com.ar/wallpapers/moe-szyslak-wallpaper.htm&h=768&w=1024&sz=84&hl=de&start=10&um=1&tbnid=0cL1P_H16Vc9XM:&tbnh=113&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmoe%26ndsp%3D18%26um%3D1%26hl%3Dde%26sa%3DN
@80. MourofEssien (MoE) either quaresma ( if we go for flair) or Bastian(schwin…..my pick is Bastian)can do the trick of giving J.cole some competition on the flank.
i would say take kalou off the flanks… place him in his natural striker role get both players i have just mentioned to give competition out wide…. and thats it. Our squad is already worldclass we just needed a manager and now we go one.( remember this team went to the CL finals and 2nd in ELP and CC cup!!!
@79
Waht u talking about?
Every team in any tournement has a bad game, Germany had it against Croatia, Portugal against Geremany, Spain has not hat yet, I just hope it won’t be in the final.
Germany is a good tesam, thats all with an incredible work rate and will to win, but this time I hope and expect Spain wipe them. There were and are far better teams than Germany in this tournement but in any competition you need luck and twice Germany had it time to pay for it .
Spain 3 Germany 1.
Spain won’t make the mistakes that the Portuguese deffence did .
russia got demolished.
on june 6 i predicted a Germany – Spain final and Germany win 2:0 Klose/Ballack and Ballack to be the best player of the tournament ..
@84
Wishful thinking
BTW:Despite good or bad performances most teams in these finals are somewhat balanced and its that little bit of luck (or lack of it) that makes the diference.Either in penaltys or if like Germany the refereed misses the push Balack gives on Ferreira to get a clean header for goal.
Spain has a great team, but i don´t like the way they play. And with germany, its always the same, they are wonderful forward, and very bad in defence. Thats why germany always needs to score 3-4 goals to be sure winners. and may be thats why games with germany is mostly pleasant to watch, they hit, then they eat and they strike back again…haha.
Pinky and the Brain.
One is a genius and the other’s insane.
You decide.
Cheers!
rumours have it that lampard has completed his move to inter. i hope this isnt true!!!!
http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=754307
@87 Oh my god you are awesome how did you do that, please tell?
Chelsea fc
Class of 2008-2009!
Goalkeepers:(1)Cech(2)Gordan(3)Schiemikel
Right-back:(1)Sergio Ramos(2)Johson
Centre-back:(1)Terry(2)Carvaliho(3)Alex(4)Ben Haim
Left-back:(1)Bale(2)Riise
(R)Sam Hutchinson
Right-midfield:(1)Cole(2)Taraadt
Centre-midfield:(1)Lampard(2)Gerrard(3)Babbel(4)Pavlyuchenko
(5)Fernandes(6)Mikel
Left-midfield:(1)Pederson(2)kalou
(R)Scott Sinclair
Forward:(1)Messi(2)Robiniho(3)Van Persie(4)Bent
(R)Adriano
I’m done. But is there anyone who can better this squad.
Lampard signed for Inter @ 9MM Euros
please sign younger player if lamps leaves not deco has he may do well for 2 years but not long term signing so sign vandervaart and promote scott sinclair .well spain will euros on their form.
If lamps is truly gone, i want to express deep gratitude for brilliant service rendered to the blue flag. We wish him well under the blue/black flag (can’t be the same though- blue is royalty). Now we need to unleash the bison- lamp’s presence has been the main reason essien was largely kept in a defensive midfield role. Essien now must fully revert to the Lyon days when he was a constant terror of back lines just behind the lyon forwards. keeping essien in a defensive role is so counterproductive- how can such energy, thrust, power be wasted? Between Van der Vaart and deco, who do i prefer? I don’t know, but if both scolari and jose want deco, then the guy must have something great. Besides, off pitch, the portuguese speaking contingent might make deco settle faster. so deco shades it for me.
I just can’t believe our most-capped and highest scoring player last season will be leaving us…
Nobody, not even Ballack or Deco/VDV can replace Lamps…
@Nick
VDV has 1 goal in 2 games ration in bundesliga and ballak got 9 goals without playing half season and without being a first choice penalty taker.
Deco won’t score 20 but he will make sure that our forwards like sheva,kalou and anelka score 20 goals and same is the case with ballak and vdv
First Jose Mourinho.
Second Frank Lampard.
What next?
Departure of lamps could be the end of an era and the beginning of a new phase- a new phase which combines the old solidity and winning mentality with a new more liberated but still ruthlessly efficient style. our midfield approach could certainly be stepped up to enable much more movement, and less predictability resulting in goals from many more different angles. look at it this way- henry’s departure far from killing arsenal, rather liberated the team and brought so much out of every one. it is for this reason that the departure of lamps and selfish (Drogs) wil not sadden me. Great guys they are and great service they have rendered- but we can still open new vistas without them, i believe.
guys deal has not been confirmed yet he will not not go without advice of scolari.ballack is in doubt for tomorrows final
Guys! I’m still in London. Visited Stamford Bridge today. It was a fantastic experience! More on that later, in a separate post.
Over here, it is believed that Lampard will sign a new contract with Chelsea. Rest everything (read FC Inter) is just rumour.
And I think Ballack would play tomorrow. This whole injury scare could be a mind game. Ballack won’t like to miss another (remember 2002) major final.
Hi guys..
Why isnt ANY CLUB APPROACHING DROGBA????????????????????..DROGBA PLEASE LEAVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
BC..London..Stamford Bridge..WOW…
@BC
In Italy they give Lamps as a certainity , and only because of JM, nothing else.
Ballack may play tomorow but will not be enough, Spain and other few teams are far better than Germany. So I predict a 2 or 3-1 victory to Spain.
Class, technic, skill and talent must prevail.
Lampard In Milan To Complete Inter Switch *-)
http://www.goal.com/en/articolo.aspx?contenutoid=754960
the deal hasnt been confirmed but cfc hasnt denied the rumours either. This seems genuine rumour
although spain are scoring, you forget their defence isn’t particularly tight, in fact, very unorganised, they are missing their right wingers which is showing as they lose dynamism on the right flank, its going to be a good game and could quite easily go either way, my heart and head both say Germany on this one, an experienced team with a good mix of youth, not too extravagant and better in front of goal. I’d be looking for a big game and the key match ups being central midfield, particularly ballack (if he is available) and fabregas as those key passes and their timings unlock the attack for both sides. The Germans like being in the box alot and that will cause Spain problems, I see a 3-2 to Germany in extra time.
I think losing lampard is the best option to move foward
in order to change formation, we need a 4 man midfield and although lampard is gifted with passing and shooting, he does not have pace or dribbling for the flank and he isn’t brilliant defnsively, essien and ballack are both well balanced and will work very nicely behind what i would hope to see two gifted wingers and another 2 strikers
Chelsea fc
Class of 2008-2009!
Goalkeepers:(1)Cech(2)Gordan(3)Schiemikel
Right-back:(1)Sergio Ramos(2)Johnson
Centre-back:(1)Terry(2)Carvaliho(3)Alex(4)Ben Haim
Left-back:(1)Bale(2)Riise
(R)Sam Hutchinson
Right-midfield:(1)Cole(2)Taraadt
Centre-midfield:(1)Lampard(2)Gerrard(3)Babbel(4)Pavlyuchenko
(5)Fernandes(6)Mikel
Left-midfield:(1)Gamst(2)kalou
(R)Steve Sidwell/Scott Sinclair
Forward:(1)Messi(2)Robiniho(3)Van Persie(4)Bent
(R)Adriano
I’m done. But is there anyone who can better this squad please make an attempt?
I’m curious to see what is going through the heads of other CFC supporters on who the club should purchase come the transfer period. Don’t be shy to voice to opionions.
I’m curious to see what is going through the heads of other CFC supporters on who the club should purchase come the transfer period. Don’t be shy to voice to opionions.
Chelsea FC (CFC)
Class of 2008-2009!
Goalkeepers:(1)Cech(2)Gordan(3)Schiemikel
Right-back:(1)Sergio Ramos(2)Johnson
Centre-back:(1)Terry(2)Carvaliho(3)Alex(4)Ben Haim
Left-back:(1)Bale(2)Riise
(R)Sam Hutchinson
Right-midfield:(1)Cole(2)Taraadt
Centre-midfield:(1)Lampard(2)Gerrard(3)Babbel(4)Pavlyuchenko(5)Fernandes(6)Mikel
Left-midfield:(1)Gamst(2)kalou
(R)Steve Sidwell/Scott Sinclair
Forward:(1)Messi(2)Robiniho(3)Van Persie(4)Bent
(R)Adriano
I’m done. But is there anyone who can better this squad please make an attempt? Who else also share my opioninon that CFC should be the most prestigous club in the world and not Madrid?
Why is it that Chelsea (CFC)is considered to be an ordinary club.
Like, lets say a Newcastle Utd or say a very wealthy Pourtsmouth?
Instead of being the club that every football player wants to be apart of and at least have writeen on one of their pages in the diary of their careers that they at least played a single or even just were lucky enough to make an appearance during a match for Chelsea FC (The blues).
Is’nt Chelsea FC more wealthier than Madrid at the very least?
And I can really honestly see Chelsea FC becoming instantly more prestigious than Madrid if the PR Department played their part.
Who would you prefer to play (make a career) for Chelsea FC or Madrid FC?
And if you say chose the latter who is to blame for that decision?
Mr Abromavich or the next best man (the club’s face or identity man). AC Milan has Silvio Berlusconi. Their billionaire owner making noise through the media.
Real Madrid has Ramon Calderon. Their vice-presdient.
And liverpool has the manger Rafa Benetiz playing the transfer market.
And Chelsea FC (CFC) has no one at the moment. Mr Abromavich gives many football supporters the idea that he (Abromavich) hasn’t got a clue as to how to run a football club professionally and succesfully!
It’s as though he has a loaded six-shooter with one bullet cocked in one of his hands and the barrel is spinning round and round and by some stroke of luck Mr. Abromavich manages to not shoot himself in the head. Instead the foot.
I can’t get this bit out of my head?
Why is Mr. Abromavich recieving advice from Fabio Capello instead of listening to what the board-members have to say. I think Mr. Abromavich is insulting the board.
Who are paid professionals by the way.
Chelsea FC needs to file out those dents and should consider getting a paint job.
Chelsea FC needs a change of attitude and a brand new mindset. The club started off so well in 2003 by putting their money where there mouths were are and buying players and upgrading their training facilities and percevering in getting the best manager and coaches and support staff etc.
But this blue revolution has lost most of its steam thanks to one man in particular. That one idiot is Frank Arsenen. That one man who singularly destroyed Mr. Abromavich’s dream of making Chelsea FC a hit, lets say like a number one music single track played on the every radio station around the world and in a football sense a football team watched by millions and if not at the very least a billion around the world sit up and admire the beginning of something special.
A Championship team to rival all other teams. Period.
If Mr. Abromavich loves his beloved Chelsea FC so much and wants to make at least some money out of Chelsea FC (CFC) then the best thing that he can or could do is to retire and let another money man with at least some football business sense take over and run the club.
Cheers
Well, my predictions cannot be so accurate. I had to go wrong somewhere. Spain deserved it tonight. Germany were short of 2 or 3 world class players while Spain had so many! Xavi and Iniesta have been immense this tournament. What a goal by Torres! Hard luck Michael Ballack. Don’t worry, you’ll win it with Chelsea next year.
I correctly predicted that Spain would win Euro 2008 Championship.
One shouldn’t predict a winner and loser. You can’t predict which player is going to slip up and give away the goal and which player is going to take x chance and score that goal.
It’s like playing the lottery.
Cheers
Thanx god the german lost
As predicted Germany could not be 3 times lucky.
Spain outclassed and outplayed them , Casillas did not have one save that you can call a real save.
Germany is a good organised team, their most outstanding fixture, but they are not as good as some other teams, where real technic and skill prevails.
@104 TrueblueInd
Clubs wants players who are dedicated and give 100 % irrespective of whatever happens around them. With the way drogba behaved, no-one will approach him. Ya, AC Milan will approach but only one a fee transfer. They are one side who want everything cheap be it Ronnie also.
More than our midfield, we need re-enforcements in our striker dept, kicking out both drogba and sulk anelka.
@112
I don’t think that Chelsea FC neccesarily needs a spokesperson.
Chelsea FC is a terrific club but the cirucs must stop.
Who goes and asks Fabio Capello for advice, the CFC might as well as just kept Jose Mourinho.
ROBINHOS AGENT HAS CONFIRMED CHELSEAS INTEREST IN ROBINHO AND HAS STATED THAT THE CLUBS WILL MEET AFTER THE EUROS(and it is now finished)…
http://www.football365.com/story/0,17033,8652_3756886,00.html
No chelsea player got a single winners medal whole season and the last hope also gone with ballack and germany comfortably beaten by spain. Apart from the 5-10 min spell in between germany never looked like scoring any time. Strikers were pathetic and what was kuryani subbed for??? getting offside, fouls… anelka in disguise.
barcelona midfield of xavi and iniesta rocks really. True playmakers. torres is very fortunate striker to play in front of such a midfield.
I think purtugal will be cursing themselves and our chelsea star ferreira(may be ballack too) else it could have been easiest of euro for them to win. bad bad mistakes in the quarter final.. one too many..just what they needed was a win against germany.
Lehmann’s remarks after the game were stupid to say the least. Calling, indirectly, the referee a “cheat” just shows you how a bad loser he is. He forgot that more than 40,000 people saw the Ballack’s push on Ferreira to score the 3rd goal against Portugal and the free kick that rtesulted in the 2nd goal against Portugal, were favoured referee decisions, find him a hipocryt. This final was made for a Portugal V Spain but was not to be .In my opinion they were the best 2 teams in the Euro.
Maybe Herr Ballack is jinxing us , I’m not usually one to be superstitious but the man seems to be jinxed when it comes to finals…… and in football we can never underestimate luck… and even Mr Lucky Strike : AG’s luck, couldn’t counter Ballack’s bad luck…..
and JM had to leave when Ballack arrived too….
I know I am not logical…. and what I’ve written maybe stupid ….. but RA ain’t really logical or or super-intelligent concerning footy matters all the time either…
120@ Ballack also wear nr.13 who is known as a unlucky number ..
LAMPARD HAS NOT DENYED ANY INTER RUMOURS!!!!
http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=757638
CHELSEA FC CONFIRM DECO SIGNING!!!!!!
http://WWW.CHELSEAFC.COM
DOES THIS MEAN THE END TO LAMPARD???????? BECAUSE LAMPARD HAS NOT DENYED INTER RUMOUR COMMENT #123
122@ i think yes cos if Lamps stay i dont think how we gonna play with all these midfielders .. Mikel,Makelele,Ballack,Lampard,Deco,Essien
Chelsea really DONT want Ronaldinho, especially in this state http://www.thespoiler.co.uk/index.php/2008/06/30/ronaldinho-is-back-still-hideously-overweight
you’d be silly not to be excited about the coming of such a class player as deco, i wouldn’t have bought him but it’s still pretty cool and something to look forward to.
@126 Despite Lampard being a case study regarding fitness and (lack) of injuries he and Ballack are on their tirtys.Makelele is not a valid option to play all season as regular first starter and Mikel is…well:very red card prone.Given the usual schedule of English league were teams usually play 2 games a week for most of the season and Chelsea record on injuries I fail to see were exactly Chelsea could have too much mid-fielders.
@121 CM – And you’re leaving out the red card the referee should have given to Lehmann late in the game when he punched the ball outside the box effectively denying Spain the second goal .
In the italian press Lampard has agreed terms and wants to join.
Deco is a good signing, a very good one, if we want a real player that can be and do the difference from defense to attack, he can open defenses in a blink of an eye.
That’s what you get when you have a top class manager, top players want to join.
what number do you think deco will get?? he is 30 yes but he is a direct replacement for lampard, meaning he will be a every present force in mid field and lets face it he is a hell of a lot more creative than lampard!
Lamps will stay, There is no doubt in my mind whatsoever. His agent has denied the Inter rumors and I expect him to remain at SB. And heres how we can play with all these midfielders
——————-Cech—————–
——–Carvalho————Terry——-
Bosingwa————————–A.Cole
——————Essien/Mikel———-
————-Lamps———————-
J.Cole———————–Deco——-
—————–Ballack—————-
————Sheva/Drogba—————-
Id give Deco the number 14 because Pizarros contract is about to expire and he would have to be stupid to sign a new one.
14, 16, 19, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 and 32 are all possibilities.
@ 133 lamps will leave and we wont play with one striker be cause we a evolving from that the formation will be a 4-4-2 diamond(however chelsea is built for one striker thus they will play a 4-3-1-2 or 4-2-3-1). plus Deco is not a winger, he is a playmaker so expect him to be in the center of the park. we still need a young play maker (VDV or Diego)
Finally, we have a real playmaker. And we’ll actually be dangerous from free-kicks now. If we didn’t have a couple of Alex scorchers last year, we would have been the most pitiful team from set plays in all of Europe. But now we have a true master of the dead balls.
A better replacement for Lampard than Deco is hard to find.
I hope he won’t be a replacement, though.
Now we got Deco , Sheva might be getting service again, and Joe Cole will be more important too.
But don’t we need real good wingers too ? altho we do have Malouda who could flourish under BP ( big phil )
JoseH@ 137, BP for Big Phil????? Man you have made laugh again till my sides hurt. BP? as in blood pressure???
Anyway, am glad about Deco. I predicted @97 above that since both scolari and jose want deco, then the guy must have something great. Besides, off pitch, the portuguese speaking contingent might make deco settle faster. so deco shades it for me. The guy is a creative player- and having one just behind guys like aneka, kalou and sheva who all love lots of movememts will be excellent.
MOURINHO HAS RULED OUT SIGNING LAMPARD THIS SEASON BUT HAS CONFIRMED HE WILL PROBABLY COME THE SEASON AFTER THAT(09/10)
http://www.tribalfootball.com/article.php?id=100639
lets just hope lampard has a good season then that means he will sign a new contract and not leave to inter.
by the way havent u noticed that we keep on signing portugese people – bosingwa, scolari, deco!!!! lol abramovic is turning portugese lol.
with big players come big egoes. Its good so sign in few big players, but when the entire squad is filled with big players, there will be a lot of disharmony, scuffles and lack of coordination during the game. I hope chelsea will buy players who would be faithful and obident to GP (great phil?)
I am glad Deco has officially joined and I am expecting Ronadinho and Robinho to join soon. Cavalho and Drogba might leave. I will be satisfy if the two Brazilian can join us, this will surely help our cause for attractive football and machandizing wise. Scolari can rediscover the best form of Ronadinho. And Robinho can become Ronaldo at chelsea.
I dont know whats really going on about lampard’s future but if he stays then no Ronadinho.
SWP,Sidwell,Pizzaro and Ben Haim, they supposed to be disposed to other clubs of their favourites.
BC, lets know the update on the Chelsea Transfer.
makelele must leave chelsea .he raise chelsea year average.then :sidwell/SWP/pizaro/ben haim/
apparently TSO has given up on lampard for this year. this will be his only chance. lampard will not want to play on a team with as many center-mids as we have now (maka, mikel, essien, ballack, lamps, deco), although we will probly unload maka as well.
i am excited by the news that chelsea is pursuing robinho. im guessing that he would play winger, but we already have joe cole and kalou. perhaps this signals the end for one of them?
also i will miss carvalho at the back. does anyone know how good alcides is as it seems he will be riccy’s replacement
Churchill, Kalou won’t be going anywhere… He was instrumental for long stretches last year, being our most consistent scorer for a long time. And Joey is Chelsea through and through, he was born to play for us, and won’t be going anywhere either.
I’m not so sure I want Makelele to leave. Last year he was a titan in the Champions League, and he’s a very, very good player still. Can Mikel and/or Essien cover for him? I’m sure they can, but I’m not sure they have such and advantage with his great experience. He is nearly 84 years old…
Anyways, I think in such a strong team as this, I’d love to see us play with somewhat of a 4-2-3-1:
———Cech———-
Bosingwa-Terry-Alex-Cole
—-Essien–Lampard—-
—–Ballack–Joey—–
———-Deco———
———Drogba——–
That attacking team would be monstrous!
robinho having talks with chelsea….ronaldinho wants to link up with scolari…omg…if they were to come chelsea…how chelsea’s gonna accomodate so many midfielders??????????????????????????we need to get strikers like villa/huntelaar/pavylchenko
—————Cech—————-
Bosingwa—JT—–Carvalho–A.Cole-
—————Essien————–
——–Lampard——————–
J.Cole——————-Robinho—
————-Sheva—————–
Big Phil used this formation for Portugal for almost all their games
Damn I forgot Ballack/Deco behind Sheva
chelsea only need a topclass and young striker.
anelka and pizzaro must leave.
@142. churchill – Alcides doesnt even come close to R.Carvalho.Most of the time hes’s okay but unlike R.Carvalho he has a tendency to crack on the key moments of big games.
Whoever it is we need to offload a midfielder + Makelele, if we dont i have a feeling Deco will be warming the bench next season and if Robinho’s brought in and we play with 2 wingers + 2 strikers then probably offload another midfielder because 6 class players for 2 positions will probably leave 1 or 2 of them out of the squad which isnt good.
As a striker is concerned i think that we should throw drogba into the trash and get rid of the hopeless Pizzaro and the “try hard fail easy” Anelka. After that we need either one class striker. Kalou is consistent but is still young so shouldnt start all the time, if Shevchenko doesnt show any promise in the first few games then i would give up hope on him completely which is a shame, we then can also have another class striker who will score goals consistently and drag the team through tough times. If it isnt working by January then we can get another class striker to help but we also have di santo who can come through the ranks.
In my opinion Deco wasnt a great signing, we didnt really need him and have plenty of midfielders that can play in the role he has but i guess Scolari wants him for that “Flare” and “beautiful football” aspect but personally i would prefer VDV, havent really seen much of Diego so i dont know.
I DONT want fatty (Ronaldinho), hes way past it and he wont be able to loose that mass amount of weight on him before the start of the season im sure. Robinho will be a good choice, he can play on the wing and can play as a second striker which is what we need at the moment, he can get balls in the box, get past defenders and has the prospect to score lots of goals.
As far as any other transfers i dont think we need it, we have a great squad already, even if Riccy goes we still have Alex and Ivanovic, if anything we need a cut down on the squad.
Outs – TBH, Ferreira, Belleti, Makelele, Lampard?, Anelka, Pizzaro, Sidwell, Drogba
guys forget about Ronaldinho, he is another Sheva. besides night life is better than training and playing.
Do you think if he was at his best barca would let him go? I understand Scolari, he thinks he can bring the best out of him, but NO he is gone, still better than 95% of british players but thats all.
Deco is a hell of a signing, creative, potent, scorer and a hell of a player.
Scolari is a manager that at last is going to silence the JM lovers, brilliant manager comapred to the clown we had before. However i have a feeling that Inter is going to win the CL, That JM is sometimes amazing and in a new outfit, the players want to give the max just to impress.
Lets wait and see, but I have a feeling that BC whilst in London went to see A Grant residence, just pay his homages I guess.
CM@ 150, No one can silence Jose because he will remain a Chelsea legend forever and he will always be loved by most of us Blue fans. Zola is forever loved- jose will similarly be forever loved.
Having said that, i believe Big P (Jose Holiday, I think this sounds less gloomy than BP)is definitely the man to take us to another level. Jose has laid the necessary foundations (the winning pedigree and self belief) for scolari to build a splendid outfit upon.
Who should come and who should Go? I leave it all to Big P. He knows where he wants to take us and knows how to reach there. Anelka must stay at all cost. Guys, blame not Nico but blame the clown who spend 15 m on a great player and still was to fearful to play a 4-4-2 that would have accomodated both he and sheva. give Nico match after match and he will surely deliver- the guy has nothing to prove in the EPL, for crying out loud.
THis is what scolari will play
——————-Cech——————
—Bosingwa—TErry—Carvalho—A.Cole—
———–Essien—–Ballack————-
—J.Cole——–Deco———–Robinho—-
—————–Drogba——————–
Holland choked, Turkey rose as high as they could, hurah to Spain.
Now, what’s up with the Robinho rumor of him comming to Chelsea? Is Real that desperate for Ronaldo that they would get rid of a fine young striker like that? Imagine a defender fearing Drogs running over him or Robinho dancing him down? This could be very interesting!
————————-santa cruz/—–berbatov/—————————-
————————–di santo——–kalou/——————————
——————————————————————————
——————————————————————————
——————————————————————————
–malouda/————-essien/————-deco/————-joe cole/——–
-yuri zhirkov———mikel/————–ballack/———–scott sinclair—
———————makalele————-aimar—————————-
——————————————————————————
——————————————————————————
——————————————————————————
-ashley cole/——–terry/—————alex/—————-bosingwa/——
-wayne bridge——alcides————-ivanovic—————mancienne——-
——————————————————————————
——————————————————————————
——————————————————————————
—————————-cech/cudicicni/hilario—————————-
——————————————————————————
——————————————————————————
how’s ths??????????
——————-Cech——————
—Bosingwa—TErry—Carvalho—A.Cole—
———–Essien—–lampard————-
—robinho——–Deco/ballack———–ronaldinho—-
—————–—Drogba——————–
this my formation!!! lampard can spray the passes every where across the pitch.
What? did I hear right… did the new chelsea manager sign Deco? My question is why? Deco is an old player that will only play for chelsea for one or two years. Why doesn’t Scolari buy younger talent that will serve the club for seven or eight years. The younger players are cheap and weak but will grow into expensive world-class player in the future. Scolari should play FIFA 08 Manager mode to see hat I’m talking about.
@155 you dump joe cole? wow.
my formation, don’t claim to be a master tactitian though XD
————–cech————–
—-bosingwa-JT-Riccy-Ashley—-
———Essien—Deco———-
-Joey Cole————Schweinsteiger-
————–Ballack———— (just behind the two wingers, supporting drogba)
—————Drogba————-
see, the thing is, i don’t think mourinho really wanted deco, now he is free from abramovich, he can start buying young talent.
Scolari has brought deco in for his passing, Lampard can pass very well, but also very simply, he is a hard hitter, he doesn’t put the kind of bend on the ball that deco can, at the same time, deco is not going to enjoy the premier league, he is going to get roughed up alot. Im hoping Lampard will stay for at least this season as Deco should not start but is a useful option, he will help push Drogba foward and with the support of robinho alongside him, we should see a better goal tally. I hope that we will see the arrival of ronaldinho and a left winger and that will really get us scoring more goals playing a more attractive style. I am very worried about our rightback situation, bosingwa provides a presence but really would not do anything for my nerves, watching Portugal was very off putting
@150 – Sheva a flop .. Then what to say about Anelka.
Had we started Sheva in CL finals, we would have won. He is one of the best professionals in this game and never cribs or criticizes to come on for last 5 min.
@157. cap123 i love that formation… but i would add robhino to rotate with joe cole. drogba or malouda wont be here because big fhil does not want them so im guessing a formation like this:
————–cech————–
—-bosingwa-JT-Riccy-Ashley—-
———Essien—Deco———-
-Joey Cole/robhino————Schweinsteiger-
————–Ballack————
—————Eto’o————-
subs: Carlo, ivanovic Alex, (Alcides), kalou, Anelka Di Santo, Sinclair
which number do you think Deco will get aswell as Bosingwa?
we can also replace drogba with Roman Pavlyuchenko… because Roman wants at least one Russian in the squad
deco has just scored 5 goals in last 3 season for barcelona in la liga .
@163
deco is not a striker
just check how many goals he has set up for the strikers
he is a complete playmaker
wasnt he a set piece specialist?
GUYS, A ZENIT SOURCE HAS REVEALED THAT ARSHAVIN IS COMING TO LONDON TO COMPLETE A MEDICAL!!! HE SAYS THAT CHELSEA AND ZENIT HAVE AGREED A DEAL!!!
http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=761127
@158
I agree with u , deco’s gonna hafta contend with a lot of flying boots and steamroller pushes in the EPL where the refs are much more lenient concerning fouls.
i guess Asravin is on his way to Chelsea. we have more than enough midfielders now. its time to sign in some strikers.
Arshavin and chelsea agree a deal and he will fly to london.
arshavin likes to play just behind the striker i think, a second striker/ attacking midfielder like where i put ballack in my formation, i think thats a good signing if he plays there, but if scolari intends for him top plkay further back we may have a bit of trouble. maybe he’ll play on the left, am i wrong in thinking he played there in a game for the russians?
BC, you need to update this site. Its getting boring
I’m back out of the big house.
The Lord has shown me His mercy.
This is my Chelsea CFC team.
For the year 2008-2009!
Goalkeepers:(1)Cech(2)Gordan(3)Schiemikel
Right-back:(1)Sergio Ramos(2)Johnson
Centre-back:(1)Terry(2)Carvaliho(3)Alex(4)Ben Haim
Left-back:(1)Bale(2)Riise
(R)Sam Hutchinson
Right-midfield:(1)Cole(2)Taraadt
Centre-midfield:(1)Lampard(2)Gerrard(3)Babbel(4)Pavlyuchenko(5)Gelsen Fernandes(6)Mikel
Left-midfield:(1)Gamst(2)kalou
(R)Steve Sidwell/Scott Sinclair
Forward:(1)Messi(2)Robiniho(3)Van Persie(4)Bent
(R)Adriano
Please put out the players that you think that the club should purchase in order to assist the club.
I would love to come to Stamford Bridge and wear a Chelsea FC jersey.
Scolari will bring whoever he wants- one unsung guy that i can bet will shock everyone and get a regular starting shirt is KALOU. Watch out for that boy guys. he does much more for us than we give him credit for. we talk a lot about joey, but on a consistent basis kalou shades it ahead of Joey.
and pls, no matter what we do, we should not waste essien in a defensive midfield role- that guy has too much coming forward so we shoild hope he is given more opportunity to drive the team forward with his boundless energy and fighting spirit
@ 175 MourOfEssien (MoE)
Look at Michael Essien’s stats.
Niether does he assist or and niether does he score goals.
I don’t know what you are talking (going on) about Michael Essien going forward.
This will proberbly be our team next season, Scolari played 4-3-3 for ages so I dont expect that to change.
—————-Cech————–
——–JT———–Carvalho—–
Bosingwa———————Ash–
————–Essien————–
——Lampard——–Ballack——
———————————-
Joey Cole—————Arshavin–
————Sheva—————–
Den,
BC right now in london and will give us a update sometime in Monday…
The 4-3-3 formation used by Grant must be abandoned by scolari- it only wastes our strikers. Whats the point spending so much on strikers only to keep them on the bench? 4-4-2 or at worst 4-2-1-1 must be the way forward- and to achieve that, Essien must be given midfied duties nearer the right wing so that he can combine right wing play (where he naturally excels) with midfield role. Of course the attacking prowess of boswinga as shown during euro should facilitate that.
Operating on the assumption that lamps and Drogs leave and robinho and arshavin and etoo arrive (not far fatched) i will opt for something like-
———————–Cech——————
—Bosingwa—-Riccy————Terry—-Cole
—-Essien———–Deco———Ballack
—————Robinho/Arshavin/Kalou/Joey———–
—————-Etoo/Sheva/Anelka
OR
——————————Cech——————
————-Bosingwa—-Riccy————Terry—-Cole
———–Essien———–Deco———Ballack
——–Etoo/Anelka/Sheva——Robinho/Arshavin/Kalou/Joey
There again, there is the enigmatic Drogba. That guy can really be a pain. But he is really driven by a great challenge- I remember ahead of his second season with us, most of us were screaming that he should be sold and a better striker bought- then the guy instead of chickening out stuck in there and gave us a season that is difficult to forget. The way he has been so quiet, something tells me, he is not going to go but will like to stay to prove all critics wrong again. If so, fine with me, once he stops moaning, diving and playing selfish. If he stays under these conditions, then bye to Etoo.
we need to sell:
benhaim(we’ve got ivanovic,alex and alcides)
sidwell(not gd enough for chelsea,arrival of deco, and possibly other players)
anelka(he plays without energy….no fighting spirit)
drogba(he’s very gd but he whines,moans and playact alot)
belleti(i personally don’t want him to leave but bosingwa and scolari arrive so i think ferriera is more favoured)
swp(nt creative enough)
unsure list:pizarro( he asked for a chance to prove himself..should scolari give him a chance since he scored alot for bayern munich)
malouda( should chelsea sell him onli aft a few seasons?)
players we should buy:
Robinho(replace swp)
eto/pavylchenko/villa(replace drogba)
players unsure of buying:
ronaldinhO(can provide creativity but too fat?)
arshavin(y do we need him if we have robinho)
@176. Jo Pizzaro should get a chance after all imagine the manager who signed him got sack so he was left out.
malouda should be kept for atleast one more season, we can swap Drogba(cant believe im saying this) for Eto’o
I like Bastian More that Arshavin……. plus Bastian is younger or lets just get both to be sure.
Eto’o is a proven striker but do we really want someone who bad mouth us????
pavylchenko/ Huntallar/ Gomez are my picks
we can keep Anelka if he does not shap up we sell for the January window.
The fact is we NEED one top big name striker who can get goals and who we love or can get to love. One that can lead the line so to speak
———————–Cech——————
———Bosingwa——Riccy—————Terry——-Cole——-
——-Essien———–Deco—–
——Robinho/Joey———–Bastian/Malouda——-
——-Ballack/Arshavin ——-
———-Eto’o/Pavylchenko/Huntallar/———
subs: Carlo Anelka,Kalou,Alex,Ivanovic,MikelAlcides,
Is this a strong team????
@182 Denver
You appear to understand how simple it is to build/prepare a world-classs squad.
I can’t understand why our other users can’t put out players that the club should consider purchasing?
Bored stiff cos no futbol !
177-derver
tts a strong team for sure…but too many players for a position…i still believe shevchenko can prove it in EPL…he needs assist and tt can be provided by deco….like in acmilan…kaka provides for sheva…anelka is just too lazy of a player…no motivation no fighting spirit…hopefully he prove me wrong if he is staying…
CANT WAIT FOR MORE UPDATES ON TRANSFER!!!!!!!!!!!111C’MON SCOLARI, MAKE YOUR MOVES….ROBINHO AND A TOP CLASS STRIKER SHOULD BE OUR TARGET NW
my team next season:
———————–cech————————
bosingwa———carvalho—-terry————cole
————essien———–lampard————-
robinho————-ballack————-schwiensteiger
——————–etoo————————–
lampard can spray the passes around the pitch. essien can attack but he also needs to track back and defend.
deco can help split defences open and can help asset the attackers up.
robinho can drift towardss the middle of the pitch and help etoo.
shwiensteiger can stay wide and run down the line and help put decent crosses in!
personally i would rotate ballack and deco during games.
sorry i meant ballack can help split defences open and can help assist the attackers****
Mike ayad @183, thats what is called a freudian slip. you subconsciouly know that the more creative midfielder is deco rather than Ballack- we are the richer for it anyway. Every team will love to have such a pool of talent.
I maintain that both Belleti and anelka will be kept by big phil- they have too much class for scolari not to see. The tragedy with Chelsea is we are either too fickle or too impatient. belleti was until the CC finals easily one of the best for us. he had a terrible game against Spurs (who did not that day), suddenly he is not good enough for chelsea. the most outrageous thing i read on this blog is some even saying we should go back for Boulha and offload Bel- Boulha had a whole season amd was a disaster- merely cos he showed flashes of brilliance in euro does not mean he can be super for us. The other problem is impatience- We buy a quality striker in anelka- while ACON was on he was the main target man- much as he did not score lots of goals, he proved amply to be a total football player who creates and makes opportunities for everyone- suddenly the fickle and cowardly grant started benching him cos he was too fearful to play 4-4-2. started giving this class player 5 min, 10 min etc- then the chorus starts that he is not good enough- amazing!
Ahem… DECO
BELLETTI
ETO’O
RONNY BUCKTOOTH
What are we beginning to look like ?
Thank you Jose, but you may be so wrong on this one-
“Mourinho has warned his former employers to be cautious. ‘Arshavin is a fine player,’ he said. ‘But is he mature enough to play in the strongest leagues? At the Euros he showed a lot of inspiration against Sweden and Holland. But he looked like he was absolutely switched off in the next match against Spain.”
I have seen several big players vanish in crucial matches again and again- I have seen henry disappear in big matches so often- as for C Ronaldo, least said the better- but were they great players in the strongest league of the world- jose knows that answer- class is permanent, form is transcient. One Arshavin has class, i will not fear if he can find the motivation and determination to bring those attributes out.
JoseH, we are looking like a university where disatisfied Barca high school kids graduate to- lol.
hmm…if belleti were to be kept by scolari,we got bosingwa,ferriera and belleti at RB?????????wth…anelka were to be kept,we got shevchenko,anelka,pizarro,kalou anad if one world class striker…wth…pizarro wants a chance…everybody wants a chance…i believe tt anelka is nt the one for scolari…hopefully he prove me wrong…belleti is gd i admit…but hu to discard?ferriera or belleti?
sadly to say…maybe wayne bridge..our underrated LB gonna leave..he’s a great lad…playing his best for every match he plays…but ferriera play LB for portugal and belleti is a brazilian…scolari may nt bear to sell bnoth of them,….maybe bridge will leave…as he is the understudy for a cole…
I’ve just been in hospital (prison) for about 2 months and I’ve been misdigiunosed with schizophrenia so this is the only sought of pleasure I’m getting reading your comments.
….and expect Alex to pair Carvalho (if he stays) and JT is going to have
a rough ride.
It will not happen immediately but just watch,Scolari is a very good freind of JM and they talked a lot after JM left Chelsea.
Just watch this window.
lampard is probably going to join inter…..
http://www.goal.com/en/articolo.aspx?contenutoid=763186
Andrey Arshavin will be a Chelsea player tommorow. I cant wait
@ 194 joe
How do u know????
is it a guess?
CHELSEA GAVE UP ON ARSHAVIN AND LEFT HIM.ZENIT WANTS 22M FOR HIM.SO WE HAVE TO FORGET HIM.GOOD AND TALENTED PLAYERS DONT COME TO CHELSEA BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT CHELSEA WILL DESTROY THEM.PLAYERS LIKE HUNTLER(THE NEXT RONALDO IN 2009 MAN UT) DOESNT LIKE CHELSEA VERY MUCH.CHELEA IS A OLD TEAM AND THIS TEAM HAS TO REFRESH.THE TEAMS LIKE MAN UT AND ARSENAL AND LIVERPOOL HAVE A BRIGHTER FUTRE THAN CHELSEA.
we want marko marin…he is going to rule..see this sample video
http://germany.worldcupblog.org/euro-2008/a-name-to-remember-marko-marin.html
or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h43BSddtfMQ&eurl=http://germany.worldcupblog.org/euro-2008/a-name-to-remember-marko-marin.html
he has amazing talent….
we want marko marin…he is going to rule..see this sample video
http://germany.worldcupblog.org/euro-2008/a-name-to-remember-marko-marin.html
or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h43BSddtfMQ&eurl=http://germany.worldcupblog.org/euro-2008/a-name-to-remember-marko-marin.html
he has amazing talent….
23m is crazy, But he has a 12m buy out clause and WANTS to come to Chelsea. Trust me Zenit will get real. They just want us to have a bidding war with Barca. It will be resolved because RA has had a bid accepted. He only needs to pass a medical and sign with us. Arshavin will be a Chelsea player by next week
marin has got wonder ful talents
we should make gd offerd to get gd players for example:
malouda+7m = etoo from barca
and drogba = robinho+5m from real madrid
what is so hard about making simple offers?
we get rid of a striker and winger and get a striker and winger back!!! what is so hard about even trying a bid ? at least make the bid and see if they accept…
as it is now chelsea is pretty good with what they have, i dont think buying robinho would do anything since i think kalou is nearly there anyway. Scolari will buy robinho though because he loves the guy.
lets see
————-cech———-
bosingwa—carvalho—terry—-a.cole
———essien—ballack———
—————deco———–
j.cole——————-kalou/malouda
————–sheva—————-
that said could easily challenge for a CL final. That said im not sure if carvalho, sheva or malouda staying. I think buying eto’o would be the smart thing to do if drogba and sheva leave. Also we could convert deco to a more deeplying play maker but i dont think he vision and passing is good enough.
————-Cech———–
——-JT——-Carvalho—-
Bosingwa————-A.Cole-
———–Essien———–
—Lampard——Ballack—–
J.Cole———-Arshavin/Robinho
——–Sheva—————
I’ve just seen Huntelaar on Sky Sports and on paper he is a very good player. His stats show that he has a proven track record.
Chelsea shouldn’t let this player go to Man Utd or Arsenal or Barca or even Madrid easily.
This is my CFC team.
For the year 2008-2009!
Goalkeepers:(1)Cech(2)Gordan(3)Schiemikel
Right-back:(1)Sergio Ramos(2)Johnson
Centre-back:(1)Terry(2)Carvaliho(3)Alex(4)Ben Haim
Left-back:(1)Bale(2)Riise
(R)Sam Hutchinson
Right-midfield:(1)Cole(2)Taraadt
Centre-midfield:(1)Lampard(2)Gerrard(3)Babbel(?)Balack/Pavlyuchenk/Elano Blumer(5)Gelsen Fernandes(6)Mikel
Left-midfield:(1)Gamst(2)kalou
(R)Steve Sidwell/Scott Sinclair
Forward:(?)Fernando Torres/Messi(2)Huntelaar/Robiniho(3)Van Persie(4)Bent
(R)Adriano
Please put out the players that you think that CFC should purchase in order to assist the club.
This is my CFC team.
For the year 2008-2009!
Goalkeepers:(1)Cech(2)Gordan(3)Schiemikel
Right-back:(1)Sergio Ramos(2)Johnson
Centre-back:(1)Terry(2)Carvaliho(3)Alex(4)Ben Haim
Left-back:(1)Bale(2)Riise
(R)Sam Hutchinson
Right-midfield:(1)Cole(2)Taraadt
Centre-midfield:(1)Lampard(2)Gerrard(3)Babbel(?)Balack/Pavlyuchenko(AM)/Elano Blumer(5)Gelsen Fernandes
(6)Mikel
Left-midfield:(1)Gamst(2)kalou
(R)Steve Sidwell/Scott Sinclair
Forward:(?)Fernando Torres/Messi(2)Huntelaar/Robiniho(3)Van Persie(4)Bent
(R)Adriano
Please put out the players that you think that CFC should purchase in order to assist the club.
Soooooo sorry for submitting (publishing) my comments twice.
post 193.lovechelsea
players will come to chelsea but remember why, much like michael ballack, to build a strong team and win titles like the champs league which has been our ultimate goal to establish ourselves since the rise of abramovich
as for our team, i am under the impression carvahlo is going to inter milan as we recently recalled alcides. I think thats good as alex needs more playing time but we need another class defender on the bench at least, but with ivanovic, im hoping he’ll be the difference.
with all the signings we’ve made, its obvious that we are going for a quad this season, so i wouldn’t be surprised to see us spend another £80 million on players, im not sure robinho is the best buy, hes small and not too good in the air, id prefer to play ronaldinho up front who isn’t known for scoring headers but can do and is very quick. But my number 1 concern at present is the left midfield situation as kalou should be allongside drogba, not always pushing in form the left. He’s good when he makes runs like he did against liverpool in the 2nd leg of the champs league that led to the 1st goal but i feel he could do such more with his pace playing off drogba
my dream team :
———————cech———————
bosingwa——carvalho—–terry———-cole
—————essien—–lampard—————–
robinho———ballack/deco————–ronaldinho
——————-eto’o————————
I have this funny feeling that Ballack maybe on the way down in terms of effectiveness and influence on games. Yes he is a great player but I think it was a mistake that he ever came to Chelsea…. anyone out there to rise to his defence ?
——Cech——
Bosingwa–Carvalho–Terry—Cole
Essien
Deco —– Ballack
J.Cole ——– Robinho/Kalou
Eto’o …..This Would Be My Formation…
u r rite jose holiday
he shuldnt have come to chelsea
GUYS DO YOU KNOW IF ALL THE FIXTURES THIS SEAOSN FOR THE PREMIER LEAGUE WILL BE PLAYED AT THE SAME TIME BECAUSE ON THE FIXTURES IT ALWAYS SAIS THE SAME TIME!!! PLEASE ANWSER MY QUESTION????
@ 207
i dont think so den because of tv rights and other factors the times will change….
Jose Holiday, Ballack’s display this year at stamford bridge versus the champions-to-be is alone good enough to garner his coming from the Munich titans. If he can win us four or five games a year–which he’s very likely to do–he’ll be as influential as anyone in our squad.
Stop hating, mate, and just enjoy the marvelous headers and crazy, passionate celebrations this man consistently provides CFC.
Quoting Pensioner
Sorry but thats a shocking team, so many of those players dont want to come to the club or dont deserve to come to the club. Gordon is an average, overpriced keeper and Schmeicel wouldnt have been loaned if he was really as good as we saw. Johnson moved to Pompy and is going to stay there, Sergio Ramos said he will stay at Real Madrid and besides we have Bosingwa but im guessing you didnt know Chelsea signed him, Ben Haim is a shocker, Bale is always injured and Riise has moved to Roma so no way he will come to Chelsea and also you missed out Ashley Cole who’s one of the best LB’s in the world.
Gerrard wont ever leave liverpool and will be like 50m+ if sold and i wouldnt pay that for him. Babel is good once every 10 games, Elano is the same, Gamst is no more than average and Fernandes is hardly comparable to Chelea’s current midfield talent, wont get a look in, maybe above Sidwell but no where near Mikel.
Torres wont be sold, at any cost i bet, Messi i agree should come to the club, I could think of better than Huntelaar or Robinho so i wouldnt choose to buy them and if you have Messi and Torres they will be earning 100k a week to sit on a bench (YES PLEASE ROMAN I’D LOVE TOO THANKS). As for Robin “Always” Van “Injured” Persie he would be a reserve player and Darren Bent, you’re so funny.
I also like the fact that you’ve sold about 20 players from our current squad and kept the worst (Sidwell and Ben Haim), I really wish some people would think rationally, picking random names because you heard they cost alot and were very over-priced is hardly a way to pick a dream team.