Posted by BlueChampion in Forget about Robinho playing against the Spurs this Sunday, looks like he may not even join us. I must have checked the websites a million times last week. We got so close that it almost feels like Robinho is already a Chelsea player. When the rumour about Robinho first came up, I wasn’t too excited. I thought he was just trying to improve his Madrid contract. But when he rejected the multimillion offer from Madrid, I took notice. I was even more curious when Scolari said that he wants Robinho. Now I want only a happy ending for this whole episode. I won’t lose hope until tomorrow midnight. But if we don’t get him by this window, I don’t think he’d ever join Chelsea. Something like what happened with Dani Alves.
Now, let’s talk about the match on Sunday. This season, there are huge expectations on Tottenham. They are expected to break into the top four, mostly replacing Arsenal. That’s I had predicted too. Mostly because, they now have a shrewd manager in Juande Ramos and he was busy building his team. There was this high of signing Luka Modric. Then came the rumours on Berbatov and Keane. Liverpool signed Keane at about 20m and Berbatov is being priced at 30m. If Ramos gets his money for Berbatov, he’ll have huge tranfer bounty with few hours to spend them. He can even bring in four or five decent players with that kind of money. He is already in discussions with Spartak for Pavlyuchenko, while the Arshavin deal is more like our own Robinho transfer. While Spurs are getting some good transfer business, their start to the season was very disappointing with two defeats, one of them at home.
Harry Redknapp then said “No one’s going to break into top four. Tottenham can’t even get a point at the Riverside stadium”. Of course, it’s little too early to conclude these things as even Arsenal lost at Craven Cottage. But two defeats in two matches against teams that finished below them last season, is hardly promising. If they don’t get a point on Sunday, which is what I expect, that would mean
three successive defeats and a ‘pointless’ month of August for Spurs.
On our side, we had a great first match and in the second match, we deserved just a point but we did well to hold onto an early lead for three points. There were reasons why we couldn’t play impressively at the JJB but anyway, we are leading the table. Against Tottenham, I think we’ll have a great match. We’re playing at home which is a big advantage. I think this season at home, the fear factor is back.
Teams will not want to play at Stamford Bridge. No more funny games like the 4-4 matches that we had and no more last minute goals from the opposition.
Unlike last season, I don’t think the opponents can score four bloody goals at the Bridge or nick draws. We didn’t lose any matches last season and we still maintained that home record. But we lost something else at the Bridge last season. I thought opponents did not fear playing at Stamford Bridge. They knew that they could get a point or scoring goals here were no longer a massive achievement. We had lost points in more matches at home than in away matches! But these funny games are over, Stamford Bridge will be the fortress that it once was under JM.
In terms of team selection, Essien and Ballack are doubtful. It was a bit strange to see in the club wesbite that Ballack played against Wigan despite not being fully fit. With the kind of midfield riches that we have, there is no need to have players play when they’re not full fit, especially so early in the season. Drogba would return only by the first week of September, but he is back to the training ground and would play for the reserves on Monday. Phil says that he has to rearrange a bit and probably has to play one or two out of position. I wonder why.
I’d stick with the 4-3-3. The defence would have Bosingwa, Terry, Carvalho and Ashley Cole. The triangular midfield will have Mikel as the defensive midfielder and Deco and Lampard as the midfielders with attacking intent. The front three would be Joe Cole, Malouda and Kalou. Yes, I’d keep Anelka on the bench. By no means Anelka is the first choice striker in anyone’s absence. his selection for the first team should solely depend on the performance/promise shown in the last match. Mikel is also a slight doubt. If Mikel does not play, Malouda should play in a flat midfield, with Kalou on the left wing and in this case I’d bring in Anelka as the lone striker.
I’m sure we’ll do well against the Spurs because they come out and play football. That’s mostly their undoing as well because the quality of their defending and goalkeeping does not support their type of football. They attack expansively without bothering too much about the spaces and holes in their midfield and defence. This is what makes me believe that we’ll come out on top. With the Deco dimension to our attack, we’re always going to kill teams that are ready to play ball.
Last night, Zenit beat Man Utd and extended their agony of this season. It is quite clear that Man Utd are becoming more and more beatable and are certainly not the same team that we saw in the last two seasons. Man Utd fans get wound up when you say they’re a one man team and without Ronaldo they are an average team. They have few more weeks to go until Ronaldo’s back and if they say they’re not worried, they’re lying.
I hate the sight of Liverpool being so close to Chelsea in the premier league. They’ve been riding their luck for too long. They are always obscenely lucky in champions league but it seems that has caught on in the premier league as well. I expect them to lose points at Villa Park tomorrow while we make a hattrick of wins. And finally, my prediction is 3-1 at Stamford Bridge.
P.S: Watch this funniest football clip ever. You can’t be more stupid than Paul Scholes on a football pitch. Your comments are most welcome.
———cech———-
–bosingwa–terry–carvalho–a.cole
———–essien————
–Deco——Ballack———Lampard–
—J.Cole–Anelka—
Sub: KALOU,MALOUDA,ALEX..
cech
bosingwa carvalho terry a.cole
essien
lampared Deco
Ballack
Di sato/anelka J.cole
Knowing Malouda’s contribution why not go for Paim on left wing….
I agree. Anelka needs to sit.
cech
bosigwa—–terry——carvalho———-ashley
mikel
deco———————–lampard
joe cole anelka malouda
Subs: alex, ivanovic, kalou, di-santo, paim (Please give anelka a chance to prove himself)
I want a Robinho shirt !
hey BC, small mistake:
“If they don’t get a point on Sunday, which is what I expect, that would mean
three successive defeats and a ‘pointless’ month of JULY for Spurs. “
it should have been August…..anyway not a big deal.
I just wish Scolari comes up with Plan B as well in this match…
Am sorry,i am afraid maybe Robinho is not coming at the Bridge.am tired with his story.I predict Blues 2-0 spurs
@ IwasMissingJose – Thanks, I’ve made that correction. In fact, even July for them was a pointless month
mention not BC…haha, and i wish that will continue in coming months this season as well…
and a great P.S…;-)
Paul Scholes ……..woow……how dumb can a player get!!!!…………..Thats the height of stupidity on a football pitch….SAF, did you teach him to develop this skill ??
Sorry but Kalou is not capable of playing upfront on his own, if we created 10 chances for him in the match we’d be lucky if he scored one, he is not a good finisher however he can create stuff and make things happen but as far as i’m concerned, i’d definatley play Anelka, and im looking forward to seeing what Di Santo will be like hopefully he will get his chance soon.
————cech————
bosingwa-carvalho-terry-cole
———–mikel————
—–deco———–lamps—-
j.cole—-anelka—kalou/malouda
subs: di santo, bridge, ivanovic, ferreira, essien, gudicini
or
4-1-3-2
————cech————
bosingwa-carvalho-terry-cole
—-———–mikel————–
deco–lampard–malouda
——-j.cole————–
————–anelka—–
subs: di santo, bridge, ivanovic, ferreira, essien, kalou, gudicini
4-2-3-1 probably . ( just going by LFS comment) .. Mikel and Ivanovic as DM . deco, lampard and maluda in the cm. anelka lone striker.
Haah,its like the Robinho’s deal is still on.Guess he is coming to blues land 2day or 2morrow.
robinho left out in RM squad…gd news
i still believe robinho will be coming…
i watched that match, i couldn’t understand why it happened, mind you, i have noticed, man utd become aggressive, almost ‘arsenal dirty’ when they in a tight spot
look at how nasty they got against us in stamford bridge, moscow and the various domestic matches where their players conceded so many fouls.
i dunno, i was never keen on robinho, i dont want chelsea to splash the cash on him, im much more looking foward to seeing fabio paim
tottenham are missing their offensive fire power and i think they are lloking slightly unstable anyway, they are going to be slaughtered tommorrow, something like 3/4-0. we are the only team yet to concede a goal this season, we should be focusing on keeping it as long as possible.
team vs tottenham:
———————————————–cech————————————————-
bosingwa——————–carvalho——————–terry——————————–cole
——————————————-mikel————————————————-
——————————deco———————-lampard——————————–
———cole——————————————————–malouda/kalou—————-
——————————————-anelka—————————————————
chelsea 3-0 spurs – lampard,anelka,kalou
We have a strong squad, So there is no problem with dealing injuries to Ballack and Essien.I think Essien is ok he will start from bench,if Mikel is also unavailable like last match then i have a crazy idea,Big Phil give debut to IVANOVIC,because he can also play as a defensive midfielder ?, We will win tomorrow by 4-0,malouda will be man of match …….
Come On Chelsea…………
Formation:-4-3-2-1
———— cech————
bosingwa-carvalho-terry-cole
—–deco——mikel—–lamps—-
j.cole—————-—malouda
———anelka————-
subs: di santo, bridge, ivanovic, Alex, essien,cudicini,kalou.
I wonder why chelsea would want to sell a robinho shirt before they have even completed his transfer? tahst quite odd considering that chelsea are always quite about their signings..
Real Madrid manager Schuster said: “I want him[Robinho] to stay. I’ve always said so and I stand by what I say. He is important for us.”
________________________________
Where was he[Schuster] when they wanted to use the poor lad as a bait for the overrated C.Ronaldo?Why didnt he make all this noise when they were still hopeful of capturing C.Ronaldo?Real Madrid should stop acting like a sloth,and own up to the fact that they have angered the boy;that they have showed the boy that he is not really important to them;that they dont have plans for him in the future.The boy have gotten their message and now wants to join another family[you know who] that really cares about him and his future.So Real Madrid should just let him be.They should just toss him over and save themselves the embarassment of the boy holding a conference 2morrow(I really like the heart this young fellow has) in which he will publicly tell the world that he no longer wants to play for them.
@ 23 yeh it’s ridiculous, however i heard that it was an accident an it was not meant to come up on the website, how you make a mistake like that i don’t know.
…they were preparing to put it on the site but didn’t actually mean to put it on there
My team for tomorrow- am assuming that Essien is fit to play and mikel too.
———————————————–cech————————————————-
bosingwa——————–carvalho——————–terry——————————–cole
——————————————-mikel————————————————-
——————————deco———————-lampard——————————–
———Essien——————————————————–kalou—————-
——————————————-anelka—————————————————
Real Madrid can only blame themselfs for this mess.
They are the ones who who started this “slave” thing plus they treated very badly a “world-class” player to make height for Ronaldo that initially “wasnt needed” and now they consider nontransferable.
As much as I like Robinho I really think Chelsea should show the middle finger to Real and leave them with this mess to solve as it will unbalance them.After all Real is a Champions league contender and this can only be beneficial to Chelsea, plus it will send the message that Chelsea wont pay premium prices anymore.
Theres a saying here: “Who seeds wins will harvest storms”
Robinho has called a press conference to be held later today, to announce his future. He is expected to announce that he is going to buy out his contract.
@27
Im not sure if Essien is match fit but if he is, no way he will ever play on the wing
mid field criss
put ivanovic in the holding role!! he will excel!!!
Our bench should look a little like Cudicini, three defenders in Alex, Ferreira, Belletti and three kids – Di Santo, Sinclair and someone else (Paim maybe) or someone from the reserves. I am told that Stoch, Nielsen and Kakuta all have squad numbers, so any of these may be included. If not, then we’ll have to name Hilario as a second keeper on the bench.
@30, essien played in that role pre season and scored a stupendous role. His attacking thrust from that end is super. He does it even from right full back
Stupendous goal i meant.
THE ORDINARY ONE starts his campaigan in Italy in his old style…1-1 draw…LOLOLOL….
@34 – your negative obsession with JM completely stinks. when will you come to terms that he is the best football manager ever, even if he draws or loses all 38 matches for Inter? c’mon we all know he is the best. the more talk badly about him, the more you’ll see people like coming to his defence and make you uncomfortable. in the end, this won’t be a chelsea website. we will all be talking and fighting over an ex-chelsea legend!? cut it. he is the best, even if he wins nothing. period. forza jose!
@35…u charge me of obession with JM…just look at ur comment.. ‘he is the best football manager ever, even if he draws or loses all 38 matches for Inter’…dear its what is called obession…so its a case of pot calling cattle black…
@denver
Is mancienne and sinclair included in th squad??
i have gratitude. i would never insult or ridicule the chelsea heroes which include jose, roman, jt, lamps, maka, cech etc. how can i do that to them when they’ve brought my chelsea so much success and pride?
on a side note, @34, are you from asia?
@36, either you have less IQ or you pretend to be so. I said JM is the best manager as a response to your stupid comment. I didn’t go around saying that myself. Everyone around here loves and respects JM for what he has done to us. I agree with arthur. he is right.
you must have been supporting arsenal or manure until roman came in and you jumped ship. i can make that out as you have no respect for chelsea and its legends.
Forgive the guy. He does not what supporting a club means. Btw, I think the only English idiom he knows is ‘pot calling the kettle black’, he uses it every single time lol . . .
cut it guys….this website is for chelsea loyals…jose mourinho made us wat we are nw…we should respect him…nt ridicule him…
i cant wait for the chelsea vs spurs match…hope we can perform well and beat them by at leasta a 2 goal margin
Chelsea Victor Today !
And gonna get me hands on one of the Robinho shirts.
Real glad that Sheva has left : he always was a good un but gave me a sinking feeling with his incessant saliva gulping down
I hope Chelsea meet Real (the Fakes ) Madrid in the knockouts , you know …… You fake flakys ( who can’t even take on Arsenal anymore ) come play with Papa Chelsea now and we”ll thrash ur sorry history-lead-weighted asses.
Arsenal’s gonna switch on and off all year.
Manure’s gonna regret not spending a pile .
Liverfool will switch off completely at the right time.
Chelsea’s just needs to cruise and ooze class ( using the traditional JM grind game when appropriate ) to the title.
spurs will regret the sales of keane …and benching of berbatov..these 2 players were so dangerous the last time we played them…..but either way chelsea will win
is robinho holding the conference NW?
@45 ;Yeah, i’d like to know that too…
i checked the time and i think its 12 cet….so i think the confrence has begun…..
@47 ; if you know something , tell us pleaz !
still no updates abt the conference..goal.com say robinho wants to leave RM…he say tt RM didn’t show any interest in keeping him…but onli recently say he wan to keep him as they cant find a replacement….
hey guys…..goal.com state the outcome of the conference…http://www.goal.com/en/articolo.aspx?contenutoid=842496
I will like the probable team lineup this way:
If Essien and Mikel fit
————————-Cech————————–
Bosigwa—-Calvaho——–Terry———–Ashely Cole
———————–Mikel(if fit) /Ivanovic————
————–Essien—————–Deco————–
JoeCole(if fit) / Paim———————-Lampard
———————–Anelka—————————
Subs: Cudicini, Alex, Kalou, Malouda, Di Santos, Ferreira and Sinclair
Prediction: We just have to win someway somehow.
Robinho said it all at the conference. He only has his heart set on chelsea. If Real Madrid want to keep an unhappy player they should go ahead.
http://football.guardian.co.uk/breakingnews/feedstory/0,,-7764610,00.html
omg…look at the starting lineup……..cech,bosingwa,carvalho,terry, acole,belleti,essien,deco,lampard,joecole,anelka……belleti play as the holding midfielder!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!this is interesting….mikel is on the bench…ballack too
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57. sule guy … if Mikel in injured what do you want the coach to do !!? the only thing i would have done different in the holding role was to put in Ivanovic, but it seems Belletti did a good job… you know i think we should ditch this “HOLDING ROLE”… it limits us in more ways than one…..
@38…does it matter where I am from?
@55 – i know you’re from asia. most of the asian fans are ignorant. people like BC are very rare. you dont have to speak a word. we all know about you now. today milan lost and roma drew. what do you make of that? start learning and following football for fvck’s sake.
@56…Roma drew,Milan lost…so what the hell I need to do with this…I just stated a fact that Moron drew his first match….or is it that it hurt ur false prejudices abt Moron…LOLOL….
i’m asian too…lol
chelsea ned to get robinho…and we need drogba back faster…or hopefully we complete the tranfer season with a swoop for a striker besides robinho…anelka miss gr8 chances tt could have won the game…our wingers cant dribble much…joecole onli…kalou still abit unstable…we NEED robinho…
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