Mikel MOTM to me.He was the engine in our play today.

wery good 3 points. must say that deco wasnt good at all today. and mikel lost to many balls. anelka really should try to find the net moore. other than this we played very good. glad to se balack back. hope to se drogba at his best soon again.

CFC

Chaka: For me as well - MIKEL is MOTM. Rock-solid in defence, strong in the air as well as when intercepting a combination on the ground - that appears to be his classics for the future. Moreover, he is growing up tactically - today no mistake at all, except of one bad cross-pass in the first half. Always exactly where he had to be and did what was necessary; assessed brilliantly when to go forward, when to calm down the play by passing to a defender and when to kick the ball out of play. And he finished the job with the brilliant solo prior to the third goal.

we saw glimpses of mikel’s attacking prowess today! he himself and his country’s football figures all say he has a good bit of flair, i’d love, at least against lower opposition or if we’re giving one of our god’s a rest, for him to play in an AMF role. He looked strong and had a couple of runs in the vein of essien’s top performances. Hope scolari realises his potential. I also think he loses the ball a bit too much for a defensive midfielder role, but he is perhaps the worse attacker of our midfiled so i guess he must go there… but we don’t know til we give him a chance!

hmm… when i say he loses it a bit too much, he doesn’t normally get tackled, but there’s a few wayward balls and he lingers on the ball for longer than he should.

MAN of the match to me too is mikel. He was absolutely brilliant. The match reminds me of the the youth championship when he was second best player to messi. I think he is finally peaking and reaching his full potentials. Lampard was great as usual. I am finally starting to think that he really deserves the salary he is earning. Malouda was just ok… (i know he scored) but he flopped in the first half. Anelka should go to the reserves and kalou should get more games. Cech wasn’t even involved today.

Was it just me or who else thinks belletti should play more games? lol.. that shot was exceptional.

I think one of the talking points here (that the press will most likely overlook) is the style of play in current Chelsea Football. I know Bordeaux is a much weaker team but Chelsea looked very sexy today. Especially in the 1st and last 15 mins of play. I had fun watching them and the attacking pressure of Ashley Cole and Bosingwa is very exciting. I noticed the team let off the gas a bit after the start of the 2nd half and got an ear full from Scolari. This is the exact opposite of the traditional 1-0 (hold the lead) Jose Mournino style and much more enjoyable on the eyes. After tonight’s performance I am happy to say that I am as excited about this season as I was in 03 when Bates sold the club to Roman.

Malouda was really the suprise tonight. he tried hard, ran up and down, played smart and was constantly threatening from the left hand side. i say good goal for him, but lets wait for a BPL game to see whether he can reproduce this form. if he can, i say he’s back.

OH For the love of God Scolari Rotate your team and give Ivanovic a chance, otherwise some club might poach hime for cheap e.g AC milan.

Absolutely AMAZING. This week is getting better and better… confidently hoping for another superb week comes Sunday. Just like many others….. most of us would love/die to see some form of rotation policy from Scolari, but I think the man is trying to build team confidence and stability in these early run-outs. Its sending a HUGE message to our rivals and I think it might pay off by leaving other teams play catch-up. I’m sure he’s probably planning on tinkering the team during the FA/League cup matches.
(I’m trying to play down my expectation with just a double this year, but with performance like this, I cannot stop thinking on the possibility of a quadruples…..)

yea hope scolari give ivanovic a chance

@Moyo,
Yeah the shot from Belleti was exceptional.But I still would not have picked him in yesterday’s match if I were coach.Did any one notice that our three best performances so far this season have come when Mikel was in the starting eleven.Great lad.Hard to come across a player of his age[21yrs] playing such a position[the all important Maka's role] the way he does.

mikel, franchise player!
now remember the performance mikel put in against man utd in our 2-1 win last season, man utd are going to suffer on the weekend
no ronaldo, no carrick, no vidic, no neville, no hargreaves
fergie will blatantly play a wide formation to avoid the central midfield so we’re probably looking at brown, ferdinand, o’shea, evra, nani, scholes, anderson, giggs, berbatov and tevez
man utd have three coveted strikers, it will be interesting to see how we keep them at bay, but if we keep playing like we have, there is no reason why we shouldn’t get another victory with a 2 goal margin.

Actually Ronaldo may be making an appearance this Sunday against us….but I think since we have Bosingwa (not Essien) and Cole this time around it shouldn’t be a problem wherever Fergie chooses to deploy Ronaldo to.

bordeuax were lucky not to have conceded more but i think chelsea made to many mistakes during the game and maybe should have conceded 1 goal.
Cech - He was a virtual spectator and i think during the first half he used his feet more then his hands, not really tested. 6
Bosingwa - During the first half he was man of the match, chelsea was able to provide him ALOT of space to roam, sometimes he had the entire right flank all to his own and did an amazing job harrying the defense, defensively he was sound but that was because bordeaux didnt test him. Second half he took his foot off the pedal and most of the play went towards the left flank. 8.5
Carvalho - Should have scored, not marked at all and hit the cross bar. Defensively sound, made a bad tackle or two but never tested. Made some good forward runs. 7
Terry - hould have scored, a great ball from lampard just span away from the goal. Defensively sound, controlled the back 4 well. 6.5
Ashley Cole - Linked up well with malouda, didnt attack as much as bosingwa but had more to do defensively, not a great performance but as always with cole a good performance, i swear to god he is like mr consistent or someshit. 7
Mikel - did excellently as defensive mid stopping nearly every attack before it came close to the defense but his passing was sub-par, too many times the pass did not have the correct wieght or direction and got intercepted. 7.5
Malouda - did very well in the wings and everytime i see him play i can see his potential to be great down the wings but he makes a little too many errors giving the ball away cheaply and crossing into the box while there is no one there, his link up with a.cole is improving though. Link up saw him score a goal which was nicely taken. 7.5
Lampard - did great and until he knew chelsea had it in the bag he was playing great as soon as they were up 3-0 he took his foot off the brakes. Scored 1 and assisted 2, should have scored 1 more and assisted a further 2 or 3. Man of the Match. 9
Deco - Awkward the entire time, gave the ball away cheaply, did some decent passes but had too much weight on them, a couple of bad tackles saw him get a yellow, taken off second half when chelsea started cruising. 6
J.cole - scored a goal from a header when marked by 2 defenders who were a head taller then him. Otherwise played a role more akin to second striker with bosingwa taking up the job of providing width, caused trouble with his runs but service wasnt that good, faded during second half and replaced by beletti to add more defence in the middle. 6.5
Anelka- Poor anelka only came away with a goal and in the dying seconds, a good save saved 1 shot and couldnt direct 2 or 3 towards goal, good game but needs more cutting edge to his shots, could have scored a hattrick quite easily if he was slightly more selfish and had better aim. Is finding his role in the team but maybe too late with drogba seeing full fitness. 7

SUBS:
Ballack - replaced deco and added some steel to the midfield, serviceable but still not fully match fit. Did some good passes but many times remained anonymous. 7
Beletti - scolari really likes this guy and its easy to see why, provided some cover for the defense and had an amazing long shit in dying seconds bounce of the bar allowing anelka to score. 7
Kalou - Umm didnt doo much, not too much time to assert himself into the game, didnt really provide the pace and tricks he usually does. 6

Good game but surprised by showing a full squad with manu coming up, expected di santo to come on instead of kalou but i guess scolari will blood the kid eventually.

Also shock loss of roma to cluj means cluj might be better then people expect, that or roma like many of the italian clubs are just on shit form.

The top3 is the best chelsea players in their positions:

GK=1.Cech
2.Cudicini
3.Hilario

Def= 1.Carvalho
2.A.cole
3.Bosingwa
(No terry…sorry)

Mid= 1.Lampard
2.Deco
3.Mikel

Striker/Winger= 1.J.Cole
2.Anelka
3.Malouda

Bravo Chelsea boys. And good write-up BC.

Imagine if we got a fully fit essien and drogba back? I can’t imagine any team in Europe at the moment that can touch us.

scolari still said we played shithouse and is very unhappy, good news is terrys red carl has bin overuled and hes available for man utd game.

chelsea can play much better ,if anelka work harder he could do a hatrick,and mikel pay attention.
chelsea lost too many balls in the game and if we can improve this weakness ,our good game will be complete.
scolari was unhappy because potential of chelsea is very high and they didnt used it last night.
he wants more pressing and controling

Deco gave an average performance in the match………lost possession too easily(one could have resulted in a goal had it not been for Carvalho)……but overall we created a lot of chances and put in a decent performance against a below average Bordeaux….. i was very impressed with Bosingwa ……excellent going forward , good crossing ability and on occasions got caught offside!!! ……Drogba ,if fit should start for the game against Man U ……Anelka is too unsure of himself and fails to read the game properly…Drogba on the other hand plays the lone striker role to perfection…….Belletti is fine as a substitute and Scolari is doing a brilliant job with him… Scolari was pissed because in the second half we seemed to be content with a 2-0 lead …….instead we should have kept the possession and frustrated Bordeaux even more…..Bordeaux should count themselves lucky…..If we wanted we could have humiliated them with a 6-0 or 7-0 thrashing…..

great win and great result.

The way diarra is playing for pompey i wish he would have stayed with us . treat to watch him play.

salomon kalou speaks about his future at chelsea. he wants more chance at chelsea , and if scolari doesnt give him he will leave chelsea ofr another club(ARSENAL). he is very talented.

Sorry I missed this one (a crazy little thing called “work” got in the way). More than the result, I am very excited and pleased with Scolari’s reaction to the match. According to BBC, he was very disappointed with the wasted chances and too easily giving up the ball. Phil is letting it be known that he ain’t the one to rest on his laurels and won’t let anyone else do it either! If the club can catch that kind of fire, I think Chelsea can win the quadruple, pick up the Shield, win the Club World Cup, and even play in the American Super Bowl and be champions in that form of “football” as well.

@23 — Now, thats wat u call one helluva optimistic fan !! Well, i wouldn’t blame u man.. coz dats how good we r @ d moment !! Up the Blues !!

Are anyone playing UEFA fantasy league here

amazing game, hope we can have drogba back for the man utd game!
Lampard played amazing even after his cloase ranged miss, he bounced back and played amazing. My favourite player, is the star of chelsea!

where the hell is kalou?

Bravo Chelsea… you defeated a team that is 10th on the log. Well done, you are overcoming that horrible embarressing night in Moscow. You know… the night where your top striker got sent off and your captain ruined the game for you guys. Anyway I don’t like that last 3 words. JUST TO BRILLIANT… I don’t think so….

hey guys I have always said that Malouda needs more time ….and see he is starting to shine….(give him more time). Mikel was GREAT …yeah me made a few bad passes (poor weighting) but in the second half when he started to attack …. it was impressive!! he caused the Malouda goal!! I see Mikel in the similar mold as Ballack.
Let it be know that Mikel is an ATTACKING mid fielder….. and we are attempting to convert him. I hope to see Ivanovic very soon!! either in DM or RB or even CB as well as ALEX (poor guys) I hope to see a rotation in the squad for CC
————–Carlo————-
——Ivanovic——–Alex———Carvallio ——–Bridge——–
————–Mikel ————–
———-Sinclair———-Ballack ————Malouda————–
—————Kalou———–
subs: Hialri0, Ferreira , Paim, Stoch, Di Santo, Lampard, Belletti

FA Cup :
————–Cech————-
——–Ferreira ——Alex———Terry ——–Bridge————–
————–Ivanovic ————–
———-Kalou———-Lampard ————Malouda———–
————–Anelka————
subs: Hialri0, Mikel , Paim, Stoch, Di Santo, Lampard, Drogba

@29. denver ………yes, i totally agree …..once the F.A Cup and the Carling Cup fixtures are on, we will see the likes of Paim , Di Santo and others play more regularly …….Mikel started as an AM but we managed to groom him into an excellent DM…..there have always been instances where a player starts his career in a particular position but goes on to excel in another……Mikel is one of those players………looks like Scolari has managed to motivate both Malouda and Anelka , their work rate on the pitch has certainly improved .

so according to goal.com, kalou is going to leave in january if he doesn’t get more games. we better start playing him then, because i for one think it would be a hell of a loss.

@ 30 BuildChelsea

I can’t believe players with such a high salary needs motivation. I think we didn’t spend our money wisely by buying Malouda and Anelka. We should have kept Robben and bought another decent forward with the Anelka money for example, Kun Aguero at Atletico Madrid.

@ 30 BuildChelsea…

I can’t believe players with such a high salary needs motivation. I think we didn’t spend our money wisely by buying Malouda and Anelka. We should have kept Robben and bought another decent forward with the Anelka money for example, Kun Aguero at Atletico Madrid.

Sorry for confusion comment number 32 is actually my comment. ‘The Kid’ is my brother using my computer. A Man Utd fan. Sorry for confusion BuildChelsea.

@32. The kid - Altought Robben is a damn fine young player (hes 23 or 24 but looks older) is very injury prone and so his fitness and form are never quite good.Imagine when he gets near 30.Chelsea made the right choise to sell him before he got a serious injury.

To put things in perspective: Anelka was a sensible option because he was already adapted to EPL and at the time there was an urgent need for a striker (Drogba injured) and Chelsea couldn’t afford another flop like Cheva or give time for an outsider to adjust.Hes a decent striker, altought not as good as Drogba, and can be very useful in times of need.

I completely agree with mcurto here - Anelka is a professional and had to know when he went to Chelsea he would be a bench player. He is a solid striker used in need only (much like my long time favorite goalie Carlo Cudicini). Carlo knows his role and is happy playing second fiddle to Cech. Anelka will have to have the same attitude now that Drogs is fit.

@33. Pensioner………A Man U fan and a Chelsea fan, living under the same roof…….u two must be having some heated discussions during weekends isn’t it??……Robben was an awesome winger for us , i simply loved his style but he was extremely injury prone and as his age progresses it will get worse …….also i agree that Kun Aguero is simply one of the best young strikers around but we could never bring Aguero to SB with the same amount of money(£15 million) , we paid for Anelka……for Atletico Madrid , Aguero is worth 10 times that….. anyways Anelka was a Grant purchase but he does contribute with an occasional goal or two …….personally i don’t prefer Anelka but i do consider Malouda to be an excellent winger and if guided properly will certainly contribute more…..maybe now, we should avoid signing high profile players and paying insane amount of money for them and bring in genuine young talent , our squad is one of the strongest in the world and we only need to reinforce at certain positions……Under performing players have already been sold this season and thus we don’t have any unnecessary players on the bench..

Kalou looks more dangerous than Malouda going forward.M not too happy about all this trying to mold Anelka and Malouda bulls**t.That idea is affecting the prospect of Kalou,Santo,or Piam playing.To make matters worst an aging RB(Belletti) is even been converted to the MF so as to get more player than those young guys.Scolari has to adopt a rotational policy because I wont want to see us selling our young prospect to Arsenal.

its funny how i said like 1 year ago that we should buy aguero and u guys wanted players like malouda. now u want aguero. its good that we sold robben, he was to weak for the PL but we diddnt get a good replacement. malouda isnt bad. next year i hope we sell malouda and anelka and get aguero, silva, di maria, david villa or benzema. if they are not playing in city.

Chelsea rocks

BARCA PREPARE BID FOR SALOUMON KALOU FOR JAN TRANSFER.
HE IS A VERY TALENTED PLAYER AND WE MUST KEEP HIM.
IF SCLORI DEOSNT PLAY HIM ,HE WE LEAVE CHELSEA FOR BARCA OR ARSENAL.

@38. bluefan #1 ……..No offense mate , but how are we supposed to give players like Kalou , Sinclair , Paim , Di Santo and others enough chances when we plan to buy such high profile signings???……..Aguero, Silva, Di Maria, David Villa or Benzema ,these players will never come cheap and is it worth another record transfer fee to bring them in??…..The players you mentioned are class not doubt but then wats the use of a youth academy ??…..If we want to hold on to Kalou and other young talents then we must give them some chance to play…..

@37. Chaka …….Nobody spoke about grooming Anelka and Malouda at the expense of Kalou . Wat i meant was we must get the best out of the players we have at our disposal….Kalou will definitely get a chance since this season we have a shortage of striking options…..

@ 38 blue fan #1

Players first have to prove themselves or show potential. Then we go ahead and buy them.

Cheers

Chelsea have confirmed Ray Wilkins as the club’s new assistant first-team coach…..Why isn’t anyone talking about this??
Pensioner , if you are there , what do you think of this appointment??

@ 43 BuildChelsea

To be honest I don’t know much about Ray Wilkins managerial career and skills, in other words what he can bring to the table at Stamford Bridge. He has played for alot of prestigous clubs like Chelsea and Man Utd and AC Milan and England so he has tons of expereince.
Anyway I thought Ten Cate was the best assistant coach in Europe.

@43, Why do u still have jose mourinho in your avatar? .

@45. MoiBlue…….. José Mourinho still remains my favorite manager and i will never forget what he has contributed to this club….

Come on guys, theres a very long long season ahead and there will be enough chances to put the youngsters to test but has this is a fairly new setup and some new players making first team I can see why Scolari needs to consolidate the team first.Although I cant see Paim making senior team appearances in near future (is he even playing reserves?) there are plenty of others available.
Why bring more players from other leagues as it seems now Chelsea has some decent youngsters already playing in reserves?

I think Scolari’s played his cards brilliantly so far… Maybe with the exception of Ivanovic’s playing time. Imagine, if he’s the next Vidic, or perhaps a not-as-good-but-more-versatile defender, we must utilize him. But how can you leave the captain out, or even our best defender Carvalho… And Mikel’s cementing his place as well… And don’t even mention right-back, with Bosingwa wowing in each and every game. His time will come. He’ll get his chances and if he makes good, he might break into the first team.
But Scolari’s plan for now clearly is to open up as wide a cushion as possible… Maybe when we have a three or four point lead in the league, the rotations will come. And certainly, look for the youth in the cups. But we have to send out a message. We have to be ferocious. We have to say, “Premier League, Champions League… come one and all…we’ll take you on and demolish you. We’re the best team in Europe.” And so far, that’s exactly what we’ve done.

By the way, our player of the season so far is not Deco or Bosingwa, or even Lampsy. For me, he is another Portugese. It’s got to be our great rock in the back, Carvalho. He’s made Terry look average at times, and he’s playing as good as any center-back in the world. I’m loving Ricardo this year, just like last. He’s replaced Terry for me as the integral defender in the Chelsea spine of Cech-Carvalho-Essien-Lamps-Drogba.

chelsea line up against man u

———————cech——————–
bosingwa——carvalho——terry——acole——-
——————mikel—————————-
————-deco——–lampard——————
joecole—————————-malouda
—————