Posted by BlueChampion in What a weekend! Football has become such a bloody part of my life that my weekly mood swings have direct relationship with the weekend results. Weekends like these simply lift me so much that I wouldn’t mind anything at all. Such weekends have a powerful impact that they offset any disappointments that may come up in any other facet of my life. Let’s see how this remarkable weekend unfolded.
The new home league run has started in style. We thumped Sunderland in what was another one-sided match if not as worse as the Middlesbrough match. The match was all about two talismanic Chelsea players – Frank Lampard and Joe Cole. They stole the show and boy, didn’t they break down the Sunderland defence! Elsewhere, Spurs have just beaten Liverpool which puts us back to where we belong in the table – No.1.
This is the kind of game/weekend that would make me forget that bad performance against Liverpool at the Bridge. Sunderland is not the same as Liverpool but still you cna only beat who’s playing you. Great win, to borrow Gerrard’s lines, ’stay grounded’. Sunderland did not defend too well and some of the spaces given by them for us to exploit, would never be available against top teams.
I’ve been talking about Chelsea’s inability to break down deep defences. Believe me, the day before this match, Scolari also said that Chelsea finds it difficult to score against teams that defend in numbers, especially at home. Exactly the message I was trying to convey. Felipao was mentioning that we need something special to break down the defence. It is in this regard, I wrote in my last post, that I want to see Joe Cole back very badly.
Joe Cole started this match where Di Santo was not even in the bench. Anelka and Malouda were given another chance. This French pair should go down as the one which has got numerous chances in this Chelsea team where normally team selection has something to do with the form and discipline of the players. Shevchenko and SWP come to mind. Alex had to come in for Carvalho. This 5-0 win has a huge similarity with the other 5-0 win against Middlesbrough. It’s a matter of getting a couple of goals and playing unbelievably solid that the opponent completely loses confidence, gets into ‘indifference’ mode and starts longing for the final whistle.
Not many teams, including the top ones, fancy a come back once Chelsea takes a lead. Sunderland, or for that matter any team of that stature, can play with all their heart until the first Chelsea goal or the second goal, and then at some point, they’ll start realising that they won’t get anything out of this game. Chelsea scored five, in a game where they could have scored ten, if they really wanted that. One thing I’m proud about Chelsea is that we never go about humiliating or insulting the opponents – be it with the goal celebrations or hammering a lost opponent. In this match, Chelsea were happy to get five, and beyond that point, I thought they were satisfied and were keen in finishing the match with no further incidents – positive or negative. Makes sense.
The first goal. Joe Cole on the right wing picks up a perfect pass from Lampard and shoots from a tight angle. Joe Cole surprises the goalie with his quick left footed shot and forces the goalie to parry it to let Alex finish from an unmissable distance. What a difference it makes when you have players who can shoot/pass with either foot! Second goal. This goal should go to Lampard. Look at this. He takes a corner and goes on take his position and then sees an opportunity and makes a fantastic run among the congested final third. Deco was looking for Lampard and he knew it exactly. He then delivers a smart groudned cross which was finished once again by Alex but Anelka from an offside position robs him of the goal and the goals stands. That was clearly offside but if the referees don’t call it I wouldn’t care much. After he gets paid for calling these things correctly.
Third goal. Best goal of the night (all premier league matches included). The relentless warrior Joe Cole slips one through to Lampard from an off balance position. Lampard makes a subtle touch that puts Malouda one-on-one but he very unselfishly passes it to Anelka who had no option other than to score the goal. Great work by Joe Cole, Lampard and Malouda in setting up the goal. That touch by Lampard deserves some special mention. If that was made by a Xavi or a Iniesta or a Fibreglass, they’ll have a paragraph written on their genius. Unfortunately Lampard does not get that kind of press attention. But I’ve always said, Lampard is very very special. I would not trade Lampard for anyone, not even Kaka or Ronaldinho or Messi. There is only one Lampard.
Fourth goal. Once again, it is Joe Cole and Lampard. Joe Cole dribbles as well as he could and goes to the byline to chip it to the 6 yard box. Frank Lampard scores one more superb header to score his 100th premier league goal. Watch this goal again. Take your eyes off Joe Cole. Just look at Lampard and how he moves in the 6 yard box. One thing is about getting into that position and another is sowing intelligent movements to score a goal. That’s a goal of a striker. Drogba would be proud of that goal. Did I say it before? There is only one Lampard.
Fifth goal. Chelsea breakaway and Malouda sprints on the left and sends a sharp pass to the box. Anelka this time steals the pass that’s meant for Joe Cole! It was meant for Joe Cole and Joey was in a lot better position to finish it coolly. But unaware of Joe’s placement inside the box, Anelka finishes it rather uncomfortbly. It was a poor finish that luckily ended in a goal. One is, he did not see that Joe Cole was in a better position and two she shot straight at the keeper when he has three-fourths of the goal wide open. But finally, the ball popped into the net.
So Anelka got his hattrick. I never ever thought I’d have to use the words ‘Anelka’ and ‘hattrick’ in the same sentence. He got his hattrick because he was a bit selfish. As I have always said, the strikers have to be a bit selfish. And let’s not fool ourselves by calling him a centre forward and all that. If at all, he must be a centre backward, because he wanders off his zone so much. He is a striker and he’s got his hattrick and he must be happy about it. He should also remember that he got his hattrick only because he ‘wanted’ it. If he had shown his infamous indifference, Alex might have got a brace while Joe Cole and Malouda would be there in the score sheet. For once I saw Anelka grinning and celebrating with his colleagues with smiles all around. I’m happy for anyone that scores for Chelsea be it Mineiro or the Chelsea legend John Arne Riise 
So how did we break down the visiting team this time? The credit should go to Lampard and Joe Cole. I’m struggling to choose the man of the match between them. I’d rather give it to both of them. Let them share the champage. Lampard went one-up from his usual 7/10 or 8/10 performance by delivering a sterling 9/10 stuff while Joe Cole produced his magic once again. While Lampard can be unbelievably consistent, Joe Cole can be on and off. One day he can do wonders and the other day, he can be most frustrating player on the pitch. But when a player like Joe Cole gets going, we should be able to break any defence.
In the last few matches at the Bridge, a little bit of creativity is what we were missing. Lampard and Deco were always giving those intelligent passes but the forwards weren’t up to the mark to make the most of it. But yesterday, luckily we had Joe Cole in the forwards and he has some amazing chemistry with Lampard and that’s exactly what we were missing and what we need to open up defences. In terms of cunning intelligence, cheekiness, shrewdness and cleverness, the lot of Anelka, Kalou and Malouda are no match to Joe Cole. That’s why, even if Kalou had played instead of Anelka, he would have got a hattrick. I’m nto taking anything away from Anelka, but just stating what I feel. Feel free to disagree.
Ashley Cole got injured trying to score a goal. May be he is itching to score one, like our wonderkid Mikel. Looks like Ashlye would be out for a two to three weeks. I want him to play the match against Arsenal. Worry not Ashley, you’re destined to score against the goners! Would pay to see your celebrations.
Mineiro made his debut and played for over 20 minutes. Coming in at 5-0 for your team, you need to be horrible not to impress. Looks comfortable on the ball, makes decent passes but we need to see him in pressure situations. As a defensive midfielder, that would be his real test.
Drogba dropped in at the Bridge yesterday. It was still a ‘Iam-just-back-from-injury’ kind of game from Drogba. Scolari has said that it would be Anelka and not Drogba who would play against Roma mid next week. How many more weeks before we see the best of Drogba? I’m sure it’s not a coincidence that Anelka has started showing more hunder and desire as Drogba’s return got closer. To top it all, when Drogba finally made it to the bench, Anelka scores a hattrick? Freak coincidence or sole motivation?
Roy Keane was full of praise for Chelsea and branded us the probable champions this season:
Don’t take anything away from Chelsea. There is no shame losing to a team like that. When you are 5-0 down with 35 minutes to go and Didier Drogba is warming up I wished someone would fast forward that clock. But my players kept going. It has been a tough week for us, particularly having to come to Chelsea after they had had a defeat. We knew there would be a reaction and unfortunately we were on the end of it.
I never had a problem in my career with praising the opposition and I am happy to do that today. They’ve got the eye of the tiger back and with a new manager coming in and with all that coming together, they’re my favourites to win the league. I said it would be Manchester United last year, and I was right, but it’s difficult to win it three years in a row, and I think that gives Chelsea the edge.
I knew we were going to beat Sunderland. This being the match after the Liverpool defeat at the Bridge, the players owed something to the visiting home fans. There had to be a reaction in front of the home crowd. We had to be winning. But the weekend was made by the non-Chelsea results.
Arsenal lost 2-1 to that relegation battler . . er . . who was that . . Fulham? Not they lost to them already. Hull City? No no, they’re flying high plus they lost to them last week. Sunderland? No, they played us yesterday and goner already drew with them. Ah yes, it was Stoke City! Before the match, Arsene Wenger said something in the lines of ‘Delap’s throw-ins are a not a problem, we have a plan for it and anyway, they’d make something out of it only once in a month or two’. Yesterday, Stoke could make something out of the throw-ins, twice in the same match, once in each half. Don’t miss the video on van Persie’s red card. One of the funniest I’ve seen. Stoke scores two from throw-ins and Arsenal gets a stoppage time consolation goal that goes in after 28 deflections.
If Spurs were to be held by Arsenal ladies, who gets beaten by Stoke then? My mate cracked this one – They’re not Arsenal FC any more, they’re Arsenal LC (figure out!). It doesn’t get more humiliating that this. Arsenal are falling apart. Dressing room problems, fans losing faith with the manager, players getting restless and frustrated, fingers pointed everywhere – am I sympathetic? Freaking NO. I’m showing you my middle finger, you goners!
All hail uncle Harry! I don’t know if he gave them the magic potion but since he took charge they haven’t lost! So that’s a three-match undefeated streak for the Spurs!! Has the DVD come out? Ok, I’m all friends with the Spurs. If they continue this form, and if they could pick up some points from the top teams (excl us), that would be just perfect. What was fantastic about yesterday’s Spurs vs Liverpool match was, Liverpool got a dose of their own medicine as Spurs scored the winner in the 90th minute! Hey Rafa, you forgot to bring your lucky red handkerchief!
So, we top the table again. We’ve got Drogba back. Anelka is scoring and smiling (both being rarities). Alex not only steps in but also scores. Malouda is worthwhile. Joe Cole weaves his magic. Lampard is being Lampard. One more 5-0. Are we still not impressive Mr.Wenger? You know what, I love it when Arsenal become a laughing stoke. Enjoy this great weekend! Enjoy pissing off your friends that support the goners and dierpool. Catch you later Chelsitos!
The big question that needs answers!
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I AM SO HAPPY FOR THE RESULTS FOR TODAY…CHELSEA WINNING,ARSENAL LOOSING TO STOCKE..LOL AND MAN UTD BARELY WINING HULL THAT WE THRASHED 3 NIL….ITS A WONDERFUL WEEKEND…LOL
ALL EYES ON UNCLE HARRY
Anelka still needs to go. Di Santo needs a chance to prove himself.
dang..did we se the same game??????? dece was ok..but MOFM.. come ya
J cole, even thou he was sub, was ma man of the match.
who was the dude that came in for anelka? I was surprised! I was expecting di santo.
in a span of like 30 min, chelsea was awesome. and joe cole was superb.
mikel doing his thing. Cech did have one test and did this thing, Alex should have had two goals.. anelka stole one=) but it was nice to se him score and in defence he wasnt tested. Jose B is fast..but he is a ballhog!
now time to destroy Roma in the Championsleague
cant wait to read the recap of the game..BC=)
stay well blue-mates
stoke 2 arsenal 1…RVP RED CARD LOL!
jeez arsenal suck balls
BC stop hating. I mean you gotta give him propps fo trying. I would have understand if he didnt work hard. but hes trying and its not his fault that he is playin ahead of di santo, put the manager under the heat.
do I think he been great, nah I been as dissapointed as u are on anelka, but when he do something worth cheering for we gotta do that. u cant always judge him on past performers!
just unleashin ma thoughts on the topic
ait am out
I can’t believe it….Anelka is actually the BPL’s top scorer!
great game today. lampard my man was the man of the match. always spot on with his passes. he was amazing today. anelka’s hatrick was one of the most crappy hattricks i’ve ever seen.
this one’s from the BBC live updates:
1613: GOAL Chelsea 5-0 Sunderland
Penny for the thoughts of Roy Keane right now. It’s a calamitous display from his side, Florent Malouda crossing low from the left, Nicolas Anelka’s shot is half saved by the luckless Marton Fulop and the ball eventually bounces over the line. “That’s probably the worst hat-trick of his career,” says a colleague.
BC why do u say the worts hattrick u have seen. he did it right? be happy the guy played very well. dont be a hater. happy to se drogba back. lampard and alex was the MOTM
Joe Cole was superb…his anticipation is real high,too high for someone coming back from injury… he is the missing right wing that Bosingwa is looking for. Awesome for him…and for us. I only hope Didier had half his anticipation, but hey, lets not be critical on him as he is finding his feet, I dun mind him taking a bit longer, even uptill X’mas as the rest of the team is doing great.
BC, I must agree with Kuhulai, i hate Anelka as a footballer, striker… but tonight, he improves one thing tonight, putting in 3-yards sitter which we were cursing weeks ago. So lets hope this is the beginning of something for him. Malouda was great too getting in good areas to split the defense.
KTBFFH!!!
haha, Anelka is bbc´s player of the match with 8.12! never seen such a lucky guy, i wish him luck, and plz keep scoring. I don´t care if it deflects 3 times before it reaches to anelka´s foot, and his shot deflects another 3 times before it finds its net, main thing is that he should score.
and what, our 1000th goal is from a defender Alex!!! We have the highest scoring defenders in the entire football history i guess!!! its fun to watch….
Now it seems we are getting to the TSO mode, the winning mode, thats how I like it.
I did not go to SB this afternoon, as I had a few things to do, but listen it to the radio and everybody
was impressed with Chelsea. But what a difference it makes Deco, never understood why TSO didnt get
Deco before.
Anyway must go now.
WHAT A PERFORMANCE BY THE BLUE ARMY!!!!!!!!!
Great to see Anelka getting 3.Bring on Roma,I want another 5-0
WHAT A PERFORMANCE BY THE BLUE ARMY!!!!!!!!!
Great to see Anelka getting 3.Bring on Roma,I want another 5-0 Chelsea win.
WHAT A PERFORMANCE BY THE BLUE ARMY!!!!!!!!!
Great to see Anelka getting 3.Bring on Roma,I want another 5-0 Chelsea win.
And also Lampard’s 100th goal.Wonderful stuff!!!!
Hey BC
How are you?
have you post it your experience last summer when you visited SB?
C’mon man do it.
spurs vs. loserpool 2-1 (90 min)… a few min to go..
the luck is ova..or?????
Hell yeah Spurs! Chelsea go top!
game ova…
=)
blues back on top!!!
/go blue
WE ARE TOP OF THE TABLE YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
HATS OF FOR UNCLE HARRY
Im sure Lamps wd now be personally makin a call to uncle Harry for d small favour !!
Gr8 results overall.. Lamps getting his 100 th goal.. Anelka a hat-trick ?!?! Malouda playing sensible ?!? last bt nt d least joey boy having one of those days where he just works miracles !!! sad thing is now we can all look forward to him having a day off against the romans !!!! 
KTBFFH.. chow..
haha, this is a great day. spurs beat on form liverpool!!! thankyou Harry! now we can officialy celebrate for crossing 1000 goals!!!! ooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhh.
Quoting Carvalho’s friend @ 55273
Hey man! I’ve published them all already. Those articles are here.
Good to have you back!
back where we belong…NO. 1…great game by lamps and j. cole…away to a win at roma now..!!..hope anelka keeps finding the back of the net…one way or another..!
i was really hoping spurs would turn things around in the second half … which they did!! thats why im not worried about POOL!! they are an inconsistent team. Guys give Anelka a break!! he is just a quiet guy! AND HE LIKES WHEN THE BALL IS PLAYED ON THE GROUND AND NOT A BIG HOFFED OVER THE TOP! as we are not doing much anymore. With that said…. give the guy a chance its getting really annoying now… Chech had to be quick off his line to get the ball before Cisse thats all i saw him do. hopefully things calm down (injuries) and the younger players can get a chance in the Carling cup and FA cup
guys CHELSEA had the best win of the weekend… and you guys can check the stats … we have scored the most goals… least conceded! and the best margin of victory since the start of the new season…. thats speaks volumes…!! WE WILL WIN THE TITLE … DONT WORRY GUYS!!
guys CHELSEA had the best win of the weekend… and you guys can check the stats … we have scored the most goals… least conceded! and the best margin of victory since the start of the new season…. thats speaks volumes…!! WE WILL WIN THE TITLE … DONT WORRY GUYS!! we just need to do minor adjustment come January…. WE NEED A PLAN B unfortunately moron Kenyon cant see that.. hopefully scolari can convince him
(bastian schweinsteiger, and Aguaro are my picks… outsiders… Arshavin… Rakitic) for next summer Diego !!
+23 goal difference.. top of the league, Anelka hat-trick, superb performance from Joey, Deco getting back to his best, Lamps scores with another header, Alex scores Chelsea’ s 1000th Premiership League goal, Cech keeps another clean sheet to make it 100. JT celebrates his 10th anniversary since he made his debut and has now played 350 times for Chelsea, Drogba is back, Chelsea win 5-0, Arsenal lose, Liverpool lose….. I got soaking wet trying to get home from the game, but who cares? What a fantastic day and what a week. In the space of six days we have gone from despair to wonderland. Two games since Liverpool = two wins, eight goals scored and none conceded and we have played some fantastic football!!!
KTBFFH
Truely Awesome….!!! I know Joe Cole is a good player with this match he won so many hearts and I am the top listed. He moves so fast and he is Chelsea’s top jewel.
Full Kudos to Joe Cole.
Vijay Anil
What a win! How many 5-0 victories will we have this season?
I think BC should do a poll on that.
dont include 2 in the poll BC if you decide to do it!!!
LOL
lol i guess scolari knows with only anelka he cant beat liverpool or man utd easily so i think he s targettting to win against every other team . one can lose both games to man utd liverpool and win aginst everyone else to win the league and i think scolari is using his midfield to roll over any team . he is clever
scolari is looking for 1 or 2 new players this january. but if we are buying we have to sell they say. scolari is a big fan of sevilla striker (cant remember his name). i personally would like to se david villa and sweinsteiger in chelsea. what about u guys?
Perhaps the unbeaten run is over!!! Chelsea proved it today. We have got three ‘difficult’ away games coming up – Roma on Tuesday, then Blackburn next Sunday followed by WBA the following Saturday – oh in between we have Burnley at home in the Carling Cup on Wednesday 12th.
COME ON CHELSEA!!
ya man WBA will be most ‘difficult’ as you put it of all three away games [:)] and
@33 bluefan#1 is dat sevilla striker louis fabiano
I still see hating words about Anelka, even though, he had a superb outing today. These are the same people that dwell on the past by cheering on Jose Mourinho’s achievements with Chelsea even though he is long gone. People, people, stop complaining about the players and focus more on celebrating results and goals.
I believe that getting rid of Mourinho was the best thing that could ever happen to Chelsea. Look at Inter’s average season and the problems he is having with some of his players. I’m not doubting his abilities as a top coach, but his attitude stinks ass.
Finally, Scolari is the best thing that ever happen to us because his bringing juego bonito and results to our Chelsea. Mourinho would rarely bring entertainment to the masses by shutting down our offensive game after we would score. So to the haters, Anelka needs to stay because he deserves it. He is scoring almost every game when we need him. I know he scores what seems to be easy goals, but think again, it doesn’t matter how he scores them but that he does.
So haters and complainers, stop crying about Anelka and Malouda because they are not the enemy. You are the enemy by continuing to put down our players that play their socks off every weekend. By the way, you all prefer Drogba who is an excellent player but has no loyalty towards the team by voicing that he wants to leave on every inteview he does. Dedicated to all those Chelsea whinners.
To all of those celebrating Anelka as the hat-trick hero and and top scorer of the league: I’m only being realistic in saying… Did you see his goals? Today for example, the first one was clearly offsides (although fair to give because Alex was scoring anyway) and a tap-in after Malouda and the boys dissect Sunderland, and then a third goal that had no chance of going in against a great goalkeeper. He shot it straight at him!! Lucky deflection…
No Anelka goals have oozed class, which is what Chelsea should be all about. Look at Zaki’s strike against Liverpool… Now that’s a finish!
Anyway, I love Chelsea, and ALL Chelsea players, and as long as we’re winning I’m happy. Just don’t be fooled by the numbers; Anelka is by far not the best striker in England.
GREAT RESULT! I’m not an Anelka fan. But, the heck if I’m going to argue with a hat trick. If only Drogs were 100% again Chelsea would terrorize the EPL and Europe.
PRAYING FOR THE QUADRUPLE!
33. bluefan #1 … I pray for Bastian every day!!! (Iwonder if Klinsman would let him…. klins uses him very often!!) Daivd Villa is class I would love to see him her…..(he is a bit pricy)
Adonis – wake up son a goal is a goal no matter how it is scored – with the exception of Franks header all the goals were ‘tap ins’, enjoy it dont moan about it!!!
KTBFFH
For once in my life I have been right about a footballing matter : that Liverpool would bottle it soon !
bastain sweinsteiger is the best buy…he has the class nd skills that can match c.ronoldo
I LOVEE YOUU CHELSEAAAAAAAAAAA CHAMPIONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
when ballack is going to play??
liverpool are finally starting to understand what sets every other team above them in this seasons league
is it just me or is lampard averaging over a goal a game
drogba will be a massive asset for the big games until the end of the season. Anelka is not a big game player.
OMG!! Even the sulk can score a hattrick. Football, bloody hell!!
scolari really need a plan B…we are very good nw….just tt sometimes dealing with teams tha defend hard…we need to use plan B….I think scolari is thinking of getting players that can change the game easily….a lethal striker and a classy winger…is wat chelsea needs
To Liver(beatbySpurs)Pool- U’r never top Alone-5 days at the the top was too long
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Wats more umbelievable its the fact that some people love to predict 2-1 wins 4 the Blues & instead we come out with 5-0 . Even crazier its the fact that we have scored 8 times in 2 games- I know some teams that haven’t scored that much in their lifetime. Oh, wats next 8-0.
so what would all Anelka bashers have to say now…one says these were simple tap ins…but that’s were ’strikers’ are supposed to do…when Crespo did it he was called fantastic striker but when Anelka does it then its nothing….
BTW….what was run by THE ORDINARY ONE as a bullock-cart is being run as a Mclaren by Scolari….so does it not reflect badly at THE ORDINARY ONE….
Scolari has well understood team’s weaknesses..he is now asking for a ’special’ player who can change game with a moment of brilliance especially when opposition is stubborn like Cesspool in last week’s game at Bridge…this is an utmost need at the moment….
since66 – You have no idea my friend, I lost my voice cheering Anelka for the hat-trick so I my jumping was muted when he scored his third, cause my voice was already gone
I’m very much enjoying it, man!
But I’m also realistic… Anelka hasn’t performed to the best of his abilities. Not yet, anyways. I’m praying for that to happen.
Great analysis, BC, as always… You’re very right about Anelka’s smiling… He isn’t the happiest player on the pitch regularly, is he? I wish someone would stick some firecrackers in his shorts and have one go off every five minutes.
But he did well yesterday, you can’t take anything away from him. You get a hat-trick, the fans are happy with you. Simple equation
I still want to see a 7-0 or 8-1 against Roma, to better Man U.
They lost yesterday to Juve, so they’re on a horrible run. No reason for us not to demolish them as well…
From an Arsenal blog:
64-8 England players go all the way to the West Indies to get humiliated. At least Arsenal only had to go to Stoke.
LOL!
he he,that is my prediction for next game ef Chelsea:
Roma 0 – 2 Chelsea.
Goal score : Lampard,Anelka
Today is a good day!!!
and being a blue-fan I guess I will have a good year=)
BC great recap, but I have to disagree on a few things. A striker suppose to be selfish. its better he scores then alex. fo alex if he scores thats just a bonus. AND wat is this cause we “WANTED” him to???? ofcourse we him to score. how ever he gets the goal its great..cause that means he will be in the “goalscoring zone” and THATS ALL WE WANT out of him right. its all about doing wat ever you can to help the team win. Werent into it for stylepoints.
and till DD gets back Anelka is the best striker we have. and u said even Kalou would have had a hattrick? come ya.
and di santo, he just a prospect. he looks promising but anelka have proven himself in his on way.
and to say he doesnt celebrate or smile enought? I would say ur just trynna clown him anyway u can.
he havent been wat we have wanted out of s triker. I agree wit ya all, but he the league scoring leader we are on the top of the table, and all this despite not bein the nr one choice for the team. so wat is all the fuzz about?
other then that I do agree wit you. Lamps just doing wat he does best. night in night out he brings wat the team needs of him. he always show up. to seperate himself from the elit of the league and rest of the worldclass players, he need to outshine ppl on the big stages/agains the top teams. but he is gettin there to be one of the best.
ma man of the match goes to Joe cole. to come back from injury and have the impact he have was awesome to witness.
the way Ashely cole were playing if it wouldnt have been for his calf-injury he would have scored. dude spends more them in the box then our strikers lol
but lets not get to excited, were suppose to win these games.
lets take our A-game to roma, and I hope they try to win the game and not play as defensive as they did last time we played them. they lost to juve yesterday so I dont know what that mean but either way. if we do wat were suppose to, cant se us lose.
ait blue-mates
Not sure about you guys, but I’m beginning to wonder if the new Chelsea is able to take on “Big Teams”?? Sure we’ve thumped teams 4-0, 5-0 and what not. But what about the big teams this season? We struggled against a poor Tottenham. Lucky to get away with a draw against Man Utd. Even luckier to get away with a win against a Roma side destroyed by Inter the match before. And our poorest display in years in my opinion against a Liverpool side that looked like they were playing at Anfield.
It’s still early days, but it seems at the moment our status is a little inflated? Sure we’ve taken on many great teams in the past seasons but i’m talking about now. Does our squad really possess the depth everyone talks about? If we continue without an Essien or a Drogba can our squad win us the games that count?
I didn’t want to take anything away from the boys win today. A great victory but i’m left feeling a little concerned that our big victories are over opponents with a 1/1000 of our budget. Yet we havn’t measured up to the big boys this season.
@Michael
Dude just chill it a bit, we are top of the pile, scoring goals for fun and playing expansive footy, yes we have no played particularly well in the big matches but if u take every match than in the Spuds game we were on top till they scored a lucky equaliser after which were unable to break them down but hey they drew with Arsenal at the Emirates 4-4, they just beat Loserpool, so i wont fret too much on that result.
Roma, well i think we all expected Roma to come and play like that, they are in dire straits in their league(just lost to to Juve yesterday), languishing deep down in the Serie a table, and they put out a bus to stop us, but we eked out a solid win, we were hardly threatened in that match, now Manure, well dude they are a quality team no doubt abt it ok, they are not the regning english and european champs for nothing, but we hammered them to their goal in that second half and it was a game of two halves, the first one was theirs and the second ours, we had Carvy injured within i think 15 mins of the match, Drogs and Essien were also not there, also Deco pulled out just before the match, so i was hapy with a draw
the loss to looserpool was i agree a very bad result but hey they played better, their strategy and formation was spot on they got that lucky deflection and just crossed the winning line so fair play to them, but lets give Scolari some time to get some players back and to try out new tactics, he himself has said that we do need a Plan B and we are working on it, Drogs is back so i trust him to get one ready pretty soon, its just been 11 games into the season man, its Scolari’s first and we are leadin the table so just cheer up and trust him and stop being such a prophet of doom….
Cheers Blue boys
Ive gotta say mate, I freaking love reading your articles, so clear, positive (although thats not hard lately
) and to the point, keep it up !
great win!!!
this is our year as barca is topping la liga … or should i say they are topping as we are topping.. anyways when ever we top they do too..
i think the happiest man today will be gallas… if he was yesterday he would have been ra**d by their pathetic fans…
cmon u chels
some not so good news
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/sport/football/article-1082381/Abramovich-sacks-15-Chelsea-staff-Scolari-raise-cash-new-players.html
and a very bad news
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/sport/football/article-1082382/Injured-Chelsea-star-Essien-faces-months-out.html
dont get so excited guysssss
its only sunderland and not any of the big 4
i m not being negative
but we havnt played that good against top teams
blabliblublu , i agree with you
Keep the blue flag flying high……
Jus stopping by to big up the blue boyz
I dnt think I’ve ever been so ‘into’ Chelsea since I’ve been a fan…….
Almost like I am just watching our games and counting to see how much goals we gonna score on the day
P.S: this is the first good game by any stretch of the imagination that Malouda has had in a Chelsea shirt
Blues 4 Lyphe!!!!!!
get off Nico’s back. He may not be as deadly as Torres or as passionate as drogba but he is scoring even if some of the goals are dodgy. let’s support him. I would keep my opinion till we see him play regularly with Drogs then we will know how good he is. He is certainly not one to play alone up front. he loves to move, dribble, set up, move into space. I will not give up on him. many of us giving up on him were not willing to give up on Sheva tho the latter was not giving us goals at the rate Nico is doing at the moment.
Michael @56
I agree with his/your comments.
I’ve even said this before the season started. Chelea needs to beef up their squad with a couple of signings. I think we are in a desperate need for quality forwards.
Cheers
What a great weekend it was! I know we need our team to get healthy and perhaps some help up front but I won’t dwell on the negative things. How about Joe Cole?!? If he can be as consistent as Lampard, and Drogba makes a strong return, the quadruple will be quite a strong possibility! But for now the important thing is that we’re back on top of the league, where we belong.
Pensioner @56 if we need to beef up our squad as u say..wat is every other PL team gonna say. if DD can stay healthy we will be alright.
whe might bring in someone in jan, but then we have to ofload someone as well. I still think we have the strongest squad in europe.
its all the injuries that have messed up things, I cant even remember last time we had a fully fit squad.
lets stick to wat we have, and get the “W” cause thats wat its all about, Winning.
injurys are part of the game and hope we have got our share of that 4 the rest of this season.
so for in the young season, I dont wanna lable him most improved but the surprise of the season have to be MIKEL. he playing like a veteran.
I wonder wat form cech is in??? he is hardly tested. I hope they making him earn his cash in practice=)
But he is a beast and am glad he´s in out team.
aint M Ballack ready to hit the pitch soon???
anyone?
/go chelsea
correction Pensioner @64
Hey BC,
u seem to be really anti-anelka, i mean there is no article published without any comments being made agaist anelka and his football lol, well so am i, really dont look at him as an ideal forwar for chelsea, but i was just curious to ask u ,, have u always disliked him ? i mean as a youngster in arsenal, he was quite a good forward, back then i had enjoyed some of his qualities, how did u feel abt him bak then?
This if for Nick.How can you even say that jose leaving chelsea is the best thing to happen.U just turn your pages back.There was a season we won with 95 points and 75 + goal difference.There was another season in which teams wont even think of beating Chelsea, let alone home win.I still remember a middlebrow game where we lost.After the match some other teams manager saying “The Middlesbrough win gives a feeling that Chelsea is also beatable.Chelsea were considered unbeatable once.Scoring goals against them was a dream for many a teams.Chech kept 11 clean sheets in a row.Nick How can you forget all those ?
I am not against scholari.I love chelsea more than anyone.Right now we are doing a great job.That doesn’t give us any right to scold our old team.I still love robben for he once was a chelsea player.I have this minute soft corner to even gallas eventhough he talked against us.All because he was a part of a Chelsea family once.
Nick you should understand that Mourinho was great manager with a lot of attitude.I am very proud to say that he was our manager with records and without records because he always kept his team close to his heart.
I still remember his wishes to scolari “I wish all the best to scolari at my chelsea”.so nick you are no one to question his love for chelsea.A man who love chelsea this much can never bring harm to our team.so please dont say that jose absense is good for chelsea.
Nick I request you to take those words back
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well said niju!Jose Mourinho and Scolari are the best!
Looks like Scolari will have to sell one in order to buy a new player in January. We are no longer richest club in the world or ever were not. He is searching a player who can offer us different kind of service in attacking department. The one could be decent winger or forward. I am thinking about who we can get in January but there is not many. Maybe we can choose from few average players who are not expensive. Otherwise, we cannot afford the likes of Aguero, Benzema or Diego in January. Who should we sell then ? I have no one coming in my mind other than P. Ferriera. But he won’t worth millions.
Quoting MourofEssien @ 55369
your right Anelka is one of the best strikers we have and he already scored 9 goals for us and sheva berly scored goals for us. Give Anelka a chance………..
Lets put it like this:
Anelka at his mediocore form – will score 9 goals
Anelka at his best form – How manay goals?
But right now anelka is scoring goals in his mediocore form. We need a Anelka who scores at his best form. So a little bit of bashing here and there will do only good to him.
@71 nice one bruv, lets give Anelka a chance, he is not scoring the best goals but he is working hard 4 the team, that’s important enuff 4 me. On the game itself super frank was gr8 and so was joey. The made the whole team look different – always movin. I loved the 3rd and 4th goal most, 4 the skills displayed and the weightiness of the passes and movement ofcourse. Good game hpe we can keep it up and better it 2morrow
Thanks Jo. I would like to hear what nick says about this.
Patience Chelsitos, patience! Rooney nor Tevez is a striker but Man U have done quite well with them! Anelka is not a striker, he’s a poacher who likes to move around. Once Drogba is healthy we should pair them up. Drogba is our big man that we can target and Anelka can move around him to create space for the pair of them. Much akin to how Ronaldinho was at Barca, he was up top as a forward but was behind Gilardino creating space and what not. These type of forwards are not a bad investment. For the time being yes we need a backup out and out striker. Di Santo is big enough and has pace but does he have the strength that Drogba can have at times (when he isnt busy being a pushover as it seems its 50/50 with him)? Anelka is producing, we’ve lost 1 and tied twice. This is not a bad start to the season. The only thing we need to do is get Di Santo experience if we are not going to offload Kalou and others to get a bigger name striker. I would personally stick with Anelka and only pick up a replacement for Malouda if he continues to waste opportunities. Anelka wasting opportunities as a striker should happen, its not how he plays. Malouda should not be squandering his chances when he is playing the exact role that he is supposed to be so brilliant at.
I think our season will come down to how the front 4 – Malouda, Drogba, Anelka, and Joe Cole – play and if they are able to stay healthy enough to mesh and play well together. With those 4 playing to their ability up front, the addage of Ashley Cole and Bosingwa bombing forward and Lampard pushing up as well I think we will be able to afford to miss the likes of Michael Essien and Michael Ballack. As long as our back four is stable with no more than one or two out at a time (two is pushing it, depending on who it is that is out). Mikel is playing splendidly as well. Thus, from now until January, if we are talking about player transfers we should only focus on Malouda and a backup for Drogba. Expendables? Malouda, Kalou, and Ivanovic. Replace them with two younger but stabler players and two more youth prospects should be a fair deal.
umm 8 goals in 11 games is actually a very good return for a striker. sure he aint the type of player to make a goal from nothing but he allows a scoring player when our midfield dominates.
Supposedly scolari has been given a 10 million pounds to work with, what kind of player can you get for 10 mill? Better to give more time to the youth.
What happened to the 30 million pounds or so that was supposed to be used on Robinho? Why can’t we use those funds in January?
Roman is sticking to the balancing the club by 2010 really hard. Due to our tarnished image and the financial situation globally, he wants us to excel with who we have rather than keep signing big players that underperform. We can get rid of 2 players and bring in 4-5 others. I would assume he would not mind more academy and reserve talent to be acquired due to his recent dismantling of the scout team. Thus we’ll have to sell a few players to get around 20mil pounds (give or take) and then be able to buy a 10mil pound player, a 5mil, and the other 5mil can be spent on quite a few youngsters.
[69. Niju ] “comments of JM” … well said, but would like to add that unlike many, I would also thank Raneiri for he was at the start of Roman’s era and he did contribute to what we are today. We are definitely not overnight success team like others had mention as Chelsea did go thru the nurturing process to be at our status. Those who dare say Chelsea had no history only because they did not bother to find out more, but we BLUES fan, we know our history, we know where we came from and nobody can take that from us. KTBFFH!!!
Guys
I heard someone mention ZAKI … what do u think about getting him??…. why do we have to sell first ?? what about that 30 Mil we have to pay for Robinho??
Fabio Borini…is coming up as well guys.. (out our youth system)
For your info, ZAKI and TEVEZ are on full season loan contract, meaning they will only be available for purchase end of the season unless their current tenant decided to release them unconditionally, which has a probability of none, ZERO. I do fancy us adding one more Attacking player but if it means we have to lose Ivanovic, then I rather not. I would prefer if it is Paulo Fereira, simply because I love him as a footballer and a strong left back. He has served us well and we need to acknowledge that we’ve got Bosingwa and Belletti ahead of him, I hate to see him losing his place in Portugal and I think he deserves weekly football. I would love to see Ezequiel Lavezzi at the Bridge, (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BAmpvZlzsE&feature=related), he is not Drogba or a strong Joe Cole, is something else, something we don’t have. We don’t need replacement, we need alternatives. I would go as far as rating him a “Zola” potential. Call me crazy, but would die to see him in our jersey.
The reserves lost at home to Stoke City reserves tonight – 2-0
And to top it off, Loserpool lost to Tottenham 2-1 (who is 5th from bottom, I think).