Comments on: Have Chelsea become ‘weaker’ under Scolari?

By: I fully support Scolari’s mid-season sack! | Beddington Rangers

I fully support Scolari’s mid-season sack! | Beddington Rangers — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:42:16 +0000

[...] more demanding now. Trophyless seasons are fine as long as we show some promise. Under Scolari, we have lost all we’re known for, we’ve got into all the bad habits that we’re never known for. No one fears Chelsea anymore. [...]

By: BlueChampion

BlueChampion — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:11:39 +0000

Kalou is not as bad as he is made out to be. I’m comparing here the END PRODUCT of Kalou and Joe Cole, ONLY to prove that Kalou is not as poor as joeblue calls him. Some of Joeblue’s comments on Kalou have been downright nauseating. I would never speak about a Chelsea player like that. I know why Kalou is being treated like this by some. Anyway, here are the stats:

08/09 season
Joe Cole – 2 goals & 3 assists in 11 starts
Salomon Kalou – 2 goals & 3 assists in 7 starts

07/08 season
Joe Cole – 9 goals & 7 assists in 42 starts
Salomon Kalou – 9 goals & 7 assists in 31 starts

06/07 season
Joe Cole – 2 goals & 0 assists in 9 starts
Salomon Kalou – 9 goals & 10 assists in 25 starts

05/06 season
Joe Cole – 11 goals & 4 assists in 34 assists

04/05 season
Joe Cole – 9 goals & 2 assists in 34 starts

03/04 season
Joe Cole – 3 goals & 3 assists in 25 starts

Overall

Joe Cole = 36 goals & 19 assists in 155 starts | 35%
Salomon Kalou = 20 goals & 20 assists in 63 starts | 63%

And now, don’t try to deviate the topic and try to say I’m comparing Kalou with Joe Cole or trying to say Kalou is better than Joe Cole or something. I’m NOT trying to say that. All I’m trying to say that is, going by the end product, Joeblue’s account of Kalou is completely WRONG and UNFAIR!

By: BlueChampion

BlueChampion — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:09:52 +0000

[quote comment="62081"]Kalou, lol, he is the biggest overrated crap buy i have seen in a Chelsea shirt and thats something when Jose Mourinho is ur manager, he is over 23 now, the question i wld ask: is Kalou anywhere near another 23 year old prospect of a top team?? Barca have Messi and Bojan who are much much younger to him, is Kalou fit to wipe their boots?? Madrid have Higuain even he has had as much time at Madrid i think as Kalou has had at Chelsea, infact he is younger, can Kalou even iron his shorts?? or Rooney and Tevez of United?? or Torres of L’pool, or even Adebayor of Arsenal?? Pato of Milan?? or Balotelli of Inter??
NOBODY has a god given right to get his own damn place in the team, when u play for big clubs like Chelsea u must be good enugh to snuff ur chances when u get the opportunity, or be ready for a kick on the way out, do u even realize BC that all the players i have mentioned above are either as old or mostly much younger than Kalou?? its not like Kalou does not get his chances, what is his scoring record?? can he score wonder goals?? can he beat quite a few players for dead?? can he get in vicious balls?? can he take freekicks??
lets start by what is is that this clown can do except for aimlessly running around and giving the ball away…

Do u think Kalou owns the team that he wld get in at whatever position he wants?? Messi played bits and parts role, and had to acomodate to the manager to even get a snuff of the team ,now look at him, Bojan even after having so much talent cant even get on the pitch, Pato scored on his debut for Brazil, he had been brilliant in his debut season for Milan and is now a definate starter, very player has to make his own place in the team and at big clubs even that is no garuntee for first team football,[/quote]

Just saw the above comment now.

I would insult or ridicule that he is not even fit to wipe the boots of other players and all that’s. That’s another disgusting comment that can come from a fan. Okay, let’s say Kalou is the worst player in the Chelsea squad (if that’s make you happy). So what? In a squad of 28 players, you tend to have 4 or 5 players who just are not of top quality.

If we have team full of Lampards, Essiens, Terrys and Drogbas, why would we need Scolari?

By: abhinav

abhinav — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 09:57:22 +0000

I think…the problem is….now under LFS, Chelsea has lost all creativity. There is lot of possession in 90 mins, but where ? MIDFIELD. Chelsea keeps passing the ball left and right and left again with NO INTENT on scoring a goal. Sometimes (means whenever the have the intent) the pass the ball to Bosingwa-den he has his HIT-N-HOPE shot (somebody plz head it in !) – that nobody finishes. I guess thats the only way Scolari thinks Chelsea can score a goal !!
Under (highly critised for his lack of emotion) AG, Chelsea were SURE, that nobody can score against them and whenever they find scoring chances (there always be some chances), they would score. Now I even see our defense collapsing (compared with earlier standards) even with the slightest of creativity by the other team.
LFS can learn from other teams HOW TO ATTACK with some CREATIVITY. Mid table teams can surely defend well if they know, only attack from chelsea would come from Boswingwa’s HITnHOPE shot. And about Anelka, unless he’s presented an easy ball, an open goal, no defender- he does nothing. He doesn’t has pace, no physical strength (I don know why does he start !!). Even Joe Cole or Belletti have better IQ to be a forward !!
Deco, apart from Chelsea’s initial 3 4 games, has gone useless. He hasn’t been able to deliver accurate passes (people who watched West Ham match would know it), forget the CREATIVITY.
The real test would come in away matches with the top 4. Lets see if LFS can change the things around.

By: ramirez

ramirez — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 09:22:35 +0000

[quote comment="62207"]sad to see a blue telling us that ag was beeter than scolari!!![/quote]

it’s even more sad to see a self-proclaimed blue calling the chelsea squad as a crap squad. you’re right sammy. i’m never going to forget this line from joeblue as long as i visit this blog. lack of football knowledge from casual fans who claim to understand the game is what’s killing such online communities.

it’s just yuck . . .

By: Sammy

Sammy — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 07:43:10 +0000

ha ha . . joeblue is back at it again. he nevers answers the question being asked. never participates in the discussion. deviates the topic to something of his choice. and in the process abuses one thing or the other about chelsea. he called lampard a cement sack. he racially abused our own african players. and in now, he calls the chelsea squad a ‘crap squad’. you guys still believe this guys knows anything about football at all? even if he knows can he be a chelsea fan/supporter? i don’t know even one chelsea fan who would call this chelsea squad a crap squad? we’ll never forget his crap comment joeblue . . you are a disgrace . . please buzz off . . we are all chelsea fans here and this is a chelsea blog. your blog is here.

BC – you’re wasting your time on joeblue. he will never respond to your questions. he has no sense of logic at all. if he has nothing to say, he will slowly disappear and re-appear after a few days with the same nonsense.

on the fantastic topic, yes chelsea have certainly become weaker under scolari. i would even say scolari has weakened chelsea. that’s the right way to put it. if scolari can’t make chelsea play decent football with this squad, then there is no point is having a scolari as the manager. if we have a team full of top players, why do we need scolari at all? i’d rather have good, young success-hungry manager for less than half the price we pay for scolari.

By: niks

niks — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 05:47:21 +0000

at above
sad to see a blue telling us that ag was beeter than scolari!!!
could u giv me the stat of how many players came out openly against ag and scolai???????
u like apples????
apple that muppet

By: BFDS

BFDS — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 22:37:36 +0000

It’s time to say “I told you so”!!!!!

I told you: the 1st day AG came that the man can bring nearly 100% of his teams and that’s what he did!!!!!110% I say

I told you: LFS is coming for the $$$$ and he is way over the hill!!

But I told you one more thing:
LFS has luck that AG lack
The way Man U, Arsenal & Liverpool play, Chelsea still has great chance to win it!!

As usual here are some stats I always like to give you
After 26 games as Chelsea manager LFS is behind AG in about any parameter
Wining %
LFS= 57.69%
AG = 66.67%
Losing
LFS= 11.54%
AG = 9.26%
Average points per game in the EPL
LFS = 2.11
AG = 2.31
For any other stats just ask and ill provide

By: IwasMissingJose

IwasMissingJose — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 22:06:37 +0000

@ Vinton Lindo,

my friend, i don´t want to argue with you. So lets discuss. And i hope you agree that in discussions both positive and negative sides have to be weighed.

P.S.

what 2 questions? If you could adress those 2 questions in short, i would´t have to waste time searching it. Coz´you know, normally your posts are as big as an esaay, and they are full of you´re this and you are that stuff that i skip most of it.

By: TruePlatinum

TruePlatinum — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 21:53:41 +0000

tbf has the problems in a nutshell, maybe we should offload players like ferreira, malouda and kalou and look for more dimensional players that are going to bring instant change. Ballack obviously wants to retie on a high so id expect to have him until the end of the 09-10 season, but his leaving can open up alot of doors