If you read any headline like ‘Chelsea back to winning ways at Stamford Bridge’, don’t believe them yet. Scolari made some crucial corrections in the team selection and formation for today’s game. He started with both Drogba and Anelka. He dropped Deco. He also dropped his thoroughly worn out and found out 4-1-4-1. The moment I saw these changes ahead of the kick off, I was sure that we’ll get the three points somehow. Common sense just prevailed.
Drogba scored early and settled our nerves. We have really missed these early goals. A goalless first half would have made got me really worried. Then, Lampard scored a fantastic goal. He’s been due a goal and this one is a special one. Amidst all the congestion and chaos in the box, look how much time and space Lamps gets to control the ball and to chip it over the goalie. Superb goal.
A victory always papers the cracks. Invariably. While we can enjoy this moment, we should not allow a win at home over West Brom let us think that we are well and truly back. But for the two goal moments, we were pretty wasteful in attacks. Both goalscorers, Drogba and Lampard were guilty of not scoring further when easier opportunities were there. You simply can’t deny that we have better penetration of defence, with Drogba in the team. Anelka was impressive as well with his action in the final third. It was nice to see Anelka work hard to create chances for his team mates. Anelka certainly has a powerful and accurate long shot in his weaponry. It’s a pity that he doesn’t try those ones nowadays.
One thing I don’t still understand is the value of Anelka moving all over pitch and losing possession like he never wanted the ball. Why would a left wing player walk around in the right midfield? Is he given a free role? If yes, I can’t believe this. He is not a type of a player who can be given a free role. Absolutely not. If no, he is simply being indisciplined. This was not the first match where he was found wandering in unusual zones. I would not have a problem, if he is trying to help his team mates or he is trying to interchange positions with someone else. He does none of that. He loses possession and he can’t even win free kicks. My next piece of advice to Scolari is: Restrict Anelka to his zone. He has neither the pace nor the creativity to cover too much ground.
On a day when Liverpool and Man Utd won their matches, I wouldn’t have worried too much about how we notch our win. But I also got to watch the matches of the other teams in top four – Liverpool, Man Utd and Aston Villa. Their performances have something in common while ours is the odd one out. They seem to play with tremendous confidence which we now lack. It’s been the case for the last few weeks. Even in the weekends were all top four drew, our draw was the shoddiest of them all. That story continues when we win too. Frank Lampard has spoken to the press on Chelsea’s problem of lack of self confidence. It just shows when you see Chelsea on the pitch. That’s why I’m not too convinced with this win. West Brom didn’t really test us. They didn’t really challenge us. A winning run that includes a scalp of Man Utd would heal almost anything.
I’m very happy with the fact that Scolari made a few changes today. I thought he was playing Deco when he was very poor. Scolari dropped him. I thought 4-1-4-1 is the reason why our game is very tired and predictable. He changed it to 4-3-3. I wanted Drogba to start. He did and scored too. I wanted both Drogba and Anelka on the pitch. They were there. I want few more things from Scolari. We should play 4-4-2 with Drogba and Anelka as strikers. Give Belletti some starts in the midfield. Check if Wayne Bridge on the left midfield is any useful. Untick the ‘free role’ box for Anelka. Encourage players like Lampard, Ballack, Anelka and Drogba to shoot from distance. Did anyone think we play better when Belletti plays instead of Bosingwa? Some rotation here and there is very healthy and also keeps the opposition on the toes. Give the young players a chance when we have an unassailable lead, at least. That’s it.
Fulham next. I’m looking forward to this West London derby on Sunday. Fulham have a great home record this season. Should be a very interesting match. Anyway, with Scolari coming back to his senses, I’m feeling lot more relaxed and confident.
Fulham away is always an exciting match. For some reason when they play us they usually play as if their in the world cup finals. That game is very important to both sets of fans, remember Chelsea FC was formed when the boys at Fulham FC refused to share their pitch. :)
Agree with you BC.
Why don’t we try to play Bridge on the left midfield and Joe on the right? He’s got an attacking and defensive ability and pace.
Give Mikel a license to involve in the attack, specially if there is some one like Belletti or Bridge partnering him in the middle.
Bosingwa is having a pretty good season so far. He has been the player that Chelsea were missing on that right back position for years. But he looks tired nowadays and becoming less and less effective in attack. He was constant threat on the right hand today but at the same time, the crosses he delivered were just not good enough. I surely can understand that. I am sure if he receives a bit rest, he will do what he does the best. Having three (also Ivanovic can play as a right back) or four players on the right, there must be rotation. Ferriera is a fine player. Belletti too had a fine game today.
I want Scolari to make Chelsea unpredictable. Given the squad he’s got, we can see 2 or 3 different Chelsea play in 90 minutes. Since the players are coming back from injuries, give others chance to show what they can do and make them compete for their places. I also want Scolari to be aggressive on his selection. If a player underperforms or doesn’t reach the expectation, drop him and make him understand one bad performance is just enough. If a player plays exceptionally well, praise him and tell the boy that he was an outstanding and lift his confidence up.
—————–Cech————–
-Bosingwa-Carvalho-Terry-A.Cole-
—Joe–Mikel–Lampard–Bridge–
———Anelka—-Drogba———
—————–Cech—————
–Belletti–Carvalho–Terry–A.Cole-
–Bosingwa–Mikel–Lampard–Joe–
———–Kalou—-Drogba———
—————–Cech—————–
–Ivanovic–Carvalho–Terry–A.Cole-
———Ballack—-Mikel————-
——-Joe—–Lampard—–Deco—-
—————-Drogba—————
playing belletti and bosingwa on the same time would be more than enough for any team to handle, it would allow us to pressure the opposition as soon as they get the ball back.
bridge isn’t as quick as may be thought. the thing about bridge and cole is the same as joey and swp, they are two halves of a brilliant player
wayne bridge makes me feel relaxed when he is attacking, he is clever with his passing and has a very accurate shot but he worries me when i watch him defend, he always makes me feel uneasy. ashley has so much speed, he takes out those flair players we hate and provides cover on the left, but the problem is he has no attacking instinct, he is not confident in trying to get past other players on the break, if he gets over that, he could pick up a fair number of goals
i think scolari was experimenting, but i doubt he’s happy with today
great win and an even more moral boosting performance for the Drogs! Everything seemed to be in full flow as J. Cole and Anelka (and pretty much everyone else that surrounded Drogs) was given free space since the big man commanded so much attention. Sublime albeit (seemingly) lucky 3rd minute goal is what we need to open teams up so we can actually watch some football as opposed to just watching are team play and the other counter.
Great stuff from West Brom and good spirit of the game.
And about damn time he gave Deco some food for though (or maybe just the rest lol) so he can gather his thoughts and regain some momentum after realizing that he will be dropped if needed. Are boys need to find some consistency now and we are on our way because Liverpool and United (after watching them against Stoke) will be sure to drop some points unusually along the way and we have to be above the normalcy of what seems to be a trend for the big four in dropping points almost every week.
Love my blues…and we’re destined for some silverware this season!
And BC…
I think Joey and Anelka were both given a free lance to just switch flanks and team up with one another when a particular side was working. That’s what it seemed like to me at least. And I think that works fine as defenders will always be tormented by the switching of opponents as once they get used to one, here comes the other… or both if we’re really in sync. Marvelous play by all of the men up top and with Drogba on the pitch he alone attracts at least two defenders each time which in turn frees up space for Joey (whom had a brilliant game!) as well as Anelka (who thrives on free space!) to wreak havoc all game. Although this was lowly West Brom that we’re talking about… I feel as though if we play this type of “fashionable” and more importantly EFFECTIVE football, we will win a majority of our games and without a doubt beat anyone we come across. And if need be… we can always pack the midfield with Scolari’s favored 1-4-1-4-1 as I think we should do against Juventus once we gain the upper hand at the Bridge.
A real test will come at Fulham though… and I’m going all balls in by claiming a win by at least 2 goals! Being that we start Drogs and Anelka once more. And not a bad call for a 4-4-2 as long as we put some customization on that formation being that playing a flat back and flat middle isn’t really the best thing in the modern game.
@IwasMissingJose
maybe if you didn’t ignore those question the first time I presented them as they were one of the only few things I but in bold you would have seen it and answered it by then! and I too am no longer looking to waste my time and argue over nonsense when I know either way with you believing what I have to say and agreeing with it or continuing to hold your own opinion based on the Mourinho factor won’t change the fact that he isn’t here so what and if he would have did this or that is therefore irrelevant! And for your benefit here were the original two questions I posted to you.
1) WHERE IS MOURINHO NOW? AND IN RETROSPECT TO THAT QUESTION HOW DOES BRINGING HIM UP HELP OUR CURRENT SITUATION?
2)DOES YOU WISHING MOURINHO WAS HERE CHANGE WHAT HAS HAPPENED OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST MONTH?
PS – To think, that even when I go to full lengths to stress my points and show you that you were being ridiculous with the constant Mou babble just goes to show that you weren’t getting it because you simply choice to not read and YET AGAIN ignore what was being said. So if you choose to answer those questions, that is fine. There will be no more ill will on my part as you nor I ever really need to reference our comments to one another unless something one has said is direly off track with reality!
And buddy, I most certainly agree that both the positives ad negatives have to be weighed, but I also stress that when we bring up the positives… THAT OUR TALK BE RELATIVE TO REALITY! And when I say that, my whole deal was making all of the Mou supporters understand that no matter what he would or could have done (which is what most of your argument was based on, which in reality is pure assumption being that he is NOT HERE!) is irrelevant to REALITY! and that it has no place here if we are to truly discuss what the situation is at hand!
And as long as one stares clear of the personal attacks… I won’t have to call you a “Mourinho lover” as I do not know you personally, but I will hold my opinions about how people are portrayed through their comments and seemed mindset unless I feel I have been disrespected. Fair enough I think…
As long as Drogba is fit, we don’t need a new striker. Having Drogba back in form is like a new signing. Loved the write up BC and it’s great to see that LFS is finally coming to his senses. Even though we were supposed to beat West Brom, we’re atleast regaining our form as a team.
@BC
agree with you about bridge playing on the left wing,but i think scolari did the right thing today by not bringing im on,
coz i think he is going to get a full 90 min at fulham,after ashley had played 70 min,i hoped that scolari didnt get bridge on.
there is hardly any time between these games,my guess is that bridge n deco will start n get a full game,perhaps ballcak wont start
good choice to bring off bosingwa at half time,that guy really needed some rest n we can still play him on sunday.
anyways west brom were hardly in there in the match,1st half was a walk in the park for us,2nd half was ok,they didnt attack that good,n we didnt finish in the 2nd half.im happy that we didnt push that much becoz of the sunday game.
hope for 3 more pts this sunday,n hope man utd or liverpool drop some more.
go chelsea.
I’m happy we won, but I wasn’t so satisfied with the performance. I don’t want to be negative but I felt we should have scored a couple more, and even though we had some class finishing from Drogba and Lampard I felt like we would pass around their box but not threaten too much. It was a comfortable victory, since I was sure West Brom couldn’t score, but I would’ve liked to see some more shots on goal. Drogba coming off early means he will most likely start on Sunday also, its a huge boost having him in our lineup. Hopefully they win in more convincing fashion against Fulham but 3 points is 3 points
“While we can enjoy this moment, we should not allow a win at home over West Brom let us think that we are well and truly back. But for the two goal moments, we were pretty wasteful in attacks. Both goalscorers, Drogba and Lampard were guilty of not scoring further when easier opportunities were there.”
Exactly how I feel BC, I was expecting a much heavier scoreline from Chelsea, and for this reason I still have reason to worry. I feel like Drogba is still getting to where he needs to be, he’s not quite there yet even though that was a fantastic header. I’d like to see the midfielders lash out some deep shots, but where has Ballack been this season? He should be fit and it seems as if he’s not making much of an impact. Anelka seems a little lost out on the wing, and as you said was out of position at times.
Looking ahead to Fulham, I think this will be a test for Chelsea. In all of Fulham’s league games there has not been more than 3 goals combined from both teams. They have already achieved scoreless draws at Anfield and Villa Park, as well as earning a scoreless draw at Tottenham and defeating Arsenal at home. They have already had 5 scoreless draws this season so surely they won’t mind parking the bus in front of goal and playing for a point. They are 8th in the table thanks to their defensive tactics and are one of the few teams who have a positive goal difference. I don’t think this will be an easy match at all but I think it’s better that we are playing on the road, perhaps we will have more space to play in. Chelsea will need to be more aggressive than they were vs. West Brom to unlock a more tricky defense.
I am not at all impressed with the way we played yesterday…..it was a an absolute lacklustre performace against a pathetic westbrom side….they should have been beaten atleast 7 nil or 8 nil (atleast)……..the finishing as usual was very very poor….from seeing these guys play i am sure that something is not right at the club…..either its the manager or the big names…..the way these guys are playing suggests to me that some of them are just not interested in soccer anymore or they are just forced to take the field cuz they have a contract obligation to fulfill….one thing is for sure that scholari is not a motivator…..i think the club needs a pep talk from an inspirational person…..the onus of provide that lies more with terry now as he is the one who has to pull the players together and take them forward…..on the other front this chelsea squad needs a major oherhaul this coming summer…..the squad has no pace left, no creativity remaining….most of them are old enough to pick and choose a pension plan for themselves (maybe thats the reason we are also called “pensioners”….lol)..and when you see the match then you begin to wonder if most of the players can even last for the entire 90 minutes…we were not at all active in the last transfer window as the only player we brought was the ageing deco (bosinwa was signed before LFS came in) and i frankly feel that we will now have to pay the price for not acquiring fresh blood as this could be another trophyless season …..with this display and attitude the guys are showing recently we can also forget about getting any closer to winning the title….
@BC
Hope you saw yesterday why i amcalling for Tansistion to be started?????????
Good to see That Kalou is Far Below The Pecking Order………….Malouda atleast hold the ball and atleast let others do their work………..Joe showed why he is our best winger……….Deco’s dropping was more to do with shifting back to 4-3-3 than his form……………..Ivanovic was excellent and he reminds me off a certain carvalho……….
@ BC
just saw ur comments the other day abt Kalou, u can scoff up the stats that dont even tell half the story, Kalou scores sub standard tap ins mostly against lowly oppositions, while Joey has been top class against the top teams of not only England but Europe, i dont think anybody can forget how he rolled apart Rio when we won the title, or his incredible performance against Spuda last year, he was awesome aginst Villa, i still remember him and Duff picking apart Barca at Bridge,no Kalou in 20 lifetimes cant even imagine to do all that, i hope yesterday you saw the match, and if you did just wait and see the Joe Cole we all know is coming back, if ur stats were all so jolly good BC i doubt why Avram, Scolari and even ur god Jose wld rate him ahead of Kalou, mark my words he will burn oppositions soon and make u mince ur words, but i doubt for Kalou u can even say that to me…
SELL NOW: Malouda,Ballack,Belletti.
Buy Now:Vagner love,Marek Hamsik
dear Vinton Lindo,
thanks for your questions.
so my answers are as follows,
1) WHERE IS MOURINHO NOW? AND IN RETROSPECT TO THAT QUESTION HOW DOES BRINGING HIM UP HELP OUR CURRENT SITUATION?
—>Its clear that Mourinho is in Inter, and he won´t be coming back (not soon atleast). But I hope atleast that you agree that life is about learning from past expieriences. Managers come and go, and they see the past in their way, and they shape their future the way they want, there is nothing we can do about that. But for the fans like us, who are watching the same drama all the years through, we get in course of time a unique chance to view who performed well and who did not. And how do we know who did well and who did not? through comparision of course. In our case, we would compare the methods our previous managers used and their success rates. Not to forget once again we are learners rather than just viewers.
2)DOES YOU WISHING MOURINHO WAS HERE CHANGE WHAT HAS HAPPENED OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST MONTH?
—> of course it did help chelsea a bit. It adds pressure. Now if an individual takes a pressure positively or negatively entirely depends upon his personality. Through the voting in the earlier post we came to know that 70 percent agreed Chelsea had become weaker under Scolari. and although nobody mentioned it, it was obvious that it was compared to that of JM´s and partly of AG´s. People held their views, and Scolari was forced to drop Deco this time and try some other formation. JM serves as a becnchmark for other Chelsea managers now, coz he achieved something that nobody has. We all are proud that he was a part of Chelsea, and we all want a manager who can achieve his heights. It was all our expectation that such a great manager as LFS who has won world-cup, who brought portugal to such heights, to do atleast to that level if not better. our team had a winner mentality when LFS joined us, and we all want that to be there in in future as well. Not to forget Chelsea was a project of RA, he wanted Chelsea to succeed and do better than other clubs. Every club has its loyal fans, not only Chelsea, but West Brom as well, the relegated Reading as well, and the clubs that never made to Premier league as well. So that doesn´t make you special bro. But you can be special, if you´re a fan who can criticise a club when it performs bad, compare with what other clubs are doing, and suggest ways to improve. You as a loyal fan should compare LFS not only to JM, but to SAF, Rednapp, Ranieri, Brown, and other contemporary managers as well. Criticising some won´t make you less loyal if you mean it well.
@ joeblue,
You are too anti-Kalou for my liken.Joey scored a winner against Manu and so what?Kalou too has scored great goals against good opponents and in crucial situations.You can say what you like but the stats is there for all to see that Kalou has been a better player than Joey for the past two seasons.And please dont get carried away by Joey’s performance in yesterday’s game.He’s performance was not any thing near superb or extraordinary,it was just decent.Thats Joey for you.One or two decent performances then followed by three or four shite performances. Inconsistent fella…
joeblue . . don’t be an idiot (or fool, as you say). don’t try to turn this into a joe cole vs kalou argument, because it suits you. no one’s saying kalou is better than joe. kalou is a much better player than you project him to be. the stats are there for all to see.
That was a poor attempt to misdirect the discussion! [quote comment="62277"][/quote] Didn’t I mention something below that comment of mine? Here it is again!
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!
You still managed to divert the topic joeblue, despite my specific remark on the same. You might have ignored it on purpose. I was cock sure that you’d respond as if I had compared Joe Cole and Kalou. I knew you’d come up with Joe Cole’s exploits. Read my whole comment again and respond. I was comparing the stats of Joe Cole and Kalou; I was not comparing Joe Cole and Kalou? Do you understand the difference???
since we both agree that Joe is in a different league than Kalou, why even compare the stats?? seems silly to me…
[quote comment="62380"]since we both agree that Joe is in a different league than Kalou, why even compare the stats?? seems silly to me…[/quote]
LOL . . you want to get away. Fine then.
want to get away from what??
i said Joe is better, i proved my point…Period.
[quote comment="62382"]want to get away from what??
i said Joe is better, i proved my point…Period.[/quote]
I’ve proved my point too (with facts and stats). Case closed!
and what point was that precisely??
Look it up again. You know what it is and where it is. You can be the last word freak. I allow you. Go.
if it is just about stats , then lets have stats, legendary Bergamp has 87 goals in 315 appearances for Arsenal, robie keane has 80 for Spuds in just 197 appearances, if it was left to somebody who knew hardly anything about football they would claim Keane is a much much better player, so now what Keane is better than Bergkamp??
For me a person who sees and judges ppl from the football field Bergamp being compared to Keane is a joke, but i doubt what statmen wld say abt that..
In 229 appearances for Chelsea, Zola scored 59 goals, Beckham a midfielder scored 62 in 265 appearances, so does that make them around about the same level players??
I will tell u abt a great man called Matt Le Tissier he scored 101 goals in his entire career in the EPL, rejected moves to all big clubs there are many players who have scored more than him in the EPL, like Robbie Keane, Fowler, Lamps and even Heskey but i doubt al of them combined could compare to half this mans talent, ask any southampton fan or anybody who watched football in those years they will tell u, stats are not everything this si football if everything was a+b=c then it would not be the game it is, a true football fan wld know that…
some idiot had said this – “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??”
the stats and records that you wanted are provided by BC already. As regards the other questions, you can ask the same to Anelka too. Only tap-ins. No wonder goals. Can’t even beat a dead player for dead. He can’t take freekicks. what do you say about anelka then?
Okay then, you don’t value stats! I’ll remember that!
Did I call any of those people crap? Did I? Tell me! I’m waiting!
Someone may not have good stats but still they could have contributed a lot which are not reflected by numbers. But when Kalou has contributed (as per the stats), how can you say:
1. Kalou is not fit to wipe Messi’s or Bojan’s boots
2. Kalou is not fit to iron Higuan’s shorts
For calling a Chelsea player, a player of MY team, like that you need to apologise. That was such a disgraceful and insulting comment on a Chelsea player.
joe cole has been such a wasteful player for chelsea. he must have been sold long back.
08/09 season: 2 goals & 3 assists in 11 starts
07/08 season: 9 goals & 7 assists in 42 starts
06/07 season: 2 goals & 0 assists in 9 starts
05/06 season: 11 goals & 4 assists in 34 assists
04/05 season: 9 goals & 2 assists in 34 starts
03/04 season: 3 goals & 3 assists in 25 starts
Overall: Joe Cole = 36 goals & 19 assists in 155 starts | 35%
joe cole is such an unbelievably useless player. i’ve not seen a more inconsistent and selfish player like joe cole. he is a very ordinary player who thinks he is lionel messi.
joeblue . . you have no opinion of yours. all that you do is spend hours in wikipedia and keep reading what experts write and then vomit everything here like you know stuff. you are a zero man. you’re a big zero. you know nothing about matt le tissier. you just know fuck all about football too.
BC – joeblue is a proven racist. anyone who has been following this blog for some time will know this. he has made several racist remarks against our black players before. he has abused lampard and jose mourinho very badly. this was the joker who was praising schuster last season and compared him to jose mourinho. now onwards, i will compare scolari with jose mourinho as much as possible. jose got 95 points in his first season and created a british record. i will abuse joeblue as much as he abuses kalou and mourinho.
BC – is racism allowed in this blog?
there it goes off track, which match have u watched where Kalou has contributed like the man of the match?? i dont have any stats on that(maybe u do) but i cant remember any breathtaking performances, aa far as u talk about respect, a player gets as much as he deserves, Gallas for all he did and he was fabulous for us commands no respect for me not because he plays for Arsenal but for what he was here, every man who wears that shirt that blue jersey shld prove he has earned it and its not a stamp to earn money, unfortunately Kalou in more than 2 years here is yet to even make his presence felt here…
no need to get so bitter or so overdramatic like a girlfriend about it, he is not good enough its a fact, do you think i wont love it if he makes me eat my words?? or if he makes me say Messi and Bojan dont even come with Kalou in the same line, but fact i fact, pulling up OUR blue jersey then earning millions and playing like he does wont get any plaudits and i am not talking abt just myself…
BTW comment 29, wikipedia has expert comments about players?? now thats one i havent heard before, atleast have the b@lls to write a name for urself, or is ur obsession with me so profound, if i have no life imagine urself, u read my comments, u analyze me, u write my name as the username and swear to haunt me forever…lol
Off track? For your information, there was only one person who went off track and that was YOU.
We were discussing on whether chelsea have become weaker under Scolari or not. You managed to hijack the whole discussion to a topic of your love. You missed the below from the other article:
“Why do you think 30+ players do not need to taught to play like winners? Of course they have to be. It is a psychological thing. It has nothing to do with age. Bad argument. Think again. Also, if we have this European champions squad and Roman gets him couple of players in the last summer and is going to get him couple more players in january and if all players play to their potential and if the senior pros need to self-motivate themselves to play like winners, what is Scolari exactly doing? What is that 6 million pounds being paid for? Any manager (AG proved it) can keep this Chelsea team in the top three. So please don’t keep saying that we’re second in the league.
By the way, most of us have stayed on topic. Credit to them/us. The question is simple. Have Chelsea become weaker under Scolari or not? If you say yes, you agree with the majority (of the voters in this blog) that yes, Chelsea become weaker and Scolari has a big responsibility and job on hand to get us back on track (I believe Scolari would be able to do this). If you say no, you agree with the minority that Chelsea have not become weaker than it was in the last season. As simple as that.”
joeblue. prick.
you can’t put joe cole in the same line as messi and bojan. joe cole is an overrated player who’s not fit to play for chelsea.
where did i say there are expert comments in wikipedia. but i gotta believe you. you’re the master of wikipedia. look up football in wikipedia. it must useful to you.
get off this blog, racist.
and having weak players in the squad does not correspond to having a weaker squad??
i just dint talk about Kalou, infact the Kalou obsession was started by you, read my comments again, i talked about weak members of the squad which included Malouda, Ballack, Deco and Kalou too…
guys you’re wasting time on this time waster. joeblue knows nothing. old timers here know that. he is just a useless loud mouth who pretends to know football. like the other guy (get a name mate) said all that joeblue does is looking up wikipedia and stuff like that to pretend that he knows stuff. enough of the copy and paste son. when i read your lines about matt le tissier i almost fell off from my chair! can you even pronounce his name correctly?
“all that you do is spend hours in wikipedia and keep reading what experts write and then vomit everything here like you know stuff.”
This is what u wrote, read it s-l-o-w-l-y and carefully…
[quote comment="62402"]“all that you do is spend hours in wikipedia and keep reading what experts write and then vomit everything here like you know stuff.”
This is what u wrote, read it s-l-o-w-l-y and carefully…[/quote]
i’m sure you’re not proficient in english. it’s not your second language or something, right? so you don’t read the expert comments in wikipedia but you admit that all that you vomit here is from wikipedia AND expert comments? so you agree that much . . .
ramirez, old timer eh, when was the last time u commented?? that is before this article??
quite an active blue fan i see always involved…lol
[quote comment="62400"]and having weak players in the squad does not correspond to having a weaker squad?? i just dint talk about Kalou, infact the Kalou obsession was started by you, read my comments again, i talked about weak members of the squad which included Malouda, Ballack, Deco and Kalou too…[/quote]
Every squad has weak players, every one of them. And this squad was seconds away from winning the UEFA champions league. Then AG must be the manager of the decade. I remember you slated him too.
By the way, they are not weak players. Period.
well i havent gone thru wikipedia like u have pal, and the only one here who is consulting it so thoroughly it seems is you whatever ur name is, but according to you if thats all i am going thru and have no football knowledge then its pointless for u football pundits to argue with me…
[quote comment="62404"]ramirez, old timer eh, when was the last time u commented?? that is before this article??
quite an active blue fan i see always involved…lol[/quote]
ha ha ha
you mean every blue fan should come to thi blog and register is it? whether someone is an old timer or not will count from the first day of commenting here is it? i didn’t know that.
did richard attenborough sign up here?
ha ha ha
[quote comment="62406"]well i havent gone thru wikipedia like u have pal, and the only one here who is consulting it so thoroughly it seems is you whatever ur name is, but according to you if thats all i am going thru and have no football knowledge then its pointless for u football pundits to argue with me…[/quote]
like that wikimate, i like that. everyone knew it already. i just helped them to confirm their belief that you’re nothing but a loud fart . .
[quote comment="62407"][quote comment="62404"]ramirez, old timer eh, when was the last time u commented?? that is before this article??
quite an active blue fan i see always involved…lol[/quote]
ha ha ha
you mean every blue fan should come to thi blog and register is it? whether someone is an old timer or not will count from the first day of commenting here is it? i didn’t know that.
did richard attenborough sign up here?
ha ha ha[/quote]
lol most funny comment! keep it comin matey
yes joeblue. you’re keeping me in high spirits. keep it comin
there u go back to champions league, champions league, we never won it OK thats that. when did i say AG was manager of the decade?? when did i say he was a not worthy to be our manager??
for ur information i did not slate grant i never called him names like most here did, go and read those articles again man, perhaps you were reading what u wrote back then…
it’s funny but let’s stop this. it’s all a pointless discussion. by discussing with joeblue post to post, you guys are only playing with the pig, you get dirty but you don’t know that the pig enjoys it. let’s discuss something worthwhile, something useful. let’s talk about the fulham preview. let’s talk about our rivals’ matches tomorrow.
only a few immatured people like joeblue, tbf etc are a blemish on this blog. when they’re not around, we all have such useful and interesting discussions. we may not always agree with each other but we do it very maturedly and sensibly. ignore these twats. let’s talk football.
this dude is crazy, he is posting under the same name and quoting himself, whos lettin the men at the sanatarium use computers…
ramirez keep u r mouth to urself, i have NOT called u names, u dont want to speak to me dont, u dont like my comments dont read them, but i urge u not to bad mouth me, we dont agree ok, u are the great Kalou’s fan so good luck i wont contest it..
I can’t be arsed to check all those things now. Here is your part.
Every squad has weak players, every one of them. And this squad was seconds away from winning the UEFA champions league. By the way, they are not weak players. Period.
all BC visitors
it’s funny but let’s stop this. it’s all a pointless discussion. by discussing with joeblue post to post, you guys are only playing with the pig, you get dirty but you don’t know that the pig enjoys it. let’s discuss something worthwhile, something useful. let’s talk about the fulham preview. let’s talk about our rivals’ matches tomorrow.
only a few immatured people like joeblue, tbf etc are a blemish on this blog. when they’re not around, we all have such useful and interesting discussions. we may not always agree with each other but we do it very maturedly and sensibly. ignore these twats. let’s talk football.
@BC
dude just chill about all this ok, man that was cool though letting off steam, haha, good old times between us u shld kno by now…lol
now i am under moderation…lol..k BC see ya tomorrow, m too much of a threat here eh…lol
[quote comment="62418"]now i am under moderation…lol..k BC see ya tomorrow, m too much of a threat here eh…lol[/quote]
Here are your comments. Threat to what?
I agree with this comment. Joe Cole is all air. Most overrated player ever. If we get a chance to sell him off, we shouldn’t think twice.
[quote comment="62394"]joe cole has been such a wasteful player for chelsea. he must have been sold long back.
08/09 season: 2 goals & 3 assists in 11 starts
07/08 season: 9 goals & 7 assists in 42 starts
06/07 season: 2 goals & 0 assists in 9 starts
05/06 season: 11 goals & 4 assists in 34 assists
04/05 season: 9 goals & 2 assists in 34 starts
03/04 season: 3 goals & 3 assists in 25 starts
Overall: Joe Cole = 36 goals & 19 assists in 155 starts | 35%
joe cole is such an unbelievably useless player. i’ve not seen a more inconsistent and selfish player like joe cole. he is a very ordinary player who thinks he is lionel messi.[/quote]
[quote comment="62407"][quote comment="62404"]ramirez, old timer eh, when was the last time u commented?? that is before this article??
quite an active blue fan i see always involved…lol[/quote]
ha ha ha
you mean every blue fan should come to thi blog and register is it? whether someone is an old timer or not will count from the first day of commenting here is it? i didn’t know that.
did richard attenborough sign up here?
ha ha ha[/quote]
most funny comment. you just tore him apart lol.
[quote comment="62419"][quote comment="62418"]now i am under moderation…lol..k BC see ya tomorrow, m too much of a threat here eh…lol[/quote]
Here are your comments. Threat to what?[/quote]
true. joeblue is a threat to any intelligent, sensible discussion. he is a threat to any kind of harmony in diversity. i’ve never come across any bigger megalomaniac than this little prick. he thinks he knows all while he is a nobody. some useless piece of flesh. all he seems to be doing is to shag wiki all the time. lol.
umm a return of 35% isnt so bad, its not only about goals and assists. A aspect that people dont understand is that its important to open up space by drawing in players or getting past players. There are many players usually playmakers who provide an important facet in the game. Look at xavi from barce, getting a goal is rare for him but he is an important part of setting up the initial play.
J.cole to me is a great player but much too incosistent to be a true great player. Also he isnt that good as a winger and plays better as an attacking mid.
[quote comment="62524"]umm a return of 35% isnt so bad, its not only about goals and assists. A aspect that people dont understand is that its important to open up space by drawing in players or getting past players. There are many players usually playmakers who provide an important facet in the game. Look at xavi from barce, getting a goal is rare for him but he is an important part of setting up the initial play.
J.cole to me is a great player but much too incosistent to be a true great player. Also he isnt that good as a winger and plays better as an attacking mid.[/quote]
I completely agree with you. But I have a problem if someone’s going to abuse and insult a Chelsea players whose return is 63% (Salomon Kalou).
“He has neither the pace nor the creativity to cover too much ground.”
Ummm….Anelka has the most pace of any player in the squad.
There are 5 houses in five different colors
In each house lives a different nationality.
These 5 owners drink a certain beverage, smoke a certain brand of cigar and keep a certain pet.
No owners have the same pet, smoke the same brand of cigar, or drink the same beverage.
The CLUES:
The Brit lives in the Red house.
The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
The Dane Drinks tea.
The Green House is on the left of the White House.
The Green House’s owner drinks coffee.
The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.
The man in the center house drinks milk.
The Norwegian lives in the first house.
The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats
The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
The German smokes Prince.
The Norwegian lives next to the Blue House.
The man who smokes Blends has a neighbor who drinks water.
The QUESTION:
Who owns the fish?
I’d like to see the ratio of Champions League games to UEFA Cup/Europa League games in both Carragher’s and Giggs’ cearers.