How about that for a revenge! Great response and reaction from Chelsea. Arsenal won at Stamford Bridge in Nov 08. They beat us 2-1. I’ve been waiting so long for the return leg. I’ve been waiting for the payback time. I wanted Chelsea to beat Arsenal at the Emigrants. Today, Chelsea paid them back. And they paid them back in double. I’m so happy today. It’s always a great feeling to knock the goners. Today, we didn’t just knock them off, we just simply thrashed them. I heard that Arsenal were on an unbeaten run. 21 matches unbeaten and thrashed at home 4-1. If we were a bit better up front, we would have scored 7 or 8.
A spot in the next champions league is confirmed while Arsenal are forced to play some meaningful qualifying rounds next season. By the way, the only thing that was difference between Wednesday night and today was the referee. And yes, the score line t00. But heck, Arsenal were more threatening that Barca were in 180 minutes of football, home and away. You know what, Abidal got himself sent off against Villareal as they were held to a 3-3 draw with a 90th minute equaliser from Llorente.
Back to this match, as always we took time to wake up. As a result, the first 15 minutes were nervy. Once we settled in, there was going to be only one result. The first goal was a beautiful header by Alex. Drogba’s delivery from the free kick was probably the best thing he did all day. The way Alex headed it in was pure technique. Arsenal know how well Alex can head because it was him who headed them out of the champions league a few seasons back. The second goal was mindblowing. That was Nicolas Anelka’s best Chelsea goal ever. To score such a goal, against Arsenal, at Emigrants, after the champions league semi final, is just simply magnificent. That was the Anelka I have known and seen in Bolton.
The third goal was a good attacking move made better by Ashley Cole’s superb run. Toure putted that in for an own goal but if he had not, Drogba was right there to finish it. It was at this time Bendtner was in. He had his pants on. Essien and Bosingwa together let Bendtner rise above all to score a good header. The fourth goal was again a nice attacking move. Lampard sent a little through pass as Malouda broke the offside trap. I was disappointed to see him not finish it but luckily it had to be him to make it 4-1. There was a hint of offside when Malouda finally scored but that’s fine, I still remember that van Persie goal.
There were at least four clear cut chances that must have been finished with ease. There was even this one-on-one for Lampard that was wrongly called offside. Chelsea were getting stronger and stronger as the match progressed. Arsenal did what they always do. Passing around to an extent they lose the focus and objective. Chelsea defended very very well to restrict them with the opportunities to shoot. Later in the second half Arsenal started delivering crosses into the box and Bosingwa was very uncomfortable with them. Just when I was thinking that Bosingwa could be our leaking weak link, Guus brought on Ivanovic for Bosingwa. Brilliant substitution.
One great positive out of this match was Petr Cech’s goalkeeping. He was just too good today. He was very confident. He commanded his area with authority. He made a few brilliant saves too. Especially, his save of the close range shot from Silvestre was absolutely world class. I only hope that his rare blip in form is over and he is back to being his usual best.
Statistics-wise this was a very even match. Chelsea had 51% possession. Arsenal had 20 shots of which 6 were on target. Chelsea had 18 shots of which 5 were on target. Arsenal outfouled Chelsea by 19 to 14. The column which mattered showed clearly that it was not an even match. 1-4. Now we’ve got just two more matches to go. Finishing second is a difficult task now. Chelsea have Blackburn (home) and Sunderland (away) while Liverpool have West Brom (away) and Tottenham (home). Chelsea must win both and Liverpool must win neither. Highly possible but probability could be low. Anyway, I’m ecstatic that we beat Arsenal at Emigrants. I’m reminded of one typical Arsenal fan’s words after their defeat to Chelsea in the FA Cup semi finals – “Come to the Emirates – the home of football. We’ll teach you a lesson”. All right, thanks a lot!
P.S: I’m away on holiday for the next one week so please help yourselves in the comments section. Cheers!
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Great win
I am extremely happy that we have returned the favour to those clubs who beat us at home in the league and that too very convincingly.
Extremely delighted.
KTBFFH!!!!!!!!!!
I still dont know how Malouda missed that 1 on 1, but hey, who cares we scored stil.
Chelsea beat Arsenal . Arsenal beat Villareal. Barcelona cant even beat Villareal. CHELSEA >>>>>>>>>> Barca.
Chelsea must do something to keep guss Hiddink.He is suitable for chelsea.He can make us CL Champions for many years.Players like Lampard,Terry,Ballack must talk to Kenyon and Roman about this thing.After that chelsea must start to refresh the squad.
in addition to that what can we the fans do? we need to keep Guus here. if he was here from the beginning and moreover had the opportunity to bring the players of his choice, i can see us winning a quadriple.
WE THE FANS NEED TO DO SOMETHING…..WE CAN’T SIT DOWN AND WAIT. Any suggestions?
Drogba, Ballack must leave chelsea dis summer if we want d champions league. I dont like anceloti i prefer Rjikard
loved the third goal, like u said bc it was gud attacking move and the ball from mikel was superb only for toure to take the shine. My best game all season not for just footy reasons but personal as i live with a few arsenal fans, the look on their faces was just priceless…
I viewed today’s encounter with the Gunners as the 3rd placing play-offs for Champs League (We all knew we deserved Rome but alas…). It was not about revenge or arrogants but to show our TRUE COLOURS of what we are made of… BLUE TITANIUM STEEL. As most media (or most Arsenal fans) rated Arsenal were similar to Barca, a healthy WIN will reinstate where CHELSEA stood this season. I was dreaming for 5 goals, for Chelsea and 4-1 win is juz FINE enough for me.
After the game, I got a text from a friend saying that the scoreline did not reflect the game and that Arsenal did played like Barca, which should deserves more. I calmly replied : “Since when football is about fast running with sexy passes while trying to weave the ball into the net. It’s NOT. It’s about 11 vs 11 on a pitch with the share of defending and attacking with effectiveness and control which is measured by the SCORING & CONCEDING of GOALs. That is CHELSEA, we are not sexy but we are EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE!”
I did not get a reply. But deep down, I know I’m right. He knows I’m right.
EUROPE may be over but we still have 3 more matches and It MIGHT be the last three matches with GUUS HIDDINK. I for one, will want to enjoy the remaining matches with one of our greatest manager ever. Regardless of the results or the outcome after the summer, he will always have a special place in my BLUE HEART. Always. KTBFFH!!! Bring them ON!!!
who do you think chelsea should buy next season
http://www.goal.com/en/news/9/england/2009/05/10/1256617/chelseas-didier-drogba-facing-six-month-champions-league-ban-repo
As much as I like having Drogs around, if UEFA really slaps a six-month CL ban on him we’ll have to let him go.
Ballack Exteneded his contract. And the Guus said that he would like to be back at Chelsea in the future (soon). I was so happy watchin my team score.
This team showed its character today, and proved once again that UEFA Is a fucking Disgrace and it robbed our CL title this year.
fucking disgrace platini.
Get back from your virtual falls belief that you’re better then Barca in any parameter.
A team is made from 11 individuals that in some magnificent way has the balance of letting this individuals express them self’s and in the other hand make the some better than its parts.
In both ways Barca have done much better then Chelsea and if you think a great defense played at this semi final can cover the huge class difference between this 2 teams your only a fool.
In both games Barca had more than 65% of the time in position and that shows not what u all tries to glorify ,that this was some kind of fake or a brilliant tactic of the wizard GH’,
this amazing domination only showed that there was one side that was much better and the other side the week one only tried to sting and still a goal . in matter of fact what happened was that barca should have come to the bridge with a 3 goals margin from the first leg but for some weird reasons and a bit of clumsiness they didn’t score at home and where unfair not given a penalty kick fully deserved .except of one good attack I can’t remember Chelsea doing anything at the first game.
Then comes the bridge game and the same story once again, there is only one team on the pitch and that is barca all that till one amazing one of a million goal by Chelsea, this goal if you ever try to score again will take another 10 years to score another one like that again.
But this brilliant lucky amazing goal reshuffled the cards,
Since that minute Chelsea could play more relaxed but no creative only trying to still the 2ed one without the urgency as before.
This lack of urgency cost you the game with a help of a stupid ref.
Now if we try to put these 2 games a side and really look at both teams at 2 levels
One is there team work and 2ed is their individual magic
We will clearly pick barca in both parameters.
If by any chance Chelsea would buy either Messi or aniesta or chavi, each on will be right away Chelsea most important player , I don’t see any Chelsea player who comes to play for Barca and become more then another player on the pitch or probably on the bench.
When it comes to the first two goals, we have to remember one name – Silvestre. Definitely one of the worst signings Arsenic has done ever. When Alex scored, it was his job to guard him – and he even did not jump at all, while our Tank headed to the upper post – down – goal. The second goal is also his fault – he tried to retreat against Anelka as long as our Le Sulk simply did not want to continue his run and blasted a shot that curled awkwardly and found its way to the net. Thank you, Arsene, for such a player in your squad!
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Definitely agree with the substitution of Bosingwa with Ivanovic. The Portuguese guy looked comfortable when we tried to attack and use the whole width of the pitch for our attacks; however when we turned to defence and Arsenal started to deliver aerial balls to our area, he seemed not to know what to do at all. So lets leave Ivanovic do his work, which he knows so well. as we could see in a Liverpool match in CL. Great move from Guus.
And by the way, Guus. I am so sorrowed and distressed he has to leave at the end of the season. Before he came, I was convinced that our squad needed just a decent coach to excell at any level. Now I am pretty sure we need an exceptional coach to do that, moreover – a coach whose philosophy would suit the team as a whole. Guus is such a coach. And it is really not easy to find another one. Pity, pity, pity he has to leave…
Fact is barca never won either game against us
No one is arguing here about barca´s ability. They are a superb team and they play this so called beautiful footie. But best in the world.. Come on now they haven’t won jack shit and probably wont beside the la liga or/and the cup.
What barca don’t do when they play is adapt and try play differently to beat strong defensive teams like Chelsea, Liverpool or Manchester. So they get very predictable. And the best teams in Europe can stop your beautiful barca.
That’s why the Spanish national used to struggle to win. Because they played great in the group stage or in qualifying games but when it mattered they couldn’t unfold organized teams because they only know one way to play. They were lucky to beat Italy EURO2008 (remember Italy played without Gattuso and Pirlo). What am going with this is, barca is overrated. Yes I said it, it had to be said. YOU CAN WRITE IT DOWN. United is the best team in Europe. And hopefully if it’s a fair game I can’t really se how barca going to win in the CL-final.
If we leave the ref out of this equation, the only reason we didn’t go through to the final was not because barca was better but it was due to our poor finishing, PIRIOD!
Stop talking about one amazing of a million goal by Chelsea. If anyone iniesta´s goal is very lucky. Not that Iniesta is a bad player or so, he is awesome really is. But the way barca got the opportunity. Essien would clear the ball 999999 times of 1000000! So keep that crap to yourself. Enjoy it while you can’t cause if any one lucky here its barca.
Messi, Xavi and even Iniesta would be a asset to our team, but so would our big guns to your sissy team. So you mean JT, Alex, Brani, Ashley, Cech would sit on the bench in Ur team? Stop kidding yourself.
The way we school around Fab4 here in the EPL, when we play arsenal that’s what would have happened if some of your sissy players would have come to play in this league (EPL).
To play the way u guys do is not big deal, even Arsenal does that, so does that make them the best in the world to??
And to all arsenal fans who say the score line today wasn’t fair and that we were actually lucky and that arsenal deserved more from all the chances they created, well what can I say, the other day they (arsenal fans among others) were bashing us because we said we did deserve to go to the final and they were blaming us for not finishing of the game. They said it’s not what u deserve or not its what’s the final score say lol
/..greatest depression (but wit a wide smile today)
Replying to sack Hus jus smus:
The previous post was a replay to you…
- I want to protect English football, try to defend you, not to defend myself. Platini
its funny he forgot to mention chelsea when he was talking about the great side in EPL, for more here´s the link
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/sport/football/article-1179905/EXCLUSIVE-I-hate-foreign-owners-overseas-players-Beckhams-holiday-Italy–Im-anti-English-insists-UEFA-president-Platini.html
Will Hiddink start with Stoch , Franco Di Santo and Mancienne for the next two games ?
Replying to cfc:
Guus may rest a few players but I dont think he will do that because we have FA-cup coming up so he wants to keep the momentum. and maybe he wants to try diff things for the game against everton so I doubt it.
plus maybe there is a bonus if we reach the second spot=) so he will do his best to play the strongest team the remining two games.
we can get second if liverpool lose 1 game and the other game they win 1-0 they will probably keep same GD, if chelsea wins next 2 games 3+ goals then chelsea will finish second. Best chance is tottenham i would think.
Supposedly many of the loan players are back in chelsea now and training with the first team.
Well said greatest depression…i could not say it better…
@sack hus……..
Even with ur 70 possession u could not do..anything..but with our 30 we created a hell lot of chances…
Once Your player of the season deco dont get to bench of ours. ..the man who won you the champions league(belletti) is our third choice right back…..
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Replying to sack Hus jus smus:
yea yea,if you want your club to boast about having greater possesions then i suggest get LFS and get Pepe out. LFS will get you 72% poessesion in every game and yet give you the same result as in CL 1st and 2nd legs you barca disgrace.
Replying to sack Hus jus smus:
You are obviously a fan of LFS and Brazilian football. Don’t you think it is a bigger crime to have 70% possession and can’t do jack sh!t about it at all??? Well I do. As I said before, Chelsea plays EFFECTIVE football, all we need is 30% possession to win 4-1. And we, True Blues thinks that is SEXY and BEAUTIFUL, and you can’t do jack sh!t about it to change that! So live with it. KTBFFH !!!
Dear CJ – 17th year CFC (Still Heart Broken but…) Recovering Fan,
I second you on what you have said…superb and true to words. Give shit to non-chelsic people because that is what they really deserve.
Chelsea’s victory adn arse-anal’s lose, i celebrate almost in equal terms… and this time it is “doubly” joy for me! The frail goners were gunned down…i can see shit dropping from their dirty arses! Especially from their arse-master! Arse-and Whinner!
friends , why should we even bother to reply to these people (like hus jus smus)….
I second cfc, because even when the evidence is in front of you, someone wants to come out and slate us unfoundedly
barca were the better team, rubbish, watch what man utd does to them
and to add, every defender we own could start for barcelona, our keeper is far superior to theirs
our midfield is stronger
they only impress me on the wings but then again, they can only do one thing, a short pass into the box, recieve the lay off and shoot
where as we cross and pass short
arsenal play exactly like barca in a team full of attacking midfielders that like to pass fancily, they scored one goal and did not deserve to win
I really want to see more of di santo
hopefully kakuta will get a run out next season
I’m focused on the fa cup final, we’ve had two draws against them this season i believe even though one of them was us playing with 10men
I think we need our new coach installed by the end of the week after the fa cup match
we need time annd he needs board support
Replying to TruePlatinum:
totally agreed. Hiddink has made us very very proud in his short term. His term was so successful that disgraceful UEFA had to intervene in the most disgraceful way to halt his incredible successes. It would be a heartache even if we win FA cup. It won´t be easy to let Guus go. He´s already our legend in such a short term.
WhyGuss want to leave chelsea ? Some reports says he had a heart problem.I dont have faith in Rijkard/Ancelotti and the others.
Anceloti will turn chelsea into shit with old fucking players.Rijkard was succesful because he had players like messi/ronaldinhio at Barca , he is not a good choice for chelsea . Hiddink exit will damage chelsea,No doubt in that . Guss experience help us at many games , Jose was a great managers but his lack of experience cost us CL exits(we were unluck at that times too) .
So dont rely on Anceloti CL winning records and Rijkard Beautiful barca games and Magic of 2006 CL winners.They cannot help chelsea.
Anceloti lack of good and changing tactics was shown on ISTANBUL 2005 FINAL .Hiddink`s PSV was to near to eliminate them on 2005 semi-Finals.
I am a little worry about chelsea Future,Because in my vision there is no good manager to replace Guss Hiddink.
The UEFA rule does not allow appeals for decisions that the referee has already dealt with. The one exception is if there was an issue of mistaken identity.
UEFA can’t then retrospectively punish Ballack and Drogba? Referee Tom Henning Ovrebo clearly saw the dissent that was directed at him from both players and responded by showing Drogba a yellow card.
Drogba have apologized and so should Ballack do. The club should fine both of them for overreacting and that’s fair enough.
If Ovrebo is reasonable he should report that he messed up big time and state that they had all right to be pissed off.
We played a solid and strong defense in the first leg against bleating barca and the world accused us for being the enemies of football. Imaging what would have happened if it was the other way around in the second leg? It would have been riots everywhere by now.
Replying to CFCIR:
Since we have one of the best coaches in the world it will be really difficult to replace him I agree. If I had to pick I would take Frank R over Ancheloti. Slaven Bilic is a contender also right? I think I read it somewhere. I would even take him over ancheloti. I feel comfortable though that Guus will be giving the Boss, RA, some thoughtful ideas of who should be the head coach next season and if RA didn’t listen before he sure will listen now knowing Guus is the real deal.
I hope we will get a young hungry coach who can help us reach an even higher level and at the same time help Chelsea rebuild for the future without losing to much ground to the other big 3, sorry arsss=)
We want someone who really wants to be here and have the desire and fire to help us be the best of the best. Ancheloti wouldn’t even bother to answer the press, cause he will be in the dressing room smokin
Very good article by Martin Samuel.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/article-1180259/MARTIN-SAMUEL-Almighty-Barcelona-club-Not-claim-moral-authority.html
Malouda was onside for his goal – he was level with the ball when Anelka shot. Sky paused the replay a few times and every time said that Malouda was offside, while blatantly missing the fact that a player is only offside if he’s ahead of the second-last defender AND the ball.
Evaluate players’ output in the game with Arsenal
http://www.voteplayers.com/Matches/Arsenal-vs-Chelsea-05102009-1571.aspx
If Boro gets relegated I’d like to have Ross Turnbull as our backup keeper, in addition with either Downing or Tuncay as backup wingers.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/article-1179505/Des-Kelly-Terrys-fit-skipper-England.html
id just like take this moment to say fuck des kelly
but yeah, once you’ve had a great its hard to find the replacement
it has taken us til now to fill our mourinho void
guus is the best i’ve known so it will be interesting to see how we move foward
I am certain that Guus has the right man lined up and my money would say rijkaard is getting the opportunity
even if he is not as good as some of us feel, guus will be but a phone call away and if he is taking on an advisory role, im sure it will be fine
what about AZ’s coach, he is dutch, or even Dickk Advocaat (Zenit), I think we should wait on Guus, and see if Russian goes through, also I would lie to see Roman Pavlychenko come in
sell Deco, Minero, Paulo.
I hope Wigan can take points off maure, then Gunners win on sunday, then Hull fighting for survival pulling off and upset of some sort. Pool play West Brom, so i hope Brom wants to stay up and pull off something special, which will give use time to pull pass them all!!!
i think we must keep the mid field trio- essien/mikel/lampard going strong they always play well together!
This is a quote/paragraph from Martin Samuel brilliant article for the daily mail…http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/article-1180259/MARTIN-SAMUEL-Almighty-Barcelona-club-Not-claim-moral-authority.html
“Didier Drogba put himself first against Barcelona, as he always does. His reaction at the final whistle was of no use to Chelsea, just as he was of no use in the penalty shoot-out in the Champions League final last season, no use when he threw a missile into the crowd against Burnley and no use when he spent the first half of the season sulking, with the result that manager Luiz Felipe Scolari was sacked.
Drogba (right) at his best is exceptional, but he always thinks as an individual. Chelsea should have known he was more trouble than he was worth after the red card in Moscow and had him out long ago.”
Spot on I say? What do you guys think?
Quoting denver(denverblue)
Essien, Mikel would be going for African cup next January.. We will them for a good 5 – 6 matches.
Quoting TruePlatinum
Read that article yesterday . So who are the other options – Rio Ferdinand.. ( who kicks stewardess , screamed at Mike Riley during the bridge game) or may be Steve Gerrard.. ( who is no where near the referee when Maschreano was send off ), if that is he wants..
Ancelloti or Rijkaard, I was favouring Rijkaard till recently infact, I felt the only change we need in summer was remove or upgrade Grant and bring in Rijkaard. But now I feel, Ancellotti is better than Rijkaard. Rijkaard’s barca never won against english oposition ( with 11 men). If he comes to EPL, I don’t know if there is another way to play where mid table team come and park the bus.. It will be just like LFS’s chelsea, bright start and then every one knows your plans and by Jan, you run out of options..
Ancellotti’s Milan is slightly better . even with an ageing team, they have managed to beat liverpool, man u . But I guus can continue as a temporary coach till Nov, then nothing like that….
The best option:Do something to keep Guss at Chelsea for another season.
The second choice:Bring Rijkard and Ten Kate to chelsea .
Chelsea need a big revoulotion ,younger team .Experience and Young players are the best way to build a team.(Like MU)
Before we went into this game, I always had this feeling that neither of the two sides really cared about this fixture. 20 minutes into the game, and I still felt we couldnt care less about the game. It felt like a formality. Can’t blame anyone ofcourse, any team would get that feeling after Wednesday nights injustice. But after the shaky start, our drive to score, our determination truly showed how mature we are as a team. Guus has worked wonders with our side, transformed them and thats why hes been so legendary even during his short stay. I dont think anyone can live up to his standards, Ancelotti and Rijkaard included.
It would be interesting to see however what we do during the upcoming transfer period, at what time we get our manager and what he does with us during pre-season (it wont be much of a revelation if we do win emphatically, we all know what a ‘brilliant’ team we were in July/August under LFS). I just hope we keep Drogba (for all that he has done, I still feel hes got drive in him if hes under the right manager) and get a good striker up front (Tevez anyone ?) to partner with him and/or Anelka.
KTBFFH!
drogba paid a flying visit to milan ?? – http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/article-1180730/PICTURE-SPECIAL-Anything-declare-Didier-Chelsea-striker-pays-flying-visit-Milan.html
Mourinho is after John Obi Mikel – http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1180736/Inter-boss-Mourinho-plots-15m-summer-swoop-Chelsea-midfielder-Obi.html
CFC seems to be the club ppl loves to hate. How can you even question JT´s swagger or his will? Imaging how much praises everyone would have given him if he played for the scousers or manu. Jealousy´s a bitch!
Ballack got one year extension right guys? I think the club trying to give DD the same. They don’t want to give a long term extension without appointing a manager. That’s reasonable I guess. They want the new manager to have a say on what kind of player he wants for his system. There for I hope we get someone that can keep backbone of our team and system instead of trying to transform us to the so called beautiful team. That will only mess us up. Never change a working formula.
If DD leaves we need a big center tank. We can trade him to inter for Zlatan. Anelka and Ibra would be superb together. Ibra is a very creative and hard working player. But we would have to break the bank to make that deal happen. And if we can’t get the Ibra-caliber player I would like to keep DD. I say no to Tevez. He is a great player and I like his attitude but he wouldn’t fit the team as a main striker. I say keep DD; invest wise on young and upcoming guys. Implement Di Santo into the starting line up and hopefully he will shine.
Don’t let Mikel leave, he have been one of our best player this season. And he is just 22 year old. Imagine how good he will be in a couple of years.
Right now though, the most important thing is to secure a manger. Like all of you I would love to have Guus running the show. I would even consider him being off to help Russia reach the 2010 WC and he can be assisted by Frank or who ever Guus thinks is suitable for the job.
I still got this awkward feeling and its going to be one of those things that u will always remember wit a bad taste and lots of WHAT IF.
lets bring home the FA-cup title guys
KTBFFH
Public enemy but always Chelsea’s No 1
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/columnists/matt_dickinson/article6269343.ece?token=null&offset=0&page=1
Quoting CFCIR
It looks likely for our veterans to stay except for the obvious deco and maybe carvalho (but that’s just my opinion)
and ferreira + hilario
what about jurgen klinsmann?? for chelsea?? if we cant keep the Guus?
Klinsmann? Please no. Let him go to that joke of a club Spurs. I really want to keep Hiddink but since thats not going to happen I would like to see Ancelotti then Rijkaard in that order. As for our veterens going. I agree we need a smaller younger squad but I feel getting rid of Deco, Ballack or Carvalho would be a mistake.
??? getting rid of deco a mistake ???
deco is a waste of space, leftovers from scolari, if you will.
Frank Rijkard
again to stay Guus Hiddink I love you (L)
Reports have suggested the Inter board are not particularly happy with Mourinho’s constant talk of English clubs and writing articles and giving conferences talking about Chelsea rather than Inter Milan. You guys thinking what I’m thinking ? I know, its better not to expect such things but after Guus (it would be the best if he stayed but hes not staying sadly) Mourinho will be our best option ? Rijkaard ? Ancelotti ? Theyre just not Chelsea for me, Mourinho personifies Chelsea for me. Lets wait and watch then
get rid of balack deco anelka ferreira carvalho
get in g.barry zirkov tevez pato ribery
and please hiddink stay
“STEVE CLARK” any one???????????????????????
Zlatan, Tevez and Zhirkov would be nice
Mourinho would be great too but i prefer Rjikarrd over the other candidates
Guus is the fan’s favourite and the ideal manager for Chelsea, what makes him such a success is the fact that he’s not the father or friendly figure to his players like LFS was. That was the biggest mistake in LFS’s approach because the players were relaxed and didn’t feel threathned by him at all and knew thay can get away with murder, where as Guus has made it clear to his players that if they don’t produce on the pitch then they will be dropped and he’s publicy said he’s not their friend, he’s their manager and that is exactly the type of approach you need when dealing with the big personalities we have at Chelsea.
It would be a dream come true if Guus was to stay but he’s a man of his word and a respected person so he will honour his contract with Russia. JM personafies Chelsea, he will always be a big part of our club and as a fan I would always love to see him back but I don’t see that happening till Roman is in charge because 2 big ego’s like that can never co-exist under the same roof. To be honest I don’t know who the next manager should be, we have seen so many changes in the past few years that nothing seems to make sense and specially nothing good seems to stick along with the name Chelsea for too long, so my expectations are starting to dwindle.
In terms of players certain changes are required at Chelsea but at the same time we need to keep some of our expereinced players because we all know that a complete young squad without veterans and leaders is like a headless chicken – Arsenal being the perfect example out there. Personally I think Deco, Malouda (Love the guy but can’t see him perform at a high level more than 10 matches at a time) Ballack, Ferreira, Belletti, Minerio, Anelka should be offloaded in the summer.
David Silva / Ashley Young / Yuri Zhirkov = Good options for the left flank.
Ribbery / Quaresma = Brilliant options for the right flank.
Kaka / Van Der Vaart / Diego = Rock solid options for the Midfeild
David Villa / Tevez / Irbrahimovic = Pure Class.
best manager for chelsea is guus hiddink. but if he has to go i would love to se david moyes coach chelsea even if he dont have internationall expirence. i belive he is one of the best coaches in the world.
Is Carlo Ancelotti right for Chelsea?
http://timesonline.typepad.com/thegame/2009/05/ancelottis-bandwagon-not-feeling-sorry-for-fletcher-and-judging-youth-development.html
guys I have the solution the the LB back up!!! our forgotten man Rajkovic!!!!! playing for Fc Twente, dutch team that will be in the CL next season
Replying to Jaz: you right on a few things: but Ballack is staying we need him (wont start as much but will fill in at times)
ins: Ustar/joe hart as back up for cech I trust Hilario but i guess he is kinda old, or we could promote
Rajkovic (LB very fast) he is already our play so no fee- very excited about him
Zhirkov (use him as a winger)
Quaresma will stay to sure up the right with his skill
Van Der Vaart / Diego- both please- would be nice to have a brazilian master inthe middle pulling the strings
striker: give Di Santo his chance and bring in Sant cruz also we could try to get Tevez on the free (free agent remember-summer). I rate nicolas bendtner we could try for him.
Borowski (good strong German has great vision too)- if we sell Ballack.
Remember we will loose the Africans for the African cup of nations. we will need a goo holding player or we just might keep Beleti he has been good
if Ibra comes we would have had to sell the Drog ……
AT DENVER
First of all Diego already signed for Juve, Second since VDV cant make it at La liga what makes u think he can make it at the EPL?, thirdly Borowski is crap, slow and he is a bayern bench warmer.
and for god’s sake Bendtner misses 19/20 shots! Not in a bar though
As for Gk, we are signing Assman, he is amazing.
we need gourcuff
Bendtner OMG..dude cant even make the arsss startin 11
if ancheloti gets the nod, he might want to bring Ade from arsenal! and pirlo even kaka.
why would we want alot of midfield players???????
I wouldnt mind kaka. if we get him then we sure wont need much what u think guys.
as for the strikers if we are to offload DD then it must be for someone as good as him or better. the big question though, how many out there are up there wit DD? not many.
Quoting kuhu£ãï
Screw Kaka.. He is too injury prone and IMO not worth anything Man C were willign to pay him for.
Alexandre PATO! Bring Pato pleeze! – the kids only 19 and if you give him good feeders like Lamps he will score goals. IMO if Pato keeps improving like is does he will be the next best player in the world.
Quoting kuhu£ãï
Probably TBH; he is a Milanese champion [Manager/Player]
HOWEVER Rijkaard may be the better option depending on what kind of football you want Chelsea to be playing next season
I can’t believe the tabloids have the guts to publish stories about ancelotti bringing kaka and pirlo with him
speaking of “Best in the World” ManU just came from a goal down and beat Wigin. Looks liek they have wrapped up the league only needing 1 point from there final 2 games.
They are idiots if they let Tevez walk.
who do you want to win the champions league final manchester united for me
COME ON YOU REDS!!!!!
seriously man u cause barca glory pisses me off to no end
Quoting kuhu£ãï
Adebayor is very overrated striker.. Can score only if there is space.. Pirlo is reaching 30 and kaka is injury prone.. I think Karim benezema is the only one who can replace didier .. if you can control didier ego, then nothing like that .. that guy has scored 12 goals in the last 24 or so games.. and 5 in 7 champions league game.. considering that he will miss the group games of next year champions league, we need to go for a striker and tevez is a cheaper option to villa, ibra, benezema, aguerro and proven..
BTW, Barca got hold of the first trophy in their treble quest today , 4-1 win
I would be really happy if we signed Ibrahimovic, Zhirkov, and Gourcuff. I am also a fan of van der Vaart. Imagine this:
—————————–Cech——————————-
—–Ivanovic——–Carvalho——-Terry———-A.Cole——
—————————–Mikel——————————–
————–Essien——————–Lampard—————
—J.Cole———————————————-Gourcuff—
————————Ibrahimovic—————————
We don’t need to make big changes, the only big change I believe is needed is at striker, in which several world class strikers are available. I would love to acquire Gourcuff too, but I don’t mind keeping Ballack in the starting XI for next year again. Thinking of all the chances we have blown in front of goal, Ibrahimovic would flourish at Chelsea. He is ideally the player I want most in the transfer market.
diego millito & ashley young are on ancelotti wish list..
Replying to denver(denverblue):
rajkovic’s primary position is center back
although he plays as a left back too
for the left back we have got bertrand
13joe13
im going to echo what malagantz said and tell you getting rid of deco would be a brilliant move
as for our transfers, with malouda finally starting to do something, I only expect the arrival of zhirkov and maybe the promotion of a youth player like ryan bertrand
Ballack is needed, he is an extra dimension even though he isn’t at the level he was last season so I’m expecting Van Der Vaart to be purchased from real madrid
There is certain to be some wheeling and dealing between inter and chelsea, but the question is who. Mourinho needs a playmaker and may just take deco off our hands, slower game more suited to him. It is no secret Mourinho wants mikel and drogba
where as we are after quaresma and ibrahimovic, I personally, would not like it, but if it meant getting ibra, I would put up with it happily
Xerxesk
from watching the games between real madrid and Liverpool. Real play with two defensive midfielders, usually diarra and gago, in the two wider spots, you have robben, saviola, de la red, guti,
Van der vaart isn’t strong and not exceptionally quick, it makes him hard to come by playing time in that set up but he could prove a useful option for us, it’s either him or sessegnon
but anyway, let’s just see how the month pans out
If chelsea want to sell Drogba ,it show there is no brain in chelsea officials heads.They are offering 33s ballack a new deal and want to sell Drogba!!!!!!A fucking Madness . No one can not be a striker like drogba.It seems Ancelotti will become our new manager,but i have bad feeling about that . Dont rely on his CL WINNING records.Adebayor is the most hated Striker in the world,in my opinion.I dont wan to see this Ugly basterd at chelsea.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1181533/Chelsea-target-Adebayor-Young-Ancelotti-draws-Stamford-Bridge-wish-list.html
Replacing a hardworking striker ( drogba,who can defend also ) with a lazy striker doesn’t make sense.
newspaper sports analysts are idiots, have no sense, can’t even comment on a game properly
there is one reason we are getting these links, that is because ac milan made an enquiry for adebayor last off season and Wenger slapped a price tag on him of £25 million, half that is pushing it I think!
Ashley Young, I’d be very happy to have, seeing as it looks like Quaresma is headed back to italy, we do need two wingers, yuri can be our left back, left winger, defensive midfielder, ashley young plays either wing so that covers our left side and wing problems by my calculation
question for me remaining, is filling the ballack and drogba positions if need be
there is not a player I can think of who has ballacks size and old ability
milito and adebayor wont happen
i’m not too sure about either anelka or THE DROGBA leaving however im sure we all know who we’d rather keep but we are also in a position where loyalty and good service must be rewarded; so what to do? Can’t pay the wages for a 3rd world class striker can we?
Ibra is amazing but he tends to think he is bigger then club he plays for. And one more thing, he is not a winner. In the biggest stage he has always failed. But the biggest concern here is his price tag. Let’s not dig deeeeep into RA pocket to sign him. It aint worth it.
Karim Benzema is ideal. He is big (6.3 ft) and is not even 22 yet. He could play for us for a decade. Gourcuff is a big time talent and if and that’s a big IF, we can get Ashley young that would be super. But I doubt it villa will let him leave as they are very desperate to compete/break into the big four!
Tevez, I think manu will sign him they would be stupid not to, but even if we could get him I se him as a complement to our offense not as a main striker. He is too small. Same goes for David villa + his price tag.
I want Malouda to stay. Q seem to be on his way back to Inter. He showed a few glimpse of what he can do but for what ever reason he didn’t play enough to convince me. Maybe he really isn’t good enough?
Lyon may miss to qualify for the champions’ league next season so Karim will definitely leave.
———————————–?ech ————————————
–Mancienne——–Ivanovi? ——Terry ——A. Cole——
—————————–——Mikel————————————–
————–Essien ————————–Lampard —————
——J. Cole ——————————————Gourcuff——
———————————Drogba————————————
Subs; Malouda , Di Santo, Benzema , Alex , Bosingwa , Young , Hilário , Ballack
So my wish list; Benzema, Gourcuff, young or Zhirkov.
Players to get nuked; Deco !!!
Thanks for our services but we are heading into diff direction; Ferreira , Mineiro , Belletti , Carvalho (injury prom being the only reason)
Should they stay or should they go; Kalou , Anelka ?!?!
Ibra is amazing but he tends to think he is bigger then club he plays for. And one more thing, he is not a winner. In the biggest stage he has always failed. But the biggest concern here is his price tag. Let’s not dig deeeeep into RA pocket to sign him. It aint worth it.
Karim Benzema is ideal. He is big (6.3 ft) and is not even 22 yet. He could play for us for a decade. Gourcuff is a big time talent and if and that’s a big IF, we can get Ashley young that would be super. But I doubt it villa will let him leave as they are very desperate to compete/break into the big four!
Tevez, I think manu will sign him they would be stupid not to, but even if we could get him I se him as a complement to our offense not as a main striker. He is too small. Same goes for David villa + his price tag.
I want Malouda to stay. Q seem to be on his way back to Inter. He showed a few glimpse of what he can do but for what ever reason he didn’t play enough to convince me. Maybe he really isn’t good enough?
Lyon may miss to qualify for the champions’ league next season so Karim will definitely leave.
———————————–?ech ————————————
–Mancienne——–Ivanovi? ——Terry ——A. Cole——
—————————–——Mikel————————————–
————–Essien ————————–Lampard —————
——J. Cole ——————————————Gourcuff——
———————————Drogba————————————
Subs; Malouda , Di Santo, Benzema , Alex , Bosingwa , Young , Hilário , Ballack
So my wish list; Benzema, Gourcuff, young or Zhirkov.
Players to get nuked; Deco !!!
Thanks for our services but we are heading into diff direction; Ferreira , Mineiro , Belletti , Carvalho (injury prom being the only reason)
Should they stay or should they go; Kalou , Anelka ?!?!
Ops am sorry for the double post!
I just dont understand all these rumours on Drogba getting sold at the end of the season, all because of his post match reaction against Barcelona. As a chelsea fan, NO WAY would i like to see drogba getting sold, on the contrary i believe that his reaction after the barcelona match shows his commitment to chelsea, he was eager to reach the finals and win the champions league for chelsea!…
Drogba getting sold would be a complete disaster
Small vote
Which of u guys would like to see Drogba getting sold? (i guess no1)
HELL NO TO DROGBA GETTIN SOLD – I know the guy throws tantrums and sulks a lot but name me one striker in the world that can shine on a big stage the way Drogba can – I can’t think of a single player that is able to deliver consistently on a grand stage like DD. Although Didier does need some discipline because at times he does think he’s bigger than the club and at the age of 31 things need to change. We do need a striker, Tevez does fit into the Chelsea style of play because he’s relentless with his work rate but I guess most people don’t want to see him play for us simply because he’s short. I think the guy is talented and rather then going for a big name that might not be able to adapt to the PL (Sheva Biggest Example) why not go for a proven striker. Ibra is amazin but again can he perform against the likes of UTD, Arsenal, Liverpool?? Benzema I don’t know if he can adapt, Villa gets most of his goals from penalties, he is perhaps the best striker in europe but I don’t see him breaking the ice in PL. Changes are needed at Stamford Bridge come next season but nothing too drastic, we just need to tweak a few area’s and give ourselves a few options when chasing a game rather than being one dimensional.
Quoting Jaz
Exactly my thoughts. There aren’t many strikers on par with Drogba that can deliver like he does. Torres and Zlatan come to mind but that’s all. I think what he did that night was worthy of applause from any Chelsea fan. Shows you how much getting to the final meant to him. Drogba’s a different character but that’s why we all love him and everyone else hates him.
Replying to xerxesk: then who will or should we buy???? please tell…..
what about aguero
Replying to xerxesk: by the way man the reason i suggested Borowski is that in 2006 world cup when Ballack could not play te first match, it was Borowski that filled in and he did a good job, thus Jurgen brought him to Bayern to fill that void left by the absent of Ballack
Drogba worth 40M for us.We must keep him.We need something like TEVEZ as supporting striker and 3 top wingers.Ben Arfa/Young/Zhirzov are top players for chelsea.In my opinion R.Quaresma didnt have a chance to show his abilities.He is too near to CR7 style.A good manager must make him a good player.We need a lot of offloads.So byebye to DECO/MINEIRO/BELETTI.
DENVER:
For LB Taiwo, he would cost around 8 mil
Wingers: how about Zhirkov, Ben Arfa, Young or even Gourcuff who can play wide.
Forwards: Kierson, Milito would cost 15 mil, Forlan, and even Gilardino would do great.
Mid: Sessegon, and again Gourcuff.
and for a GK back up we can sign Yohan Pele as a free agent.
we must keep droooooogba as he is very important player we need another striker wingers but keep him
Replying to CFCIR: good points but arnt Ben arfa and Young a bit too similar plus they are young they will want to play. also if we dont sell malouda more problems. personally i think Zhirkov can cover the entire left on his own, i think Q should be given the chances on the right (we should keep him). Ben arfa can play on the right i think so he might not be a bad option.
Replying to xerxesk: i cant support you on the Taiwo deal (i know of him used him in my fifa) but im saying we have quality to fill the LB spot in Rajkovic…. and a young Ryan. I say use our players dont go out if we have it inhouse.
i see your point on the wingers and i raise you, we all like the ones you have listed. (would like Gourcuff to sure up the middle with less ballack in it) because some people are not backing a move for VDV.
forwards: used Di Santo the boy is good, heard we were linked to Wolfsberg’s striker (a Bosnian), Santa cruz (deadly- cheap or get back pizzaro and play him). we need someone great in the Air and quick, not like anelka who makes the attack looks toothless and goes missing.
Mid: Sessegon dont know much of him ( dont trust youtube anymore, everyone looks good on it). we needs steel in the middle man.
good points, always like speaking to you guys….keep them comming…
ps. dont know that keeper though (Yohan Pele) .. what about Ustari….. one thing is for sure we need a keeper, not that i dont trust Hilario..
why not try marco van basten- he isdutch and young….? and knows how to play attacking football + more
I would rather us keep Quaresma as he seems to have a predetermined idea as to what he is doing and adds a little more than ashley young
then again, it would be good of us to increase our amount of english players, especially with all the talk of the 6+5 rule
I believe he is 20 so has plenty of time to improve even more and will do with a better coach
I doubt Taiwo is on his way here, and I didn’t get a chance to see much of Norwich this season so I don’t know how Ryan Bertrand is getting along
Gael Kakuta is a player I expect to see more of
Denver
I haven’t seen Gourcuff play, what’s he like?
I’m still keen on a move for Michael Johnson from Manchester City, he has good size, is a box to box player, young, english and shows alot of ability. Under the right tuteledge will really emerge as a star for the future. That is effectively what we need for Ballack’s spot, someone who is good enough to start, that can grow. That is what Lampard was back at West Ham and look what we created.
The reason we need a big striker is because of the game we play, an orthadox team plays a 4-4-2 with a big striker and a quick striker
we play a 4-3-3/4-5-1, if you put short and small players further upfield, it restricts the game you can play
If you notice, all of our strikers are above 6feet tall, that says something to me about the long term aims of this club
If you ask me, rule out any player who is weak, short and timid
Benzema seems like a likely acquisition, except if anelka is staying and so is Drogba, where does Karim fit in, he can’t
I’m sure Hiddink’s aim is to reinforce our depth and give us new options going foward
so immediately 100% Yuri Zhirkov
I’m expecting Kalou to go which leaves us with joe cole as our sole right winger, another guy has to be brought, I think that will be quaresma, now we have two options on both wings and at leftback
the last thing I think needs urgent attention, is the box to box role ballack supposedly has, even if we give essien that role and promote mikel, we still have a spot to cover so a central midfielder is on the cards, he needs to be strong, have good stamina and have decent size, as for the game, needs to track back and go foward so will be very balanced
that’s where I get stuck
Players of Ballack’s design specification are rare
the list I compiled has
Michael Johnson
Aquilani
De La Red
gonzalez
Borowski
Engelaar
Hamsik
so tell me which of these guys you’d like to see more
Hamsik, Sessegon,Gonzales,Aquilani are the best choices What about Derossi? The thing about Hamsik is that he is very costly, Sessegon is the best choice, he can dribble has the energy of Essien, and can shoot and only costs 8-10 mil. Gonzales plays in Porto and the best former Porto player doesnt even make our bench. Aquilani is also very untested.
I hope the boardroom at Chelsea are thinking deeply about the “homegrown” players rule that will come into effect I think 2010 -11 season. The only homegrown youngsters players I can think of are Mancienne and the young Israeli forward …..anyone… who can enlighten me more on that ?
Jack Cork as well. It is problem, but hopefully Blatter gets over it.
i belive we should kepp the drog no mather what. he is our man. but if he leaves we should get eto, teves.
our line upp next year
————–cech—————
ivano—-alex—terrry–a.cole
————-mikel————–
essien—–lamps—–G.Barry
———-tevez–eto————
subs: zhirkov bosingwa a.young malouda mancienne kalou hilario
Quoting JoseHoliday
Its not going to happen. Me and Wenger know this MAN!
Hey ”bluefan #1” you forgot J.Cole
I say no to Tevez and Eto i prefer Villa
news:Anceloti at Chelsea for three years 5million pounds/year he is signing..
Replying to Albi:
well me to but the cost is much more on villa and trust me tevez and eto would be magical. eto is a killer and tevez is fast. i know i forgott joe cole, hehe.
eto’o is a good player, but I’m not convinced he’d be right unless partnered with drogba, but I see little point in buying a striker with all our guys staying
true say, itallian talent is a big risk which is why I doubt we’ll see aquilani
blue fan#1, the only qualms I have with that team is the formation and players give us no flank speed, Gareth Barry is not right for Chelsea, I doubt he could save arsenal, I believe he will head to Liverpool this season and Xabi Alonso will end up out of the country
Sessegnon could be a likely arrival, I would say if it boiled down to us getting a midfielder, van der vaart or sessegnon would be the targets although with all that happened last year, Kenyon probably wouldn’t even bother try so Sessegnon seems iminent
has anything more been said on champions league about ballack and drogba?
Replying to bluefan #1: man, Zhirkov is a starter.
Replying to TruePlatinum: Gourcuff he played against us in the Group stages, and did well against u. I weill only replace Ballack with a next German-Borowski is the name, I personally would want to keep Ballack for a next season atleast, while Borowski leearns the English way. Sessegon I think would be a great option too seems to be quite skillful, lets get both!!
Replying to JoseHoliday: that Israel forward might be sold, i really liked him.
Replying to Albi: fuck are you sure, damn dont really like this guy, honestly, dont know why the board didnt try to go for Van Basten, Rijkaard, or wait on Guus. I guess Roman wants someone he knows personally, and not someone Kenyon recommends!
if we keep the drog wich i strongly belive we should we need to pair him up with another striker with speed that can work in ´diffrent places up front. in that mather i belive tevez that is going away from man utd would be perfect. he is incredible and knows the premier leauge. so i really want him in chelsea no mather what. eto is going to from barca and he is not that expensive like villa and other strikers. we all know the danger off him the field. i belive we should get rid of balack and as he is a leader off the pitch i belive the person coming to take his place should be one ass well. gareth barry is a leader off and on the pitch and i do belive he would fit in balack shoes by doing the job even bether and he allso knows the english game and would be perfect. he is fast and as lampard, knows the game like the back off his hands. he could in a stronger team like chelsea be like gerrard.
if money wasnt a big case in chelsea my first team wouldnt be like the above one i would have players like ribery david villa zlatan messi and you name it. to get villa we would have to pay the money of 3 very high class plaers that could offer more to chelsea. we badly need another good striker in chelsea but u all know we need players that can fill in in the left back in case something happens to ashly and wingers and so on. so we cant just get 2 exppensive players that as well could be flops like sheva.
my ideal/realistic chelsea team next year will be:
goal: cech, hilario and the danish kid dont remember his name
back: ivanovic, bosingwa, alex, terry, a.cole, carvalho, mancienne, (zhirkov)
midfield: lampard, essien, mikel, g.barry, joe cole, malouda, zhirkov
forward: drogba, tevez, kalou, ashley young, eto
buying tevez, eto, zhirkov, g.barry, a.young is the same price as buying david villa and zlatan/ribery/kaka (2 players in that class)
with these buys we can even change formations if needed.
i can seriously say that today chelsea is physically and mentaly the strongest team in the world. i could say they are the strongest team in the world. we only have problems upfront and in case any big player gets injured and we need a little bit more stability. so we dont need players like zlatan or villa even if it would be nice. we only need a couple of extras so we have a stronger squad incase anyone gets injured. and who knows if zlatan can play in england. he couldnt do shit against untd and he allways gets injured. we know what barry and young and tevez can do in england so we have to play it safe. no more flops.
Replying to denver(denverblue):
not if u have players like lampard g.barry etc. get off youtube and watch these players u talking about live instead.
Replying to bluefan #1: not backing going for more Africans because when African cup of nation comes around we will be in big trouble, so if we get in players the will not be Africans.
G barry is shit. He is not 1/2 of what Lamps and Stevie are.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySQSLEmPrG4&feature=rec-HM-r2
No way we are selling this guy. he is and will allways be a legened at chelsea. so what he told the world that ovebro was a fvckin disgrace he was fvckin right. DIDIER DROGBAAA
Replying to denver(denverblue):
u have a point
Replying to xerxesk:
ill bet when a big club buys him u will se what he can do
guys we only need on African Stephane Sessegnon is the man !
we need more english player…..
my team 2009/2010 is
cech, mancienne, ivanovic, terry, cole, essien, ballack, lampard, ashlie young, joe cole, drogba
subs. taylor, alex, mikel, sinclair, malouda, anelka….
my team 09-10 is:
Cech
Mancienne–Alex–Terry–A.cole
–Lampard—Essien—A.Young–
–Gourcuff—Tevez–Kalou–
SUB:Ivanovic,Zhirkov,J.Cole,Mikel,Kakuta.
Adebayor Or Tevez
http://www.goal.com/en/news/11/transfer-zone/2009/05/15/1266258/arsenals-arsene-wenger-hints-he-could-sell-emmanuel-adebayor
Ade would do great for Chelsea, he is the younger DD.
Quoting k.drogba
Is there a hint of swap deal ? Salmon Kaluo perhaps .. I would personally like Tevez. We have Didier and Anelka and hope not to sell either of them. Tevez will add a different dimension.. you get a lot of strikers in the market, but Tevez is proven adapability in EPL and has worked in a big club so is used to pressures.
Is sessegnon is a holding midfielder ? If we are going to buy, we should buy one with the intention of filling lampards boots.. I heard that chelsea would include another CSK Moscow player in Yuri Zhirkov deal – 18 year old attacking midfielder..
Replying to cfc: it would be good to get someone with Yuri, nice to have some russian, i like Pavlachenko!!, sessegnon is an attacking Mid/winger left or right, the boy is bad!
Xerxesk
adebayor most certainly isn’t and wouldn’t
If I were owner of CFC, I would rather happily pay all the fines of bigmouth DD than try to buy a new striker. This guy can win us biggest games, and thats something no other striker can do at present. DD is the best striker of the world. IF he can´t play CL next season ,so what’?, he can play play the season after. He´s still strong and seems he will be able to play well till 34. Only a madman will get rid of on form striker. Anyway, i feel CFC should boycott CL next season as protest against UEFA for being primitive if not prejudiced.
didier is the man. no other player could be such a leader upfront like him. lampard to drogba, cech to drogba he sucks the ball to himself like a vacume cleaner. he is a rolemodel to young strikers and he is a leader on and off the pitch. he is the biggest name in chelsea internationally. he has to stay. tevez and drogba would kill any team and we should sell anelka and get eto cause he is faster and more dangerous he can even play on the sides like henry is doing in barca.
and to be on the safe side when the african cup comes up we can sell kalou and get a young striker in form of like bojan, not him someone in that class. we have joe cole malouda and if we get ashely young we can be without some african plaers during that month in the premier leauge. its only 4 games or so.
Please dont sell Drogba because of his post match reaction vs Barca..thats another injustice to him..after that incident i love Drogba more..well i am not sure about etoo..Barca players were flops..(Belletti-well he is our third choice..)
yea but belleti was like 150 years when we bought him
Alot of pundits are tipping Drogba to leave but I think, reminiscent of last season’s end, Drogba is not leaving, the team around him wants to keep him and I don’t think Mourinho wants another striker, considering he has five in the first team, no team in France can afford him and I can’t see where else he would go in the world, so Drogba I’d say is 100% staying
But either way, I’m really hoping Di Santo will get to show his mettle, he has the ability to hassle defenders physically and by dribbling past them
I’d be favourable of moving kalou on, his numbers have benn improving but he has never really astounded me and I think in himself, he is disappointed. Hiddink obviously was not too impressed with what he saw so I’d tip him to leave, replacement wise, you are looking at Quaresma, Ashley Young or Luis Valencia
Replying to TruePlatinum:
dont be so sure. ibrahimovic wants out of inter and thats official. they need another striker and mourinho has worked with didier. and if didier wants to leave he can buy himself out of the contract and leave to france. and man city wants him now to. they dont play in CL so they can afford him even if he wil get punished from the last game. i just want chelsea to try to keep him. give him a new contract cause he can play for another 3 years for uss. he has done to much for chelsea to just let him go over a bust up in the champions leauge.
i really dont think di santo has anything to give for chelsea the next 3 years to come. he is to slow for a winger and not strong enough to play as a singel striker.
a swap deal drogba-ibra would be awesome (well with some money involved)
http://goal.com/en/news/11/transfer-zone/2009/05/16/1268224/chelsea-set-to-swoop-for-middlesbrough-goalkeeper-ross
good news
Timo Hildebrand for back up keeper but would he leave Hoffenheim (German keepers always peak late)? Ba the striker from Hoffenheim boy is a killer only problem he is African. we must Dump money on a killer winger!! Frank Ribery anyone??!!, of course Yuri would he cheaper
blue fan #1
we won’t know about di santo until he’s given a real chance, I conceed, he doesn’t look robust, but then again, at 6 foot 4, like ibra, you don’t need to look it, just do it
I know ibra wants out and like Malagantz, I would support a move for him, even if it involves sending drogba that way, Ibra may have some injury worries, but he can’t be worse than drogba has been
I’d be happy to have Ribery, but I don’t think Abramovich;s pocket would
even if Drogba payed to release himself, no team in France can meet his wage demands
To tell the truth, I was very surprised Ballack got a year extension, we should of been allowed to half his wages
it’s all very well man city not being affected by the champions league but Drogba is and would only want to go to a club he would think is good enough for him, if Drogba was to leave Chelsea, he would leave the country on the grounds chelsea would refuse to sell a good player to a domestic rival,
There is only talk of inter needing a striker because adriano left, after Ibra, there is still cruz, crespo and Balottelli and considering inter play a formation like us, another striker in without getting rid of one is beyond surplus
thats just the way I understand it
If Drogba goes, there is not another player who quite does what he can, we could groom a player, but I’m certain it would backfire, very few strikers like, yet alone can play with their back to the goal
United wins EPL. How exciting.
Seeing as Man utd have guaranteed 1st, we have secured 3rd
our champions league status is not at risk, so our league games should see di santo get more playing time alongside anelka or drogba
tomorrow should be a decent game, im going for 3-1
Denver:
Timo is not good enough. Which african player are you talking about? Ba or Obasi? They are both amazing,
Quoting Palmer
Good that Man U did not make more than 91 points .. The best team in the world doesn’t get more than 91 by Chelsea in the second title winning season..
Quoting IwasMissingJose
If you play CL you are guaranteed around 30 million pounds and if you reach Semi Finals , you will get much more. ( This year winner will get around 100 MM.. ) With this money around, , you can’t boycott if you want to be a self sufficient club..
Replying to xerxesk: talking about Demba Ba…. thought the commentator said Denver Ba at one point..lol, which keeper do you think is good enough back up? Timo is doing well at the German club….. you cant count Valencia… they were against him, and their damn defence at the time was a joke
Quoting denver(denverblue)
The player is Alan Dzagoev .. I have attached the extract, I read from daily mail below..
Yuri Zhirkov is in line to join Chelsea in the summer and has been linked to other top English clubs after impressing down the left wing for club and country. Teenage midfielder Alan Dzagoev could be part of the £15million deal to Stamford Bridge.
Replying to cfc: we could take a stand…… fuck them they hate us we hate them why not take their money!!
Replying to cfc: we might even look into Vagner love
Replying to cfc: could he (Alan Dzagoev) be our new lampard??
Replying to denver:
what is a new lampard? who is the old lampard?
It would be a dream signing for me if we signed Dzagoev. Yuri as well. Wagner would do us good too.
Denver for Gk, how about Amelia?
I want Drogs to stay what ever blah blah blah blah
Chelsea are an emotional team, the fans an emotional bunch and we need an emotional front man !
BTW : Congrats JM for winning the Scudetto !
And ManUre congrats and enjoy while you can cos we’re coming roaring baCK NEXT SEASON !
I hope Guss starts Stoch and Di Santo for tomorrow match ..
Cech, Bosingwa,Ivanovic,Alex,Cole,Malouda,Essien,Obi Mikel, Stoch and Anelka
Subs – Hilario, Terry,Mancienne, Lampard, Drogba , Mineiro ..
Heard that Ballack & belleti are out with flue, Salomon Kaluo with minor injury, Deco, Richardo Carvalho, Joe Cole all long term injuries..
Preserve – Drogba, Lampard & Terry for FA cup..
Expect a sublime performance from Nico today. Diverboy has 18 and Anelka has 17!
If we had Guss from start of the season,we could be the champions of the EPL.(I HATE YOU SCOLARI!!!!)
Replying to Derekjcb:
hope nic can nick it=)
goo blues
Replying to CFCIR:
feel you, we have had a bad year in many ways. all the injuries, Mr. So So (LFS), the norwegian fart among others.
lets finish the season on a high and I am already looking for next season
With the league title wrapped up for MU, we have three mini-objectives for our two remaining games:
a) Let Anelka finish as top scorer
b) Let Lampard score at least 20 goals this season, making it the fifth straight year he has done so
c) Concede less goals than MU, we’ll do this if we keep two clean sheets
d) Finish above Liverpool (highly unlikely)
EDEN DZEKO – The Wolfsberg Striker, I think we should be considering this guy, he’s around 22-23 I think and has scored something like 40+ goals in all competitions this season. Btw Wolfsberg are top of Bundersliga so he’s not from some unknown club. The guy has great potential and at the age of 22-23 has quality years ahead of him to imrprove. What do you guys think??
Good win.
Guus,for sure,has falen in love with Chelsea.
KTBFFH!!!!!!!!
blackburn were lucky we didnt score more, anyway good win and nice to se the crowd solute Mr. Guus.
150 | Jaz
Yep, I remember him playing for Teplice in the Czech Republic. When he came, he was not taken as something special from the start. But later he grew into a real star (which could mean a little in the Czech league – it is nothing special in European context) as he got used to more aggressive style of football. Strong in the air, but equally good technically, with a powerful shot and fast enough; moreover, he gets better every season. The positive thing is that Dzeko is versatile and can adapt to any circumstances. I am only afraid that the Premier League could be too hard physically for him; Bundesliga is a good league, but something different (remember Pizzaro – he was strong physically enough, but he could not cope with the pace and physical demand of English football). Anyway, he is definitely worth to be observed.
if liverpool lose to tottenham and we win our last game we finish second
don’t forget tottenham have taken points from the top sides this season
I’m under the impression that Ross Turnnbull (young english goalie) is set to be signed from middlesborough
striker wise, if not ibra, i like the idea of mario gomez or mario balotelli-barwuah
Quoting TruePlatinum
On top of that we need to win the Sunderland game, 6-0..
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