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Chelsea 3-3 Everton | Ah . . the December syndrome!

December is a very scary month. For a few seasons now, poor December performances have cost us heavily. Last season, we had three draws and two wins in December. I don’t think there has been a December where we had won all the league matches. May be, it’s a psychological thing. In a way, end of December marks the end of the first half of the league season. With Christmas and New Year around the corner, and in our case, the African Nations Cup too, this is not a month that we would play as we did in earlier months. This is a month where we just want to get over things and move on.

How did just manage to draw this match is a puzzle. Granted they opened the scoring but when Chelsea went 2-1up, it almost looked like there’s gonna be a massacre. We played like we were against a lower league opponent. Some of our attacking moves, Everton had no clue, leave alone answers. I’m sure sometime in the first half David Moyes must have thought of damage control than salvaging a point. I thought we’d end the match with a 4-1 score or something. When was the last time Drogba scored a brace and we didn’t win?

The manner in which we conceded all those three goals was appalling. There was some theme around it. Anyone with little knowledge of football would have observed that pattern. Top teams do have some weaknesses but you don’t go exhibiting in this grand fashion very often. Our set piece defending is now a very well documented weakness and expect teams to fully try to exploit that. While we score a brilliant goal at the other end, all that’s needed for the opponent, in the last minute of the game, is a dodgy free kick from 40 yards and they can be level. Sad.

I know we were also a bit unfortunate but it was evident that the misfortune was also a product of our lack of preparedness and planning (or its execution) towards set pieces. Petr Cech was livid after the third goal. I’ve never seen him react so wildly after a conceded goal. In fact, I was pretty happy to see him react like that. That needs to happen. I’m sure that after this match, the team will be forced to do more shifts in training for set piece defending. With an Italian manager, this is the least I had expected.

Nevertheless, let’s not be blind to the fact that we are playing great football. We played with such authority and a hint of arrogance that not many Evertonians would have thought they’d go home with a point. Two great finishes from Drogba and a very smart finish from Anelka. Especially, the first goal was a masterclass. Carvalho winning the ball from Saha and setting up the goal. Drogba’s finish was just exquisite. In the words of the commentator, ‘is there someone in better form in world football’?

Lampard’s form is turning into a worry. He is low in confidence and it shows. Everytime, he needs a million touches before he can do his next move. He is very unsure. That doesn’t work in premier league. He still played some brilliant passes but his rate of losing possession increases by every match. Something must happen. When I read that Tiger Woods is taking an indefinite break from golf, I was thinking how Lampard managed football alongside his break up. Tiger wants a break because he cannot concentrate on golf and not just to patch up with his family. In the last couple of years, Lampard broke up with his wife and lost his mother around the champions league semi final period. Still he’s managed to focus on football rather well. His current run of form has something to do with tactics or position or something fixable. I have a strong feeling that it’s not with Lampard alone.

Elsewhere, Aston Villa did the incredible by beating Man Utd at Old Trafford. Normally, as far as I can remember, Aston Villa at Old Trafford would end with a score 4-0 or 3-0 to Man Utd. Yesterday though, Aston Villa have managed to win at Old Trafford after 200 years. It almost feels like the last few seasons where Man Utd would drop points and Chelsea would fail to capitalise on it the next day. Now Aston Villa have beaten Chelsea, Man Utd and Liverpool. Most probably they’d beat Arsenal by half a dozen goals. The Villa resurgence is a very interesting twist to the already exciting league season this time. Anyway, that result makes the weekend a little better than it was. Now we are three points ahead of Man Utd. It’s Liverpool vs Arsenal tonight. Can they both lose?

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  1. Statistically December EPL results have from the sublime (away win at OT 2001 0-3) to the ridiculous (4-2 loss to Charlton 2003).
    Make your own conclusions, but overall it does not look that desperate for December. To me it’s more games like Villa and Wigan this season that frustrates. However yesterdays draw was unbearable, until Villa beat manure.
    TSO is the only one with a 100% December record EVER in EPL history.

    2008 2 wins 3 draws
    Bolton 0-2 Chelsea (English Premier: 06-12-2008)
    Chelsea 1-1 West Ham (English Premier: 14-12-2008)
    Everton 0-0 Chelsea (English Premier: 22-12-2008)
    Chelsea 2-0 West Brom (English Premier: 26-12-2008)
    Fulham 2-2 Chelsea (English Premier: 28-12-2008)
    That’s 9 points out of a possible 15 in all competitions (60%)

    2007 5 wins 1 draw 1 loss
    Chelsea 1-0 West Ham (English Premier: 01-12-2007)
    Chelsea 2-0 Sunderland (English Premier: 08-12-2007)
    Arsenal 1-0 Chelsea (English Premier: 16-12-2007)
    Chelsea 2-0 Liverpool (English League Cup: 19-12-2007)
    Blackburn 0-1 Chelsea (English Premier: 23-12-2007)
    Chelsea 4-4 Aston Villa (English Premier: 26-12-2007)
    Chelsea 2-1 Newcastle (English Premier: 29-12-2007)
    That’s 16 pts out of 21 (76%)

    2006 4 wins 3 draws
    Chelsea 1-1 Arsenal (English Premier: 10-12-2006)
    Chelsea 1-0 Newcastle (English Premier: 13-12-2006)
    Everton 2-3 Chelsea (English Premier: 17-12-2006)
    Newcastle 0-1 Chelsea (English League Cup: 20-12-2006)
    Wigan 2-3 Chelsea (English Premier: 23-12-2006)
    Chelsea 2-2 Reading (English Premier: 26-12-2006)
    Chelsea 2-2 Fulham (English Premier: 30-12-2006)
    That’s 15 pts out of 21 (71%)

    2005 6 wins
    Chelsea 1-0 Middlesbro (Premiership: 03-12-2005)
    Chelsea 1-0 Wigan (Premiership: 10-12-2005)
    Arsenal 0-2 Chelsea (Premiership: 18-12-2005)
    Chelsea 3-2 Fulham (Premiership: 26-12-2005)
    Man City 0-1 Chelsea (Premiership: 28-12-2005)
    Chelsea 2-0 Birmingham (Premiership: 31-12-2005)
    That’s 18 pts out of 18 (100%)

    2004 4 wins 1 draw
    Chelsea 4-0 Newcastle (Premiership: 04-12-2004)
    Arsenal 2-2 Chelsea (Premiership: 12-12-2004)
    Chelsea 4-0 Norwich (Premiership: 18-12-2004)
    Chelsea 1-0 Aston Villa (Premiership: 26-12-2004)
    Portsmouth 0-2 Chelsea (Premiership: 28-12-2004)
    That’s 13 pts out of 15 (87%)

    2003 2 wins 1 draw 2 losses
    Leeds 1 – 1 Chelsea (Premiership: 06-12-2003)
    Chelsea 1 – 2 Bolton (Premiership: 13-12-2003)
    Fulham 0 – 1 Chelsea (Premiership: 20-12-2003)
    Charlton 4 – 2 Chelsea (Premiership: 26-12-2003)
    Chelsea 3 – 0 Portsmouth (Premiership: 28-12-2003)
    That’s 7 pts out of 15 (47%)

    2002 2 wins 2 draws 1 loss
    Everton 1 – 3 Chelsea (Premiership: 07-12-2002)
    Middlesbrough 1 – 1 Chelsea (Premiership: 14-12-2002)
    Chelsea 2 – 0 Aston Villa (Premiership: 21-12-2002)
    Chelsea 0 – 0 Southampton (Premiership: 26-12-2002)
    Leeds 2 – 0 Chelsea (Premiership: 28-12-2002)
    That’s 8 pts out of 15 (53%)

    2001 4 wins 1 draw 2 losses
    Man Utd 0 – 3 Chelsea (Premiership: 01-12-2001)
    Chelsea 0 – 1 Charlton (Premiership: 05-12-2001)
    Sunderland 0 – 0 Chelsea (Premiership: 09-12-2001)
    Chelsea 4 – 0 Liverpool (Premiership: 16-12-2001)
    Chelsea 5 – 1 Bolton (Premiership: 23-12-2001)
    Arsenal 2 – 1 Chelsea (Premiership: 26-12-2001)
    Newcastle 1 – 2 Chelsea (Premiership: 29-12-2001)
    That’s 13 pts out of 21 (61%)

    2000 3 wins 1 draw 1 loss
    Chelsea 2 – 1 Man City (Premiership: 03-12-2000)
    Chelsea 4 – 1 Derby (Premiership: 09-12-2000)
    Middlesbrough 1 – 0 Chelsea (Premiership: 16-12-2000)
    Chelsea 3 – 0 Bradford (Premiership: 23-12-2000)
    Ipswich 2 – 2 Chelsea (Premiership: 26-12-2000)
    That’s 10 pts out of 15 (67%)

  2. I still think one point we lack is..converting our counter-attacks into goals. If you see our recent matches, our backline certainly does well in moving the ball forward, but there isn’t a confident player or two who tries to move into the opposition defense. We either wait for our full-backs to come forward or the opposition 11 players to get back ! Any good signing or even an improved Joe Cole/Deco can provide us with the same. Drogba and Anelka were really good yesterday. Sloppy defending/bad luck cost us the 3 goals. One can see how fast a 5 point lead can nullify. Luckily ManU couldn’t capitalize on that and rather lost a point on us.
    If we can do well against the weaker teams in next month or so, we have a history of good football after Jan. These small things apart, we are playing really well. Go Blues !

  3. Liverpool is totally fucked up,Now torres will understand diffrents from be Liverpool or Chelsea player.
    If lampard get back to his best ,chelsea woes will be gone.When i saw lampard face yesterday,i saw him deeply sad from inside.He is lacking confidence.With this form we wont see him in England XI at 2010 WORLD CUP

  4. OUT:Cech
    IN:TURNBULL
    OUT:CARVALHO
    IN:ALEX
    OUT: DECO,BALLACK
    IN:MALOUDA,J.COLE & KAKUTA

    Perhaps it is better to have Formation:

    ————–Turnbull—————
    -Ivanovic–Terry–Alex–A.Cole-
    –Lampard–Mikel–J.Cole–Malouda-
    ————Anelka–Drogba———–

  5. k.drogba you must have not watched the Apoel match or any other match that Turnbull has played in. I’d take Cech over Turnbull any day of the week. Hilario would be a better replacement for Cech for a couple of games until Cech gets his confidence back.

  6. OUT CECH!!! OUT CECH!!!!! TURNBULL IN !!! TURNBULL!! I PREFERE MEDIOCRE ENGLISH KEEPER THAN MEDIOCRE FOREING PLAYER………….

  7. Is there any replacement in this world for Micheal Essien? Someone tell me why Chelsea perform badly without him? Mikel could have clearly prevented that goal yet he as usual made bad judgement with no excuse.

  8. The poor run of form has begun,lets hope it does not continue……………

  9. Alright folks, just decided to come on here and share a few pointers abt the match. Generally i think we played well, moved the ball nicely and quickly. Everton couldn’t match our play so they countered with graft. Now i believe Sir Lancelotti will turn it around. The good thing abt this though is. Last season whenever we dropped points almost all the other three gained on us.
    However this season when we’ve dropped points, we’ve stilled managed to claw some of those guys in.
    Now about Cech the first goal was his fault but i don’t think the other two were his. The second was Terry’s fault, he should have cleared it. he didn’t and we got punished. The third goal was just unlucky on our part. At that time confidence on set piece defending was low. That’s where i think carlo needs to check. Last year under Scolari this same problem set in. Then when Guus came in he brought on Alex to replace Carvalho and we stopped conceeding through set pieces. Carvahlo can’t win aerial balls. And on saturday John Terry lost his aerial challenges. Cech needs to command his space, i agree. However for those of u calling for Turnbull , please he is no good. I have seen him on Chelsea TV and i tell u he is poor at the minute. We may need to keep faith with Cech. Let’s not b too harsh on the guy. We will turn this around. What did u guys think of Joe Cole? I think he seriously think he needs to improve his game if he wants to go to South Africa. He should relase the balls early stop turning 360 degrees before releasing the ball. On Saturday he was poor.

  10. [quote comment="79720"]Alright folks, just decided to come on here and share a few pointers abt the match. Generally i think we played well, moved the ball nicely and quickly. Everton couldn’t match our play so they countered with graft. Now i believe Sir Lancelotti will turn it around. The good thing abt this though is. Last season whenever we dropped points almost all the other three gained on us.
    However this season when we’ve dropped points, we’ve stilled managed to claw some of those guys in.
    Now about Cech the first goal was his fault but i don’t think the other two were his. The second was Terry’s fault, he should have cleared it. he didn’t and we got punished. The third goal was just unlucky on our part. At that time confidence on set piece defending was low. That’s where i think carlo needs to check. Last year under Scolari this same problem set in. Then when Guus came in he brought on Alex to replace Carvalho and we stopped conceeding through set pieces. Carvahlo can’t win aerial balls. And on saturday John Terry lost his aerial challenges. Cech needs to command his space, i agree. However for those of u calling for Turnbull , please he is no good. I have seen him on Chelsea TV and i tell u he is poor at the minute. We may need to keep faith with Cech. Let’s not b too harsh on the guy. We will turn this around. What did u guys think of Joe Cole? I think he seriously think he needs to improve his game if he wants to go to South Africa. He should relase the balls early stop turning 360 degrees before releasing the ball. On Saturday he was poor.[/quote]

    U are right Joey needs to improve and I must commend lovely suggestions u have put down here.It shows u watch games.I hope we buy in January at least two or three additions…Say a David Villa and any two may be De rossi or roma

  11. Thanks Shawn, i hope we buy a couple too. I’d say Edin Dzeko and another ball handler as we wait on Kakuta. Kakuta is our next Zola. U heard it hear first. However we should give him time. I have followed his exploits on our clubs tv network and yes i have belief he is that good. Needs time to mature though. I pray we never even think abt selling him.

  12. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mDzdtj1Uqw&feature=related

    We can give him the no7
    Another great buy would be sergio asenjo.
    Lampard might need company in midfield?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wozHjtfhBHg

    I love David Villa but he is to old and expensive.
    This man can help us in pens!!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxxH1HcCysk

    He also plays 4 Germany!!

    Or another German

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRXuGoyhdwc&feature=related

    But this would be my no1

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivK4czXV044&feature=related

  13. I do not blame Cech for the 3 goals conceded in saturday match. I think the problem is…Chelsea fail to made clear challenges on last quarter attack of the opponent….so it’ll cost a freekick….and next you know what’ll happen …every team just swing the ball to the dangerous box….just crap why the hell Essien is injured now…we can use him 2-3 weeks before he go to African Nations…
    anyone know how good is Matic in DM position?? please somebody tell me coz I don’t have Chelsea TV (I’m from Indonesia)…

    and I think Ballack it’s not near of his game shape lately….I would like to see Malouda on the starting 11th …Joe Cole is still on his way to find his feet and confidence…maybe also because Joe Cole is too much pushed by the expectation of how good he is….just like Walcott in Arsenal….sometimes I think it because of the press….

    I also think that sometimes when Chelsea stuck by the opponent… we need a player who has ability to drag the ball and go inside the opponent box….yes i do love to see Kakuta had more opportunity to get on the game..

  14. Dear BC,

    I really loved the post and i fully agree with you, cent-per-cent!

    I am gravely worried about Lampard too, he is my hero and i wouldn’t love to see him in his own shadow! But i have faith in him and i believe in him.

    Drogba is one of our best defenders and it was just an ill-luck that his heavy clearance bounced back, but his goals were a class apart. It was just the bad luck that played with us on Saturday. We scored great goals but luck scored three for them, at least 1st and 3rd goals!

    Cech seems at fault, he was half way and loitering in no-man’s- land. Terry needs to have a clear idea with his defensive line against the set pieces!

    But i am glad that we didn’t play deco, otherwise we would have lost by huge margin!

    And with ANC nigh, it is time for Carlotti to use and familarise non-African players when we are leading the game comfortably. I am hopeful that he will deploy the likes of Borini, Zhirkov, Sturridge, Bruma and Matic.

    Good luck to Wolves tonight!

  15. start a winning run t ommorow hopefully of many many matches but 4 now win tommorow come on blues give cech 1 more chance

  16. You must get your great form at Bridge.

    Your opponents must be very, very afraid at Bridge.

    You must beat the Pompie with amazing result tonight.

  17. You guys are insane selling Cech, he is the best kepper in the UK!!
    Firstly who would we buy instead, we dont have a great sub kepper.
    Secondly why do you want to sell him?
    Its buying we need,we need backup in midfield and force in our attack.
    EG.What will happens when Drogba retires also Anelka is old to!!
    Lampard needs a young pair of legs like Messi to come in, Im niot saying buy messi just buy a young player!!

  18. Chelsea just needs to be steady… composed and focused..,. we don’t need to be playin globe-trotter-like exhibition match footy or cautious Italian lock-up boredom-til- kingdom-come-stuff-either…..

    We just need to be cool… concentrated … and tighten up a bit at the back…..

    Sorry Avrams ol boy …. nottin 4 u tonight !

  19. win with a clean sheet is the order of the day

  20. [quote comment="79744"]You guys are insane selling Cech, he is the best kepper in the UK!!
    Firstly who would we buy instead, we dont have a great sub kepper.
    Secondly why do you want to sell him?
    Its buying we need,we need backup in midfield and force in our attack.
    EG.What will happens when Drogba retires also Anelka is old to!!
    Lampard needs a young pair of legs like Messi to come in, Im niot saying buy messi just buy a young player!![/quote]

    You are right we need fresh legs in midfield and attack at least two players…We need some one to give lampard,slow deco and slow ballack a run for their money.Lampard for me is the best among the three.I hope we buy,cos we need that champions league trophy this season. I must commend u,u watch chelseafc games regularly and have identified these problems. Good write up

  21. [quote comment="79710"]I still think one point we lack is..converting our counter-attacks into goals. If you see our recent matches, our backline certainly does well in moving the ball forward, but there isn’t a confident player or two who tries to move into the opposition defense. We either wait for our full-backs to come forward or the opposition 11 players to get back ! Any good signing or even an improved Joe Cole/Deco can provide us with the same. Drogba and Anelka were really good yesterday. Sloppy defending/bad luck cost us the 3 goals. One can see how fast a 5 point lead can nullify. Luckily ManU couldn’t capitalize on that and rather lost a point on us.
    If we can do well against the weaker teams in next month or so, we have a history of good football after Jan. These small things apart, we are playing really well. Go Blues ![/quote]

    That is quite true we rely on our full backs too often and Manu used that against us…Any good team will beat us.You are a good analist..It shows u follow the blues game.Keep it up,I hope we strenght in January……………

  22. [quote comment="79749"][quote comment="79710"]I still think one point we lack is..converting our counter-attacks into goals. If you see our recent matches, our backline certainly does well in moving the ball forward, but there isn’t a confident player or two who tries to move into the opposition defense. We either wait for our full-backs to come forward or the opposition 11 players to get back ! Any good signing or even an improved Joe Cole/Deco can provide us with the same. Drogba and Anelka were really good yesterday. Sloppy defending/bad luck cost us the 3 goals. One can see how fast a 5 point lead can nullify. Luckily ManU couldn’t capitalize on that and rather lost a point on us.
    If we can do well against the weaker teams in next month or so, we have a history of good football after Jan. These small things apart, we are playing really well. Go Blues ![/quote]

    That is quite true we rely on our full backs too often and Manu used that against us…Any good team will beat us.You are a good analist..It shows u follow the blues game.Keep it up,I hope we strenght in January……………[/quote]

    I must appreciate you. You are really capable of identifying good comments. It shows you follow the blog. Keep it up.

    Scrappy game, but I would accept 3 points anyday following our recent sloppy form. Didn’t get to see the match. After reading some of the reviews from other sites, I got the idea that we had to really bend our backs against Uncle Grant’s side. We didn’t fail to implement our newly envisaged gameplan of becoming complacent as soon as we score. It took a penalty from Lampard to restore lead. Ivanovic had a good match.
    The second half team had no Drogba, Mikel, Essien or Kalou, which is very much the team we would be playing during ACON. The movement all round was good but we could not finish it , thus confirming that the games during ACON would not be as simple as it seem. We really missed Drogba.
    By the way, has any sort of luck decided to part away with us. We seem to be conceding goals from the least imaginable way. Even a pessimist (Chelsea fan of course…) of sorts cannot think of the ways in which we have been conceding.
    Waiting for your post BC. Have you been ignoring the blog? Your posts seem to be quite less frequent these days.

  23. today is ucl draw i want chelsea to draw bayern munich robben back at bridge will be interesting also ballack back in munich

  24. cfc vs inter
    manu vs milan
    arsenal vs porto

    tough draw for eng sides
    the rest have it easy

  25. Lampard and the Blues

    Chelsea FC vc Internazionale Milano FC

    My friends, THIS is the clash of the century. Mourinho is back to the Bridge, but the problem is, he has never lost here. Lets hope we can get back our original form we had the start of the season. Then, we are unbeatable. Looking forwards to the game.

    KTBFFH !!

  26. FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK WE FACED JOSE MOURINHIO

  27. Jose know chelsea very well ,this is going be a very tough test for carlo,but the good news is Carlo had a great record vs Jose at AC Milan.

  28. it will great to see him at bridge .it will be emotional night for him .but on footballing terms chelsea should beat inter plus drogba and essien will be back as well

  29. So it’s Chbelsea vs. Jose ha ha ha !

    Well Jose’s gonna lose but I hope he doesn’t decamp to ManCity, then again maybe if he did it would mean ManUre and Liverfool would hate it more !

  30. My namesake will be welcomed as a great coach and champion for the times he was at Chelsea but once the ball is kicked I wanna see Inter kicked outta the CL !

    I just hope Jos’s backline steel-strength reuturns in time for the man himself !

    Merry Xmas plenty of points and a Good New Year to all us Chelsea fans and BC !

  31. INTER VS CHELSEA [1-1]
    Chelsea vs Inter [2-1] OR [2-0]

  32. chelsea and inter milan play very similarly. They are also a strong team, lots of stamina, very mouth watering defence and some stars throughout the pitch. We’ll be happy that their wingers are all underperforming. Pace is always something our defence struggles with. I’m not expecting a great tie, in terms of makeup, the teams are very similar so we will end up cancelling eachother out. Hopefully essien and bosingwa will be back by then, we would be better equipped.
    I have faith in chelsea and ancelotti, my head tealls me its one of those that can’t be predicted too well. Chelsea to go through 3-2 on aggregate

  33. BC.. where are all your articles? You used to have a prematch and postmatch post, you are slackin my friend…

  34. BC…no post for week and it looks like its a month ago we had one. you surely are doing a great job and i know it takes quite an effort to do this. hey more grease to your fingers and i believe we will have a post before the match tomorrow.

    anyway, its inter (not jose) we got for the CL and i believe we will shade them off as they don’t play high balls that can worry us but it will surely be 2 fantastic nights.

    now back to tomorrow, while a lot has been said about our frailties, i take consolation in Lampards words that they can put a run together as they did when Guus came last season for the short spell. with the way we are playing, we need all bit of luck and i tell you, we shall get it…a scrappy 2-1 for chelsea.

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