Never have I started anything on a bad note, not even during my summit of hatred towards Deco! But today I will have to because we have one selfish player: sturridge! He is very i-centered and useless that I would eternally hate to see him in a Chelsea shirt! These are some of the costly blunders, a pure essence of ego:
• taking free kicks (while Alex and Kalou were made to watch; had I been Alex I would have kicked that shrunken arse so hard that he won’t dare to waste free kicks next time);
• losing possessions without pressure;
• wayward passes and making faces to team mates and the referee;
• dribbling alone;
• slipping during crucial moments;
• taking shots which seem like deflected-shots!
I think that he was so bloated with ego because Carlo started him and Drogba had this to say: “Daniel is just 21 but when you look at him playing you could feel that he is 25 or 26.” I am laughing my lungs out now, but more than my lungs my head is about to burst having to recollect the moments that I have lived through on Wednesday night!
The next worst thing is turnbull, I am sure he has now turned almost to a bull! He is clueless, I think he is headless. I was reminded of T.S. Elliot’s “Hollow Men”, turned-bull is a stuffed man, his “headpiece filled with straw”. He can manage to build a wall and then disappear behind it so that some casual shots are made to seem world-class!
Then it is Ferreira who was more focused on the arm band and trying to mimic Terry than to play his football. His forward surges and his defending were really futile and disgusting, forget his passes, I would even call it one! I would have happily made Alex or Nico the captain!
Surprisingly, my whine wouldn’t be complete without featuring Carlo. He first got it wrong with his first 11; I would rather put a decent first 11 and then score as many goals before bringing on the kids. I don’t know if he instructed but Zhirkov was playing more centrally and overcrowding our midfield, he was not providing any width on the left. Then his substitutions were awry. Kakuta was by far better than sutrridge or was Terry at all injured because along with Terry’s leadership we also lost Ferreira’s football! His decision to bring substitutions on at half time had cost us a man for good 20-25 minutes of the game.
Or may we blindly guess that Carlo doesn’t give much importance to Carling Cup. I hope this is the case because otherwise this is one of the worst managerial moments of him. We don’t deserve to hard-swallow 4 goals at home! Drogba’s word on “quadruple” has been wiped off! Anyway, in Carlo I trust and wouldn’t mind if he can at least bring us the EPL and CL trophies, although I would love the homely FA Cup too! Thank God that this loss isn’t as painful as the one which Avarm Grant threw gave us at Wembley in 2008 Carling Cup final.
But I would like to give due respects to Newcastle for bringing in their A+ which was made to appear like AAA+++ by the likes of sturridge and turned-bull! They should have gone 5/6 up easily had Ameobi and Loverkrants not tried to emulate sturridge! I have seen how cheap and disgusting ferguson is, when we were starting to play our game and gaining on confidence he play-acted to be injured and successfully disturbed our flow. I would nominate this chick-faced arsehole for the Oscar award!
Anyway, it is good chance for the youngsters to make a mark and except for those few costly mistakes Aanholt and Bruma did a decent job. Aanholt’s goal is a good one! Kakuta deserved to play 90 minutes but Carlo saw something which I didn’t. but in this curate’s egg situation, I have a big REASON to smile and the reason is Josh McEachran! I love this guy and am really wordless to describe the greatness of a footballer this modest guy is; he is a priceless gem! I would love to see him feature in each and every game now on, from bench or otherwise.
Then one more thing which I can smile about is Monsieur Nico. So calm, so cool and very lovely! He almost single-handedly tried to take us through! His goals were a class apart and his celebration so uplifting. If he is a manure or loserfoll player, his coolest penalty would have flooded the media globally! But he is a Chelsea player whom the media love to hate with a passion!
But let us look at the brighter side and be happy that we played quite well with 10 men and almost won the match. Maybe the adversity spurred us on.
Let us all hope and pray that Kalou and Benny would pull through soon.




Now, let us focus on tomorrow’s match. I would love to see us win at Eastlands and I wouldn’t really care if Bridge would give his hand to Terry or not. What we want is 3 points and what he wants is a Hollywood namesake girl!
I want to feel good again because i am a Chelsea fan; i am sure Carlo will gift me this tomorrow.
Chelsea forever!
Mate don’t be so frustrated… after all its football.. Carlo took it too lightly and he payed for it… but we also got to see Mceachran’s outstanding performance… Sturridge just wanted the limelight… at that age it is bound to happen… Carling cup was anyway not important… atleast we showed we have a future with youngsters that will fight till the end…. KTBFFH!!!
Richie,
This is quite comforting, but i am still boiling over that skinny-ridge! Why can’t he be little decent and respectful? If Josh did what he did, i wouldn’t have made so much noise.
It was reported that citeh have defensive problems (shortage of defenders), their manager said so! Now we must focus and try to attack them more!
http://www.premierleague.com/page/Headlines/0,,12306~2162520,00.html
city having defensive problems? Mancini myt just be up to some mind games. come what may i’d love to reveal that i envision we taking this one. lets hope that our midfield( without lamps) would suprise me. and whats this that Ramires was rated above Mikel after our last match? dnt mean to be biased.
…the media hate chelsea but U & I luv chelsea. thats the most important thing now… U got the match appraisal 100%…sturidge ve attitudinal problem, turn-bull or whatever he call himself is not fit 2 be in chelsea squard! Chelsea is a team on fire…. I luv chelsea, am in the blue Army…
Kakuta had a back problem hence he was withdrawn
@Bluechampion, Good post but a belated one cos I have been expecting a writeup from u all week long. Thank God it finally came.
@Did we all watch the match? if yes, please, why is it that nobody is talking about the exceptional performance of JOSH MCEACHRAN. Please, Bluechampion, somebody should please tell CA that we want to see JOSH every weekend cos he is the best youth we’ve got in Chelsea (even better than KAKUTA).
Chelsea for life. NO CHELSEA, NO FOOTBALL
The only good thing i saw in that game is Mceachran
Conceding 4 goals at the Bridge was absolutely awful.
Carlo once again did the same mistake just like last season when we lost to blackburn; starting the game feilding almost only young stars. Atleast he would have feilded Mikel to provide the defensive cover and rest Essien for the Man City.
It seems this trophy is of less significance to Carlo.
Frankly speaking, we must all agree Turnbull is not worthy a blue shirt and Sturridge very much wants to play for show-bizz. I cant say that at 21 he just young-but rather arrogant and selfish.
City lost to Albion in the Carling cup too. There is definately one explanation for this. Mancini rested most of his boys preparing for Battle with US come tommorrow at the Eastlands.
Hope we get a result out of this game.
Wish u luck all BLUES TOMORROW.
karma karma karma…. man… WHAT A POST…. u completely boiled over man… I cudnt help imagine wht u wud hve done to sturridge if he ws in front of u….. hehe :) ..
but one thing.. anger on sturridge is justified as there is scope for improvement if he pays more attention to passing and finishing than to how worse can his celebration get once he scores tht illusive goal.. ( celebration against zilina.. was terrible i wud say)..
but ur anger against turnbull isnt required…. tht dude isnt chelsea material.. he CANNOT get better.. or rather good enough to fill in between those goal-posts. SO is he IS featured on bench or startin line-up.. we have to vent ourselves out on carlo.. coz.. he is not even eligible to tie-up cech’s shoelaces …leave alone catching up with cech’s prowess…
anyway… tht days heroes of the match.. Nico, Josh mceachran and aanholt… also kakuta(bits and pieces)..
villians .. sturridge and ferriera (Inconceivably pathetic Display)
Turnbull… playin for the wrong team…. Shud go bac to boro…
And Karma .. dude…. chill…. lez see how we do against City…
kaz,
I am feeling better reading the comments…turned-bull is awful but at least he isn’t arrogant like that skinny-ridge! The win tomorrow would make me feel utterly good…let’s pray for Essien to work his magic tomorrow!
MCEACHRAN IS CHELSEA”S FUTURE,BETTER THAN TONI KROOS
Jamie Redknapp says we cant win tomorrow, simply because we lost to newcastle with Turnbull in goal, and that we have too many injuries. Fair enough. Game On. COME ON CHELSEA!
cmon everybody…i think there should be no anger or call for panic…yes…its a poor performance from some players…but we all can see potential in sturridge…and carling cup aint tt important..carlo wants to give confidence to the youngsters by playing them…on the brighter note we can focus on treble nw…i think its unnecessary to verbally call our players names….just one poor performance and there goes so called true fans bashing our team…cmon…have faith in chelsea and we will beat man city this sat
Team for tommorow-Cech,Brana,Alex,JT,Ashley Cole,Mikel,Essien,Ramires,Malouda,Anelka and Drogba.
expect Josh to be on the bench.
Pls am not concern about carling cup defeat.but will say we will win man city at eastlands
For those who can’t get enough of Josh McEarchran at the moment,here is a video showing how good this young man really is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB-HJw-rUb0
GUys ..
There is been a lotta talk abt the kid, Josh Mceachran… some of us even want to see him on the bench or even the startin line-up… i know it is a good option.. but i reckon it wud be a better option to play him very slectively against teams who arent tht physical… God forbid.. i dont even wanna start thinkin if somethin like ramsey/eduardo happens to this kid.. coz u see …. he doesnt seem like such a robust lad… skill …he has in plenty.. but i wud never imagine him being played against teams like – Stoke,Blackburn,bolton etc..
[quote comment="84283"]GUys ..
There is been a lotta talk abt the kid, Josh Mceachran… some of us even want to see him on the bench or even the startin line-up… i know it is a good option.. but i reckon it wud be a better option to play him very slectively against teams who arent tht physical… God forbid.. i dont even wanna start thinkin if somethin like ramsey/eduardo happens to this kid.. coz u see …. he doesnt seem like such a robust lad… skill …he has in plenty.. but i wud never imagine him being played against teams like – Stoke,Blackburn,bolton etc..[/quote]
In an interview to the official website,Josh did say he undergoes conditioning training and spends a lot of time on the gym just getting stronger.so i think he’ll be physically mature within two years.But i do share your concern.
Seems like everyone has the same reactions to the Newcastle game: McEachran’s the second coming,Turnbull sucks, Sturridge continues to disappoint, Bruma looked overwhelmed, van Aanholt wasn’t convincing on defense, Ferriera was awful and Ramires wasn’t bad but again sort of disappeared into the woodwork.
Conclusions?
The kids are young and showed it. One can’t say on the evidence of a single game that Bruma isn’t ready or that van Aanholt is no better at defending than Ferriera. They need time and seasoning and the unfortunate thing about being knocked out of the League Cup is that it’s exactly the right competition for them to get experience.
Implications for the senior side? This is serious. Chelsea have no depth on defense. Can’t wait for Bosingwa to get healthy and fit. Encouraging that he played 55 minutes for the reserves.
With Lampard down, Ramires has run out of time to begin asserting himself. But he may be too young to do so. He’s shown a (very) few flashes of initiative. He needs to show more.
Zhirkov keeps eliminating the positions he can play well. He can’t play middle of the midfield and he can’t play left back. That only leaves wide left midfield, where Chelsea already have depth. He may be gone soon unless he shows something.
Two final thoughts. First, why did they let Cudicini go? It’s created a crisis. Second, Sturridge’s disappointing form explains why Chelsea were so heavily linked with Fernando Torres in the off-season. Chelsea’s strikers are getting old and there’s no rising star behind them. God forbid Anelka or Drogba get a serious injury. Things could get ugly if they do.
C’mon guys.. Let’s gather around…
We’re gonna nail Citeh tomorrow…
It’s gonna be goal glu.. flesh n mud
Prediction for Citeh match?
Mancini is an Italian with an Italian’s taste for defense. His solution to his selection problems will be to pack his midfield with defensive players, something he’s prone to doing even when everyone’s healthy.
So expect a rather unadventurous Manchester City. They might settle for a draw, even at home.
The risk for Chelsea is being caught upfield, throwing too many men forward, exposing the rear to a breakaway. It’s not like Terry and Alex are fleet of foot, they’re vulnerable to a swift striker chasing a well-time through ball.
Best case? 0-1, or 1-1. Yes, I’m naturally pessimistic. :-)
Karma, anyway to reach BC on the issue of invasion on the BC Shout site? You can click it and see the abuse there. The worse part was the system allow user to duplicate names in chat. Real sad thing for regular like myself. Hope it can be sorted out before the next game :P. We need mods or logins to the page. Thanks in advance.
I hope Sturridge learns from all this……
Hi gipsyblue
Sorry about that. I’ll fix it today.
WHAT?
Karma whatever Sturridge or Ferreira or Turnbull might be they are chelsea players..
No matter how bad they play I dont feel that abusing(yes..you have called them names!) them is the way to go about it..this blog was all about respect..I have never seen such a post here..Not even when BC rants against Arsenal..Iam really really sad to see this..It’s ok to be dissappointed and criticise but this is way beyond..
I wish BC were here..
23. wxwax,
You can really grasp things, i am impressed. Your prediction scares me…WOW!
24. GipsyBlue,
I am so sorry i am almost illiterate when it comes to such things, good that BC is here for you.
27. Tanmay,
Brother, i am so sorry for disappointing you and many others. I was so frustrated and yes i was being hyperbolic! I regretted my action as soon as i have posted the article but then i couldn’t really do anything. I promise that such demeaning things won’t be repeated in the future, i have promised the same to BC. Once again i am so sorry.
Cheers to all!