Today is Tuesday and it could be a bit too late to recollect anything from Saturday’s match. But I will try to present my little case of the match that we could have won. But at the end of the match I thought even if we tried to shoot at the empty goal, it would have stayed out for some reason! That was our fate at St. Andrews. One of my buddies (a gunner) said after we lost to Sunderland “whoever is the next opponent, Chelsea is going to thrash them”.
And yes, we were supposed to thrash Birmingham! Against Sunderland we lacked passion and the winning mentality, but at St. Andrews we showed both in plenty. And every statistics, except the goal, is in our favour but sadly it is the goal that counts at the end of the day. Here is from the BBC website:
Possession
Birmingham 39%
Chelsea 61%
Attempts on target
Birmingham 1
Chelsea 10
Attempts off target
Birmingham 0
Chelsea 15
Corners
Birmingham 4
Chelsea 16
Fouls
Birmingham 9
Chelsea 2
It is simply unbelievable to have such a great statistics and still lose a match!
Few points that I can smile over against Birmingham:
1. Mikel’s through passes are always improving;
2. Ramires, after an awful Sunday, played comparably well on the following Saturday;
3. Chelsea, as a team showed a lot of passion and desire and power.
Few ugly moments:
1. Referee was bad, knowing we are trailing, he wastes time acting to warn and lecture Carr. Moments later he blows the final whistle right on time! He also wrongly over-ruled his assistant and gave Birmingham a goal kick from a clear corner of ours;
2. One thick-skulled ‘Chelsea-hating’ commentator: “Great challenge by Johnson, did he get the ball first or the man?”
Anyway, figure shows how we played at St. Andrews and I regret to report that I would have really wished Drogba to roud the keeper off and slot an easy goal instead of taking it straight at Foster! Also Kalou could have squared it for his team mate instead of trying to shoot from a tight angle. Jamie Reeves summed it well: “Combination of not so good chances created by Chelsea and a great goal keeping by Birmingham”. Whatsoever, past lays in the past and let us look ahead.
Zilina at home is not a big match and we are rightly going to rest our star players. So it will mean that McEachran and Bruma will start. I hope this will be the chance for the youngters to showcase their talent, McEachran need not, we already know him! I would be happy for us to win this match because it would built up for our trip to St. James Park. Tonight this is my starting 11:
Sturridge……………..Nico……………..Kalou
Malouda………………………………..Ramires
………………………McEachran…………….…..
Aanholt…Bruma…Ivanovic…Bosingwa
………………………….Turnbull………………….
2:1 to us.
Back to EPL. We are still at the top of the table but merely by the virture of a +6 goal difference. So it means that we shouldn’t be as happy being at the top as we were. And on this note I would like to heartily thank Gareth Bale for keeping us at the top, he also fetched me good points in Fantasy Premiere League! As I have said before, I still consider the two Manchesters as our real rivals in the race for the title. And they have both won quite fascinatingly and the weekend ahead is quite predictable for the red half of the Manchester but we can have faith in Big Sam and his physically strong boys! And I think Stoke will do us a favour! But we must do our own homework because if we win then there is nothing to worry about. I want our players to show the same desire and determination against Newcastle but improve on our finishing. And we must do our best because the big December brings us Tottenham (a), Manure (h) and Arsenal (a) on a stretch!
And may be we can smile over the good news of Terry (that he could be back soon). Let us also pray for the swift recovery of, amongst others, Essien and Zhirkov.
I pray a lot for Chelsea and I feel it from the heart that Chelsea currently needs loads of true prayers. So, let us do our part and leave the rest to our heroes. Chelsea is the best and we are a part of the best.
Enjoy tonight’s match!
che 2 zilina 0 will do
BC,
I find that smashing Roman Abro as effective as praying…. maybe we should mix the two appoaches ?
though battered nd bruised Chelsea ‘ll walk TALL AGAIN !
Anelka is being rested. I want to see
———- Turnbull
Boswinga Bruma Ivanovic Zhirkov
————– Ramires
— McEachran —- Malouda
Kakuta —— Drogba ——- Sturridge
——–
Half time, Kalou on for malouda, Kakuta to midfield and Kalou upfront. Borini on for Drogba and Van Aanholt on for Zhirkov..
roman please let carlo handle team affairs
i want to say we need to strenght the Defensiv. we need a new cb since terry and alex is out and i realy want us to get rid of ferreira hes so slow and shit. bosingwa is improving i am positiv of that and yes roman should stop sacking managers. and give carlo times. we are still playing in FA cup , Premierleague , Championsleague so nothing is over
It’s gonna take more than prayers to clean this mess up! Here’s to a fighting comeback! We’ll rather die than not try :-)
Tonight is a very important game. An opportunity for Carlo and the players to show the fans that they at least stand together, despite the Board rooms antics.
It’s just as I thought …… this good season being turned into a mess …… was an inside job …… by Roman Abro……..
Well… Roman we know you well enough…..
………….we know you are childish, bullish and maybe on hashish….
And if we don’t win the title this season the blame is aqurely on you … comrade !
Ok guys! so we are now a team totally out of control and our coach is abt to resign his post (or according to the gutter press anyways). I am surprised u guys buy into these stories. I have made this point on this blog time and time again. The BRITISH MEDIA SIMPLY HATE OUR GUTS and it’s abt time u guys out here know where we stand with them.They are trying to create a story to unsettle the team. How many ppl know the name of the assistant coach of Manure? or even Arsenal? Any of u remember the Rooney Gate saga? The gutter press even went out of their way to say the whole issue was orchestrated by Old Red Nose himself to strengthen his team. SERIOUSLY? The poor old man was on his knees begging his favourite boy to come back home. He was just a breath short of shedding a tear. Ferguson has bullied them at his press conferences, even banning some reporters from his press conferences. They r petrified of the old man.
We have hit a bad patch yes. We were never gonna win every single match we play. It’s not humanly possible. Look , whether good or bad , Ray is gone now. Move on. We can only back our beloved Chelsea and let the haters do the hating. Let’s not give them amunition to shoot at us. In times like these Chelsea fans must stick together strongly behind the team, Carlo and Roman. They all want the best for the mighty Blues.
i remember when Roman got rid o Scolari. On this blog, fans said he was nuts. He got Carlo and i remember even BC himself destroying him before Carlo has played a single game. Over the years Roman has proved beyond reasonable doubt that he has the best interest of Chelsea at heart. The press say he meddles in team affairs and this has been pushed out there for so long that it is accepted even by Chelsea fans. Henk Ten Cate was on BBC, and he was categorical that not once did Roman interfered in team matters. Yet . “Oh no, we say he does and so he does.”
Fellow Blues, Roman is not perfect but i for one am grateful for all he’s done for our club. let the media crucify him but please , we Chelsea fans should know his worth to us. The press want Roman gone so they can see our Beloved Chelsea “destroyed”.Let’s not give them that pleasure.
On tonights game, where is Cech. Turnbull is the worst of all our keepers. Every shot on target is a goal for the opposition. This could b Turnbull’s last game in Blue.
I hope we win but i am not so sure, with so many first team players out. Hoping for the best.
Roman should just give Carlos Ancelotti enough time to get the rig of the player
up Chelsea!!! I need a true Chelsea lady as a text mate, anybody interest should call or flash me on this number 07055696904, 08169590302 or fantastickay2010@yahoo.com. our never say die spirit will lead us trough.
[quote comment="86103"]up Chelsea!!! I need a true Chelsea lady as a text mate, anybody interest should call or flash me on this number 07055696904, 08169590302 or fantastickay2010@yahoo.com. our never say die spirit will lead us trough.[/quote]
First and foremost, are you serious mate ?? LOL this aint no dating website, though if the blues can spice up the love life then so be it :-)
On to serious matters now, BlueGenes i read ur last comment regarding what i had written in the previous blog, once again mate you seem to mix fiction with theory. I never said Carlo said he wanted out of Chelsea, and he was considering quitting the club. I said if you see his interviews (specially the one after the Birmingham match) you can clearly see him stating out that he doesn’t enjoy the type of control over the club, compared to the likes of Wenger and Ferguson. I was only pointing out that rather then some people calling for his head, give him full control of the club, if he still fails then by all means have ur say. But at this moment of time the club needs to clean up their own dirty tracks because they are making a mockery out of us infront of the whole world.
You also say Roman opened up the cheque book but Carlo said no, well my friend I don’t know just how much you follow Chelsea, because if you do then you should be aware of the fact, the club is trying to be self sufficient. Roman himself got rid of the likes of Ballack and co. (as stated by Ballack, therefore a fact rather then a speculation) in order to shave off £20M+ off the wage bills. Once again before pointing out Carlo had the option and he didn’t buy, think for a moment, he is a proven manager, a multiple time Champions League winner, do you think he doesn’t have the common knowledge to realise the team needs some fresh legs??
If you check some relaible souces, you will find out that during the summer Chelsea did make an offer for Torres, which was rejected. David Villa himself came out and said the only reason Fernando is staying at Liverpool is because Chelsea must not have met his valuation, so there goes your Roman willing to splash the cash theory out the window. On top of it, Carlo had also requested De Rossi and Shweinstiegger to beef up the midfield, are any of those players playing for Chelsea as i write this?? So please as I said before I am not having a rant or trying to argue, but before people come up with some bogus facts and point the finger towards the manager, do ur research and as Rafa Benitez would say, find the FACTS to boost ur claims. KTBFFH
Chelsea 2-0 Zilina..
Easy game for Chelsea and it brings our spirit and luck back..
First of all let me explain ..
I read your blog since I left your address on page justpes.com
Referring to this project, I’m seriously disappointed by the lack of action and response to many comments and questions that came in there. As an Arsenal fan, I asked for help with the setting for the Gunners since I see that you have a pretty good idea of what is happening in the PES.
And now for Chelsea. In my opinion, you’re a bit pathetic. When Arsenal had possession of the order of 60 percent during the match, everyone said that children do not know how to kill the game. When the bands playing against Arsenal to steal the time, every time … this is the game.
Chelsea needs to start playing again, that’s all
And I’m waiting for help to Arsenal:)
cheers
PS. My Blog is mayarsenal.com but anfortunately is in Polish so…you canot read this :)
@Jaz:
Ballack was left to go because he was injured and already 33 plus. And his wage demands were outrageous to way he was performing. Torres stayed at Liverpool because he didn´t want to leave. And he said that many many times himself.
But lets stop this argument its going nowhere. Lets just hope Carlo stays.
@maya:
are you new to web? i could rant againt Arseanals even in Russian and Chinese. Know something called “Google Translate”?
@maya,
“I ´ve seen a defeat to Tottenham in my life, which hurts.” love your line maya!!! :P
and specially the video caption:
“Arsenal never misses an opportunity to miss an opportunity ….” hahahaha
my god, you just made a fool out of yourself dear! :D
Best thing to do when you are an Arseanal fan is tell that to nobody! ;P
Hahaha Bluegenes you crack me up every time. Who let the dog out? Who let Bluegenes out of the dog house. Oh man IWasMissingJose and you. Solid points Bluegenes.
Michael Ballack, Deco, Carvaliho and Belleti was just costing the club money. We want a new Chelsea. We want Galacticos or untouchables. lol
Karma CW – I see my nemesis is still writing good posts. We appreciate you keeping this blog up to date. You better hope Chelsea wins this match or we’ll have to take out the positives out of the match post.
Listen to me nicely. We would never have been in this position if we had Galacticos at the club. cheers!
I said three years ago Chelsea should build an elite squad. We want galacticos. Right Jaz and Bluegenes a.k.a. IwasMissingJose (I hope not). cheers!
yea you´re right on that Michael. Yes still kinda miss Jose, but i don´t need to worry abt him. he takes good care of himself! :P
Through and group leaders! gr8.
Good piece of football in the end, Chelsea group leaders…
Chelsea 2-0 Zilina
The good: Kalou is dangerous, although he continues to generate and waste more scoring chances than any man in football. Ivanovic had a solid game. McEachran continues to impress, despite a couple of inaccurate passes. van Aanholt is a dangerous offensive threat. Turnbull looked very solid. Drogba’s passing is stellar. Sturridge had a decent game.
The bad: the young defenders are frightening. More than once a Zilina man was let through unmarked. On the goal Bruma was late covering and Ferreira (anyone surprised it was on Ferreira’s side?) was very late getting back. No wonder Bruma and van Aanholt aren’t getting minutes in the Premiership; they’d be cut to ribbons. Drogba’s touch has vanished; he can create for others but he’s lost the touch to create for himself. Hope it comes back soon. Kakuta was more dangerous once he switched sides with Sturridge but overall didn’t have much impact. The difference between his quality and Kalou’s was pronounced.
Overall, a labored effort by Chelsea. They still look vulnerable on defence. And until Zilina invited them forward in the second half, the attack lack teeth, fluency and accuracy.
I’m not sure what’s going to become of this season. Today’s home match against a weak opponent didn’t answer any of the questions being asked of the club.
Sorry, 2-1 of course.
Looks like Kakuta and Borini are heading out of Chelsea in the summer. Both rejected contract extensions of 18,000 pounds a week. Kakuta showed no heart and desire today like he did in the Aston Villa game. Borini was not even on the bench………..
10. MatBlue,
Very good points there!
15. maya,
No hard feelings but your name reminds me of a Hindi Kama Sutra film!
19. Michael,
“Nemesis” or a comrade? Thank you anyway!
Carlo, as expected, lined up a very young first 11 but unexpectedly Chelsea gave us one of the most beautiful and free-flowing game of football! Especially, we gave it all right from the first second in the 2nd half.
To start with, Sturridge had one of the best games in a Chelsea shirt. From the very first minute, i was sure that he is going to play well and yes he did. He did everything correctly, including the applaud to the fans when being substituted!
Aanholt played like Ashley Cole, that should suffice! And he almost snapped the goal post into two with that Alex-like shot!
McEachran is simply a sight of beauty! Except for a couple of lose passes he was instrumental in the middle. His through passes and the ability to repeatedly find the wide man at the edge of the box are awesome.
Kaku was okay, i think but Carlo got it spot on by bringing Kalou on at HT. Ramires had a decent game but he can still fine-tune his tackles and passes, but yes he is now a much improved player. Even Ferreira had a good game too although he played a role in conceding the goal. Turnbull, surprisingly made good decisions staying and coming off his goal line.
I wanted Sturridge to stay till the final whistle because i sensed the winner goal coming from him but Carlo had other ideas. And i think the pace of the game slowed without Sturridge.
Anyway, it was a fine team performance and we replicated the desire and determination that we showed against Birmingham. But yesterday we converted our chances!
I really don’t know if Zilina is a weaker opponent and lacks the physical approach of the EPL, but i get a feeling that our youngsters can really play well if they are let to. Whatsoever, we score 15/15 and now we can for few weeks concentrate solely on the EPL. And let us prepare and take on Newcastle and don’t even care who our next opponents would be.
And talking about St. James Park we can smile over one thing: the absence of Jeo Barton!
the goaless drought has being broken. good for our morale :-)
“Roman is not perfect but i for one am grateful for all he’s done for our club.”
MatBlue seriously needs to have his head examined…….
Just because we’re Chelsea fans don’t mean we gotta kiss the owner’s ass.
“not once did Roman interferE in team matters. Yet . “Oh no, we say he does and so he does.”
Well coz Ten Cate says he doesn’t means he doesn’t, in ur logic eh ? What a wanker !
“In times like these Chelsea fans must stick together strongly behind the team, Carlo and Roman. They all want the best for the mighty Blues.”
aRE YOU A COMMIE ?
Great win yesterday. Not convincing, but we won the group which was the objective. On to the next win.
Just to highlight something that puzzles me a bit. Arsenal have lost 4 of the last 6 games in all competitions just this November. Where is all the media hype and speculations like; Wenger might get the sack, Wenger resigns.
Leading 4-0 Xabi Alonso and soon after Sergio Ramos decided that it was clever to do a bit of time wasting. Both having yellow cards already, the ref had no other choice as to show them red. How stupid can one be? Luckily for them both that the last group stage match has no importance. But all very galactico
@ JoseHoliday oh so u’d rather believe the press than someone who was actually our assistant coach. Wow some fan u r.
thats champs league put to bed for now lets start winning in epl and send kids to marseille along with drogba .drogba i hope scores soon hoping to welcome back essien next week and lamps week after that
It’s such a huge relief winning the game. I’m quite positive with the emerging youngsters, especially Aanholt, Bruma, Danny and McE.
Aanholt played almost similar to Cole
Bruma was solid and got visions
Danny was fast and pose dangerous attempts
McE had good vision in passings
Hopefully they’ll got more playing time soon
[quote comment="86137"]Leading 4-0 Xabi Alonso and soon after Sergio Ramos decided that it was clever to do a bit of time wasting. Both having yellow cards already, the ref had no other choice as to show them red. How stupid can one be? Luckily for them both that the last group stage match has no importance. But all very galactico[/quote]
it was not stupid. It was genius. Group of 16 has always been a sort jinx for RM since last 6 years i think. So Mou didn´t want to lose any good defenders due to suspension in those games. So he simply instructed Alonso and Ramos to get their second yellow, so that they go clean in the knockout phase.
[quote comment="86144"][quote comment="86137"]Leading 4-0 Xabi Alonso and soon after Sergio Ramos decided that it was clever to do a bit of time wasting. Both having yellow cards already, the ref had no other choice as to show them red. How stupid can one be? Luckily for them both that the last group stage match has no importance. But all very galactico[/quote]
it was not stupid. It was genius. Group of 16 has always been a sort jinx for RM since last 6 years i think. So Mou didn´t want to lose any good defenders due to suspension in those games. So he simply instructed Alonso and Ramos to get their second yellow, so that they go clean in the knockout phase.[/quote]
Seriously, if that’s genius then you must believe Morinho is a moron. There was only a few minutes left, so the chances of 2 players getting injured was non-existent especially as Ajax had long capitulated. As for risk of suspension?????? Jose could just choose not to play the 2 defenders in the last group stage game. Please elaborate your logic.
its so nice to get a win….finally….best of lucks guys and KTBFFH!!!
@ Dana,
who said it was for injuries. Ramos and Alonso are his first choice and he wants both of them to be available for both legs in the knockout phases. Group of 16 has been a moral barrior to RM, and once they cross it their moral will be sky high. Very much like Inter last season.
Even if he chooses not to play them in the next CL group stages, their yellow cards will remain, and therefore stays the risk of them being not available in the second leg if they get one in the first leg. Mou holds defenders´role as the most crucial part to winning games, therefore he didn´t want any risk of losing anyone of them due to suspension. simple.
but it seems to back fire Mou, coz UEFA are launching an investigation on it.
@BlueGenes
I believe the slate is washed clean going into the knock-out stages. But I might be wrong, you tell me.
If I’m wrong it still made Real look ridiculous.
Karma CW – You are my friend. I was just pulling your leg. What I want to know from you is didn’t you pray in the last three previous matches that we lost. Why only start praying now? And what I want to know is who is going to stop Jose Mourinho and his galacticos. I’m going to laugh if they don’t win the champions league. Chelsea has a crap squad!! cheers!
[quote comment="86152"]@BlueGenes
I believe the slate is washed clean going into the knock-out stages. But I might be wrong, you tell me.
If I’m wrong it still made Real look ridiculous.[/quote]
yea, everybody thought it was ridiculous in the first thought.
The only problem was those players acted bad, and therefore they might get into a deep shit. they should have kicked someone hard, or broken someone´s nose. Only then Uefa and Platini would have given them a clean-chit. Poor fellas were too naive…
[quote comment="86153"]Karma CW – You are my friend. I was just pulling your leg. What I want to know from you is didn’t you pray in the last three previous matches that we lost. Why only start praying now? And what I want to know is who is going to stop Jose Mourinho and his galacticos. I’m going to laugh if they don’t win the champions league. Chelsea has a crap squad!! cheers![/quote]
At times I really do fail to figure out where exactly do ur loyalties lie, because all u seem to do is go on and on and on about Real Madrid, I’m going to ask you one simple question, how old are you and how much do you understand the word “Business”.
The reason im asking you that is because if you are old and mature enough, it shouldn’t be a problem for u to grasp that football is a buisness. The bigger the business and its expanse the more capital it can generate. You keep on saying lets buy the “galacticos” and lets turn Chelsea into a super power. Well my dear friend, what u need to understand is Real Madrid is the biggest club in world football. In terms of history, fans, and the money they generate. Even the likes of Man Utd cannot generate the type of money Real Madrid do, and all that after not having won any decent trophies in the past few years.
Therefore the kind of money, publicity and history they have, allows them to pick the “cream of the crop” when it comes to players. Ask any player on the planet, would you like to play for Real Madrid and 99.9% of players will say “with pleasure”. Therefore stop saying who will stop the “galacticos” and even worse is ur comment calling Chelsea crap. You find our squad crap, dont follow us, its as simple as that, you have a fetish with Mourinho and Real, follow them all day long, put their posters in every corner of ur house and dream about them day and night. But do not come here with that nonsense of calling Chelsea squad crap and uncomparable to Madrid. Because here is the truth, Chelsea cannot compare to Madrid, we haven’t won the 9 Champions League trophies, we dont have the history, the fans and the global image they possess.
But what we do have is a group of loyal fan base who adore our club beyond anything in this world. If you are a true blue, u dont compare ur squad with the rest of the world, u say we are Chelsea and i dont care what u have to say about us, i will forever be a blue and stand by my club at any cost. Not just jump on the bandwagon the minute some “sugar daddy” comes and pumps his millions into the club, and the minute things start going sour, turn to another source. Im sorry to say this but fans like you disgust me beyond anything else, because in all honesty you are a plastic fan who is as unpredictable as a women on her time of the month. Learn to support ur club threw thick and thin and stop comparing them with every other club that u have fetishes about. CHEERS!!
@Jaz, thank you very much. Someone had to say it. Let’s hope it resonates.
@Michael,
Cool down man. Sometimes you tend to over-exacerate your feelings. You present valid points but present it in mostly wrong way. So just change your style and you´ll be compatible.
@Jaz,
Michael says weird things, but he´s been in this blog since it came to existance, through good and bad times. So i don´t think he meant it that way.
Just cool down mates and enjoy football, and have fun!
[quote comment="86153"]Karma CW – You are my friend. I was just pulling your leg. What I want to know from you is didn’t you pray in the last three previous matches that we lost. Why only start praying now? And what I want to know is who is going to stop Jose Mourinho and his galacticos. I’m going to laugh if they don’t win the champions league. Chelsea has a crap squad!! cheers![/quote]
our squad issues will effect us in epl as it is a long season but in ucl when surely lamps essien jt alex will be fully fit come feb onwards we can win it .no team is unbeatable they will lose someday as well may be it is destined to be a chelsea vs madrid final
Jaz – If you must know I’ve been following Chelsea since 1997. That goes way back, all the way to junior school. I am currently in my early twenties. I do understand about the “business” side of football.
Apparently it seems that Roman Abramovich (a criminal if you read his wikipedia) and the board ( clueless about football if you read their wikipedias) don’t understand how to run a football club. You know its like what Brian Clough said in his biography when it came to the chapter on what the board knows about football? The pages were blank.
All that I’m saying is that we shouldn’t spend crazy money for players, for example spending GBP 80m on Franck Ribery. What I’m saying buy decent players like we used to in 2004, 2005 and 2006. For example take Petr Cech and Arjen Robben, who said that they want to play for an up and coming club or even Claude Makalele, all brilliant players and all three galacticos in their own right bought for relatively little money.
All we need is the right people at the club and that’s what I’m trying to put into your head. You probably have no idea of how hard the players had to work to win the league last season. Just remember in that no buying decent players period Man. United won the league thrice in a row. After that we won the league by a single point. The competition is catching up with us, if not already caught up!! cheers!
[quote comment="86158"]@Michael,
Cool down man. Sometimes you tend to over-exacerate your feelings. You present valid points but present it in mostly wrong way. So just change your style and you´ll be compatible.
@Jaz,
Michael says weird things, but he´s been in this blog since it came to existance, through good and bad times. So i don´t think he meant it that way.
Just cool down mates and enjoy football, and have fun![/quote]
Bluegenes -Don’t worry Jaz and myself has an understanding. Thanks for being the peace-maker. cheers!
[quote comment="86159"][quote comment="86153"]Karma CW – You are my friend. I was just pulling your leg. What I want to know from you is didn’t you pray in the last three previous matches that we lost. Why only start praying now? And what I want to know is who is going to stop Jose Mourinho and his galacticos. I’m going to laugh if they don’t win the champions league. Chelsea has a crap squad!! cheers![/quote]
our squad issues will effect us in epl as it is a long season but in ucl when surely lamps essien jt alex will be fully fit come feb onwards we can win it .no team is unbeatable they will lose someday as well may be it is destined to be a chelsea vs madrid final[/quote]
Ha, people is going to crucify me!! But my money is on a Madrid v Barca final. cheers!
Michael,
I was so frustrated with the word “crap” and was really thinking the word described yourself! I agree we have lost our main players to injury and that we must really worry but you just know how to say wrong things at a wrong time. Anyway Jaz spoke for me and i can see that you got the message.
I am a Chelsea fan and i have a ritual of my own before every Chelsea match. And you cannot question why Chelsea fans didn’t pray because that question is invalid for a true fan. I agree that Mourinho brought smiles on our faces, but he is a past now and past should best lie in the past. I respect him and admire his footballing nuances but i don’t consider him a Chelsea and there is no point to sing praises for him. But you never fail to sing high of him and that greatly makes me doubt about your Trueblue fanship, more so because you always associated a bad adjective with Chelsea. Not because you are worried for Chelsea but more because love Chelsea’s misery. That is what your comments portray, i hope i am wrong.
Check if Chelsea breathes in your heart!
Cheers!
This one is really nice:
http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/opinion/columnists/darren-lewis/Darren-Lewis-column-Why-Chelsea-Roman-Abramovich-is-right-to-insist-Carlo-Ancelotti-coaches-his-way-to-the-title-rather-than-buying-it-article636135.html
erm………..long time reader not much of a poster…….
Well, honestly its just a slump, a lotta teams face em…..we’ve lost players and we’re building a team and as far as i can remember that’s what carlo said when he came to chelsea…that he wanted to build a team and that’s exactly what he’s doing….he’s getting out the old and bringing in some new……..sure he shudve replaced each one but roman wants the club to be self reliant and that’s great too cos by 2012 i think the uefga rules come i to play and clubs with massive debts (read arsenal, man utd, real madrid etc) are not gonna be allowed to play in the champions league……
Would we like to see a couple of new faces in Jan…yeah absolutely…..Do we need them?
I don’t think so …By the new year we’ll have a fully fit squad so i don’t think it shud be a worry..Right now all we have to do is get the max pts we can and go beserk around Jan as we always do……..And coming to Ramires…….Well well…he’s been fit…….and he’s been rubbish so far but he’s young and he needs to bulk up……so does mc eachran……Carlo’s bought ramires for a reason and let’s be honest, brazilian’s ( save for defender’s) have not been that great in the premier league……But lets be optimistic and get the job done……Have faith mates and a side note to Michael and Karma…..chill dude’s its a blog and everyone’s open to their views and Karma u might wanna tone down ur language cos uve gettin bad vibes recently and its normal, its frustration and u are a massive fan…..but just relax and let Carlo do his job….and Michael well u been carrying quite a bad rep from day one and are trying to get some friends.here’s a hint…get rid of the beckham pic..lol ……great footballer no doubt….just put jt drogs cech or lamps on ur avatar..trust me.it’ll help……..
KTBFFH
Karma CW – I don’t understand what you’re trying to say. Or what point you’re trying to bring across. Your comment says absolutely nothing to what I’ve just said.
Jaz – Looks like I’ve shut you up?
anil paremil – solid points!!
cheers!
It’s not disloyal to Chelsea to say a Real Madrid v Barca final is the most likely outcome at this moment in time because guess what……it is and you have to be crazy to think other wise. I wish Essien was available for the next match because Ramires and Zhirkov in midfield is killing me, they might as well start mceachran instead of zhirkov as far as im concerned and I never ever EVER want to see paulo ferreira as a centre back again in my lifetime where was Bruma? That just proved how thin our squad is atm :(
Michael,
Your ability to say the word “crap” to describe Chelsea, nothing more!
Karma CW – Sorry what I meant was that this is one of the weakest Chelsea squad I’ve seen in a while. cheers!
vijay this is sanjay can you please ask madhu to call me or come online in skype. I have been trying to reach you guys for the past 3 days but of no avail..