http://bluechampions.com Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:13:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My FIFA 09 is on its way. I might get it sometime this week. While I'm highly curious how it would play and how I would like it, I also want to look back at the gripes I had with FIFA 08 to see if FIFA 09 addresses these issues. ... http://bluechampions.com/2008/10/08/what-was-wrong-with-fifa-08-what-i-expect-in-fifa-09/ Chelsea played with such freedom and swagger that it would have scared some of our fellow contenders. It was truly a fearsome performance by Chelsea. If we play like this against an opposition of Villa's quality, we could give sleepless nights to Fergie and Rafa. Because, Chelsea are also consistent ... http://bluechampions.com/2008/10/05/chelsea-2-0-aston-villa-champions-stuff/ The term 'bogey team' comes to mind when you talk about Aston Villa. They are not the toughest opponents we could face but we have always found it more difficult to beat them than any other team. We haven't won at Villa park for God knows how many seasons. Anyway, ... http://bluechampions.com/2008/10/04/chelsea-vs-aston-villa-05-oct-08-1500-uk/ If you didn't watch this match, don't worry, you didn't miss much. There are many better ways of spending your 90 minutes of life. But I thought it will be an interesting match and stayed up past midnight for this. It was a boring match. Certainly not as worse as ... http://bluechampions.com/2008/10/02/cluj-0-0-chelsea-bad-game-okay-result-injuries/ If you think CFR Cluj are some push overs, I'll help you understand better. Couple of weeks back, they beat Roma at Stadio Olimpico, coming from behind. They scored two goals there. They had 17 shots of which 8 were on target. And all this with just 36% possession. Good ... http://bluechampions.com/2008/09/30/cfr-cluj-vs-chelsea-01-oct-08-1945-uk/ Finally, it turned out to be another not-so-easy away match, like the one at Wigan. Despite Chelsea being way ahead of Stoke on paper, when it comes to a match on their pitch, in front of their home fans, it would all be different. The common characteristic of the promoted ... http://bluechampions.com/2008/09/28/stoke-0-2-say-hullo-to-goners/ Stoke City is not your regular newly-promoted-but-going-down relegation battler. They can give you a good fight. They have scored in every single match this season except the one goalless draw at Anfield, which was still a great result. Especially at home, they have scored 5 goals in two games. On ... http://bluechampions.com/2008/09/27/stoke-city-vs-chelsea-27-sep-08-1500-uk/ About 15,000 people attended the game at Fratton Park. Add to that probably few thousands who had subscribed for Chelsea TV. That's the number of the people who could witness this game. It's such a shame that it was not broadcast on any channel, there were no streams and heck, ... http://bluechampions.com/2008/09/24/portsmouth-0-4-chelsea-kalou-anelka-any-doubts/ Scolari is quite similar to Jose Mourinho in various aspects. One such aspect is respecting all the competitions and the desiring to win all of them. But we've always seen the top premier league teams field weakened teams for the league cup. While this can be seen as disrespect to ... http://bluechampions.com/2008/09/24/portsmouth-vs-chelsea-24-sep-08-1945/ Question: How do you beat Chelsea at Stamford bridge? Answer: You don't. (Courtesy: ESPN) Man Utd started strongly. And then for about 75 minutes, only one team played football. The 'champions' were raided, ragged and ridiculed. Only a terrible Anelka and a poor Joe Cole prevented a total annihilation of Man ... http://bluechampions.com/2008/09/21/chelsea-1-1-man-utd-joe-cole-anelka-save-the-reds/ All set for the big day, eh? This match has quite a lot of significance in the league. The press has recognised that Chelsea is the team to beat now and Man Utd are not same team that won the double. So if Chelsea wins this match, the message would ... http://bluechampions.com/2008/09/20/chelsea-vs-man-utd-21-sep-08-1400-uk/ A quick blog before the pre-match thingy for the Sunday cracker. Chelsea legend Ray Wilkins is the new first team coach after our beloved Clarke preferred to move on. I liked Clarke very much. He was highly respected by Jose Mourinho, which meant that Clarke had to be very good. ... http://bluechampions.com/2008/09/18/ray-wilkins-replaces-steve-clarke-chelsea-vs-man-utd-poll/