Chelsea F.C [2009-2010]

[Mandieta6]

Burnley have been surprisingly good, but haven't really threatened. Meanwhile, we've barely given it a go, and I think we'll start the 2nd half strong and kill them off.

EDIT: Alex completely at fault for that goal, he should've dealt with Feltcher much better. I know not every match is going to be easy, and tat Turf Moor is a difficult ground, but we still should've done much better than that. It could only be Terry for that goal, honestly. He literally shut up Turf Moor, I don't care if he's killed the pope, the man is a legend on the field.

Anelka was very good today, but I felt the midfield was beneath the level we're used to. No one was really good, I'm still waiting for Zhirkov to show us why we brought him in. Surely he's got more in him than just being the adequate cover for Cole, who I hope didn't get seriously hurt there. Something similar happened to me once and I fractured my foot, couldn't play for 2 months. I'm undecided about Sturridge. He's got the talent, but he's too keen on taking players on and he's getting bullied out there. Considering the fact that most of our players would rather pass back then take someone on, I'm not sure if that's such a bad thing, and I think he could be a great player for us, but he needs to mature. Didn't get why Carlo stucked him on the right, I guess he'd rather play Turnbull on the right rather than move Anelka from the forward position. I understand that, since Anelka's been tremendous so far, but he's more suited for the right winger position than Sturridge. At least play Sturridge on the left. I suppose it's logical to play him on the right so he could cut back and shoot with the left, but he's just not good enough to do that successfully yet. Would've made more sense to stick Malouda there.

Anyway, we got the points we needed, now let's sit back and enjoy as one of our rivals stumbles, and destroy Hull on Tuesday with Drogba and Kalou back.

 

[banok]

Burnley-Chelsea 1-2 ::: highlights
http://videa.hu/videok/sport/burnley-chelsea-1-2-anelka-angol-fc-vOWEGzabBWF03wiJ

 

[kp41]

why surprisingly, They defeated United at home and hold Arsenal.

 

[Mandieta6]

That was surprising, too. If Accrington beat ManU, Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool n their way to the FA final and then beat Hull, I would still find them beating Hull surprising.

Africans back tonight. It's time for the 4-0 I predicted agaist Burnley.

Carlos Cork has go on-loan to Burnley for the rest of the season, I hope he gets time.

 

[Mandieta6]

That was embarassing. Hull were actually on par with us for most, if not all of the match. They'd better step it up for Arsenal.

 

[pede54]

Hull worked hard and closed our players down quickly, but that was all they had. They pressured us early knowing that we might be slow to start, which we were, but we outplayed them.
Once they had decided to settle for the 3 points it was "park the bus" time, and if it wasn't for Myhill playing a fantastic game we would have beaten them with another 3 or 4 goals.

When a team like Hull go into a match, and see a draw as a great result, and employ their draw winning tactics, there aint much that you can do about that, whatever team might be playing against them.

Yeah it was a minor dissapointment not to get all 3 points, but we are still 2 points clear at the top, and that will do for me.

As for all the Hull Sun readers at the game giving JT the bird, so what. Some rival fans will pick up on any excuse to boo an opposing player. They were not booing JT because of anything that he's done. They were booing him because they thought they had an excuse to do so to a Chelsea player.

I don't think any right minded person gives a damn about this muckraking by the media. By all the hysteria that has been created you'd think he'd killed someone. It is pathetic, but typical of the scummy mindset that exists here in England.

Its not just the tabloids that's the problem, it's also the morons that read the tabloids who believe the gossip. Those morons need to get a life, and stop living theirs through somebody elses. Nobody as yet knows what is true and what is lies, but the entire story is talked about as if it was all proven already.

I don't give a crap what any famous person gets up to in their private life, and nor should anybody else with any intelligence.

 

[Siawash]

I think there are more important issues in the world to discuss...such as 2 million homeless people in Haiti...

 

[pede54]

And here in England, all this furore conveniently takes everyones mind off the Iraq inquiry. Very slick.

 

[pede54]

Chelsea have had their transfer ban lifted by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

A statement on the Cas website said that the two clubs and the player had accepted the player's contract with the French side was not valid.

Thus Kakuta could not have terminated it prematurely, so Chelsea could not be liable for inducing it to be breached.

Chelsea 1 - FIFA 0

And I think Platini owes us a BIG apology for the pathetic insults he threw our way over all this crap.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/8499169.stm

 

[Zakov]

Finally some good news after all this media wankfest.

 

[Mandieta6]

Fantastic display from everyone to ensure another clean-sheet against Top 4 opposition. Absolutely everyone was brilliant, Drogba was unplayable, the defense impeneterable and the midfield worked their asses off. I'm glad to see Mikel play so good, I was worried he'd take time to get back into it, but he was superb. Ballack was amazing as was Lampard. Everyone attacked and defended throughout, but what made me happiestw as seeing Cech play so well. This was the pre-helmet Cech we were missing. He was confident, pulled off excellent saves and dominated the area. He made 1 or 2 bad decisions, but I'm glad he's gotten back into it.

Let's keep it up, Everton away next, and I want to keep a clean-sheet against them after they scored 3 last time.

 

[Recrero152]

Also saw the match and agree, Drogba was great.

 

[pede54]

The entire team played great. Two blinding first half goals, and then sit back and let Arsenal do all the work. Work they did. Pass, pass, pass, pass, get to our third of the field and then lose the ball to us. We'd lump it upfield to Drog or Nic, who were keeping their defence occupied.

That was the story of the second half really, and it was almost comical to see Arsenal retrieving the ball from their half time and time again, only to fail to penetrate our midfield let alone our defence.

We kept them wide on the wings, knowing that they didn't have an outlet for any crosses into the box. Then after the Arsenal subs came on, we squeezed them tightly in a narrow midfield. They simply could not compete.

This was a perfect example of how one dimensional Arsenal really are. They have plan A, and that's it. Although I did notice that they did lump a couple of long balls towards our area, but Arsene told them not to do that 'cos "That's not real football ".

Talking about the gracious one, his comments after the game came as no surprise.

Wenger said that it was his percieved opinion that Arsenal dominated possession, and moaned that Chelsea "were efficient but had not provided a demonstration of football".

Well if today's performance from Chelsea wasn't a fine demonstration of how to give another team the run around for 95 minutes, I don't know what would be.

That wasn't just a demonstration of football from us, that was a masterclass of football.

In response to Wenger, Carlo Ancelotti countered that, "Possession is not football. Football is about attack and defence."

Nice of Carlo to be giving Wenger some tips on how to win.

 

[Recrero152]

I wouldn't say that Arsenal was completely dominated in that match. After the goals, Chelsea relaxed and let them slip out a bit but Arsenal couldn't take use of their chances, they were lucky that Cech managed to keep them away or the match might as well have ended differently

 

[pede54]

A higher percentage of possession for the opposition, does NOT always mean that you didn't dominate them.

If you watched the game, you should notice that our defensive display through the second half, was an intentional tactic. We were not pushed back. We chose to draw them towards us, confident that they would not break through. Then, as soon as their defence reached the halfway line, putting almost the entire Arsenal team in our half, we broke on the counter attack, knowing that Drog and Anelka could easily out-run the Arsenal defenders.

Now Wenger might not regard that as dominating the game. He seems to be of the mind that dominating a game means having the ball more than the other team.

That philosophy is blatently flawed obviously, because football actually, doesn't reward in any way, a team that maximises possession of the ball for the duration of a football match.

Wenger though, does seem to be under the illusion that, to have possession of the ball for most of the game, should actually MEAN something. Maybe he thinks his team should be awarded half a point every game or something, I dunno.

Petr Cech is a World class goalkeeper. That's what he does. Luck does not enter into it. I bet Wenger wishes he had one just like him.

 

[Recrero152]

A higher percentage of possession for the opposition, does NOT always mean that you didn't dominate them.

If you watched the game, you should notice that our defensive display through the second half, was an intentional tactic. We were not pushed back. We chose to draw them towards us, confident that they would not break through. Then, as soon as their defence reached the halfway line, putting almost the entire Arsenal team in our half, we broke on the counter attack, knowing that Drog and Anelka could easily out-run the Arsenal defenders.

Now Wenger might not regard that as dominating the game. He seems to be of the mind that dominating a game means having the ball more than the other team.

That philosophy is blatently flawed obviously, because football actually, doesn't reward in any way, a team that maximises possession of the ball for the duration of a football match.

Wenger though, does seem to be under the illusion that, to have possession of the ball for most of the game, should actually MEAN something. Maybe he thinks his team should be awarded half a point every game or something, I dunno.

Petr Cech is a World class goalkeeper. That's what he does. Luck does not enter into it. I bet Wenger wishes he had one just like him.

Just want to make clear on some points firstly, I did not say that anyone was dominated, if that is what you were referring to. And I agree about Cech, I did not call him "lucky" if that was what you were referring to. Anyways, agree with your saying there, possession is not everything. Arsenal just needs to focus on not to let these losses hurt them too much so they go the wrong way now.

 

[pede54]

Yup all's cool with me man. We agree on the main point anyways

I think the Arsenal players do have the will and the fight to battle it out this season, but some of these players are perhaps going be asking themselves if they are EVER gonna win anything at the Arse. I know it's merely speculation and gossip, but if they lose Fabrigas, (which I doubt), that would be pretty bad for them I think. Like us losing Lamps. God forbid.

 

[Recrero152]

I think that the Arsenal manager needs to get a bit more experienced defenders, he has a young squad and the downside with having a young squad is lack of experience. Also agree about Fabregas, he is an important part of the team and they shouldn't let him go for now. But anyways, this ain't the Arsenal thread, it's the Chelsea thread, lol. Chelsea and Inter soon in the Champions League, Chelsea showed great skill and form in the group stage and if Inter plays it's usual selfish play internationally, Chelsea will win easily. I hope however that they add more teamwork in their play because then, Inter can challenge anyone.

 

[AsmodaiPlay]

The entire team played great. Two blinding first half goals, and then sit back and let Arsenal do all the work. Work they did. Pass, pass, pass, pass, get to our third of the field and then lose the ball to us. We'd lump it upfield to Drog or Nic, who were keeping their defence occupied.

That was the story of the second half really, and it was almost comical to see Arsenal retrieving the ball from their half time and time again, only to fail to penetrate our midfield let alone our defence.

We kept them wide on the wings, knowing that they didn't have an outlet for any crosses into the box. Then after the Arsenal subs came on, we squeezed them tightly in a narrow midfield. They simply could not compete.

This was a perfect example of how one dimensional Arsenal really are. They have plan A, and that's it. Although I did notice that they did lump a couple of long balls towards our area, but Arsene told them not to do that 'cos "That's not real football ".

Talking about the gracious one, his comments after the game came as no surprise.

Wenger said that it was his percieved opinion that Arsenal dominated possession, and moaned that Chelsea "were efficient but had not provided a demonstration of football".

Well if today's performance from Chelsea wasn't a fine demonstration of how to give another team the run around for 95 minutes, I don't know what would be.

That wasn't just a demonstration of football from us, that was a masterclass of football.

In response to Wenger, Carlo Ancelotti countered that, "Possession is not football. Football is about attack and defence."

Nice of Carlo to be giving Wenger some tips on how to win.

You missed out the part where Wenger took a pop at you for 'being clever when committing fouls', basically trying to suggest you didn't play fair.

I hate this man totally now, supposedly his team are always victims and the rest of us are playing anti football. He needs to get a grip, its the same story every time he loses.

Arsenal could actually be a force with a better GK (Almunia is just useless and the thought of him in an England shirt makes my stomach turn) and a couple of physically more powerful players, possibly up front and in midfield. Of course he won't see that though. Plus he tries to have a go at you and City for spending big money (calling it cheating lol) and yet when he has money he won't touch it! Complete nutter.

I like Ancelotti though and good on him for reminding Arsene that goals win games. Ballack had a go back at him as well

 

[Paulo Da Silva]

Its time that Arsnal fired the older version of Michael Cera (if you dont know who he is watch "Superbad" lol)