There’s only one Drog at the Bridge, the whole of England actually. No other team has a striker so reliant that you can just will him to score and he will. And you don’t have to go through all the foreplay of passing the ball around in the midfield. Everything works for him – loft it to him directly from the goal kick, cross the ball for him, play a cutting pass through the defenders – he’s always ...
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Torres! Torres! Torres! Torres!
There was only one name ringing at the Stamford Bridge today. The one person we’ve desperately willed to score goals for us put two in the net. More importantly it was his attitude, work rate and the desire that has got us all excited and dreaming. The man picked up from where he left off at Napoli. He was brilliant during the initial stages of the game. He was enthusiastic and you tell ...
Continue Reading ?It’s the quarter final game in the FA Cup this weekend for Chelsea. Given the conditions and upcoming fixtures I would rather like to see the more important players rested and the fringe ones given a chance today. This should be an easier game than the Birmingham City one.
We played 120 minutes of intense football against Napoli this past week which must have left many of the players exhausted. It makes sense ...
Continue Reading ?Right from the onset, this match was all about the Old Guard. Since the day AVB was fired all the focus has been the Old Guard and player power at Chelsea. Even I had doubts (and still have) over the longevity of our senior players. We’ve badly needed younger more attacking players for long time now. But after the recent results one has to admit that perhaps AVB got his man management all wrong.
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It has become so an agonizing experience watching Chelsea play of late. They have to labour to find a goal even against the relegation troubled teams. And it has become even more tougher for them to keep a clean sheet. Cech dives and throws his body around everywhere and yet he can only do so much.
Another loss. Once again I refuse to lay the blame on the manager. A manager can only come up with tactics, ...
Continue Reading ?I know this will never happen mostly for two reasons – the breakdown in relationship between Jose and Roman was regarding the power of control of the club that Roman will never agree to compromise and also because I can’t see Chelsea wasting another 20-30 millions firing AVB. But if it were to happen it would make every Chelsea fan around the world happy.
Jose Mourinho brings with himself a guarantee of trophies that no other manager ...
Continue Reading ?If you have been following the Chelsea First team then you would have become frustrated with lack of quality that we display on match days. There are days when we can beat an in-form Manchester City, and then there are days when we have to toil and sweat against an easy Fulham. Lack of consistency is killing our campaign. We no longer have faith in our players. Some might say it’s just downhill from here to a team ...
Continue Reading ?My reaction after the substitutions – WTF is going on in AVB’s mind?
Bringing on Kalou in place of Romeu made technical sense. A 0-0 scoreline against a weaker opponent suggests the introduction of a more attacking player. The choice of player in this case wasn’t something that pleased me though. Whenever I see Kalou, I am reminded of the handball and subsequent penalty given by him to Valencia in the dying moments. This guy doesn’t inspire ...
Continue Reading ?It’s been an year of disappointment for our new number 9 – Fernando Torres. Having sealed a big money transfer from Liverpool on the January deadline day, he has failed to match the expectations. Yes he was completely out of form when he joined us, but he’s had an year to improve on that. An year is no little time.
With AVB and his new philosophy Torres looked like getting some of his charisma and form back ...
Continue Reading ?Did you just see how Lampard celebrated his penalty conversion? Did you notice his passion for the club? Well one thing is certain, he won’t be leaving the club any time soon. And if any manager dares to put him on the transfer list he’ll receive a lot of stick for such an action.
But the writing on the wall is a sure sign that we are moving away from the era dominated by Terry, Cech, Lampard ...
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