Chelsea Rulz!!!

Trophy Is Back Where it Belongs

2006-04-30T17:44:00.000+02:00

WOW it’s been 4 months since I wrote a blog post. Time really does fly.

“Chelsea Champs Again” No surprise to me, I thought we bagged it when we beat Liverpool 2 – 0 at the bridge. Would have probably got our double if not for them, well there is always next year. Champions League + FA Cups sounds better though.

Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon told BBC Radio Five Live "It will be three in and three out,"

"We have got a 24-man squad and that is what we want to maintain. We think that is right for the competitions we are in. It is right from a rotation point of view.

We can improve, we need to improve and we will improve, but we are talking about improving what is already a fantastic squad. It is not easy."

My Predictions are as follows

Defender
(OUT)Ricardo Carvalho (IN)????????

Midfielder
(OUT)Damien Duff (IN)Michael Ballack

Striker
(OUT)Hernan Crespo (IN)Zlatan Ibrahimovic or Andriy Shevchenko

I would really hate it if Ricardo Carvalho, Damien Duff or Hernan Crespo left the club, but I have a strong feeling its going to be these three and I don’t think Maniche is going to be a part of the squad next season, so it’s 4 out.

Well that’s it, and this is most probably my last post, I got stuff coming up that’s not going to gimme enough time to blog. Ill probably drop a few lines after each of Chelseas big wins and hopefully 2006 – 2007 will be the year we conquer Europe, Ill definitely drop by everyone’s blog now and then.

Want to thank everyone too, for visiting and commenting. Cheers!!!!!

P.S I’m supporting Argentina for the World Cup.

Blog Closed Till March

2006-01-08T11:07:00.000+01:00

I fell I can’t really do justice to my blog at the moment because of my new job, so I have decided to take a small break. I will start blogging again, however that would be sometime in the month of March (end) – April.

The reason: - I plan to quit my job around then and get back to studies and would be in a position to dedicate an hour or so to some good blogging.

Well by then Chelsea would have beaten Barcelona, and we would be in the Quarter Finals which take place on the 28^th of March & the 05^th of April. I still will be visiting everyone’s blog. So goodbye for now and hope to see you’ll all in a few months.

Mourinhos Famous Lines

2005-12-23T11:40:00.000+01:00

On his arrival - June 2004

“We have top players and, sorry if I'm arrogant, we have a top manager.”

“I'm not a defender of old or new football managers. I believe in good ones and bad ones, those that achieve success and those that don't. Please don't call me arrogant, but I'm European champion and I think I'm a special one.”

On his new job - July 2004

“If I wanted to have an easy job...I would have stayed at Porto - beautiful blue chair, the Uefa Champions League trophy, God, and after God, me.”

On Arsenal after their 5-4 win at Spurs - November 2004

“That was not a football score, it was a hockey score...in training I often play matches of three against three and when the score reaches 5-4 I send the players back to the dressing room, because they are not defending properly.”

On Sir Alex Ferguson - January 2005

“This is nothing against Sir Alex whatsoever. After the game on Wednesday we were together in my office and we spoke and drank wine. Unfortunately it was a very bad bottle of wine and he was complaining, so when we go to Old Trafford for the second leg, on my birthday, I will take a beautiful bottle of Portuguese wine.”

On Blackburn - February 2005

“Look at the blond boy in midfield, Robbie Savage, who commits 20 fouls during the game and never gets a booking. We came here to play football and it was not a football game, it was a fight and we fought and I think we fought fantastically.”

On leading the title race - February 2005

“We are on top at the moment but not because of the club's financial power. We are in contention for a lot of trophies because of my hard work.”

On Roman Abramovich - March 2005

“If he helped me out in training we would be bottom of the league and if I had to work in his world of big business, we would be bankrupt!”

On Liverpool after Champions League loss - May 2005

“It was a goal that came from the moon - from the Anfield stands.”

“The best team lost. After they scored only one team played, the other one just defended for the whole game.”

“Liverpool scored, if you can say that they scored, because maybe you should say the linesman scored.”

On Manchester United - May 2005

“I saw their players and manager go for a lap of honour after losing to us in their last home game. In Portugal if you do this, they throw bottles at you!”

On Arsenal's French farce of a penalty - October 2005

“You have to wonder why they did that penalty. Because they have so many penalties in the season, that's why. They have to do something special and different.”

The Last and Most FAMOUS....................

On Arsene Wenger - October 2005

“I think he is one of these people who is a voyeur. He likes to watch other people. There are some guys who, when they are at home, have a big telescope to see what happens in other families. He speaks, speaks, speaks about Chelsea.”

Just for the record I still think Mourinho is one of the best Damm things that happened to Chelsea, this post just shows how entertaining he can be off the pitch too.

MERRY X’MAS TO ALL

Technorati Tags : Chelsea+FC, Jose+Mourinho, Funny

So Close Yet So Far

2005-12-20T07:34:00.000+01:00

Well Chelsea’s star mid-fielder Frank Lampard, this time too finished 2^nd to Ronaldinho in the FIFA’s World Player of the Year award. The reason I said “Yet So Far” is because Ronaldinho polled 956 points while Lampard polled 306 and Eto'o 190.

Well those figured don’t lie, Ronaldinho beat Lampard by a whopping 650, well there’s always next year. Ronaldinho bagged the award for the second time in a row, which just proves how popular he is among the national team coach and captain from each member association in FIFA(Voters.)

After the results were announced Lampard had this to say “To come second to Ronaldinho is almost a victory. I'm very happy. To come second is a fantastic achievement for me - there's so many great players in the world.”

“Ronaldinho is so good, he fully deserves to be crowned the best player in the world. I think I've improved, I work very hard, I train very hard, I'm very ambitious and I want to get better every season. I put my progress down to the hard work I've put in and the help of my team-mates. Playing with good players makes your job a lot easier.”

“I try to improve every year - this year I came second, next year I will try to come first. It's a big season, a World Cup year, and I'm hoping for success for my teams.”

There has been a lot of talk about Lampard moving to Barcelona, so the Chelsea vice-captain decided to comment on that once and for all. “I'm a Chelsea player, I'm a very loyal player, and I concentrate 100% on the team - it's impossible for me to do anything else. I have a fantastic manager, fantastic team-mates around me that have helped me get to this position and I'm looking forward to big success this year.”

“When I play I try to contribute to my team whether it's for Chelsea or for England so that's what I'll be looking for next year. Personal awards are good but the team awards are the ones I really want. I would happily swap the World Player award to win the Champions League.”

Well the Man in Blue has spoken, Barca Beware!!!!!! The Blues are Coming!!!

Technorati Tags : Chelsea+FC, Frank+Lampard, Ronaldinho

Campbell & Lehmann See The Title Slip Away

2005-12-19T07:39:00.000+01:00

We Drew Barcelona Again

2005-12-16T12:49:00.000+01:00

I Cant believe this SHIT!!! Barcelona again!!!!!

Well we’ll have to show them AGAIN who’s the better team. Last year Barcelona were favorites to win the Champs League, but Chelsea shocked the world by knocking them out of the tournament in one of the most exciting matches I have ever seen.

This only calls for a repeat performance, however the 1^st game will be at Stamford Bridge this time on the 21/22 of February and the 2^nd leg at Camp Nou on the 7/8 of March. Michael Essien will be missing both legs against Barcelona due to the ban by UEFA, however our ace defensive mid-fielder Claude Makelele is expected to return by then.

Barcelona might be a stronger, more well settled side this year, but Chelsea too have gotten stronger with additions like Crespo, Wright-Phillips and Del Horno who would be featuring in the game, there isn’t really any need for me to comment on how well the Chelsea team gel together.

Other fixtures are as follows:

Real Madrid v Arsenal

Werder Bremen v Juventus

Bayern Munich v AC Milan

PSV Eindhoven v Lyon

Ajax v Inter Milan

Benfica v Liverpool

Rangers v Villarreal

Update: The home leg will be played on Wednesday 22nd February with away leg on Tuesday 7th March.

Technorati Tags : Champions+League+Draw

All in One

2005-12-16T08:23:00.000+01:00

I wasn’t able to update my blog in the last few days cause I’ve kind of been busy with work. Well this post should cover all the important stuff that happened this week.

Most important news, the Champions League draw is gonna happen today, at UEFA headquarters in Switzerland at 11am London time (Approximately 4 hours after I post this.)

Arjen Robben has worked his way back into form, though he is far from his best, he had this to say “I would like to face either Villarreal or AC Milan, It’s just a feeling. It is not that I am afraid of getting the other ones. I think we can beat anyone but its just some teams are different and I would prefer to play one of them.”

However Juventus coach Fabio Capello has openly admitted that if would prefer not to play Chelsea at such an early stage in the competition. Capello also express how shock he was to find out Manchester United haven't even qualified for the UEFA Cup. Juventus could also be paired with Capello’s former club Real Madrid.

UEFA have handed Chelsea star midfielder Michael Essien a 2 game ban for his tackle on Liverpool’s Dietmar Hamann during the Champions League match at Stamford Bridge on December 6^th. Essien will be missing both legs of the UEFA Champions League Knock Out Round (on 21/22 February and 7/8 March.)

Former Chelsea striker Adrian Mutu who completed his ban and now plays for Juventus, lost a court case to Chelsea regarding his dismissal by Chelsea on the 15^th of December. The Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport dismissed the appeal and ordered Mutu to pay Chelsea costs of 20,000 Swiss francs (Are Chelsea on a roll or what? we just cant stop the Money from coming in?) Chelsea will be applying to FIFA for compensation.

Roy Keane has signed a one and a half year deal with Celtic a club he supported as a kid. He admitted that he had talked with a number of interested parties since his departure from Manchester United last month and that included Spanish giants Real Madrid, Everton, Bolton and a few others. It is believed that Keane signed with Celtic in spite of them offering him a salary package half of what he received at Manchester United (around 90,000 pounds at United.)

Technorati Tags : Chelsea+FC, Michael+Essien, Roy+Keane

It's Me!!!

2005-12-09T17:22:00.000+01:00

Yup it’s a cartoon me, cool isn’t it? Well I have to thank Sarah for it, she’s been busy with work and stuff, but still found the time to work on the sketch. I have been planning to change my template for quite sometime now and this picture it gonna be part of the new template (when ever that happens.)

All those who are into art and stuff you just have to check out Sarah’s blog , her work is out of this world.

Technorati Tags : Sketches, Art, Cartoons

Man Utd Down & Out, of UEFA Cup Too

2005-12-08T10:32:00.000+01:00

Sad day for United fans, not only were the supposed to beat Benfica and qualify to the knock out stage of the Champions League, but in a way pay tribute to George Best too. It was against Benfica that Best won the European Cup in 1968 and on the ground upon which the Portuguese giant's current stadium is built where he enjoyed his finest hour and a half, the stunning 5-1 triumph two years earlier.

All United needed was a draw, as a goal by Guayre for Villarreal was enough to beat Lille. Scholes did give United a dream start but they weren’t able to build on the momentum, horrible football if you think about it, with all that talent in there, they weren’t able to beat a team who are as strong as West Bromwich Albion (Premiership) on paper.

Man Utd failed to finish even 3^rd in a group which they should have led from the beginning, and hence failed to claim a UEFA Cup spot too. The defeat also costs Malcolm Glazer up to £15million in prize-money and leaves one of Europe’s biggest & richest clubs with no European combat to look forward to after the New Year for the first time in a decade.

Chelsea is most likely to draw one of the following

(Order Easiest to Toughest Opponent according to me)

Villarreal (Spain)
Lyon (France)
Inter Milan (Italy)
AC Milan (Italy)
Barcelona (Spain)
Juventus (Italy)

Rules:

Can't Play Club from same League (Country) or Group (Champions League).

Winner of a group plays Runners up of another Group

1^st Game at Runners up’s home Ground

The draw takes place on Friday, December 16th

Technorati Tags : Champions+League+Draw, Manchester+United

Funny / Sexy Football Pictures

2005-12-06T12:07:00.000+01:00

Playboy Soccer Match

Technorati Tags : Funny+Sexy+Football+Pictures

Frustrated Madrid Sack Luxemburgo

2005-12-05T10:22:00.000+01:00

Talks of Real Madrid coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo being sacked had already emerged after his team was humiliated at their own home ground by Barcelona, two draws after that against Lyon and Real Sociedad just made things worse. The straw that broke the camel’s back was their unimpressive non-entertaining win against Getafe, the club came to a conclusion Luxemburgo had to go.

The 53-year-old Brazilian, who was Real's fifth coach in the space of two and a half years, was dismissed following an emergency board meeting at the club's Bernabeu stadium. There is now likely to be a furious race to replace Luxemburgo, with former Lyon coach Paul Le Guen believed to be under consideration, while Real president Florentino Perez is a fan of Premiership bosses Jose Mourinho and Arsene Wenger. Juventus coach Fabio Capello, who led Real to the league title in 1997, former Celta Vigo and Porto boss Victor Fernandez, England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson and Liverpool's Rafael Benitez have all been mooted as possible long-term replacements for Luxemburgo.

Mourinho had this to say "I would not go if they called me, I have four more years at Chelsea and I hope to win enough trophies in that time to see out my contract and maybe longer."

Perez also admires the coaching skills of Fabio Capello, who has already had one spell at the Bernabeu, but the Juventus chief has played down a return to the club.

"I'm flattered by this link because Real aren't a small club, But I have a contract and I'm happy here." Capello told Sky Italia.

Luxemburgo leaves the team in fourth place in the standings with 25 points from 14 games, six behind joint leaders Barcelona and Osasuna. Real have also booked their place in the last 16 of the Champions League.

The club then spent nearly 90 million euros ($105.3 million) in reconstructing the squad during the close season, bringing in Brazilian strikers Robinho and Julio Baptista, the promising Spanish international defender Sergio Ramos and Uruguayan duo Pablo Garcia and Carlos Diogo.

I think Arsene Wenger is most likely to take up the position of Head Coach; talks of him leaving for Madrid had surfaced about a week back. Arsenal were out classed by Bolton in their recent Premiership fixture and things don’t seem to be going all that good in the Arsenal locker room, if Wenger does leave for Madrid, I’m quite sure he would be taking Henry with him. Henry has already been linked with a move to Spain for quite sometime.

Juventus Our Strongest Rivals?

2005-12-02T10:18:00.000+01:00

Chelsea having made it to the knock out stage of the Champions League now set their target on finishing top of their group, which isn’t going to be a problem. Our last game is against Premiership title contenders (hahahahahah just being nice to them for a change) Liverpool is at Stamford Bridge.

Now all those teams who finish first in their group play a team who finished 2^nd in another group (except for teams from your country.) Juventus are most likely to finish 2^nd in their group, hence could be paired up with Chelsea. Barcelona another team who are favorites for Europe's biggest prize along with Chelsea and Juventus, has topped their group, so Chelsea need not worry about them at the moment.

"I think our strongest rivals are Juventus," Lampard told Rai TV. He also identified the summer signing of Patrick Vieira from Arsenal as a crucial move that cemented the Bianconeri's quality. "They were already a great side before, but since Vieira's arrival they have been fantastic."

Lampard however forgot about Adrian Mutu, who was sacked by Chelsea FC a year back for doing drugs. Having completed his ban, Mutu has been playing for Juve and has so far featured in 12 matches totally and has scored 4 goals. Mutu may be out to take some revenge of his own, though I seriously think our defense is way too much for him to handle.

Funny Stuff !!!

2005-12-01T12:21:00.000+01:00

Ok you gotta go to this link, go the post dated November 28^th, titled “ The Special One – Jose Mourinho and the Chelsea magic.”

Download these two audio clips, its Jose Mourinho (a guy imitating him) during half time and an interview and then he breaks into a song. Trust me it’s really really funny.

http://www.champions-league.org/football/

Tags : Chelsea+FC

This One Has Lampard's Name

2005-12-01T10:41:00.000+01:00

All right Ronaldinho might have beaten Lampard to the Ballon D'Or by France Football magazine, but this time it’s going to be a lot closer. Voters just can’t afford to ignore the fact that the England International has just set a new record in the Premiership, 160 games in the top flight and still counting and is one of the Premiership’s leading scorers (Amazing for a mid-fielder.)

Lampard finished second (148 points) to Ronaldinho (225 points) however 6 points above England team mate Steven Gerrard.

Now FIFA's World Player of the Year title is up for grabs, and something tell me Lampard may just pocket this one. Frank Lampard will go head to head with Ronaldinho again next month after both players were included on the three-man shortlist to be FIFA's World Player of the Year, Ronaldinho’s Barcelona teammate Samuel Eto'o will also be competing for the prestigious title. Ronaldinho was last year’s winner.

Players receive votes from national coaches and captains from each of FIFA's member associations. The winner will be named in Zurich on December 19^th, from the three who gained the most votes.

For those of you who are superstitious or strongly believe in statistics, this is a piece of information you aren’t going to like. A Spanish-based player has won the award for the last four years, and it has never been won by a player from the Premiership.

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5 Things About Me

2005-11-30T08:18:00.000+01:00

I wanted to keep the post on this blog, only about football and leave the personal stuff out (apart from my weird views on football.) But I just can’t say ‘No’ to a request by a good friend (Rowena.)

Rules of the game

Post 5 weird and random facts about yourself, and end the list with 5 blogger’s to do the same.

1) I love cartoons, cant do without them till date. I have to watch at least 1 hour of cartoons before I go to bed, or I cant sleep. I’m currently hooked on to South Park and have downloaded seasons 3 to 9 (the quality of season 1 and 2 weren’t good.) Love The Simpson’s too, watched the special 6 hour-long marathon during Halloween (yup I’m that jobless in life.)

2) It’s weird but I’m the only Chelsea fan among my group of college friends, and am always out numbered in football debates by ManU and Liverpool fans. So I decided to convert people who knew jack shit about football into Chelsea fans, girls were the easiest, just tell them about a cute guy who plays for Chelsea and show them a picture. I do believe I have converted 4 people into Chelsea fans and I’m still counting.

3) I love fooling people and I have mastered the art of making up stories. I just took up my first job; it’s been about 2 months. My colleague Luan is one of the easiest people to fool; here is some of the stuff she still believes (though not after she reads this post.) She thinks I buy all my clothes and shoes from Chor Bazzar (A place were robbed stuff is sold.) She still thinks I live in an orphanage and she thinks a famous celebrity left a comment on her blog (Guess what it was meeeee.)

4) I got into major trouble in school only twice, once cause me and a friend put about 50 worms in a plastic bag and kept it in the corner of the class, these guys broke out and were all over the class and the second time I was caught for trading live fish and snails with a friend.

5) I passed my BMS this year (Bachelor of Management Studies) it’s a 3-year course in which I learnt absolutely nothing. That’s because I use to bunk lectures all week to play Counter-Strike and Fifa. I got quite good at Fifa at one point, and my friends dint know about that, so I used to openly challenge anyone and tell them I’d beat them by 4 plus goals and usually did (made some good money during that spell.)

The 5 people to do this next are

Luan
Muddi
Kaweh
Anela
Anyone who visits my blog and I’m not aware.

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My New Chelsea Away Jersey

2005-11-29T08:45:00.000+01:00

Now I got the Home Jersey and Away Jersey. I think I’m going wear the black one for all away matches and obviously the blue one for home games, I’m not superstitious or anything but it just more fun watching a game in the jersey your team is playing in. By the way, the jersey was a gift from a good friend of mine Luan {Please visit her blog, it’s about babies, puppies and more ^_^}

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Claude Makelele "The Show Stopper"

2005-11-25T07:35:00.000+01:00

It’s been over two years since Makelele arrived at Stamford Bridge and all he has to show for it just one goal? Well that’s where people fail to notice how important a player like Makelele is in any team. It was Chelsea’s Ex-Manager Ranieri with the backing of owner Roman Abramovich, who persuaded Makelele to swap El Bernabeu for Stamford Bridge in the summer of 2003 (for £16.6m.) Ranieri believes the player's former club have not been the same since losing the French Man.

Ranieri believes the result (0 – 3) of the game where Real Madrid where trashed at home at the hands of title contenders Barcelona would have been different if Makelele was still playing for the Spanish giants.

However Ranieri takes all credit for Makelele’s move to the Bridge “I was the person who convinced Makelele to sign for Chelsea," Ranieri told El Rondo.

"He is the key in the field because he stops the rivals and then initiates the game for his side. Real have never recovered from the loss of Makelele. From that moment the Spanish club have had many problems on the field."

Ranieri insists his Chelsea successor Jose Mourinho is fortunate to have Makelele at his disposal, describing him as an "ideal type of player." for any club in the world.

Chelsea will be without the services of the midfielder for at least 3 weeks; Michael Essien who is capable of playing any role across the midfield is most likely to take his place (he did do an excellent job in the Anderlecht game.) Under-21 French international Lassana Diarra (who looks like his idol too) could be given the green signal too.

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Champs League Action Guaranteed in 2006

2005-11-24T07:56:00.000+01:00

Another "Classy" goal from Crespo and a "Mind Blowing" goal from Carvalho (Both assisted by Lampard) lead Chelsea to a win over Anderlecht. While Liverpool’s draw with Real Betis has guaranteed Champs League action for both English teams in 2006. Real Betis will be going to the UEFA Cup after finishing 3^rd in the group. Chelsea will be fighting for top spot in the group when they face Liverpool at Stamford Bridge on the 6^th of December.

However Jose Mourinho believes it does not matter if Chelsea finish top of Group G. Mourinho said “Now that both teams (Chelsea & Liverpool) have qualified we have the chance to play a good game against Liverpool, the other three games against them in Europe have not been good games but I will be sending a team out to win.”

“You have play every game to try to win and with two English teams it is important for the fans but the consequence of being first or second I don’t see. You could get Real Madrid or Lyon. Why is it different playing Juventus or Bayern Munich? Last year we were first and had to play Bareclona.”

I too was quite surprised Mourinho started with Crespo and kept Drogba on the bench for the full game. Jose’s had 3 reasons for doing so.

“There were three reasons I chose to play him (Crespo) rather than Drogba. Drogba is a target man and Crespo is movement. In a game that I thought would have space and broken play, he could give what we needed.”

“The second reason was I need to motivate players and after the Newcastle win, I decided to play the same team, just replace the injured.”

“The third reason was Drogba had, not an injury, but still a small pain in a knee ligament from playing for the Ivory Coast. I decided to protect him so with the cold and the score 2-0, that is why chose to give Carlton Cole a taste of the Champions League. Drogba will be okay to play at the weekend.”

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Its Nothing Personal

2005-11-22T18:55:00.000+01:00

Call me crazy, but I still have this feeling that Chelsea lost to Real Betis on purpose. After speaking to another Chelsea fan and the fact I have nothing better to do, I decided to make certain assumptions.

FACTS

Chelsea is Finishing Top of its Champs League Group

POSSIBILITY

Liverpool doesn’t make it to the knock out stage (and with further luck get knocked out of the UEFA cup ASAP)

For the above to become a reality, this is what needs to happen

23^rd November

Anderlecht lose to Chelsea (like there was a doubt they wouldn’t)

Liverpool are trashed by Real Betis (the same way Chelsea beat them at Anfield)

The Table Points

Chelsea 10

Liverpool 10

Real Betis 9

Anderlecht 0

6^th December

Chelsea beat Liverpool (4 – 1 at Anfield, just imagine the score line at the Bridge)

Real Betis beat Anderlecht

The Table Points

Chelsea 13

Real Betis 12

Liverpool 10

Anderlecht 0

Alright these figures don’t lie, it’s possible. All Liverpool fans please don’t take this personally its just our way of taking revenge for making us wait another year for our Champs League Cup.

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Match Report: Switzerland Vs Turkey

2005-11-22T11:36:00.000+01:00

Dest this post is especially for you. Well I dint really catch either leg of the Switzerland Vs Turkey qualifier but after doing a little reading up (for Dest again) on the game it seems like it was a killer of a game. The second leg was just CRAZY!

The 1^st leg was at Switzerland on the 12^th of November, where Switzerland beat Turkey 2 – 0. Philippe Senderos (Defender from Arsenal) scored the 1^st goal of the match in the 41^st minute and Valon Behrami (Plays for Lazio) added another in the 86^th minute to seal the victory.

Ok this is where things get interesting.

The 2nd leg at Turkey happened on the 16^th of November, Switzerland won a penalty in the very 1^st minute; Alexander Frei (Plays for Rennes) converted it. So Switzerland were leading 3 – 0 on aggregate. Turkey did get themselves back into the game by scoring 3 quick goals, 2 by Tuncay Sanli in the 22^nd and 36^th minute respectively and Necati Ates converted a penalty in the 52^nd minute.

Marco Streller (Striker for Stuttgart) scored in the 84^th minute for Switzerland virtually guaranteeing them a place in the World Cup. However the Turkish weren’t done fighting for a place in the world cup. A very late goal from non other than Tuncay Sanli (Hat-Trick) in the 89^th minute kept Turkey’s World Cup dreams alive, however they weren’t able the get another goal.

Switzerland makes it into the World Cup on "away goals" after a 12-year absence following a 4 - 4 aggregate draw with Turkey.

I must say I had no idea Switzerland played such good football, Dest il support Switzerland with you. Goooooooo + Schweiz +

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Back To Our Winning Ways

2005-11-19T19:49:00.000+01:00

“3 Goals Scored and No Goals Conceded” - Finally a score line that’s familiar. Crespo did start this one as Drogba was suspended as did score a classy goal as usual. Crespo has scored 4 goals for Chelsea, the latest against Newcastle being his 1^st at Stamford Bridge in 2 years. The 1^st half was kind of boring but as usual after José Mourinho half time talks Chelsea were a different side in the 2^nd half. Joe Cole scored the 1^st goal in the 46^th minute; Crespo added another in the 51^st min (amazing ball control) and Duff got a lucky 3^rd in the 90^th minute when his shot deflected off ex-Chelsea player Parker.

A good win for Chelsea though Newcastle were without lead strikes Michael Owen & Alan Shearer, but then again we too were without Drogba, Robben and Makelele (who had to be substituted in the 13^th minute.) So I guess all was fair.

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José Mourinho is Premiership's Best Manager

2005-11-18T08:32:00.000+01:00

I found this article on the Official Chelsea Website, the only reason I’m putting it up is cause I just remembered I did take part in the survey about a month back. Plus it just shows how popular Chelsea (Club, Players & Manager) is worldwide.

José Mourinho is the favourite manager, and Gianfranco Zola and Frank Lampard are amongst the ten favourite players of Premiership time, says a Barclays survey of 26,000 fans from 170 countries, published yesterday, Wednesday. Mourinho clocked 28 per cent of votes as Best Manager since the inauguration of the Premier League in 1992. Sir Alex Ferguson was second with 14 per cent and Arsène Wenger third with 13 per cent.

Chelsea came fourth in global support with 11 per cent behind Man Utd (25%), Liverpool (18%) and Arsenal (15%). Frank Lampard was third behind Thierry Henry and Steven Gerrard as the most popular current player. John Terry was tenth. United had four players in the top ten. No other team apart from Chelsea had more than one. Lampard was especially popular with Italians and Germans.

Zola was fifth most popular player since the Premiership began, fractionally behind David Beckham. The top three were Eric Cantona, Henry and Alan Shearer. Zola came third in the vote from Europe alone. Lampard was tenth overall.

A whopping 98 per cent of the fans surveyed believed Chelsea will retain the Premiership trophy.

by Neil Barnett

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Old Captain wants to come Aboard

2005-11-17T09:19:00.000+01:00

Ex-Chelsea captain Marcel Desailly has openly declared that he does believe he still has game left in him and would like the return to the Premiership and play for Chelsea. The 37-year-old French World Cup-winner left Chelsea at the end of the 2004 season, when Chelsea finished 2^nd to Arsenal and joined Qatar FC but was unable to settle in the Middle East. The former Chelsea defender told BBC Sport: 'I am a player with experience, who could improve any team in Europe. England is my first choice if I play on.'

He later said It could be difficult to play for another team, cause he still has such strong feelings for Chelsea, and that's something he would have to take into account.

Desailly I’m sure Chelsea would welcome you back with open arms, though I think Terry is doing an absolutely amazing job as Captain, so I guess nothing is going to change on that front.

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Bayern says Bye Bye to Ballack

2005-11-15T10:28:00.000+01:00

German champs Bayern Munich seem to have had it with Michael Ballack. The club officially withdrew their contract offer after the Germany captain refused to sign again. Ballack has been stalling over signing a new deal at the Allianz Arena since the start of the football season with a hope of joining either Real Madrid or Manchester United on a free transfer. Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said 'We officially withdrew our offer today' at the club's annual general meeting. Rummenigge's decision came after he met with the player and was told the 29-year-old had still not decided what he wanted to do when his contract expires in June 2006. Although Rummenigge also stated that this did not necessarily mean Ballack would leave the club, but he also felt it would be in the clubs best interest to look for a replacement soon. All this makes it quite obvious that the Bundesliga champions Bayern will sell Ballack in January transfer window. I personally think he would go between 10 to 12 million pounds, considering that he would not get to play in the Champions Leagues for either Real Madrid or ManU, not that they are going really far in the competition which already has Chelsea’s name written all over the Cup.

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Crespo is Happy at the Bridge

2005-11-14T13:25:00.000+01:00

The Argentina vs. England match featured 6 Chelsea players.
Crespo
Terry
Bridge
Lampard
J Cole
Wright-Phillips (Bench)

Crespo scored the 1st goal while J Cole set up one for Owen; the others had a fairly good game too. Carlton Cole apparently made a few statements about Crespo not being happy at Stanford Bridge, which just added to the speculation that the Argentina striker may leave the club in the January transfer window. Well this is what Crespo had to say after England's 3-2 win over Argentina. “I will stay. When I came back three months ago, I signed a new contract for one more year. So why do I need to change something after three months?” “I have shown that when I have an opportunity to do something in Chelsea, I'm ready to play. But the season is long. If I don't have a lot of minutes now, I don't have a problem. Normally I need to play more and more, but I don't have problems with anybody.” Against Newcastle, Crespo could again face Michael Owen, who struck England's two late goals in Geneva. “Maybe he will celebrate now but, for the Newcastle game, he will be tired! When you play a great player like this, you know he may not touch the ball for 80 minutes. But in the last 10 minutes, he can score twice and beat you. He's a great player and he has a history against Argentina after the 1998 World Cup.”

Technorati Tags : Chelsea, Crespo, Cole

I'M RICH! . . . Drink's On Me

2005-11-10T13:50:00.000+01:00

I’ve seen this thing on a number of blog’s, so I thought I’d give it a go too. Though I’m still a little confused whether these guys who valued my blog have found someone who is willing to pay me $7,903 for my blog? Anyone who has understood this concept please leave me a comment or mail me. Thanks.

My blog is worth $7,903.56.
How much is your blog worth?

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Zola - The True Blue

2005-11-09T05:58:00.000+01:00

Zola, who retired from football last season, was one of the most popular foreign imports ever to have played in The Premiership during his stay at Stamford Bridge, but he never played in a team as successful as Jose Mourinho's.

"It's a pity not to have won the league when I was there, But I still feel part of it because when you belong to Chelsea, you belong to Chelsea forever." the Italian told Sky Sports.

After spending almost seven years at Chelsea, Zola returned to Serie A and played for Cagliari for two seasons, before hanging up his boots at the age of 38.

By Lewis Rutledge

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Chelsea 0 - EPL 1

2005-11-07T06:37:00.000+01:00

I’m gonna keep this short and may be not so sweet. Firstly No! It’s not a typing mistake. It’s not supposed to be Chelsea 0 – ManU 1. It’s no secret but all the other 18 teams were supporting ManU in yesterday’s game, cause Chelsea did have a 9 points lead over 2^nd place Wigan and a win at Old Trafford would probably hand over the title to Chelsea some time in December. However it wasn’t to be, no problem let give those who believe they can win the premiership this year a fighting chance. Though (I don’t mean to be rude) lets face it, it’s all going to be in vain. All Chelsea has to do is move into high gear and the gap between first and second would be nothing less than 15 plus.

GO BLUES!!!

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No Comments on the Real Betis - Chelsea Game

2005-11-02T07:48:00.000+01:00

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Funny Stuff, Check it Out!!

2005-10-31T08:59:00.000+01:00

I know this article is around 2 days old, but it’s really quite funny. So I thought I'd put it up.

A nine-year-old boy who invaded a football pitch to slide tackle a Premiership star was shown the red card - by his mum.

She has banned Everton fan Richard Dunne from going to Goodison Park to watch his heroes until further notice.

Richard, just 4ft tall, launched a two-footed tackle on Middlesbrough defender Frank Queudrue during Wednesday’s Carling Cup game.

Mum Michelle, 38, said: “I was shocked when the police rang to say what Richard had done. They gave him a good ticking off. But he’s a nice lad, he just gets over-excited at matches.”

“He’s been grounded indefinitely and I’ve not decided when he can go back to Goodison.”

Richard, who has apologised, revealed he invaded the pitch for a bet.

He said: “One of my brother’s mates bet me £20 that I couldn’t tackle better than any of the Everton players. I jumped over the barrier and ran for the nearest player. It felt great — but I know it was wrong.”

Everton have decided to take no action.

By ANDY RUSSELL

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Chelsea Rise as Others Fall

2005-10-30T07:27:00.000+01:00

A perfect weekend! Chelsea back on their winning ways, while those optimistic clubs who thought they had a chance of catching up with us, well all of them failed to take all 3 points in their respective matches.

Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal took a point each.
Charlton Athletic lost at home AGAIN!!
Middlesbrough trashed Manchester United 4 – 1. Ex-Chelsea player Hasselbaink, who apparently has a good record against ManU scored in the 25^th min.

I can’t believe I’m saying this but if there is any Premiership club that Chelsea should worry about its Wigan Athletic. Wigan who are playing in the Premiership for the first time and have a stadium with a capacity of 25,000 only, are surprisingly in second (9 points behind Chelsea and a game in hand.) What’s scary is they have beaten us when it comes to least goals conceded, and currently have the best defensive record.

Mourinho has branded Lampard as the world's best player, Lampard second goal against Blackburn was also his 100th League goal and his 60th for Chelsea. This brings his tally to 11 for the season (10 in the League.) Frank is currently the Premiership’s top scorer.

WAY TO GO LAMPARD!!!!

Lampard has also now played 157th consecutive Premiership game, the record currently held by keeper David James (159 games.) Anyone wants to bet whether the record is gonna be broken by the Premiership’s top scorer get in touch with me.

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Cruyff....STFU!!!

2005-10-25T19:56:00.000+02:00

For those of you’ll who don’t know the great Mr. Johan Cruyff let me brief you a bit on the so called “Legend.”

Played for Ajax and Barcelona. Won the European Footballer of the year award in 1971, 73 and 74. 48 International Caps (Holland.) Was in charge of Barcelona between 1988 and 1996 and won four successive titles and the European Cup in 1992 and I do believe he lost a 4-0 to AC Milan in the 1994 European Cup final.

Cruyff is one who called Chelsea and Mourinho non-entertaining; he also claims he would be happy to teach Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho how to play well - just like he did at Ajax in the 70s or Barcelona in the 90s. Mourinho has responded by inviting the Dutchman to teach him how to become a better manager.

Cruyff quotes “I would happily teach him not just about winning and playing well, but also about winning respect from people, and that is more important than the titles you win.

But it's better that I don't teach him how to lose a final by 4-0. This happens when you have a very long career, a career that began at the age of 17 and that continued until the age of 40 as a player and then other years as a coach.

At his age, he has sufficient time to learn how to win and how to lose. To earn the respect of the whole world is a different story.”

Mourinho responded to this by saying “Since 1996, he (Cruyff) refuses to step into the new football reality. Football is waiting for him to be a teacher. I want him to come forward and teach me. I humbly ask for it. I want him to help me to be a better coach because I don't want to stop learning.

But he cannot teach me to be national champion because I already am three times. He cannot teach me how to win cups and Super Cups because I already did. He cannot teach me to conquer the UEFA Cup because I also have it. He cannot teach me to become a European champion either.”

Cruyff I speak for all Chelsea fans when I say, I think you have had your 15 seconds of fame (see I put you up on my blog too.) Now do us a favor and shut up.

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4 - 0 Boring Boring Chelsea ;-)

2005-10-20T06:36:00.000+02:00

Chelsea finally started scoring in the Champions League. Before the Real Betis game Chelsea had scored only one goal in 4 games:
0 – 0 Draw vs. Liverpool
1 – 0 Loss vs. Liverpool
1 – 0 Win vs. Anderlecht
0 – 0 Draw vs. Liverpool
To think about it, its Liverpool that play’s boring games against Chelsea. However the English Champs did make up for it yesterday by trashing Real Betis 4 – 0 at the Bridge. The first 20 minutes were kind of scary, as the Spanish new comers were on the attack; they even had a shot from a corner cleared off the line by Makelele. Well after that spell the Champs were on fire, goals coming from:
Drogba 23rd Minute (Good pass by Essien.)
Carvalho 43rd Minute (After the goalkeeper dropped Lampard’s curling free-kick.)
Cole 58th Minute (Amazing goal, though he should have passed to Crespo who was open.)
Crespo 63rd Minute (Assist by Wright-Phillips’ the best you’ll ever see in a game.)

Chelsea’s new signing Diarra did come on to sub Makelele in the 75th minute. The under 21 French international does have some skill. He was bought in to take the place of Chelsea’s defensive mid-fielder, and I must say, he does play the part well, they even look alike.

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No FA charge for Essien

2005-10-18T21:07:00.000+02:00

The Football Association have announced Chelsea's Michael Essien will face no further action over his tackle on Tal Ben Haim during the game with Bolton on Saturday. Referee Rob Styles issued Essien with a yellow card at the time and agreed to look at the incident again on video, after the Bolton manager was crying about the tackle for hours after the match. However Referee Rob Styles did admit that he would have shown Michael Essien a red card had he seen the incident from another angle. Like that would have made a real big difference to the match outcome, at the most Chelsea would have won 4 – 1, instead of 5 – 1.

The FA did approach FIFA to ascertain whether any further disciplinary action should be taken. FIFA informed the FA that in such cases the referee's decision is final and cannot be changed retrospectively.

Technorati Tags : Michael+Essien, Rob+Styles, Chelsea

No Hope For Dope

2005-10-18T08:49:00.000+02:00

Middlesbrough's defender Abel Xavier has been suspended from all football by world governing body FIFA. The Portuguese defender failed the drugs test after last month's UEFA Cup game in Xanthi. The 32 year-old Portuguese international is likely to issue a statement tomorrow morning, when he would have to answer the most important question - namely, what banned substance has he tested positive for? Middlesbrough issued a brief statement to confirm Xavier produced a urine sample which returned a positive result after the September 29 second leg of Boro's first-round UEFA Cup match against their Greek opponents.

The FA is targeting a top Premiership player who is suspected of using banned blood boosting drugs. The news comes only days after Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger voiced his concerns that the banned hormone EPO (erythropoietin) had been unwittingly administered to some of the foreign players who had arrived at his club. A number of players in recent times has be accused of using banned substance, Adrian Mutu (ex Chelsea player, now with Juventus) tested positive for using cocaine while Manchester United star Rio Ferdinand was suspended for eight months after he failed to take a drug test.

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"Blue" Hot Chelsea

2005-10-16T10:19:00.000+02:00

I’m back and so was Chelsea after Internationals with a BANG!! Bolton visited Stamford Bridge and were on cloud 9 when they scored in the 4^th minute. The early goal did them no good as Chelsea put in 5 goals in the 2^nd half itself (4 of them in 9 minutes.) Drogba opened the scoring, he then set up a goal for Lampard with an amazing back flip. Lampard as usually always good from free kicks curved the ball right of the wall into the goal, and then returned the favor by assisting Drogba from a corner. Though all credit goes to Drogba, beautiful technique! Eidur Gudjohnsen, Chelsea's oldest striker added a fifth later on. Chelsea have a 9 point lead over second place Tottenham Hotspurs and a 10 point lead over ManU (they have a game in hand.) Arsenal on the other hand suffered their 3^rd loss of the season, losing 2 -1 away to West Bromwich Albion.

Chelsea have now extended their unbeaten run to 38, which is one full EPL season if you think about it, and are on a 9 game winning streak. The record for most wins in a row is 11 by Tottenham Hotspurs. The Blues have now scored 9 goals in 2 games (4 against Liverpool + 5 Bolton) letting in only 2. Who ever says the Champs are boring has got to be out of his mind. Chelsea’s next game is at home against Real Betis. If Real Betis have anything to learn from Bolton’s mistake it’s got to be “NEVER SCORE AN EARLY GOAL AGAINST THE BLUE’S.”

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No Posts Till Saturday

2005-10-10T18:38:00.000+02:00

Sorry People .....There willl be no post till saturday.

Be quite Reds........You know we are the BEST!!!

2005-10-02T20:44:00.000+02:00

That was some win.....especially after a 0 - 0 draw just a few days back in the Champions league. 4 - 1 I’m sure no one could have predicted that score. I being a highly optimistic Chelsea fan was hoping for a 2 - 0 Chelsea win but a 4 - 1 just blew me away. Everyone expected a tight defensive game, but it was nothing like that. Drogba played some game.....too bad he has no goals to show for it, but he was according to me one of the best players on the field. Geremi has two goals against his name so far, and the best thing is that he has played only 2 games for Chelsea......WAY TO GO Geremi (Our New 3rd Striker.)

Liverpool and the rest of the Epl teams........be afraid....be very afraid.....if Chelsea can do what they did to Liverpool @ Anfield....without Crespo, Gudjohnsen and Shaun Wright-Phillips, well just imagine the damage they can do with em.

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Chelsea	8	8	0	0	18	2	16	24
2	Charlton Athletic	7	5	0	2	12	7	5	15
3	Tottenham Hotspur	8	4	3	1	9	5	4	15
4	Manchester United	7	4	2	1	10	5	5	14
5	Bolton Wanderers	8	4	2	2	9	6	3	14
6	Manchester City	8	4	2	2	9	6	3	14

Current Standings

Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Chelsea 8 8 0 0 18 2 16 24
2 Charlton Athletic 7 5 0 2 12 7 5 15
3 Tottenham Hotspur 8 4 3 1 9 5 4 15
4 Manchester United 7 4 2 1 10 5 5 14
5 Bolton Wanderers 8 4 2 2 9 6 3 14
6 Manchester City 8 4 2 2 9 6 3 14

Technorati Tags : Chelsea, Liverpool, Frank+Lampard, Anfield, Drogba

Nistelrooy wants out too

2005-10-02T20:12:00.000+02:00

Ruud van Nistelrooy's agent Rodger Linse has hinted, the time may have come for Ruud to leave ManU. The reason could be nothing but Man United’s performance in all leagues. Last year ManU failed to bring in a single cup to Old Trafford (though I personally think they should have won the FA Cup), they have finished 3rd for the last 2 years in the EPL and were knocked out in the Champions league in the very 1st round last year (losing to AC Milan both home and away.)

Well I guess Nistelrooy and his agent think its about time he provided his services to a club with a realistic chance of winning cups. ManU seem to be going through hell, with Roy Keane wanting an exit from Old Trafford and now this. One thing for sure, if these two leave many more will follow. I dare say, we might even see Sir Alex Ferguson call the quits. Could this be end to the mighty ManU? tension did seem to rise when Mr. Malcolm Glazer took over. I know its quite early, but I do think ManU have any shot at all at winning the EPL (Comon West Ham have a better chance.) Well I guess we will have to wait a bit more to see which ManU player is gonna shock the world with his plans to leave ManU. Ohhh for those Real Madrid come ManU fan (According to me all those who support ManU, do support Real Madrid and vice-verse) there is a good chance of him moving to Real, so I guess you’ll have nothing to lose.

Technorati Tags : Ruud+van+Nistelrooy, ManU, Real+Madrid

Roy Keane has had enough of ManU

2005-09-30T12:09:00.000+02:00

Roy Keane was caught saying on MUTV, that he thinks he has another 2 years of football in him and would like to spend those 2 years at another club. He also said he would not want to play for another EPL club as it would be too hard for him to come back to Old Trafford and go into the away dressing room. I seriously doubt he would be greeted with open arms by the ManU fans, if he ever leaves and joins another club. All the ManU fans would like to see him play his last game for ManU and after that take up a coaching role under the GREAT Sir Alex Ferguson. However Roy Keane has plans of his own, and they don’t show any intension of joining Sir Alex Ferguson's backroom staff, at least for the moment.
What’s with these old guys moving to other clubs after playing most of their lives for one? Patrick Vieira, another good example.
The Republic of Ireland international's contract is due to expire in the summer but looks like he's made up his mind about moving out of England.
Do we dare see him in a jersey of Barcelona, Inter Milan (They seem to be on a roll when it comes to picking up the old boys) or maybe even a Bayern Munich (Some kind of trade for Ballack in January.)
Technorati Tags : Roy, Keane, ManU, Sir, Alex, Ferguson, Patrick, Vieira

Crespo and Chelsea seek Revenge!!!

2005-09-28T10:54:00.000+02:00

TODAY IS THE DAY. The last time Chelsea played Liverpool was at Anfield in the semi finals of the Champions League. While the last time Crespo played Liverpool was in an AC Milan jersey during the Champions League finals in May. Liverpool won both those games with nothing more than good luck.
Well Liverpool its time Crespo and Chelsea got their revenge. Liverpool robbed Crespo of not only the cup but he also had a good chance of winning the man of the match award (2 goals in any finals is something) in the finals. While Chelsea were robbed of the title a little earlier as the ref awarded the only goal over the two legs to Liverpool. By the way for those of you who don’t know, Sky Sports technology proved is wasn’t a goal and Gallas cleared it well in time. Anyway no use crying over spilt milk.
I personally do think Crespo is gonna start tonight for the obvious reasons and Mourinho is gonna play an attacking formation. After all hes gotta prove to Anfield fans who are in denial, that last year was a fluke and Liverpool have no chance in hell (Home or Away) when they play Chelsea.
As luck would have it, Chelsea play Liverpool again over the weekend in the EPL @ Anfield. Repeat performance of the trashing the Reds are gonna get on Thursday or will Chelsea give em a break…..well we will have to wait and find out.

Psssst.......José Mourinho, I Need Some HELP!!!

2005-09-26T16:08:00.000+02:00

Look who was spotted at the Chelsea training camp on the 23rd of September. England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson visited José Mourinho to watch his prepare the Chelsea team before they faced Aston Villa. Chelsea went into the game without conceding a goal in 6 matches and winning all 6 games.
Sven-Goran Eriksson needs all the help he can get if he has to get the England fans back on his side. England need to win both their remaining games if they want to finish top of the group, anything below that will not be accepted by the England fans. There were talks about Sven-Goran Eriksson loosing his job and José Mourinho taking over as England’s coach, but to Chelsea’s relief he claimed those as rumors.
No doubt England have the team, but according to many they lack team work and proper co-ordination, that’s where Mourinho has proved to the world that his clubs success to owed to team work and not individual super stars. However if that was the case Chelsea would have been a another Real Madrid.........3 loses in a row............hahahahhahahahahhahahahah.

So Long Gunners, Im Off To Barcelona

2005-09-26T16:04:00.000+02:00

Thierry Henry has two years left on his contract, but still tensions are rising as he is refusing to sign a new contract with Arsenal. However Arsenal are confident, Henry will sign with no one but them but then again Henry has showed signs that he would like to join a team with a realistic chance at winning the Champions League. With him having no chance of moving to Chelsea (Like Chelsea really need him), Man U or Liverpool the reason being Arsenal rival clubs, Barca seems to be the way to go. Henry would team up with fellow French team mate Ludovic Giuly at Barcelona, along with other superstars like Samuel Eto'o, Ronaldinho, Carles Puyol to name a few.

The main reason Henry would leave Arsenal is the lack of team support.

Patrick Vieira - Left for Juventus (In search of Champions league glory.)

Jens Lehmann – Couldn’t save a goal if he and Almunia were in the goal.

Ashley Cole – The fact that he is a Chelsea reject has gotten to him, he seems to have lost his will to play.

Sol Campbell – Lost his place in the England team to Terry and Ferdinand. Trying his luck as a striker now……WATCH OUT HE COULD BE ARSENALS LEADING SCORER hahahahahahah (already 2 goals to his name.)

Lauren and Kolo Toure – Football Talent? What talent……..all they do is foul.

Robert Pires – Comon we all know he is nothing without assists from Henry.

Francesc Fabregas and Mathieu Flamini – According to Wenger, perfect Vieira replacement. (Who’s he kidding.)

Dennis Bergkamp – Afraid of flying (Pak Pak Pak Pak PAAAKAAAK) Chicken. High time he hung up his boots.

Van Persie – Rapist !!! Got convicted for rape, that too in Amsterdam. How sad is that, DUMB ASS prostitution is legal in Amsterdam.

My New Jersey

2005-09-23T09:15:00.000+02:00

I just got it today aint it a beauty? Its the new 100 years jersey. Next season the Chelsea's home jersy would be changing again as Chelsea have a new contract with Adidas. Hopefully the 2005 jersy will be the one, Chelsea wear when they bring the Champions League home to Stamford Bridge.

Could Salary Cap's save the Premiership?

2005-09-23T03:15:00.000+02:00

Wigan chairman Dave Whelan believes the Premiership will be 'ruined' unless a salary cap is introduced.

YAAA RIGHT!!!!!!

He’s just saying that cause his club stands 10th (to think bout it not bad for a promoted club who’s playing top flight for the first time) with 7 points (2 wins, 1 draw and 2 loses)....while Chelsea are 1st with 18 points...6 out of 6 wins. All these years Arsenal and ManU dominated the EPL....and don’t forget ManU was the richest club in the WORLD, but they wern’t as impressive as Chelsea so no one really said anything about their financial backing. Then billionaire Roman Abramovich took over Chelsea, where they finished in the top 4 (I forgot what rank sorry), then again now one said anything about salary caps. Chelsea was trophy less that season and the year after that too. Nope Still nothing about Chelsea being a rich club or salary caps.
Then when Jose Mourinho comes in and gets the team to gel well and takes Chelsea to their 1st title in 50 years, does the bullshit start.
If you ask me Jose Mourinho and Roman Aabramovich are the best thing that even happened to Chelsea. All you guys( including MR. Dave Whelan) salary caps aint coming to the EPL and that’s it.......LIVE WITH IT!!!!!!!!

One Horse Race???

2005-09-19T20:37:00.000+02:00

Ok so it may be too early to call it a One Horse Race, But check em out 6 out of 6……no goals given so far and scored 12…..both goals against Charlton were beauties.
Charlton were the closest but are down 6 points (they have a game in hand), ManU drew with Liverpool with keep them 7 points behind Chelsea (they too have a game in hand) and both Man C and Bolton Wanderers have played 6 games each and are on 11 points each.

Games coming up this week and my predictions………

Saturday, 24 September 2005
Birmingham v Liverpool, 0 - 1
Bolton v Portsmouth, 2 - 1
Chelsea v Aston Villa, 3 - 0
Everton v Wigan, 1 - 0
Man Utd v Blackburn, 2 - 1
Newcastle v Man City, 2 - 1
West Brom v Charlton, 1 - 2
West Ham v Arsenal, 1 - 1

Sunday, 25 September 2005
Middlesbrough v Sunderland, 2 - 0

Monday, 26 September 2005
Tottenham v Fulham, 1 - 0

For those of you, who play nfc manager do consider my predictions while making your teams, cause I hit the bulls eye last week and this week I need 3 goals from the Arsenal v Everton game for the bonus 10.

PS Any Chelsea Fans out there plz leme know im the only Chelsea fan among my frnds.

Crespo In Form

2005-09-19T09:02:00.000+02:00

Im Sry leme Introduce myself

2005-09-17T04:23:00.000+02:00

Wow my very own blog............this is great, ok ok I’m really sorry everyone...i know my 1st two posts were kind of lame......so lets call this my 1st post k. I’m new to the world of blogging so if anyone has any comments or advice I’m totally open........A lil bit bout myself.......as you already know I am a BIG BIG BIG Chelsea fan.....I love my football and my team. My name is Neil, I was born and brought up in Bombay. I’m sure there are a lot of fan sites and blog’s for Chelsea fc.....So on this blog il be talking about every thing to do with football, all the leagues, all the players.......il be sharing my views on it all.......I dont mean to offend any fan by talking crap bout their team, but COMON this is my blog .......where else would I get to BITCH about other teams, sports bars??( ya right and get beaten up by the 1000s of rowdy Man U fans....No WAY!!)

CHELSEA FC

2005-09-16T06:37:00.000+02:00

Go Chelsea Go Chelsea Gooooo!!!!

Chelsea

2005-09-15T14:34:00.000+02:00

We are the english champs...........and this year we gonna take europe too. GOOOO Blues.

Chelsea Rulz!!!

Trophy Is Back Where it Belongs

Blog Closed Till March

Mourinhos Famous Lines

On his arrival - June 2004

On his new job - July 2004

“If I wanted to have an easy job...I would have stayed at Porto - beautiful blue chair, the Uefa Champions League trophy, God, and after God, me.”

On Arsenal after their 5-4 win at Spurs - November 2004

On Sir Alex Ferguson - January 2005

On Blackburn - February 2005

On leading the title race - February 2005

On Roman Abramovich - March 2005

On Liverpool after Champions League loss - May 2005

On Manchester United - May 2005

On Arsenal's French farce of a penalty - October 2005

On Arsene Wenger - October 2005

MERRY X’MAS TO ALL

So Close Yet So Far

Campbell & Lehmann See The Title Slip Away

We Drew Barcelona Again

All in One

It's Me!!!

Man Utd Down & Out, of UEFA Cup Too

Funny / Sexy Football Pictures

Frustrated Madrid Sack Luxemburgo

Juventus Our Strongest Rivals?

Funny Stuff !!!

This One Has Lampard's Name

5 Things About Me

My New Chelsea Away Jersey

Claude Makelele "The Show Stopper"

Champs League Action Guaranteed in 2006

Its Nothing Personal

Match Report: Switzerland Vs Turkey

Back To Our Winning Ways

José Mourinho is Premiership's Best Manager

Old Captain wants to come Aboard

Bayern says Bye Bye to Ballack

Crespo is Happy at the Bridge

I'M RICH! . . . Drink's On Me

Zola - The True Blue

Chelsea 0 - EPL 1

No Comments on the Real Betis - Chelsea Game

Funny Stuff, Check it Out!!

Chelsea Rise as Others Fall

Cruyff....STFU!!!

4 - 0 Boring Boring Chelsea ;-)

No FA charge for Essien

No Hope For Dope

"Blue" Hot Chelsea

No Posts Till Saturday

Be quite Reds........You know we are the BEST!!!

Nistelrooy wants out too

Roy Keane has had enough of ManU

Crespo and Chelsea seek Revenge!!!

Psssst.......José Mourinho, I Need Some HELP!!!

So Long Gunners, Im Off To Barcelona

My New Jersey

Could Salary Cap's save the Premiership?

One Horse Race???

Crespo In Form

Im Sry leme Introduce myself

CHELSEA FC

Chelsea

Mourinhos Famous Lines

Its Nothing Personal

So Long Gunners, Im Off To Barcelona