Chelsea Banter Archive September 01 2010

01 Sep 2010 22:16:58
Ed, Can you clear up some confusion for me?
Chelsea have lodged a 19 man squad with 4 home grown players.
Does that mean that we can only select from these in PL and FA Cup games or can we also select the vast under 19 players that we have? {editor's note - players under the age of 21 don't have to be named in the squad. Any player at the club, under the age of 21, may still play in the Premier League. That is why City didn't name Balotelli in their 25 man squad.}

01 Sep 2010 09:30:55

All the money in the world and you still can't win the league without losing a game, unlike the MOST succesfull team in london did, it will take you lot 50 years to get any where near the trophys we have won you loser. Cheers easy watch our boys do you this season no problems. in arsene we trust.

Yeah, and Arse will score over 100 this season, right? Most attractive team my a*s. . Most impotent team is correct.

31 Aug 2010 23:56:46

"How do you feel playing second fiddle to the riches of city? your time has come where you will slowly dwindle down the league and here is why. Roman WILL GO! he won't like playing second fiddle to the sheikhs of city so, see ya, off he trots to invest else where, strong rumour linking him with buying a club back over here in his homeland, spartak and zenit to name a few. Your players are all old and will be past it soon and Roman knows this and because you have jack shyte youth he would ave to spend massively to get you anywhere near the standard you are at now. Just think about it, replacing players like Drogba 40-60mil Lampard 40-60 mil Terry 20-30 mil Anelka 20-30 mil Essien 40-60 mil Cech 20-30 mil Cole 20-30mil if you take the higher figure that's a grand total of £300 million. Do you honestly see Roman doing that in the next few years ?. . . I don't, not in a million years. 300 million to replace 6 to 7 players within the next 3 years? never he will jump ship, sell up, and go elsewhere. And where does that leave you guys? who knows. i will grant you that you have been far superiour compared to Arsenal over the last 5 years but at least we can see where we are going. We are without a doubt one of the best run clubs in the country not many would argue but with you guys it must be horrible never quite knowing what lies in store for your side in the near future. Good luck for the season. I don't hate you guys nor envy you, i just don't like seeing football turn into a money game. It is fast being spoilt by rich with no respect, love, or passion towards the game we all love."

This was the biggest load of rubbish I have read in my life. First of all Chelsea does have a good youth team coming through, that is evident as Chelsea won the FA Youth Cup last season. We have brilliant youngsters coming through with the likes of Bruma, van Aanholt, Kakuta, Sturridge and Borini. With Bruma replacing Terry, van Aanholt replacing Cole, Kakuta replacing Malouda, Strurridge replacing Drogba; we will be fine. And we are adding a few youngsters to the team each year with Ramires coming in this year we are gradually making the team younger. So this destroys your insane theory that Abrahmovic will sell up soon. And also can you tell me how Chelsea is not run well. We have no debt and we are not using money to win trophies. obviously we had to spend in the beginning because players don't join your club by sending them a christmas card. But, over the last 2 years we have had more money come in from transfers than money going out so we don't use money to win trophies anymore. Also, before Abrahmovic bought Chelsea, we were still getting into the top 4, unlike Man City who couldn't get into the top 6. So thank you for your word of warning but I don't think we're going to need it. Have another fun trophyless season.