Chelsea Banter Archive April 19 2014

19 Apr 2014 22:38:57
Am sorry just seen there first goal shocking keeping AGAIN just not good enough

19 Apr 2014 22:18:50
Jose said we were not good enough next year is our year ok we had an chance to gain some ground and its all come down to fire power (strikers) and we have 3, that in most matches bar a few are total garbage. In there time they may of been ok in a chelsea shirt terrible.This isn't a statement am making to get on at the forwards for someone to blame its just a well known fact are strikers a really poor and its been quoted by jose if he wanted the press to hear it or not (i think he did)
Hope the striker we bring in next is the right one because we would of won the league this year and I've got a funny feeling it will be the same in champions league in the end its who scores more wins. Hope hazard back! Forget league now but all our eggs in 1 basket now champions league and hope we get abit of luck.

19 Apr 2014 20:23:19
Jose said we were not good enough next year is our year ok we had an chance to gain some ground and its all come down to fire power (strikers) and we have 3, that in most matches bar a few are total garbage. In there time they may of been ok in a chelsea shirt terrible.This isn't a statement am making to get on at the forwards for someone to blame its just a well known fact are strikers a really poor and its been quoted by jose if he wanted the press to hear it or not (i think he did)
Hope the striker we bring in next is the right one because we would of won the league this year and I've got a funny feeling it will be the same in champions league in the end its who scores more wins. Hope hazard back! Forget league now but all our eggs in 1 basket now champions league and hope we get abit of luck.

We will need at least on great striker and two others who are better than current lot, albeit Etoo and BA have had their moments (but both set to go anyway it seems), and strange that Ba not on earlier today. Would hope that lukaku situation (which I still don'y understand) can be sorted and he could be welcomed back. He offers such strength.

Everybody knows that we lack firepower, but Mourinho needs to stop publicly blaming the strikers. It's probably a good thing that he is doing this vow of media silence because I'm sure it would be all about how the strikers could not finish if he were speaking.

A good manager, regardless of whether it is business or sports should always give credit to his employees/players when things go well and he should accept responsibility (take the blame) when things go poorly. Just ask Warren Buffett. Jose still has some maturing to do and although he claimed that he had changed when he first returned, he has to fully commit to improving HIMSELF. He seems to have made positive steps by working with the Club's new structure, but if he really wants to stop being a nomad and stay here for the long term then in one word, has to be more humble.

Our results have been quite fortunate this year given the circumstances, and we are lucky to have made it so far in the Champions League as well as fighting for the League. Demba Ba is responsible for the two wins prior to today's match, and it's remarkable he was able to produce given his treatment by Mourinho. Mourinho moaned about Torres and Eto'o but yet refused to give Ba a chance until he was desperate. Luckily Ba had not lost all confidence in his ability and he came up big - hopefully that goal against PSG earned him a starting spot at a new club because he deserves it.

Mourinho was smart by downplaying our chances of winning the title all season so it would look like a masterful job by him if we were to win, but I also think he is very smart and realistic and honestly believed that this year was not our year. Deep down, we all knew that the squad needed at least a year to be ready to win the league - We all just got a little greedy when we saw that it was actually possible to win the League and we need to look back at the expectations we had at the beginning of the year and realize that we have had a very good season. Especially considering we have a new manager, plenty of new players, and the Club are working towards being a sustainable, long-lasting business that doesn't require silly cash injections every year. Who knows if FFP will have any teeth, but this was always the goal. Our transfer conduct over the last two windows is a prime example of how much we have grown and everything is pointing up. We have the right people in place and we are slowly getting better each day.

Next year will be even better.

19 Apr 2014 20:11:57
Some dreadful decisions in this game, only one of which was in our favour (Ramires staying on) but agree that this one of several games against opposition low in the league (not just ones we lost but also eg West Ham at home) which we have struggled in, including last game at Swansea when we were also mediocre. As I've said before, and probably others have as well, that we don't seem to prepare nearly as well for these games as we do for 'more important ones', though points at stake the same in the league; b)perhaps some players not as up for it, as JM suggested after Palace game. Best now to focus on ECL and forget PL.

Against the bigger teams we find it easier to score goals because it is more open, you don't get 10/11 men sitting behind the ball for 90 minutes like you do with Palace, Villa etc. But we have seen time after time this season that against teams where they just sit behind the ball and let us come on to them we are incapable of breaking teams down. I don't have a clue who is even capable of passing a ball in between the lines. The football is always sideways and there doesn't seem to be any kind of communication in terms of threading a ball through to someone making a run. It does make me wonder what they practice in training sometimes.

19 Apr 2014 19:28:10
Didn't play like champions, didn't have the passion to win like champions, azpilicueta's worst game in a Chelsea shirt for me, all the talk in the press about maybe the pressure is getting to Liverpool. the way we played today I think it's us who struggled under the pressure! Woeful display

He made two mistakes, one which he recovered and the second where he slipped because of the pitch then tried to make amends and debatable whether he even made contact with Altidore. If that is his worst game in a Chelsea shirt then I'm sure he is very happy.

Then I don't know what you were watching? Borini & wickham had the better of him most of the game, the pitch was awful & overly watered which obviously caused the mistake for him to slip! He is my player of the season because he is so consistent but my humble opinion was he has had better days! The whole team weren't good enough today

19 Apr 2014 18:18:47
Does anyone have any idea how jumping into someone and getting know where near the ball when Ramires is about to put the ball into an empty net isn't a foul?

{Ed018's Note - was a clear penalty}

19 Apr 2014 00:18:10
PFA Player of the Year Award nominees

Eden Hazard
Yaya Toure
Adam Lallana
Steven Gerrard
Luis Suarez
Daniel Sturridge

PFA Young Player of the Year Award nominees

Eden Hazard
Ross Barkley
Aaron Ramsey
Luke Shaw
Daniel Sturridge
Raheem Sterling

The lists. are ridiculous. 5 out of 6 of young player awards are British. Where's Lukaku? Where's ericksen. Oh yeah, they're not English.

Now, I fail to see why gerrard is here (no I'm not being bias against Liverpool). He's had a good end to season but Henderson has been way better imo. Gerrard 13 goals 7 assists. 10 of te goals are penalties, I know it doesn't say it all but the Liverpool love is a joke lol


I fail to see why azpilicueta isn't in young player as he's been the best defender in te league, I also fail to see why terry/Cahill isn't on the list, both have broken clean sheet records

Who I think will win YPOTY = Sturridge/Sterling
Who I want to win (and deservedly) = hazard (overall contribution)

Who I think will win POTY = Saurez
Who deserves and I want to win it = Saurez.

Please share your opinions as I'd love to hear them

Cheers

Suarez still so despicable as a person, latest example of this being his antics against City for which he should have been sent off, that although he is obviously a superb footballer I hope he never wins any award except perhaps free dental treatment to file down his teeth!

Totally agree with the Steven Gerrard thing. I think its ridiculous that a 24 year old could win the YPOTY award.

Fuser, hardly any difference between a 24 year old and a 23 year old, in my opinion YPOTY should go up to the age of 21 maximum.

I agree Plymouth Red. I said last year that Bale was too old to be considered for the award. I think players should be 21 or under at the start of the season to be considered.
Also you don't think there's a difference between them? So Sturridge hasn't improved between this year and last?