Chelsea Thread

yeah, he was probably the best at goal scoring as a midfielder but I don't take him as a modern era footballer. but he's absolutely an all-time great of course.
 
Excellent performance by Sparta, their keeper and Kadlec are class players. Matejovsky also played a massive game.
Watched the match with my 13 year old daughter who is a massive Chelsea and Hazard fan...she was over the moon with hazard's goal..great goal by the way...
 
that was going to happen eventually but surprisingly it was pretty obvious to me that he'd miss it. he was always smashing the pens to the right of goalkeepers recently. nevertheless, nice job from Hart as well. and yaya toure, a true beast!
 
I bet 70% of all his pens have been in the bottom left hand side, with most of the rest down the middle.

Chelsea were really poor in CM today. Definitely needs strengthening in the summer
 
This is amazing:

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'Boro are f*cked, Chelsea's most important, most consistent contributor is out on the pitch tonight. No chance in hell. Step forward Martin Atkinson, whose Chelsea record is genuinely world class:

P-17 W-16 D-1 L-0 For-40 Against-3

Magnificent stuff from the ref.
 
amineken22 said:
Brace yourself we're coming to OT next.
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*shudders* :YAWN:

Nah, I'm actually somewhat concerned about this match-up. Chelsea has been consistent in the FA Cup for years now. However, it looks like this year they will actually have to face some decent PL opposition on the way to the finals.
Haven't decided yet whether the fact this game comes after the 2nd leg against Real will be a good thing for us or not...guess that depends on whether the lads will find more motivation out of a win or loss.
 
How great will it be Rafa wins the FA Cup and then get sack. Keep the tradition I say and leave the trophy you won at the door .
 
i agree with what he said about himself though about being an interim manager, such a shit title. he should of been just manager, no intermim bullshit. all chelsea managers are interim..
wonder whos next? maybe zola
 
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Dazzlà said:
i agree with what he said about himself though about being an interim manager, such a shit title. he should of been just manager, no intermim bullshit. all chelsea managers are interim..
wonder whos next? maybe zola
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I think Rafa Benitez for all his imperfections, deserves more respect from the board and their so-called fans.

C'mon the guy has won major trophies, he was more successful than Di Matteo, Gullit, Vialli, Scolari, Grant at domestic management level.

If you can't support him, at least keep quiet and support the team.
No need for "Rafa out" songs, it just does no good to the club at all.
Totally idiotic.
 
mathewsss said:
I think Rafa Benitez for all his imperfections, deserves more respect from the board and their so-called fans.

C'mon the guy has won major trophies, he was more successful than Di Matteo, Gullit, Vialli, Scolari, Grant at domestic management level.

If you can't support him, at least keep quiet and support the team.
No need for "Rafa out" songs, it just does no good to the club at all.
Totally idiotic.
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I do agree with that.
On the other hand, Raffa is by far the manager with the worst record since Abromovich took over. With the players Chelsea have they should be title contenders. It's still posiible that they will not end in the top four...that is not good.
 
He's trying to deflect all the blame from himself but no-one put a gun to his head and forced him to take the job.

He knew that the fans would backlash against him (whether it's justified is a different topic), so he's got no choice but to put up and shut up.

It's a habit of Benitez to blame everyone else, his falling out with different directors and board members at Valencia, Liverpool etc. almost put Billy Davies to shame.
 
I think it would be best for his career if he swallowed a humble pill, took a less ambitious job in one of the top leagues and and did a decent and most importantly quite job because he's sort of lost his marbles when it comes to managing top sides.
 
Got bored so typed up what I think a job posting for Chelsea Manager might look like;


Wanted: Interim for the Interim Football Manager (Seasonal)
Chelsea F.C. located in London, United Kingdom, is looking for a high-profile manager who experienced a substantial amount of success at their previous club(s).*

This is a temporary position with no potential for professional growth. Contract time is seasonal/weather dependent, and can be dissolved at any time, depending on the way the wind blows.

Requirements:*
-Proven success; does not have to be the direct result of your own professional expertise. If you used a previous manager's/coach's hard work and claimed it as your own, that is just fine.*

-Big personality; you are expected to be full of yourself and to rapidly develop a toxic relationship with the team, fans and press. We are not looking for some type of peace-maker. Go work for the U.N. you damn hippy. Ability to piss off owner is a big plus and will ensure you are to collect a multi-fold of your monthly salary without having to do any actual work for it. (Win!).

Candidates who can either bring in a player or have a player already at Chelsea F.C. who used to be on a team you previously managed will be given preferential treatment. Kudos to you if you sold him to us for a ridiculous amount of money, only for that player to then under-perform. It only shows us you are a brilliant man. (We want!)

Compensation: DoQ. But rest assured, it will be worth your (limited) time.*

Benefits: Excellent severance package. *

Please respond by; whenever. We are always considering a new manager.*
 
beachryan said:
'Boro are f*cked, Chelsea's most important, most consistent contributor is out on the pitch tonight. No chance in hell. Step forward Martin Atkinson, whose Chelsea record is genuinely world class:

P-17 W-16 D-1 L-0 For-40 Against-3

Magnificent stuff from the ref.
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Says who? A manutd fan.
 
thats so stupid really , why those craps don't put Abramovich out ? he hire benitez ? or i bet they have fear to do that as they will be down where they ALWAYS been before Abramovich took them !
 
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Says who? A manutd fan.
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The difference is, his statements are backed up by clear statistical evidence, while the usual general opinion that Man Utd get all the decisions just sounds ridiculous if you really look at the numbers. :)
 
spektarm said:
The difference is, his statements are backed up by clear statistical evidence, while the usual general opinion that Man Utd get all the decisions just sounds ridiculous if you really look at the numbers. :)
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Well, it's good for everyone if I don't post the stats of Man Utd with referees. It will probably be a one full page.
 
Don't dig deep into this because you'll have nothing to complain about then! ;)
Beachryan has already posted some interesting stuff in our thread about how it's not true what they say about United. :)
 
It is true what they say about United, but what people doesn't mention in the same breath is that United isn't alone.

A few Norwegian journalists researched Premier League last year, and they went back 10 years. During that time, City has gotten more overtime goals and goals that should have been disallowed but United came second. This also taken into account that City had spent fewer seasons in PL than United. Chelsea were also quite lucky with referee decisions as well as Liverpool. The clear losers in that regard among the top teams were Arsenal and Tottenham (other teams were mentioned), which had a stunning amount of disallowed goals as well as wrongly allowed goals against.

There were also indications that United players didn't get a second yellow when players from other teams were treated more harshly in similar situations. This was regardless of referee, and there was no claim of United bias. There were done similar research on Real Madrid and Barcelona for comparison and it seems like those three were generally treated more lenient compared to other top teams in the relevant leagues.

There were also taken psychology into account, and long explanations which I don't remember were pointed out. An example from Nordic Ski Jumping were given, where the referees are supposed to give each jumper a set deduction of points from 20.0. A famous jumper like schlierenzauer gets consistently better style points than a Japanese recruit jumper for an entire season, but if you look at every jump they made in split screen, everybody sees that the Jap jumped nicer but shorter. The referees were in fact dead wrong for an entire season...

The point is that the human mind is incapable of being unbiased, because there are so many factors to take into account. Fame, respect, rumors, angle of view (independent incident), linesmen, influence from players for or against, earlier situations and so on. The referee's is actually doing an impossible job, and high stature teams with managers that use media smart will always have a slight advantage even if the referee believes he is 100% unbiased and fair.
 
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