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That first half was absolute bullshit. Chelsea better come better in the second or United WILL win this match. At the half…

Super Frank Lampard... I LOVE YOU!

2008 UEFA Champions League Final I’m calling for a 2-1 win for the Chels. I have no doubt I’ll be lambasting this blog come half time. But until them, c’mon Chelsea fans, show your love for your boys! Who’s going to win it? Who’s gonna be the scorers?

2 pm EST, I'll be leaving work. Should get home just in time for the pre match coverage

One more day. One more day before the biggest game in the history of Chelsea Football Club. I’m not going to go into everything I WANT to today, I’ll save that for tomorrow morning and afternoon before the game starts (which is 2PM my time, so you know). But just know, I have my Chelsea strip cleaned and primed. I have my case of beer. And I have the highest expectations possible for this game — C’Mon CHELS!

Carvalho’s Future at Chelsea This summer will be one of transition for Chelsea. By all accounts money will be spent. There will be quite a few acquisitions and with that comes the fact that quite a few of the boys will be gone. In my opinion there are only a handful of players whom Chelsea should go that extra mile to try and keep at the club. Those being John Terry, Michael Essien, Petr Cech and Ricardo Carvalho. This doesn’t mean that Lampard, Ballack, Drogba, Joe Cole and the like aren’t important to the club, because they are. But for Chelsea, those 4 standout to me. Whether it be for passion and club persona (Terry), brilliance and versatility (Essien), being the best keeper in the world (Cech), or just being a rock in defense (Carvalho).

07/08 Report card: Chelsea The Guardian has put out an end of season report card for Chelsea, you’ll find my answers to the eight questions they posed in their article. You can view the original report card here. The grades are based on the following questions: On-pitch moment of the season Off-pitch moment of the season Player who must not be sold Greatest goal Most embarrassing moment Effect of manager’s shopping The season in five words Five-point action plan for the summer

Why would they? He and Gerrard are the only thing they have, not to mention the scousers would riot if the club sent him to Chelsea.

I'm not sure how I feel about the Bosingwa acquisition. I need to read more about him and how folks rate him. Chelsea News: 5/12/08

United might be Champs… … but it’s still better being a Chelsea fan. I can openly admit that I hate Manchester United. I hate Alex Ferguson and find him to be the biggest whiner in the game of football. I hate Wayne Rooney and the long leash he is allowed by the refs, and his bullshit temper. I hate that flopping piece of work Ronaldo. I hate the whole gang, but I respect them as well.

Chelsea v Bolton Wanderers: Preview Early preview this week. Because just as my luck would have it, tomorrow (the 9th) is my wife’s birthday. And with this glorious event comes to the need for me to leave the comfort of my own home and go away for the weekend. Which means leaving my television, and not being able to watch the match until Sunday night when I get back. Lucky guy ain’t I?

Messi, Ribery, Ramos - Oh my. Get ready for this summer... it should be a pretty damn interesting one.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtm...8/sfnwin108.xml Chelsea have started making transfer plans for the summer with a back-up goalkeeper, right-back, left-winger and centre-forward heading the shopping list. Lionel Messi is not on the list as Chelsea do not believe he would leave Barcelona, but they are interested in Bayern Munich's Franck Ribery.

Zola, Eidur, Wisey, Crespo (I loved having him at Chelsea)

My bet was that it was Real Madrid. Now I think he'll end up at Inter.

No way in HELL we walk away from this game without the 3 points -- 3-0 win for the Chels. Drogba (x2) and Lamps with the goals.

Avram Grant I personally have yet to throw in my 2 cents on Avram Grant. I’ve done this intentionally as I tried to wait until the end of the season to pass any judgment. Grant has been under fire from the moment he accepted the position. Of course it didn’t help that he was taking Jose Mourinho’s place, that would be a tough act to follow for anyone. With Grant though, it’s been different.

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11668_3528063,00.html

As positive as I try to be, I just don't see it. I openly admit I'm proud as hell of the boys. After the early season drama with Mourinho, and the list of injuries, I didn't think we'd contend for anything let along be as close to the Premiership as well as being in the Champions League final. That goal difference still basically puts United 1 point ahead of Chelsea... but that won't mean I'm not going to be the biggest Wigan supporter in the world come this weekend.

Newcastle v Chelsea: Review Just finished watching the match through the magic of the internet. Albeit almost twelve hours late, but better late than never. First off let me say the atmosphere at St. James’ Park seemed to be brilliant. Of course the absolute hatred for Chelsea made it that much better, but as usual the Newcastle fans were awesome. Three points is what we need and three points is what we left with. Along with the points, we're all set for a hell of a way to go into the final weekend of what has been a brilliant season. Here are my thoughts half by half, and I did write the following as I watched the match. So if it bounces around from one point to another, you know why

Barcelona won't sell? Every team and every player has a price. Chelsea (Roman) has the money to pretty much buy any top quality player for any price. Barcelona won't want to sell him, but if Chelsea did offer 80-100mil I doubt they'd say no. But again, I don't see it happening.

Comes with being a top club. Beating us will prove how "magical" and "brilliant" King Kev is. Too bad it WON'T HAPPEN! Read the full preview here: Newcastle v Chelsea: Preview

Pissed as all hell. Game time is 11AM my time and of course I'll be stuck at work... hopefully I can find the game somewhere when I get home!

I've been posting about 2 days so I figuired I should make an intro thread. Instead of me having to give everyone a run down of myself, I'll just cheat and copy and paste from my blog: I’m a Chelsea fan. I’ve been a Chelsea fan since the May 17, 1997. That was the date for the 1997 FA Cup Final between Chelsea and Middlesbrough. Of course Chelsea won the trophy with a 2–0 victory, but that wasn’t why I was a Chelsea fan after watching that game. Before that game I despised football. Thought it to be the most boring, pointless sport in the world. But that game showed me the passion that football fans have, the absolute blinding pace and strength footballers can have, and the general excitement and heartache a club can deliver to it’s fans. Chelsea took the lead 42 seconds into the match, when Roberto Di Matteo fired the ball from 25 yards out, banging it off the crossbar and in. When that ball when in, I was a Chelsea supporter. I didn’t know anything about the club. Didn’t know where they were from (besides England), didn’t know who the players were, didn’t know ANYTHING. But something about them pulled me in. It’s been 11 years now. Went from being a 13 year “fan” to a 24 year old borderline obsessive fanatic. Either way, look forward to chatting up the Chels with all of you.

Having Messi would be BRILLIANT. But it isn't going to happen, and for that much money it'd be silly to do so.