Aesthetic Relic

Seems the best place to post in response to TX reply to my post in his thread that was locked. The reason for my inactivity is that I other matters that are more important that massaging your ego. My Mrs has been in hospital for the past while back after her kidneys packed in, she was 50/50 for a while and is now on dialysis. So if its ok with you I'll post when I can.

I havent read through the thread so I'll give my thoughts on todays performance. I expected alot more from City today in terms of going forward, but they seemed intent on sitting back, denying us space and hoping for something on the break. Their game plan worked a treat and they deserve their 3 points. Although we dominated possession and did have shots on goal, we never really bother Joe Hart once during the game. I cant even remember him having to make a save. We resorted to pot shots at goal as we lacked the ability to find the killer ball through their packed final third. Drogba looked disinterested but the decison to bring him off baffled me as it was obvious City were going to sit with what they had and allow us to have the ball. Having a player like Drogba in the box is essential if you're going to pump balls into the box. It may not be Ancelottis way of playing football, but at times you have to go route one. Ramires looked out of his depth and I'd to take my shoes off to continue to count how many times he was caught in possession or muscled off the ball. Lampard cant get back to the first team soon enough. I'm not going to slate the rest of the players as I thought we played as good as we could considering how City took to the field. We should expect teams to play like this and make it hard for us. Its up to the players to find a way around the final third with 9 players intent on defending like their lives depended on it. I'm not going to read too much into this defeat as if anything we came up against a team who on the day had a better game plan. We'll get back to business next week against Arsenal who will not play like City did today. They dont know how to. Bad day at the office....move on.

I'm getting slightly pissed off with this "Chelseas first real test" crap. We've got to this stage in second gear and have showed we can turn it on at the flick of a switch. We've destroyed everyone in our path and City will be next. They're trying to use last seasons results as a stick to beat us with, but all it really does is prove that they raised their game to play us. They'll have to do the same again as they have been far from convincing despite their defensive record. Dont let it fool you. We'll be more than ready for them this season and we've a massive point to prove to all our doubters who have been slating us in the past few days. We'll pummel Citeh into submission and then take care of Arsenal like always and we'll probably still have people waiting to shoot us down.

Sturridge looks like he'll keep improving and be a big player for us in the years ahead. I'm expecting big things from him. As for Yossi, the main reason CA went for him is that he's a disciplined player and will do a job for the team. He may not be a flare player, but he will give stability to the team. Its a team game afterall and not about individuals, which Man City will find out this weekend

I've had my run ins with TX in the past and tbh, I dont have a problem with him. What I did have a problem with was his attitude. Like a few on here have already stated, they (I) are Mods/Admin elsewhere and it is a thankless task. You can only give a certain amount of warnings before action has to be taken. TX has been given a second chance to redeem himself and its up to him wether he decides to heed the warnings or come back with the same "attitude". If he gets perma banned then he's only got himself to blame. Up to you now dude..... :tophat:

Haha....Love it !!! Just shows the cracking spirit we have within the squad.

We had to spend big to get to the position we're in. Now that we're there, we dont need to go out singing left right and centre. We have a very solid squad and as long as we continue to tweek it every now and then, there's no reason why we cant compete for the title for the forseeable future. If a top player does become available and he'll be an asset to the squad, I dont see why we wouldnt shell out for him....ie...Torres. Drogba and Anelka will have to be replaced in time, so I wouldnt be surpried if we did try for a "marquee" striker over the next few seasons.

Cant see anything other than a Chelsea cricket score today.....and a nice wee 4 point gap opened up :cfc:

Plenty of links in here http://www.myp2p.eu/broadcast.php?matchid=85991∂=sports I can see us rattling up another cricket score today. Wet Spam are shite

When I think back to 20 odd years ago before I took an interest in Chelsea, it was guys like Ally McCoist and Davie Cooper that I looked up to when I kicked a ball about the second I got home from school until it was dark. I idolised these players. The only time you saw them was on TV or when I went to a game and not plastered all over the papers. Nowadays due to the internet, Its a whole new culture/generation. A player cant fart and its all over the world in minutes. Due to this, footballers of today should be more aware at what they get up to. They have more money than they know what to do with. Its only natural that they'd want to go out and enjoy themselves. But you can enjoy yourself without getting some tart up the duff or get glass some random bloke in a pub. Players also have more power and clubs cant really employ a strict code that players must abide by. They can get kicked out of the club and walk into another club the following day on similar if not better wages with a hfty signing on fee to boot. If I'm honest, the majority of players couldnt really give a flying fuck about what anyone thinks of them.

I've been a regular on here for quite a while and although I'm maybe not as active as I used to be its still a very good forum to be part of. Members like Jim, Dave, Bluelion, Esk, Fulham Broadway, Kez, CJ, Warnie, Steve, Badboy and a few others (sorry for not mentioning you ) have been the core members who have kept things ticking over during my time with their own insight on things others may have no knowledge of. The addition of more members as the forum has grown has brought some tension at times, but thats natural on any forum. Not everyone has the same opinion. If we did it would be pointless being here. I couldnt care less where a member is from. They come here for the same reason as me. To be part of the Chelsea family. :cfc:

Thats not too bad then. When I first heard he was going under the knife I was expecting to hear 6-8 weeks or something like that. As already mentioned.....having him back for the Citeh game will be vital as I want us to give them a good old fashioned reality check

Whats the chances of him featuring this season ? The reason I'm asking is that there were a few whispers that Rangers were possibly interested in taking him on loan in a similar deal that saw Vladimir Weiss arrive from Man City.

That may be why I'm here now

I dont see what the fuss is about this guy. Then again he cant be any worse than we already have as back up. Also....Had anyone really heard of Petr Cech before we signed him ?

Delighted with the draw. It could have been a hell of alot worse.

I've tried to get one here a few times in the past few days and keep getting a "database error"......

So its like a fortune cookie ?

It would be worth a wee visit down to the bookies and put a few quid on a double of Chelsea @ -4 and a Drogba hat trick

Still cant see past sopcast links. channel-6816

Lets not kid ourselves. Pre season has been a big disappointment. We need to go out today and get 3 points no matter what. A good start to the season is vital imo. We've a run of 5 games where we would normally be expected to win with ease. I'm pretty confident that once we get those 5 games out of the way we'll be playing alot better. Dont care what the score is today as long as we win.

ANCELOTTI OUT FFS guys relax....We've only had half a pre-season compared to most teams. The season begins next week. We've 5 games in a row where we should take maximum points to get into the groove.

Slight over reaction ? I'm one of the first to slag Hilario, but I cant fault him for any of those goals today, especially the third. He done what a keeper is supposed to do. Come out and cut down the angle. Had he stayed on his line it would have gave too much room for Berbatov to slot it either side. Thats a sort of situation where you're damned if you do and damned if you dont. Overall I thought we played alot better in the second half and should have been at least level. The difference was clinical finishing. We didnt take our chances.

Slightly biased here ....but I love this being belted out at Rangers games. We could adapt it for ourselves. eg....We are Englands Champions/ Super Chelsea Champions/ Stand up for the Champions