Ambitions and Records

[lentherussian 86]

Expectation - Make me enjoy watching us play again. None of the boring bullshit from last year and I'll be happy.

all over that ambition, actually hated watching chelsea at times last season. Would obviousley like to win league and think we could be good enough but unfair to demand it with avb first season and if were gonna play better and blood sturridge, josh, luiz into first team regs i think the transition needs patience. Woul aqlso be happy with getting rid of anelka, never has a player been such a flat track bully. when chelsea are battering sides he looks our best player, when were up against it he refuses to shoot,dribble and spend more time running back to make needless passes. the slowest quick player ive ever seen. Also wouldnt be heartbroken to see malouda go, great player for us but at times but just has periods thru a season where he cant be arsed.

Edited August 10, 2011 by lentherussian

[laura90 556]

Besides Torres and Luiz, during this year we have signed: Lucas Piazon, Josh MacEachran, Ryan Bertrand, Thibaut Courtois, Oriol Romeu and Romelu Lukaku. Realistic ambition (for the next season) :

- Assessing all of our players, youngsters and older ones.

- Finding the right positions for some of them.

-Successfuly scouting, no matter how strange it sounds, for players who will replace those whose contracts expire next year - so far, only Drogba has been replaced. These players probably will not be established, world class , expensive , but rather young, talented and perspective. Of course, some of them can be found among youngsters. That is immense job for AVB and his team, and probably the hardest one. After all, this is Chelsea.

- Customizing to FFP rules. All this for:

- Change of generations and making team for future . This team has to play atractive football and avoid Arsenal fate (our main ambition in next 2 years, why I believe AVB is appointed ( for that price ) among other things ).

I believe for the next season our priority will be squad , not trophies. That is why we will enter season almost without wingers. We have yet to find them.

FA cup would be great.

Top scorer : I am hoping for Torres, but Drogba or Sturridge.

The biggest star:Josh MacEachran, Ramirez, David Luiz, Sturridge (I can^'t choose)

[manpe 10,861]

Besides Torres and Luiz, during this year we have signed: Lucas Piazon, Josh MacEachran, Ryan Bertrand, Thibaut Courtois, Oriol Romeu and Romelu Lukaku.

We didn't sign McEachran, he's come up from the academy ranks since he was 8. And Bertrand is at Chelsea since 2006, being on loan somewhere ever since.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

'Signed' as in extended their professional contracts I think (we offered them new 5-year deals last month).

[Ollie 4,400]

Actually a few ppl make good points here. We came 2nd last season but it was a pretty shit season getting just 71 points and playing some pretty dour football. Points are key and as Kostas said, 80 points would be a very good amount to get to even if we came 4th, it's not for the want of trying. Also in the UCL, Semi's are the aim but it depends who we get and how we get knocked out. If we lose to a team like Barcelona in the round of 16 but battle for our lives and give them one hell of a game, i'll be satisfied with that. Certainly beats getting knocked out with a wimper and completely laying down like we did at home to man utd last season. Our last 2 exits have involved losing 0-1 at home and simply looking overawed by our opponents and the situation of the competition.

It's easy writing down little stats and targets but really, it's about a lot more than that.

Play with style, lose with dignity, give 100% and love the shirt.

[Peace. 4,352]

My ambition :

Manage to offload Anelka, Kalou, Malouda and Bosingwa.

[Peace. 4,352]

On a serious note.

With our current team, my ambition(s) would be :

• To finish in the top four. We have to be in the Champions League, for obvious reasons. I don't think we will be able to compete for the EPL, Man United seems to be very good. And City seems to be a serious contender, even if I have more and more doubts about their ability to win the championship (they still don't look like a team)... But even if they don't win, they will be there to cause us troubles. Though, Arsenal seems to be weaker than never, with their more than likely loose of Nasri and Fabregas, Tottenham is Tottenham (ie they aren't a menace) and Liverpool, despite their big spending, doesn't really look worrying. So I presume the third place is more than feasable. And I would be happy with this place.

• To have a good journey in the Champions League. The 1/2 final should be the aim. Though, if we meet Barça in our way, that changes all the thing...

• We should win the FA Cup or the Carling Cup. Even if those aren't that big comparing to the EPL and UCL, to win a silverware is good to valorize the work made throughout the season and to instill confidence in the players. And if we could win it/them with a young squad (ie with the likes of Kakuta, McEachran, Lukaku, etc... being a major part of the team).

• To play with an attacking minded game, with flair, and in an enjoyable style to watch.

• Introduce youth in the first team. McEachran, Kakuta, Lukaku and Bertrand should take an important part in our campaign so we are prepared on a long term view.

[francozola 2,040]

- To play some decent attacking football

- To have a plan "B" that Carlo never had

- AVB to be willing to drop/rest players when they are not in form. This will probably apply most to Lamps but also to Malouda and Anelka, who played the majority of games last season despite contributing very, very little.

- Would like to see us go unbeaten at home!

Competition-wise:

Finish in the top 3. imo we can finish in the top 2 but lets first see how we start the season. I do think that we shouldn't finish below Liverpool/Arsenal/Spurs

Kids in the Carling Cup

Win the FA Cup

Semi-finals of the CL but of course it all depends on the draw, injuries, etc.