Tomo 21,751 Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Chelsea 1-0 Manchester United - Great start but United had us on the ropes for much of the game.Birmingham 0-1 Chelsea - Rubbish performance, lacked much fluidity but we still came out winners.Crystal Palace 0-2 Chelsea - Drogba and Tiago scored in a not great display but routine win.Chelsea 2-1 Southampton - Southampton scored early on and we stuttered our way to a 2-1 win, which performance recently is that similar too?Aston Villa 0-0 Chelsea - Boring game, neither team looked like scoring and neither did.Chelsea 0-0 Tottenham - Chelsea had most of the play but lacked the penetration.Middlesbrough 0-1 Chelsea - Another lacklustre display had us staring at the barrel of a 3rd straight league 0-0 until Drogba bailed us out with 5 minutes left.Chelsea 1-0 Liverpool - Moment of magic by Joe Cole won us a pretty uninspiring match.Man.City 1-0 Chelsea - Anelka's penalty condems Jose Mourinho to his first Chelsea defeat as manager.Only 8 goals in 9 games (including only TWO GOALS in the most recent 5), we looked short of ideas and the defeat to Man.City has us trailing current unbeaten champions and unbeaten leaders Arsenal by 5 points and 15 goals. It looked to soon for Jose and Chelsea and it was looking increasingly likely that Wenger's Goonies would walk the league again possibly unbeaten.Morale of the story, we cannot really judge a season after 2/3 months let alone 2/3 games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianfranco_Z 202 Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Top post, when we click into gear we'll start battering teams 3 or 4 nil I'm positive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmax 9,219 Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Agree with the sentiment but if our current play doesn't improve we're in deep shit.One point though - this squad has regressed since 05. And Utd even without star players (bar Rooney) are a very cohesive unit. City has their stars and tantrums but Mancini is holding it together at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolayes 14,489 Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Chelsea 1-0 Manchester United - Great start but United had us on the ropes for much of the game.Birmingham 0-1 Chelsea - Rubbish performance, lacked much fluidity but we still came out winners.Crystal Palace 0-2 Chelsea - Drogba and Tiago scored in a not great display but routine win.Chelsea 2-1 Southampton - Southampton scored early on and we stuttered our way to a 2-1 win, which performance recently is that similar too?Aston Villa 0-0 Chelsea - Boring game, neither team looked like scoring and neither did.Chelsea 0-0 Tottenham - Chelsea had most of the play but lacked the penetration.Middlesbrough 0-1 Chelsea - Another lacklustre display had us staring at the barrel of a 3rd straight league 0-0 until Drogba bailed us out with 5 minutes left.Chelsea 1-0 Liverpool - Moment of magic by Joe Cole won us a pretty uninspiring match.Man.City 1-0 Chelsea - Anelka's penalty condems Jose Mourinho to his first Chelsea defeat as manager.Only 8 goals in 9 games (including only TWO GOALS in the most recent 5), we looked short of ideas and the defeat to Man.City has us trailing current unbeaten champions and unbeaten leaders Arsenal by 5 points and 15 goals. It looked to soon for Jose and Chelsea and it was looking increasingly likely that Wenger's Goonies would walk the league again possibly unbeaten.Morale of the story, we cannot really judge a season after 2/3 months let alone 2/3 games.excellent reminder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDN Blue 7,903 Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Good post.Just look at United every season! They start slow and after Jan they kick into a league winning side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 The difference is Lampard was six years younger and absolutely dominating games, and we had great goalscoring threat in Duff, Gudjohnsen, and Drogba - whilst our defence was absolutely phenomenal with Ferreira, Bridge, Gallas and Terry just dominating strike forces. We perhaps have greater firepower now, but we're shockingly woeful at the back; and we had more options for the midfield then as well, with the likes of Tiago, Parker and Smertin who could come in to the midfield three. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laylabelle 9,540 Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Ahhh Gallas...why did he have to turn into a twat!!!!We're playing like shite and still getting results which matters end of the day but kinda hmmm about how long it'll last if end up being a case of playing better or playing like shite and getting shite results..but yeh agree early days anything can happen hopfully the dodgyness will ease off a bit and things start clicking into place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kojo 4,676 Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 I just noticed this thread, and Tomo you've made some good threads lately, and you know how to explain things and prove things. But most of all you seem to make the season realistic and bright, thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naked Mole Rat 437 Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 Which is why Arsenal should stick with Wenger. On a more serious note, though, there's no need to make a fuss about what's happening with Chelsea now. So far we've been disappointing, but we've got 7 out of possible 9 points and had a pretty good summer transfer window, so there's not much to complain about. And I can't help but feel that our frustrating performance against Stoke and West Brom spurred the board to act quickly to get Mata, so maybe it was for the better.But I hope we get things sorted out quickly before we visit Old Trafford because they're looking incredibly sharp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ack17 205 Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 now the league is more competitive than 04/05 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieran. 6,317 Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 All I'm asking for is one creative midfielder...begging for one really...and we'll be that much better. We'll have a good run at the title. And AVB is a great manager who's still trying to get a feel for things at Chelsea.Rome wasn't built in a day...but Rome didn't have Roman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnchelsea 79 Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 now the league is more competitive than 04/05This.Good post nonetheless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warnie_666 1,081 Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 Rome wasn't built in a day...but Rome didn't have Roman. LOL!!....Thats the Quote of the day and has to go into the Hall of Fame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
termninja 5,290 Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 LOL!!....Thats the Quote of the day and has to go into the Hall of Fame.Absofucnkinlutely :541: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluephoenix 1,131 Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 how did I miss this thread Rome wasn't built in a day...but Rome didn't have Roman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607 Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 We don't have a good enough squad, Simple. Defense needs strengthening, Midfield needs Strengthening (CAM), and lately we've been playing without a CF, we have a lot of issues and we need better players, this has never been AVB's fault, well not completely but he should have begun the clearout in the Summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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