Before Roman Arrived

[zolayes 14,489]

Our last game before Roman bought us

team

Cudicini

Melchiot

Desailly

Gallas

Babayaro

Gronkjaer

Petit

Lampard

Le Saux

Hasselbaink

Gudjohnsen

Subs used

Zola

Stanic

Cole ...

The opposition ....

Oh that was Liverpool at the Bridge

The result

Oh Chelsea 2 Liverpool 1

How do think that team compares with today' team bearing in mind the money spent??

BTW that last game got us 4th place ,but who finished 3rd .. (no cheating by searching)

[manpe 10,861]

You named 10 players in the starting lineup...

[zolayes 14,489]

You named 10 players in the starting lineup...

thanks missed out Judas at CB...sorted now

[Tomo 21,733]

Newcastle finished 3rd god knows how that Newcastle team were shite (Shearer and Given aside) just goes to show how much of a genius Sir Bobby Robson was, i mean seriously who else could get a team with Bramble, Bernand, Hughes, Dyer, Jenas and Robert regually in the top 4 it was ridicolous. I'd go as far as saying he (Sir Bobby) would have won us the title even pre Roman.

Our team back then was a match for anyone in a one off match, Liverpool and United found that out numerous times only really Arsenal seemed to have the beating off us back then, it depresses me that quite a few legends of our club suffered against those twats.

Didn't have the depth to challenge properly for the league title but if we got better luck against Barca in 1999 maybe we could have done what Liverpool did in 05, lets be honest our team pre Roman was better than that Greece mark 2 fluke show XL.

Edited November 21, 2011 by Tomo-91

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Hey look.. Wingers.

[zolayes 14,489]

Hey look.. Wingers.

Gronks could fly but couldnt cross ...He did score in this game though ...An off target cross perhaps.....

[Kieran. 6,317]

Gronks could fly but couldnt cross ...He did score in this game though ...An off target cross perhaps.....

The billion pound goal...was probably not meant to have been a shot.

[manpe 10,861]

that team was better

[Tomo 21,733]

Hey look.. Wingers.

to be fair Gronkjear and Zenden had me banging my head against a brick wall more often than Kalou and Malouda do.

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Remember that game like it was yesterday. Still one of the most stressful games I've watched. Little did I know the consequences would be so important to the future of this club.

Btw Gronks was the most annoying player ever.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

to be fair Gronkjear and Zenden had me banging my head against a brick wall more often than Kalou and Malouda do.

xD I could never hate him because I loved his name! Zenden did though, I'll agree there

[Tomo 21,733]

I still miss Jimmy Floyd, if there was ever a big game player it was him.

His scoring record against United and Liverpool (for Chelsea and Leeds) easily rivals Drogba's against Arsenal.

[DYC. 7,542]

That was a good side, kind of like the Everton of a few years back.

How I loved Eidur .

[Amblève. 4,995]

Even though I wasn't a Chelsea fan until 2004 I remember Eidur very good. He was my favourite striker when I started watching Chelsea games...

[Kez 2,727]

That was an absolute class team for the money we had back then, even if Roman hadn't of come in we'd of gone on to have a good season and a decent run in the CL.

Oh Eidur, totally in love with that guy. Everything about him.

[gary gordon 1,777]

Isn't it funny how we will never really know whether we would have done well without Roman. I for think we could have but Romans money and Jose put the cherry on top of what was already a very tasty sundae!

For some reason the blues don't seem like the blues anymore. Everything has changed so much!

[Fulham Broadway 16,850]

For some reason the blues don't seem like the blues anymore. Everything has changed so much!

Know what you mean gg. Wins seemed a lot sweeter then, but things have moved on, and we definitely wouldnt have the array of silverware without the massive cash injection. I remember Glen Johnson the first signing and then like dominos it was fantasy football, the marketing of a global brand, then suddenly there were all these millions of fans

I dont care what any cunt says, money wins you the league -Man Utd, Chelsea, Blackburn and now Citeh. Its a fact when football is a business

[LDN Blue 7,903]

That was an absolute class team for the money we had back then, even if Roman hadn't of come in we'd of gone on to have a good season and a decent run in the CL.

Yep! We earned our fortunes with the football we played.. Didn't get randomly picked as City did. Had that 'billion pound goal' not have gone in, Roman may have bought Liverpool!