Chelsea 2004-05 vs Chelsea 2014-15

[DYC. 7,542]

And I really can't criticize manager for doing so. Maybe Guus wanted to search the ground first, after all Barca-style was unknown for everyone.

We hardly created any chance but Barca didn't either.

But rematch was fantastic if you include the fact that Barcelona just beat Real at Bernabeu by biggest margin in history. They were absolutely flying going to Stamford Bridge.

Rematch was not fantastic! 3-5 chances, not one went in. And that goal still stings.

[Blue Colored Sky 1,807]

Rematch was not fantastic! 3-5 chances, not one went in. And that goal still stings.

It was fantastic. Many chances, many clear penalties, fantastic on the counter, Malouda vs Alves , Messi completely left out of the game, Eto'o probably the worst game in Barca shirt. We'd have won this game comfortably 9 out of 10 times.

[DYC. 7,542]

It was fantastic. Many chances, many clear penalties, fantastic on the counter, Malouda vs Alves , Messi completely left out of the game, Eto'o probably the worst game in Barca shirt. We'd have won this game comfortably 9 out of 10 times.

Terrible refereeing, Ballack chasing down Ovrebo (that was hilarious), tension you could feel deep in the forests of Sudan, a legendary last minute goal, the whole world against Chelsea and everyone supporting Barca, Drogba facing the camera afterwards with a look in his eyes that could kill.

Yes, the match had everything. I still don't remember it fondly though. Maybe one day I'll be able to watch it again.

[boshman 1,073]

I have never felt so confident about a Chelsea side as I did in 04-05 and 05-06. Every game we played I just couldn't see us losing. Simply a beautiful and stunningly strong team. They would beat the current Chelsea side 8/9 times out of 10 imo.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

No comparison. We're not even half of the team we were from 2004-07. The odd thing is, win our last three, and we get more points than in 05/06. Shows how shit the rest of the league has been.

[Rhino's Skin 972]

I have never felt so confident about a Chelsea side as I did in 04-05 and 05-06. Every game we played I just couldn't see us losing. Simply a beautiful and stunningly strong team. They would beat the current Chelsea side 8/9 times out of 10 imo.

I disagree and on current form reckon it has a 0-0 or possibly a 1-1 written all over it 8 or 9 times out of 10.

The defence of 04/05 was outstanding but I also beleive the majority of teams in the premier league were not as strong as they are nowadays. So therefore easier to defend against....since then especially in the last few years, all the teams have money and

even those teams near the bottom have decent first elevens they can put out.

So, the defence of 04/05 would be hard to breakdown but Hazard and Costa would ( on their day) give them serious concerns.

Would the attack of 04/05 give modern day Chelsea problems? .... Drogba was still raw and quite often not that good....sometimes a front 3 from Gudjohnson, Cole, Duff and Robben ( when not injured) was used in a type of false 9. Again like this current side they could dig in and get a 1-0 ( think

they had a lot more ) when required.

So all in all....low scoring draw for me

[Madmax 9,219]

Terrible refereeing, Ballack chasing down Ovrebo (that was hilarious), tension you could feel deep in the forests of Sudan, a legendary last minute goal, the whole world against Chelsea and everyone supporting Barca, Drogba facing the camera afterwards with a look in his eyes that could kill.

Yes, the match had everything. I still don't remember it fondly though. Maybe one day I'll be able to watch it again.

Yeah, I don't have it in me to rewatch it. It doesn't feel like it's been 6 years because the anger and hurt is just still so fresh. Coincidentally, today is the exact day it happened back in 2009.

[Laylabelle 9,534]

Terrible refereeing, Ballack chasing down Ovrebo (that was hilarious), tension you could feel deep in the forests of Sudan, a legendary last minute goal, the whole world against Chelsea and everyone supporting Barca, Drogba facing the camera afterwards with a look in his eyes that could kill.

Yes, the match had everything. I still don't remember it fondly though. Maybe one day I'll be able to watch it again.

I remember fondly the guy where I was in East Lower by the Shed showing the Barcelona fans his real Madrid shirt....they were going mental.The rest not so much lol.Though the 'this moment is bad on the reporting of Drogba swearing but we'll show it over..and over..and over again

On topic.04/05 defiantly.Just something about them and the confidence as well.Knowing if we went 1-0 up it was unlikely to change or we'd score again whereas this season go 1-0 up and have gone a bit silly at times.Just very cautious in our play at times.

[Badboy 1,526]

04-05 lost more games than this side though. But yes, 04-05 was extremely tough to play against.

The 04-05 team only lost one game all season and that was to an Anelka penalty mate can't you remember lol ?

[dUMB 189]

If we win the league next season + FA cup + at least CL semifinal, then we can start comparing 04/05 team with this one. But until then there's no doubt that 04/05 was a better team.

[Rhino's Skin 972]

The 04-05 team only lost one game all season and that was to an Anelka penalty mate can't you remember lol ?

Think you will find they lost 5 or 6 games compared to 3 with this team

[DYC. 7,542]

The 04-05 team only lost one game all season and that was to an Anelka penalty mate can't you remember lol ?

04-05 lost 6 games in all competitions, 14/15 lost 3.