JT - We're Better Than Ever

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Terry: Blues better than ever

John Terry hailed Chelsea's 5-0 thumping of Middlesbrough as one of the best team performances he has ever been a part of.

Terry, who made his debut for The Blues a decade ago, returned for his club side after missing England's games against Kazakhstan and Belarus.

The England captain said he regretted missing the game in Minsk but was unfortunate that it fell just a few days early for him.

"Honestly, I was so gutted watching the England game on Wednesday," Terry told The Sun. "Especially being captain - it really hurt me.

"I wanted to stay with the squad, but knew by Monday I wasn't right. When I was watching, my back was still hurting, so I knew it was the right decision.

"It was hard to sit it out, but this was a nice way to come back. We know it is never easy to come to a place like Middlesbrough and over the years they have made it very difficult for us."

Terry feels a large part of the credit for the quality of this performance, which came despite the Premier League players having seven first team members unavailable, should go to Luiz Felipe Scolari.

"It was one of the best displays I have ever seen us put in," Terry added.

"The manager is eager. He wants us to play from the back. One thing he has stressed right from the start is that we must work hard for each other.

"There are going to be games when we don't play well, but if we are fighting, working and moving for each other we have all the chance in the world.

"In the first two years after Jose Mourinho took over we had a strong mentality where we would go to places and shut up shop to get the three points.

"But now we are ready to really push on and get that second goal and kill teams off. That is the difference between then and now."

This is one thing thats impressed me about Chelsea this season. LFS wants us to continue playing football right till the final whistle and not sit back inviting unnecessary pressure onto us. He'll not settle for 1-0 wins.

[Kez 2,727]

This is one thing thats impressed me about Chelsea this season. LFS wants us to continue playing football right till the final whistle and not sit back inviting unnecessary pressure onto us. He'll not settle for 1-0 wins.

Yep agree with that, under mourinho we would shut up shop at 2-0 maybe even 1-0.

Scolari wants more out of the players even at 4-0

Edited October 20, 2008 by Kez

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We do seem to be getting better by the game.

Just hope we can put on a barmstorming show on Sunday and smash 5 past the scouse cunts.

[diskoviolente 425]

Yep agree with that, under mourinho we would shut up shop at 2-0 maybe even 1-0.

Scolari wants more out of the players even at 4-0

right,kez

and i am really happy with that.

i hated the games which ended 1:0 during josé-era.

not talking about this horrible draws we got in so much...

dude, scolari settles for nothing less than a 3:0

[Laylabelle 9,408]

I also hated with the 1-0 result till the end you were just praying for the final whistle

Our goal differnce is looking good at the mo and everyone looks so happy!Enjoying it etc

And if we can do that against scum lol..make my year ...

[BlueLion. 21,491]

One thing I've noticed is that the players all have smiles on their faces when they play. The look of delight on Kalou's face as he set up Lampard was lovely to see.

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The look of delight on Kalou's face as he set up Lampard was lovely to see.

I was thinking that when watching on MOTD....it was shown in slow motion and you could see Kalou egging the ball on as it drifted through the air to land perfect for Lampard.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

It was a look of youthful delight mixed with a slight hint of severe constipation.

[diskoviolente 425]

is it just me, or is it like that :

Chelsea is playing like Spain or Portugal during the EURO ?

well, obviously it is because of scolari and all that jazz,

but Chelsea´s style really changed, didn´t it ?

these combinations, the happiness of playing in the players faces and stuff...