Chelsea 2004-2006

[Johnnyeye 7,501]

i feel like crying now watching this current team, i need to watch old clips and remember the good old days when Chelsea was a force to be reckoned with , full of winners, big players and characters, now we are a laughing stock. Hope it changes for the better

Edited February 28, 2023 by Johnnyeye

[Special Juan 28,141]

That team had a spine and a burning desire to win at all costs. It had smatterings of very top class players but also ones who rolled up their sleeves and made themselves steely.

Unlike this soft lot now with their pandered too ways

[Mário César 1,250]

sadly after this glorious days we had 3 difficulties years

what happened in 06/07?

[Vesper 30,160]

On 02/03/2023 at 02:43, Mário César said:

sadly after this glorious days we had 3 difficulties years

what happened in 06/07?

Chelsea F.C.

2006–07 season
Owner	Roman Abramovich
Chairman	Bruce Buck
Manager	José Mourinho
Stadium	Stamford Bridge
FA Premier League	2nd
FA Cup	Winners
League Cup	Winners
FA Community Shield	Runners-up
UEFA Champions League	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Didier Drogba (20) All: Didier Drogba (33)

too many draws to win the EPL that year (we only had 3 losses, to Manures 5, but we drew 11 games to their 5

the next year, 2007/08, was the only time in the Roman era we came into the last several games with a great chance to win and we floundered, ended up losing by 2 points to Manure

2006/07 League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester United (C)	38	28	5	5	83	27	+56	89	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Chelsea	38	24	11	3	64	24	+40	83
3	Liverpool	38	20	8	10	57	27	+30	68	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4	Arsenal	38	19	11	8	63	35	+28	68
5	Tottenham Hotspur	38	17	9	12	57	54	+3	60	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[a]

 

2007/08 League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester United (C)	38	27	6	5	80	22	+58	87	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Chelsea	38	25	10	3	65	26	+39	85
3	Arsenal	38	24	11	3	74	31	+43	83	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4	Liverpool	38	21	13	4	67	28	+39	76
5	Everton	38	19	8	11	55	33	+22	65	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
6	Aston Villa	38	16	12	10	71	51	+20	60	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
7	Blackburn Rovers	38	15	13	10	50	48	+2	58
8	Portsmouth	38	16	9	13	48	40	+8	57	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[a]
9	Manchester City	38	15	10	13	45	53	−8	55	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round[b]
10	West Ham United	38	13	10	15	42	50	−8	49
11	Tottenham Hotspur	38	11	13	14	66	61	+5	46	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[c]

[Johnnyeye 7,501]

5 hours ago, Vesper said:

Chelsea F.C.

2006–07 season
Owner	Roman Abramovich
Chairman	Bruce Buck
Manager	José Mourinho
Stadium	Stamford Bridge
FA Premier League	2nd
FA Cup	Winners
League Cup	Winners
FA Community Shield	Runners-up
UEFA Champions League	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Didier Drogba (20) All: Didier Drogba (33)

too many draws to win the EPL that year (we only had 3 losses, to Manures 5, but we drew 11 games to their 5

the next year, 2007/08, was the only time in the Roman era we came into the last several games with a great chance to win and we floundered, ended up losing by 2 points to Manure

2006/07 League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester United (C)	38	28	5	5	83	27	+56	89	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Chelsea	38	24	11	3	64	24	+40	83
3	Liverpool	38	20	8	10	57	27	+30	68	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4	Arsenal	38	19	11	8	63	35	+28	68
5	Tottenham Hotspur	38	17	9	12	57	54	+3	60	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[a]

 

2007/08 League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester United (C)	38	27	6	5	80	22	+58	87	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Chelsea	38	25	10	3	65	26	+39	85
3	Arsenal	38	24	11	3	74	31	+43	83	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4	Liverpool	38	21	13	4	67	28	+39	76
5	Everton	38	19	8	11	55	33	+22	65	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
6	Aston Villa	38	16	12	10	71	51	+20	60	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
7	Blackburn Rovers	38	15	13	10	50	48	+2	58
8	Portsmouth	38	16	9	13	48	40	+8	57	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[a]
9	Manchester City	38	15	10	13	45	53	−8	55	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round[b]
10	West Ham United	38	13	10	15	42	50	−8	49
11	Tottenham Hotspur	38	11	13	14	66	61	+5	46	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[c]

fucking mancs and Ronaldo, i was livid when we didnt win the league in 2007 and 2008, in 2008 we came 2nd in the league, league cup (fuck Spurs) and Champions League, what could have been, if only we didnt drop so many stupid points in the league and Terry didnt miss that pen in the CL final🤬😡

Edited March 3, 2023 by Johnnyeye

[Mário César 1,250]

I asked how a team that played so well in two seasons in a row collapse in that way in 06/07 but at that time nobody knew that Mourinho thirds season are a disgrace 

sad that we could one at least one more major trophy in these years and we were quality to archieve good things but we haden't the right manager

other season that hurts me a lot was 10/11 because United was so shit that year but we get out of players like deco, joe cole or ballack and don't replace them in the right way

in that season lampard injury cost us a lot and we haden't no deep, plus Torres was a tremendous flop

lucky that next season we won a ucl and was a miracle

Edited March 5, 2023 by Mário César

[Fulham Broadway 17,311]

Whole of our2004-5 season on Sky now. Fucking hell we were immense

[Mário César 1,250]

its sad how we decline after 2006

[Vesper 30,160]

18 hours ago, Mário César said:

its sad how we decline after 2006

I would not exactly call this a decline

starting post 2005/06

17 trophies in 15 years

including 3 EPL titles, 2 CLs, the UEFA Super Cup and a FIFA Club World Cup global championship

and also we made the CL final in 2008 (Terry Moscow slip, arffff) and the FIFA Club World Cup final in 2012 (FSW choke job, arffff)

and probably would have won the CL in 2009 (and likely another world club championship and Super Cup) if not for Tom Henning Øvrebø fucking us in the batty crease with with the worst major ref job ever (versus Barca in the semis, who went onto to smash Manure in the final, just like they did again in 2011)

First Division/Premier League	3	2009–10, 2014–15, 2016–17
FA Cup	5	2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2017–18
Football League Cup/EFL Cup	2	2006–07, 2014–15
FA Charity Shield/FA Community Shield	1	2009
Continental	UEFA Champions League	2	2011–12, 2020–21
	UEFA Europa League	2	2012–13, 2018–19
	UEFA Super Cup	1	2021
Worldwide	FIFA Club World Cup	1	2021

 

Edited July 8, 2023 by Vesper

[MoroccanBlue 5,380]

We were kind of slowing down in the latter of 2007 season. Mourinho's lack of sustainable attacking impetus was showing and the team needed a resurgence somewhere.

Ancelotti coming on in 2007/2008 season would of been mental. 

[Mário César 1,250]

after 2006, only in Conte's first year did we pass 90 points again in the league

this in almost 20 years

something bad has been done since then

[Fulham Broadway 17,311]

The most beautiful football under Jose

 

[Fulham Broadway 17,311]

Hazard, Fibreglass, Costa the whole team absolutely devastating. The team would have given Citeh a close run for the title last season

[King Kante 1,643]

On 08/07/2023 at 19:12, MoroccanBlue said:

We were kind of slowing down in the latter of 2007 season. Mourinho's lack of sustainable attacking impetus was showing and the team needed a resurgence somewhere.

Ancelotti coming on in 2007/2008 season would of been mental. 

The problem with 2006-07 was that we got our transfers wrong. Sheva was busted. Boularouz wasn't up to it and didn't replace Gallas who prior was covering LB and CB - although Cole did upgrade us at LB.

Then there was the issue with losing Cech to that horrid injury, Robben being injured a lot and wanting a move. 

Then Utd also had CR7 go supersonic that year. 

After that, our transfer activity in the next few seasons was very limited with it seeming that we thought we had enough and just needed a few squad players.