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:haha: :haha: :haha:
If Arsenal win their game in hand, Chelsea will be 10 points off the top (and six points behind us if we win ours).
If we were 10 points off the top, everyone would be saying we were out of the title race. Are the Chavs?
Drogba due for a ban, a broken cheekbone for Terry, Fatty still injured, a hapless twunt in charge, Shevchenko offering less of a threat than my Nan would (and booed on his birthday by those lovely Blues :haha:), mutiny amongst the players and the fans having the audacity to start tearing into their sugar daddy!! :haha: :haha:
Funny as FUCK!
JohnDoe
29-09-07, 06:30 PM
Money can't buy you class.
Chelsea are a small time club with more money than sense. Their implosion is a surprise but a welcomed one.
Maybe now they'll fall apart, lose their best players and become a circus club like Newcastle has been the last few years, spending money on trophy players.
Hiddink can help them though.
CharlieMansonsSquint
29-09-07, 06:36 PM
It'll be interesting to see how long it takes before Roman makes a panic move - i.e. sacking Grant, or bringing in a manager who's clearly not good enough.
They deserve all they get for sacking one of the top managers in the game.
Money can't buy you class but it can buy you titles. Roman will probably splash the cash again.
I won't be surprised if they get in a new manager in a week or two. I think that they are out of the title race.
Fulham should have won today.
Did I hear on SSN earlier that some fans were leaving at half time?? :eyebrow:
Red Chilli
29-09-07, 07:12 PM
Money can't buy you class but it can buy you titles. Roman will probably splash the cash again.
I won't be surprised if they get in a new manager in a week or two. I think that they are out of the title race.
Fulham should have won today.
There's no point in them changing managers yet, Grant has only had 2 league games.
That's just ridiculous behaviour.
The Chavs are out of it this season, they've got another 3 months with players who don't want to play for them (Drogba being a prime example).
If Roman get's fed up, they will go to the wall :haha:
I think that they will even struggle to get a CL place.
I can't see them catching us, Man U or Arsenal and that means that it's only one place left. Man C will get that IMO.
slimbimjim
29-09-07, 07:34 PM
I think that they will even struggle to get a CL place.
I can't see them catching us, Man U or Arsenal and that means that it's only one place left. Man C will get that IMO.
If they keep their players fit. The bonus for them is that they have enough funds to get reinforcements in January if necessary.
I hope Elano keeps it up in the colder months though.
Chelsea in the Intertoto Cup?
slimbimjim
29-09-07, 07:38 PM
Chelsea in the Intertoto Cup?
I would laugh my arse off!
JohnDoe
29-09-07, 07:38 PM
Chelsea in the Intertoto Cup?
They won't apply for it.
Chelsea in the Intertoto Cup?
Would love to see that
They'll be top four though sadly, there or thereabouts :(:grr:
I think they'll finish 5th to be honest
I think they'll finish 5th to be honest
I'd love that :handshake:
So above them... Us, Utd, Arsenal & who else?? City? Spurs?
I'd love that :handshake:
So above them... Us, Utd, Arsenal & who else?? City? Spurs?
I dont think we'll finish above them
:crackoff:
I think City will nick 4th spot this year
I dont think we'll finish above them
:crackoff:
I think City will nick 4th spot this year
Bollocks, we'll be fighting it out with Newcastle for 8th spot, me forgot :crackoff::haha:
Yeah, if City can continue their form then I can't see why they wouldn't finish up there. I knew Eriksson would do a good job - but he's done fucking wonders so far. A good blend of youth & foreigners playing really really good football... and it's good to see Didi playing well again after being shite last year :rock:
bigfooty
29-09-07, 08:37 PM
Did I hear on SSN earlier that some fans were leaving at half time?? :eyebrow:
It was a planned protest, they were giving out leaflets before saying to walk out in support of Mourinho.
Even under Mourinho they'd struggle to pull this back, never mind under a manager who doesn't have Mourinho's pedigree or the respect from the players Mourinho did.
What I'm a bit cheesed off about is that we played them while they were at their strongest, now they're in disarray.
It was a planned protest, they were giving out leaflets before saying to walk out in support of Mourinho.
So it's true :eyebrow:
That's quite admirable in a way, really
Red_Polo
29-09-07, 09:00 PM
I have been waiting for this to happen ever since that corrupt ape-like criminal-at-large shithouse Abramovich took over. They said we were all just jealous, now they've got banners saying 'it's our club not your toy'. They lapped up the purchased silverware. Only now do they see what a soulless joke their club is. You've made your bed you chav twats, now fuck off and rot in it.
I have been waiting for this to happen ever since that corrupt ape-like criminal-at-large shithouse Abramovich took over. They said we were all just jealous, now they've got banners saying 'it's our club not your toy'. They lapped up the purchased silverware. Only now do they see what a soulless joke their club is. You've made your bed you chav twats, now fuck off and rot in it.
:haha::respect::respect:
I have been waiting for this to happen ever since that corrupt ape-like criminal-at-large shithouse Abramovich took over. They said we were all just jealous, now they've got banners saying 'it's our club not your toy'. They lapped up the purchased silverware. Only now do they see what a soulless joke their club is. You've made your bed you chav twats, now fuck off and rot in it.
:haha: :haha: :respect:
I have been waiting for this to happen ever since that corrupt ape-like criminal-at-large shithouse Abramovich took over. They said we were all just jealous, now they've got banners saying 'it's our club not your toy'. They lapped up the purchased silverware. Only now do they see what a soulless joke their club is. You've made your bed you chav twats, now fuck off and rot in it.
:respect::respect:
I have been waiting for this to happen ever since that corrupt ape-like criminal-at-large shithouse Abramovich took over. They said we were all just jealous, now they've got banners saying 'it's our club not your toy'. They lapped up the purchased silverware. Only now do they see what a soulless joke their club is. You've made your bed you chav twats, now fuck off and rot in it.
To continue the trend..........
:haha::haha::respect:
I do actually agree 100% though, Great post Polo
I have been waiting for this to happen ever since that corrupt ape-like criminal-at-large shithouse Abramovich took over. They said we were all just jealous, now they've got banners saying 'it's our club not your toy'. They lapped up the purchased silverware. Only now do they see what a soulless joke their club is. You've made your bed you chav twats, now fuck off and rot in it.
:haha: Post of the season so far :respect:
Craig_H
29-09-07, 10:14 PM
:haha: :haha: :haha:
If Arsenal win their game in hand, Chelsea will be 10 points off the top (and six points behind us if we win ours).
If we were 10 points off the top, everyone would be saying we were out of the title race. Are the Chavs?
Drogba due for a ban, a broken cheekbone for Terry, Fatty still injured, a hapless twunt in charge, Shevchenko offering less of a threat than my Nan would (and booed on his birthday by those lovely Blues :haha:), mutiny amongst the players and the fans having the audacity to start tearing into their sugar daddy!! :haha: :haha:
Funny as FUCK!
Might sound melodramatic, but for me, Chelsea are out of the title race and arent guaranteed a top four finish. Would be hilarious to see them finish 5th.
Maestro
29-09-07, 10:23 PM
I hope Elano keeps it up in the colder months though.
I beg your pardon? :eyebrow:
It was a planned protest, they were giving out leaflets before saying to walk out in support of Mourinho.
What? Do they really think there's a chance of him coming back? Daft fuckers! :haha::haha::haha:
Look, I think their problems would be sorted if Roman Abramovich took over as manager. He obviously knows his stuff.....in fact, we should all start betting on it to doctor the odds of it happening a little.. :D
He was in the shed in the 2nd half, doing that silly smirk with his hand by the side of his face. He was surrounded by bodyguards tho' :)
alunevans
29-09-07, 10:58 PM
am i right in thinking theres the african nations cup this year too or was that last year? don't they lose a fair few players with that as well?
am i right in thinking theres the african nations cup this year too or was that last year? don't they lose a fair few players with that as well?
It is this year and was cited as a reason for bringing in Sidwell and Pizzaro.
carrsim
30-09-07, 12:29 AM
I have been waiting for this to happen ever since that corrupt ape-like criminal-at-large shithouse Abramovich took over. They said we were all just jealous, now they've got banners saying 'it's our club not your toy'. They lapped up the purchased silverware. Only now do they see what a soulless joke their club is. You've made your bed you chav twats, now fuck off and rot in it.
bravo
Chelsea players: Grant 'not good enough'
Duncan Castles
Sunday September 30, 2007
The Observer
Roman Abramovich barracked by his own fans, John Terry's cheekbone fractured, Didier Drogba sent off on his comeback from injury, no goals and no win for the new manager. Chelsea's great post-Jose Mourinho experiment is charting predictably turbulent waters.
At the end of a week in which the Blues' billionaire owner took over the office at the Cobham training ground Avram Grant used in his former role as director of football, and his chosen coach made sparse progress in quelling resistance to his accession, Chelsea's self-inflicted misery deepened.
Article continues
Abramovich might be regretting his populist decision to watch his team's goalless draw with Fulham among the hardcore fans in the Shed End. As Drogba saw red for landing his studs on Chris Baird's right shoulder and Fulham came close to ending Chelsea's long unbeaten run at Stamford Bridge, supporters turned on the owner. One threw his shirt to the ground and screamed abuse at the Russian: many, many more sang Mourinho's name to Abramovich's face. At the end of the game, according to an eye witness, chief executive Peter Kenyon was verbally abused and spat at.
Abramovich's club captain had already departed the scene, felled by a wayward Clint Dempsey elbow that inadvertently broke Terry's cheekbone. Replaced at half time, the centre-back is due to have surgery today and is expected to miss Wednesday's testing Champions League trip to Valencia. He is hoping to play, possibly wearing a protective mask, for England against Estonia on Saturday.
Terry's absence will prove a further test of Abramovich's increasingly hands-on role in the direction of the football department. The oligarch has become a regular attendee at first-team training in the aftermath of Mourinho's dismissal as manager 12 days ago and he selected a team for Grant to face Manchester United in last weekend's 2-0 loss at Old Trafford.
Grant, a former Israel national team coach, seems to have made little headway in attempts to quell resistance to his accession as Chelsea manager. Senior players continue to question his ability and qualifications to lead a team of Chelsea's calibre, while members of the coaching staff also harbour serious doubts.
Ahead of last Wednesday's League Cup victory at Hull, Terry elected to hold a team meeting in which he called on team-mates to rally behind the new manager. Terry's message was ill-received, however, with several players insisting Grant was not good enough to coach them. One respected international spoke with team-mates after Terry's words, complaining: 'Chelsea deserve a bigger coach than him. Grant does not have the quality to coach a team like this. When we play big opponents we will suffer because of him.'
There are many at the club who agree. Abramovich is understood to have received unfavourable reports on Grant's coaching methods from club staff, one of whom describes them as '25 years behind the times'. The Israeli has not helped his cause by using training drills that many players believe to be outdated when compared to the cutting-edge methods they had become accustomed to under Mourinho. According to a source, at least one member of Grant's coaching staff has told friends that he will consider leaving the club if there is no further change in management.
While some sources believe Abramovich is preparing contingency plans should Grant fail to deliver positive results and that a new appointment could be made during the next international break in November, those closer to the Russian expect the status quo to remain in place. Club chairman Bruce Buck described Grant's appointment as 'permanent' during the Israeli's first week in the job. Moreover, Grant is a friend of Abramovich's and far more receptive to the owner's tactical ideas and new habit of instructing first teamers on how they should play the game than an established international coach would be.
Marco van Basten's candidacy is being pushed by the Dutch-Danish axis of Piet de Visser, Abramovich's personal adviser at the club, and Frank Arnesen, Chelsea's sporting director, but the Holland coach has not been offered the job. Abramovich, meanwhile, has given his backing to the Russian federation's on-going efforts to extend Guus Hiddink's contract as their national team coach. 'Mr Abramovich is very pleased the Russian Football Union has offered to renew Mr Hiddink's contract until 2010,' his spokesman said last week.
Jurgen Klinsmann, who coached unregarded Germany to the semi-finals of the 2006 World Cup, is interested in entering club management with a major Champions League club and met members of the Chelsea board during July's pre-season training camp in California, but would expect complete control over first-team matters. Asked whether the Chelsea job appealed to him last week, Klinsmann said: 'At the moment, I don't want to comment on this subject.'
According to several sources, the club have been disappointed by the amount of information leaking from the dressing room in the aftermath of Mourinho's departure and are attempting to identify and silence the moles. There has been similar concern over players speaking on the record to the press, with the first team instructed not to talk to print journalists following Wednesday's win at Hull.
Abramovich is unlikely to be pleased to learn that Mourinho remains in contact with several of his former charges. Ever the astute student of human behaviour, Mourinho has sent text messages to players telling them how much he admires them as footballers and reassuring them that he will always be receptive to their quality.
Terry publicly denied, for the first time yesterday, a report in last week's Observer Sport that his fallout with Mourinho played a central role in the manager's dismissal from the club.
Writing in Chelsea's match-day programme, he said: 'Most of the time it's easy to shrug off stories that are plainly made up, but this week I got very angry about a couple of pieces suggesting that an argument between me and Jose after the Rosenborg game was somehow the cause or contributed to his leaving Chelsea. This is ridiculous and untrue, and with the help of my lawyers I'm taking legal action to put this right.
'Jose Mourinho won six trophies at Chelsea. He simply was the most successful Chelsea manager ever and the best I've ever worked with. His training, preparation and tactics were outstanding. His impact on a game was there for all to see. More importantly, he is a good man, with good people around him.'
Anyone keen on the idea of getting in and saving Dogbreath from his Chelsea nightmare??
I hate the diving ****....but he is a fucking class player, and combing Torres with Drogba would be electric.
Sell Crouchy to City or Juve and splurge on Drogba i say.
Anyone keen on the idea of getting in and saving Dogbreath from his Chelsea nightmare??
I hate the diving ****....but he is a fucking class player, and combing Torres with Drogba would be electric.
Sell Crouchy to City or Juve and splurge on Drogba i say.
gee willikers birdman, that sounds like a good idea:handshake:
carlton
30-09-07, 06:23 AM
Essien would look good in a reds shirt too.
This just gets better and better....:haha:
Chelsea players: Grant 'not good enough'
Duncan Castles
Sunday September 30, 2007
The Observer
Roman Abramovich barracked by his own fans, John Terry's cheekbone fractured, Didier Drogba sent off on his comeback from injury, no goals and no win for the new manager. Chelsea's great post-Jose Mourinho experiment is charting predictably turbulent waters.
At the end of a week in which the Blues' billionaire owner took over the office at the Cobham training ground Avram Grant used in his former role as director of football, :haha: and his chosen coach made sparse progress in quelling resistance to his accession, Chelsea's self-inflicted misery deepened.
Article continues
Abramovich might be regretting his populist decision to watch his team's goalless draw with Fulham among the hardcore fans in the Shed End. As Drogba saw red for landing his studs on Chris Baird's right shoulder and Fulham came close to ending Chelsea's long unbeaten run at Stamford Bridge, supporters turned on the owner. One threw his shirt to the ground and screamed abuse at the Russian: :haha: many, many more sang Mourinho's name to Abramovich's face. :haha: At the end of the game, according to an eye witness, chief executive Peter Kenyon was verbally abused and spat at. :haha:
Abramovich's club captain had already departed the scene, felled by a wayward Clint Dempsey elbow that inadvertently broke Terry's cheekbone. Replaced at half time, the centre-back is due to have surgery today and is expected to miss Wednesday's testing Champions League trip to Valencia. He is hoping to play, possibly wearing a protective mask, for England against Estonia on Saturday.
Terry's absence will prove a further test of Abramovich's increasingly hands-on role in the direction of the football department. The oligarch has become a regular attendee at first-team training in the aftermath of Mourinho's dismissal as manager 12 days ago and he selected a team for Grant to face Manchester United in last weekend's 2-0 loss at Old Trafford. :haha:
Grant, a former Israel national team coach, seems to have made little headway in attempts to quell resistance to his accession as Chelsea manager. Senior players continue to question his ability and qualifications to lead a team of Chelsea's calibre, while members of the coaching staff also harbour serious doubts.
Ahead of last Wednesday's League Cup victory at Hull, Terry elected to hold a team meeting in which he called on team-mates to rally behind the new manager. Terry's message was ill-received, however, with several players insisting Grant was not good enough to coach them. One respected international spoke with team-mates after Terry's words, complaining: 'Chelsea deserve a bigger coach than him. Grant does not have the quality to coach a team like this. When we play big opponents we will suffer because of him.'
There are many at the club who agree. Abramovich is understood to have received unfavourable reports on Grant's coaching methods from club staff, one of whom describes them as '25 years behind the times'. The Israeli has not helped his cause by using training drills that many players believe to be outdated when compared to the cutting-edge methods they had become accustomed to under Mourinho. According to a source, at least one member of Grant's coaching staff has told friends that he will consider leaving the club if there is no further change in management.
While some sources believe Abramovich is preparing contingency plans should Grant fail to deliver positive results and that a new appointment could be made during the next international break in November, those closer to the Russian expect the status quo to remain in place. Club chairman Bruce Buck described Grant's appointment as 'permanent' during the Israeli's first week in the job. Moreover, Grant is a friend of Abramovich's and far more receptive to the owner's tactical ideas and new habit of instructing first teamers on how they should play the game than an established international coach would be. :haha::haha::haha:
Marco van Basten's candidacy is being pushed by the Dutch-Danish axis of Piet de Visser, Abramovich's personal adviser at the club, and Frank Arnesen, Chelsea's sporting director, but the Holland coach has not been offered the job. Abramovich, meanwhile, has given his backing to the Russian federation's on-going efforts to extend Guus Hiddink's contract as their national team coach. 'Mr Abramovich is very pleased the Russian Football Union has offered to renew Mr Hiddink's contract until 2010,' his spokesman said last week.
Jurgen Klinsmann, who coached unregarded Germany to the semi-finals of the 2006 World Cup, is interested in entering club management with a major Champions League club and met members of the Chelsea board during July's pre-season training camp in California, but would expect complete control over first-team matters. Asked whether the Chelsea job appealed to him last week, Klinsmann said: 'At the moment, I don't want to comment on this subject.'
According to several sources, the club have been disappointed by the amount of information leaking from the dressing room in the aftermath of Mourinho's departure and are attempting to identify and silence the moles. There has been similar concern over players speaking on the record to the press, with the first team instructed not to talk to print journalists following Wednesday's win at Hull.
Abramovich is unlikely to be pleased to learn that Mourinho remains in contact with several of his former charges. Ever the astute student of human behaviour, Mourinho has sent text messages to players telling them how much he admires them as footballers and reassuring them that he will always be receptive to their quality.
Terry publicly denied, for the first time yesterday, a report in last week's Observer Sport that his fallout with Mourinho played a central role in the manager's dismissal from the club.
Writing in Chelsea's match-day programme, he said: 'Most of the time it's easy to shrug off stories that are plainly made up, but this week I got very angry about a couple of pieces suggesting that an argument between me and Jose after the Rosenborg game was somehow the cause or contributed to his leaving Chelsea. This is ridiculous and untrue, and with the help of my lawyers I'm taking legal action to put this right.
'Jose Mourinho won six trophies at Chelsea. He simply was the most successful Chelsea manager ever and the best I've ever worked with. His training, preparation and tactics were outstanding. His impact on a game was there for all to see. More importantly, he is a good man, with good people around him.'
Maestro
30-09-07, 10:33 AM
bravo
Chelsea players: Grant 'not good enough'
Duncan Castles
Sunday September 30, 2007
The Observer
Roman Abramovich barracked by his own fans, John Terry's cheekbone fractured, Didier Drogba sent off on his comeback from injury, no goals and no win for the new manager. Chelsea's great post-Jose Mourinho experiment is charting predictably turbulent waters.
At the end of a week in which the Blues' billionaire owner took over the office at the Cobham training ground Avram Grant used in his former role as director of football, and his chosen coach made sparse progress in quelling resistance to his accession, Chelsea's self-inflicted misery deepened.
Article continues
Abramovich might be regretting his populist decision to watch his team's goalless draw with Fulham among the hardcore fans in the Shed End. As Drogba saw red for landing his studs on Chris Baird's right shoulder and Fulham came close to ending Chelsea's long unbeaten run at Stamford Bridge, supporters turned on the owner. One threw his shirt to the ground and screamed abuse at the Russian: many, many more sang Mourinho's name to Abramovich's face. At the end of the game, according to an eye witness, chief executive Peter Kenyon was verbally abused and spat at.
Abramovich's club captain had already departed the scene, felled by a wayward Clint Dempsey elbow that inadvertently broke Terry's cheekbone. Replaced at half time, the centre-back is due to have surgery today and is expected to miss Wednesday's testing Champions League trip to Valencia. He is hoping to play, possibly wearing a protective mask, for England against Estonia on Saturday.
Terry's absence will prove a further test of Abramovich's increasingly hands-on role in the direction of the football department. The oligarch has become a regular attendee at first-team training in the aftermath of Mourinho's dismissal as manager 12 days ago and he selected a team for Grant to face Manchester United in last weekend's 2-0 loss at Old Trafford.
Grant, a former Israel national team coach, seems to have made little headway in attempts to quell resistance to his accession as Chelsea manager. Senior players continue to question his ability and qualifications to lead a team of Chelsea's calibre, while members of the coaching staff also harbour serious doubts.
Ahead of last Wednesday's League Cup victory at Hull, Terry elected to hold a team meeting in which he called on team-mates to rally behind the new manager. Terry's message was ill-received, however, with several players insisting Grant was not good enough to coach them. One respected international spoke with team-mates after Terry's words, complaining: 'Chelsea deserve a bigger coach than him. Grant does not have the quality to coach a team like this. When we play big opponents we will suffer because of him.'
There are many at the club who agree. Abramovich is understood to have received unfavourable reports on Grant's coaching methods from club staff, one of whom describes them as '25 years behind the times'. The Israeli has not helped his cause by using training drills that many players believe to be outdated when compared to the cutting-edge methods they had become accustomed to under Mourinho. According to a source, at least one member of Grant's coaching staff has told friends that he will consider leaving the club if there is no further change in management.
While some sources believe Abramovich is preparing contingency plans should Grant fail to deliver positive results and that a new appointment could be made during the next international break in November, those closer to the Russian expect the status quo to remain in place. Club chairman Bruce Buck described Grant's appointment as 'permanent' during the Israeli's first week in the job. Moreover, Grant is a friend of Abramovich's and far more receptive to the owner's tactical ideas and new habit of instructing first teamers on how they should play the game than an established international coach would be.
Marco van Basten's candidacy is being pushed by the Dutch-Danish axis of Piet de Visser, Abramovich's personal adviser at the club, and Frank Arnesen, Chelsea's sporting director, but the Holland coach has not been offered the job. Abramovich, meanwhile, has given his backing to the Russian federation's on-going efforts to extend Guus Hiddink's contract as their national team coach. 'Mr Abramovich is very pleased the Russian Football Union has offered to renew Mr Hiddink's contract until 2010,' his spokesman said last week.
Jurgen Klinsmann, who coached unregarded Germany to the semi-finals of the 2006 World Cup, is interested in entering club management with a major Champions League club and met members of the Chelsea board during July's pre-season training camp in California, but would expect complete control over first-team matters. Asked whether the Chelsea job appealed to him last week, Klinsmann said: 'At the moment, I don't want to comment on this subject.'
According to several sources, the club have been disappointed by the amount of information leaking from the dressing room in the aftermath of Mourinho's departure and are attempting to identify and silence the moles. There has been similar concern over players speaking on the record to the press, with the first team instructed not to talk to print journalists following Wednesday's win at Hull.
Abramovich is unlikely to be pleased to learn that Mourinho remains in contact with several of his former charges. Ever the astute student of human behaviour, Mourinho has sent text messages to players telling them how much he admires them as footballers and reassuring them that he will always be receptive to their quality.
Terry publicly denied, for the first time yesterday, a report in last week's Observer Sport that his fallout with Mourinho played a central role in the manager's dismissal from the club.
Writing in Chelsea's match-day programme, he said: 'Most of the time it's easy to shrug off stories that are plainly made up, but this week I got very angry about a couple of pieces suggesting that an argument between me and Jose after the Rosenborg game was somehow the cause or contributed to his leaving Chelsea. This is ridiculous and untrue, and with the help of my lawyers I'm taking legal action to put this right.
'Jose Mourinho won six trophies at Chelsea. He simply was the most successful Chelsea manager ever and the best I've ever worked with. His training, preparation and tactics were outstanding. His impact on a game was there for all to see. More importantly, he is a good man, with good people around him.'
What a BEAUTIFUL article - a most satisfying read. :haha: :rock:
Maestro
30-09-07, 10:33 AM
I'm enjoying every second of their pain.
Red Chilli
30-09-07, 10:39 AM
Hope Roman decides he's had enough :haha:
:haha: :haha: :haha:
Gotta love this :rock:
It's fantastic, lets hope the spiral of despair continues and he buggers off somewhere else. :)
sean_lfc
30-09-07, 11:23 AM
flmao it's just perfect lol, a great spectacle :haha:
:haha:
I'm absolutely loving it. :haha:
spud_gun
30-09-07, 12:04 PM
:haha:
:haha:
:haha:
It's brilliant. How could this have eneded in anything but tears?
On a side note i'd like to say that the decline in Shevchenko over the course of the last 18 months has been both shocking and sad. In his pomp he truly was one of the best centre forwards i've seen. To see him meandering around the pitch against Fulham yesterday was a sad sight.
:haha:
:haha:
:haha:
It's brilliant. How could this have eneded in anything but tears?
On a side note i'd like to say that the decline in Shevchenko over the course of the last 18 months has been both shocking and sad. In his pomp he truly was one of the best centre forwards i've seen. To see him meandering around the pitch against Fulham yesterday was a sad sight.
Totally agree from start to finish.
I actually found it sad. I had to comfort myself with the fact it's happening in a Chelsea shirt - a £30m transfer fee and gazillions of pounds a week. :haha:
A sorry decline.
That said, I don't actually feel sorry for him personally. I'm sure he's more than happy rolling in banknotes and playing 18 holes at Sunningdale every day.
spud_gun
30-09-07, 12:11 PM
Totally agree from start to finish.
I actually found it sad. I had to comfort myself with the fact it's happening in a Chelsea shirt - a £30m transfer fee and gazillions of pounds a week. :haha:
A sorry decline.
That said, I don't actually feel sorry for him personally. I'm sure he's more than happy rolling in banknotes and playing 18 holes at Sunningdale every day.
:handshake:
Was talking about Shevchenko last night with my brother in law and the conversation was exactly along the lines of 'it's a shame he's declined so much as a player. It's fucking hilarious that the Chavs paid 30m for him. Does Shevcehnko really give two fucks? The move to the Chavs was nothing more than a super duper pension plan' oh and 'They signed Ballack on a billion pounds a week as well.....ahahahahahha'
Ballack and Sheva costs them £250k/week, £13m/year :haha:
Ballack and Sheva costs them £250k/week, £13m/year :haha:
:haha:
Flushing thirteen million pounds down the toilet every year. :haha:
But surely when Abramovich spunks away so much money on the club, and given that they would have probably gone into liquidation if he hadn't bought them and wiped out their debts, that club owes its existence to the man and he has a pretty justifiable right to do whatever the fuck he wants with it. If he wants to start picking the team, planning the tactics, if he wants to strip the assets and leave a shell he has the right. No use Chav fans taking the moral high ground now about how it's their club. They gave up that claim a long time ago when they sold what soul that club had.
But surely when Abramovich spunks away so much money on the club, and given that they would have probably gone into liquidation if he hadn't bought them and wiped out their debts, that club owes its existence to the man and he has a pretty justifiable right to do whatever the fuck he wants with it. If he wants to start picking the team, planning the tactics, if he wants to strip the assets and leave a shell he has the right. No use Chav fans taking the moral high ground now about how it's their club. They gave up that claim a long time ago when they sold what soul that club had.
It wasn't the Chelsea fans who sold the club to him but I agree with your points.
It wasn't the Chelsea fans who sold the club to him but I agree with your points.
Well no it wasn't, but what I'm trying to say is that they had no objection at the time. They were happy when he was banklrolling the club but then they want to reclaim it once he starts getting too involved.They can't have it both ways. This is always the risk you run when you sell out to a rich benefactor - he can run the club and any aspects of it anyway he wants.
I love Chelsea and Abramovich! No other club, bar Liverpool, could make me this happy!:D
The oligarch has become a regular attendee at first-team training in the aftermath of Mourinho's dismissal as manager 12 days ago and he selected a team for Grant to face Manchester United in last weekend's 2-0 loss at Old Trafford.
Grant is a friend of Abramovich's and far more receptive to the owner's tactical ideas and new habit of instructing first teamers on how they should play the game than an established international coach would be.
FLMAO!!! :haha::haha::haha::haha::haha::haha::haha:
CharlieMansonsSquint
30-09-07, 01:13 PM
Ballack and Sheva costs them £250k/week, £13m/year :haha:
Christ on a bike that just made my eyes water.
Did the ex-scum OTT'ers boo Sheva as he went off yesterday? Pathetic.
CharlieMansonsSquint
30-09-07, 01:16 PM
I have been waiting for this to happen ever since that corrupt ape-like criminal-at-large shithouse Abramovich took over. They said we were all just jealous, now they've got banners saying 'it's our club not your toy'. They lapped up the purchased silverware. Only now do they see what a soulless joke their club is. You've made your bed you chav twats, now fuck off and rot in it.
Love it. :haha::handshake:
A team built on money stolen from the good people of Russia I am loving their downfall
maybe Drogba would be a good addition to our squad
and maybe Essien
I dont wish to send ex Kontalkers into a frenzy but we could have had him for 3 mill
A moment of clarity!
PC Plod
30-09-07, 01:19 PM
Essien would look good in a reds shirt too.
Yeah, cos we havent got enough central midfielders already. :rolleyes:
Where is a mod when you need one can the 2 threads about chelsea be merged
IU have just posted in the other thread that we almost bought Essien for 3 million under Houllier
PS is shaggy still a mod?
:D
PS is shaggy still a mod?
:D
:D
:handshake:
PC Plod
30-09-07, 01:23 PM
I have been waiting for this to happen ever since that corrupt ape-like criminal-at-large shithouse Abramovich took over. They said we were all just jealous, now they've got banners saying 'it's our club not your toy'. They lapped up the purchased silverware. Only now do they see what a soulless joke their club is. You've made your bed you chav twats, now fuck off and rot in it.
Exactly. You reap what you sow- they were all happy to hail Ambramobitch as their Messiah, but now they're seeing the other side of the coin in having a meglomaniac despot in charge of thier "club". I've been waiting for something like this to happen for ages- one of my old work mates was a smug Chav, and I've been thinking how to construct my piss-taking email. I've got a fair few ideas...:haha:
PS is shaggy still a mod?
:D
Yep Just not a very good one*
joke
Hideously under-qualified coach Avram Grant is tipped to be on his way out of Chelsea before Christmas (News of the World). A senior player is said to have revealed that Grant's training ground work is 'amateurish'. The player (wouldn’t you just love to know who's spilled the beans?) said: "Under Mourinho, training was exciting and inspirational, it was different every day. But since he left, training has been amateurish. In one session this week we were asked to get the ball and just dribble round a cone. Some of the players said they hadn't been asked to do that since they were 14 years old. There's no way Avram can last – he'll be gone by Christmas because the players just aren't having him at all."
:haha: :haha:
Dribble round a cone! I last did that on one of those Bobby Charlton :whatever: Soccer Schools :haha:
carlton
30-09-07, 02:59 PM
Does anyone know what modern training methods consist off? How much time do players spend on sharpening their skills? Some of the passing against wigan was atrocious especially under no pressure.
Where is a mod when you need one can the 2 threads about chelsea be merged
IU have just posted in the other thread that we almost bought Essien for 3 million under Houllier
:handshake:
We had agreed the deal but he didn't get a work permit.
Morten_nogamst_Pedersen
30-09-07, 04:39 PM
I love Chelsea and Abramovich! No other club, bar Liverpool, could make me this happy!:D
It is hilarious:handshake:, but it would be at least one thousand times better if it were the mancs.
El Jefecito
30-09-07, 05:10 PM
It gets better, now the chairman is turning on the fans. Accusing them of racism and anti-semitism.
Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck has accused some of the clubs fans of sending abuse bordering on racism after Avram Grant replaced Jose Mourinho at Stamford Bridge.
http://www.football365.com/story/0,17033,8695_2766761,00.html
PC Plod
30-09-07, 06:02 PM
Fucking horrible bastards. Combat18 n all that. Wouldnt put it past em at all.
Famous for it. Millwall with money.
Howard_lfc
30-09-07, 09:25 PM
:handshake:
We had agreed the deal but he didn't get a work permit.
I thought we'd agreed a £4m deal but Ged wanted to loan him straight back out as he wasn't ready for premiership football. The board refused to give Ged the money on those grounds.
The Glove
30-09-07, 09:33 PM
They are in the shit right now but it wont last. Roman will soon see the error of his wys and get someone decent in.
willa1975
30-09-07, 10:02 PM
The recent events surrounding Chelsea have been fascinating...a lesson in how not to run a football club...
If anything, it's a major reality check for Abramovich. I think he sees himself as the face of Chelsea FC, and he's trying to turn them into an English version of the Galactico-era Real Madrid. However, they appear to be entering a fall similar to that Real Madrid side, who seemed to have lost the plot after Del Bosque was sacked after winning the Liga and going out of the CL at the semifinal stage. Unfortunately for Chelsea, they don't have the massive fan base, stadium or tradition of a club like Real Madrid.
I'll give Mourinho credit where it's due...despite all the money that Abramovich pumped into the club, their recent run of results seems to underscore the role Mourinho had in their success. And it probably isn't a coincidence that their slide began last year when Abramovich, to the apparent objection of his manager, made the "galactico"-style signings of Ballack and Shevchenko, and the relationship between owner and manager began to deteriorate when Mourinho didn't play the team Abramovich wanted him to.
Let's face it, Chelsea have no tradition, no mystique associated with the club itself. I believe that Mourinho was the main factor behind Stamford Bridge becoming an intimidating ground to visit. It seems now that opposing sides are no longer intimidated by Chelsea now that the "Special One" has been replaced by Abramovich's yes-man Avram Grant. I must say, though, that it's sad when they are playing at home in the Champions' League in a half-full stadium. If Chelsea supporters really want their club to be held in the same esteem as us, United, Arsenal and the big guns on the continent, they at least need to fill the stadium on European nights.
Chelsea supporters had better hope, for their club's sake, that Roman doesn't grow frustrated and decide to focus his energies on a new toy. Their current level of spending is simply unsustainable without Roman's billions propping them up. Of course, if Roman develops some common sense, brings in another top-class manager and lets him build the side he wants, they'll be back in contention eventually...but for now, let's all laugh at Chelsea:haha:
No quick fix in sight for Avram Grant's plight
By Alan Hansen
It is perfectly possible to follow a charismatic manager with an internal appointee who is comparatively shy and little-known outside the club. When Bill Shankly retired, Liverpool replaced him with Bob Paisley and enjoyed the greatest success in their history.
You would bet against Avram Grant leading Chelsea to three European Cups. Paisley succeeded because he already knew the team, because the dressing room at Anfield, which was already full of phenomenal players, was united and because Shankly was not sacked. Crucially, Liverpool's supporters backed Paisley in a way that Chelsea's have not backed Grant.
There is intense speculation that things are not right in the dressing room at Stamford Bridge and that some players are unhappy with Grant as manager. A football dressing room can be the best place in the world because of the camaraderie, the team spirit and the shared experiences but it can also be one of the worst places in the world because, if things are not going well, resentment festers very quickly.
Whether it is Liverpool, Chelsea or Leyton Orient, footballers tend to be fickle people who look for any excuse to justify their own performances. Although Grant was portrayed as an internal appointment, you have to wonder how well he knew Chelsea's players in his role as director of football.
If you are a clever manager — and Jose Mourinho is a supremely intelligent man — you are not going to let a director of football anywhere near your players. The only voice you want them to hear is your own.
Where do Chelsea go from here? Well, tomorrow they fly to Valencia and, looking at the way they played defensively against Fulham on Saturday, the confidence has ebbed out of them completely.
Their situation is not disastrous because with the players they have, a manager who commands the support of a united dressing room could still win the championship. Their position is recoverable but you cannot see where that resurgence will come from or what might spark it off. Chelsea can only survive by sticking together but right now Stamford Bridge does not seem like a haven of togetherness.
In the short term, it is not going to get better. One, Chelsea are not playing with self-belief. Two, they appear not to have any confidence in their own manager. Three, they have some very big-name players out. It is a horrific combination that would be guaranteed to make any football club seize up.
The only way the situation can be turned around is by results, but Chelsea have gone a month without victory, they have lost their captain, John Terry, and have just seen their main source of goals, Didier Drogba, sent off.
Outside the club, people are looking on in astonishment. It is the kind of turnaround that deserves to be made into a movie, and I doubt very much if there will be any happy ending. Unity is the only option for them. Terry is the kind of man who might inspire the kind of backs-against-the-wall, us-against-the-world mentality that Chelsea desperately require. He has apparently already made one big dressing-room speech about the need to stick together and to lose him now with a fractured cheekbone is a blow delivered at the worst possible time.
The concept of togetherness extends to the stands. Roman Abramovich may be responsible for the short-term mess that Chelsea find themselves in. He has ignored the basic principle that the moment the owner tries to interfere in the dressing room, the club becomes unmanageable.
But for the fans to turn on him and boo him as they did at Stamford Bridge on Saturday is utter folly. There are a lot of new Chelsea supporters, those who became attracted to the club only when it became fashionable, and they should remember that Chelsea's history stretches back more than four years.
Outside the club, there are many who have always hated the money that surrounds Stamford Bridge and who would argue it is not a proper football club, like an Arsenal or a Liverpool. They will be relishing these times.
Those tempted to boo the players or howl at Abramovich should ask themselves where their club was before he arrived and began shovelling the money in. They have won five trophies in four years under Abramovich.
In their entire history before his arrival, Chelsea had only ever won eight pieces of silverware. If he goes, there will be nothing left and but for him the great adventure under Mourinho would never have taken place.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=A1YourView&xml=/sport/2007/10/01/sfnhan101.xml
Racist Chelsea fans? Well I never....
Racist abuse of Grant must stop warn Chelsea
Chairman Buck reveals anti-semitic fan mail
Clarke to quit as assistant as turmoil continues
David Hytner
Monday October 1, 2007
The Guardian
The Chelsea chairman, Bruce Buck, has attacked a minority element of the club's support for anti-semitic abuse of the new manager, Avram Grant.
The Israeli's appointment after Jose Mourinho's departure from Stamford Bridge has provoked strong feeling but Buck said some of the comment which the club had received crossed the boundaries of acceptability.
"We welcome all constructive points of view," Buck wrote in Saturday's match programme for the visit of Fulham. "But there have been a few which could be viewed as racist and anti-semitic and that must stop immediately. This is one thing we will not tolerate whether in written correspondence, on the chat pages, on posters or banners or through singing and chanting. And it unfairly smears the reputation of the vast majority of Chelsea fans who rightly do not want to be associated with such activity."
Grant, the former Israel coach, who arrived at Chelsea over the summer as director of football, will not allow any slurs to deflect him from his purpose. He faces a huge test on Wednesday night in the Champions League at Valencia and already, after only three games, the problems are mounting.
He lost his first match 2-0 at Manchester United and although his team won 4-0 at Hull City in the Carling Cup, Saturday's 0-0 draw against Fulham extended an alarming sequence. Chelsea have gone four Premier League matches without a goal, have made their worst start in seven years - the season when Gianluca Vialli was sacked in September - and are seven points behind the leaders, Arsenal.
There is dissent, too, from within the ranks. Grant's appointment has not been met with universal approval from the players, many of whom do not respect his achievements or enjoy his training, and Steve Clarke, the assistant manager, is poised to quit.
Clarke, who was Mourinho's right-hand man, was upset by the manner of the Portuguese's departure. He has been considering his position and, mindful that Grant intends to bring in his own backroom staff during the international break, which begins next week, is ready to call time on his lengthy association with the club after Sunday's trip to Bolton. Clarke and Grant appeared to be working at cross purposes during the Fulham game.
Grant needs time and suggested the problems within the team, particularly in front of goal, had set in under Mourinho. "I would be worried if the problems started last week but if you remember before, against Rosenborg [in the Champions League], Blackburn and Aston Villa [in the Premier League], we didn't even create many chances," he said.
"I'm happy that we're at least creating more chances than in those games. It was a problem that was here before but I see that the players want to be positive. We have some problems but it's part of team life. We need to fix it.
"It's a long time until January, I will be with the players a lot more and I will get to know them better. In January, we will decide [about transfer activity]. If there are no injuries in the squad, I'm happy with it. I like the players' attitude."
Grant was publicly backed by the captain, John Terry. "The most important thing is that everyone - the fans, the players and the staff - give him their full support," he said. "As players, we will."
I must admit watching sky over the weekend and seeing how those Chav twats are now turning on their club and their sugar daddy made me laugh out loud. I can't stand those arrogant, shit, clueless fans who now think they are some world super power. The fact remains they are a small club with shit fans and now it is all blowing up in their twaty faces. What comes around goes around you chav pricks....aint life a bitch. :haha::haha:
hilarous, you cant have your cake and eat out.....well unless your fat frank :)
Did I hear on SSN earlier that some fans were leaving at half time?? :eyebrow:
yup, they showed a handful leaving, think maybe 10 at most, it was a pathetic gesture and very sad. Literally 2 guys walked out and kinda muttered "walk out for the special one"
yup, they showed a handful leaving, think maybe 10 at most, it was a pathetic gesture and very sad. Literally 2 guys walked out and kinda muttered "walk out for the special one"
:shake: So that's the strength of their feeling? What an embarrassment. Circus club, joke fans - they're made for each other.
A team built on money stolen from the good people of Russia I am loving their downfall
maybe Drogba would be a good addition to our squad
and maybe Essien
I dont wish to send ex Kontalkers into a frenzy but we could have had him for 3 mill
A moment of clarity!
yup, remember Ged wanted to buy him from Bastia but then loan him out (like Diarra) but the board told him buy and play him or dont bother.
If we'd have signed Essien I have no doubts at all that we'd have fucked up his development
If we'd have signed Essien I have no doubts at all that we'd have fucked up his development
hmmmm not sure about that, he would have been learning from a master iiiggggooooorrrrr
Well no it wasn't, but what I'm trying to say is that they had no objection at the time. They were happy when he was banklrolling the club but then they want to reclaim it once he starts getting too involved.They can't have it both ways. This is always the risk you run when you sell out to a rich benefactor - he can run the club and any aspects of it anyway he wants.
A very similar situation we could end up in if our American bitches decide to kick off. How long will they tolerate not winning number 19 ?
sean_lfc
01-10-07, 01:56 PM
A very similar situation we could end up in if our American bitches decide to kick off. How long will they tolerate not winning number 19 ?
Is he havin a laff?
You havin a laff??
A very similar situation we could end up in if our American bitches decide to kick off. How long will they tolerate not winning number 19 ?
Quite a while in all likelihood judging by the relative lack of success of their sports franchises in the US :crackoff:
A very similar situation we could end up in if our American bitches decide to kick off. How long will they tolerate not winning number 19 ?
Our business model is based more around future stadium revenues and merchandising rather than the prize money from No.19 - I believe their respecive teams over the pond aren't winning their leagues year on year, but that doesn't mean it's time to bolt
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