I am asking the question to you all because
he hasn't been sacked and it's as
simple as that. I was expecting Roman to pull the trigger like many of you after watching Chelsea's
decline once again this season but it hasn't happened and like I said, I will be honest I AM
surprised.
By Chris Wright
As I understand it, the salient bullet points are as follows: Chelsea want to buy Gary Cahill
for £7 million; Bolton want to sell Gary Cahill for £7 million, Gary Cahill wants to join
Chelsea; Gary Cahill's agent asked for £120,000-a-week wages (presumably on the basis he scores
more often than Fernando Torres); Chelsea aren't stupid.
Well it's another week and another massive game coming up for our football club (Chelsea are 1.63
in Champions League betting to progress to the quarterfinals). As expected, the press are out for
AVB's neck once again after another rubbish performance at the weekend but as yet it hasn't
happened and he is still here.
It says a lot that after only two first legs in the last 16 of the Champions League, it looks
likely that for the first time since 1996, there will be no English teams in the quarter-finals of
Europe's top club competition. It says even more that no one is really that surprised.
Chelsea's task might not be as mountainous as Arsenal's, but there is a glaring lack of
confidence in Andre Villas-Boas' side.
Harry Redknapp spoke of the vacant Chelsea managers position after being linked with it yesterday
and was quick to distance himself from it after calling it "The dream job - for someone!". Redknapp
was quick to point out that he feels that there is only one man for the job and if Chelsea came
calling, we would be the ONLY club that could tempt Jose to return.
Chelsea are keen on landing former Barcelona and Ajax coach Louis Van Gaal as a replacement for
Andre Villas-Boas this is according to reports emerging from London.
The 60 year old Van Gaal has been out of contract since last April when he was sacked by Bayern
Munich after a spell of unimpressive results.
It looks like Chelsea have finally given up on signing Luka Modric as they have now completed
the signing of 23 year old Marko Marin from Werder Bremen. Chelsea have settled for an
undisclosed fee for the German midfielder and he will be joining the champions league finalists in
the summer.
New year celebrations for Chelsea fans were cancelled after the Blues suffered a humiliating 3-1
home loss to Aston Villa yesterday. Not only has this loss pushed Chelsea down to 5th position in
the league, but coach AVB has also conceded that his primary target now is to ensure Chelsea
challenge for a top 4 finish.
Let's be honest here, and I have said it before, the whole situation with the transfer saga of Gary
Cahill has us all wondering what the hold up could be. I cannot remember Chelsea agreeing a fee
with a club and then literally taking weeks to conclude the terms with the player. It's a sign that
times are a changing at Chelsea, or have they already?
Out of the blue this story came to light over the weekend. There are reports all over the place
that Chelsea have made a bid that has been rejected, have been told that the player is not for sale
at any price and that seems that.
In addition to all this, AVB has said at the weekend that "he is an interesting player" but wanted
to sign players who are not cup-tied for European competition this season.
Andy Carroll who has come under intense fire from the Liverpool faithful the past few weeks for
his inconsistent performances, responded to his critics by scoring in Liverpool's 3-0 win over
Wolves yesterday.
The £35 million signing from Newcastle opened the scoring for the Reds, to take his tally for
the club to 7.
With matters outside of football keeping Roman Abramovich busy, it was great to hear that he was at
Cobham to see the players train on Saturday, to see AVB for a chat about things and to attend the
game on Sunday. Roman even popped in to chat with the players for 30 minutes after the 3-3 draw
with United.
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Isn't this a case of two plus two equals six here?? Surely the press have something better to do
than to carry on with the ridiculous articles about Roman turning up the heat on AVB by
attending training every day this week!
The next ridiculous rumour is that AVB is to be replaced by Fabio Capello "sooner rather than
later"!
Listen, regular readers will know when it comes to Didier Drogba, his form is up and down and as a
result my opinion of him has changed from a few seasons ago. Back then, Drogba was THE number one
at our club, played well on a consistent basis and became the scourge of defences all over Europe.
Roman Abramovich has had an "interesting" few days being back at Cobham hasn't he. Being present
for the most part last week and taking an interest in training, to then watch
the performance we
gave on Saturday at Goodison and to then hear the Manager speak of not preparing the team
properly must have been a real eye opener.
Why Chelsea Need To End Reign Of Player Power - originally posted on Soccerlens.com
When Andre Villas-Boas took over as Chelsea Manager in June 2011, he probably didn't envisage
the club's dressing room being his biggest problem during his first season in English football. A
dressing room filled with international footballers and seasoned professionals would surely have
been an attraction for any potential Chelsea manager following the ruthless sacking of Carlo
Ancelotti.
It says a lot that after only two first legs in the last 16 of the Champions League, it looks
likely that for the first time since 1996, there will be no English teams in the quarter-finals of
Europe's top club competition. It says even more that no one is really that surprised.
Chelsea's task might not be as mountainous as Arsenal's, but there is a glaring lack of
confidence in Andre Villas-Boas' side.
By Chris Wright
Chelsea lost a game of football last night, and a fairly high-profile one at that against Napoli
in the last 16 of the Champions League. Their ropey, porous defence was breached three times by
one of the most coveted forward lines in world football.
Well well well, I thought it might happen after reading AVB's full interview comments that have
been
heavily featured in the press this week. Now it's normally our foreign
players who end up being quoted saying something about the club when they are away with their
national teams but in this case it's our manager.
Well well well, I thought it might happen after reading AVB's full interview comments that have
been
heavily featured in the press this week. Now it's normally our foreign
players who end up being quoted saying something about the club when they are away with their
national teams but in this case it's our manager.
I have had my say on the
sacking of AVB yesterday and stand by what I have said. AVB had to
go because as a manager of our club he failed to deliver. He failed to motivate the players and to
get the best out of them. Chelsea sit 20 points off the top of the Premier League and are in real
danger of missing out on a top four finish and going out of the Champions League next week.
What have Chelsea lost? Their minds? Yes. The respect of the footballing world? Absolutely.
Their place among Europe's elite for next season? Quite possibly, but that's not what I mean.
How good is their now former manager Andre Villas-Boas? It feels like his time at the highly
dysfunctional Chelsea will not serve as a good representation of his skills.
I think if there is one thing that every single one of us would want to hear this week it would
have been just what was said by Roman Abramovich to the Chelsea players shortly after
sacking
AVB.
We can only imagine what was said. The press asked RDM after the
Birmingham game and he
remained silent and explained that "things said in house, should remain in house" which is fair
enough.
Roberto Di Matteo Rather like Steve Kean at Blackburn earlier in the season, you rather feel for Di
Matteo. Although he is woefully under-qualified for the position he currently holds, that is
through no fault of his own. Mr Abramovich has trusted him in the hotseat at the Bridge, and there
is nothing Bobby can [.
Some very interesting remarks from Chelsea's Champions League hero on Tuesday. Salomon Kalou has
for the first spoken on his icy relationship with former Blues manager Andre Villas- Boas.
Kalou who scored the only goal of the night in Chelsea's win over Benfica claims that
Villas-Boas froze him out of the first team because he refused to sign a new deal with the
club.
Now it's my personal opinion that people have under estimated the job that "
Bobby Di Matteo"
has done so far at Chelsea. Think about it for a second, in arguably (if you believe what the press
are saying) the most ego filled dressing room in the Premier League, with masses of experience and
big personalities that have reportedly seen off previous managers, he has gone in there done
fantastic.
We all know that Abramovich and by association, Di Matteo, will have one eye on the Champions
League game against Barcelona. After all, it's the one thing that has eluded him at Chelsea. But
perhaps a little bit more surprising is that browsing the Chelsea forums you'll find a 50/50 split
of fans who think they should play the strongest possible team against us and those who think
players should be rested for this game with the Champions League semi and top four fight taking
priority.
It's the weekend of the FA Cup Final between Liverpool and
Chelsea, one that will be closely watched by Roy Hodgson over a
plate of premium hot cross buns. Naturally, Wembley will be the setting for this
glorious game, which you're all expected to believe is the real test of
Di Matteo's resilience and determine his future in a few weeks.
07.05.2012 - Londres era una fiesta. En 1996, el pop británico, con Oasis, Blur, Pulp,
Supergrass y The Verve, agitaba el sonido mundial; Damien Hirst, con su vaca partida por la mitad,
sacudía al universo del arte; Tony Blair pretendía cambiar cierta imagen, y en el barrio de
Chelsea -al oeste, dónde habían surgido los Rolling Stones (1962) y se había consagrado el
movimiento punk (´70s) - comenzaba a brillar con luz propia un equipo que parecía encarnar todo
eso tan "nuevo" que sucedía en Londres y que
The Guardian resumió con un certero:
"London swinging again".
Dear Ashley,
Wise words, my friend. You're right, so right, I shouldn't get worked up.
I paid proper attention to that comment in my last piece, because it was all getting out of
hand, what with the tension of the last day of the season. I ate lunch during half-time of the
Villa game and as the minutes passed, I felt like I'd be physically sick, such was my frustration
at not scoring and fear that we would come away with nothing.
There are few sicker sights I've seen in football than that of Chelsea's Champions League
celebrations last night. They are the first London team to bring home the European Cup.
It should have been us. We are London's biggest club. Chelsea were nothing before 2005 when
Roman Abramovich's millions and Jose Mourinho's dull, defensive football won them only their second
ever title.
Johan Cruijff: "Chelsea winning the CL final is a defeat for proper football. I'd rather not win
it than to have to play this way."
Recently, I have been extremely grumpy and needed a bit of time to reflect on a bad week for
honest, beautiful football, which started with the Northern Oilers succeeding in buying the title,
and finished six days later, with the London Oilers getting their greasy hands on the ‘Cup with
the big ears'.
Johan Cruijff: "Chelsea winning the CL final is a defeat for proper football. I'd rather not win
it than to have to play this way."
Recently, I have been extremely grumpy and needed a bit of time to reflect on a bad week for
honest, beautiful football, which started with the Northern Oilers succeeding in buying the title,
and finished six days later, with the London Oilers getting their greasy hands on the ‘Cup with
the big ears'.
Pep Guardiola led not only a dominant era of football for Barcelona, but also a revolution of the
'total football' that was preached by his mentor, Johan Cruyff.
As he steps away from his post at Barcelona at the ripe age of 41, Rob Hughes of the New York Times
writes of how Guardiola had transformed Barca into the gold standard in world football.
I have to say Roman Abramovich and the Chelsea board have surprised me this week, they really
have!.
Now I know with Euro 2012 coming up, the Top European clubs will be looking to get their summer
signings done and dusted before the competition starts or shortly after if deals are already in
place, but the fact that Chelsea have acted quickly has surprised me.
