The Chelsea Thread

[BlueHeart26]

Lucas Moura like all Brazilian players has incredible skill, flair and is technically very good. But his defending is shoddy at best and he needs to mature as a player considering he is only 19. Not to mention there are other aspects of him that has to be improved even more. Not sure why anyone would pay 40m for him

I will be chuffed if we do get Hazard but will only get real excited if we somehow snag Modric as well. First of all though we need to appoint a ****** manager because only then can we speculate the type of players we need to bring in

Why am I feeling that the (future) manager will have nothing to do with our transfers.... Oh, wait, I know why.

 

[Alcaraz]

Surreal experience when you read transfer rumours about Chelsea and see all the journalists refer to Chelsea as the European Champions. For some reason Barcelona still is the first team that pops in my head whenever I read the world

 

[Irish Scouse]

We have obviously shown interest in him in the past. But he is not someone I would pay 40m for, the prices clubs in Brazil are demanding for their players is not parallel with their ability

Mainly due to sponsorships.

 

[Alcaraz]

Why am I feeling that the (future) manager will have nothing to do with our transfers.... Oh, wait, I know why.

Dude you are exageratting. AVB actually brought in his own players. Mata, Meirless, Romeu, Lukaku were his own signings. Michael Emeleano is in-charge of buying players who will not slot into the first-team straight away such as De Bruyne, Patrick Bamford etc.

The only signing which has not happened in consultation with the manager this season is that of Marin and possibly Hazard but thats due to the fact that we still dont have a permanent manager!!

 

[BlueHeart26]

Dude you are exageratting. AVB actually brought in his own players. Mata, Meirless, Romeu, Lukaku were his own signings. Michael Emeleano is in-charge of buying players who will not slot into the first-team straight away such as De Bruyne, Patrick Bamford etc.

The only signing which has not happened in consultation with the manager this season is that of Marin and possibly Hazard but thats due to the fact that we still dont have a permanent manager!!

Lukaku was never his signing. ever. He brought Mata, Meireless, Romeu.

 

[Alcaraz]

Lukaku was never his signing. ever. He brought Mata, Meireless, Romeu.

Lukaku was actually. Club was scouting Lukaku for a very long time although it was AVB's decision to bring him in

 

[Alcaraz]

Rebuilding the Blues

Excellent article by Michale *** above. Really underlines what I have been saying all the time that the situation at Chelsea is not as bad as many people think although it could and should be improved this summer

 

[BlueHeart26]

Lukaku was actually. Club was scouting Lukaku for a very long time although it was AVB's decision to bring him in

How do you know that? Havent heard AVB say it.

 

[Jak]

lol wut

 

[CJACKO11]

lol wut

Sounds like a nice geezer slating girls!!!!!! Oh and just to add, at least JT looks different to other Englishman i mean different features unlike the Polish who have all distinguishing features!

 

[CJACKO11]

Didier Drogba record for Chelsea F.C:

DIDIER DROGBA 2004-2012 - 157 CHELSEA GOALS, 341 GAMES
2004/05 (16 goals in 30+11 games)1 Aug 24 Crystal Palace (away) W 2-0
2, 3 Sep 14 Paris St Germain (Champions League Gp away) W 3-0
4 Sep 25 Middlesbrough (away) W 1-0
5 Sep 29 Porto (Champions League Gp home) W 3-1
6 Dec 4 Newcastle (home) W 4-0 (sub)
7 Dec 18 Norwich (home) W 4-0 (sub)
8, 9 Jan 4 Middlesbrough (home) W 2-0
10, 11 Jan 22 Portsmouth (home) W 3-0
12 Feb 27 Liverpool (League Cup final Cardiff) W 3-2
13 Mar 15 West Brom (home) W 1-0
14 Apr 6 Bayern Munich (Champions League QF home) W 4-2
15 Apr 9 Birmingham (home) D 1-1 (sub)
16 Apr 12 Bayern Munich (Champions League QF away) L 2-3

2005/06 (16 goals in 29+12 games)
17, 18 Aug 7 Arsenal (Community Shield Cardiff) W 2-1
19 Aug 21 Arsenal (home) W 1-0 (sub)
20 Aug 24 West Brom (home) W 4-0
21 Sep 10 Sunderland (home) W 2-0 (sub)
22, 23 Oct 15 Bolton (home) W 5-1
24 Oct 19 Real Betis (Champions League Gp home) W 4-0
25 Oct 29 Blackburn (home) W 4-2
26 Jan 2 West Ham (away) W 3-1
27 Mar 4 West Brom (away) W 2-1
28, 29 Mar 25 Man City (home) W 2-0
30 Apr 9 West Ham (home) W 4-1
31 Apr 17 Everton (home) W 3-0
32 Apr 22 Liverpool (FA Cup SF Old Trafford) L 1-2

2006/07 (33 goals in 54+6 games)
33 Aug 20 Man City (home) W 3-0
34 Aug 27 Blackburn (away) W 2-0 (sub)
35 Sep 9 Charlton (home) W 2-1
36 Sep 17 Liverpool (home) W 1-0
37, 38, 39 Sep 27 Levski Sofia (Champions League Gp away) W 3-1
40 Sep 30 Aston Villa (home) D 1-1
41 Oct 18 Barcelona (Champions League Gp home) W 1-0
42 Oct 31 Barcelona (Champions League Gp away) D 2-2
43 Nov 8 Aston Villa (League Cup home) W 4-0
44, 45, 46 Nov 11 Watford (home) W 4-0
47 Dec 13 Newcastle (home) W 1-0 (sub)
48 Dec 17 Everton (away) W 3-2
49 Dec 20 Newcastle (League Cup QF away) W 1-0 (sub)
50, 51 Dec 26 Reading (home) D 2-2
52 Dec 30 Fulham (home) D 2-2
53 Jan 13 Wigan (home) W 4-0
54 Jan 28 Nottingham Forest (FA Cup 4 home) W 3-0
55 Jan 31 Blackburn (home) W 3-0
56, 57 Feb 10 Middlesbrough (home) W 3-0
58 Feb 17 Norwich (FA Cup 5 home) W 4-0
59, 60 Feb 25 Arsenal (League Cup final Cardiff) W 2-1
61 Mar 3 Portsmouth (away) W 2-0
62 Apr 4 Valencia (Champions League QF home) D 1-1
63 Apr 18 West Ham (away) W 4-1
64 May 13 Everton (home) D 1-1
65 May 19 Man Utd (FA Cup final Wembley) W 1-0

2007/08 (15 goals in 29+3 games)
66 Aug 15 Reading (away) W 2-1
67 Oct 3 Valencia (Champions League Gp away) W 2-1
68 Oct 20 Middlesbrough (away) W 2-0
69 Oct 24 Schalke (Champions League Gp home) W 2-0
70, 71 Oct 27 Man City (home) W 6-0
72 Nov 11 Everton (home) D 1-1
73, 74 Nov 28 Rosenborg (Champions League Gp away) W 4-0
75 Feb 24 Tottenham (League Cup final Wembley) L 1-2
76 Mar 19 Tottenham (away) D 4-4
77, 78 Mar 23 Arsenal (home) W 2-1
79, 80 Apr 30 Liverpool (Champions League SF home) W 3-2

2008/09 (14 goals in 29+13 games)
81 Nov 12 Burnley (League Cup 4 home) D 1-1 (lost on pens)
82 Dec 9 CFR Cluj (Champions League Gp home) W 2-1 (sub)
83 Dec 26 West Brom (home) W 2-0
84 Feb 25 Juventus (Champions League last 16 home) W 1-0
85 Mar 3 Portsmouth (away) W 1-0
86 Mar 7 Coventry (FA Cup QF away) W 2-0
87 Mar 10 Juventus (Champions League last 16 away) D 2-2
88 Apr 8 Liverpool (Champions League QF away) W 3-1
89, 90 Apr 11 Bolton (home) W 4-3
91 Apr 14 Liverpool (Champions League QF home) D 4-4
92 Apr 18 Arsenal (FA Cup SF Wembley) W 2-1
93 May 2 Fulham (home) W 3-1
94 May 30 Everton (FA Cup final Wembley) W 2-1

2009/10 (37 goals in 41+3 games)
95, 96 Aug 15 Hull (home) W 2-1
97 Aug 23 Fulham (away) W 2-0
98 Sep 12 Stoke (away) W 2-1
99 Sep 20 Tottenham (home) W 3-0
100 Sep 26 Wigan (away) L 1-3
101 Oct 17 Aston Villa (away) L 1-2
102 Oct 24 Blackburn (home) W 5-0
103 Oct 28 Bolton (League Cup 4 home) W 4-0 (sub)
104 Oct 31 Bolton (away) W 4-0
105, 106 Nov 3 Atlético Madrid (Champions League Gp away) D 2-2
107, 108 Nov 29 Arsenal (away) W 3-0
109 Dec 2 Blackburn (League Cup 5 away) D 3-3 (lost on pens) (sub)
110 Dec 8 APOEL (Champions League Gp home) D 2-2
111, 112 Dec 12 Everton (home) D 3-3
113 Dec 28 Fulham (home) W 2-1
114 Feb 2 Hull (away) D 1-1
115, 116 Feb 7 Arsenal (home) W 2-0
117 Feb 13 Cardiff (FA Cup 5 home) W 4-1
118, 119 Feb 20 Wolves (away) W 2-0
120, 121 Mar 13 West Ham (home) W 4-1
122 Mar 21 Blackburn (away) D 1-1
123, 124 Mar 24 Portsmouth (away) W 5-0
125 Apr 3 Man Utd (away) W 2-1 (sub)
126 Apr 10 Aston Villa (FA Cup semi-final Wembley) W 3-0
127 May 2 Liverpool (away) W 2-0
128, 129, 130 May 9 Wigan (home) W 8-0 (1 penalty)
131 May 15 Portsmouth (FA Cup final Wembley) W 1-0

2010/11 (13 goals in 37+9 games)
132, 133, 134 Aug 14 West Bromwich Albion (home) W 6-0
135 Aug 28 Stoke City (home) W 2-0 (penalty)
136 Oct 3 Arsenal (home) W 2-0
137 Nov 3 Spartak Moscow (Champions League home) W 4-1 (penalty)
138 Dec 4 Everton (home) D 1-1 (penalty)
139 Dec 12 Tottenham Hotspur (away) D 1-1 (sub)
140 Jan 2 Aston Villa (home) D 3-3
141 Jan 24 Bolton Wanderers (away) W 4-0
142 Apr 2 Stoke City (away) D 1-1
143 Apr 12 Man Utd (Champions League away) L 1-2 (sub)
144 Apr 16 West Bromwich Albion (away) W 3-1

2011/12 (13 goals in 25+10 games)
145 Sep 24 Swansea (home) W 4-1 (sub)
146 Nov 23 Bayer Leverkusen (Champions League away) L 1-2
147 Dec 3 Newcastle (away) W 3-0
148 149 Dec 6 Valencia (Champions League home) W 3-0
150 Dec 31 Aston Villa (home) L 1-3 (penalty)
151 Feb 25 Bolton Wanderers (home) W 3-0
152 Mar 10 Stoke City (home) W 1-0
153 Mar 14 Napoli (Champions League last 16 home) W 4-1
154 Apr 15 Tottenham Hotspur (FA Cup SF Wembley) W 5-1
155 Apr 18 Barcelona (Champions League SF home) W 1-0
156 May 5 Liverpool (FA Cup final Wembley) W 2-1
157 May 19 Bayern Munich (Champions League final Munich) D 1-1 (won on pens)

[video=youtube;etKJm7i0K6I]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=etKJm7i0K6I[/video]

GOALS SCORED AGAINST INDIVIDUAL TEAMS
THIRTEEN GOALS
Arsenal
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NINE GOALS
Liverpool
EIGHT GOALS
Bolton Wanderers
Everton
West Bromwich Albion
SEVEN GOALS
Portsmouth
SIX GOALS
Aston Villa
Blackburn Rovers
Middlesbrough
FIVE GOALS
Manchester City
Tottenham Hotspur
West Ham United
Wigan Athletic
FOUR GOALS
Fulham
Newcastle United
Stoke City
Valencia
THREE GOALS
Barcelona
Bayern Munich
Hull City
Levski Sofia
Manchester United
Reading
Watford
TWO GOALS
Atlético Madrid
Juventus
Norwich City
Paris St Germain
Rosenborg
Wolverhampton Wanderers
ONE GOAL
APOEL
Bayer Leverkusen
Birmingham City
Burnley
Cardiff City
Charlton Athletic
CFR Cluj
Coventry City
Crystal Palace
Napoli
Nottingham Forest
Porto
Real Betis
Schalke
Spartak Moscow
Sunderland
Swansea City

12 major trophies
1 UEFA Champions League
3 Premier Leagues
4 FA Cups
2 League Cups
2 FA Community Shields

6 individual awards
1 Player of the Year
1 Players Player of the Year
2 Premier League Golden Boots
2 African Player of the Years

Records
Chelsea record scorer in Europe: 34 goals in 69 games
Chelsea record scorer in cup finals: 9 goals in 9 games
Chelsea record international scorer: 45 goals in 72 games
(The two Ivory Coast matches in early June will still be as a Chelsea player)

Top all-time Chelsea scorers
Bobby Tambling 202
Kerry Dixon 193
Frank Lampard 186
Didier Drogba 157
Roy Bentley 150
Peter Osgood 150



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[Ride The Walrus]

Sounds like a nice geezer slating girls!!!!!! Oh and just to add, at least JT looks different to other Englishman i mean different features unlike the Polish who have all distinguishing features!

Casual racism. Yay!

 

[CJACKO11]

Casual racism. Yay!

Stereotyping is what I would call it.

 

[CJACKO11]

Now i have downloaded podcasts i have never even heard of such as "hold the back page" and all the talk sport ones because i just want to keep constantly hearing Chelsea European Champions over and over again BUT....... Every pod i have listened to has just been a constant attack on John Terry. They seem to think he took the limelight by changing 3 times during the match and ending up in his kit even though he didn't play. More criticisms were that he celebrated too much, Didn't contribute to the final and nearly got us knocked out in the semi, shouldn't have been given a medal, shouldn't have even been on the pitch and even as far as shouldn't have even been in Munich!!!!! This was taken to even lower depths when on one pod a member stated he knew a journo who was quite close to Chelsea when they went to lift the trophy and heard Terry saying and i quote "get out the way (to the players in front of him), no one can ******* see me". With another saying he snatched the trophy from Kalou to make sure the paps got a good photo of him!

Not first of all, none of these podcasts fail to emphasise that EVERY team member had their kit on at the end of the game, JT, Ramires, Ivanovic, Meireles and even ******* Blackman, Kane and Chalobah!!!!!

My second point is this. Now i totally agree that he didn't help us in the final and even go as far to say he was a ******* idiot in Barcelona because at that time we were out and it was hugely his fault but...... We didn't go out so why keep blaming him for something which never happened? And he did more than his bit to get us to the final, they fail to point out his goal against Napoli which at that moment put us through on away goals!

My third point is that John Terry is one of us, he is a CHELSEA fan and in his eyes he lost his club this trophy 4 years ago so to help us win it which he did must have been such a relief and a weight off his shoulders.

Now a lot of the pods point out the whole Scholes and Keane thing back in 1999 saying they looked embarrassed to get involved with their teams celebrations and were forced to be given medals and shows what great men they are. Now i would twist that and say why not get involved, football is a very short career and you did help your side get there and you have as much right as anyone else to celebrate. I believe i am right in saying Keane admitted later on that he regretted not getting involved and only didn't because he believed he would win it again with them with him in the side. Let's be honest, JT will more than likely never win this again.

I know i have gone on and on and on but basically if you don't want to read my whole post then just read this conclusion bit here. PEOPLE HAVE LET THEIR PERSONAL OPINION OF TERRY OVER RIDE THIS OCCASION.​

 

[BlueHeart26]

Now i have downloaded podcasts i have never even heard of such as "hold the back page" and all the talk sport ones because i just want to keep constantly hearing Chelsea European Champions over and over again BUT....... Every pod i have listened to has just been a constant attack on John Terry. They seem to think he took the limelight by changing 3 times during the match and ending up in his kit even though he didn't play. More criticisms were that he celebrated too much, Didn't contribute to the final and nearly got us knocked out in the semi, shouldn't have been given a medal, shouldn't have even been on the pitch and even as far as shouldn't have even been in Munich!!!!! This was taken to even lower depths when on one pod a member stated he knew a journo who was quite close to Chelsea when they went to lift the trophy and heard Terry saying and i quote "get out the way (to the players in front of him), no one can ******* see me". With another saying he snatched the trophy from Kalou to make sure the paps got a good photo of him!

Not first of all, none of these podcasts fail to emphasise that EVERY team member had their kit on at the end of the game, JT, Ramires, Ivanovic, Meireles and even ******* Blackman, Kane and Chalobah!!!!!

My second point is this. Now i totally agree that he didn't help us in the final and even go as far to say he was a ******* idiot in Barcelona because at that time we were out and it was hugely his fault but...... We didn't go out so why keep blaming him for something which never happened? And he did more than his bit to get us to the final, they fail to point out his goal against Napoli which at that moment put us through on away goals!

My third point is that John Terry is one of us, he is a CHELSEA fan and in his eyes he lost his club this trophy 4 years ago so to help us win it which he did must have been such a relief and a weight off his shoulders.

Now a lot of the pods point out the whole Scholes and Keane thing back in 1999 saying they looked embarrassed to get involved with their teams celebrations and were forced to be given medals and shows what great men they are. Now i would twist that and say why not get involved, football is a very short career and you did help your side get there and you have as much right as anyone else to celebrate. I believe i am right in saying Keane admitted later on that he regretted not getting involved and only didn't because he believed he would win it again with them with him in the side. Let's be honest, JT will more than likely never win this again.

I know i have gone on and on and on but basically if you don't want to read my whole post then just read this conclusion bit here. PEOPLE HAVE LET THEIR PERSONAL OPINION OF TERRY OVER RIDE THIS OCCASION.​

spot on. Terry deserved to be there. He is one of us.

 

[CJACKO11]

This on Twitter: Ron Gourlay: "Fernando is the man who will score us the goals." That means we are not going to sign a striker and Lukaku won't be loaned.

 

[oja20]

Gourlay - "Next season we may well have two big-name centre-forwards scoring.. 25 to 30 goals for us."


(in before Torres won't score 25-30 goals)


Also hearing rumours we've released Kalou and Bosingwa, madness. I don't rate either that highly but both decent squad players. Signs of a busy, busy summer ahead.

 

[Frank]

Sounds like a nice geezer slating girls!!!!!! Oh and just to add, at least JT looks different to other Englishman i mean different features unlike the Polish who have all distinguishing features!

Was this an impression of John Terry?

 

[Alcaraz]

Apparently Bosingwa and Kalou will be released. Good news because neither of them are good enough. Only would mean its certain we will be in the market for a top quality RB

Also apparently Essien and Malouda are to be offered new contracts. I can understand the rationale behind this decision

Malouda is getting to an age now where he does not mind being a bit-part player. He will offer much needed strength in depth. The same cannot be said for Kalou who is fairly young and would probably not be satisfied with a bit-part role. Also I am pretty sure Malouda will have to take a cut in his wages as well

Same for Essien. At an age where he will not mind sitting on the bench. Would also offer strength in depth

Glad to see Gourlay give a vote of confidence to Torres. Really dont find the need to spend 40m on a top class striker when other positions need strengthening

 

[zzeezzy]

[h=1]Chelsea closing in on boss[/h] [h=3]Gourlay backs Torres to come good for the Blues next season[/h]http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11095/7774715/Chelsea-closing-in-on-boss

Apparently Bosingwa and Kalou will be released. Good news because neither of them are good enough. Only would mean its certain we will be in the market for a top quality RB

Also apparently Essien and Malouda are to be offered new contracts. I can understand the rationale behind this decision

Malouda is getting to an age now where he does not mind being a bit-part player. He will offer much needed strength in depth. The same cannot be said for Kalou who is fairly young and would probably not be satisfied with a bit-part role. Also I am pretty sure Malouda will have to take a cut in his wages as well

Same for Essien. At an age where he will not mind sitting on the bench. Would also offer strength in depth

Glad to see Gourlay give a vote of confidence to Torres. Really dont find the need to spend 40m on a top class striker when other positions need strengthening

Well from the link I gave above Gourlay says: "We may have two big-name centre-forwards scoring 25-30 goals for us next season and maybe then we will improve on our sixth position in the league."

So from that it seems they are going to be buying another forward to replace Drogba, so not relying on Torres. To be honest I can't really blame them for wanting two quality centre-forwards.