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Nezzjnr:
I started supporting our bluus when we lost to Manu in the 08 UCL Final
I saw some positives in that match
I've been a top bluus since then and I'll always be

rationalmind:
Started supporting Chelsea around the same time. 2006 I think, was in SS3. A friend who was a Chelsea fan always told us in school how Carvalho made one sliding tackle from behind today and how he made a goal line clearance tomorrow.

I was curious and really wanted to know who this Carvalho was. Unfortunately, my parents were quite strict and I found it difficult going out of the house to watch. We also had no TV(Deeper life things) so I couldn't watch at home.

Gaiined admission in 2007, left the house and finally got to watch this Carvalho. So its safe to say Carvalho turned me to a blue

Greatihex:
how you take know?

Reference:
The atheists are here again blaming God for what He is not responsible for. God created the first man perfect without fault, gave him a soul to be an independent, co-creator to handle matters here on earth and placed him in an optimum situation to work it out. Man gave it all up for a moment of disobedience and absconded. What was God to do.

What we see everyday in the lives of all men including you and I is the consequences of an uncertain life ruined by sin and the uncertainty of a life without God. It is not any baby's fault at birth to be born into terrible suffering, violence, poverty or health challenges but as one ages you must begin to take responsibility for the consequences of your actions by getting back to God to see at least what can be repaired and what should be prevented in future. God is now on a rescue mission. He is done with creating the perfect man out of dust.

Not his fault, He made us to be Iike Him and we threw it away. He cannot force any man to be anything. He has given you a soul, an effective instrument of choice no other creature has. What are you doing with that power of choice?

BlueAngel444:
lol, Ginho is still a baller joor, the question now will be the players that will play around him, in defense and in midfield, will it be Zouma and Christensen, and Barkley and Mount.

We go win tomorrow surely

timbros:
Celestine Babayaro.

I am a "leftie" (and left footed when playing ball) so I have this natural love for left footed players...

In Atlanta '96 my best player was Celestine Babayaro. And when, a year after our Dream Team victory, Chelsea signed Babayaro, I just start following the club.

Although in that late 90s, we don't have DSTV or other cable TV to follow premiership week in week out like today, I have this big bros that don't miss any edition of 'Complete Football International' and 'International Soccer Review' full colour glossy magazines. That is where I get all my updates and happenings in the world of football. NTA then have a program every Saturday evening "Weekend Sports".... I don't miss it for anything.

That was how my support for Chelsea started until gradually we started watching games live in big hotels that have cable TV...

Ibime:
I don't know why I signed this Jesus in FPL sef. This niggas confidence is at zero. Pep better pray he doesn't take this lack of confidence into UCL

Ibime:
There is a reason why I use condescending adjectives when discussing football with Popizaino and BlueAngel. Next time, don't jump on my back for it.

thorrvik55:
Mr. man, just rest. How does wot u wrote up there relate to the statement u made below?

I'm not surprised though, coming from someone that was rooting for Manure not long ago...
Are u still a Scummy disguised as a Chelsea fan?

I'm sure now that Mourinho has moved to Tottenham u are now a Tottenham fan that only comes here to troll we Chelsea fans with ur senseless shalaye

popizaino:
The only positive last season was having hazard .

thorrvik55:
I never said u don't rate Ancellotti's football at Chelsea. The crux of this whole discussion was this statement below:
How can u make the bolded statement above and still come out to say "we don't have to downgrade one manager to elevate another", when u did just that. Downgrading the attacking exploits of Ancellotti's Chelsea to push ur Sarri agenda.

This is a typical case of speaking from both sides of the mouth and typing without thinking.. Today, Ancellotti's Chelsea was all about counter attacks (I wonder wot u would call Conte's Chelsea)
But b4 today, Ancellotti's Chelsea played breathtaking attacking football
No sane football fan would make the assertions you've made here today. Even rival fans in a bid to troll won't come out to make the statement below

raumdeuter:
Chelsea chased Rudiger and bought him unless you are admitting that Chelsea is not a top club like I told BlueAngel444

thorrvik55:
Wow. Agenda must agenda I guess. So today Ancellotti 2009/2010 was all counter attacking??
I'm guessing the guy that made the post below claiming Ancellotti's Chelsea played breathtaking attacking football was not u

It's obvious u are a staunch Sarri supporter [b]for u to rubbish Ancellotti's Chelsea [/b]in a bid to push ur Sarri agenda.
I'm sure if u were asked to rank all previous Chelsea managers in terms of achievement and pattern of play, u would put Sarri as number 1.

donjazet:
I don't know how one outlining past events in our club means the person loves the past coach to the detriment of the present.

Chelsea's fan base is really a complicated group, though understandably brought upon by the unstable nature of the club.

Chelsea have consistently gone from extreme high to extreme lows. We're famed for our apparent lack of faith in managers and the fans have zero undrrstanding of the word loyalty.
We consistently make the same mistakes.


Under ancelloti, Chelsea played breathtaking football, smashing a lot of attacking records and winning the double in his first season, during this period he was praised and loved by all. The next season, the team was still performing fairly but man-u under Ferguson found their feet again and won the league and the fans who had earlier praised ancelloti turned on him and demanded his head. On this same forum, people argued that he didn't know what he was doing and that the players were responsible for his success not him.

He was sacked and went on to achieve greater things.

Likewise under mourinhos second tenure, he brought back the league to SB after four years, only for most fans here to turn on him the minute things went bad, maybe sacking him at that point was a good decision for the team but my problem is that people here laid all the blame on him while absolving the players of any.

Like wise conte and sarri. Coaches who started extraordinarily well and liked by the fans only to be turned against the moment things went pear-shaped.

Of course, all these managers had some degrees of faults of their own making, however, can someone tell me what is wrong in outlining the positive aspects of their stay here?
Once a coach has been sacked, many people just cast them off as failures, a lot of fans here will tell you how they hate ancelloti, Mourinho, conte or sarri. But these are coaches with varying degrees of success.

Chelsea fans are mostly derided by other team fans as the least intelligent and intellectual, why do we give them the ammo needed for their derision?
Someone says something and a lot of people latches on to the bandwagon whether it's true or false.

There is nothing wrong with acknowledging the good qualities of other coaches work.
That I'm doing that does not mean that I don't like Lampard or wish him to fail.

Any Chelsea fan who bears ill will towards the club is clearly a troll and not a supporter.
Lampard's tenure has got off to a flying start and we wish and hope that it is an indicator of great things to come.

thorrvik55:
Lol.. You've changed the narrative. I guess you realized u goofed by making the statement below. You probably didn't think it through

popizaino:


Don't blame us .
Some of us didn't get to see Chelsea under ancelloti in 09/10

airmark:
Another word for donjazet is, Mediocrity.

thorrvik55:
I stopped reading at that point. The boring Sarriball with 1million back passes is what u call scintillating??
After the first few games of the season, the chain smoker was found out and he had no plan B. Chelsea's play has never been that boring, EVER. Even the 2015/2016 that was dreadful, we played better attacking football.

Scintillating must have surely been given a new meaning. It's a good tin we are all seeing the scintillating football Juve play since they signed Sarri.

airmark:
These are defenders at 27, with individual awards to back their performances up. A Rudiger Rudiger should never be mentioned among those greats.

Rudiger should go to Arsenal, where mediocrity is hailed. He shouldn't be given the role to lead our defence at Chelsea. We have standards here and thank God Lampard is doing the needful and not listening to ignorants like you.
You can't be making school boy's errors at world stage and be classed as a great defender. Chelsea need great defenders not half-baked ones like Rudiger, costing the team heavily with his brain farts.

I know you like mediocrity, i don't.

airmark:
Rudiger was/is and will always be a kponkpon defender. He is not meant for Chelsea's standard. He should be playing for Norwich.
Thank God, Lampard has put him where he belongs, while we shop for a better replacement for next season.

Rudiger should be employed as one of our scouts. It's appalling that this embarrassment of a defender, is who some touted as our best defender.

Ibime:
It is well known that you are one of the most clueless commentators here. You just regurgitate transfer rumours and put names on teamsheet like someone playing fantasy football with no knowledge of how the pieces fit together.

So you read transfer rumour and put Jorginho in a 2 man midfield with Kante. Where do you know Jorginho to be a lateral midfielder who plays in 2 man midfield. Jorginho can only play in triangular shape because he is solely about the triangles. A midfielder in a 2 man midfield has a different skill set including the ability to drive, travel with the ball and not rely solely on creating triangles. On top of that, na Kante and Jorginho you come partner in a 2 man midfield in a 4-4-2 as if teams do not build up attacking advantages from aerial knockdowns.

In a typical football match where midfielders will make 200 presses, you won't see the 20 times in that match Fabregas was unable to make his press effectively and quickly, causing Willian, Kante or Azpi to get dragged out of the man they are pressing to come and help, leaving overload on their side due to Fabregas lack of legs. You will only see the beautiful pass he made to Costa. The difference between what both of us see in the game is due to experience and knowledge of what a midfielder should be providing.

airmark:
To Timbros and his brother donjazet, these are opinions on your Rudiger last season. Don't come and sell a dummy to us, that it was after injury that he became sh1t. He was never Chelsea's standard from the get go.

Oasis007:


Donjazet..... Your favorite Meal - Akpu with Ogbono Soup - is being served on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/MoghaluKingsley/status/1279451109090787329?s=19[/quote]The Moghalu guy is talking from both sides of the mouth; typical of a politician.
But the thread was highly interesting and enlightening nonetheless, i also participated in the convo. we need to be able to face our problems directly instead of shying away from them.