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Yeah. . . . Avram Grant did last season

Akolawole:
@Invisible

You seems to be new here.

Read up the posts of Nateeves and Ibime in the last 2 months, you will single out that Chelsea's current problems reside in 2 people;

1) Mr Jose Mourinho and

2) Didier Drogba.

Its not suprising to many of us.

somze:
As much as I do not want to get into another Drogba argument, you should know that the Gospel according to Nateevs and Ibime, Chelsea's problems are the fault of Drogba or Jm or both.

These are complete mischaracterisations caused by lack of objectivity on the part of you guys.

If Nateevs says Malouda is shite, we all agree - END OF DISCUSSION.

If I say Scolari lacks winning mentality, we all agree - END OF DISCUSSION.

If I say Drogbas touch and technique is poor, Somze disagrees - 2 PAGE ARGUMENT! - Now it looks like Ibime has it in for Drogba.

If I say JM was brilliant at reading tactics and changing a game, even after 15 mins, we all agree - END OF DISCUSSION

If Nateevs says JM was wasteful in the transfer market, Akola disagrees - 2 PAGE ARGUMENT - Now it looks like Nateevs has it in for JM.

If I say JM should have played Boulahrouz at centre-back instead of Ferreira or Geremi - 2 PAGE ARGUMENT - reh reh reh


Now we are arguing that Drogbas attitude stinks and he should be 'allowed' to leave - Somze, FBS, Akola disagree - 2 PAGE ARGUMENT! - Now Nateevs, Ibime, tkb and all the others hate Drogba

What is there to argue about here when you are clearly showing a lack of objectivity?

Drogba has flouted club rules numerous times, been fined by the club, showed his disinterest in matches, declared his desire to leave, angered his team-mates - yet due to your lack of objectivity, it is all Ibime and Nateevs fault for having 'left-wing' ideas about selling Drogba. 

When will we have more objectivity and less Idol-worship on the thread that Akolawole created?

FBS, I would like to apologise for dissing you on Sunday. No vex.

Truth is, I never liked Drogba because his lack of touch and technique is like watching a car crash to me. I physically cringe everytime I watch him play even when he was doing well.

However, your statement that I should "remember" the good work Drogba did for Chelsea in time-past and show him some loyalty and patience makes no sense to me.

I will always show loyalty to a player who is off-form. For example, I have shown Joe Cole a lot of love despite many off-performances.

But I cannot show loyalty to a player who has never shown any loyalty to my club. Ever since his first season, Drogba been crying to leave. He has been disrespectful, both to Avram Grant and Scolari and I cannot stand a player in my team who thinks he is bigger than the rest of the team. His attitude stinks.

Real legends to me, are players like Cech, Carvalho, Makelele, Gudjohnsen, Zola etc. Those are my Chelsea heroes, not Drogba. Phock Drogba, if he leaves today, I will forget about him in a nanosecond. He is no hero.

Invisible, sharrap dia!

Is this discussion about Drogba's worth?

We are trying to hold our players accountable and you are here sucking his dddik.

Your attitude shows why big-man mentality is ruining your country Nigeria.

So because he is worth millions, we should accept any and any performance and attitude from him?


Funny you say this to tkb:

[quote author=invisible! link=topic=196587.msg3338049#msg3338049 date=1231925803]Chai! Drogba do suffer, see people wey no sabi how to trap children's toy ball[/quote]because with that first touch, I doubt Drogba can trap 'flying carpet' either.

I actually support Scolari on all this talk oh. . . .

Did you see what he said?

"I don’t want players, but maybe some clubs want to buy some players from us.”

Meaning he is fed up with some players.


I suggest he sells Drogba and Malouda immediately.




He also implicitly provides answers to an age old debate: Who signed Bosingwa?

“This is a team that Chelsea built four or five years ago and in this season we receive only two new players, Bosingwa and Deco,” Scolari said. “This is a team that many coaches built before I arrived with these two players.


This means as I believe, that Scolari was contacted by Chelsea way before the Euro 2008 Championship (because Bosingwa's signing was confirmed in May), perhaps as far back as February after the Carling Cup.

[center]No more Mr Nice Guy after Luiz Felipe Scolari warns his struggling side to shape up or ship out[/center]


http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/chelsea/article5512225.ece


Were it not for the small matter of a World Cup triumph, it would be tempting to accept Leo “The Lip” Durocher’s old line that nice guys finish last. Luiz Felipe Scolari came across as a decent man ill at ease with the cut-throat nature of the modern game as he discussed Chelsea’s rapidly disintegrating season at the club’s training ground yesterday, admitting his mistakes and expressing bewilderment at those of his players. Who else in the Barclays Premier League speaks with such honesty?

Until recently, Chelsea’s players valued such plain speaking, regarding their manager as a friend whose door was always open, but they may change their minds if they flick through the newspapers on the coach to this evening’s FA Cup third-round replay away to Southend United. Some things are best left unsaid. Scolari has risked further destabilising a dressing-room that is already sceptical about some of his methods in uttering the self-evident truths that Chelsea’s recent performances are not those of a side ready to be showered in silverware and that certain individuals are offering only a small fraction of their true ability.

Coming from anyone else, Scolari’s words would be viewed as a calculated attempt to lift his players from their torpor, but the Chelsea manager has little time for artifice. Rather, the Brazilian is tired of defending the indefensible and is happy to accept that all members of his first-team squad, himself included, are responsible for the worst run of results in the club’s recent history. Most managers accept the blame as a diversionary tactic or shift it on to the players in an attempt to shake them into line, but Scolari has done both.

Such unusual honesty is still a gamble, however, because many of Chelsea’s players will not have been subjected to such public criticism and are unlikely to take it well. In addition, a guessing game over the biggest culprits has already begun in earnest — Deco, Didier Drogba and Florent Malouda being the worst offenders in the eyes of most observers — with more clues to be provided at Roots Hall this evening.

Deco has absented himself with a thigh problem, while Scolari is considering dropping Drogba after his non-performance against Manchester United on Sunday.

“I have looked at many games with Anelka and I have looked at the last few games with Didier,” Scolari said. “I have my opinion and I will put my opinion on the pitch every game.

“If I have given players only one chance, then maybe some will complain that they have only had one opportunity. But when I have given four or five chances, there is no room for questions. It is my decision to play this or that player.”

Scolari admitted that some significant restructuring is necessary, which does not say much for the complex and expensive transfer network overseen by Peter Kenyon, the chief executive.

Chelsea’s past dozen signings since Ashley Cole arrived 2½ years ago have made little impact, with the possible exception of Anelka and José Bosingwa. Scolari would be on surer ground if the one player he has brought in, Deco, had not performed so poorly.

“This is a team that Chelsea built four or five years ago and in this season we receive only two new players, Bosingwa and Deco,” Scolari said. “This is a team that many coaches built before I arrived with these two players. It’s a team that was built before and was in good condition until now. I don’t want players, but maybe some clubs want to buy some players from us.”

Chelsea should not have to be at their best to beat a side fourteenth in Coca-Cola League One tonight, although a poor attitude could leave them open to punishment.

“For Southend, it’s the game of the year,” Scolari said. “If our spirit is not the same as Southend, we will lose. But if we have the same spirit, if we think the FA Cup is beautiful, we will be OK.”

Avram Grant uttered similar sentiments before last season’s Cup quarter-final defeat away to Barnsley that sealed his fate, which serves as another warning for Scolari. After witnessing the humiliating exit at Oakwell, Chelsea’s board concluded that Grant lacked the winning mentality to maintain the high standards set by José Mourinho.

Like “The Lip”, one of the most successful managers in baseball history, few would mistake Mourinho for a nice guy.

[center]Luiz Felipe Scolari accuses Chelsea stars of playing to less than half their potential[/center]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/chelsea/article5512403.ece


Luiz Felipe Scolari believes that Chelsea are not ready to win trophies this season and that his side are operating at only 50 per cent of their potential. The manager also conceded that some individuals were producing as little as 35 per cent of their capacity.

In an extraordinary insight into the extent of the problems at Stamford Bridge, Scolari stopped short of naming the worst offenders. Such discretion, though, is unlikely to limit the damage when news of the manager’s searing honesty is digested in an already fragile dressing-room. The Brazilian accepted that he had made his share of mistakes, but it was the strength of his criticism of Chelsea’s players that was most striking.

“I am a good man, but I am not a fool,” Scolari said. “If you ask me if this team are ready to win things then the answer is no. They are not ready to win a trophy and they know this. They might not say things publicly, but they know we’re not ready.

“In our last five games we played at 50 per cent of our potential. Some players have been at 75 to 80 per cent, others have been at 35 to 40 per cent. But the balance for our team in the last five games has been 50 per cent.”

Scolari had been happy to take the blame in the immediate aftermath of Sunday’s 3-0 defeat away to Manchester United, reasoning that his decision to bring on Nicolas Anelka, the forward, at half-time had left his side exposed in midfield, but after reviewing the match on video he believes that the blame should be shared.

His patience is wearing thin after standing by his players during a dismal run that has yielded one win in the past six matches and he challenged his team to lift their performance in this evening’s FA Cup third-round replay against Southend United at Roots Hall.

“If Chelsea lose a game it’s not just me, it’s the whole of the team,” Scolari said. “All the players have had their chance. I have given every player at least five or six games to impress. We will start with one team against Southend, and maybe I will start with the same team against Stoke City [at Stamford Bridge on Saturday]. But I need answers from the players.”

Scolari dismissed concerns over his future, insinuating that he would not care if he was sacked at the end of the season. The 60-year-old’s ambivalence is genuine; The Times has learnt that he signed a two-year contract with the option of an additional 12 months at his own request last summer, when Chelsea had been willing to offer him a longer deal.

“If I lose my job I’ll have another job,” he said. “Maybe tomorrow, maybe after one or two years. I’ve worked for 25 years. It’s not my business to say this or think about this. The people, the board, the club, must look at what we do every day and say something.

“I like Chelsea. I like Cobham [the club's training complex in Surrey], where I live, like the school my son is at, like my job here, the people, even the press. I like every day in London, but if I go back to Brazil, I will like Brazil the same. When I was in Kuwait I loved Kuwait. I had three fantastic years in Saudi Arabia. I love life, finish, and I work hard every day. If I lose or don’t lose my job, I will be the same.”

It is less pertintent to focus on the value of RA's stock holdings than it is to focus on his free cash flow. Granted, they are mutually reinforcing, however, most of his stock holdings should rebound over the long term. One thing is certain - RA will have little cash to spend on Chelsea over the next three years at least.



Firstly, most of RA's stock holdings are irredeemable over the short term. He will naturally wait for them to recover, hence, less cash to spend on Chelsea.

Secondly, I expect that a large proportion of RA's regular cash flow comes from dividends. He has seen no dvidends in the last 12 months.

Thirdly, even if we assume that he keeps large cash reserves, he would be better advised to buy stocks with his cash now than spend it on Chelsea as this is the best time for a long-term investor to purchase stock.

In addition, there will be political and moral pressure on him not to be seen to be spending lavishly on Chelsea whilst the Russian economy is in turmoil.


Guys, I just heard on Breakfast News that Drogba's been dropped for the next game after stating categorically that he is unhappy and wants to leave. What do you say?

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I smack-this-bitch-in-written-text/ snap-his-limbs-and rip-his-neck/
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Sauron FOLDED YOU OVER/ but you gave the judges more 'kickbacks' than 'LOADED HOLSTERS'/
I hope u bribed again . . . 'cus you couldn’t 'win free'. . . if you hosted SHOWS WITH 'OPRAH'!/

You couldn’t C I . . . with 101 ROMAN SOLDIERS/ I spit like POTENT COBRAS/
I could carry your weight. . . and your mate. . . on BROKEN SHOULDERS!/

I punch holes in you. . . like lecture NOTES IN FOLDERS/ he might flow like LOCOMOTIVES. . .
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When you spit, we hold our noses. . . . but only 'cus ya flow decomposes!!. . . .

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switch47:
@FSB  did i hear you say Football is sweet, But Chelsea has brought disrepute to Good football by the spoilsd/instability they stupidly brought to the transfer market, and by playing UGLY football, teams like Arsenal,Manchester united,Liverpool,are the proper football teams playing good football and chelsea can't come anywhere near them in the next ten years, they don't have the pedigree and MONEY can't buy that, they are going to finish without a single trophy this season and guess what CHELSEA will soon be disposed of like cray fish by its erratic owner, Roman  once said that he did not buy chelsea to make money but for trophies and fun, now that the trophies is not going to come for two consecutive seasons, and with his dwindling fortunes, i have already told you what weill happen to chelsea, PLEASE KEEP FOLLOWING THEM YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO DO THAT BUT BE PREPARED TO FOLLOQW THEM TO THE LOWER DIVITION BY THE TIM E THEY ARE FINISHED!!

You this guy sef, see as you type one paragraph finish, you no even fit put one full stop. 

Shebi Nateevs tell you say na only intelligentsia we dey allow for Chelsea thread?

this your style of typing with different fonts and colours sef, e be like say you miss road from Romance section. 

Whats all this bruhaha?

Oya make una end this yarns.

End of discussion! Change the topic!

Please guys, stop all your conspiracy theories and conjectures. Give me some http:// or forget about it.

Harry Reid, as a leader in his party is worried about not losing the seat to Republicans in 2012, that is why he suggested 2 people for the seat, completely different from the 3 that Blago suggested. That they are of different races is not pertinent to this discussion.

Akolawole:
The we shouldnt blame anyone then.

Nah. . . . PK must collect some blame. He fell asleep at the till when it came to controlling transfer fees and wages. However, the largest portion of blame must be reserved for RA and his two advisers Pini Zahavi and Vlado Lemic.

Nateevs:
recent article in the Times quotes PK saying Chelsea's buying strategy will take a whole new turn from the summer. We will be spending big but we will be buying fresh and young players that have drive and passion and also resale value in the long term. . one important thing he also said is that we will be negotiating wages to the absolute lowest possible amounts. . . in other words , bye to ludicrous wages. . .

Is PK just waking up to the fact that he needs to run his club judiciously? What has he been doing all this time?

Nateevs:
I think it's now clear to all the pro Drogba fans that he's finished. . . I pointed in one of my posts that knowing exactly what to sell is not as crucial as knowing when to sell. If we did not have a player that was constantly giving Drog a run for his money as at two seasons ago, then we were in trouble long time ago. A 31-year old striker is our supposed top striker.

I think Chelsea fans must bear responsibility for Drogba's antics. Every week he says he wants to leave, yet Chelsea fans cheer him when he comes on. Anelka scores 16 goals, yet they rubbish his efforts simply because he cannot win the aerial challenges like "our Didier". As soon as Drogba is half-fit, there is a clamour to get Drogba back on the pitch. No wonder Drogba thinks he is untouchable. He is not held accountable by his fans.

This is why I like Barcelona fans. They don't brook no nonsense from their players. As soon as a player gets too big for his britches, they turn on him. Just ask Eto, Deco etc who got booed regularly last season. Barcelona board, Catalan media and fans have kicked out world stars like Maradona, Romario, Stoichkov, Ronaldinho etc. Infact Romario has never been back to Camp Nou, whilst Maradona only went back for the first time last week. This is a club who know their worth, unlike Chelsea fans and media who unquestioningly deify Drogba.

Chelsea dropped the ball on Drogba. We promised him last season that we would let him go in the summer if he keeps his mouth shut till the end of the season. Come the summer, Milan bid £18m and I think we had accepted. I believe Scolari was the one who pulled the plug on that deal. Thats part of the reason why Drogba is sulking.

hehehehe. . . . so it is not only Port Harcourt that the Igbo's want to annexe, they also want Calabar as well. These guys are shady o!

Akolawole:
@Ibi

Its not about sacking Scholari.

Its not about sacking PK

Its not about buying a particular player(s).

Its about what Mr RA want?

He want instant success or intend to Build a LASTING football club

Until his intention about the club is known, we are going nowhere.

Never has a man spoken so much truth. . . . I was just discussing this with my friend and we came to the conclusion that we are in this dire situation because Roman demanded instant success. . . . he wasn't willing to build up the clubs structures in the proper way.

"Footballers are like cars, one year they are in good condition, next year they are in bad condition." - Massimo Moratti.

In light of the above statement, I wonder: where is the long term planning at Chelsea when we offer guys like Drogba, Lampard, Terry etc long humongous contracts just because they performed well in one or two seasons, at a level they will never be able to sustain.

People are saying Drogba lost it. Drogba lost his fitness 18 months ago after scoring 33 goals in his one stellar season. He got lazy and stopped running basically. I have been telling my Chelsea peeps for the last few months that we need to sell Drogba before he turns 30, because as soon as old age takes his pace away, his basic skill is not even good enough for Hackney Marshes football.

People here are talking about overhauling the squad. Who will buy John Terry from Chelsea? Is anyone willing to pay him the kind of money we do?

Last season, Milan offered £18m for Drogba. I wonder how much they will offer this summer.

Ferreira signed a 5 year contract in May. Who will take him from us?

What happens if Carvalho demands to earn the same as Terry since he plays better than him - then 2 years down the line Carvalho is finished?

I wonder why we gave Lampard such an outrageous contract when there is a young boy (Yoann Gourcuff) who is just as good and could have been purchased for £11m in the summer?

No wonder Chelsea is guzzling £70m from RA pockets every year.

4-4-2 rich list just came out showing that RA has lost £3.8bn in the last year.

Now he has shut down spending at Chelsea. I suppose he would have thought that afterall the millions he spent, he shouldn't have to spend a penny for another 3 years.

Unfortunately, we have spent badly in the transfer market. No young guns are coming through to replace the tired legs.

Nateevs, you talk about transition - Real Madrid just bought our player (Lassana Diarra) for £20m - and we didn't see a penny. Shouldn't he be in our team by now if we had any foresight?

To compound it all, we hire a manager whose style of football would require a total overhaul of the squad, at more expense to our balance sheet.

Where is the planning?

Peter Kenyon should be fired!

Are we supposed to vote on this?

@ Dayo,

If Chelsea came from oblivion,

what do you call one FA Cup, 2 Carling Cups, One European Cup Winners Cup all in the space of 6 years?

Not to mention losing to Arsenal in FA Cup final.

Even before Abramovic, we were top 4.

Only Arsenal and Man Utd were consistently ahead of us.

Chelsea did not come from oblivion and we will certainly not return to it.

Even if Abramovic wanted to sell Chelsea, there is no one willing to buy it (a.) in this current financial climate and (b.) because of the extreme wage bill which swallows all profits.

Buying Chelsea is like throwing your money away because you will not see any returns.

I am still waiting for CNN to tell me that Harry Reid said he wants an "all white senate". . . . all I know is that he refused 3 black guys for the seat because he didn't think they were re-electable in the 2012 elections. . . . I would like you guys to give me some url where Harry Reid said any such thing. . . . and I will not accept uhuru.com or blackpanther.com

nateevs:
@Ibime,

Our midfield did not break down in the first half. . we were pushing them back. . and we only conceeded a goal from a mistake. . . but when LPS took off Deco, we lost a player in midfield for an attacker. . a formation that contracted into a 4-5-1 when defending ultimately becomes a 4 man midfield with Lampard and Ballack in central midfield. . . that's why Fergie rearranged his team. . .

Why did he not bring in a winger instead?

This is the UMPTEENTH time that Scolari has killed our shape with his silly substitutions.

BBC Website:

1739: "Chelsea disappoint me now. I can't see any shape to them, any balance, They have been really disappointing in this half."
BBC Radio 5 Live's Graham Taylor


@ Somze,

shebi you remember in the summer when we were arguing that Chelsea need 2 new wingers and Nateevs said we need new playmakers?

What is the use of playmakers when there are no wingers running off the ball for them to pass to?

OUR PLAY IS STATIC!

It takes us 5 minutes just to build up one single attack. Nobody is running beyond the full backs, the only people running at all are Lampard, Ashley and Bosingwa. When you put wingers on Ashley and Bosingwa, we are finished.

vicade:
Fill the Gap Quiz


Ranieri
Mourinho
Grant
Scolari
?

Dayokanu!

Them don score again?

I no dey watch o.

I go on radio after this to hear Chelsea fans reactions.

nateevs:
The midfield is broken down completely. . . we can't compete because our players are older. .

Nothing to do with that. . . . central midfield against central midfield, we kill Man Utd anyday of the week. . . . it is when Scolari uses money to go and buy ANOTHER central midfielder, then puts him on the left wing - instead of going to buy wingers like every Chelsea fan has been crying for all summer - thats when we have a problem.

OUR GAME IS TOO STATIC!!

Nobody is running off the ball on the wing because old man Deco is on the wing.

That is the sum total of our problems since November.

Cristalz:
**switches on Ibime's tv**

Dude you have to finish this

Sorry, NEPA don take light.  

cabali:
@ ib

Deco has a suspected injury

Is Kalou not on the bench to replace him?

Why did he bring on Anelka when what we need is left-winger to run at Gary Neville?

If he wants to bring on Anelka, he should take Drogba off.

If he is bringing Deco off, I want to see a left winger replace him instead of pushing Lampard to the left-wing.

FBS:
please how many times has anelka touched the ball, ? you folks should complaining about drogs, he is one of the fighter on that pitch today for chelsea.

You must be blind! May Amadioha strike you down to the 4th generation! And tell your wife to stop putting ogogoro in your egusi soup! Nama shobiri! Please don't talk nonsense here. I am not in the mood to be civil or polite to nincompoops.

Has Drogba even broken into a sprint today? Has he NOT misplaced every pass he attempted? Has he controlled any ball played to him without dashing it to Vidic or Evans?

It is idiots like this that put Drogba on a pedestal until he treats the club like his personal fiefdom and his ego gets out of control.

Forget it!

******* switches the TV off *********

Even Grant didn't lose this spinelessly at OT, despite going down to 10 men and being forced to play Shevchenko.

Taking Deco off for Anelka is the epitomy of cluelessness when we are crying out for width on the left hand side.

Does he not see Kalou on the bench?

Why did this fool even sign Deco when we are jampacked in central midfield?

Now we are forced to play central midfielders on the left hand side and with nobody running off the ball, our game is just static.

Stop trying to play Drognelka together!

Drogba cannot pass the ball to save his life, so how can he play with a partner? He is only good for lumping long balls and letting him head the ball on to onrushing midfielders.

Kalou on the left, Joe Cole on the right, Anelka in the middle - with that formation, we would have scored by now.

@ Dayo, there is a vacancy at SB. Do you want it?

dayokanu:
Ibime I would answer you.

But you guys must win this game else they should disband chelsea and sack scolari

Please, if you can provide these answers, we will give you 3-year contract to replace Scolari.  

That goal was really unnecessary and that is what is making me angry.

Why do we not have a man on the goalline from corners? Scolari, please answer!

Does Mikel think he is playing monkey post? What is with all that tippy-tappy in the 18 yard box.

I'm sorry, Drogba is not even qualified to play 5-a-side football with me and my mates with a touch like that.

How does Berbatov outjump Drogba?

How does Terry allow Vidic to get away from him?

I need answers because that goal was really UNNECESSARY!

Drogba's touch and passing is disgusting.

Are you sure this guy is a professional footballer?

We need to score while this old man Ryan Giggs is on the pitch cos in the second half, Anderson or Carrick would be a different story.

What is Scolari doing?

They are playing old man Gary Neville at right-back and he chooses to put Deco on left wing instead of Kalou?

With Park and Ronaldo occupying our full-backs, where will we get width from?

Is Deco going to double-up on Ronaldo when he runs at Ashley? He ain't got the pace. Kalou does!

Kalou will tear Gary Neville apart!

I am not impressed with this United line-up. They are there for the taking but Scolari is playing into their hands by going so narrow.

Signing Deco was a mistake. We already have enough central midfielders. Team is severely unbalanced.