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This Tope dey try oooo!!!

When did this Nigerian join Bolton?

Cristalz:
*yawn*

Pleazze let something happen. . .anything at all. Let's get some life in this. Game's just droning on and on. . .

To be honest . . . I woke up a few mins ago. . . I was actually asleep.

HNIC:
Bolton is playing 9-0-1

Don't be ridiculous!. . . . They are playing 8-0-2 . . .
That's far different. .

Arsenal are playing their wives. . .

lalaboi

Na here you come base. . . where haf you bin ?

@Cabali,

It ended to make sure ManU did not conceed a second goal. Simple. The FA's HQ's in OT. . . .

LPS isn't the messiah but believe me he will do well if given the chance and right support. . . I just believe so. .
That said, he could be out of the job by Tuesday. . .

HorneyChic:
Jose Mourinho couldn't resist a typical boast as he looked forward to being at Old Trafford on Sunday to watch Manchester United take on his old club Chelsea - declaring the remarkable run he started at Stamford Bridge 'unbeatable'. -culled from Mailonline
He's at it again,bragging about how his home record at SB can never be beaten. I'll drink to that though

Well I don't think it can be beaten . . to be honest!!

@Chac,

Roman won't be watching because his goodluck could make it 5-0 for Chelsea. . . sometimes you need to say no! to too much of good things.

Dressing room antics will only make us come out stronger. .
3-0? . . . Please don't be shocked when you see a Chelsea rampage. . It's gon' be too hot for y'all to handle. We have OT and the entities in it on lock down. . . ManU will lace our boots on sunday!

@Chac,

Berbatov will be anonymous. The only two people that can make a difference in that team are Rafeal and Rooney.
Ronaldo will be thinking about his Ferrari. .

Anderson is not old enough to play in these matches. . Evra is probably going to start another tussle and get red carded. . . Vidic will bang his head. .
Drogba will be a handful. . .

Expect an early goal from Chelsea. .

2-0? You must be kidding. . . get ready to drop the full points.

@HorneyChic,

Decent lineup. . . . It's important to know that even though ManU are at home, Fergie will want to apply tactics similar to what he did at the bridge. . . put met men on the flanks to prevent our full backs from bombing forwards. The problem on that day was, the full backs were the only source of width we had. With this line up. . there is already width with Joe and Kalou, bossy and Cole will only create more katakata for ManU and disturb the rhythm of their game.

Me thinks we will beat ManU at their back yard. . . and it won't be a shocker to me.

Common Luis. . . . let's destroy the red devils and permanently condemn them to hell. . and show what you made of Luis!!
Common!. . . .

somze:
Ibime,

Abeg quit blaming all our predicaments on JM, let's concentrate on Super Sunday.

To be honest, I actually thought you had written Sunday off!. . .

"So what else could he do?" Indeed, Mourinho has now been handed the most incredible of mandates. No transfer target will be refused, no resource denied. If a winter training camp needs to be established on the Algarve, for instance, it will be. If Mourinho wants to rip up his squad and start again (which he doesn't) then the cheques will be written. "He can have the money for whatever he wants," a source says.



This is the part of the article I like the most. This, even more importantly than his tactical nous (which isn't in doubt) was very instrumental to his success at the Bridge.

Couldn't take my eyes off the match. I felt like a staunch Derby supporter. . . We should put Fergie's head on a plate. . .

Ibime:
With outsiders like Dayokanu and Sauron confirming my various critique of JM's transfer policy, I think we can safely say that the chickens are coming home to roost.

I was the lone voice on Nairaland speaking against JM's transfer policy more than a year ago, being browbeaten into silence by my fellow Chelsea-ites in every post on here.

I always said that there was no longevity in JM's strategy, but the idol-worshippers of Nairaland always ignored the facts on the ground in defence of their messiah. A few titles are good, but what legacy are you creating for the long run, except debt and short-termism at Chelsea? Wages skyrocketed, players were bought and sold like barrels of crude oil with no regard to cost and without proper market research.

I think those who worship at the altar of the special one should go and read the meaning of the word "management". Fiscal responsibility is key in management. I do not believe a manager is just a football coach. I believe he is a manager, just like a shop manager is a manager. You can be the best restaurant in town and win all the awards for cuisine, but if you are not taking care of the bottom line, the management of that restaurant is poor.

WORD!

Exactly why I clearly stated in my last post that Jose will be in my top 2 tacticians and never in my top 6 football and team managers. They are clearly different concepts. It is such a big shame that we've spent about £630m over five years and we are left with a team that can't even run for their lives. Proper football management ensures a future. We buy young, nurture, delay success, eventually win trophies, and then sell big.
Now we pay 31 year-old Lampard over £6m a year. What's even worse, we are paying him for the next four years. The only reason we do that is because we have failed to nurture an understudy who makes Lampard look like a league 2 player. Right now we should have at least two attacking midfielders in the 20 to 23 year bracket that constantly fill the shoes of Ballack, Lampard and Deco. Only then can we say "to hell with you" when Lampard rejects a £140,000 a year contract.

But No! We don't do that. Even our fellow fans are only trophy fans. "Pay Lampard what he wants. . . . it's what he deserves" instead, is what we hear. what he wants? No one thinks about stability, growth and sustainability of success. It's only trophy, trophy, trophy. Sack this manager, fire that manager. Short term fixes to long term problems.

Going round in circles, whilst spending hundreds of millions. We are very lucky with the debt structure we have. We will never be able to pay it back. We have the highest wage bill in the premiership. And even while we generated the second highest annual revenue in the premiership of over £220m, we still declare loses - loses of over £70m. Critical analysis of the club's books reveal that a chunk of that is due to high wages. Imagine we pay interests on the debts, Chelsea will be forgotten in 5 years.


While we still have a billionaire owner, we can still make it better. Focus from next summer, signing young players while we promote younger ones from the academy and reserves. Decide and believe in one manager that'l be willing to stay for a long time. And through thick and thin we will give him support, we will build a brand, reduce unnecessary wages bills and enhance prudence, only with these steps can we achieve sustained success.

@Somze,

This is the part of you that makes me worry about your extreme fanaticism with fellow human beings like yourself - Jose Mourinho and Didier Drogba.

That post, even though carefully constructed, not exonerating any manager at the same time not condemning any, still makes you draw your swords in defense of these fellow Mammals. What is it with you and these guys that makes you smoke every time you hear their names in a sentence?


I started, talking about how many things have caused the problems we have now. I went further to about Drog's unhappiness with the club? Is that fiction? Is it not plain for everyone to see? Even with that, I did not condemn him but I blame the management of the club for not deeming it right to sell him.


I spoke about not having transfer funds now, and how it might affect our season, even pointing out that[b] JM[/b] and GRANT would have found the present circumstances very difficult. I pointed out how the size of the squads we had in the previous seasons gave us success, how we now have next to nothing as subs on the bench. How we can get into trouble by selling Bridge (our back up left back) and still not bringing in some compensation for the team.

I also talked about the ageing team without particular reference to who bought what . . but with specific criticism directed towards the upper echelon of the club's management team.

Everything was stirred up by the disappointing news that there will be no transfers this winter.


Now you turn around writing all that stuff and I can't help but ask myself WTF has all you've written got to do with I said? Everyone's come to read and no one has said anything close to all these you saying.

I am not getting into a JM V Scolari argument with you . . must you draw me into one? You've said you want Scolari out . . Fine!!


Look setting the record straight. . . If I take 2 of the world's best tacticians, JM has to be one of them. If I take 5 of the world's best football and team managers JM won't be in my top six. That's the difference you can't make.

At the same time If I take 5 of the world's best taticians, LPS won't be in my top 5 and if I take 5 of the world's best Managers LPS still won't be in my top 5.

I don't hold any allegiance to LPS. I am only asking for stability. . and giving managers a transfer budget is one way of ensuring that. I don't adore him. I only look at the positive sides and hang on to the fact that he is world class and not a dumb ass. Pardon me if that offends you. I just don't think it makes sense to fire three managers in 2 seasons.

What happens if the next one "falls well short of expectations" in his first season?

@Niyoo,

It's not psyche of players, it's a combination of many rubbish things that affect the psyche of the players. Did you see the FACup match?. . . Drogba could effectively on his own have made it 4-0. You will not believe chances he lost. He is not the same Drogba we knew and that is not LPS's fault. The management however, should know it is past the time for Drog's exit. His overall demeanor could affect the whole team. Why keep an unhappy player? because some in the club still worship him and think if he goes then we will be relegated. That's bad management.

Grant did not have Drog fined for £100,000 after stupid outbursts. Grant had Sheva, Pizzarro, SWP, Makalele, BenHaim, Sidwell and still had £25m to splash on Anelka, DiSanto and Ivanovic.

Now what, we sold out all those players and got nada to replace them. Don't get me wrong I was also not a fan of many of those that were sold but the point remains they still scored important goals during their stay with us. I will rather have these players back than have nothing at all. Now we blame this old man for all the rubbish going on.

We just sold Bridge, and have you heard in the news? NO TRANSFER IN JANUARY!. I tell you what will happen next. Ashley will get injured long term and we will have no replacement and we'll play Ferreira - who is already a disaster on his favourite foot - at left back. He'll play against right wing players like Ashley young, Agbonlahor, Walcott, Roanldo, we'll conceed goals and then we'll all come and say something is wrong, it's the same team that Grant. . . . Is it really? Do you really think Ferreira can stop Ronaldo or Walcott at right back let alone left back.  . . Do you?

Even Grant had the guts to say either Messi or Kaka will be coming to the Bridge. . . Can LPS say anything like that now? Fulham have a bigger transfer budget than us!!. . . . Only the management sees that we need no players.

Right now they make us believe we have 27 players. Lee Sawyer, Manciene, Sinclair, Miroslav Stoch and Manciene. Do we really think these guys are ready as proper first teamers? 5 out 22 left. We have 3 goal keepers, left with 19 players, one out permanently (Essien), left with 18 players. One of them is Miniero, who supposedly did not have a club b4 joining us. That makes 17 "proper" out field players. If we player a strong 10 outfield player squad, we'l be left with Kalou, Malouda, Joe Cole, DiSanto, Ferriera, Ivanovic and Alex as subs?

Of the strong 10 we played, Lamps, Deco, Ballack, Drogba and Carvalho are already or over 30. That' 5 . . Ashley is 29 and that's it. . . . there's goes our squad.

Do we really think this is how to vie for trophies. . . I mean look at our team critically. . do we not think it is suicidal from the management's point of view to say we don't need players? Neither Jose nor Grant had this type of team and neither of then will perform under these crippling circumstances.


At this moment, the right thing to do is to do away with Malouda, Kalou, Drogba, Ballack, Ferreira any other that either past it or rubbish and concentrate on young players that have hunger, drive and passion to deliver. No! We won't and then we come back and blame it on one the manager. Name me one manager that will survive under the present circumstances. 


I will be very embarrassed if we go own the route of sacking a manager again instead of doing the right things.

somze:
Ibime,
Your anger over Drogba is un-called for and your claims are exaggerated.

When did it become a crime to state facts or discuss reality. Drogba is just stating facts. He's not the first player to be embroiled in a numerous transfer speculation is he? Ronaldo and Gerrard among other top EPL stars have been in this position. You're being too personal.

He's game on the pitch will silence critics.

Nateevs,
What part of we do not have the money for new players is difficult to understand? Na you wan buy them?

Anelka does this, you'd call him a sulker. Drogba is stating facts uhm? I bet you did not see the FA Cup match. . . . If you still fancy Drogba after that . . then . . . . .
And I am sure you have not been away. . . We just sold Bridge for £12m. . . Sell Drog, Malouda, Alex and Ferreira maybe even Kalou. . . and I guarantee you £30m at least. That's £42m.

Paulo is suplus to the team.
Drogba is no longer a Chelsea player.
Malouda is the "crapest" thing since football started.
Alex handed in a transfer request
and Kalou has always been promising. . . .


It's about Management, knowing what to buy, when to buy and who should buy. Simple.

As unpopular as it might seem, I still think Scolari is not the problem. Don't get me wrong, I think he can do better but we need to look at a fundamental structural problem.
Watching the madrid game some hours ago, and Robben was firing on all cylinders. The hosts in the studio said they had Grant in a few weeks ago and he (Grant) said the club should not sell Robben but someone said he wasn't playing enough.
We sold Eidur, Duff, Diarra, Makalele and now Bridge, tell me who have we replaced them with. The difference in these Chelsea sides will always show no matter who is in charge. Now we have 30year-olds all over and we paying them at least £80,000 a week and expect us not to keep drawing games. One starting line-up and we have five 30year-olds, one is 29, the rest of the "not that old" have Mikel as the only reasonable player. This is going to continue for a while until,

1. We have a transfer policy that targets young players.
2. The manager is allowed funds to buys his own players.
3. The manager decides who goes and who comes in according to the funds available.


If we want victory after victory we need to invest in players and not all the players we have now living on past glory and earning a fortune. I refuse this ACMilan-like approach to football. When players are beginning to lose it, we move on. We sell all our young players and keep the old ones.   


If we do not sign anyone, this winter, I bet Ashley will be injured and that's it!!. .  we now have a new "RIGHT-BACK" problem. And we only started dropping points.

My God!!!!. . . 89th min equalizer. . . . I just knew all day that this was going to happen. . how many times have we seen this. . ?

Ibime:
Ben Arfa is bad news. Bad personality. The guy is a narcissist.

Yeah! I know exactly how you feel . . . especially when I remember our one and only Drogba. . . but it's very hard for me to separate Ben's abilities from his personality. . . I wish he was cool headed. . . . well he is available for £10m. . .

@Ibime,

Hey man you are always reading my mind. . . .

LPS might be looking to bring in CSKA Mocsow's Yuri Zhirkov according to rumours. . . . I like this guy. . I don't know if anyone saw this match but check out this goal against Hamburg. . .


http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=hhjJuc2Qxek


Zhirkov, Ben Arfa?

Chelsea have given Bridge permission to talk and agree personal term with ManCity.
Meanwhile as opposed to reported earlier, Michael Manciene has been recalled back from loan. "He won't go back on loan" according to LPS and is ready to join the first team.


This to me indicates that Alex is out. Although LPS says it's about injuries, I think not.


In another related development, according to the sun, THE SUN? . . . .ACMilan have stepped up their £10m bid for Alex. . .



So just as I am not happy that we sell Bridge and Alex, I think it will free up funds - up to £25m and perhaps £35m if Malouda leaves - to bring in one CM and a Winger or rather one Winger and an adaptable CM like Arshavin.
Another thing is that young players like Manciene, Bruma, VanHolt and Bertrand can have a shot at first team feature.

It's been a long time we created some proper competition up front. . . like in those days were we had Cole, Robben, Duff, SWP, Guddy, Drogba, Crespo etc all fighting for 3 spots only. . . now we have Malouda, Kalou, Drog, Anelka and Cole. . . . we gone from heroics to bollocks. . . Time for a change. . . .

Oh! Bertrand. . . I didn't quickly remember, I actually did not know he was on loan to Norwich. .

@Ibime,


Which black boy? . . . Chelsea player?
We actually do have younger players in reserves that can take his place. . . If we get £12m, we should get a winger, a CM or a creative attacker. . . not buy to replace Bridge.

It's looks like Alex is leaving after all. . unfortnately, Michael Manciene has extended his loan at Wolves to Jan29. . .

Chelsea's £10m target for winger Hartem Ben Arfa is becoming stronger.

Unfortunately the new year has been opened up with the most disturbing news at least to me. . .

Wayne Bridge's transfer to ManCity. . . it's been on for a while now but it looks like he might be leaving for close to £15m. . thots on this please, . .

My first question is who replaces Ashley Cole when injured? . . We have Van Holt from reserves. . . and he's good but that's it!

It's the new year . . .Jan1st and the transfer window opens. . . we should start discussing transfers



@Ibime,

If this article posted by niyoo is anything to go by . . then it justifies my argument of Roman losing only hundreds of millions as opposed to billions reported by the "MEN IN MEDIA". . . what better source to see that than Forbes. . .

Happy New year to all Chelsea fans. Somze, Ibime Akola, FBS, Cabali, Niyoo, Lalaboi, Just2nice, Razorr, Tng, Hot-Chic (that name!! Chei) and all others I can mention now. . . wishing evryone of you guys a prosperous new year. Hope Roman releases some money for the transfer window and LPS finds a lasting solution to our point-dropping peformances. .