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Aston Villa’s “Abramovich” to the rescue!
14 August 2006American billionaire Randy Lerner is set to take control of Aston Villa, after winning the battle to buy the Midlands club.
Chelsea FC acquired by Roman Abramovich has since won back to back Premiership Championships and has been critised in a rather petty fashion by other oponents and their sour supporters!
Now Aston Villa is in the same position, would they be put on the rack? Because they have suddenly discovered they could do things that would help them on the long run if they play their cards right.
They have also appointed a Coach who in his own right could be tagged “Ze Special One”! If money and vision is all the ingredients required for success then they still have a long way to go before they can compete in the same class as Chelsea!
It is always very important for everyone to understand the duties and invariably place in an organisation. If Randy Lerner interferes anyway other than financially in the running of the Club then they would fail terribly.
What they really need is someone in the mould of a Professional Football Administrator, someone that understands the simple things that make a successful club tick, willing to take the fall for any important part of their system, able to forge relationships even lie when required, someone who has been around the Premiership circuit.
Chelsea played it smart they got Kenyon but who will Aston Villa go for? Can he do the job and maybe those snide hooligans would shut up and appreciate the job that everyone at Chelsea is doing. From Club owner through to match day stewards.
Thank you very much for making our club the “Best”!
PRE SEASON FRIENDLIES
7 August 2006Friendlies as far as I am concerned are not the true test of strength and character. They are just a platform for managers and players to try out new ideas and blend on the playing field. They also give fringe players a great chance to showcase their talents and fight for a place in the main team.
Of that I am sure you are all aware, so whatever you do, erase any hopes that Chelsea’s loss in the US is a light at the end of the tunnel for any other will be aspirants to the title this season.
The Sun newspaper reported that Chelsea Star would also be ruled out until Christmas at the very least, so while we all hope for this report to be false, we do wish Joe Cole all the best as he fights to regain full fitness.
‘The Bridge’ remains the home of the premiership trophy and you can bank on that
Chelsea Team Squad
21 July 2006
1 CECH, Petr (GK)
3 GALLAS, William
4 MAKELELE, Claude
5 ESSIEN, Michael
6 CARVALHO, Ricardo
7 SHEVCHENKO, Andriy
8 LAMPARD, Frank
10 COLE, Joe
11 DROGBA, Dider
12 OBI, Mikel John
13 BALLACK, Michael
14 GEREMI
16 ROBBEN, Arjen
18 BRIDGE, Wayne
19 DIARRA, Lassana
20 FERREIRA, Paulo
21 KALOU, Salomon
23 CUDICINI, Carlo (GK)
24 WRIGHT-PHILLIPS, Shaun
26 TERRY, John (Captain)
29 HUTH, Robert
40 HILARIO
What does it mean to be a “True Blue”?
19 July 2006Is it holding a Season Ticket year in, year out? Definitely not!
Is it buying Club merchadise or telling a Gunner how much we love Chelsea? Probably not.
It is knowing like the Manager does that we are united in the belief that to conquer we have to be one with each other. We all have a part to play in the march to success.
The Players are confident in their abilities afterall they are the best in the business! The Manager has absolute faith in his team and makes sure that they understand what is expected of them and trusts the management from Kenyon down to match Stewards and up to Club Owner Abramovich to deliver resources needed to get the best from the Team.
The home Supporters and everyone who hold Chelsea dear to their hearts play their part in giving REAL support to the team knowing that the team understands that winning is paramount.
So to answer my question,
being a True Blue means wanting to win trophies with Chelsea! No matter what anyone might want or even when the team plays poorly, we want to win, scrape through if necessary.
Football - Chelsea - Abramovich - Money
18 July 2006“They” say
“Chelsea is succesful only because of Abramovich’s Millions”
“They” forget that before Abramovich, Footballers are often paid up to 100,000.00 GBP Per Week and more! These are vast amounts that even the most industrious among us do not even earn in a 2-year period!
Yet when “They” are hungry they go out to eat the best food money can buy. “They” want to live in posh mansions, drive very good and exotic cars, send their kids to the best Schools, “They” actually work hard to actualise their dreams all of which is MONEY based and yet
“They” complain that Chelsea is making good use of available resources
When “They” only have themselves to blame afterall how many players can Chelsea buy? or are there only enough Footballers for a SQUAD?
They are simply covering up the fact that they are not making good use of resources available to them!