Archive for 'Manchester United' Category
Chelsea stumble
23 April 2007The Blues were unable to take maximum advantage of Man U’s stumble by closing the gap on the league leaders to one point. Chelsea managed an unconvincing draw at St. James Park against Newcastle United after Middlesbrough did the champions a favour by holding Manchester United to a draw at Old Trafford the day before. The game ended in a drab goalless draw with Chelsea not even having any goal attempt worthy of the name.
John Terry and his merry band of blue men looked a bit lacklustre and heavy in the feet. It was as if they were stuck in second gear and could not really get a head of steam to get underway. They seemed to have their minds in other places. I hope that the upcoming clash against Liverpool in the Champions League semi-finals is not taking its toll on the players psyche.
3 points and counting down
7 April 2007Chelsea defeated its North London rivals Tottenham Hotspurs at The Bridge to close the gap on league leaders Manchester United who play in a late kickoff. The gap between The Blues and The Reds is now three points and we hope it stays that way at the end of the days proceedings. A speculative long range effort from Ricardo Carvalho gave the Premiership champions a well deserved 1-0 advantage.
Chelsea not to be written off
17 March 2007Chelsea stayed very much in contention for the Premiership title this season by beating Sheffield United 3-0 at Stamford Bridge to keep the gap between it and League leaders at a surmountable 6 points. the Premiership Champions should not be written off as they show the much needed character which saw them lift the trophy twice in concesion………….
An early 4th minute goal from Shevchenko who returned into the team after recovering from an ankle injury set The Blues on their path to securing a well deserved 3 points. Goals from Kalou who is slowly finding his feet in Chelsea and Ballack who came off the bench to score completed the goal haul from Chelsea’s three unlikely sources.
Six point gap
14 March 2007Chelsea closed the gap between it and the League leaders to six after a win at The City of Manchester Stadium. Stuart Pearce’s team has been under immense pressure in recent weeks for its loss of form which has seen Man City getting cut up in a relegation infested zone.
The Blues however continued their unrelentless march towards a third consecutive Premiership title by seeing of a hard fighting Man City.
John Terry returned from injury to captain the team and although he had his own fair share of knocks and bruises from a gruelling encounter, he saw his team through to get all three points
The Reds and Blues of Manchester Unite!
14 March 2007Chelsea take on Man City hoping to reduce Man Utd’s lead at the top of the Premiership.
The Reds and Blues of Manchester are not the best of friends but I would be no witch doctor to say that Man Utd fans will be routing for City as they know that just one blip could see them tumbling.
Under fire City Manager needs a win to assure City’s fans that he is still the man to take them to great things; though am sure he knows that this is not feasible. But just like they say, “Football is not Mathematics” and anything is possible.
Chelsea hope to put our defensive nightmares behind as we seek to pile pressure on Man Utd.
Carling Cup Final
25 February 2007The Blues have picked up their first silverware of the 2006/2007 season by running over the Arsenal young Gunners. Experience always triumphs over youthful exuberance.
Arsenal went ahead with a goal from Theo Walcott but strikes from our Ivorian stalwart didier Drogba gave Chelsea the game. John Terry picked up a horrendous injury which may see him sidelined for the rest of the season adding to Chelsea and Jose Mourinho’s injury woes.
The game boiled over with a fracas which led to dismissals of two of Arsenal’s players Kolo Toure and Emmanuel Adebayor while John Mikel Obi received his second matching orders of the season. The scoreline will have definitely been more with efforts from Frank Lampard and Andriy Shevchenko hitting the woodwork.
With our first trophy in the kitty, our sights are now set on the other three trophies which we still have a chance on winning this season The FA Cup, The Champions League and of course the English Premiership.
Manchester United you can look over your shoulders with trepidation. We are coming for you
More injury worries
6 February 2007Chelsea and Jose Mourinho have more injury worries to contend with as Wayne Bridge is the latest player to become a victim. This leaves “The Special One” with yet more selection nightmares as Wayne had only just come back into the side to replace seriously injured Ashley Cole Wayne Bridge limped out of the England training camp after just 20 minutes on the field and has been immediately ruled out of tomorrows night international Grade A friendly against Spain.
The full extent of the injury is not yet known as he was taken to hospital for a scan nursing an injured thigh. The swelling in his thigh was so serious though that it was difficult to establish just how much damage had been done.
Chelsea should know more later today but this just puts more pressure on the Champions who are still six points adrift of Premiership League leaders Manchester united.
Defensive frailties
21 January 2007Chelsea’s defensive frailties have once again been exposed. Our game against Liverpool at Anfield showed how we cannot seriously hope to mount a title challenge with a roughshod defensive line.
Pairing Carlos Ferreira and Michael Essien as our central backs because of lack of cover for injured John Terry and Ricardo Carvalho who is unavailable due to illness have forced Jose Mourinho to draft these players into unknown territory.
One thing we have been missing in recent times is John Terry’s ariel presence in the backline. Playing Michael Essien in his position leaves the midfield bereft of much needed cover too.
We remain in the trail of Manchester United still but we really have to do something about that backline. How I miss William Gallas.
Xmas Premiership Review
24 December 2006
Chelsea goes into the Christmas fixture two points behind Manchester United. The lead was cut to 2 points by Robben’s last grasp winner at Wigan on the 24th of December. Man U had earlier cruised to a 3-0 result at Aston Villa.
Chelsea have been having it difficult with just 3 fit central defenders. John Terry remains injured along with Joe Cole and the best goalkeeper in the world, “petr Cech”.
Cech was injured in the match with Reading at the Madjeski Stadium. We are anticipating the return of our key players soon rather than later!
Chelsea can only get better, so you Red Devils, BEWARE! There is still a long way to go before the end of the season.
All hail Sir Alex Ferguson!
3 November 2006Can you believe it, Fergie has already spent 20 years at Manchester United, winning everything there is to win including the “Treble”.
He is the “Only One” the “Special One” is not willing to play mind games with. The only one that can really get the better of Roy Keane, David Beckham and Ruud Van Niesteroy. He is not rash willing to listen to the men that BOUGHT United.
Anyone can come and go but you have to agree with Fergie to have a chance of staying. All hail the man and I’m sure he will still be there for sometime to come.