Monday, May 07, 2007
I love my Chelsea~
Arsenal 1-1 Chelsea. In normal circumstances, this result would have been a great one. We played with 10 men from 42mins onwards and fought hard and well. But this match decides the epl winner. And a draw means cup goes to manUre.
But theres alot of positives to take from this season, which to me, has been a great one. Read a really good article titled "Look at it this way - the facts of modern chelsea" from chelsea's website:
"1. If anyone had said in the early summer of 2003, you're going to come second, champions, champions and second in the next four years, Chelsea supporters would have laughed at a dreamer. [so true!]
2. If anyone thinks that winning the Carling Cup and maybe the FA Cup - certainly, getting to the Final - coming second in the League and reaching the semi-final of the Champions League isn't an outstanding season, then they've been misled by the last four years.
3. If anyone thinks Frank Lampard hasn't had a brilliant season, they're out of their minds. He has played in 60 games, more than any other Chelsea player in history, scored 21 goals and accumulated 20 assists. The Arsenal fans booing him yesterday seemed to have grown out of the frustration of two years without any trophy and 10 games against Chelsea without a win. [Okay, i didn't realised his statistics were this good. Admittedly, i've said not very nice things about him this season. But can't deny he has made quite a huge contribution. I still do like you, Lampsy.]
4. Arsenal with 11 men for 90 minutes against Chelsea with 11 men for 42 minutes and 10 for the rest of the time, had less shots on target than us (2-3), less shots off target than us (4-5), less corners than us (3-7) and, because they didn't get behind our defence, less offsides than us (3-8). [Hah! great statistics.]
5. Shaun Wright-Phillips with his cross for the equaliser yesterday has now had this run of games:
Man City (a), sub 77 mins, hit crossbar.
Sheff Utd (h), all game, 2 assists.
Tottenham (a), first 86 mins, fed Shevchenko for opener, scored 2nd.
Watford (a), all game.
Valencia (h), sub 74 mins.
Tottenham (h), first 70 mins.
Valencia (a), unused.
Blackburn (FAC sf) sub 96 mins, assist for the winner.
West Ham (a), all game, scored 2 goals.
Newcastle (a), first 54 mins.
Liverpool (h), sub 84 mins.
Bolton (h), all game.
Liverpool (a), sub 106 mins.
Arsenal (a), first 79 mins, 1 assist.
Maybe he is a little unlucky not to have played even more recently. [Little Shaun is probably the most improved chelsea player. Quite a hard worker. Make a few unnecessary mistakes sometimes but it's ok, it's all good]
6. We will play 64 games this season. That is a Chelsea record. Our most games in a season previously have been: 61, 1999/00; 60, 1965/66; 59, 2004/05 and 1970/71.
7. We have never had a manager like José Mourinho, no-one who galvanises his supporters like he does. Yesterday's 'chin up' instruction was impossible not to follow and was unique amongst our managers. [Spot on! I like how he always think about us fans. Going up to them and all that. And the 'chin up' thing was really nice. who else would have done that??Not fergie, definitely? Jose may have done that gesture to chelsea fans at emirates stadium, but i felt it too. Almost instantly felt better. Jose, don't leave Chelsea. We need you]
8. Yesterday showed what good pass-and-move football we can play. In truth, we didn't create numerous openings, even with 11 men, but without Didier Drogba we were still able to fight and dominate and pass-pass-pass. In contrast, Arsenal's goal was from a big lump down the middle. [Heh. that's a pretty nice way to describe a penalty]
9. Michael Essien this season from his positions in emergency defence has assisted the equaliser at Barcelona, won the corner for the equaliser at Man Utd, scored the equaliser home and away against Arsenal, scored the winner at Valencia, and on several occasions played in a back three while driving the team forward to a result (Everton away, Wigan away, Tottenham home etc). He is the epitome of a top modern footballer. [Essien's work ethic is admirable. An important player]
10. Before 2003 we had come in the top two once.
For those who say we have no history, that's rubbish. We have a history of entertaining, of glamour, of big crowds, of fun.
And, of course, we are making history.
Three games to go. There is more history to be made this season."
Felt so so much better after reading this article. And thanks to Aqilah who accompanied me for the whole 90minutes ++ via sms. =)) She has this ability of saying the right things. [Akki, lets do the same for the FA cup finals!]
But theres alot of positives to take from this season, which to me, has been a great one. Read a really good article titled "Look at it this way - the facts of modern chelsea" from chelsea's website:
"1. If anyone had said in the early summer of 2003, you're going to come second, champions, champions and second in the next four years, Chelsea supporters would have laughed at a dreamer. [so true!]
2. If anyone thinks that winning the Carling Cup and maybe the FA Cup - certainly, getting to the Final - coming second in the League and reaching the semi-final of the Champions League isn't an outstanding season, then they've been misled by the last four years.
3. If anyone thinks Frank Lampard hasn't had a brilliant season, they're out of their minds. He has played in 60 games, more than any other Chelsea player in history, scored 21 goals and accumulated 20 assists. The Arsenal fans booing him yesterday seemed to have grown out of the frustration of two years without any trophy and 10 games against Chelsea without a win. [Okay, i didn't realised his statistics were this good. Admittedly, i've said not very nice things about him this season. But can't deny he has made quite a huge contribution. I still do like you, Lampsy.]
4. Arsenal with 11 men for 90 minutes against Chelsea with 11 men for 42 minutes and 10 for the rest of the time, had less shots on target than us (2-3), less shots off target than us (4-5), less corners than us (3-7) and, because they didn't get behind our defence, less offsides than us (3-8). [Hah! great statistics.]
5. Shaun Wright-Phillips with his cross for the equaliser yesterday has now had this run of games:
Man City (a), sub 77 mins, hit crossbar.
Sheff Utd (h), all game, 2 assists.
Tottenham (a), first 86 mins, fed Shevchenko for opener, scored 2nd.
Watford (a), all game.
Valencia (h), sub 74 mins.
Tottenham (h), first 70 mins.
Valencia (a), unused.
Blackburn (FAC sf) sub 96 mins, assist for the winner.
West Ham (a), all game, scored 2 goals.
Newcastle (a), first 54 mins.
Liverpool (h), sub 84 mins.
Bolton (h), all game.
Liverpool (a), sub 106 mins.
Arsenal (a), first 79 mins, 1 assist.
Maybe he is a little unlucky not to have played even more recently. [Little Shaun is probably the most improved chelsea player. Quite a hard worker. Make a few unnecessary mistakes sometimes but it's ok, it's all good]
6. We will play 64 games this season. That is a Chelsea record. Our most games in a season previously have been: 61, 1999/00; 60, 1965/66; 59, 2004/05 and 1970/71.
7. We have never had a manager like José Mourinho, no-one who galvanises his supporters like he does. Yesterday's 'chin up' instruction was impossible not to follow and was unique amongst our managers. [Spot on! I like how he always think about us fans. Going up to them and all that. And the 'chin up' thing was really nice. who else would have done that??
8. Yesterday showed what good pass-and-move football we can play. In truth, we didn't create numerous openings, even with 11 men, but without Didier Drogba we were still able to fight and dominate and pass-pass-pass. In contrast, Arsenal's goal was from a big lump down the middle. [Heh. that's a pretty nice way to describe a penalty]
9. Michael Essien this season from his positions in emergency defence has assisted the equaliser at Barcelona, won the corner for the equaliser at Man Utd, scored the equaliser home and away against Arsenal, scored the winner at Valencia, and on several occasions played in a back three while driving the team forward to a result (Everton away, Wigan away, Tottenham home etc). He is the epitome of a top modern footballer. [Essien's work ethic is admirable. An important player]
10. Before 2003 we had come in the top two once.
For those who say we have no history, that's rubbish. We have a history of entertaining, of glamour, of big crowds, of fun.
And, of course, we are making history.
Three games to go. There is more history to be made this season."
Felt so so much better after reading this article. And thanks to Aqilah who accompanied me for the whole 90minutes ++ via sms. =)) She has this ability of saying the right things. [Akki, lets do the same for the FA cup finals!]
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