Chelsea FC – Still Carefree
Vice-Captain Frank Lampard came onto the pitch with the Champions League Trophy in hand, thus saying to the world that we did this; We are Champions of Europe. Next to Frank was Gabi, lifting their Euro League Trophy; if Champions League were the FA Cup, then the Euro League’d be the Capital One Cup... A huge difference, yet we ended up losing to Atletico Madrid. In this blog update, I’ll try to make sense of Chelsea’s August.
We’ve said goodbye to a lot of people these last few days, some of which are people we’ll surely miss; let me just list some of them – Gaël Kakuta, Sam Hutchinson, Josh McEachran, Romelu Lukaku, Kevin de Bruyne, Michael Essien & Yossi Benayoun. A lot of players, and there are more out on loan... Still these people are part of a group that essentially were outcasts in the squad. These are players that, during the Pre-Season, Jason Cundy couldn’t make room for. So, even though we’ll miss a striker like Lukaku and the Bison Michael Essien – there wasn’t any room, unfortunately.
Disappointing Deadline Day
Last night we all waited for that huge player to roll into Cobham, but even though Gigi Salmon teased possible news – nothing happened. We were left with the latest news being Yossi & The Bison leaving our club. Some of us were disappointed, just looking for a bit of light after that horrible performance against Atletico Madrid – but what we failed to realize was that we didn’t need that huge signing. We already signed our new star players a few weeks ago. We’ve got a new right back, a winger & three new playmakers. Cesar Azpilicueta, Victor Moses, Marko Marin, Oscar & Eden Hazard – all are young players with amazing potential.
No Back-Up plan?
When listening to Matchnight LIVE on Chelsea TV you realised that a lot of people were angry, but that’s understandable when losing a final. One of the callers said that we had no Plan B, and we needed a striker in case Torres doesn’t work out. I agree that it was tough to watch, and we didn’t do much – but this is really just a glorified friendly – sure there is a Trophy, but we’ve won that before, and it isn’t really a big deal. And let’s be honest, the game was really over after the first half, it was limited what we could do.
A lot of people can be blamed; you can blame Luiz, Ivanovic, Mikel or even Torres. But, really we shouldn’t blame anyone. We lost a glorified friendly for the second time this season, but we still have a lot of opportunities to win trophies. I agree that I think we need another striker, Torres & Sturridge cannot be trusted in the long run if Nando doesn’t score. I agree with you 100%, but with all these players on our team – all these midfielders – I see us one day playing a bit like Spain, with a Central Midfielder playing the striker position. I could see a guy like Lampard or even Oscar taking the Fabregas role if necessary – so I’m not really worried about the striker position at this time. In fact, I’m only worried about the central defence, if JT goes down, we only have Ivanovic, Luiz & Cahill – I’d like another strong defender, especially when we’ve loaned out Sam Hutchinson & Nathaniel Chalobah.
So, to sum up, don’t worry. This was just a friendly, and we only lost players we didn’t use – we are not Arsenal; we don’t sell our stars. So, keep calm.
And I thought we were Carefree
Last night we all waited for that huge player to roll into Cobham, but even though Gigi Salmon teased possible news – nothing happened. We were left with the latest news being Yossi & The Bison leaving our club. Some of us were disappointed, just looking for a bit of light after that horrible performance against Atletico Madrid – but what we failed to realize was that we didn’t need that huge signing. We already signed our new star players a few weeks ago. We’ve got a new right back, a winger & three new playmakers. Cesar Azpilicueta, Victor Moses, Marko Marin, Oscar & Eden Hazard – all are young players with amazing potential.
No Back-Up plan?
When listening to Matchnight LIVE on Chelsea TV you realised that a lot of people were angry, but that’s understandable when losing a final. One of the callers said that we had no Plan B, and we needed a striker in case Torres doesn’t work out. I agree that it was tough to watch, and we didn’t do much – but this is really just a glorified friendly – sure there is a Trophy, but we’ve won that before, and it isn’t really a big deal. And let’s be honest, the game was really over after the first half, it was limited what we could do.
A lot of people can be blamed; you can blame Luiz, Ivanovic, Mikel or even Torres. But, really we shouldn’t blame anyone. We lost a glorified friendly for the second time this season, but we still have a lot of opportunities to win trophies. I agree that I think we need another striker, Torres & Sturridge cannot be trusted in the long run if Nando doesn’t score. I agree with you 100%, but with all these players on our team – all these midfielders – I see us one day playing a bit like Spain, with a Central Midfielder playing the striker position. I could see a guy like Lampard or even Oscar taking the Fabregas role if necessary – so I’m not really worried about the striker position at this time. In fact, I’m only worried about the central defence, if JT goes down, we only have Ivanovic, Luiz & Cahill – I’d like another strong defender, especially when we’ve loaned out Sam Hutchinson & Nathaniel Chalobah.
So, to sum up, don’t worry. This was just a friendly, and we only lost players we didn’t use – we are not Arsenal; we don’t sell our stars. So, keep calm.
And I thought we were Carefree
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