Wednesday, November 30, 2005

5 Things About Me

I wanted to keep the post on this blog, only about football and leave the personal stuff out (apart from my weird views on football.) But I just can’t say ‘No’ to a request by a good friend (Rowena.)

 

Rules of the game

Post 5 weird and random facts about yourself, and end the list with 5 blogger’s to do the same.

 

1)      I love cartoons, cant do without them till date. I have to watch at least 1 hour of cartoons before I go to bed, or I cant sleep. I’m currently hooked on to South Park and have downloaded seasons 3 to 9 (the quality of season 1 and 2 weren’t good.) Love The Simpson’s too, watched the special 6 hour-long marathon during Halloween (yup I’m that jobless in life.)

 

2)      It’s weird but I’m the only Chelsea fan among my group of college friends, and am always out numbered in football debates by ManU and Liverpool fans. So I decided to convert people who knew jack shit about football into Chelsea fans, girls were the easiest, just tell them about a cute guy who plays for Chelsea and show them a picture. I do believe I have converted 4 people into Chelsea fans and I’m still counting.

 

3)      I love fooling people and I have mastered the art of making up stories. I just took up my first job; it’s been about 2 months. My colleague Luan is one of the easiest people to fool; here is some of the stuff she still believes (though not after she reads this post.) She thinks I buy all my clothes and shoes from Chor Bazzar (A place were robbed stuff is sold.) She still thinks I live in an orphanage and she thinks a famous celebrity left a comment on her blog (Guess what it was meeeee.)

 

4)      I got into major trouble in school only twice, once cause me and a friend put about 50 worms in a plastic bag and kept it in the corner of the class, these guys broke out and were all over the class and the second time I was caught for trading live fish and snails with a friend.

 

5)      I passed my BMS this year (Bachelor of Management Studies) it’s a 3-year course in which I learnt absolutely nothing. That’s because I use to bunk lectures all week to play Counter-Strike and Fifa. I got quite good at Fifa at one point, and my friends dint know about that, so I used to openly challenge anyone and tell them I’d beat them by 4 plus goals and usually did (made some good money during that spell.)

 

 

The 5 people to do this next are

 

  • Luan
  • Muddi
  • Kaweh
  • Anela
  • Anyone who visits my blog and I’m not aware.
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Tuesday, November 29, 2005

My New Chelsea Away Jersey

Now I got the Home Jersey and Away Jersey. I think I’m going wear the black one for all away matches and obviously the blue one for home games, I’m not superstitious or anything but it just more fun watching a game in the jersey your team is playing in. By the way, the jersey was a gift from a good friend of mine Luan {Please visit her blog, it’s about babies, puppies and more ^_^}

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Friday, November 25, 2005

Claude Makelele "The Show Stopper"

It’s been over two years since Makelele arrived at Stamford Bridge and all he has to show for it just one goal? Well that’s where people fail to notice how important a player like Makelele is in any team. It was Chelsea’s Ex-Manager Ranieri with the backing of owner Roman Abramovich, who persuaded Makelele to swap El Bernabeu for Stamford Bridge in the summer of 2003 (for £16.6m.) Ranieri believes the player's former club have not been the same since losing the French Man.

 

Ranieri believes the result (0 – 3) of the game where Real Madrid where trashed at home at the hands of title contenders Barcelona would have been different if Makelele was still playing for the Spanish giants.

 

However Ranieri takes all credit for Makelele’s move to the Bridge “I was the person who convinced Makelele to sign for Chelsea," Ranieri told El Rondo.

"He is the key in the field because he stops the rivals and then initiates the game for his side. Real have never recovered from the loss of Makelele. From that moment the Spanish club have had many problems on the field."

 

Ranieri insists his Chelsea successor Jose Mourinho is fortunate to have Makelele at his disposal, describing him as an "ideal type of player." for any club in the world.

 

Chelsea will be without the services of the midfielder for at least 3 weeks; Michael Essien who is capable of playing any role across the midfield is most likely to take his place (he did do an excellent job in the Anderlecht game.) Under-21 French international Lassana Diarra (who looks like his idol too) could be given the green signal too.

 

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Thursday, November 24, 2005

Champs League Action Guaranteed in 2006

Another "Classy" goal from Crespo and a "Mind Blowing" goal from Carvalho (Both assisted by Lampard) lead Chelsea to a win over Anderlecht. While Liverpool’s draw with Real Betis has guaranteed Champs League action for both English teams in 2006. Real Betis will be going to the UEFA Cup after finishing 3rd in the group. Chelsea will be fighting for top spot in the group when they face Liverpool at Stamford Bridge on the 6th of December.

However Jose Mourinho believes it does not matter if Chelsea finish top of Group G. Mourinho said “Now that both teams (Chelsea & Liverpool) have qualified we have the chance to play a good game against Liverpool, the other three games against them in Europe have not been good games but I will be sending a team out to win.”

“You have play every game to try to win and with two English teams it is important for the fans but the consequence of being first or second I don’t see. You could get Real Madrid or Lyon. Why is it different playing Juventus or Bayern Munich? Last year we were first and had to play Bareclona.”

I too was quite surprised Mourinho started with Crespo and kept Drogba on the bench for the full game. Jose’s had 3 reasons for doing so.

“There were three reasons I chose to play him (Crespo) rather than Drogba. Drogba is a target man and Crespo is movement. In a game that I thought would have space and broken play, he could give what we needed.”

“The second reason was I need to motivate players and after the Newcastle win, I decided to play the same team, just replace the injured.”

“The third reason was Drogba had, not an injury, but still a small pain in a knee ligament from playing for the Ivory Coast. I decided to protect him so with the cold and the score 2-0, that is why chose to give Carlton Cole a taste of the Champions League. Drogba will be okay to play at the weekend.”

 

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Tuesday, November 22, 2005

It’s Nothing Personal

Call me crazy, but I still have this feeling that Chelsea lost to Real Betis on purpose. After speaking to another Chelsea fan and the fact I have nothing better to do, I decided to make certain assumptions.

 

FACTS

Chelsea is Finishing Top of its Champs League Group

 

POSSIBILITY

Liverpool doesn’t make it to the knock out stage (and with further luck get knocked out of the UEFA cup ASAP)

 

For the above to become a reality, this is what needs to happen

23rd November

Anderlecht lose to Chelsea (like there was a doubt they wouldn’t)

Liverpool are trashed by Real Betis (the same way Chelsea beat them at Anfield)

 

The Table      Points

Chelsea        10

Liverpool      10

Real Betis     9

Anderlecht     0

 

6th December

Chelsea beat Liverpool (4 – 1 at Anfield, just imagine the score line at the Bridge)

Real Betis beat Anderlecht

 

The Table      Points

Chelsea        13

Real Betis    12

Liverpool       10

Anderlecht     0

 

Alright these figures don’t lie, it’s possible. All Liverpool fans please don’t take this personally its just our way of taking revenge for making us wait another year for our Champs League Cup.

 
 
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Match Report: Switzerland Vs Turkey

Dest this post is especially for you. Well I dint really catch either leg of the Switzerland Vs Turkey qualifier but after doing a little reading up (for Dest again) on the game it seems like it was a killer of a game. The second leg was just CRAZY!

 

The 1st leg was at Switzerland on the 12th of November, where Switzerland beat Turkey 2 – 0. Philippe Senderos (Defender from Arsenal) scored the 1st goal of the match in the 41st minute and Valon Behrami (Plays for Lazio) added another in the 86th minute to seal the victory.

 

Ok this is where things get interesting.

 

The 2nd leg at Turkey happened on the 16th of November, Switzerland won a penalty in the very 1st minute; Alexander Frei (Plays for Rennes) converted it. So Switzerland were leading 3 – 0 on aggregate. Turkey did get themselves back into the game by scoring 3 quick goals, 2 by Tuncay Sanli in the 22nd and 36th minute respectively and Necati Ates converted a penalty in the 52nd minute.

 

Marco Streller (Striker for Stuttgart) scored in the 84th minute for Switzerland virtually guaranteeing them a place in the World Cup. However the Turkish weren’t done fighting for a place in the world cup. A very late goal from non other than Tuncay Sanli (Hat-Trick) in the 89th minute kept Turkey’s World Cup dreams alive, however they weren’t able the get another goal.

 

Switzerland makes it into the World Cup on "away goals" after a 12-year absence following a 4 - 4 aggregate draw with Turkey.

 

I must say I had no idea Switzerland played such good football, Dest il support Switzerland with you. Goooooooo + Schweiz +

 

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Saturday, November 19, 2005

Back To Our Winning Ways

“3 Goals Scored and No Goals Conceded” - Finally a score line that’s familiar. Crespo did start this one as Drogba was suspended as did score a classy goal as usual. Crespo has scored 4 goals for Chelsea, the latest against Newcastle being his 1st at Stamford Bridge in 2 years. The 1st half was kind of boring but as usual after José Mourinho half time talks Chelsea were a different side in the 2nd half. Joe Cole scored the 1st goal in the 46th minute; Crespo added another in the 51st min (amazing ball control) and Duff got a lucky 3rd in the 90th minute when his shot deflected off ex-Chelsea player Parker.

A good win for Chelsea though Newcastle were without lead strikes Michael Owen & Alan Shearer, but then again we too were without Drogba, Robben and Makelele (who had to be substituted in the 13th minute.) So I guess all was fair.

 
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Friday, November 18, 2005

José Mourinho is Premiership's Best Manager

I found this article on the Official Chelsea Website, the only reason I’m putting it up is cause I just remembered I did take part in the survey about a month back. Plus it just shows how popular Chelsea (Club, Players & Manager) is worldwide.

José Mourinho is the favourite manager, and Gianfranco Zola and Frank Lampard are amongst the ten favourite players of Premiership time, says a Barclays survey of 26,000 fans from 170 countries, published yesterday, Wednesday. Mourinho clocked 28 per cent of votes as Best Manager since the inauguration of the Premier League in 1992. Sir Alex Ferguson was second with 14 per cent and Arsène Wenger third with 13 per cent.

Chelsea came fourth in global support with 11 per cent behind Man Utd (25%), Liverpool (18%) and Arsenal (15%). Frank Lampard was third behind Thierry Henry and Steven Gerrard as the most popular current player. John Terry was tenth. United had four players in the top ten. No other team apart from Chelsea had more than one. Lampard was especially popular with Italians and Germans.

Zola was fifth most popular player since the Premiership began, fractionally behind David Beckham. The top three were Eric Cantona, Henry and Alan Shearer. Zola came third in the vote from Europe alone. Lampard was tenth overall.

A whopping 98 per cent of the fans surveyed believed Chelsea will retain the Premiership trophy.

by Neil Barnett

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Thursday, November 17, 2005

Old Captain wants to come Aboard

Ex-Chelsea captain Marcel Desailly has openly declared that he does believe he still has game left in him and would like the return to the Premiership and play for Chelsea. The 37-year-old French World Cup-winner left Chelsea at the end of the 2004 season, when Chelsea finished 2nd to Arsenal and joined Qatar FC but was unable to settle in the Middle East. The former Chelsea defender told BBC Sport: 'I am a player with experience, who could improve any team in Europe. England is my first choice if I play on.'

 

He later said It could be difficult to play for another team, cause he still has such strong feelings for Chelsea, and that's something he would have to take into account.

 

Desailly I’m sure Chelsea would welcome you back with open arms, though I think Terry is doing an absolutely amazing job as Captain, so I guess nothing is going to change on that front.

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Tuesday, November 15, 2005

Bayern says Bye Bye to Ballack

German champs Bayern Munich seem to have had it with Michael Ballack. The club officially withdrew their contract offer after the Germany captain refused to sign again. Ballack has been stalling over signing a new deal at the Allianz Arena since the start of the football season with a hope of joining either Real Madrid or Manchester United on a free transfer. Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said 'We officially withdrew our offer today' at the club's annual general meeting. Rummenigge's decision came after he met with the player and was told the 29-year-old had still not decided what he wanted to do when his contract expires in June 2006. Although Rummenigge also stated that this did not necessarily mean Ballack would leave the club, but he also felt it would be in the clubs best interest to look for a replacement soon. All this makes it quite obvious that the Bundesliga champions Bayern will sell Ballack in January transfer window. I personally think he would go between 10 to 12 million pounds, considering that he would not get to play in the Champions Leagues for either Real Madrid or ManU, not that they are going really far in the competition which already has Chelsea’s name written all over the Cup.

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Monday, November 14, 2005

Crespo is Happy at the Bridge

The Argentina vs. England match featured 6 Chelsea players.
Crespo
Terry
Bridge
Lampard
J Cole
Wright-Phillips (Bench)

Crespo scored the 1st goal while J Cole set up one for Owen; the others had a fairly good game too. Carlton Cole apparently made a few statements about Crespo not being happy at Stanford Bridge, which just added to the speculation that the Argentina striker may leave the club in the January transfer window. Well this is what Crespo had to say after England's 3-2 win over Argentina. “I will stay. When I came back three months ago, I signed a new contract for one more year. So why do I need to change something after three months?” “I have shown that when I have an opportunity to do something in Chelsea, I'm ready to play. But the season is long. If I don't have a lot of minutes now, I don't have a problem. Normally I need to play more and more, but I don't have problems with anybody.” Against Newcastle, Crespo could again face Michael Owen, who struck England's two late goals in Geneva. “Maybe he will celebrate now but, for the Newcastle game, he will be tired! When you play a great player like this, you know he may not touch the ball for 80 minutes. But in the last 10 minutes, he can score twice and beat you. He's a great player and he has a history against Argentina after the 1998 World Cup.”

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Thursday, November 10, 2005

I'M RICH! . . . Drink's On Me

I’ve seen this thing on a number of blog’s, so I thought I’d give it a go too. Though I’m still a little confused whether these guys who valued my blog have found someone who is willing to pay me $7,903 for my blog? Anyone who has understood this concept please leave me a comment or mail me. Thanks. 
 


My blog is worth $7,903.56.
How much is your blog worth?

 
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Wednesday, November 09, 2005

Zola - The True Blue

Zola, who retired from football last season, was one of the most popular foreign imports ever to have played in The Premiership during his stay at Stamford Bridge, but he never played in a team as successful as Jose Mourinho's.

"It's a pity not to have won the league when I was there, But I still feel part of it because when you belong to Chelsea, you belong to Chelsea forever." the Italian told Sky Sports.

After spending almost seven years at Chelsea, Zola returned to Serie A and played for Cagliari for two seasons, before hanging up his boots at the age of 38.

By Lewis Rutledge

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Monday, November 07, 2005

Chelsea 0 - EPL 1

I’m gonna keep this short and may be not so sweet. Firstly No! It’s not a typing mistake. It’s not supposed to be Chelsea 0 – ManU 1. It’s no secret but all the other 18 teams were supporting ManU in yesterday’s game, cause Chelsea did have a 9 points lead over 2nd place Wigan and a win at Old Trafford would probably hand over the title to Chelsea some time in December. However it wasn’t to be, no problem let give those who believe they can win the premiership this year a fighting chance. Though (I don’t mean to be rude) lets face it, it’s all going to be in vain. All Chelsea has to do is move into high gear and the gap between first and second would be nothing less than 15 plus.

 

GO BLUES!!!
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Wednesday, November 02, 2005

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