How Rubbish Were Chelsea

[joggerjayne]

I didn't see the game, so tell me if any of this is wrong.

1. Chelsea spent most of the game at their own end, terrified of Bayern, scared to get out and play football, and hoping for a breakaway goal (same as they played against Barcelona).

2. They only came out and played when they went behind, and were forced to go for a desperate equaliser.

3. Consequently ... normal time ended in a draw.

4. If Chelsea play the same chicken defensive football in the Prem, they will end up with an awful lot of these draws.

5. That will leave them mid table.

6. This is why Chelsea have had their lowest ever place in the Prem.

7. So they can scrape trophies by parking the entire team on their own goal line. But in the Prem next season, they will be mediocre again, as they were this season.

8. Chelsea have now abandoned all formations in favour of a 9,1 formation (nine defenders, and one goal hanger hoping for a break away).

Good analysis?

I thank you.

This comes after a weekend when, in the SuperLeague Final, Northern Thunder and Surrey Storm were attacking each other like wild fire for the entire game. No fraidy cat defensive tactics there!

[d9f1c7]

so rubbish they won!

I'd rather win ugly than lose pretty. Anyway why are you picking on Chelsea?

I'm not a chelsea fan by the way.

[sir.prize]

Ric,ror - - JT belongs in the joke category, not sport.

[Philtaz]

That should read 'and not back in UK'.
Apologies for predictive text combined with my sausage fingers on the iPod, I'm posting from my pit

[Ric.ror]

I'm with you all the way there Sir Prize
Did not know you need full kit plus shin pads to lift a trophy

[joggerjayne]

I'm not picking on Chelsea.

I'm just stirring a bit.

=0)

[Philtaz]

And in case anyone is in any doubt, I am not a Chelski fan, Man Ure, City nor the red half of Merseydive.

[joggerjayne]

So you're an ... Everton fan? phil

[glasman]

Congrats, JJ - not only are you stirring the pot but you've built up an impressive amount of steam as well.
P.S.
If people knew how Chelsea's owner accumulated his wealth, they might not be so quick to follow them.

[Philtaz]

No JJ, anything but. Oddly though my dad was a Blue nose.
It's a closely guarded secret as to which team I follow(albeit vaguely) these days.
I have mentioned it here before but no one remembers. It helps preserve my perceived bias when posting about certain other clubs, mostly LFC!

[Philtaz]

To be fair glasman, the average football fan wouldn't care if the money came from the coffers of stolen Nazi gold as long as it bought their club success!

[Sqad]

JJ....the result had nothing to do with "How Rubbish were Chelsea" but "How Rubbish were Bayern"

They squandered chance after chance........and that is the bottom line of that game.

[joggerjayne]

phil, I also like to remain discreet about whom I support.

glasman ... I think the phrase "dodgy money" was created for Roman A.

Along with "I have to make some dubious millions look respectable very quickly before I get arrested or bumped off".

[joggerjayne]

phil ...

I don't agree. I wouldn't want us to sell the heart and soul of our club to some dodgy dealer.

[joggerjayne]

sqad ... I didn't see it, so I can't really argue with that.

[Philtaz]

Thought you followed Poyet's bunch JJ?

[jackthehat]

I reckon the penalty shoot-out ought to take place *before* the match.
It might give a bit of impetus to proceedings throughout the 90 minutes and then extra-time.

[Philtaz]

Doubtless you wouldn't JJ, but then I don't class you as the 'average football fan', far from it.

[joggerjayne]

"Thought you followed Poyet's bunch JJ?"

That must have been a lucky guess, phil, LOL

Now, you see, when we played at Withdean, in League One, I used to go and see a lot of home games.

Now we've moved to (the stadium with the daft name that I can't bring myself to type), I go occasionally.

I we got Chelseafied by some dodgy foreigner, I doubt if I'd go at all.

[joggerjayne]

Post crossed with yours, phil.

And ... thank u x

=0)

[FredPuli43]

Not sure how easy such tactics are in netball; I wouldn't watch the game for the tactics, which also explains my ignorance of tactics in beach volleyball.

Chelsea? Dunno. Ask Mourinho. He wins enough. Every manager has to deal with what he's got. Chelsea haven't got great players in every position and didn't have when he was manager. His ideal was a one-nil draw. Well, the nil part was. In the UEFA final, what benefit to Chelsea was there in keeping it nil-nil ? Bank everything on a penalty shoot-out ? Against a German team?

In football, good defending is not as appreciated, in general, as good attacking, but the logic that says 'You start the game with a draw' is still true, even though the points system gives 3 for a win, and no team will win much if its defence isn't top notch. Nothing new in defending well and scoring with sporadic attacks or one counter attack ; in boxing Archie Moore was a master at it, but probably not as a big a draw or as crowd pleasing as the whirlwind type.