I was planning to blog about my team winning the Premiere League but I have been too lazy and the new season has already began and as a Chelsea fan since 2001 I feel obliged to part some of my 'wisdom' and observation on last season and what I expect will happen this season.
So Chelsea won the League in the second season of Jose Mourinho's return and last season was quite epic for so many reasons. It was the last season for Drogba and Cech and Lampard played his last Premiere League match with freakin Man City. Here are some of my favorite moments from last year season.
Costa vs Kompany : Its not a fight by the way, I can't remember which match it was or who won that match but it was that moment when Costa and Kompany went 1v1. Seeing those two very very aggressive and physical players shoulder to shoulder was so F***ing brutal. I had a Costagasm tbh. We may yet send humans to Mars but seeing Costa and Kompany battling it out in my day was something special.
My no 2 moment was PSG vs Chelsea 2nd leg. We went out of the Champions league without loosing a single game. But the PSG game was just so bad, we couldn't beat 10 men PSG at home and worst of all was the manner in which we went out. Everyone was just walking around and the players didn't even looked half dissapointed as they should.
Frankie Lampard's goal against Chelsea was just wrong on so many levels. Chelsea fans called him Judas, seriously???? Here's my opinion Lamps feels he's good enough to play another and was content to be a sub even and I feel he is still a game changer when he comes as a sub. But Chelsea denied him that opportunity after all that he has given to the club. So City took him because they knew he was still a quality player and he scored quite a few important goals as well proving a lot of people wrong. He should have left the Chelsea with a League Title, and deservingly I must say. Have a little heart Jose, that's not how you treat a legend.
Moving on to the new season. Lots of teams signing new players and Chelsea will probably not sign anymore players if Mourinho is to be believed. I am not too jealous of other club signings except Peter Cech going to Arsenal. If you ask me he's still better than Cortois. Realistically if I was to sign another player I would go for Ibrahimovich instead of Falcao. I think it could have happened because Ibra was saying him leaving PSG was up to his agent which meant that he was ready to leave, and Mourinho is one of his favourite boss. Imagine Costa and Ibrahimovich together at Chelsea, defenders would shit their pants.
But it does not look like its going to happen and what we've got are Falcao and Remy. Last season Remy did what he was suppose to do that is score goals when Costa was injured. We are yet to see what Flacao will do but I disagree when people make it sound like Chelsea is taking risk by signing Falcao. Its not like we expect him to score 20 goals or play 30 league games, if he does, great and if he don't, not an issue. What he is is a back up for Costa, also he will be paid half of what he was paid at United. If he scores 10 goals for us I would consider it a good signing. But still the problem with these two players is that they can't hold the ball and they don't play like the Target man striker that Chelsea is used to like Drogba and Costa. When Costa is out the whole team lacks direction, some one to give the ball and move forward and Remy and Falcao are just not that type of players.
I was watching our opening match against Swansea last night and even though it was just a draw i was pretty happy. Its not the end of the world, we could have lost and we drew, I saw the Chelsea we saw in the first half of last season and most of the players were continuinig what they did last season. If Costa is not injured I think we can defend the title. What worries me though is Cortois, he is a good goalkeeper but he lacks experience and it shows several times last season and the reason we could only get a draw was because he got sent off. Maybe it was bad judgement from the refree but he had too many of these moments when he cost us the game, this is why Chech is still better. Its so F****d up that we sell him to Arsenal. David Luiz (even though I am happy he left) scored against us, Lampard scored against us and now you give one of the best goalkeepers in the world to your rivals. Cech is not only going to be a great goalie for Arsenal, he is also going to be a great plus to the defence because he is very vocal, team captain material, and he is a winner and that winner mentality will surely and unfortunately rub off to his new team mates. Giving Cech to Arsenal to me is a bigger mistake than letting Lampard go to City, and he still have at least 3 good seasons I feel. So brace yourself Chelsea fans, Cech will make that controversial match winning saves against Chelsea for at least three seasons. Begovic who came in for Cortois was not bad though, pulled off some great saves and he was a good buy imo.
Another player that worries me in that game was Ivanovic, he was just constantly overpaced by that guy Moreno, I have never heard of him btw and that's not good because I remember El Mohamedy from Hull (I think) was running circles around Ashley Cole and soon after that he lost his first eleven spot and ultimately his Chelsea carreer. I serioulsy hope Iva was just having a bad game and he is not on the decline. He was one of the best defenders last year and who could forget the amount of goals he scored last season and as a defender no less. Gary Cahill was not too impressive btw, but with Terry he's a decent player but I would trade him for Stones in a heart beat. Kurt Zouma is going to be the rock of Chelsea defense in the near future. Have you seen how good he is in the air? He may need more experience but he is a star in the making.
While we are at Kurt Zouma have you noticed French players recently? I feel they are going through a golden generation right now, look at the new players they have Varane, Zouma, Pogba, Matuidi, Griezman, Kondogbia, Benzema. If they win the next Euros I would not be surprised.
Back to Chelsea, Even though we did not make too many signings I am pretty happy with our squad provided there are no long injuries. I was a little worried about Matic because his form was dropping after he was sent off and injured but seeing his game vs Swansea I think he's back. Fabregas will continue to assist, Hazard can only get better , believe me he is still not at his peak and I hope the Brazillian duo Willian and Oscar will have a breakthrough season,
Finally, lets talk about Mourinho, Even though I criticised him for letting Lampard and Cech go I know he is the best man for Chelsea. He has his own way of dealing with issues and that's why some people hate him and that's why I love him. After winning the title he was interviewed and was asked if his current team was better than his previous Chelsea team, his answer was "it depends on who is the manager". When he came back to Chelsea I saw a very different Mourinho, he was not the cocky arrogant young manager he once was. Of course he is still arrogant but you can see a more mature Mourinho who still has the desire to win. He seemed like a yogi who returned after spending some years meditating in the Himalayans with the Bhuddist monks or something. He said he was now the Happy One, he said he was home and several other emotional things that made him sound like an actual human being. He looked at the squad and began to work straight at it,
To wrap this up I would predict Chelsea and City to be the main title contenders this season. If we can reach the quarter final in Champions League I would be quite satisfied. Another FA Cup or Carling cup would be nice as well. Lets hope things gets better after that draw and I hope we sign Stones.
Keep The Blue Flag Flying High.
