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Earlier this week I stressed the need to let the football do the talking and the result on Sunday created a welcome return to the topic of football.
For the first time in aeons (in real time a week) we won’t be hearing about a footballers’ private exploits, however hard the sports journalists are finding it not to mention the JT episodes – or as one famous red top has touted as Terrygate.
Thankfully, now we will be hearing about a resolute defensive display accompanied by a deadly double by Didier Drogba. Rather than give the team all the credit though, more than a bit should come Carlo Ancelotti’s way.
He showed that he can adapt the team, something many argued Scolari couldn’t, to any situation and the fact that we now have a 12 out of 12 point total from this season’s “big four” encounters is a massive testament to that.
It wasn’t quite the attacking Tour de Force we witnessed against Birmingham and, more so, Sunderland but nonetheless the two goals scored were a sign of the kind of attacking prowess needed to grind out results and to eventually, hopefully, regain the title.
Once again we showed Arsenal how to do it. In recent years they have really struggled against our more physical approach and Sunday showed further signs of that.
There’s no denying that we were on the rack for periods of the game, but we had the class and the brute force to deal with it. Branislav Ivanovic showing why he should be first choice right back with Cole, Terry and Carvalho equally impressive in their roles.
Throughout the match we picked holes in their midfield and defence (they don’t possess an striker – although they possess an impressive goal haul considering this).
I couldn’t imagine Chelsea giving a player an opportunity such as Lampard had to run half the pitch to lay on the second.
So often before we have heard of man against boy, Sunday showed beauty against beast but all in all I think we showed that sometimes a combination of beauty and the beast is best.
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Posted by Ali Hussein on 02/08/2010
how can we let our children to watch an immoral footballer on the pitch? The kids would think that having adultery is ok.
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Posted by christopher on 02/08/2010
chelsea really wowed me alot for the impressive win over rival (gunners). i hope this will continue and also looking forward to an impressive win in the champions league. salutations to chelsea team mates. i remain chelseafc forever. thanks.
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Posted by Damian on 02/08/2010
If terry is an adulterer,so what!Dats his busness..4 christ sake u people shud stop being naive..Jus because he made a mistake,does dat justify him quittin football?He is not commiting adultery in d football pitch,so let him play his football nd u guys shud shut up cos terry is a human prone 2 mistake so as u hyprocritical people
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Posted by Cosmos freekick on 02/08/2010
Chelsea still hav eye on the title.....All hail the "Terryfic captain" ......
No matter what happens we got ur back
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Posted by ELFO on 02/08/2010
CHELSEA DID VERY WELL WITH DEFENCE. I HOPE THIS WILL BE THE WAY CHELSEA PLAY NOW AND FOREVER... KEEP IT UP JOHN TERRY IS LIKE PUYOL AT ARSENAL MATCH.. I KNOW CHELSEA COULD WIN THE EPL SO ALL THE BEST OF LUCK IN THE NEXT FIXTURE.. ANELKA MUST PLAY BETTER..
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Posted by John French on 02/08/2010
The report was great but Ali's comment is highly inappropriate. What is immoral? Adultery? Dodging statutory drug tests? Fighting in pubs? Assaulting female Stewards? Fighting with groundstaff? Kicking a spectator in the face? Gambling heavily? Drink driving? Drug abuse? If the FA said all of the above are illegal for players to indulge in then we would end up watching six a side in the PL. If it was applied to spectators as well then the top clubs would struggle to make five figures. Ali, my advice is to stop reading the Daily Mail and the News of the World and accept the fact that no-one is perfect. JT didn't kill anyone so please don't act like he did. How many members of the royal family have commited adultery in the last 100 years? Should we ban them as well? That ban would clear out parliament too.
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Posted by christian on 02/08/2010
i was impressed about what happened on sunday Carlo Ancllotti has shown that he is a coach with class compared to Scolari who could not even win a match against the big four. but it is all telve points out of twelve from the bog four. kudos to Coach carlo Ancelotti.
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Posted by christian on 02/08/2010
i love Coach Carlo because he is always relaxed he does not allow the media to set him in pressure.
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Posted by mark robert on 02/09/2010
it was an excellent match last sunday against arsenal.Thanks to our coach A C for his selection and formation and to all the palyers esp D D D D(Deadly Destructive Didier Drogba)and J T.we fans still expect a perfect matches ahead esp against everton,cardif and then inter milan cos we need the premier league,fa and the champions league cups this season.thanks and God continue to fortify u all..with love from malaysia
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Posted by Jimmy on 02/09/2010
Ali Hussein grow up mate yeah our kids might see him in the news losing the England Capt, at games getting booed everytime he touches the ball and getting lambasted in all forms of media because of adultery are your children then going to come to the assumption that it is ok? Wake up you clown
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Posted by Omobayo on 02/09/2010
what a tremedous game. A must watch for everybody. Arsenal tried but their best was not good enough. chealsea is just da bomb.
Hundreds of years to come, Arsenal will not forgive Drogba.
Up Chealsea
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Posted by Joseph Ocaya on 02/09/2010
Thanks inadvance for Carlo Ancelotti for the hard work is making through his lovely payers like Didier Drogba; but he should be giving room for Salomon Kalou as he is also a terro as far as football is concern and Anelka must ipmorove in the next game.Othre wise we are more than happy when Chelsea wins in whatever game that comes their way.
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Posted by Kim on 02/09/2010
CHELSEA has always been a great team this last few years except for the Scolari days, captian "Terryfic" has shown a great sense of character by still leading his team to great outings despite heavy criticisms about his private life. Ali, your kids should also learn that you dont just kill yourself after making a mistake. That way, they would be confident to tell you the truth always.
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Posted by anthony odii on 02/09/2010
I Hope arsene wenger will learn his lessons.He really need to add a couple of established players to his team if he hope to win anything for the next ten yrs.
UP chelsea!Blues for life!
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Posted by HL on 02/09/2010
John Terry did nothing wrong except getting caught.
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Posted by john ogutu on 02/09/2010
I won't forgive Drogba.
This guy scores two fantastic goals for Chelsea in one game and scores one goal only in three matches for Ivory Coast. Maybe his loyalty wasn't on African Cup of Nations. Come World Cup, I wan't to see this deadly Didier score against Portugal and Brazil. I support Chelsea coz of his power and goal thirst and Ivory Coast is waiting too.
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Posted by Princh on 02/09/2010
I have no dought with the blues winning is one of our style
Blue forever
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Posted by ugo on 02/09/2010
CHEALSEA HAS REALLY IMPRESSED ME..THEY PLAYED PERFECTLY AGAINST ARSENAL..ASPER JT..NO ONE HAS THE RIGTH TO JUDGE HIM....SO LET HIM BE...
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Posted by John on 02/09/2010
@ Ali Hussein
Serriously...if you can't parent your own kids and tell them its wrong, then don't let them watch football!!
Terry did not sign up to be your kids mentor, he signed up to make loads of money and you need to grow a pair with you kids then.
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Posted by jermaine on 02/09/2010
Come on Ali, a persons private life and football is 2 different things, you shouldnt let this bother u. Isnt Carlo playing Kakuta anymore, whats up with that, also Sturridge i think is getting really better than Anelka, we should be using him as a super sub or something and he wasnt even on the bench for the Arsenal game. I hope he plays them in the game on Saturday, and has Borini got a game yet?
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Posted by jules on 02/10/2010
"how can we let our children to watch an immoral footballer on the pitch? The kids would think that having adultery is ok."
ali hussein, your question is weak on two counts. firstly, your children are primarily your responsibility. if you believe john terry is immoral (for whatever reason) then the onus is on you to a) switch the television off and b) educate them on what it is that you think constitutes morality. i'm sure you're not perfect, and also that your children will one day recognise that there is no consequent correlation between playing football and validating adultery.
secondly, whilst a lot of people believe that footballers are role models (whether voluntarily or not), their mere presence on the football pitch does not signify Chelsea Football Club's (or the FA's) acceptance of adultery. John Terry is a footballer. he is on the pitch to play football. you don't turn the television on to watch John Terry be a faultless human being.
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Posted by Jules on 02/10/2010
and excuse me, but i'm pretty sure Bill Clinton committed adultery...and he was the President of the United States of America. surely, Ali, you would've told your children that adultery is not okay?
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Posted by bencfc on 02/10/2010
I agree that Chelsea was the best team on the day, both defensively and offensively, and as a team. I agree that Anelka was not at his best but his decoy run to drag 2 defenders away from Drogba for the second goal was brilliant. Anelka has always been consistent in his performance for every game he has started. And Drogba would not get half his goals if not for his strike partner this season. Hopefully we get another jimmy-eidur combo this season.
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Posted by Nezianya Emmanuel on 02/10/2010
cfc still i die jt,dd,lam,all d team we got ur bak'thanxxxxxxxxxxxx carlo ancelotti.
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Posted by Lokman MYS on 02/10/2010
Chelsea are definitely favourites for the title. But I am sure against teams which do not play beautiful football (the beasts), they will drop points..
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Posted by nelson on 02/10/2010
Ali Hussein,your father left hand,idiot are you stupid whats your stress na you dey give am food,you wan tell me say na only your wife you dey fuck,god punish you well well for me
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Posted by EDDIE on 02/10/2010
Terryfic!Drug-gba!!Way to go guys.You make proud to be a blue army.Who cares what the world thinks about JT.He plays better under the pressure,keep them coming.
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Posted by isaac on 02/10/2010
am tired of this terry saga. Arsenal fans, RVP was once accussed of being a rapist, n we all have skeletons in our closet. For heaven sake we should give him(terry) a break.
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Posted by skillful joe on 02/10/2010
Ali hussein or WHATEVER u call ursef!!! My advice to u is to stop being a hypocritical punk ass IDIOT!!!
You'd better GROW up.
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Posted by Nicafful on 02/10/2010
In as much as we expect our role models to show good character we don't have to keep hammering them when they do falter.
Frankly chelsea did play a great game and JT with his men at the back actually stood in arsenals way of getting a goal.
I think Ali is hurt more because of the defeat by Arsenal and not just because of what Terry did. stop being so critical because he is not the first one and he won't be the last.
Man United forever, irrespective of whether chelsea win games or not, they will always bow to Man U.
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Posted by Tiberius Nakamura on 02/10/2010
Chelsea's current form is all built on Abramovich's cash, isn't it? Better enjoy it while it lasts mates, because it won't be forever. Also, Terry may be a good captain on the pitch for 90 mins. Other than that, he ain't impressive. Sooner or later, his private life is going to affect his play and the team. Think Tiger.
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Posted by Nicafful on 02/10/2010
In as much as we expect our role models to show good character we don't have to keep hammering them when they do falter.
Frankly chelsea did play a great game and JT with his men at the back actually stood in arsenals way of getting a goal.
I think Ali is hurt more because of the defeat by Arsenal and not just because of what Terry did. stop being so critical because he is not the first one and he won't be the last.
Man United forever, irrespective of whether chelsea win games or not, they will always bow to Man U.
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Posted by dafphee on 02/10/2010
we would always have hypocrites in our mist. go train up your children and don't leave that responsibility to television.
Hussein has just shown how much of an irresponsible parent he is. I pity your children.am sure they have a whole lot to learn from OJ Simpson, mike Tyson and
prince Charles.
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Posted by chelseamerica on 02/10/2010
@ previous hate-monger-er
about abrom's cash, yes chelsea is built on his funds, please name one team not built on their owners funds, which team exactly is it that plays for free?
and about terry becoming tiger, i doubt his private life will affect him even a hundredth as much for A. golf is a solo sport, built nearly entirely on mental acuteness, football is mainly physical, golf is sporadic and extremely, supremely competitive, football, even at the highest heights, has quite a large curve in skill.
get ownt maing!!!!
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Posted by Gunner on 02/10/2010
All of the above posts makes interesting reading and i do agree with you guys chelsea were a class act on sunday. We gunners looked feeble in attack and defence. How can we let Lamps so much space like that. I hope we have learnt something if we are to challenge for any honours.
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Posted by PCP on 02/10/2010
Ali,u are stupid and God forsaken idiot to write what u wrote on JT. Can u truely confessed dat u are faithful to ur wife? From ur name it shows u are a muslem. By teaching of ur faith do u truely think what JT did was immoral? considering the fact that ur faith permitted u to marry as much as 4 wives. So my friend if people are talking of morality better short ur dirty trap 4 u are immoral urself.
JT truely made mistake, but that does not warrant all the kinds of abusive publicity/comments and accusation that people are passing on to him. We are talking about football here not about the private life of JT. Every individual is entitle for a private life, JT inclusive. If u are caught does not mean u are a saint. Therefore, let JT be. Enough of all this negative reporting. In my mind instead of condemning JT, this the time chelsea fans all over the world needs show support, love and encouragement to JT'S family. Finaly, JT keep up the good work u are doing for the chelsea/England.
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Posted by St Christopher on 02/10/2010
I no the different even before the match, Arsenal is just a common football Academy and not a football team, compare to the ALMIGHTY CHELSEA (The Blues forever)
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Posted by wite7 on 02/10/2010
Ali is a very big goat to have use dat language on OUR JT, infact english press should learn from the american repoters....the english media gat alot to do in reporting.
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Posted by Ugben Eagles on 02/10/2010
What about this John Terry Case? If u know u re without SIN first cast the stone at him.
What happens to a man is not what matters but the way he repond to it. We all have our bad days.
Terry the past is gone look forward to the future.
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Posted by Essien on 02/10/2010
Ali or what you call yourself, even if you've not committed an adultery, have u never lustfully looked at a lady? You hypocrite. Yes JT might have erred, but he aught not to be crucified. We are all humanbeings and at one time we've done worst than what JT did. Lets stop being hypocrite.
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Posted by Mark on 02/10/2010
You have your stats wrong, we've taken 10 points from 12 from the 4 games we've played with the so called "Big Four", remember the draw with United.
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Posted by David Kyle on 02/10/2010
Mark,
I do remember that game very well - as I was in attendance. I also remember John Terry getting the winning goal in a 1-0 three pointer.
Thus meaning we have taken all 12 from 12.
Thanks for your input.
David
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Posted by Titus on 02/10/2010
GOOD not GREAT performance, but the Italian is showing us how tactically magnificant he is. I keep hearing how we need a couple of new young players and they always bring up strikers names, I personally think we need to look at midfeilders. Not saying that Lampard is slowing, I just think it would be nice to have someone waiting in the wings. My pick is "Ireland" from Man City. Need to see Joe Cole more, he is the best we have on the team as an individual who can break a defense down.
!!!!COME ON CHELSEA!!!!
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Posted by sledge on 02/10/2010
@St Christopher
If Arsene Wenger had Abromovich's money, Arsenal would be multiple trophy winners every year.
That being said, Chelsea was the better side. I love watching the beautiful play of Arsenal, but sometimes you need a bit of grit and steel. And Chelsea had that in spades. It also doesn't hurt that Chelsea have the best game changing player in the world in Drogba.
I do believe Chelsea will win the title. And I'd rather them than ManUre.
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Phil Lythell is a Chelsea season ticket holder and lifelong Blues supporter stretching back to the sepia-tinted days of Kerry Dixon and Pat Nevin. Author of Chelsea-centric blog ShoutyandSpitty.com, Phil has spent his entire life living within a 20 minute walk of Stamford Bridge which has cost him a fortune but has also kept him from those interminable queues outside Fulham Broadway Station giving him more time in the pub to discuss the latest glorious/calamitous/insipid match.
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