The biggest game of the season is upon us, so it only seems right that I get Den from The Chelsea Blog to answer some questions for us.
Scott the Red: Six months ago, Chelsea were six points clear of United. Are you proud of your current position after spending some time 5th in the league or frustrated your team threw away the lead in the first place?
Chelsea Den: Where you are in the table that early in the season counts for nothing really. We had a blistering start, which is just as well really or we could be in real trouble now. As it is, from falling 15 points behind United, when points really matter we’ve managed to get into the position where we’re now just 3 behind. Of course I’d have preferred us not to play like muppets for months on end mid-season but credit to the lads for not bending over and giving it to United on a plate like Arsenal.
STR: Are you surprised by Chelsea’s meltdown earlier in the season?
CD: Yes and no. We did have a very strong start to the season but in the few games before the true meltdown started, the signs were already there. That poor form creeping in came just ahead of Wilkins’ departure, which was ultimately the reason given in the press for our woeful form. Maybe some of the players bought into that and excused themselves for not putting in the effort but with Drogba suffering some pretty long-term effects from his bout of malaria, Lampard struggling to comeback from his injury and Essien morphing into a very un-Essien like player, we just didn’t have anything going for us.
STR: Talking more recently, once the meltdown was over, United had it fairly easy against you in the Champions League. Do you think the emotion of it all got to Terry and co.?
CD: No, but I think not getting a penalty against you in the first leg might. Who knows where their heads were over those two games? I don’t really have an explanation for it but surely if they were so desperate to atone for Moscow they’d have put in a bit more effort when they had the chance?
STR: After beating you, we had even easier games against Schalke, before booking our place in the European Cup final for the third time in three years. Do you think United can beat Barcelona in the final?
CD: Depends whether you mean in a fist-fight or football? Unfortunately I’d have to say they probably can, whether they will or not is another matter. As we saw against Real, Barca can really get under your skin, break the play up with the odd Platoon audition here and there, then turn on the style for a split second to wrap up a game.
STR: Chelsea keep getting quite close but never quite making it. Do you think you will ever win the Champions League?
CD: In my lifetime? Who knows? The momentum was there in 2008 and if ever we could do it, I thought that was the chance. Now I try not to concentrate on what we can and can’t do in the Champions League because I’d lose the will to live.
STR: Roman Abramovich has spent £100m to improve the team this season and half of that went on Fernando Torres. What a waste of money?
You reckon? Maybe he hasn’t had the immediate impact Chelsea had hoped for in terms of goals but if nothing else, his signing has seen a turnaround in Drogba’s form and that certainly hasn’t done us any harm. Maybe signing a player like Torres in January, when we’ve already got Drogba wasn’t the best idea in terms of getting value for money but I think we’ll see his true value next season. Besides, if he comes on and scores the winner Sunday, he’d be worth every penny.
STR: I reckon one goal is a shoddy return for a £50m player, certainly, and you don’t spend that amount of money to improve the form of someone else. However, Torres scored two goals against Chelsea in Liverpool 2-0 win earlier in the season. If we win the league by 3 or less points the Chelsea fans won’t resent him for helping us win the title, will they?
CD: I think they’d have to be clutching at straws if they did. If United win the title it’ll be because we were shit for months, not just one game.
STR: I’ll certainly be thanking him on here, as you could imagine. Anyway, in our last league meeting, your players and manager admitted that Chelsea shouldn’t have had a penalty and Luiz should have been sent off. Are you confident that officials will help you beat us again?
CD: Bearing in mind the FA have decided it’s United’s turn to be allocated the twelfth man this time, confidence isn’t a word I’d use going into this game.
STR: You’re surely not talking about the ref who helped Chelsea win the FA Cup last season are you? I’m sure Webb would be offended to see his work has gone unappreciated by your fans! As usual, thanks for taking the time to talk to us.
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the 12th man needs to be the fans tomorrow, not the ref. Hopefully OT will be loud while the players take it to chelsea….arrgghhh my stomach is unsettled already from anticipation!
Cmon United!!!!
I can’t handle a game this massive and this close, really I can’t. The whole season coming down to only one game is killing me.
I would agree…. Webb is advantage United
Hahaha!!!
The way Scott rips into opposition fans is HILARIOUS!!!
Nice One.
Oh sure when chelsea was on top it never mattered to you stay at the top eh? You managed to “crawl” a 15 point gap back with the help of refs in many of those games especially last week when you should not have had ANY goal. someone said it was one of the greatest comebacks in football history. i was laughing. HAHAHA.
WE’RE GONNA BEAT YOU BRO. COME ON UNITED!!!!
How funny is it that Chavs want to talk about Ref decisions now?
Chelsea shouldn’t even be in the title race they should be 6pts behind us after the way they were not gifted but DELIVERED the game against spurs.
And their fans want to mention Ref decisions, going in our favor just look at our last 3 league games.
Say No More.
@scott
you are the master of questions and answers! Well done mate…
They’ve had more from Howard Webb than we ever have. Pure shit stirring that he will hopefully ignore completely tomorrow.
Ha! Chelsea fan’s mentioning penalties…
Sorry to go off topic
#Swear Watch#
Demba Ba shouting Fuck off after missing a header from a cross from Carlton Cole in the 77th minute
I hope for no refereeing favors nor any refereeing crimes committed against us.
fucking bitter lost against everton.
nice one.
Sorry for saying this, but i really appreciate this Chelsea guy. Unbiased(for a fan) and provides good banter. Wrote a few fair articles regarding the rooney saga part 2.
Quite unlike the bluemoonrising cunt on twitter.
Very important that you had the last word Scott!
Go STR, ripping into the imposter’s. Brutal
Well done STR! Great read
By the way, I love the picture used for this thread…. Brilliant
Chelski fans seemed resigned to a loss- I’m hoping Chicharito scores early from offside to make all the haters heads explode!! Then on to Wembley!!
C’Mon United!
Arse and Tit-en-ham.Birds of the same feather!
the only reason chealsea are still in the title race is bacuse of 2 big games that went there way
first the manu game at stamford bridge we had a handball not given and liuz should have been send off way before he scored that goal
and then theres that game against spurs to be honest i wasnt shocked especially when ur playing at stamford bridge everythinbg goes against you
but hopefully at old trafford it will be a fair game and theres no atkinson for chelsea so it should be a really good game
What a pair of fucking choking bottlejobs Citeh and spurs are. Spurs can’t even do a job on a vastly out of form blackpool. Like Kings has pointed out it aint that long ago the beetroot cunt redknapp was saying how they were our equals and could win the league. Fucking tapping up talking to sky through his car window chancer. They need a striker that will not only guarantee fifteen or twenty goals a season but one who can actually get five. With liverpools top four pedigree could they nick into that fourth spot? Rather them than the bitters.
I see mark bolton on la liga just saying Madrid are by far the worlds biggest club. Err I beg to differ Mark. What a set of arselicking cunts of madrid and barca they are on la liga. Especially that toerag graham fucking hunter. Last night they were talking about the forthcoming european cup final and the bastard couldn’t resist a dig at United. Says we will NEED luck to beat bartha just like in ninety nine when we didn’t deserve it. Fuck off graham. Summaty wrong with bastards like him that obsess and wax lyrical about spanish teams.
Looks like that Nando bitch is about to catch a beat-down. “please not the face…”
@King Eric
People have to talk up the big two in Spain, because they are the only two. You look at England right now you’ve got teams with history like United and Liverpool, then you’ve got teams that are just good enough to give any team in Europe a show like Tottenham and Arsenal, then you’ve got teams with money to burn, Chelsea and City. That’s six clubs that are at least as big and potent on the European stage as the best that Germany, Italy or France could offer, and six clubs that could cheerfully piss all over the third team in Spain or lower.
So what is Spain but an uncompetitive league with two immensely rich clubs in it? That’s why it has to be talked up. The Spanish version of the Old Firm have killed off their own league and there’s bugger all to play for there.
Anybody trying to make Spain sound interesting has to either lie, or fail. Simple as that. Spanish football is boring, simple as that. For all the skill, flair and talent on display without competition it is meaningless.
I will be a rich man from Chelseas win tomorrow. We simply stand no chance against their powerful outfit!
Fuck off swede. How weird are you. Masquerading as a United fan on a United blog for over a week. Too powerful? Funny how united did them in europe over two legs.
Doghouse. Spot on mate. Was looking at the spanish league table earlier and third placed team had a goal difference of plus 18. Barcas is plus seventy. Absolute piss take.
Scott you’re are truly masterclass……
Its amazing how you can recall every little detail and use that to put the opposition back in their place……
I can see how Den’s response kept getting shorter and shorter, by the end of the interview i bet he couldn’t wait to get home to MOMMY!!!!!
And City lost after going 1 goal ahead….. Now that’s definitely worth a MASSIVE laugh!!!!!!!! Hahahahahahahaha!!!!!
Lets finish the cunts. I’m sick of Chelsea, they are so small time it’s unbelievable. When out the other night a chelsea cunt came up to me and said “we are chelsea shag your birds and drink your beer”. What kind of fucking horrible cockney scumbag is that, no wonder they idolise CLLC, they are massive chavs and they are obsessed with us. One chelsea fan on bbc even said lampard has been the best creative force in the prem. I think that is a disgrace and I beg to differ, as our own ginger prince is by far and away lampards superior. Lets show these no counts how to win in style, and send them packing back to their debenham thieving coke dealing suicide inducing privilege abusing private box selling slipping at the crucial moment in a penalty shootout CUNTS. FUCK CHELSEA AND FUCK JOHN TERRY. SCUM.
Thanks for conducting that interview and posting it for all of us to see. Interesting points of view..big game sunday. Gotta admit, you came up with knee-digging questions. Making me smile the whole time.
Torres looks like he’s about to give everyone a bj in this picture.
UNITED FTW!
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The penalty awarded for the Rents when we played them at Stamford Bridge was a disgrace. That narks me more than the non-sending off of Luiz I just hope that there is no diving today, or am I asking too much? If the game is played fairly I have no doubt that we will get a result. I just pray that we all see that slapped-arse, half-a-man John Terry crying again at the end. COME ON UNITED!!!!