Earlier in the week I looked at how desperate Chelsea players were starting to look as the final day of the season gets closer. United just need to match or better Chelsea’s result against Bolton on Sunday to claim the league, so are certainly favourites to win the title. However, Chelsea players are keen to insist that the pressure is on United, not themselves. For players who claim to be relaxed and confident, they’re not half doing a lot of talking. The reality is, Chelsea know their chances of winning the league this year are incredibly slim. Of course this can’t be acknowledged by them, so instead, they are opting to attempt to transfer the pressure to our lads. Sadly for the rent boys, it doesn’t appear to be working. Whilst Joe Cole, John Terry, Michael Ballack, and today, Ricardo Carvalho, seem desperate to shift the attention from themselves to United by talking out in the media, our players are keeping quiet on our rivals.
Owen Hargreaves, Rio Ferdinand and Wes Brown have all spoken to the press this week, yet there’s not a single mention of Chelsea in their interviews. Our players are focussed on the job in hand, getting a result against Wigan, whilst Chelsea seemingly can’t stop thinking about us.
Carvalho has today announced that he hopes Wigan will beat United and reveals the entire squad honestly do believe they will win the league.
“They will have more pressure on them this Sunday than us because nearly everyone believes the title is already United’s,” he said. “Cristiano is their big star but he is human too and he could fail under all the expectation. Miracles do happen. I am just hoping Wigan take all three points and that leaves us to beat Bolton. I am convinced we will beat Bolton, so the key to the title will be at Wigan. It has been a sensational race and for us to go into the final day level on points is incredible. Many people wrote us off after two months and now we have the chance to win an amazing double. The whole squad believes we can do it.”
When I hear Chelsea players claim they were written off after two months, I can’t help but remember John Terry’s comments earlier on in the season. “I would have expected United to have started a bit better. Five points is a hell of a gap to have this early on,” he said. “It’s going to be difficult for United.” Within a few weeks, our roles were reversed, and it was Chelsea who were five points behind.
Chelsea have done well to keep up with United, but it is more a case of United throwing points away than it is Chelsea storming to victory. Points dropped recently at Boro and Blackburn were unforgiveable, meaning the title that should already have been won is now going to be handed out on the final day of the season.
I have confidence in our team though and despite our slip ups more recently, can’t see us getting things wrong on Sunday. The problem for Chelsea is that they obviously agree, taking a leaf out of the not-so-Special-One’s book, which has lead them to talking inanely to the press in a desperate bid to deflect attention and pressure. It’s not worked so far and I am confident the title is ours, regardless of what Chelsea players do or say.
Will Chelsea’s tactics work?
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Congratulations for reaching the final paragraph before mentioning Mourinho but you couldn’t quite make it to the end could you? He obviously really got to you, was it his personality, charisma, tactical awareness or simply that he didn’t leave many trphies for the rest of the “big four” to share in the three seasons he was working here?
Poor norman what a lame comment. Chelsea fans have my sympathy fancy having to watch a team full of bully boys bore the life out of you every week.
In addition they spend 1/3 of every game either diving, harassing the refs.
win lose or draw Man utd fans get to appreciate good football week in week out.
Even when you were winning the league you were short changed
Fuck off norman. There was no personality or charisma in the teams that Mourinho or his Mongoloid successor put out. Cashley, Terry and Drogba, Bollock…what a nasty bunch of pricks you are.
Sorry Sydney (that’s an apology not an insult), you are of course right. Watching the second string win 3-1 at Old Trafford having already won the title with a record number of points. Beating you again 3-0 at Stamford Bridge to win the title for the second season running. Last seasons FA cup, two league cups plus the community shield, all in three seasons. I’ve never felt so “short changed”.
I thought ManU and the Arse made harassing referees an art form? And anyone remember the Van Nistelroy’s antics . . . the funny one against Arsenal . .. classic!
Yeah Norman, my blind aunt could win the league with all that money and the players Mourinhou had at his disposal.. he was a great coach, no doubt, however I would like to see a Chelsea coach win the league with predominantly young players from the Chelsea academy at the same time as he builds a great time that will last for years…. Chelsea is nothing more than a glory-hunter/prostitute club….
Norman – Mourinho was poor in his final season at Chelsea, and poor at the start of this season, that is why he was sacked. United were 8 points clear the day they won the league. It’s embarrassing that Jose’s side were so far behind after the massive investments. Tbh, I wish he was still at Chelsea. If he was, we’d have won the title already and we’d be facing Liverpool in the Cup final.
Redburrowhill – thanks for your input, very articulate.
Babek – Rooney, Ronaldo, Ferdinand, Nani, Anderson? Sadly it’s the way of the world now even when you’re ahead of the game let alone playing “catch-up”.
Scott the Red – If a “poor” final season is winning both domestic cups and coming second in the premiership, I’d take it. As for wishing Jose was still at Chelsea, I think you’re being far from honest.
Chelsea were crashing and burning under Jose. They were five points ahead of United after the opening few weeks of the season, then a month later they were 5 points behind.
Jose was exposed once the great squad that Ranieri had built for him started to be broken up and sold. He was truly dreadful in the transfer market and that cost him last season. It would have cost him this season aswell.
Just because you were conned by him, don’t think that we all were. United would be Champions now if Jose was still at Chelsea, damn right I wish he was still there.
Do the Chelsea sites offer no entertainment for you, Norman? Odd that you’d be so preoccupied with comments on Scott’s blog…
Robbo, how many times have Chelsea been fined this season for harassing the referees?
To be fair, the Chelsea players are just answering the same, re-treaded questions from the media who apparently are out of ideas. Of course, they’re give a positive outlook!
Scott the Red – Most clubs were 5 points ahead of United after the opening few weeks, you had a dreadful start. None of us know what would have happened had Jose stayed but the title will be won this season (I expect by united) with less points than any Chelsea accumulated in Jose time, which suggests you may well have lost the title by now had he stayed.
Southroy – I picked this article up from the “News Now Chelsea” site so thought I’d try and make it a little more interesting for you by giving a view from “the other side”, sorry if I failed and/or caused offence.
Norman – Grant has already got more points this season, despite Mourinho’s slump within the first few months, than Chelsea got with Mourinho last season.
HEY NORMAN, DOES JOSE I HEARD THAT JOSE PAYS U TO CLEAN HIS NAME ON INTERNET BLOGS. IS THAT TRUE?— kindly asking.