[Centraal] Chelsea FC #2: Op naar de treble!

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Op vrijdag 3 november 2006 20:14 schreef Erasmusch het volgende:
Ik vind m minder waardeloos dan vroeger.

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Op maandag 6 november 2006 13:41 schreef mcyodogg het volgende:

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Hoeveel hij gekost heeft zegt bij Chelsea niet altijd hoeveel hij daadwerkelijk kan hoor

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José Mourinho is ontevreden over de vocale ondersteuning van de Chelsea-fans. "Waarom zingen ze niet? Ze zijn altijd stil. Mijn spelers verdienen, meer support", klint het opvallend uit mond van de Portugees. (Diverse Engelse media)

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Mourinho hits out at Chelsea form

Boss Jose Mourinho has made a scathing assessment of Chelsea after the draw with Fulham left them six points behind Premiership leaders Manchester United. On Saturday the Blues were held to a second 2-2 draw at home in a week after a Boxing Day point against Reading and Mourinho said: "This is not a surprise.

"In this moment Chelsea cannot defend. I am the first to know that. Maybe we are not as good as we think, maybe I am not such a good boss, maybe the players are not such good players."

The result meant Chelsea slipped further behind United in the race for the title and Mourinho publicly named several players as his side's weak links in recent weeks.

"What can you do with Michael Ballack, with Paulo Ferreira, with Geremi? Nothing," he said. "The players have no qualities adapting to the game opponents are playing against us. Furthermore, Andriy Shevchenko, Shaun Wright-Phillips and Solomon Kalou are just not performing. Didier Drogba is the only one doing his best at the moment. When the opponent sees one mistake and another mistake they smell the chance. It's exactly the opposite of previous periods with us."

And Mourinho admitted he may ask owner Roman Abramovich to spend more money in the January transfer window in a bid to catch up with United, although he would prefer to have number one keeper Petr Cech and skipper John Terry back from injury.

"If the club ask for my opinion I would say yes to new players but at the same time, when I see the eyes of some clubs and they want incredible money for very ordinary players, I would say no," he said. "In fact I need to spend nothing. It is difficult but I hope that John Terry and Petr Cech are back soon. I don't need millions next month, I need the best goalkeeper and the best central defender in the world back."

Terry hopes to return to action in January following a back operation, while Cech is also on course for a comeback early in 2007 after fracturing his skull in a collision with Reading's Stephen Hunt in mid-October.

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De voetblessure van Joe Cole blijkt veel ernstiger te zijn dan gedacht. In eerste instantie luidde de diagnose dat de aanvallende middenvelder was uitgeschakeld door een kneuzing, nu lijkt een operatie onontkoombaar.

Coach José Mourinho is pessimistisch over het herstel van zijn speler. 'Het zou wel eens een structurele blessure kunnen zijn, die hem tenminste de rest van dit seizoen aan de kant houdt. Joe moet beslissen of hij een operatie wil ondergaan. Hij moet snel beslissen want de tijd vliegt.'

In de hoofdmacht van Chelsea verscheen Cole dit seizoen pas één keer aan de aftrap van een duel in het Premiership. Daarnaast viel hij vijf keer in. In het begin van het seizoen kampte Cole met knieproblemen. Vrijwel direct na zijn rentree kwetste hij zijn voet.

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Op zondag 31 december 2006 15:30 schreef mcyodogg het volgende:

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Nog steeds niet ondenkbaar

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Op dinsdag 2 januari 2007 23:38 schreef defranseslag het volgende:
Wel de nul gehouden vandaag...

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Op dinsdag 2 januari 2007 23:57 schreef Barney.Stinson het volgende:
Kwestie van tijd voordat Mourinho weg is. Als je je spelers zo afvalt in het openbaar, dan stuur je overduidelijk aan op een vertrek.

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Op woensdag 3 januari 2007 16:42 schreef DutchGooner het volgende:
Moronho over de voorspronf van manyoo op Chelsea;

He said: "Considering the problems Chelsea have had, Manchester United should be 10, 12, 14 points clear of us. I am happy to be six points behind.

"In my opinion, Manchester United did not take advantage of our bad moments."

Over welke problemen heeft ie het in hemelsnaam

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Op maandag 8 januari 2007 13:49 schreef mcyodogg het volgende:

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Sunday Times

Tottenham zal wel een compleet onrealistisch bod vragen, dus kan je beter niet doen. Ik vind spelers als Bent en Defoe goede spelers voor de PL, maar ik denk niet dat ze Chelsea naar een hoger plan tillen. En al helemaal niet in verhouding tot de prijs. Pienaar in verband met Chelsea wil ik trouwens ook niet meer in berichten tegenkomen, die heeft daar niets te zoeken.

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Op woensdag 3 januari 2007 16:42 schreef DutchGooner het volgende:


Over welke problemen heeft ie het in hemelsnaam

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Op maandag 8 januari 2007 18:57 schreef mcyodogg het volgende:
Gebeurd niet. Anders ga ik met m'n knokkels over het kale hoofd van Peter Kenyon wrijven.

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Op maandag 8 januari 2007 18:53 schreef AminBen het volgende:
Er gaat het gerucht: Ronaldo<---->Shevchenko

Real zou er niet rouwig om zijn

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Chelsea target 100m Chinese fans in global campaign


Jonathan Watts in Beijing
Monday January 8, 2007
Guardian Unlimited


An enthusiastic Chinese fan. Chelsea marketing bosses hope the internet will let them mine ardent support for the Premier League. Photograph: Greg Wood/EPA



Chelsea Football Club's plans for world domination came a mouse click closer to realisation yesterday with a Chinese internet tie-up that adds more than 100m people to the club's potential fanbase.
The launch of a Mandarin language website in conjunction with China's biggest portal, Sina, is part of an intensifying global contest for hearts and wallets that pits the London side against Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus.

It will soon be followed by the release of a Bollywood film aimed at making Stamford Bridge lovers out of India's middle-class, as well as a pre-season tour to the United States by Jose Mourinho's team and an intensified Asia marketing strategy with Adidas and Samsung.


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With the world's biggest population and the fastest growing economy, China is seen as having huge potential by football giants such as Manchester United and Real Madrid, both of which have sent teams to tour here in recent years.
Apart from lucrative friendlies every two or three years, however, few foreign clubs have made much money here because average incomes are still below £1,000 per year. Two Manchester United-themed restaurants in Chengdu were recently forced to close because customers were not willing to pay extra for the brand.

Instead of opening their own outlets, Chelsea - which is neck and neck with Manchester United in terms of popularity, according to market research surveys - will focus their efforts on the internet, grass-roots support and cooperation with the national football association.

Their new website partner, Sina, is the most powerful force in the Chinese internet, which has more than 120m users. Sina will translate material from Chelsea's English website and add comment from a local perspective in return for a share of revenues from advertising, sponsorship, online sales and membership subscriptions. Within a year, it is expected to turn a profit.

At its launch, the website featured a video clip of Ashley Cole speaking Mandarin with a cockney accent, still pictures of Frank Lampard kissing his ring finger to celebrate a goal, and a haggard Mourinho reading from an autocue about how much he is looking forward to answering questions from millions of Chinese fans.

In the days and months ahead, Chelsea will also announce plans for a first-team tour of China - possibly as early as 2008 - and the hosting of the Chinese Olympic football team at the London club's training ground later this year. In association with the Asian Football Confederation, Chelsea will also expand a grass-roots coaching programme from the current two cities - Qingdao and Wuhan - to 15, including Beijing and Shanghai.

Dong Lu, a leading Chinese football journalist, said Chelsea appealed to younger fans more than Manchester United or Real Madrid. "Their popularity has grown in the past two or three years because of the impressive power of their football. Until now, their fans have been scattered around a number of different bulletin boards. Sina, as the biggest force in the Chinese internet, can bring them together. There is great potential for the two to develop their business."

But despite the emphasis on youth at the website launch ceremony, one older Chelsea supporter also crept out of the woodwork - the British ambassador, William Ehrman, who said he became a Blues fan in 1958.

The Premier League has a devoted following in China, thanks partly to the relative success of home-grown players such as Sun Jihai at Everton and new arrivals such as Zheng Zhi at Charlton.

Activities off the pitch are just as important in the race to be the world's top football brand. Paul Smith, the club's business affairs director, said he had just been to India, which the club has identified as a potential growth market despite its reputation as a cricket-mad nation. He revealed that Chelsea would make a "cameo appearance" in an upcoming Bollywood film in which a key character is a Blues' fan.