Posts Tagged ‘AVB’

What Next For Ryan Bertrand at Chelsea?

Despite the positive performance of Jose Boswinga at left backI was devastated that Ryan Bertrand did not play against Manchester United.

In my opinion the left back is ready to play and his omission really begs the question of what the future for Ryan Bertrand will hold given yet another example of an under pressure manager refusing to give a youth product a chance in the first team.

This was a massive smack in the face for our youth team, if you were a young player why would you sign for the Chelsea academy if there is little realistic chance that even if you perform that you will be given a game?

Surely it would be more cost effective at this point to just knock the academy on its head and pay millions of pounds over the market value for the players we want, after all that is all we seem to do anyway.

Even if we do then end up playing them out of position denying a specialist youth player a shot in that position.

I will finally put it another way Chamberlain for Arsenal had a great game for the Gunners against Blackburn after signing last year, do you think he would have even played a single game for Chelsea this season despite our issues?

I highly doubt it as well, AVB it is time you anted up and started giving talented younger players a chance.

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Why AVB Should Consider Champions League Cup Tied Players

Buying players in January is always fraught with issues and potential pitfalls such as having to pay an inflated price for a player due to the highly competitive, stressful nature of the transfer window and market forces.

However AVB has hinted that we would not buy players in this window that were cup tied for the Champions League and I would have to agree with Vital Chelsea that this does not make sense.

Whilst the Champions League is an important competition we only have a maximum of seven games to play in that whilst the FA Cup and League could number more than 20 fixtures.

Fixtures in which the right players bought in the window could be used to consolidate a Champions League position.

Therefore whilst inconvenient there is little sense in discounting a move for a player based on their Champions League availability unless the January supplement is too great to merit an immediate signing.

Club Statements On Signings

An interesting footnote to this is that the club has tried to be more upfront with the media and therefore fans about potential signings than in previous years responding to rumours where it feels appropriate.

In the case of Willian the information given by AVB that we would not be in for him due to him being cup tied was disproven by evidence of a bid being made just a few days later.

There are always several factors at play and maybe the club has decided that at a low enough price his lack of availability for the Champions League can be overcome.

The illusion of transparency may have been shattered but at least the club is still in the hunt for the next pieces of the AVB rebuilding job.

Daily CFC News Update – 1st December 2011

Here are today’s headlines from across the web on the start of advent.

ChelseaDaft has been offering an open debate on how the team can move forward after another turbulent November.

WeAintGotNoHistory do an in depth loan round up, with Jeffery Bruma and Thibaut Courtois starring for their temporary clubs.

BBCSport speak to Former Chelsea manager Avram Grant has joined a list of former players and managers who feel it necessary to say that Andre Villas Boas needs more time to make his mark at Chelsea.

FamousCFC.com looks at the return of Sam Hutchinson as a player after signing a new one and a half year contract with the club.

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Another Defeat Another CFC v Liverpool Video

I seem to be posting alot of these commiseration videos at the moment, here is one from the Carling Cup Final 2005

Game Summary v Wolves

Finally we have a convincing win for everyone to focus on.

Ok so we would expect to beat Wolves at home every time we face them but with recent form it was enjoyable to see us win convincingly once more.

We saw some interesting selections from AVB with Frank Lampard being rested and Fernando Torres starting from the bench as once again Didier Drogba was favoured.

Despite one or two nervous moments we were defensively strong and able to keep a clean sheet as the team controlled the game for large periods

In midfield we saw the impressive Oriol Romeu making his first Premier League start since joining from Barcelona. The youngster looked calm and at home in the heart of our midfield that hummed and kept Wolves under control for most of the match.

Upfront it was the Juan Mata show with the Spaniard clocking up a goal and two assists to earn the man of the match award.

Overall a comfortable day at the office for the team, yet victory is unlikely to keep AVB out of the firing line for very long.

We have some tough tests coming upin the next few weeks.

Between now and Christmas we will be in action in three competitions and a strong showing will be needed if we are to harbour any ambitions in any of them.

Summary:

Chelsea XI: Cech, Ivanovic (Boswinga 77), Terry, Luiz, Cole, Romeu, Ramires, Meireles (Lampard 70), Mata, Drogba (Torres 77), Sturridge

Goals: Terry, Sturridge Mata

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