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| Why Chelsea Will Compete For The EPL Title |
2004/05: The 50 year wait was over. Jose Mourinho brought us the EPL title back. 1 loss suffered, 72 goals scored, 15 conceded resulting in 95 points beating 2nd place Arsenal by 12 points and United by 18 points. 2005/06 back to back EPL titles for Chelsea, the Special One doing it again. 5 losses, 72 goals scored, 22 conceded resulting in 91 points beating 2nd place United by 8 points, Liverpool by 9, Arsenal by well a lot. 2009/10 the EPL returns to the Bridge thanks to Carlo Ancelotti, 6 losses, 103 goals scored, 32 conceded resulting in 86 points beating 2nd place United by 1 point and Arsenal by 11. 3 great EPL seasons for us, that made all Chelsea fans happy and certainly showed what we can do with the right coach and right system.
Now lets look at the season that weren't so great. First, 2006/07. 3 losses, 64 goals scored, 24 conceded resulting in 83 points and a 2nd place finish and 6 points behind champions United. What went wrong? Too many draws, 11 draws is too high and is a bit lower than the 3 EPL winning seasons combined. Draws are simply not good enough, especially at home. Away draws are acceptable under certain circumstances like vs United, Arsenal and such tough competition. Next, 2007/08. 3 losses, 65 goals scored, 26 conceded resulting in 85 points and a 2nd place finish and 2 points behind champions United. What went wrong? Too many draws (10). it's not acceptable to draw that many games. Next 2008/09. 5 losses, 68 goals scored, 24 conceded resulting in 83 points and a 3rd place finish, 3 behind 2nd place Liverpool and 7 behind champions United. What went wrong? A high number of losses combined with 6 draws. 11 draws and losses is no good when combined. Last, 2011/12. 10 losses, 65 goals scored, 46 conceded resulting in a 6th place finish and many many points behind the Top 2. A dreadful season and our worst in years. What went wrong? Too many loses and draws, 20 combined. Too many goals conceded and poor style of play.
What must we do to win and compete for the EPL? Have 3-5 losses and 5-6 draws, triple the amount of goals conceded to get the goals scored. Establish a team that you will use almost every week and have good replacements for each position or depth. Also, we must beat us competitors like City, United and Arsenal. Beating them home and away would be superb, or at least 4 points vs each. Another thing that we must do is take as many away points as possible and create a fortress around Stamford Bridge (as done before). These are the crucial steps we must take to compete and win the EPL again. These steps would have possibly of won us the seasons that we didn't.
I believe we will meet all of the things listed above and compete and win the English Premier League fot 2012/13 season.
What do you think about Chelsea's chances to win and compete for the EPL this season? Let me know on Twitter or via your comments.
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Yes we can. Last season under Di Matteo we only lost 2 games,particulary midweek games during a very busy period due to the EPL,Champions League and FA Cup. We lacked depth but we won most of our matches which is a good thing if you look at it the right way. This season,we have depth and more key creative players. With that we can win the league but we need consistancy in order to do that. Like you side by winning rival matches and building a fortress at home...and in my opinion comfortably seeing off lesser teams can help with the goal driffrence. We cannot get hammered like City beat United 6-1! We all know what that meant for United at the end of the season. Cheers.
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ReplyDeleteI don't think the depth of the team is yet complete. Assuming we want to rest the fist 11, the second 11 would be Sturridge, Marin, Oscar, ??, romeu, Essien, Betrand, Cahill, ??, ??, Tumbull?. This has to be further strengthened so that we don't repeat Liverpool's 4 : 1 this season n still pick up the little cup.
ReplyDeleteOne thing you failed to mention in your article is LUCK. Every contender prepares to go for the cup but it takes good luck to succeed. Injury and inconsistency are hindrances but the Champions overcome all these.
ReplyDeleteSomebody mentioned luck,i think we need that one too.Remember when Messi lost the penalty?That wa luck.If we maintain a winning record at home,unbeaten away record we will be untouchable. If our Winter fortunes change,we will win the EPL.KTBFFH,no matter the results.
ReplyDeleteThere's no such thing as luck in football. If you don't take your chances then it's just too bad. How many chances did Wigan have against us? Alot but they lost because of poor finishing. Messi and Barca went through a rare bad time..before that 2nd leg game at the Nou Camp against us,they lost to Madrid. Luck had and will have nothing to do football. It's either you convert your chances or you don't.
ReplyDeleteWe can win the EPL if we stop conceding goals. Our Defense is strong this season but we still lack in our defensive midfield..... Mikel is too inconsistent, he just looses the ball too often. RDM should give Oriol romeu or Essien a chance. We need some1 with strength and stamina there and Mikel has neither. Mikel is a waste of a player on pitch, he cant score, cant defend, his passing sometimes is too risky. In my opinion Luiz must be given chance to play in this position once Cesar Azpilicueta deal is finalized, that way we can play Ivanovic and terry as CB and David Luiz in place of Mikel. David luiz has got everything to be a Defensive midfielder he is strong and his long through pass are just amazing, But then again its my opinion.
ReplyDeleteLuck? C'mon mate...
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