EPL's Poor Losers - Meet the latest Winner
Some common incidents occurring post matches at EPL...
1) Chris Coleman openly lambasting his players for their abysmal performances away (They have become so consistent in losing away matches that bookies can bravely bet on relegation candidates stealing point(s) against Fulham).
2) Sam Allardyce starting his post- match press meet with his customary "The ref got couple of things wrong against us. 11 tackles by opponents went unnoticed" and some more conundrums.
3) David O' Leary finding some excuse to save his head for another week.
4) Arsene Wenger complaining in his typical French accent about refs not protecting his team against rough opponents. Gunners do not want any opponent to touch them. Is it feasible? What else is the defenders' job other than dispossessing you? Everyone also remembers the bad spat in September, 2003 at Old Trafford when Gooners incensed by play-acting of van Nistelrooy showed their dark side by roughing him up.
From the above four nominations, the clear winner by a long mile has been Arsenal for the past 2 or 3 seasons. But there has been some improvements on the discipline front at Highbury. Departure of those people involved in the OT 2003 spat is an important reason. Henry may not be as inspiring as Vieira. But he has managed to instill some discipline among his young colts. Another reason has been the teams nowadays have literally got physical when it comes to playing Arsenal. The EPL teams tried for 49 matches in vain. And it was the experienced ManU manager, who came up with the formula of "I don't care whether you kick the ball or not but if you fail to kick their players, you may forget about starting a match in the future". Though United have lost that physical presence of late due to the departure of Keane and Phil Neville, other teams have followed united's example perfectly.
Enough of old stories.. If Arsenal has improved who takes the title this time around? Well, We have a brand new contender and it has done exceedingly well leaving the competitors far behind. Stand up for Moaning Mourinho's Chelsea.
It all started last season itself. Anders Frisk' forced into retiring, Sir Alex alleged about talking to ref at half-time. But the media didn't tighten the rope on Jose and his blues. The club was afterall winning its first title in 50 years. Initially, it looked a good ploy that the manager was absorbing the pressure whil shielding the players.
But this season, Chelsea has developed a mindless arrogance, which makes them feel they've won a match even before stepping on the pitch. They've had their share of good fortune. If it had not been for an outrageous ref decision to call Scholes offside, Jose would still be loitering on the corridors of Estadio Dragao. When decisions go against them, which does happen once in a blue moon, he should be able to accept defeat graciously rather than blaming others, refs in particular.
Some quotable quotes out of Jose...
"All I know is we scored two beautiful goals and were worthy winners" - After chelsea dropped their first points of the season while drawing 1-1 at Everton.
"Liverpool played Basketball" - After Chelsea's attempts at trying to break down Liverpool in Europe broke down for the fourth time.
"There are good theatres in Barcelona" - Taking a swipe at Messi after Del horno was sent off. Maybe he doesn't know that there are good theatres in West London itself. Should have remembered Reina's sending off weeks before at Stmford Bridge.
Not shaking hands with Bryan Robson after their scrappy win over West Brom where Robben was sent off. At the same time last year, chelsea had only one red card against its name (No send-offs in EPL, Drogba at Camp Nou), whereas this season, in a space of two months they have collected as many as 4 red cards.
Tha latest defeat to Fulham takes the cake. "Drogba handled the ball. But unless the ref had ten eyes he could not have seen it" - So a nice logic to claim a disallowed goal. They played poorly in the first half and Drogba must realize that there is no defender in EPL strong enough to make him fall to the ground. Atleast Glenn Roeder can find some solace that his club's not alone when it comes to blowing away money on wasteful signings.
Now disciplinary hearing for the second time this season. I guess the blues have allotted time in their monthly schedule for a disciplinary hearing from last month.
Some common incidents occurring post matches at EPL...
1) Chris Coleman openly lambasting his players for their abysmal performances away (They have become so consistent in losing away matches that bookies can bravely bet on relegation candidates stealing point(s) against Fulham).
2) Sam Allardyce starting his post- match press meet with his customary "The ref got couple of things wrong against us. 11 tackles by opponents went unnoticed" and some more conundrums.
3) David O' Leary finding some excuse to save his head for another week.
4) Arsene Wenger complaining in his typical French accent about refs not protecting his team against rough opponents. Gunners do not want any opponent to touch them. Is it feasible? What else is the defenders' job other than dispossessing you? Everyone also remembers the bad spat in September, 2003 at Old Trafford when Gooners incensed by play-acting of van Nistelrooy showed their dark side by roughing him up.
From the above four nominations, the clear winner by a long mile has been Arsenal for the past 2 or 3 seasons. But there has been some improvements on the discipline front at Highbury. Departure of those people involved in the OT 2003 spat is an important reason. Henry may not be as inspiring as Vieira. But he has managed to instill some discipline among his young colts. Another reason has been the teams nowadays have literally got physical when it comes to playing Arsenal. The EPL teams tried for 49 matches in vain. And it was the experienced ManU manager, who came up with the formula of "I don't care whether you kick the ball or not but if you fail to kick their players, you may forget about starting a match in the future". Though United have lost that physical presence of late due to the departure of Keane and Phil Neville, other teams have followed united's example perfectly.
Enough of old stories.. If Arsenal has improved who takes the title this time around? Well, We have a brand new contender and it has done exceedingly well leaving the competitors far behind. Stand up for Moaning Mourinho's Chelsea.
It all started last season itself. Anders Frisk' forced into retiring, Sir Alex alleged about talking to ref at half-time. But the media didn't tighten the rope on Jose and his blues. The club was afterall winning its first title in 50 years. Initially, it looked a good ploy that the manager was absorbing the pressure whil shielding the players.
But this season, Chelsea has developed a mindless arrogance, which makes them feel they've won a match even before stepping on the pitch. They've had their share of good fortune. If it had not been for an outrageous ref decision to call Scholes offside, Jose would still be loitering on the corridors of Estadio Dragao. When decisions go against them, which does happen once in a blue moon, he should be able to accept defeat graciously rather than blaming others, refs in particular.
Some quotable quotes out of Jose...
"All I know is we scored two beautiful goals and were worthy winners" - After chelsea dropped their first points of the season while drawing 1-1 at Everton.
"Liverpool played Basketball" - After Chelsea's attempts at trying to break down Liverpool in Europe broke down for the fourth time.
"There are good theatres in Barcelona" - Taking a swipe at Messi after Del horno was sent off. Maybe he doesn't know that there are good theatres in West London itself. Should have remembered Reina's sending off weeks before at Stmford Bridge.
Not shaking hands with Bryan Robson after their scrappy win over West Brom where Robben was sent off. At the same time last year, chelsea had only one red card against its name (No send-offs in EPL, Drogba at Camp Nou), whereas this season, in a space of two months they have collected as many as 4 red cards.
Tha latest defeat to Fulham takes the cake. "Drogba handled the ball. But unless the ref had ten eyes he could not have seen it" - So a nice logic to claim a disallowed goal. They played poorly in the first half and Drogba must realize that there is no defender in EPL strong enough to make him fall to the ground. Atleast Glenn Roeder can find some solace that his club's not alone when it comes to blowing away money on wasteful signings.
Now disciplinary hearing for the second time this season. I guess the blues have allotted time in their monthly schedule for a disciplinary hearing from last month.
posted by Marauder | 12:03 PM
2 Comments:
Drogba is one of the worst players in terms his total disregard for the sportsmanship of the game...it's funny to see him fall at the slightest touch. And against Man City yesterday, he has again scored by handling the ball!
Jose might have been a breath of fresh air when he arrived in England but now he is getting too stale...his hypocritical comments and his refusal to shake hands with managers is an utter disregard to the game itself.
The maximum period Jose has stayed in a single club is 2.5 years. Time to go to Inter, may be. After all, Chelsea have not been able to better their last year's performance. They have not even made it to semis of the CFL... Roman must be ready to wield the axe.
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