Comments on: How Chelsea Ruined Shaun Wright-Phillips

By: John Wright Phillips

John Wright Phillips — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 14:50:52 +0000

Shaun wright phillips has got great pace and acceleration but he needs to get his confidence back because he use to terroise defenders with his explosive burst of pace but when he was in chelsea, they didnt allow him to show his ability as a winger. My opinion on jose mourinho is that he plays more defensive and that lacked flair and movement. Shaun is a very good player but needs to work on his deliveries and work on his speed, it seems he's lost it a bit.

By: ossie's dream

ossie's dream — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:15:26 +0000

“How Chelsea Ruined SWP” may be a harsh headline (but this is a blog after all, so we should be forgive the occasional sensationalist headline, as long as it isn’t misleading), but I agree with the sentiment. SWP must take his share of the blame, however, as it was a poor career decision.

To the sadly misguided and completely biased “Chelsea are beyond reproach” posters above, I have two words for you: Steve Sidwell. Why on earth did Chelsea feel it necessary to take a decent midfielder who Reading desperately needed and never had a hope of breaking into the first team? We can all argue that Sidwell, like SWP, made the wrong decision but that does not excuse Chelsea of culpability.

More to the point, perhaps the Chelsea fans can tell us how they feel about selling a 27-year old with a lot to offer the Premier League for approx 13M less than they paid for him? The same goes for Shevchenko – a loss of about 10M pounds.

All this “masterminded” by Peter Kenyon, a man who claims he will have Chelsea in the black in a few years.

By: Lonnie

Lonnie — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:47:31 +0000

SWP has great pace and dribbling but his crossing is inconsistent.

I think what has happened is that Chelsea overpaid for him which artificially increased many opinions of his ability. He’s a decent player but perhaps not an international class player (i.e. not a starter for England).

He also had chances before now to go elsewhere and get games but he seemed content to sit on the bench at Chelsea. Can’t blame the club for that.

By: Kartik Krishnaiyer

Kartik Krishnaiyer — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:34:20 +0000

Maybe it is because Mourinho’s style of football didn’t suit SWP. He would have fared better had Scolari been there from the get go.

By: SAm

SAm — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:13:48 +0000

The gaffer should go be the waterboy of liverpool….and pay for the job

By: Simon Burke

Simon Burke — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:07:29 +0000

PS) Mad uncle – should have been mad stepdad..!

By: Simon Burke

Simon Burke — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:07:01 +0000

I have no sympathy for him – he chose to go there to a team packed in the middleand had good wingers at the time (Cole, Robben and I think Duff was still there).
He should have gone to Arsenal who were in for him rather than Liverpool (who i cant remember being close to signing him).
So he went to Chelsea, he took the cash, he complained he didnt get games, his mad Uncle complained he didnt get games and he pis*ed away 3 years of his career though as Pete says didnt come away empty handed but it sort of looks that way. I think he will have a good season at City and Hughes has a good signing on his hands.

By: pete

pete — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:02:03 +0000

SWP made over 100 appearances scoring 10 goals, he won a prem, league cup and FA cup winners medals ( the only ones in his career) and earned £55k per week. So of course you are right he was ruined by Chelsea, just like all the other players they buy just to ruin.

SWP will play very well for City and will probably be their player of the year, that’s why they won’t win anything and it’s why England won’t either.

Lovely lad ( shame about his idiot step father) but never a winger in a million years as he can’t cross a ball. Good raiding midfielder in a mid table team

By: ctid80

ctid80 — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:56:38 +0000

wright-phillips needs to be in a team that use width to attack. Chelsea attack through the middle and swp is a winger not a wide midfielder. Watch him this year at city and you will see that he is as good as ever !! Chelsea under mourinho were one dimentional – long ball to drogba knock down for lampard and he shoots and drogba gets the rebound wrighty just needs to be told to attack and run at them. Him and petrov will be lethal. I seem to remember him scoring against chelsea, united, liverpool @ city, simply because he was allowed to express his undoubted ability.

By: cfc

cfc — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:26:00 +0000

These retards will blame Chelsea for Russia invading Georgia, the credit crunch and the fact that Munure and the dippers are not allowed to enter the boat race each year.