Comments on: Villa Continue to Amaze While Chelsea Needs to Think UEFA Cup

By: FFBLL

FFBLL — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 10:12:54 +0000

Drogba need to start for Chelsea and Scolari need to wait for Drog to perform

By: Johnathan Starling

Johnathan Starling — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 01:26:03 +0000

Joe, so everything wrong with Chelsea has to do with Scolari? The players are entirely blameless in this whole situation? That’s what I get from your response and sorry, that logic doesn’t fly with me.

Sam, I don’t care what Platini wants to call the European Second Division (Europa League), it will still be the UEFA Cup to me. Don’t like that, tough. As to your Chelsea comments, as a Chelsea fan myself I hope to God they finish in the top four. But right now I don’t see Chelsea getting any better the rest of this season and I do see Arsenal getting better. I do see the gap lessening to 2 points between Arsenal and Chelsea before Chelsea have to take that trip to the Emirates on May 9 so no it’s still possible.

And Sam, thank you for your continued listening to the EPL Talk Podcast, voice and all.

Mike from Bolton: Sorry six years does not constitute history in my eyes. Just because something has happened in the short term, considering Chelsea as soon as the early 80s were in the third division of English football and as soon as 88-89 in the second division (they did win the 2nd division that year). In the grand scheme of things, Chelsea are still not the big club alot of their supporters think they are. I’m not going to get caught with my guard down.

Let’s not forget that Arsenal have been in the Champions League 11 years in a row, and that doesn’t include times they went when it was the European Cup. I do take the 13 titles to 3 seriously, but I also take the 8 to 3 gap in runners up as seriously. What that tells me is that Arsenal are use to being at the top, Chelsea have only had that recently.

As a Chelsea fan, I hope they do finish in the top four. But with the way Chelsea have played the last 2 months, I’m mentally preparing myself to going back to what we were in the late 90s and early 2000s. I’m sick of how Chelsea has played like this season, and it’s simply on everyone associated with the club.

By: Mike from Bolton

Mike from Bolton — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:01:12 +0000

“Arsenal have a historic track record of being in the top four, Chelsea simply do not.”

I couldn’t agree more, Sam. Chelsea has finished in the top four of the League in each of the past six seasons. I would be curious to hear Jonathan’s thoughts as to why this fact does not constitute a “historic track record” of Chelsea qualifying for Champions League play. Chelsea may very well finish outside of the top 4 this season, but it will be not be because Chelsea teams from more than half a decade ago were not as successful as Arsenal’s sides in those seasons.

Jonathan, you are a better writer than this.

By: nate

nate — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 23:05:36 +0000

GG, Kinnear was in the hospital for having high blood pressure, obviously because he’s mental about his job. The players rallied. So, credit goes to Kinnear for being the inspiration!

By: Sam

Sam — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 21:28:42 +0000

And Arsenal are now well behind Chelsea with Chelsea have a far, far, far superior goal differential, making it, essentially, another point.

As for the “historically” point… Who cares?