About a year ago, I started getting into football, and started watching the English Premiership League, as well as the UEFA Champions League. Ever since the final earlier this year, I’ve been really enjoying watching and reading online, and this past week I started playing Fantasy Football online.
I have had quite a successful weekend, earning 40 points in the game, where the average was only 8 points, and the best score was a whopping 115 points. But ever since playing I’ve been feeling it’s time I chose a team to support.
When I started watching there were very few teams I knew:
Manchester United
Chelsea
Arsenal
Liverpool
Real Madrid
Barcelona
And when I started watching I was torn between 3 teams to support, namely Manchester United, Chelsea and Real Madrid. The reason I chose these teams was quite simple: they are the richest teams in football.
This weekend I decided to make my final choice as to who I will be supporting, and here it is: Chelsea. Now let me qualify that decision…
Being a natural born rebel, I decided not to choose Manchester United because of the fact that so many people support them. It’d be pretty boring to support the team that everyone else does. Which left Chelsea and Real Madrid, and Real Madrid don’t play in England, which left me with one option: Chelsea.
Now Chelsea really is a brilliant team, not least because they have such a wealthy owner. Their midfield is so full of talented players; it’s sickening, while their defense is a solid wall. There are however two problems in their squad:
Right back. This position is one they have been trying to fill for a few seasons now, but seem to have a found a suitable fit in Jose Bosingwa. Only time will tell if this is the right move, but things seem to be working out for the new player…
Strikers. As far as I can tell, Chelsea has been thin on strikers for quite a while now. Didier Drogba is a great asset to the team, but in cases like now when he is injured things are rather difficult, and truth be told none of their other strikers stand out as being awesome.
Despite these flaws, Chelsea have a great game. They play very direct football, with their midfield jammed with aggressive and talented players, giving them the option of moving the ball wide and bringing it back in or going straight down the center.
Anyway, needless to say, I’ve been thinking about football a bit of late, and Chelsea are my team. I reckon they’ll win at least one cup this year, possibly two…
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Dude, what the hell? Chelsea?! Well they lost yesterday, so suck on that.
ReplyDeleteLol, I'm just trying convert all people to the ways of the Arsenal. So if you care to listen, I can tell you why Arsenal are so much better than your Chelsea. ;)
Very well, convince me...
ReplyDeleteHaha, you seriously going to listen? Didn't actually think you would.
ReplyDeleteLook, in my opinion, it all comes down to the club you're passionate about. The moment I set eyes on Arsenal playing, I felt this sense of contentment mixed with excitement in my stomach. It was like a lulling buzz.
So I'm not going to preach to choir that won't listen. If you love Chelsea, you love them and support them. End of story...
P.S. Arsenal play MUCH better football anyway
I'm not here to argue though, lol, so don't bite my head off like I know some people would. ;)
ReplyDeleteI like your blog though. It's pretty awesome.
Lol, fair enough. Thanks for the contribution though. If you're into Arsenal then that's awesome, and the truth is that they've got a great manager and a super talented, albeit young side.
ReplyDeleteTo be honest I think in 3 or 4 years you're team is going to be unbeatable. The only problem with Arsenal is inexperience...
I quite agree. I thought signing Mikael Silvestre would be a bad idea but Wenger wants him there for his experience, not talent. I think Arsenal would be amazing if they actually took their chances and played consistently.
ReplyDeleteBack to what I was saying about passion, I have a fierce love of Arsenal equalled by nothing! It's like a fiery devotion to them... You, on the other hand, don't sound too thrilled about Chelsea. You sure you with the right team? ;)
No, Chelsea are brilliant in my opinion. Sure they've got their problems, but their team really is extremely talented with a really good direct playing style, which based on past performances, is paying off.
ReplyDeleteThey play the diamond formation really well, moving the ball up with Bridge and Bosingwa, but they have two weaknesses:
Strikers: They don't have enough of them who can finish for the team.
Midfield: Their midfield is so full, that if a team puts a lot of midfielder on defensive duty it is easy to steal space from them, and make it difficult to move the ball and score [like what happened on Sunday].
End of the day, they're my team, but I'm still getting into it so I'll see what happens...
You should follow my blog, it's not usually about football, but it is about my life...
No, I do follow it... now. I've read all your posts and I think they're awesome. They're not stacked with humour that gets you laughing for hours on end but you do have this brilliant contemplative, idealising style. I love it :)
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