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I haven't blogged in ages and wasn't intending to do so but some sickening fans just annoy me so much. and I'm referring to chelsea fans. yes i know. its very saddening. well as you might know, this season hasn't really been a good season for us, with a couple more losses than we would have expected and all. and what happens when things don't go right? as a matter of fact, alot of things.
Carlo Ancelotti won the double with Chelsea in his first season. thats very impressive in my opinion considering he had to adapt to the players and the style of play and managing to get it right in his first try. obviously when everything was smooth-sailing last season and we lifted the 2nd trophy of the season at wembley, all chelsea fans were going 'Carlo, give us a wave' which in case you don't know is a chant to tell him that we are happy with him. but things change and it would be foolish of you to expect 2 trophies every season even for a top club like Chelsea. we have to be realistic but of course not like arsenal or liverpool who haven't won anything since, i don't know, the dinosaur period? anyway, this season hasn't gone really well for us, especially halfway through. we sort of lost our focus and just veered off course. =( and here's the thing. many chelsea fans, who i didn't know were knowledgeable football experts/managers/pundits just about anything related to football, started giving their comments and all. of course there is nothing wrong with that! in a world where free speech is encouraged and especially on the internet, surely one can give his comments as he wish? besides these chelsea fans are giving VALUABLE feedback on
1. who to play in the lineup
2. the subs
3. style (4-4-2 is so outdated extinct would be a better word)
4. who to buy
5. who to replace Carlo
6. how the players should play
and the list goes on. and on. and on and on. you get the point. so when they gave their VALUABLE feedback i was like 'wow, i didn't know so many people were so knowledgeable about football to the extent that they can comment on everything'. these people ANNOY me. here's why.
1. Carlo (NOT THEM) is the rightful manager of Chelsea and he should be the one that decides who to play and who not. He does not need to justify all his decisions to them for the very simple reason that those annoying people (I'll call them AP) are not his boss or wife or mother or anyone important in particular.
2. Carlo was a football player and is now a manager. He has played and managed many clubs, winning many trophies both as a player and manager. I'm sure he knows more about football than the AP. Besides when he was winning, they were going 'Carlo, give us a wave'. when he is not, they go 'Carlo should go'. please don't make me vomit. seriously.
3. However VALUABLE their comments are and despite their NUMEROUS coaching badges/football trophies/football degrees/experience, they can keep it all to themselves. they don't have the right to force people to follow their opinions. freedom of speech means you are allowed to say whatever you want, the same goes for me. just don't force me to agree with you.
4. You are not a recorder. you dont have to repeat the same thing EVERY SINGLE SECOND OF EVERY MINUTE OF EVERY DAY OF EVERY WEEK. I don't have to repeat myself I hope.
5. Whats the point of being a fan if you curse your club all the time? I know they say love and hate are very similar but seriously no just stop it. I'm tired of seeing AP say 'that's it X is winning already, goodbye to Y you're not winning anything'.
6. the AP are not the actual Chelsea players so they should just STFU about them. 'X doesn't know how to cross, Y has lousy first touch, Z keeps losing the ball'. really? REALLY? if the AP know so much, why don't they play football themselves? or why don't they get a license and start managing a club? many if not all of the AP will not be able to cross better than X, has a better first touch than Y and keeps the ball longer than Z. so why is it that they SHAMELESSLY, i repeat SHAMELESSLY criticise the players as if they know how to do it better?!
7. It is not up to the AP to decide who should leave/sign/take a paycut/get sacked. WHATS THE PURPOSE OF THE CHELSEA BOARD? and I absolutely hate it when people start dispensing their PEARLS OF WISDOM around. X should leave, Y should leave for the lousiest league ever, Z should leave unless he agrees to a paycut, A should retire, B should go and lose weight. why thank you for those PEARLS OF WISDOM which are so VALUABLE indeed. -.- and i don't use -.- but im making an exception. -.-
so yea that about sums it all. I'm really sick and tired of reading the same thing everyday. Carlo is not a genius, he makes mistakes like we do. But the fact that he won the double in his first season should be enough to get those AP off his back. The Chelsea players are not god, they can't play at the highest level throughout the season. some get injured, some are tired, some lose their focus but at the end of the day all of them are proud to be wearing the Chelsea jersey and have a strong desire to win. I don't get how people can blame Carlo/players for every single thing. in the first place, why do we even have to blame them when things go wrong? things do go wrong and many a times, they happen not because of the way we play but rather external things. which i may talk about when im free. so here's the thing, whatever the result, stand by your team, support them and not criticise them. unless you're not a real fan of course then the only thing for you to do would be to just STFU and get lost.
Chelsea For Life. KTBFFH