Wolves v Chelsea. Show us what your made of Chelsea.
Everyone has an opinion on Chelsea at the moment, Everyone has their view and on here I am able to express mine with you the readers able ...
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Everyone has an opinion on Chelsea at the moment, Everyone has their view and on here I am able to express mine with you the readers able to post your comments, thoughts and opinions also. One thing is for sure tonight, Chelsea need three points and that is something I know that every single one of us agree on.
We have seen our season fall apart and slowly and surely as our players return from injury we look to be getting better. Against Everton we had a good first half, At Spurs we had a good second half, At Arsenal were were poor, At home to Bolton played well in the second half and last time out against Villa we played the way we know we can play for the last 25 minutes of the game and still let it slip right at the end.
Chelsea need to start playing well for 90 minutes and not in a half or a period of the game otherwise at Wolves tonight we will make life difficult for ourselves once again.
I expect Ivanovic to slot straight back into the Chelsea side tonight at the expense of Bruma and Jose Bosingwa to start at right back ahead of Paulo Ferreira. I also expect the rest of the side to remain unchanged.
I have stated the other day that another cause of our slump and lack of goals from our forward line has been because of our tempo and shape. Chelsea need to move the ball quicker, play at a higher tempo than they have been and most importantly of all, shut the opposition down quicker when they have the ball. We must not allow Wolves time and space to play their passes and to get their crosses into the box. We allowed Villa time and space and their crosses into the box cost us the game.
Didier Drogba has appealed to the Chelsea fans to be patient and keep calm but I have to say if we do not get the right result tonight I can see patience wearing thin. I hate to say it but it would be a disaster for Chelsea. However, I honestly believe that rather than focus on negatives of which we know are their for all to see as highlighted above, Carlo will focus on our attacking play and we should see a much more fluid Chelsea tonight.
Florent Malouda and Nicolas Anelka need to remain higher up the pitch to provide Chelsea with width and they must not drop deeper and deeper to come and get the ball. When this happens they leave Drogba isolated. Look at the Villa game, I didn't even know Drogba was playing until late in the game. When we play quickly and move the ball quickly we are a very dangerous side to play against and everyone knows that.
Tonight we will face a hard working Wolves side we come off the back of a great result against Liverpool, with some key players returning from injury themselves, they will look to kick on and try and take advantage of our confidence at the moment and you can bet your life they will focus on getting the ball wide and getting the ball in the box as quickly as possible.
Wolves may come out all guns blazing tonight and their fans will be expectant. I expect them to dominate possession in the early stages but Chelsea to come through and gradually impose our game on them. If Chelsea can get on the front foot and force Wolves back towards their own box they will become nervous because it even though our form hasn't been great, McCarthy and his players will also be well aware of the attacking threat we pose.
Chelsea will need to match Wolves in every department tonight if we are to come away from the game with the right result. I really believe after the kick in the teeth the players and all of us had to endure in the dying minutes of injury time against Villa, Chelsea will take to the pitch tonight like a wounded Animal ready to scrap for their lives to turn this around.
JT said yesterday "We are the best team in the country" so to that I say back to him and the players:
Come and show us you are starting tonight. Show us and everybody else what we're made of!. COME ON CHELSEA!.
KTBFFH