I'm a loyal Chelsea fan, I've been a fan since i was 8 years old so you can imagine the pain i often went through lol. When Roman Abramovich took over and we won the Premier League twice and the FA Cup's, Carling Cup's soon followed, I was a very happy man.
One of the greatest moments was when we beat Bayern Munich on penalties to lift the Champions League, 4 years after losing on penalties to Manchester United.
When we go knocked out by Juventus the following season, i was soo gutted, words couldn't express how i felt but nevertheless i still believed and in the same season, we won the Europa League. This meant we had made history - the first team to hold both European Trophies at the same time.
This Summer, the 'special one' returned home. Jose Mourinho was back at the bridge, hopes and spirits were high but Mourinho has now called himself the 'happy one'
Mourinho has inherited a talented squad with the likes of Mata, Oscar, Hazard, Willian, Schurrle, Lampard, Terry, Luiz, Cole, Ivanovic, Ramires all hoping to impress. It started quite well but there has been two major points - Scoring Goals and Killing Teams Off
I love it when we win a game but my disbelief is when our strikers perform badly, its been a recurring thing since Drogba left. Torres, Ba and now Eto'o have failed but Torres is starting to show signs of a ressurection but right now it's a hit and miss situation. Come January, i expect us to sign a world-class finisher.
The Other point is that we are failing to kill teams off when we take the lead. We've seen it on soo many occasions - Hull, Crystal Palace, Sunderland. We seem to lack that extra quality, someone who can open up the opposition and a striker to finish those opportunities. Another thing is that we seem to be more conservative in our play.
Mourinho is Mourinho, he knows how to win and i have belief that with the quality at his disposal he will get us firing on all cylinders. The likes of Cech, Terry, Lampard will retire soon so now we have to start thinking about replacements
Given the chance, here is how i'd like our team to line up
Courtois/Cech - Azpi/Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry, Cole - Mikel, Oscar, Ramires - Hazard, Mata - Schurrle
There's no reason why Schurrle cant play up front with Hazard, Mata and Oscar roaming behind him but still Mourinho persists with Eto'o, Ba and Torres, how long for? - not very long if you ask me.
Soo, i reckon by next season we will be Premier League Champions. This season is a transition season for us and even Mourinho has admitted it. Drogba, Robben, Duff, Makelele etc have gone so its now time for our current stars to step up and make themselves heard.
Win, Lose or Draw - I'll always support the Blues
Wednesday 18 December 2013
Friday 6 December 2013
U2 - Ordinary Love (From Mandela OST) Lyric Video
Let us remember Nelson Mandela on this very poignant day.
Wednesday 20 November 2013
Sunday 17 November 2013
England - Where do We Go?
Recently, England played Chile in an international friendly. Roy Hodgson handed debuts to Jay Rodrigues, Adam Lallana, and Fraser Forster. The team was as follows: Forster, Johnson, Cahill, Jones, Baines - Lampard - Milner, Wilshere - Lallana, Rodriguez, Rooney
World Cup qualification was already secured so for Roy it was a chance to look at some new recruits. Alexis Sanchez gave Chile the lead after just 7 minutes after poor defending from England especially Baines and Jones.
All throughout the first half, England were outplayed by Chile, Sanchez their chief threat going forward. At the back, Gary Medel was impressing and so was Diaz in midfield.
After the half time interval, Hodgson brought on Townsend, Cleverley and Henderson to no avail, they were completely outnumbered and outplayed.
Chile grabbed a second through Alexis Sanchez and from then on you couldn't see a way back for England.
After the game, Roy Hodgson was greeted with boos as he and the players left the field. It was expected as England had performed very poorly during the game.
Looking back on the game, it's quite scary to see how far behind we are other nations such as Argentina, Brazil, Spain, Germany.
The real question is this, if we are to somehow win 2016, do we build now or wait until after the world cup. It's a difficult conundrum for Roy to juggle but I would bring some young players to the World Cup and let them experience a tournament. players such as Smalling, Jones, Lallana, Townsend, Barkley and a few under 21 players should be given the chance to prove their worth.
We know what Rooney, Gerrard, Lampard, Welbeck, Cole etc can do, what about the rest?
Give them their chance and let them shine
So, Where Do We Go? Get Involved
World Cup qualification was already secured so for Roy it was a chance to look at some new recruits. Alexis Sanchez gave Chile the lead after just 7 minutes after poor defending from England especially Baines and Jones.
All throughout the first half, England were outplayed by Chile, Sanchez their chief threat going forward. At the back, Gary Medel was impressing and so was Diaz in midfield.
After the half time interval, Hodgson brought on Townsend, Cleverley and Henderson to no avail, they were completely outnumbered and outplayed.
Chile grabbed a second through Alexis Sanchez and from then on you couldn't see a way back for England.
After the game, Roy Hodgson was greeted with boos as he and the players left the field. It was expected as England had performed very poorly during the game.
Looking back on the game, it's quite scary to see how far behind we are other nations such as Argentina, Brazil, Spain, Germany.
The real question is this, if we are to somehow win 2016, do we build now or wait until after the world cup. It's a difficult conundrum for Roy to juggle but I would bring some young players to the World Cup and let them experience a tournament. players such as Smalling, Jones, Lallana, Townsend, Barkley and a few under 21 players should be given the chance to prove their worth.
We know what Rooney, Gerrard, Lampard, Welbeck, Cole etc can do, what about the rest?
Give them their chance and let them shine
So, Where Do We Go? Get Involved
Tuesday 29 October 2013
Hype but No Promise
When it comes to footballers, the media love to hype up players but then a few years down the line they fail to deliver the promise.
when I think of hyped up players I instantly think of players who could have made the grade but their careers have gone wayward.
Jose Baxter
John Bostock
Nathan Delfouneso
Fabian Delph
Daniel Drinkwater
Gavin Hoyte
Henri Lansbury
I'm sure that there are a lot more who I haven't mentioned but these were a few whose England Careers fell to the wayside
So, Who Do You Think has fallen to the wayside?
when I think of hyped up players I instantly think of players who could have made the grade but their careers have gone wayward.
Jose Baxter
John Bostock
Nathan Delfouneso
Fabian Delph
Daniel Drinkwater
Gavin Hoyte
Henri Lansbury
I'm sure that there are a lot more who I haven't mentioned but these were a few whose England Careers fell to the wayside
So, Who Do You Think has fallen to the wayside?
Monday 28 October 2013
My Adventures
Soo Guys, you should have guessed that im a huge football fan. Well, this week I had a footballing adventures. it started on Wednesday and ended on Sunday.
This is what I saw on my day out on Wednesday, The Borussia Dortmund team bus, while there I met Robert Lewandowski, Sven Bender, Marco Reus, Henrik Mkihratyin and Mats Hummels. I also met the man known as Jurgen Klopp as you can see. He is a very pleasant guy, it was a good day
So onto the weekend, I won a competition with Women in Sport Magazine and I recieved two free tickets to the Women's World Cup qualifier between England and Wales.
It was a very pleasant evening, I was very impressed and as a fellow spectator it was a great experience.
This is what I saw on my day out on Wednesday, The Borussia Dortmund team bus, while there I met Robert Lewandowski, Sven Bender, Marco Reus, Henrik Mkihratyin and Mats Hummels. I also met the man known as Jurgen Klopp as you can see. He is a very pleasant guy, it was a good day
So onto the weekend, I won a competition with Women in Sport Magazine and I recieved two free tickets to the Women's World Cup qualifier between England and Wales.
It was a very pleasant evening, I was very impressed and as a fellow spectator it was a great experience.
Wednesday 16 October 2013
Brazil, Here We Come
It was the night where everything could go right or could go pear shaped. England were up against Poland and if you're a football fan like me you knew just how important this game was. All the hard work of the past couple months was about to be rewarded or wasted.
Roy Hodgson went with the same side who beat Montenegro 4 - 1 with Smalling and Carrick replacing Lampard and Walker. He also kept Townsend in the side as well which name to no surprise as he produced a man of the match masterclass against Montenegro and England were hoping for more of the same.
For a period in the first half, it looked as it Poland would score with Lewandowski their main threat but England stood firm and near the end of the half, England took the lead. Leighton Baines, so often an attacking outlet for England, provided an exquisite cross for Rooney who headed home. You could sense the sigh of relief around Wembley.
That gave England a platform to build on and you could see it gave freedom to the likes of Townsend, Welbeck and Rooney. It took England until the 88th minute to confirm their place at the world cup and the man who scored the 2nd goal was none other than Steven Gerrard.
Once the final whistle had sounded, Hodgson and the England players could relax a little. There tickets had booked and they will be in Brazil for the World Cup.
Over the coming months, Hodgson and his assistants will need to think long and hard about who wil be on the plane to Brazil but for the meantime lets forget the politics, the matter of the fact is this -
WE ARE GOING TO BRAZIL! COME ON ENGLAND
Roy Hodgson went with the same side who beat Montenegro 4 - 1 with Smalling and Carrick replacing Lampard and Walker. He also kept Townsend in the side as well which name to no surprise as he produced a man of the match masterclass against Montenegro and England were hoping for more of the same.
For a period in the first half, it looked as it Poland would score with Lewandowski their main threat but England stood firm and near the end of the half, England took the lead. Leighton Baines, so often an attacking outlet for England, provided an exquisite cross for Rooney who headed home. You could sense the sigh of relief around Wembley.
That gave England a platform to build on and you could see it gave freedom to the likes of Townsend, Welbeck and Rooney. It took England until the 88th minute to confirm their place at the world cup and the man who scored the 2nd goal was none other than Steven Gerrard.
Once the final whistle had sounded, Hodgson and the England players could relax a little. There tickets had booked and they will be in Brazil for the World Cup.
Over the coming months, Hodgson and his assistants will need to think long and hard about who wil be on the plane to Brazil but for the meantime lets forget the politics, the matter of the fact is this -
WE ARE GOING TO BRAZIL! COME ON ENGLAND
Friday 11 October 2013
Do You Have to be English to play for England?
A week in Sports can be a really long one and this week Jack Wilshere made comments which got a few people talking. Jack Wilshere is one of our current generation of young English talents and this week he waded in on the Januzaj debate on whether he should be allowed to play for England.
This is what Jack Wilshere said - We have to remember what we are. We are English. We tackle hard, are tough on the pitch and are hard to beat.
"We have great characters. You think of Spain and you think technical but you think of England and you think they are brave and they tackle hard. We have to remember that.
"The only people who should play for England are English people. If I went to Spain and lived there for five years, I'm not going to play for Spain."
Quite controversial but I can see where Jack is coming from, you're in the best form of your life and someone comes and takes your place. It's not the best but sometimes you have to just get on with it.
On another view, other sports such as cricket and athletics have people starring for our contries who have been born in places like America, South Africa and Kenya. Think of people like Mo Farah, Kevin Pietersen, Tiffany Porter. They aren't English but have helped deliver the goods in their chosen sports so what's the problem? If they can do it, so can football.
Great sporting moments such as Kevin Pietersen and England winning the Ashes and Mo Farah winning double Gold at the London Olympics. Imagine they were denied the chance to represent Britain/England?
We Can Argue, We Can Agree but if they deliver success for England then everyone's happy
It's not hard but should we allow players who aren't English to play for England?
Whats your view guys? I'd love to know
This is what Jack Wilshere said - We have to remember what we are. We are English. We tackle hard, are tough on the pitch and are hard to beat.
"We have great characters. You think of Spain and you think technical but you think of England and you think they are brave and they tackle hard. We have to remember that.
"The only people who should play for England are English people. If I went to Spain and lived there for five years, I'm not going to play for Spain."
Quite controversial but I can see where Jack is coming from, you're in the best form of your life and someone comes and takes your place. It's not the best but sometimes you have to just get on with it.
On another view, other sports such as cricket and athletics have people starring for our contries who have been born in places like America, South Africa and Kenya. Think of people like Mo Farah, Kevin Pietersen, Tiffany Porter. They aren't English but have helped deliver the goods in their chosen sports so what's the problem? If they can do it, so can football.
Great sporting moments such as Kevin Pietersen and England winning the Ashes and Mo Farah winning double Gold at the London Olympics. Imagine they were denied the chance to represent Britain/England?
We Can Argue, We Can Agree but if they deliver success for England then everyone's happy
It's not hard but should we allow players who aren't English to play for England?
Whats your view guys? I'd love to know
Tuesday 8 October 2013
How Strong is your Support Network
As you know, my mum recently went into hospital with kidney stones. She was in soo much pain, while I was sitting in St Mary's I posted a tweet and a message on all my other social networks, the response I got was overwhelming. Everyone wished my mum well and that if I needed them, they would be there for me.
This Got me thinking - How Strong is My Support Network. At times of crisis do you really have people there to help you when you need them.
you may not know it but there really are people in your current network who will stick by you through thick and thin and there are those who won't help, they will only come when are things are going good.
I've recent discovered a few of these people and I had to shut them off quickly. Now I've done that, things have become much easier.
So today I ask you - How Strong is your Support Network
This Got me thinking - How Strong is My Support Network. At times of crisis do you really have people there to help you when you need them.
you may not know it but there really are people in your current network who will stick by you through thick and thin and there are those who won't help, they will only come when are things are going good.
I've recent discovered a few of these people and I had to shut them off quickly. Now I've done that, things have become much easier.
So today I ask you - How Strong is your Support Network
Monday 7 October 2013
Unknown to Known
Ever get that feeling when you start a business, there will be no one to help you or they wont be able to see your vision.
I once knew this guy, he was well educated but he didn't go to university. When I first met him, it was outside my school at the time. Whether we were meant to cross paths or not, I don't know but what I do know is that he helped me to start my path to my chosen career.
When I left school, I didn't know if I would see this guy again but a few weeks later when I started 6th form, he was there chilling in my careers office. I was rather shocked but hey, im not complaining
The Summer of 2004 was a very interesting one, in that year my brand - Care Of Yoo was born. we designed t-shirt, bags, CD's, we even recorded a song together with another mate of mine. It was rather surreal and 12 months later, I was performing at my first ever headline showcase. It was a very pleasing moment for me and my family
Years went by, I met a lot of new people, networked with a load of people. One of my highlights was meeting Brian Hardgroove from Public Enemy. Before i met the guy, i was unknown but now i am very much known.
i guess what im trying to say is don't push everyone on the sideline, there will be one person who will elevate you and push you forward
I once knew this guy, he was well educated but he didn't go to university. When I first met him, it was outside my school at the time. Whether we were meant to cross paths or not, I don't know but what I do know is that he helped me to start my path to my chosen career.
When I left school, I didn't know if I would see this guy again but a few weeks later when I started 6th form, he was there chilling in my careers office. I was rather shocked but hey, im not complaining
The Summer of 2004 was a very interesting one, in that year my brand - Care Of Yoo was born. we designed t-shirt, bags, CD's, we even recorded a song together with another mate of mine. It was rather surreal and 12 months later, I was performing at my first ever headline showcase. It was a very pleasing moment for me and my family
Years went by, I met a lot of new people, networked with a load of people. One of my highlights was meeting Brian Hardgroove from Public Enemy. Before i met the guy, i was unknown but now i am very much known.
i guess what im trying to say is don't push everyone on the sideline, there will be one person who will elevate you and push you forward
Monday 23 September 2013
David Moyes gets the blues
Soo, yesterday was the Manchester Derby and if you're a neutral like me then its always a good watch. (I secretly do enjoy watching the Manchester Derby).
I was expecting a close game between the 2 sides but once I had heard Van Persie had been injured with a thigh strain, i instantly knew it would be advantage to Man City.
As expected both sides got off to a good start but Man City then took over with Aguero, Navas, Nasri and Yaya Toure at the heart of everything good for Man City. The inevitable then happened, Aguero scored. From then on, it was all Man City, Man Utd were getting steamrolled in every area on the pitch.
It ended in a 4 - 1 victory to Man City but the manner in which they disposed of Man Utd will have definitely made the rest of the Premier League stand up and take attention.
I also watched Chelsea v Fulham, it was a typical west London derby. In all honesty, it wasn't a very good match but we got the three points and that's all that matters. It was, however, a very special day for John Obi Mikel. He scored Chelsea's 2nd goal which was has 1st Premier League Goal for Chelsea. A Very Special Moment indeed.
This Week, im working down at Vicarage Road as they take on Norwich in the Capital One Cup and Wigan in the Sky Bet Championship, I'm very much looking forward to working at these games (and watching the game lol)
I was expecting a close game between the 2 sides but once I had heard Van Persie had been injured with a thigh strain, i instantly knew it would be advantage to Man City.
As expected both sides got off to a good start but Man City then took over with Aguero, Navas, Nasri and Yaya Toure at the heart of everything good for Man City. The inevitable then happened, Aguero scored. From then on, it was all Man City, Man Utd were getting steamrolled in every area on the pitch.
It ended in a 4 - 1 victory to Man City but the manner in which they disposed of Man Utd will have definitely made the rest of the Premier League stand up and take attention.
I also watched Chelsea v Fulham, it was a typical west London derby. In all honesty, it wasn't a very good match but we got the three points and that's all that matters. It was, however, a very special day for John Obi Mikel. He scored Chelsea's 2nd goal which was has 1st Premier League Goal for Chelsea. A Very Special Moment indeed.
This Week, im working down at Vicarage Road as they take on Norwich in the Capital One Cup and Wigan in the Sky Bet Championship, I'm very much looking forward to working at these games (and watching the game lol)
Wednesday 18 September 2013
Champions League
The Last Time I watched a Champions League Game was the final between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich. I was impressed and as a neutral I'd have to say Bayern Munich were the better team that evening.
When the Champions League got started again, I was very excited. Looking at the draw, I would have to say that Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester United, Chelsea, Bayern Munich are the clear favourites but you never know with Football these days.
Last Night, it officially got underway and Man Utd, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich all laid down markers to the rest of Europe. Real Madrid, who have added Gareth Bale to their ranks, look a very frightening prospect. Once Bale is match fit, the thought of him and Ronaldo running towards you will give any defender pure nightmares.
What remains to be seen is how Chelsea will fare after being knocked out in the group stage last season, but with Jose Mourinho back in the helm, you just know Chelsea will want to reclaim their crown.
Who would you view as potential Champions League contenders and are there any potential underdogs. I'd Love to hear from you
When the Champions League got started again, I was very excited. Looking at the draw, I would have to say that Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester United, Chelsea, Bayern Munich are the clear favourites but you never know with Football these days.
Last Night, it officially got underway and Man Utd, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich all laid down markers to the rest of Europe. Real Madrid, who have added Gareth Bale to their ranks, look a very frightening prospect. Once Bale is match fit, the thought of him and Ronaldo running towards you will give any defender pure nightmares.
What remains to be seen is how Chelsea will fare after being knocked out in the group stage last season, but with Jose Mourinho back in the helm, you just know Chelsea will want to reclaim their crown.
Who would you view as potential Champions League contenders and are there any potential underdogs. I'd Love to hear from you
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Good Afternoon All, how we doing. Welcome to Ryan's World. I'm a sports writer/gadgets editor for in-spirels magazine. I also work as a steward at Watford football club
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