Chelsea Beats Stoke To Reach FA Cup Semis Humility Not John Terry's Best Suit
It was hilarious to have many people talking of a possibility of Stoke City upsetting Chelsea in pre-match chatter. It was never going to be that way because we are now becoming something of a Cup expert while Stoke had their best defender suspended. Don't believe it? See what happened to Stoke at Arsenal after Shawcross was off. They only held on for so long because of the emotional stress suffered by the Gunners. That will never happen with Chelsea. The players all stood up to be counted and the only low point was Drogba again not scoring. It looks like even though he is still playing well, the streak has ended and it might be some time yet before he gets back up and running in terms of scoring goals. But Lampard might be back on song and our dear old Captain Enfant Terrible John Terry is also finding some of his headers ending up in the back of the net. For sure, this brute is trying to do everything he can to show people that he is still king on the pitch after all the abuse he has, deservedly I might add as a Chelsea fan, received from opposing fans and media alike.
It was a typical Chelsea match. Long periods of dullness while they slowly squeezed the life out of Stoke. Only the early minutes saw a few scares as we had to clear off the line and Stoke could rightfully dispute some of the decisions. However, it was never going to last for Stoke and even without the creative talents of Joe Cole, we simply stuck faithfully to our power football tactics grown accustomed to since Jose was here. We kept pressing and eventually Lampard got his name on the scoresheet with another piledriver into the top netting. Spectacular goal is all I can say. Lifted the crowd and evidently the team as well. Energy levels were raised and you could see relief in the players' legs as they have had another tough week with speculation on how they were going to end up with nothing this season after leading the league for so long. I still think Chelsea will win the English Premier League - tough run in and Utd and Arsenal are pressing hard but Ancelotti knows what to do.
Wasn't too happy again with Terry's show of defiance and arrogance pointing to his armband after scoring to indicate he is still the leader. Don't really need a leader like him - ok he is still one of our best defenders but someone else should take over. The guy is basically still a juvenile despite maturity on the pitch. Off it, a terrible lout and not someone I am proud to have playing for the club, and worse still, the captain. I'll probably get lots of stick for this from fellow Chelsea fans and many will use the tired excuse that most millionaire footballers are like kids anyway, but it's terrible that we don't have true gentlemen playing the game nowadays. Few and far between. Terry better keep your opinions to yourself now and just go about your job quietly. You should learn from your mistakes after the John Terry scandal and become a better human being, instead of trying to go head on with those who criticised you.
So now on to Wembley and it looks like a possible Double for us this season now. One more semi, and a few more wins in the League and it'll be our best results since Jose left.
