Y’know I’ve often wished players would just keep quiet before games instead of giving the press tit-bits to feed off and blow up into headlines alluding to over-confident predictions.
Unfortunately though, this week Michael Ballack has fed the vultures ahead of Sunday’s derby against Arsenal at Stamford Bridge. He stated, “We are on top of the League and they are 10 points behind us and need to win. At the moment they are not the strongest team because they have other problems now. It is our intention to beat them. A 13-point gap is a lot and we hope we can do this. It will be hard for them.”
And yet, whilst the press were busy sensationalising headlines of Ballack’s threats to end the Gunners’ title hopes, they seemed to have overlooked the bit where he said “
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Still, at least they got it about right in Jose Bosingwa’s case. Although he’s hoping the home crowd will get behind the players and give them the boost they need, with Spurs, United, Liverpool and Newcastle all leaving Stamford Bridge with points already this season, the Chelsea defender seems pretty realistic about our chances.
Add to that the chances of a backlash after Arsenal’s recent troubles, and our right-back was correctly reported to be a bit wary, stating “This is going to be a huge game and no doubt Stamford Bridge’s fans will help us a lot to take all three points. I do not know if this is the best moment to play Arsenal because of what [William] Gallas said. You cannot expect them to decrease, they are Arsenal. Who am I to judge them?”
I wonder what headlines they’ll come up with by Monday morning?
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about 1 month ago
Joe Cole has also added some fuel to the fire.... I dont know how players can think giving the opposition ammunition is a good thing!!
Example one - i wonder if anyone saw the footage on sky sports last year of gallas in the arsenal huddle - you could hear everything he said, it was unbelievable... he was telling his young Arsenal team "we must show we are not afraid, if they see we look afraid they will win..." hmmmm - after this if i was chelsea i would be rubbing my hands together in glee knowing full well that this young arsenal team were petrified - But were gonna do their best to hide it...... Chelsea went on to beat Arsenal that game - unsurprisingly.
Seciond example - AC Milan loudly celebrating at half time of the champions league final.... I think we all know what happened there!
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