Chelsea FC 2010 Year in Review

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The 2009–10 season has been the most successful season in the clubs history. Despite disappointment in the Champions League, the Chelsea Football Club won the Premier League after a 4 gap and retained the FA Cup for the 1st time, and become only the 7th English club to complete The Double of league and cup wins.

The premier league went right down to the wire. Chelsea winning on the last day of the season by hammering Wigan. Chelsea is the best team in England, as the Premier League and FA Cup results show – and it is their togetherness, fostered by Carlo Ancelotti, their manager but ensured by the transfer ban they picked up last year which meant that this squad has stayed unaltered for longer than in previous seasons.

The manager Carlo Ancelotti speaking on the last day of the season looked back at some of the high and low points, saying ‘We lost some games and had a difficult moment after Manchester City and Inter defeats but we moved on very quickly,’ Another of the season low points was the off-field sex scandals engulfing captain John Terry and Ashley Cole which got the tabloid newspapers very crazy

Throughout the season Chelsea have been passably consistent but looking back over the season’s results, Chelsea’s worst form neatly coincides with periods of particularly bad fixture congestion. Those games played in months where there have been six fixtures or less Chelsea have done well, winning 18 of 21 games (86%). In months where Chelsea have had seven fixtures or more performance has was definitely worse, with Chelsea winning just five out of 15 games (33%). Not so good at all.

Chelsea are a well-oiled machine with a ruthless, confident man up front in Drogba. They have been criticised for years for not fielding enough English players but this year Chelsea’s English contingent formed the guts of the club’s success. Of the 28 squad players who have made an appearance so far this season, seven (25%) have been English. Five of those players (Lampard, Sturridge, Ashley Cole, Joe Cole and Terry) have scored a total of 26 of the team’s 91 goals – nearly a third (29%). English players have contributed 35% of all assists. Chelsea’s English players are a gift for the World Cup England team.

If for next season they can add one good midfield stopper and possibly a replacement centre forward with an eye for goal, Chelsea will be a threat in all competitions for a few seasons to come. Maybe next year they will win the Champions League and give owner Roman Abramovich a truly great Chelsea gift.

 

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