Chelsea Written Off Before Season Even Begins???

When you look at great English players, there are many that stand out, but only few carry their heart on their sleeve and emphasise what being English is about, after all for players like David Beckham, Bobby Moore, Bryan Robson, Stuart Pearce and John Terry its all about pride and love for your country.

We are lucky to have the greatest league in the world that is graced by some of the most gifted players from all corners of the globe, but take a closer look at the top teams and you will see that a possible upset is on the cards.

Manchester United last season claimed that they deserved to win the league, that they were the best team by a mile, however what about Arsenal or Liverpool or for that matter Chelsea.

A team who at one point was 11 points behind Manchester United, a team who suffered appalling injuries to more than one key player yet Chelsea were still able to push Manchester United to the wire.

Sure lets not take anything away from Man Utd, they are a great team and I am under no illusions that most Chelsea fans would love to have Ronaldo or Ferdinand in a blue shirt but let's get one thing straight. The gap between the big four is not as big as you may think.

This season is all about pride, all about English steel and honour. Players like John Terry, Frank Lampard, Michael Essien, Didier Drogba who all performed over expectation yet still ended up a loser.

Ferguson may have written off Chelsea's chances this season but then again he did the same last season, maybe if we were not so unlucky with injuries it may have been a different story. This season will be a new start for Chelsea, a new era for the Stamford Bridge Brigade, and with Jose Mourinio gone, Avram Grant gone its time to welcome Luiz Phillipe Scolari, look forward to a fantastic season and most of all Chelsea reclaiming what should have been theirs.

After all we have players that have English steel and determination, sometimes that is more important than flair but as a life long Chelsea Fan, its time for the boys in blue to learn from the heartache of losing the league and handing Man Utd the Champions League and come out fighting.

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