May
2
2009

A life with Robinho for Chelsea

Written by Troy Palmer

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Oh god, do you remember the terribly over drawn Robinho transfer saga and his final day move to Man City off the back of their mega money takeover?

Have you ever wondered what life would be like with Robinho amongst our ranks? I have… and this is what I have come up with.

Just say on August 30 we sign him, beating Manchester City to the deal – they are still mega rich, they just didn’t poach him. He joins the team, and hundreds of fans order a Robinho shirt for real. Scolari insists he will be a success, and Brazilian compatriot Alex welcomes him into training. So far so good…

Robinho debuts in the Premier League against none other than…Manchester City. Oh, the ironic twist of writing opinon articles like these…

He is an instant success, scoring a scorching goal off a fantastic dribble, to immediately introduce himself good and proper to the Shed End. Scolari hails his contribution.

He plays against Manchester United, and fails to score and his replacement Kalou scores the equaliser.

He enjoys a good run from October to December, scoring six goals (taking them away from Anelka, who fails to play as many games as he really did). Chelsea fans are hailing Scolari, saying he is a tactical genius and masterclass in the transfer market.

Then…we fail to beat Newcastle. And Arsenal. And West Ham. And Everton. And Fulham. And Man Utd.

Oh dear. A bit quiet on the Scolari front and the Robinho front, the Brazilians lacking the touch that the Blues were hailing.

Then, Robinho sparks flying back into life against Liverpool. Lampard isn’t sent off and we rampage against the Reds 5-0, Robinho scoring four.

Our killer run continues as Robinho chases the things he’s always dreamt about it, ever since he joined Santos. Trophies. And so we climb to the summit of the Premier League and Champions League, conquering the two mountains with our little midget running riot. Scolari is given a five year contract and is hailed the Special Brazilian One. Cliches abound, but the only thing that matters is that Robinho was such a good transfer…

Oh, who am I kidding? It could’ve all been so different if we hadn’t been pipped at the post.

But hey, who wouldn’t want Hiddink at the helm? It’s been so fun with him…



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Discussion - 6 Responses

  1. 02/05/2009 Ted Knott, Droylsden

    You couldn’t afford him for a start.

  2. 02/05/2009 Moonarmy

    was funny how Chelsea fans purchased Robinho shirt before he even signed, that was sheer arrogance.

    They even brag about their well-ard chelsea headhunter puppets.

    Dream on, Chelsea was the worst place for Robinho as it was for Shaun Wright-Phillips also. All muscle and bland football.

  3. 03/05/2009 YourAnIdiot

    Moonarmy, the Robinho jerseys were displayed on the CFC website but were never available for purchase, get your facts right you ignorant muppet.

    Shaun Wright-Phillips was good at Chelsea but was too short for the long ball game we favoured during his tenure, Robinho would have been joining the Scolari quick, short passing Chelsea and would have undoubtedly enjoyed the amount of possesion and time on the ball he would have had, not to mention the fact he would have been in a champions league semi-final on Wednesday.

    Nice work there MoonArmy, you sure showed us Chelsea fans what great class and intelligence you have. ;-)

  4. 03/05/2009 Ruud van Nistelrooy

    what a ridiculous fantasy

  5. 04/05/2009 Squiddy

    Not only were no Robinho shirts put up for sale, not only did no-one buy one, they weren’t on the Chelsea website, nor even on the Megastore website run by Kitbag. Someone did a search for a pre-prepared page that hadn’t gone live and found it was there in the event he did sign. It was a website mock-up too. No shirt ever existed. It was just a blank shirt that someone added text to saying “Robinho”. No number, no nothing.

    Sorry to disappoint.

  6. 15/05/2009 Ajah Sunday Dominic

    it is so unfurtunate that the young hero fail to listen to his voice, it not suprissing that a man will plan for own downthroding, if mr. Robinho has arived chelsea, it would have been a priviledge for him to see himself flying so high rather than whatch him self sinking on a boat loaded with money which led him to no where but bottom.

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