Comments on: From Ukraine with Blues – Why Shevchenko should remain at Chelsea

By: callsaigon

callsaigon — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:18:20 +0000

I think If Micheal Ballack did’t agree to play behind Lampard, he will be out of the squad. Arrival Chelsea, Shevchenko and Ballack got too high salary, other lower salary players want to make them become the dissapoint players! And then, asking for higher salary, if not, will leave Chelsea!

By: callsaigon

callsaigon — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:02:37 +0000

Did everybody remember the match Chelsea-Aston Villa 4-4? If he got more chances, he will be a great player! I thinks the problem is both Abramovich and Berlusconi like him so much! He is the tool of the battle between Boss and Coach. The Boss always want to see him in the matches but the Coach wants to show the Boss’s wrong decision. Some other players (from Chelsea and Milan 2008-2009) don’t pass the ball to him in the match.

By: Thomas Anderson

Thomas Anderson — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:37:55 +0000

CK – Have you ever seen Di Santo play more than 10 matches?
No. So you cannot judge him. You probably only seen him in one match – how can you judge a player in one match? Idiot.

I think that Shevchenko isn’t good enough for Chelsea, I’m sorry. How can you say that Shevchenko is the greatest striker because he regularly scores for Ukraine? Surely that means that any other striker in other national teams are the greatest strikers too.

In the PL, defenders don’t give you space – you have to work for your space and sadly, Shevchenko has lost his pace in my opinion. If you are a great player you should be able to adapt to any league in the world.

Alex – The real problem is the midfield? HAHAHAHA. Sorry I just had to laugh. I can’t believe your a Chelsea “fan” and think our midfield is not good enough… If they weren’t good enough, how come Anelka won the PL Golden Boot this season? This also shows that Drogba isn’t the main striker in the team as we survived with him for most of the season!

I understand you and Ukrainians have an affection for Shevchenko because he’s from Ukraine but what you lot need to do is take off the Ukraine biased glasses – Have you noticed that every non-Ukrainian said that Shevchenko isn’t good enough? Drogba, Anelka, Villa and Aguero are all miles ahead of Shevchenko. Shevchenko just isn’t good enough anymore! If he was better than all these he would have started all matches for Ancelotti.

By: Alex Bogatiryov

Alex Bogatiryov — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:39:01 +0000

Just a little clarification, when I said Sheva regained his form somewhat at Milan, I meant more the international matches for the Ukrainian national team since he got little playing at Milan. But training under Ancelotti may have improved his form – which was demonstrated by his awesome goal scoring for the national team as NK so wonderfully pointed out.

By: NK

NK — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 07:35:51 +0000

Sheva needs more time to play for good competitions,where he’ll fill his importance as for Ukrain national team in World Cup quolification games. He scored each game for national team even playing not for 30-40 mins. Show me another one striker with this performance for his National team???
Drogba is not great player,he’s missed so many chances which more than minutes Shevchenko played on the field for Chelsea,the problem was that he squized Shevchenko off via Mourinho’s help. Chelsea’s midfield players are very good,but they need to support all strikers the same level and not only Drogba. I do believe that Anchelotti will give him a chance and Sheva will prove his importance!

By: barkas

barkas — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 06:22:34 +0000

Excellent article. To non-believers:
How did you like Anelka before he managed to get his confidence back? He played ridiculous football, not now, now he is back and play quite well. How about Drogba with Scolary, wouldn’t you say a lame duck? But what happened after Guus took over?
Sheva never got a chance and he deserves one, even who knows…years do take their tall. I think it was hard for Sheva to play in Milan after all what happened and his confidence is low and please remember they had Pato (I my opinion potentially the best forward in the world). It is up to a new coach to give Sheva support that he needs…and the fans, of cause…

By: Riot

Riot — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:43:08 +0000

If Sheva cant make it under Ancelotti this season at Chelsea i guess we better sold him to the Dinamo as there’s no hope he will come good under another manager, expecting Ancelotti to do more than Scolari…

I think he was great and can be part of a great Chelsea team but we need, as said in the article, to fix the midfield. At least not only for Sheva but for the team something need to be made by Ancelotti.

By: Leo Pradun

Leo Pradun — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:34:28 +0000

Shevchenko will not be a starter but will play a huge role coming of the bench for Chelsea and as someone has already pointed out in the champions league Drogba will prolly get at least a 3 game suspension so they can use someone like Sheva. The situation for Sheva is a lot clearer in Chelsea then was the case in AC Milan the past season, there is only Drogba and Anelka ahead of him, in AC there was Pato,Inzaghi, Borrielo,Ronaldinho then Sheva, Borrielo was out for most the year and Shevchenko still barely got any minutes, I think there is a reall chance for Sheva at Chelsea this time, but of course it depends a lot on Anceloti and also who leaves and comes in. The biggest problem for Shev is injuries, if he didnt get injured so much he would still be doing good.

By: Victor Li

Victor Li — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:26:30 +0000

I’m not sure if Makelele’s autobiography is a reliable source. After all, he clearly had an axe to grind with Mourinho (and others, but mostly The Special One). Sure, calling him arrogant and egotistical is about as old of a story as the Hand of God, but to blame Mourinho for not allowing Shevchenko to get into a groove is not necessarily fair. After all, Sheva is a professional, and if you’re going to cost that much money, then you can’t really blame things like exhaustion early in the season or needing a long time to adjust to English football.

As for Ancelotti’s move to Chelsea, I don’t see how that will help Sheva’s career. As several people have already pointed out, Sheva barely got into any matches this season with Ancelotti at the helm. I don’t see how that will necessarily change. Especially since Sheva doesn’t have the legs anymore to succeed in England.

I’m not sure that the problem is in midfield. After all, when everyone’s healthy, they have one of the best midfields in the world. You saw what they did to Barca’s highly touted midfield. Essien can shut anyone down, Lampard is one of the best all-around players in the world, Joe Cole is a threat down the flanks, Ballack can still get the job done on both ends of the field, and Malouda looked like a star at times (especially in the FA Cup Final). Drogba (and Anelka) can succeed with those guys playing behind him but someone like Shevchenko can’t. I don’t see how that’s the midfield’s problem. It could just be that Sheva’s time as an elite forward is over.

By: T. Winston

T. Winston — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:53:13 +0000

Any Player purchased by the owner and not integral to a manager’s plans will fail

He got preferential treatment from Roman who bent over backwards to try to force Jose to make him a success at the bridge when he didn’t match the system that chelsea were playing it’s that simple

if he had matched the system he would have been a success but he doesn’t that doesn’t mean he’s not a good player it just means that he needs to be on a team that plays to his style. Worse now since he’s older and doesn’t have the time to adapt and change.

He never truly adapted to the pl and you don’t just give away starts to an underperforming player It’s not logical but that’s what was happening

He started back in milan and underperformed then when he was benched along with ronaldinhho the team surged and got out of the losing slump

The fact is if a player can’t adapt to a team’s style quickly enough he’s not useful and in big teams the best team needs to be out on the pitch in almost every game so if your not the best you should be benched.

think of shevchenko as a gear in chelseas machine thats made for arsenal (just an eg) it won’t work because it doesn’t match