Well what a season its been! From Man Utd beating Arsenal 8 goals to 2. To them then being beaten in their own backyard 1-6 by the quite extravagant football being played at the Etihad stadium this year, there’s been everything any football fan could hope for in this seasons Barclays Premier League. All the drama and excitement and of course, its not over yet! With 13 games still to be played FootyTacs takes a view at where the current top 5 teams are expected to be, come the end of the season.
There will be 1 post on each team starting with 09-10 champions.
CHELSEA:
Well where to begin here. It’s been a very topsy turvy season for AVB and his men. They started out very very well demolishing most sides (apart from a 3-1 loss to man united). 6 wins in their first 8 games and they were well on track for a fight for the title! It didn’t take long though for the much talked about Andre Villas Boas to experience how hard it is to win games in this league be it against any opposition. A loss to newly promoted QPR followed along with a quite humiliating 3-5 defeat at home to Arsenal and the youngest manager in the league was already feeling the pressure!
Their season has definitely not been helped by the fact that the most expensive player in Premier League history, the 50mil pound man Fernando Torres has struggled to find the net completely at times. Just 2 goals and 3 assists in 19 league games is just not acceptable for someone who cost that much and who was the top dog in the league back in his Liverpool days. And although he hasn’t featured much, Didier Drogba hasn’t had the best of seasons either, netting just thrice in 15 games. That coupled with the incidents involving captain John Terry over the season have really set the blues back by quite the margin and seen them drop from title contention to fighting for a Champions league spot!
Fernando Torres has struggled to find the kind of form that made him one of the most feared strikers on the planet.
But it hasn’t been a complete horror story over at the Bridge. They seemed to have unearthed a new gem in the shape of Daniel Sturridge who after impressing in his Bolton days, has really been the player of the season for me so far for Chelsea. I think he should definitely be going with England to the Euros to really boost their chances this time around!
More great news for the blues is that the 30mil Euros they invested into Spanish playmaker Juan Mata seem to be paying off and he has made a great new addition to what was a seemingly ageing side! His quick feet and great skill on the ball have troubled many a defender and at just 23, he could go on to be a Chelsea great!
So whats next for Chelsea? Their remaining games include trips to the Etihad, Emirates and the Anfield (Have not won any of the 2 games against liverpool this season including the Carling Cup fixture) and a visit from in-form Tottenham. If they can manage to find the kind of form that saw them swoop away Bolton Wanderers 1-5 at the start of the campaign, and keep the likes of Sturridge, Mata and Lampard fit, I think they’ve got a very good chance of finishing firmly in the top 4 and possibly in the top 3 if one of the leading pack slip up a bit!
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