Chelsea 2-1 WBA: Who Lost Their Anyscore to Nil Bets?
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By Since66
August 23 2011
Judging by the boos that rang around Stamford Bridge at half-time on Saturday evening, a very high percentage of punters, certainly not REAL Chelsea punters lost their any score to nil bets. In all my years and this is my 45th season, I have never witnessed a shambolic half-time reaction that was given on Saturday.
AvB's first home game and his team, my team, my club since 1966, booed off the park 1-0 down, to be honest is down right disgraceful.
Proof is in the pudding how much Chelsea's support over the years has changed.
Proof that their are more 'prawnies' than singers amongst the 40,000 crowd that attend matches at Stamford Bridge.
Times have certainly changed.
Having said that, in the first half, Chelsea were absymal.
Shane Long and Somen Tchoyi ran JT and Alex ragged and it was Alex and Ramires faffing about high on Chelsea's defensive line that allowed Long, WBA's Summer signing to nip in and put WBA 1-0 as early as the 4th minute.
Instantly, those any score to nil bets were torn up and despatched into the air like confetti.
It took Chelsea 40 minutes to record their first scoring opportunity, as Ashley Cole hit a thunderous 25 yarder, which Foster dramatically saved high to his right hand post.
A couple of more half chances came Chelsea's way in the final 1st half minutes, but there was nothing to trouble Foster.
Finally the boos turned to cheers when Anelka jink is way into the area and hit a diagonal shot which took a deflection, beating Foster at his far post.
Seven minutes from time Bosingwa raided down the right and showed Long how to cross a ball, leaving Malouda with the simplest of chances at the far post.
Chelsea: Hilario, Bosingwa, Alex (Ivanovic 66), Terry (c), Cole, Ramires, Mikel, Lampard, Anelka, Torres (Drogba 59), Kalou, (Malouda 34)
Goals: Anelka 52, Malouda 83
Booked: Lampard 33, Terry 89
WBA: Foster, Reid, Tamas, Olsson, Shorey, Brunt (c), Scharner, Mulumbu (Dorrans 86), Morrison, Tchoyi (Odemwingie 74), Long
Goal: Long 4
Booked: Tamas 6, Mulumbu 44, Olsson 59, Odemwingie 90
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First half was indeed very poor...it got better...and I suspect it will just get better and better.
"It is born out of hypocrisy and fundamental insecurity. There have been two kids on the block for the past 12 years. Suddenly, there is a third and that one is threatening to be more successful than the others and they don’t like it." P Kenyon.