Chelsea started off the season poorly but recently they’ve picked up good results. The quality of the play had improved and they’ve got an inform attack of Mudryk, Palmer and Sterling (once Nkunku returns from injury it will be stronger.)
So I wanted to know if you guys think Chelsea is genuinely back or if this bit of form will drop off. Tell me what you think!
Of course they are. They were a mid table team in early 2000s and before that. They got lucky with some dirty oil money. Thats all. Hopefully back to where they belong.
96/97 - 6th
97/98 - 4th
98/99 - 3rd
99/00 - 5th
00/01 - 6th
01/02 - 6th
02/03 - 4th
“Mid table” is pretty disingenuous, the average league position in those years leading up to Roman taking over was between 4th and 5th.
convenient you stop at 96/97…
95/96 11th
94/95 11th
93/94 14th
92/93 11th
that’s include the other 4 Prem seasons.
and let’s not forget the spent half of the 80s in Division 2 (Championship), and some of the 70s.
Well you said early 2000s and before that, so I included the early 2000s and a few years before that. Your statement was just plain old wrong. Not denying that Roman’s money took the club to the jext level, but they were already a team competing for top 4 pretty consistently.
Didn’t United also finish 11th-13th a few times? As well as spending time in Division 2? Football was different back then, so stop pretending like it wasn’t.
So in other words they were the original Tottenham.
So you agree, they weren’t a midtable club. Cool.
they spent half of the 80s in Division 2 (Championship). we didn’t.