Comments on: BRIDGE BOOS GIVES LOYAL CHELSEA THE BLUES

By: God1Zola25

God1Zola25 — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:22:22 +0000

Great article, But I find the people booing around me are not nouveaux fans but the same people who find scrapping with away fans even though they are forty or fifty the thing to do.

I recognise faces from the so called “good old days” doing this, The self righteous lot who were peacocking around looking for Cardiff last week, still wearing the Stone Island jumper they were wearing 15 years ago.

Wayne Bridge, I done my ankle in at Highbury that night celebrating your goal, it was up there with Kerry’s goal in 84, you will last in memory forever as A Chelsea Legend.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:44:39 +0000

Kelvin Barker = The voice of reason. You’ve spelt it out brilliantly. Last Saturday was truely embarressing for any real Chelsea fan.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:53:12 +0000

“Finally we have a character by the name of Nigel De Jong, a City midfielder from Holland who has done little to justify his healthy price tag since moving to Eastlands”

Apart from single-handedly playing your supposed midfield off the park the other month in our first win over you.

By: joe

joe — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:15:13 +0000

what happened to bridge was a joke but something i wasnt really surprised about given the way some of our ‘fans’ behave sometimes. i remember returning from moscow after the cl final and my mate told me he had watched the game around chelsea and after there were these same ‘fans’ smashing windows in shops peoples houses and cars. its things like this and bridge getting booed on saturday that almost make me be embarrased to be a chelsea fan sometimes but this article is spot on mate. Its encouraging to read that i wasnt the only one ashamed of them. And for the record bridgeys goal against arsenal is 100% my favourite chelsea moment of all time. just a shame these idiots dont get behind the team with as much passion as they showed slagging bridge off when we are losing. but with the success of a team it always results in these plastic fans jumping on the bandwaggon. keep up the good work. come on chels

By: TBW

TBW — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:00:26 +0000

Excellent article. Exactly what I’m thinking. The booing was an utter disgrace, it was just plain unacceptable.

(And the plural of “faux pas” is indeed “faux pas”)

By: eighthsin

eighthsin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:59:01 +0000

Man City fan here. Like ‘Gooner’ stated, the de Jong comment was tongue in cheek one suspects!

A bit harsh on Tevez, who was obviously sticking up for his friend (a lesson Terry should take), although I can understand the Bellamy argument for the most part (I’d still argue what Terry did was worse).

Im not here to specifically talk about the Terry/Bridge issue, just to say that the article highlights some good points about supporter behaviour and short memories. I know Terry is captain and held in high regard at the Bridge, but its hardly Waynes fault for escalating the story, he has done nothing wrong and certainly does not merit booing after his time at Chelsea. Terry brought this on himself, its definately not Waynes doing.

A lot of Chelsea fans have got their heads on their shoulders and I applaud their recognition of Bridge for his time at Chelsea, and infamous goal.

The ones booing him and swearing at him every time he touched the ball should be ashamed. It HAS tarnished your club and made a bad name for the rest of the fans – the ones who applauded him when he was subbed. That much is evident reading around club forums and the comments on major news articles.

I like Chelsea and have no malice towards the club, but I hope that these glory hunter boo boys go sit and watch a video of THAT goal and learn some history about the club and players. They owe it to the rest of the fantastic supporters.

By: Oh Please

Oh Please — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:17:51 +0000

Oh please! You’ve all bought into the papers’ “Saint Wayne” line to a large degree.
Wayne Bridge has had chances to end this, instead he allowed John Terry to be treated like Pol Pot, Hitler and Stalin combined by our newspapers. His cynically timed “retirement” and handshake snub were pathetic. She was his EX! He needs to get over it on his own. And No, I’m not a JCL.

By: Kev Newell

Kev Newell — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:58:35 +0000

I have been a fan for 42 years and found saturdays fiasco pretty odious from all sides. I rarely get to see the chels pitchside these days due to cost but it doesnt make me any less loyal. I thought that maybe for the good of sport and as an example to young people maybe Bridge and Terry could have shook hands and been professional for the duration of the game and bellemy for the sake of mankind could have kept his mouth shut but then maybe i just want to live in an ideal world. I don’t agree with the booing, bridge is a quality player who did a wonderful job at chels but had to move on to forward his career. should we as chelsea fans not respect that? dont know if i agree with ancelotti but maybe i’m in the minority thinking that chels is no further on than when jose left.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:29:09 +0000

Really great article – I agree with every point you’ve made. After only watching the game on tv it’s nice to know that there are a great number of chelsea fans who felt the booing was out of order too.
Thank you

By: Gooner

Gooner — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:02:40 +0000

Decent article but my guess is that De Jong was joking.