Arsenal have no respect
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CHELSEA coach Ray Wilkins last night accused Arsenal of disrespecting the Carling Cup.
Wilkins believes the Gunners are wrong to play a team of kids instead of their star names.
And he insists Chelsea will not devalue the competition by doing the same.
He also taunted Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger by claiming the kids experiment has left his club trophyless.
Chelsea will field a senior side against Burnley tonight and Wilkins said: “It’s all about winning trophies when you’re a big club.
"The fact we’ve won the Carling Cup twice in the last four years and Arsenal have won none justifies our policy,
“You enter a competition to win the competition. Why go into it if you’re not concerned whether you win it?
“Playing a young or weakened team undermines the value of the competition.
“And we have not and will not do that. We want to win it, big time.”
Chelsea will recall Didier Drogba and Wilkins promised the only youngsters who will feature will be on the bench.
sour grapes?
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no youngster no talk
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arsenal have no wrongs in their choice of players. don talk cock ok
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crazy. whats wrong with giving kids some experience if the club can afford it.
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hope arsenal youngsters win chelsea 1st 11
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why can't he just shut up and sign some youngster
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er.
we played the youngsters
we won
not by a small margin but by 3 goals
if this is a blardy disrespect
den he is shaming wigan, for being unable to beat/match a yong team.
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I hope Wilshere plays more. cant believe he's only 16.
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diam diam la
u talk so much for wat sia?!?!?!?!
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Chelsea scare la... they saw arsenal beat man utd therefore they scare... They already lost to liverpool and drew man utd. They talking up the trash first cause they will be meeting each other at the end of november... Wanna demoralise arsenal first...
Yawn!!!.... Chelsea youngsters also dont know go who is good... or do they even have a successful academy??
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only Arsenal and Manchester United can claim that they plan for the future with their strong academy foundations. Chelsea is just whining for they have no youths in their team...
yeah, heard they started a youth program but Arsene Wenger took 10 years... will Scolari last 10 years? he's 60 currently...
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Chelsea lost to Burnley with a full team...
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This fella has inferior complexity towards kids... i wonder if he beats his children.
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Championship side record shock win
Goalkeeper Brian Jensen was the Burnley hero as Chelsea crashed out of the Carling Cup on penalties at Stamford Bridge 5-4 on penalties after a 1-1 draw.
Jensen saved from captain Wayne Bridge and John Mikel Obi to put the Coca-Cola Championship side into the quarter-finals.
Returning striker Didier Drogba put Chelsea in front in the 27th minute but Burnley substitute Ade Akinbiyi equalised with 20 minutes remaining.
Both sides ended the game with 10 men after Burnley's Steve Caldwell was sent off for a second bookable offence late on, while Franco Di Santo was forced off injured with all Chelsea's substitutes already used.
But Jensen sparked scenes of celebration when he saved Obi's sudden-death spot-kick to put the second-tier side into the last eight.
Burnley had already beaten Bury, Oldham and Fulham to reach the fourth round and brought 6,500 fans to Stamford Bridge in the hope of witnessing another upset.
In the 11th minute Bridge, skipper for the night in the absence of substitute John Terry, sent a curling shot just wide of the upright.
Owen Coyle's side, fifth in the Championship having lost just four times this season, were coping well with Chelsea's attacking ambitions.
In the 19th minute, Chelsea should have opened the scoring when Drogba, making his first start for six weeks, put Salomon Kalou clear.
But the Ivory Coast striker was thwarted by Jensen as Kalou tried to take the ball around the Burnley goalkeeper.
At the opposite end, a mistake by Chelsea keeper Carlo Cudicini almost gifted Burnley an opener but Paulo Ferreira was on hand to clear the danger.
An injury to Juliano Belletti forced Chelsea to make an early change and he was replaced by Frank Lampard in the 25th minute.
England midfielder Lampard made an instant impact as Chelsea went in front in the 27th minute.
His precision pass to Drogba set the striker on a trademark run into the Burnley penalty area.
Drogba left Michael Duff on the floor as he swept into the area and curled the ball around the unprotected Jensen.
Lampard's introduction had clearly helped Chelsea to get on top of their game, with the England midfielder now at the heart of all their best moves.
In the 38th minute Jensen had to be at his best to keep out a low, angled drive from Florent Malouda as Chelsea looked to end Burnley's interest in the contest for good.
The second goal almost arrived in the 45th minute when Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic headed a free-kick from Mineiro against the crossbar.
In the 55th minute Ivanovic put another header over the bar after Kalou and Malouda had combined to get the ball into the penalty area.
Kalou was then thwarted by Jensen when Drogba put his Ivory Coast team-mate through on goal.
Burnley, sensing that they were still in with a chance, replaced Martin Paterson with Akinbiyi on the hour.
Drogba, the main threat to Burnley in the opening half started to look an isolated figure as the Blues settled for containment rather than a decisive second goal.
Chelsea's frustration was underlined by Scolari's next move, which was to replace Drogba with Di Santo in the 68th minute.
But Chelsea were stunned in the 70th minute.
Chris Eagles burst on to a pass from Robbie Blake and when his shot was saved by Cudicini, substitute Akinbiyi pounced to equalise.
Di Santo missed two gilt-edged chances to restore Chelsea's lead as the game finally petered out into extra-time.
But Chelsea's misery continued when an injury to Di Santo reduced them to 10 men three minutes into the first period of added time.
Both sides failed to carve out a clear chance in the opening half but Akinbiyi brought a fine save from Cudicini with a deft header in the 111th minute.
Six minutes from time Chelsea defender Alex scuffed a shot over the bar from point-blank range as the game lurched towards penalty showdown.
The numbers were even out moments later when Caldwell was sent off for a second bookable offence after blocking Malouda.
But that was the last event of note before the game went to penalties and Jensen became Burnley's hero.
LOL@him, chelsea 1st team lost to Burnley!
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Originally posted by novelltie:
Chelsea lost to Burnley with a full team...
so what they fielded a full team?its a shame they cant even beat burnley. the worst thing was they were playing at stamford bridge.
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a foot on the mouth ? :P
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respect and lost... lol idiot la
it seem like under scolari
even small team also cannot win liao
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maybe chelsea first team has too much respect for Burnley.
ray wilkins are just jokers!! who use his mouth more thsn his achievement to backup his claim.
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that's what i'm implying... fielded a full team and can't even beat Burnley... still want to complain that Arsenal is belittling the competition by fielding a young side...
don't blame on penalties... they should have wrapped it up by half time against an unknown team.
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He jealous coz Arsene Wenger buy youngster and wad the big deal that young player cannot play in match Young Player also Player ma