Sir Alex Ferguson gave the press boys something to get themselves off over when he wondered at the start of the season what else Chelsea’s experienced players had to give this campaign. Obviously, that was translated by the press into Chelsea being a load of old pensioners (no pun intended) who were well past their sell-by dates.
More recently, with too many jaded performances creeping in before the busy Christmas period, even I’ve started to wonder whether Fergie might have been right from the start. And now, Manchester United’s Carlos Tevez is providing the press with the latest headlines to wank over as they again inform the world Chelsea are being labelled as ‘past it’.
With regards to Chelsea’s ability to sustain a challenge over the busy festive period, Tevez says “I think they are a great team. But I also think that as it is for me, at 24 years of age, it is sometimes very hard to recover and play Sunday and Wednesday. I would imagine that for some of the Chelsea guys that are much older it would be even harder. I think that the intensive Christmas schedule will take its toll on them because they have some great players but not so much strength in depth.”
Unfortunately though, given Chelsea’s recent form and the prospect of facing four games in a two week period, starting December 14, Tevez might actually have a point.
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