The mind games continue: Chelsea captain claims Manchester United ‘have hit their peak’
by stresster on August 5th, 2008
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John Terry made a fool of himself last season after Manchester United made a slow start to their Premier League campaign. Draws with Reading and Portsmouth, along with a defeat against Man City, saw the Red Devils lose ground on Arsenal and Chelsea. This prompted the Blues captain to claim that the champions that a five-point gap was ‘a lot to make up’, despite the fact that his own team then suffered a blip of far more epic proportions.
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However, that hasn’t the man known as ‘JT’ from having another stab at these mind games with the opposition. Scolari is steering clear, so Terry has spent weeks devising some comments that will throw down the gauntlet to the opposition. Setanta report the Chelsea captain in action.
“They have had two good years and you have to stand back and take your hat off to them, but we know we were good last year and we have another level to go to,” Terry told Chelsea TV.
“Last year I think we saw the very best of Man United, but we have got an awful lot to come from last year.
“We have got improvements to make but I think Man United are at their peak.”
Chelsea weren’t exactly slouches last season, going unbeaten at home in the Premier League and winning more away matches (13) than any other team. Who’s to say that it won’t be a season of transition under Scolari, while United continue to build on their recent success, especially with Rooney playing in a more advanced striking position. The one advantage for Chelsea is that Ronaldo will miss the first few weeks of the season, something that might see the champions struggle.
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Tagged Under: Chelsea FC, john terry, Manchester United, sir alex ferguson
YSB - August 5th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
JT - So stupid he can’t even come up with a dig of his own. Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate all he did for us in Moscow. Cheers john.
Champ10ns - August 5th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
Agree, played a blinder in Moscow, John!!!
David Villa - August 5th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
Man U have a younger squad so if anything they have much more to come than chelsea
david kirby - August 5th, 2008 at 11:51 pm
Forget the mind games don’t Man Utd care that the new Irish premier league slogan of ” No egos, no diving, and no prawn sandwhiches” is a direct satire of the clubs motto of “We are great, we dive, and we love prawn sandwiches”. How can the club not answer this?. I suggest that SAF set this straight, although I must say he looked “fatigued” at his last press conference.
calvo - August 6th, 2008 at 9:05 am
ok terry thanks for your opinion.perhaps it is you and chelsea that had 2 good years!considering the likes of foster,evra,the brazilian twins,evans,cr,nani,anderson,rooney,tevez,not to mention hargreaves and carrick who have yet to reach their peak it wud seem that there is alot for utd to achieve still.it wud serve terry well to work on his penalties as his mind games are terrible.happy for the likes of chelsea,l´pool and spurs to get the limelight regarding what they are gonna do next season they did the same last season and we all no how that ended!!!
Blue Swimmer - August 7th, 2008 at 4:00 am
Contrary to what both sides would have you believe I think it will be back on again in earnest in fact I think the competition between the two sides will be hotter and both sides will find another gear and most probably get a long way ahead of all the rest of the competition very early. There really isn’t much between the two sides and in if I was honest I’d say ManU have the edge. There has to be a change in mentality for Chelsea to overcome them and if that’s what Scolari brings then it will really be interesting.
Ballack13 - August 8th, 2008 at 7:51 am
haha yeah man U look real young with giggs, scholes and neville tripping over their walking frams out on the pitch