Chelsea's best season - what do you think?

[Sconnie Blue]

What puts that season down the pecking order of title wins for me was the second half of the season.

Without Courtois and Hazard we're dragged into the top four race.

Was very strange. Feels like after that spanking we got from Spurs Mourinho just resorted to 04/05 methods of simply seeing out leads. 

 

[Simplymo]

Currently watching chels vs spuds 2016 on sky. Puts into perspective how young our current lot look...massive difference.

Willian, Costa, Terry, fabregas, Pedro, etc...

 

[Argo]

Was very strange. Feels like after that spanking we got from Spurs Mourinho just resorted to 04/05 methods of simply seeing out leads. 

I'd say a mix of that and the fact his teams tend to peak in the first half of his second seasons (happened here twice, Inter, United, Real and Spurs).

It seems to be the perfect sweet-spot of his intense methods being fully ingrained into his teams but it also being too early for them to start burning the players out.

 

[TheCeleryKing]

04/05 was about as perfect as we could get. Pretty much unstoppable in the league. A slow start, but once we lost to City, it was like we let loose and the goals started to flow. Robben and Duff were brilliant to watch on the wings. Their pace on the counter, their dribbling, their end product. Then you have that defence with Makelele shielding it, it was the best defence ever in my opinion and only got weaker with the introduction of Del Horno a season later. 15 league goals conceded in a single season, which still hasn't been beaten

We won the league cup and we looked unstoppable in the Champions League until we ran into bad luck in the semi's against Liverpool. Gudjohnsen missing a sitter in the 1st leg and the ghost goal in the 2nd leg was just sh*t luck. 

This squad had what is still to this day my favourite ever match involving Chelsea, the last 16 2nd leg against Barcelona in the Champions League. That match was incredible from start to finish.

I've had this sticker in my wallet for what will be 20 years in a few months.

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[Timmy Elms]

Mourinho’s first season we were a winning machine. Duff and Robben on the flanks creating havoc, defensively nigh on infallible.

Also enjoyed immensely promotion 84- fan power at its peak. Last three away games Pompey, Man City and Grimsby.

Loved to bits the Zola years, culminating in our first European Trophy in 27 years in Stockholm, and Super Cup against Real Madrid at Monaco. Euro trips a novelty prior though we did have have a foray in 94/ 95 courtesy of losing FA Cup finalists to Manure  Always remember that poxy Mikita friendly championship at Highbury. We must have had 8000 there preseason “ We didn’t win the football league….We didn’t win the cup…but we’re all going to Europe…”

 

[SydneyChelsea]

Best is 05/06, simply unbeatable in the league and knocked out of CL by one of the best club sides ever.

My favourite one though is 96/97, loved watching that side, FA cup win, into Europe etc.

I can't split 04/05 and 05/06. I think 05/06 was a stronger side objectively but obviously we got better results in 04/05, really should have had a treble.

 

[charierre]

Best team probably 2004/05. First title win in modern era, overturning an 11 point deficit from the previous season to a 12 point advantage whilst bedding in what was basically a new team under a new manager. Only conceding 15 goals ,probably a record that will be unsurpassed. 

Favourite team to watch late nineties. 

Favourite team 1969/70 ...you always remember your first

Honourable mention for John Neil's 1983/84 team

 

[dkw]

Best team probably 2004/05. First title win in modern era, overturning an 11 point deficit from the previous season to a 12 point advantage whilst bedding in what was basically a new team under a new manager. Only conceding 15 goals ,probably a record that will be unsurpassed. 

Favourite team to watch late nineties. 

Favourite team 1969/70 ...you always remember your first

Honourable mention for John Neil's 1983/84 team

83/84 is the first season I can properly remember bonding with, I just remember the incredible attacking football by a young squad, and I didn't care which league it was in. 

 

[strider6004]

Had a look at 2004-2005 season  and found this a win knocking out Barcelona from the last 16 of the Champions league.

Kezman gets an assist for the first and Terry gets the later winner.

Shout out to Ronaldinho for some magic on the ball.

Note both Deco and Belletti here paying for Barca would later switch to Chelsea.

 

[Scott Harris]

I can't split 04/05 and 05/06. I think 05/06 was a stronger side objectively but obviously we got better results in 04/05, really should have had a treble.

The 05/06 team was a better squad overall, but underachieved, especially in the Champions League. We went out to Barcelona in the last 16, but we could have avoided them altogether if we played better in the group stage. 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. I also thought the second half of the league season wasn't as strong as the first. Some games were starting to become a bit of a slog and there were signs that United were catching up with us.