Archive for June, 2003
ELEVATE TO HIGHER LEVELS
Regular contributor Jamie Searle says that we must believe that we can improve on our fourth position and reach the later rounds of the Champions League next season. Confident that the current squad can elevate to higher levels than last term, Jamie picks the squad that he believes should start against Liverpool on the opening day of the forth coming ...
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SORRY BUT I’M OFF
Dear Employer Well, I’ve had an interesting couple of years with you. We’ve had our ups and our downs. You’ve said some things and I’ve said some things. Difficult decisions have been made and, on occasion, vitriol has been thrown. But we’ve had a strong financial year, ...
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THE NEW SEASON STARTS HERE!
England’s captain once again dominates the back pages, but thankfully we all have something much more important to worry about. The new fixture list has been released and although it’s only the “first draft” (I’m sure Sky will have their say as to which Manchester United matches they’d like ...
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THE LURE OF THE EAST
Question: When is a footballer not a footballer? Answer: When he’s a marketable commodity OK, let’s get the inevitable out of the way first. Real Madrid have finally got their man. According to the papers this morning, Goldenballs has signed for the world’s biggest football club in a reputed £25 ...
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TRANSFER SPECULATION
Now that Chelsea have qualified for the Champions League, will we have money to spend for new signings? It’s difficult to say. After the departures of Mark Bosnich and Ed De Goey, it appears that Jurgen Macho from Sunderland and Marco Ambrosio from Italian Serie A side Chievo will be joining us ...
TRANSFER TALK
To continue the transfer speculation Damon Maddison shares with us his thoughts on who may be considered by Claudio during the summer months. WHO SHOULD WE SIGN? I think it’s no secret the centre of our midfield is going to need to be strengthened in depth. Personally, I’d hope to see us ...
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SUMMER SPENDING SPREE
With a few days left until the new fixtures are announced and just over a month to the friendly with Lazio. Thomas Birket takes time out to assess the transfer market and tells us exactly who Mr Ranieri should consider as additions to the squad. Has Tom had too much summer sun or do you think that he ...
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CLUB AND COUNTRY
It’s been a while since Chelsea has had a player to feature regularly in the England squad, as we all know, Soxie aside, Dave Beasant was the last Blue to pull on the 3 Lions in a friendly in ‘89, and Sven seems to have made it pretty clear that Graeme doesn’t feature in his plans. ...
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FAREWELL AND ADIEU?
As has been pointed out on numerous Chelsea (and other) fan sites recently, it’s election time in the Primera Liga again. What this usually translates to is an upturn in transfer rumours as club presidential candidates make elaborate promises regarding new faces they will bring in to revive their ...
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STRIKER CONUNDRUM
We have a conundrum. One that was not easy to predict. If you’d told me a year ago that people would be suggesting we keep Franco and sell Jimmy I’d have laughed in your face. A year can be a long time though. Jimmy suffered the first serious injury of his career – ironically because ...
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TWO WAY CONTRACT RENEGOTIATIONS
I was discussing Tuesday night’s football with a friend, which, with John Terry in mind, led me on to thinking about player contracts. For anyone who’s interested here are my thoughts, for what they are worth. I saw the first half in the pub. Let’s be honest, we were pretty poor. Gerrard’s ...
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