A lot has been asked about our Frankie this summer, will he stay? Will he go? Is the man worth the vast numbers being reported in the press as a weekly wage? Or has he become just another football mercenary looking to make as much money as possible? Not a lot of this matters to [...]
Is it possible to have sympathy for the self-professed “biggest club in the world”, Manchester United? Are we able to swallow our natural distaste for the Premiership’s biggest purveyor of double standards? Or are Ramon Calderon’s smug , self-serving remarks simply comeuppance for a club that has had its own way, time and again, in [...]
Continue reading …The latest atmosphere committee meeting was held at Stamford Bridge on Friday, July 25th. Present were representatives from several supporters’ organisations and three senior management officials of Chelsea F.C. The meeting was opened with questions relating to stewarding issues at Stamford Bridge and the perception of away fans being treated more leniently than home fans [...]
Continue reading …Chelsea’s first academy friendly of the pre-season started out as your typical preparation match, with little energy and cohesion, but finished in a flurry of goals, drama, and a sense of importance as if the season rested upon it. A draw was probably a fair reflection after an energy-sapping 90 mins, but there were a [...]
Continue reading …Blimey! It looks like we’ve made a decision at long last! It’s a decision that should hopefully move CFCnet forward in terms of site stability, and hopefully in our credibility amongst other supporters who are not part of CFCnet for one reason or another.
Continue reading …Back in late 2006, very soon after the Tottenham defeat; CFCnet spent some time with Claude Makelele at Chelsea’s training ground in Cobham, and asked him some of the many questions our readers posted to him for the CFCnet magazine. With Claude departing recently for his homeland, we decided to dust off the old Word [...]
Continue reading …This morning, I died a little inside. Ignoring Jeremy Kyle shouting at yet another unfit mother or dole scrounger, I flicked onto Teletext, substituting the everyday drama of Britain for the everyday drama of the transfer market. And that’s where I saw the headline which crushed me.
Continue reading …With the start of the new campaign, and the dawning of (yet another) new era only a few weeks away, a number of issues remain unresolved. Will Frank Lampard begin the season as a Chelsea player? How long will it take for new boys Bosingwa and Deco to adapt to the Premiership? But most importantly, [...]
Continue reading …For the second year in a row, Chelsea’s Reserve team fell to a narrow 1-0 loss at Hampton & Richmond FC’s Beveree Stadium, despite being the better team for much of the game. At the end of the day, the results don’t matter in pre-season, and 20 players saw time on the pitch, as the [...]
Continue reading …Fresh off the back of Wednesday’s official introduction of international team-mate Jose Bosingwa, fellow new signing Deco was presented to the world’s media on Friday lunchtime, and he made his ambitions for his new club more than apparent. Speaking through a translator (but understanding the English questions posed to him), the 30 year-old was left [...]
Continue reading …The first day at work can be a bit nerve wracking. Maybe even for a vastly experienced, world-renowned, international coach. Personally, I think a new job posses all kinds of problems and anxieties. What’s the boss like? Is he strict or friendly? (Actually he might have a fair idea already, win stuff or you’re sacked.) [...]
Continue reading …Deco, Ballack and Lampard? Can’t see it myself, not least because the trio have a combined age of 92 and are in the football equivalent of ‘one last paycheck before retirement’.
Which begs the question, should Frank stay or go?
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