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WTF IS MNF?

WTF IS MNF?

By Daniel Rankine • on August 27, 2010

You might have noticed Sky’s gadget-laden football behemoth has returned to our screens this season. Monday Night Football is a preposterously entertaining as ever and not much has changed. Andy Gray still pisses about with ...

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BRAND NEW START

BRAND NEW START

By Daniel Rankine • on August 10, 2010

Anyone seen that advert doing the rounds lately where an annoying ginger kid chirps on about how optimistic he is that ...

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WORLD CUP WONDERS – TRANSFER TARGET WISH LIST

WORLD CUP WONDERS – TRANSFER TARGET WISH LIST

By Daniel Rankine • on July 8, 2010

The club have been relatively quiet in the transfer market so far with only one new addition to the squad next year in creative midfielder Yossi Benayoun. Given the overinflated price tags that midfielders Di Maria and David Silva ...

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CHELSEA WORLD CUP WATCH

CHELSEA WORLD CUP WATCH

By Daniel Rankine • on July 1, 2010

With much of the talk on the group games being too defence-minded and drab up stepped an inspired Portugal to thump North Korea seven nil and banish such thoughts to the distant past. There was only one Chelsea player who took ...

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CHELSEA WORLD CUP WATCH

CHELSEA WORLD CUP WATCH

By Daniel Rankine • on June 21, 2010

Oh dear. If we thought France’s opening performance was awful the Les Bleus readily sunk to new and impressive lows with a pitiful shift put in against Mexico. At last, justice of sorts, as a team in green were deserved winners, ...

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CHELSEA WORLD CUP WATCH

CHELSEA WORLD CUP WATCH

By Daniel Rankine • on June 16, 2010

So it was on to this tournament’s Group of Death, otherwise known as G, as no more than five Chelsea players squared up to each other. This promised to an enthralling game, arguably Africa’s best team up against one of Europe’s ...

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CHELSEA WORLD CUP WATCH

CHELSEA WORLD CUP WATCH

By Daniel Rankine • on June 14, 2010

The world cup didn’t get off to the best of starts for the Chelsea contingent. Injuries have robbed the tournament of two of its brightest African stars in Michael Essien and Obi Mikel. Also at the treatment table this summer ...

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IN PRAISE OF CARLO ANCELOTTI

It has been the greatest season in the history of Chelsea. Under the Wembley arch the double was secured in stunning fashion by the season’s top goal scorer and fan’s player of the year. The club and

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NO ORDINARY TEAM

I don’t know about anyone else but I’m still finding it hard to get my head around last Sunday’s game. Eight nil to secure the league? Did that really happen? It’s the kind of result that would

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ATTACK, ATTACK, ATTACK

Momentum can be defined as an impelling force or strength. As any physicist may tell you, with enough momentum (p=mv), the more power resides in a moving body and the harder it is stop.  There was a determination

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FROM THE RIDICULOUS TO THE SUBLIME

What a response. It was raining goals again at the Bridge and Chelsea answered emphatically any doubters of our title credentials or, more importantly, the ability to hold our nerve. It also was a non-too-subtle

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A WEEK IS A LONG TIME IN FOOTBALL

On Saturday night the idea of no Chelsea games to stress about for a week was the only crumb of happiness you could cling to. Forget the football and have a week off. Unfortunately this little break without

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WITH A BIT OF LUCK…

What an incredible weekend of results. A Rooney-less Manchester United lacked any spark, Liverpool’s champions league hopes withered without Fernando and Portsmouth showed amazing spirit to seal a cup

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