Tuesday 25 October Oh, here we go. QPR have filed a complaint about John Terry’s supposedly racist language on Sunday. QPR even had the balls to say they were keen to put an end to the matter; er, so why not just accept John’s explanation? This matter can only really be vindictive: Anton Ferdinand did [...]
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Monday 17 October Chelsea reserves 2:3 Wolverhampton Wanderers reserves Romelu Lukaku, Milan Lalkovic and Josh McEachran all played but Wolves were just too strong. We started brightly with Lukaku thumping a 30-yarder and McEachran and Kaby Djalo linking superbly but … a slip by Chalobah and a long ball was 0-1. They made it 0-2 [...]
Continue reading …With nothing in the Chelsea air but pitch owners – for or against – the international scene did its best to divert our attention back to the game: Florent Malouda’s France sneaked a fortunate draw with Bosnia to creep through. Petr Cech’s Czechs made it to the play-offs by beating Lithuania 4-1. Spain crushed Scotland [...]
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Monday 3 October Aston Villa reserves 1:0 Chelsea reserves An unbeaten start to the season for the reserves came to an end tonight. A team lacking Josh McEachran, Jamal Blackman, Todd Kane and Nat Chalobah away with England at various age groups found a first start for schoolboy striker Alex Kiwomya and a spot at [...]
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Oh, for god’s sake, shut the fuc … up (part2): after goals in his last two games the gentlemen of the press have had to move on from Fernando Torres, instead, Frank Lampard has become the negative obsession of the day.
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Tuesday 20 September André Villas-Boas has complained to Mike Riley, head of the Premier League match officials, about United’s first two goals on Sunday. Both Smalling from the free-kick and Nani before he started his run were clearly offside but the linesman kept his flag down: “I’m very, very unhappy with the poor performance from [...]
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Monday 12 September Oh for God’s sake shut the fuc… it is driving us mad. Torres has been journalists endless drone for the last nine months – how much he cost, can he play with Drogba, when is he going to score, is the formation going to change to accommodate him, did Ancelotti leave because [...]
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Monday 5 September David Luiz’s watched from the bench as Brazil and Ghana threw a party at Craven Cottage, this was a friendly opportunity for everyone to show off and try their full repertoire of tricks and they did to the whooping delight of a packed house. Tuesday 6 September England 1:0 Wales It is [...]
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Monday 29 August Raul Meireles is being whispered about more and more as Modric seems unable to find a way out of White Hart Lane. Stoke City asked nicely if they could borrow Lukaku but the club, and probably the player, said no. Tuesday 30 August Chelsea reserves 1:1 Blackburn Rovers reserves A slightly frustrating [...]
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Monday 22 August John Obi Mikel’s father, Michael, has been released unharmed from his ten days in captivity. There are few other details, John thanked everyone who had supported him and AVB reiterated his praise for the bravery John has shown. We can get back to calling him Obi John. Thomas Kalas will spend the [...]
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Monday 15 August Chelsea reserves 3:2 Sunderland reserves Good start for Dermot Drummy’s reserve side, well, they could have done without falling behind when, after 20 minutes of quiet back and forth, we were opened up from the left flank by Jordan Cook and Oumare Tounkara headed in from close range. Adam Phillip levelled ten [...]
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Tuesday 9 August The feck wits in the FA, Met, Brent council and department of media, culture and sport, have decided to cave to recent events and cancel England’s friendly with The Netherlands. The official line from FA chairman David Bernstein was: “We have received clear advice that, due to sporadic and the widespread nature [...]
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