Monday 28 March England U21 1:2 Iceland U21 Stuart Pearce will demand more from his U21 squad than this damp squib. Jack Cork and Josh McEachran played from the start and dominated midfield early on but a weak second-half, after Cork had gone off with palpitations that left him in hospital apparently suffering a virus, [...]
Continue reading …Monday 21 March Wigan Athletic reserves 0:1 Chelsea reserves Not a bad afternoon’s work. Wigan were unbeaten at home before today and a first-half strike from Billy Clifford, followed by some staunch defending, was enough to keep the reserves positive run going. Sadly, some git brought a laser pen with them to yesterday’s match and [...]
Continue reading …Monday 14 March Chelsea reserves 7:2 Blackpool reserves The oddest thing – you get a man sent off within ten minutes and go 0-1 down to a penalty and then, obviously, you bounce back to win 7-2 … This was as strong as our reserves get with Borini continuing his fine comeback from injury and [...]
Continue reading …Monday 28 February Mark Clattenburg has given Wayne Rooney a free pass after telling the FA disciplinary board that he saw the Manchester United striker’s forearm smash into James McCarthy’s face but that the offence only warranted the free-kick not a straight red card. The precedent gives Rooney rein to attack anyone but calls into [...]
Continue reading …Monday 14 February Fulham 0:0 Chelsea This season is turning into a farce. Required to fit Fernando Torres into the team Carlos Ancelotti has been forced to change a successful system mid-term and it clearly isn’t working. Jose Mourinho watched this debacle from the stands and he will have had his own thoughts on the [...]
Continue reading …Ashley Cole is the England Supporters’ player of the year. We really never thought Ashley would ever win a popularity contest, perhaps England fans appreciate the game more than you would expect.
Continue reading …Tuesday 1 February Chelsea reserves 2:2 Arsenal reserves Better than last week when we lost at London Colney after being totally dominated, for this leg, the final, of our recent Arsenal marathon Connor Clifford, Jeffrey Bruma and Josh McEachran were both available and we dominated proceedings until Josh McEachran was caught in possession and we [...]
Continue reading …Monday 24 January Bolton Wanderers 0:4 Chelsea Nat Lofthouse, you have to tip your hat; great man, great goal scorer, one club man. Impeccable minutes silence. Chelsea are back, not quite to our best but certainly to resounding scores. Frank Lampard wasn’t risked so Obi John, Essien and Ramires made up the midfield and they [...]
Continue reading …Monday 17 January Spare a thought for the ‘Ammers; this morning they thought they’d be appointing Martin O’Neill to save them from the drop. Instead they will be pretending they’d never do anything like that and backing Avram Grant to the hilt. The reason? Martin O’Neill is an honourable man and when he heard his [...]
Continue reading …Monday 10 January Liverpool have appointed Steve Clarke as first-team coach under the new Dalglish regime. The theory is that Kenny has been out of football for ten years and Steve might actually know what is going on. Steve Clarke was the obvious man to replace Ray Wilkins but is another talent we have let [...]
Continue reading …Tuesday 21 December Finally something happens: Gaël Kakuta has signed a four-and-a-half year contract which squashes the possibility of him walking out to Join any of the Spanish or Italian giants in the summer.
Continue reading …Tuesday 21 December Finally something happens: Gaël Kakuta has signed a four-and-a-half year contract which squashes the possibility of him walking out to Join any of the Spanish or Italian giants in the summer. There has been some irritation from the club that a young player should drag out negotiations: Carlo Ancelotti went so far [...]
Continue reading …Friday 17 December To a huge sigh of relief from Stamford Bridge we are paired with FC København in the Champions League draw. Given that we couldn’t be drawn with Tottenham, who play AC Milan, and Manchester United drew Lyon, FCK are possibly, or should that be probably, the easiest team left in the competition. [...]
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