I envy those who make a living writing about football. Just imagine the landlord paying you to utter football nonsense when you’re drunk in a pub and you have a rough idea of what it’s like to be a football journo. In the space of eight days we went from being world beaters (Saturday 26th [...]
Continue reading …You may like to know that the most read piece on the Guardian’s website today was an article with the headline “Why women have sex”. I wonder why (not why women has sex but why so many people read it). I read it mainly because there hasn’t been too much good CFC news to read [...]
Continue reading …Drogba and Anelka CAN play together. Out of the nine goals we have scored so far, Didier and Nic have got five. Against Sunderland Didier won the penalty that Lamps duly converted. So in all between them they have contributed directly to two thirds of the goals we scored so far. This myth was started [...]
Continue reading …One minute we’re lining up Kaka, Benzema, Ribery, Pato, David Villa and Pirlo and God knows who else. The next we’re on the back foot fending off a bid from Man City for our captain. At least as far as the latter story is concerned, the club is acting decisively and has turned down the [...]
Continue reading …Two little words, the key to a world of dreams. Just twelve years ago we celebrated like mad having won our first major trophy for twenty six years. At the risk of incurring Ken Bates’s wrath, I have conveniently forgotten that we won the Simod Cup and the Zenith Data Systems trophy. And the Cross [...]
Continue reading …If I lived anywhere in the UK and had the slightest interest in football I would be standing behind the door of my local MP’s surgery inquiring whether he was part of the All Party Parliamentary Football Group. And if his/her answer is a yes, I would tell him/her to stick to his day job [...]
Continue reading …A look at the league table this Sunday morning does not make pleasant reading. Forget the Premiership, forget the Champions League, forget being title favourites up till just a couple of months ago. The scrap is now on to cling on to the fourth and last Champions League spot for next season. We have not [...]
Continue reading …One thing that has always mystified me since Roman Abramovich’s arrival is the way decisions are taken at Chelsea. Or rather why they are taken. Some defy any kind of logic known to mankind. Starting with the premise that Roman is no fool, it is even more baffling trying to understand some of the goings on [...]
Continue reading …(NONE OF WHICH WILL HAPPEN BTW) Since Roman Abramovich took over Chelsea, our performance graph looks like an upside down V. We finished fourth in the season before he took over and that’s where we look like finishing this year. Unless, that is, Roman takes my ten easy steps to Premiership and Champions League success. [...]
Continue reading …As Chelsea fans we have always prided ourselves that ours has always been a team of trendsetters, often both on and off the pitch. A close look at our results this season sees us set a new trend. People talk of a season of two halves. So far we have had a season of three [...]
Continue reading …The next fortnight could probably decide which team will be celebrating winning The Premiership come next May. At the very least it will decide which team will NOT be celebrating winning The Premiership come May. This has happened in the past five seasons and I see no reason why this one should be any different. [...]
Continue reading …The Bolton away game on December 6th could be another milestone in Chelsea’s ongoing quest to smash all records relating to top flight of English football. This quest started under Claudio Ranieri, went into the stratosphere under Jose’ and Big Phil is continuing the job. A win at The Reebok will smash two records at [...]
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