The announcement of André Villas-Boas as the new boss has been warmly welcomed by the fans and with good reason. Personally, the word that sums it all up for me is excitement. After a few weeks break, the memory of how the previous season spluttered to an slightly undignified and lethargic close has slowly faded. [...]
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What a miserable week. An embarrassing result and dismal team performance at Goodison Park was quickly followed by more ineptitude with Carlo quickly given his marching orders shortly after the final whistle. If reports are to be believed (let’s take this one with a fist of salt) the sacking happened in the players tunnel, West [...]
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It was an eerie case of déjà vu for those at Old Trafford at the weekend. After fighting so hard to be back in contention the blues lost concentration straight from a kick off and were left with a mountain to climb. Again there was superb support throughout in the away end. Again we trundled [...]
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It’s been a somewhat turbulent season, one that Michael Essien nicely referred to as a sandwich in his blog this week. I wouldn’t hasten to add what kind of filling we’ve had to endure (answers on a postcard to…) but it didn’t go down well I know that much. All I’m hoping is it doesn’t [...]
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The Champions League quarter finals were always going to be tight games played out on a knife edge. We all knew what we’d signed up for. The margins between victory and defeat are often brutally minimal, a key decision this way or a special piece of play that, can be often what decides the crunch [...]
Continue reading …Has a January purchase ever been as instantaneously successful as David Luiz? Given his defensive and ball playing talents, this boy is already starting to look, not just a bit like Sideshow Bob, but a real bargain. The comedy wigs alone shows how quickly he’s been welcomed by the Bridge faithful. Equally the support the [...]
Continue reading …When will the endless recycling and regurgitation end eh? No sooner than Hollywood was finished with the 70s the cinema was quickly awash with piss poor remakes and sequels of Eighties nostalgia trips. Watching the likes of the A-Team, Indiana Jones, Transformers and Tron is a depressing experience. I’m no longer entering the cinema to [...]
Continue reading …The jittery excitement was difficult to bare at times on Monday. Sky Sports News gave us the usual giddy coverage and left many with Tinnitus from Jim White bellowing about the next ‘SSN exclusive’. There were helicopters hovering about, insane last minute bids (not all, but most, from Harry Redknapp) and a general air of [...]
Continue reading …This time last year Carlo cheekily rebuffed any suggestions of personnel changes during the window by saying he would streak around Cobham if any business was done. Thankfully for any nearby onlookers the chequebook remained closed. This January is different though and if Carlo can nab a player to help cover the injuries to Alex, [...]
Continue reading …We don’t want much for Christmas, us Chelsea fans, just three points and then let the merriment begin. It’s been a bumpy month for the team. We’ve had some shocking and some decent games, some heartless displays and some bad luck. Sometimes we haven’t got what we deserved, others could have been a whole lot [...]
Continue reading …The defeat in the Carling Cup I could take with a shrug, for me the positives of the performance far outweighed getting knocked out so early in the competition. The young players acquitted themselves well, the team showed terrific character to fight back and wrestle control of the game with a man less.
Continue reading …You had to chuckle at the Taggart-faced cheek of Alex Ferguson’s comments at the weekend. As Berbatov grabbed that rarity in football, a late winner at Old Trafford, to lift his underlings to a shaky win Ferguson took no time to gloat.
Continue reading …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 a complex computer tactics screen whenever the need does or doesn’t arise, highlighting incidents and cross examining them like a [...]
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