Football’s Latest Pointless Rule: The 25-Man Squad List
Arsene Wenger is today being quoted as stating that the new Premier League rule reducing squad sizes to 25, as being “a disastrous decision for football and for the players”....
Posts Tagged: "Chelsea"
The Title That No-One Wants To Win?
English football season has had more than its fair share of madness this season, but the race for the title is starting to give off a hint of being the...
Match Of The Week: Aston Villa 0-3 Chelsea
The gap may not seem to be as big as it was a year or two again, but it still clearly exists. As Aston Villa and Chelsea line up at...
Match Of The Midweek: Chelsea 0-1 Internazionale
How would you feel if you were Roman Abramovich after this evening’s Champions League match between Chelsea and Inter? When he disposed of Jose Mourinho just over three years ago,...
Wayne Bridge, Tabloid Fluff & The World Cup
Wayne Bridge probably won't be going to the World Cup finals, then, but John Terry's "friends" leaking derogatory comments to the press about him say more about Terry than they...
A Final Word On John Terry
In some respects, the furore surround the John Terry affair (for the want of a better phrase) says as much about the British and their attitudes as it does about...
The John Terry Moral Conundrum
The tabloid circus seems likely to continue to run for a few more days at least. Meanwhile, the rest of us look on at it all and shake our heads....
Might The Fab Four Become The Super Seven?
As the Premier League reaches the half-way point in its season, Mark Siglioccolo takes a look into his crystal ball and wonders whether the days of Arsenal, Manchester United, Liverpool...
Match Of The Week: Aston Villa 2-1 Chelsea
It may have been overlooked because of Liverpool's beach ball incident at The Stadium of Light, but Chelsea's defeat at Aston Villa throws up a few question about the Premier...
Sending Off Goalkeepers: Not As Much Fun As It Used To Be
When Petr Cech was sent off for Chelsea on Saturday, the London club suffered more for being reduced to ten men than they did for losing their goalkeeper. In the...
FIFA, Chelsea & Gael Kakuta
That the football community in Britain has responded with such surprise the two transfer window ban that FIFA have slapped upon Chelsea is, in itself, quite telling. It has long...
10 Footballing Cricketers (And Vice Versa)
Seeing as how the Ashes have started and England aren’t – at the time of writing – being thrashed seven shades of black and blue by Australia (though there is...
John Terry & Roman Abramovich – Who’s In Charge?
It’s fairly safe to assume that John Terry has been operating under the assumption that his place at Chelsea was a job for life. There has been talk of him...
Be Prepared For The Worst Football Kit Designs Ever
Criticism of Newcastle United has long since passed from being some form of sport into being a sadistic ritual, but their new change kit for next season is surely worthy...
Ancelotti & Chelsea – Together At Last
In the immediate aftermath of Saturday’s FA Cup win against Everton, Chelsea’s captain (and apparently now their head coach) John Terry had a couple of suggestions for the club’s owner...
Match Of The Week Live: Chelsea 2-1 Everton
So, I thought we’d cover this match live this afternoon. Everton haven’t played in a major cup final since the 1995 FA Cup Final when they beat Manchester United 1-0...
Three Times Lucky For Manchester United?
How often, then, do cup winners get lucky? Ahead of tomorrow night’s European Cup final in Rome it’s a question worth asking ourselves, because there is a tendency, in cup...
You Want A Conspiracy Theory? I’ll Give You A Conspiracy Theory
Turning to the Guardian’s sports blog this morning, it is disheartening to see that 39.4% of people replying to a poll asking the question of “Are Chelsea the victims of...
A Few Words About Chelsea Last Night
UEFA, according to conspiracy theorists, have “got the final they wanted”. Chelsea were knocked out of the Champions League by Barcelona last night, and the opening line of this post...
Match Of The Week: FC Barcelona 0-0 Chelsea
So, it’s a Champions League semi-final and this isn’t merely Barcelona versus Chelsea. It’s “Mas que un club” versus Chelsea, Catalunya versus Chelsea and Europe versus the Premier League. Has...