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Chelsea v Porto
An intriguing contest this. Jose Mourinho will be taking on the club he led to Champions League glory last year and will be hoping that the attention to detail and tactical acumen he instilled on Porto’s European campaign has rubbed off on Chelsea. This game could prove to be a strange experience for our summer [...]
Taricco handed three-match ban for Duff clash
Spurs’ Argentine defender Mauricio Taricco, who I feel is one of the dirtiest and most spiteful players in the Premier League has finally been handed a three-match ban by the ever-efficient Football Association for a clash with Damien Duff nearly six months ago. Taricco had been charged with violent conduct after hitting Duff with his hand [...]
Kezman: Has his time come?
I have to admit I was not impressed with Eidur Gudjohnson in the Middlesbrough game. In fact, he’s been missing-in-action in a couple of games recently. Compare that to the impact Mateja Kezman made when only a substitute on Saturday. A beautiful pull-back completely fooled the Boro defence, then he cracked a left foot shot, which [...]
Middlesbrough v Chelsea
We have a good recent record at the Riverside. Steve McClaren has never beaten us in seven attempts since he took charge of Middlesbrough. We have won two of our last three visits, so I expect us to continue our unbeaten start to the season. It’s possible we’ll see Jose Mourinho make a couple of changes [...]
Jose Mourinho: Anti-Christ
Our esteemed manager is rapidly becoming the most hated man in football, but should we be surprised? For a start there’s the immense number of roubles at Jose Mourinho’s disposal, this in itself is enough to incur considerable loathing. As most clubs are belt-tightening and looking through lists labelled ‘Bosman’, we are debating if we can [...]
Chelsea 0 - 0 Tottenham Hotspur: The game, the players, my spin
After waking up at 1 a.m. here in Australia to watch the game, fretting while the Aussie commentators talked over the match as the clock ticked past the scheduled kick-off time, the TV coverage finally came on while the lads were walking out. The minute’s silence for the victims of Beslan that preceded the match was [...]
Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur: Can Spuds end their jinx?
I may be in a small minority, but I’ve seen Chelsea lose a league game to Spurs. More than once, sadly. Sinead O’Connor’s Princely single ‘Nothing Compares to You’ was number one on that bleak, ignominious Saturday in February 1990 when it last happened. A solitary goal from John Bumstead was not enough to [...]
Paris Saint-Germain v Chelsea
We have never played Paris Saint-Germain in European competition. They are unbeaten in eight European home matches and, despite not winning in five matches in Ligue 1, will be tough opponents. On the two previous occasions we played French teams in the Champions League we lost - 1-0 to Olympique Marseille in the 1999/2000 Champions League [...]
Chelsea’s forgotten men
Arjen Robben we know is injured and will be return soon, but what of our other ‘forgotten men’ (not including the man whose job it is to polish the silverware)? Scott Parker Alexy Smertin has been picked ahead of him this season, and I can only guess at how Parker feels about that. I’d say he [...]
Aston Villa and the referee 0 - 0 Chelsea
I had a feeling this match would be decided by a referee’s decision, and so it proved. Didier Drogba was clearly fouled in the area after eighty minutes, in fact he was hacked down. We’re not even talking debatable, it was simply a penalty. Referee Rob Styles compounded his unbelievable decision not award a spot [...]
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