As a contributor who always saw beauty in the so-called beast of last season’s Chelsea, I’m enjoying the beauty in the new so-called beautiful Chelsea. But I don’t think we’ve seen the last of our beastly nature, not if we are going to win the Champions League this year. Which the signs indicate is our [...]
Giles Smith’s mid-week article on the official site makes a pertinent point about John Barnes’ claim, in a newspaper, that we charge children £50 on matchdays. Barnes is an idiot who never bothered to check his facts, but his original article passed editorial control because it confirmed the general media demonisation of Chelsea. It’s a [...]
In response to the media’s portrayal of tomorrow’s game between Arsenal and Chelsea at Stamford Bridge as “Beauty versus the Beast”, Danny Broderick makes a case for Chelsea’s winning style of football. Beauty versus the beast, with us cast as the beast, of course. But is it that simple? Isn’t beauty in the eye of the [...]
