Is Jose Mourinho’s plan to give Andriy Shevchenko a wider role up front next season likely to benefit Chelsea and Shevchenko himself? If Mourinho is hoping to see Shevchenko rediscover the goal scoring form that made him one of the world’s most feared strikers prior to his move to Stamford Bridge, deploying him in a [...]
Match reports The Guardian, Kevin McCarra: “These sides grappled with one another so fiercely that it was as if neither would ever let the other go free to reach the final in Greece on May 23.” The Times, Matt Dickinson: “The idea that his team might be rattled by the raucousness of a febrile occasion had seemed [...]
Chelsea will play Valencia in the quarter-finals of this season’s Champions League. All three English sides left in the competition were drawn against foreign teams. Quarter-final draw: AC Milan v. Bayern Munich PSV Eindhoven v. Liverpool Roma v. Manchester United Chelsea v. Valencia First legs to be played on 3rd/4th April and second legs on 10th/11th April. The winners of the Chelsea versus [...]
As hordes of Chelsea fans wept into their beer after our dire Anfield outing, Mourinho mumbled his prayer into the microphone: “Please God, let Manchester United falter tomorrow”. Prayer granted, still six points behind, but the worst is averted and the best is yet to come! Of course, the Anfield result was bad, but we were [...]
If sections of the media are to be believed, £31m of Roman Abramovich’s hard earned cash might just as well have been flushed down the Stamford Bridge plumbing this summer. Why? Because one of European football’s greatest ever strikers can’t hit the proverbial cow’s arse with a banjo now that he’s wearing the blue of Chelsea. Andriy [...]
