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Premier League: Chelsea 2 - 1 Arsenal
Match reports Daily Telegraph, Henry Winter: “Of the many surprises this eventful season, the sight of Avram Grant outwitting Arsene Wenger ranks right up there. Short of Ashley Cole becoming a referee or Didier Drogba surviving a game without medical attention, the season may not produce any greater shocks than Grant getting his substitutions as right [...]
Premier League: Arsenal 1 - 0 Chelsea
Match reports The Independent, Jason Burt: “Big games define big teams, Arsène Wenger reminded us before this encounter. They also define big players and Chelsea may have to again cope without John Terry after their captain suffered suspected ankle ligament damage in a spiteful challenge by Emmanuel Eboué as his side lost to Arsenal for the [...]
The top 50 managers of all time
Matt Dickinson and the football people at The Times should be congratulated for taking football journalism to a new low with their senseless series on “The world’s top 50 footballers”, “The worst 50 footballers”, “50 top football transfers”, “The 50 worst transfers”, “50 most important goals” and “Football’s 50 hardest men”. Now, their latest assault [...]
The Mellow Peril
As I heard Jose Mourinho begin to strum the tune to his newly-minted mellow mood, it was no music to my ears. Indeed, I couldn’t help wondering whether he isn’t putting his head too far above the parapet this time to escape unhurt. Of what use is it to announce ahead of a new season [...]
Premiership review: Arsenal 1 - 1 Chelsea
Match reports The Guardian, Kevin McCarra: “Who would have thought that Chelsea could turn themselves into gallant losers? If a third consecutive Premiership title was to be denied the Stamford Bridge side, they failed with a show of strength and talent. That let them come back for a draw despite being down to 10 men for [...]
The Carling Cup: Pensioners outwit kids shocker!
Someone help me out here. I thought us Brits were fond of a good, old-fashioned ‘have-a-go hero’. You know the story; 85 year-old granny with two new hips fights off thugs using hatpin and shopping trolley, that type of thing? Well, now I’m baffled. In Cardiff this weekend, our team of elder statesmen [...]
League Cup Final review: Chelsea 2 - 1 Arsenal
Match reports The Times, Matt Dickinson: “John Terry was concussed, the rest of us were just stunned by a Carling Cup final yesterday that, if it is the last showpiece match at the Millennium Stadium, will not be quickly forgotten. While the Chelsea captain needed reviving, everyone else required calming down.” The Independent, Glenn Moore: “The [...]
League Cup Final preview: Chelsea v. Arsenal
John Terry is expected to start. Chelsea released a statement this afternoon confirming that Terry came through a full training session today and is fit to play after recovering from an ankle ligament injury picked up against Porto in midweek. “Today John felt a big improvement in his ankle and requested that the medical department performed a [...]
Praise be! Roman’s home, but we’re boring again
Roman, for the time being at least, seems to have done roamin’. He came back from his self-imposed exile / business commitments / massive sulk to see his boys make the last eight of the FA Cup in reasonable style. Or maybe to meet Delia and swap salted cod recipes, I’m not sure [...]
Premiership review: Chelsea 3 - 0 Blackburn Rovers
Match reports Daily Telegraph, Henry Winter: “Chelsea looked a real team, more of the unstoppable machine of recent years. Michael Essien was again a rock in defence, Lassana Diarra again shone at right-back, while Lampard ran midfield. Even those controversial recruits, Michael Ballack and Andrei Shevchenko, contributed gamely, and Shevchenko even received a warm embrace from [...]
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