Now that the transfer window is finally closed, it’s probably the best time to discuss a pertinent issue that has always been interjected into the transfer debate in that period. This is the issue of a player’s right to buy out the last year of his contract. As usual, there are loads of misconceptions involved [...]
Peter Osgood - the King is dead, long live the King… Seeing a kid wearing a Lampard or Terry replica Chelsea shirt is always heartening. Another soldier has joined the ranks of the Blue army and made the toughest of decisions that faces anyone during their formative years; choosing a hero....
Standing on the edge… It seems that there is a bit of a game on this evening.
Having read some missives from Merseyside, there appears to be something of a North / South divide evident between us. So, just to clarify a few points...
Why Avram Grant must go… I’m not much of an art historian, but had Michelangelo been sacked from the Sistine Chapel gig for being a bit of a prima donna and generally annoying the Catholic hierarchy, I suspect the incumbent Pope wouldn’t have called in...
My Hero: RIP Peter Osgood Where do I start with this tragic event that has affected me in a way I never imagined? Do I quote the lines, “I can’t believe the news today… I want to close my eyes and make it go away”,...
Après moi le déluge So said Marie-Antoinette a little over 200 years ago from the tumbril on the way to her appointment with the guillotine, and her foresight was spot on. Within three years, not only had many, many aristocrats and bourgeois been likewise...
So, how was it for you? The 2006/07 season review Did the earth move? Was the season lit with fireworks? Did Andriy Shevchenko seduce you with silky skills? Did Didier Drogba’s drive and dynamism send shivers down your spine? Did the essence of Michael Essien send you into a dreamy...