“You sign an agreement; you make a contract, you live up to it. You never get what you deserve. You get what you negotiate. You got a right to say yay or nay…” Don King Rooney coming home, Vardy back in form, Giroud off the bench, Matic in Manchester, Lukaku looking awesome and the champions… Keep Reading
I’m often accosted as a Chelsea fan with the fact that the last 15 years of success has largely been due to the deep pockets of Russian billionaire owner Roman Abramovich. His purchase of the club in 2003, and subsequent billion-and-a-half pounds of investment, transfers and renovations have brought Chelsea, a mildly successful if not… Keep Reading
Local news, business news, sports news, fake news, arts, science, national and international news; all there to inform and interpret, to engage and entertain, each with its own indistinct place in a world both real and imagined. Of course one of these newses is getting much more coverage in the media these days than the… Keep Reading
And so, the start is near. The Premier League will begin the 25th year of its life, and the most successful club in its history will be opening their trophy cabinet once again. ‘But why!?’, I hear you scream into your monitor. ‘United finished sixth (SIXTH) last year!’ or ‘Pogba completely failed to perform’ or… Keep Reading
Former Chelsea wonder-kid Conor Clifford is currently in talks with Irish champions Dundalk over a possible transfer to Oriel Park. The 25 year old was considered a future star during his time in Chelsea’s underage ranks and Clifford captained Chelsea’s Youth Cup winning team of 2010. Despite his early promise, Clifford found it difficult to… Keep Reading
John Terry is looking for a new contract, and Chelsea don’t seem to be in a rush to give him one. So now we’re in the middle of a public negotiation where either party is using the media as a mediator to pass messages back and forth to one another. It’s all slightly reminiscent of… Keep Reading
For two years I lived in the shadow of the Guus Hiddink Stadium in a tidy suburb called Pungam. My apartment in the city, around 2010, was situated on the fourth floor with a view from the living room straight down the hill of the 44,000 seater-stadium. My walk to work every morning took me… Keep Reading
The day before Christmas Eve, I wrote long article, criticising Chelsea for letting go the most successful manager in their history, Jose Mourinho, but claiming that the Sunderland result was some justification for his removal. A mixture of Microsoft Word crashing and the business of Christmas prevented me from writing the article, and now I’m… Keep Reading
José Mourinho, the master of the mind game, or so the narrative of the last decade or so would lead us to believe; but narrative is a funny thing in football, it can change drastically depending on what point of view you want to put across. For example, some people think that when Mourinho is… Keep Reading
Eleven years on from their first meeting, Arsene Wenger has yet to defeat Jose Mourinho in a competitive game. This unenviable record was made all the more bitter for Gunners fans today, by the loss of both Gabriel and Santi Cazorla to red cards. While Mike Dean will bear the brunt of the blame for… Keep Reading
