Throughout this season, particularly in the latter half, I’ve found myself having to defend my stance on Avram Grant. I repeatedly hear that he is responsible for us still being in both the Champions League and the title race – and I just don’t buy it. While I accept we are in a much better [...]
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I can’t remember the last time I dreaded a game quite as much as tomorrow’s CL semi-final at Anfield. Albeit only the first leg, the thought of coming away without a good enough result fills me with absolute horror – I swear there are survivors of major disasters less traumatised by flashbacks than me. From [...]
As we prepare for the visit of Utd, it’s a relief to know that even if the outcome of the game ultimately decides the title, they can’t actually win it at Stamford Bridge. But they can get themselves in the history books yet again at the expense of our unbeaten home record. Our run of [...]
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Mention the word diving and some might think of Cristiano Ronaldo or our very own Didier Drogba – they’ve certainly both been guilty of it and mud sticks – or at least it does if you spend half your time throwing yourself at it. But, to be fair to Ronaldo, that’s an area of his [...]
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If I hear one more person say “you should be grateful, you’re 2nd in the league and in the semi-final of the Champions League”, I think I’ll end up more mental than Grant in his latest press conference. Why should we be grateful? What exactly have we got to be grateful for? The sacking of [...]
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It’s often said manager’s attempt to play games with the press but none more bizarrely so than Avram Grant after last night’s win against Everton. In a five minute spell Grant managed to completely cock up any chance of a relationship with the press, not to mention the supporters, who he appeared to show a [...]
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All a bit surreal really, but anyway, a mere 3 days after seeing the title slip away from us for the second year in succession with a 1-1 at home to Wigan, here we go again. Having benevolently rested some of his key players on Monday (oh but to have a boss like that), Grant [...]
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Tonight’s game at Goodison is one of those ‘must win’ games. For Everton, to cut Liverpool’s five point lead in the battle for fourth spot and for us, to regain some credibility after Monday’s woeful performance at home. With Drogba (injured) and Lampard (family illness) already missing, Grant, in his (alleged) infinite footballing wisdom chose [...]
Finally there’s something we can agree with both Roman and Grant on if we’re to believe the latest headlines announcing their “united belief” that the squad is in dire need of an overhaul. Naturally it has to be a little more sensational than that, with the rags talking of Abramovich “defying the wrath of Chelsea [...]
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Loved or hated but never simply ignored, TSO has come out of his self imposed exile with a subtle reminder of why, in terms of column inches at least, he could give Princess Diana a run for her money. Although that’s where the comparison ends, with her creeping onto the scenes an apparent shrinking violet [...]
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