I’ve no doubt Arsenal are overjoyed with their goal tally against Sheffield United in the Carling Cup, although not as happy as their manager who’s been bigging them up something rotten lately.
Not only has he warned his rivals Arsenal are better prepared to win the Premier League this season, but naturally, they’re going to do [...]
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PORTSMOUTH 0 – 4 CHELSEA
Pompey fans must have been dreading this game off the back of a 6-0 thumping by Man City at the weekend and knowing we’d already beaten them 4-0 on the opening day. Not only that, but Chelsea had a 48-year unbeaten record against Portsmouth going into the game as well, so [...]
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Nicolas Anelka has held his hands up to a shocking performance against Manchester United on Sunday, suggesting “Personally, I missed a few good opportunities to score and I could have done better.” Not that he could do anything else but admit he was worse than useless anyway.
However, the French striker – and I use the [...]
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John Obi Mikel made his debut for Chelsea two years ago following a bit of a battle between us and Manchester United which ultimately cost Mikel a year of his career and Chelsea around £16million.
Unfortunately for Mikel he’d already been pictured in full Manchester United regalia, having signed for them before claiming it was Chelsea [...]
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Having watched Ricardo Carvalho limp off against Manchester United on Sunday, the news that’s followed isn’t what we’d hoped for.
Yesterday, the club confirmed Carvalho suffered ligament damage in the early stages of the game and is likely to be out for up to a month. Alex impressed against United with a solid display despite [...]
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When news broke of Michael Essien’s cruciate ligament injury and the surgery he required which could keep him out of the Chelsea side for anywhere between 6-8 months, it made for pretty grim reading.
However, John Obi Mikel seems to be a more than adequate replacement in Essien’s absence and it now appears likely that Mineiro’s [...]
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CHELSEA 1 – 1 MANCHESTER UNITED
Well, it was always going to be one of those days, but then again when it comes to games against Manchester United, it often seems to be ‘one of those days’.
First, we had the news that Deco had picked up some sort of muscle injury in the warm-up, then we [...]
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Robinho’s motives in signing for Manchester City have unsurprisingly been questioned ever since his record £32.5million move from Real Madrid. From Joe public to our own Brazilian midfielder, Deco, everyone’s had an opinion on Robinho’s last minute change of direction. Now, it would seem it’s Michael Ballack’s turn.
Of the Brazilian’s decision to sign for City, [...]
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It makes such a refreshing change to see another club taking over the headlines where spending money is concerned – even if it is our players they’re planning to buy.
Since taking over at Manchester City, the Abu Dhabi United Group have already signed Robinho in a deal that saw their financial clout muscle out [...]
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With Michael Essien expected to be out for around six months and Chelsea lacking cover for Jon Obi Mikel, it looks as if Chelsea are about to bring Brazilian international Mineiro into the Stamford Bridge fold.
There’s been plenty of rumours around lately regarding short-term cover and although Stephen Appiah’s name has been bandied about a [...]
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