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2 Games to Go, It’s Down to the Wire

April 29th, 2008 · No Comments

It was heart-breaking, disastrous, anything you’d say when all you need is a draw and you were smashed with a potentially season defining lost. Not to mention, Chelsea hasn’t lost at Stamford Bridge for the last 4 years (yes, you heard it right, 4 years!!!), and it wasn’t pretty after all for all the […]

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Tags: pat lampard · west ham · steve bruce · stamford bridge · wigan athletics · chelsea · jose mourinho · avram grant · premier league

Preview: MAN UTD vs Chelsea

September 23rd, 2007 · 1 Comment

Manchester United welcome Chelsea for their first meeting season with Avram Grant’s in charge for the first time in the wake of Jose Mourinho departure. It’ll be interesting to see if he’s able to please Abramovich with a more pleasant style to watch, while United is close to full-strength first XI with Rooney returns […]

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Tags: chelsea · old trafford · wayne rooney · jose mourinho · avram grant · MU · red devils · home · preview · premier league · 2007/2008 · man utd

Who’s This Lad?

September 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

It’ll be the unfamiliar face from the visitor bench this Sunday when Chelsea travel to Old Trafford with Avram Grant (their directory of football) installed as the head coach for Chelsea for the rest of the season (as it is at the time of the press).
Exactly, who’s this lad?  He’s an Israeli, who coached both […]

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Tags: maccabi tel aviv · maccabi haifa · israel · harry redknapp · fans · avram grant · portsmouth · chelsea · roman abramovich · jose mourinho · analysis

BREAKING NEWS: Mourinho is Sacked by Chelsea

September 20th, 2007 · 1 Comment

It’s a surprise, shocking, and quite unbelievable to learn that Jose Mourinho has been sacked by Chelsea, as reported by ESPN, after Chelsea crisis meeting following their poor 1-1 draw result against the minnows Rosenborg in the Champions’ League with one of the lowest attendance at Stamford Bridge, and a run of poor results in […]

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Tags: rosenborg · sack · jose mourinho · roman abramovich · chelsea

Has Jose Lost His Mind?

September 20th, 2007 · No Comments

Football and eggs.  No one could ever make this correlation between eggs, football, omelette,  style of play, injuries, and above all excuse for lack of performance.  The star of the show is none other than Jose Mourinho after Chelsea’s run of poor performance.  Here’s what he has to say, as reported by Daily Star, “The […]

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Tags: around the league · jose mourinho · chelsea

Premier League Round-Up (Man Utd at 4th)

September 18th, 2007 · No Comments

Manchester United is now sitting at 4th in the Premiership table after 6 matches with a run of 3 successive 1-0 wins. United were briefly on top of the table before Arsenal –who beat Tottenham with 3 goals in the last 10 minutes to clinch the London derby win (and pile considerable pressure on […]

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Tags: sven goran eriksson · manchester city · round-up · premiership table · wigan · jose mourinho · arsenal · MU · tottenham hotspurs · premier league · martin jol · 2007/2008 · red devils · man utd