Kelly and co prove Kenny’s playing mind games
IT was great to see Martin Kelly head home that cracking ball from Craig Bellamy for his first goal in the famous red the other night. Just as good was the genuine delight plastered across his face and those of his team-mates. Kelly is obviously a well-liked lad, and...
El Niño Perdido
"There's no present. There's only the immediate future and the recent past." — George Carlin TIME, one of life's only evolving constants, is a funny thing, it will wither you, make you old, it was here before you were born, and it'll be here long after you're dead,...
Sweating sickness – the Lucas injury wait
IT’S the not knowing that kills you. By the time you read this the extent of the injury sustained by Lucas Leiva on Tuesday night may have been confirmed. In the meantime I’ll be mostly feeling sick to the stomach. As the tabloid press would have it, several million...
FAMILIARITY BREEDS CONTEMPT
by Karl Coppack THE unwelcome draw for the League Cup brought us back to Stamford Bridge ahead of places like Cardiff and a very tricky potential home tie against Crystal Palace. Good job we dodged that one. Since the opening day of the 2003 season we have...
MARRIAGE OF INCONVENIENCE: WHY I HATE THE FIXTURE COMPUTER
THERE’S a website called You and Your Wedding. If you’re lucky it’ll never feature in your life, but if it does, welcome to a hell the like of which Galatasaray’s most fervent supporters could only stand back and applaud. The site’s forums are peopled by posters with...
Kelly and co prove Kenny’s playing mind games
IT was great to see Martin Kelly head home that cracking ball from Craig Bellamy for his first goal in the famous red the other night. Just as good was the genuine delight plastered across his face and those of his team-mates. Kelly is obviously a well-liked lad, and...
El Niño Perdido
"There's no present. There's only the immediate future and the recent past." — George Carlin TIME, one of life's only evolving constants, is a funny thing, it will wither you, make you old, it was here before you were born, and it'll be here long after you're dead,...
Sweating sickness – the Lucas injury wait
IT’S the not knowing that kills you. By the time you read this the extent of the injury sustained by Lucas Leiva on Tuesday night may have been confirmed. In the meantime I’ll be mostly feeling sick to the stomach. As the tabloid press would have it, several million...
FAMILIARITY BREEDS CONTEMPT
by Karl Coppack THE unwelcome draw for the League Cup brought us back to Stamford Bridge ahead of places like Cardiff and a very tricky potential home tie against Crystal Palace. Good job we dodged that one. Since the opening day of the 2003 season we have...
MARRIAGE OF INCONVENIENCE: WHY I HATE THE FIXTURE COMPUTER
THERE’S a website called You and Your Wedding. If you’re lucky it’ll never feature in your life, but if it does, welcome to a hell the like of which Galatasaray’s most fervent supporters could only stand back and applaud. The site’s forums are peopled by posters with...