If Roman Abramovich needs proof that pretty football and winning silverware dont always go hand in hand, then he need look no further than Barcelona. For all the gifted players and sexy football that comes out of the Nou Camp, Barcelona ended last season with no more than Arsenal did in the premiership. Nothing! And [...]

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No doubt Rafa will get some abuse for “tinkering” with the Liverpool team, yet again.
Peter Crouch starting in favour of Torres, can only be seen as Benitez trying to appease the England forward, already the target of the transfer rumour mongers. In the end Crouch, Kuyt and Torres were all on the same pitch and [...]

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My first response as I heard the news was shock, but the writing has been on the wall now for almost a year, it seems. Peter Kenyon had to back track on his denial of a bust up between Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich & Jose Mourinho towards the end of the last year; and [...]

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Chelsea started another Champions League campaign with a stuttering poor display that continues their less than convincing start to the new season. It was apparent from the kick off that Chelsea were going to struggle, not to beat their less than average Norwegian opponents, but without the absence of Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba [...]

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Yesterday saw Michael Owen being substituted in the second half of Newcastle’s shock defeat to Derby. Big Sam Allardyce played down any fears of a long term injury by suggesting Owen was withdrawn only as a precaution to avoid aggravating a minor groin strain. But after Owen’s excellent display of sharpness in the [...]

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