Rafa Benitez may not be perfect, but he surely deserves more respect from Chelsea fans than he has received throughout the course of his Stamford Bridge tenure.
Posts Tagged ‘Chelsea’
The eventful life and times of Petar Borota
Posted 116 days ago
Petar Borota was one of those characters you would either find in a Monty Python movie, or on a football pitch.
The mixed blessings of foreign owners
Posted 147 days ago
Brian Glanville witnesses the ongoing struggles of Chelsea’s Fernando Torres and wonders whether the influence of club owner, Roman Abramovich, is undermining the striker’s confidence.
A good blend of youth and experience is the key to success
Posted 153 days ago
The Frank Lampard affair which seems all too likely to spill over into the John Terry and Ashley Cole contretemps brings into focus again the whole complex matter of age. Who is too old and who too young for success in a football team?
London Calling: mixed results for capital sides
Posted 183 days ago
London ups and downs. A dull display by Chelsea in Yokohama losing them a match which could surely have been saved. A sudden return to winning form by Arsenal at Reading after the shocking humiliation in Bradford.
Abramovich the puppet master gets what he wants
Posted 190 days ago
Well, Rafa Benitez might just as well stay. Stay as what Roberto Di Matteo was for some embarrassing weeks; a temporary manager designated as such.
Crisis at Chelsea? Business as usual for Roman’s empire
Posted 197 days ago
Crisis at Chelsea? Send for Avram Grant! Who seems to be seen by the dominant, demanding club owner oligarch Roman Abramovich as a kind of magic talisman.
Chelsea flounder as Guardiola waits in the wings
Posted 211 days ago
All too sadly predictable. No John Terry in a vulnerable Chelsea defence. No Didier Drogba up front in a flimsy lightweight attack. When Fernando Torres finally came on it was like running up the white flag.
English clubs brought back down to earth with a bang
Posted 237 days ago
So much for the supposed superiority of teams from what I still call The Greed Is Good League. This week however it might be better called the The Greed Isn’t Good Enough League…
Di Matteo caught between a rock and a hard place in bid to please Abramovich
Posted 267 days ago
The day after Chelsea had surrendered their 2-0 lead at The Bridge to Juventus, their billionaire owner Roman Abramovich paid a rare visit to the training ground…
