A Letter to Football

Dear Football,

I am writing to say sorry that I am no longer paying much attention to you. School’s calling out to me. You are still my first love; don’t worry.

I will write to you and about you soon. Promise.

PS I have not stopped following you. I still know that Chelsea beat Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup 4th Round, that Jose could be staying until 2010, that Shevchenko has been finally scoring, that Ronaldo has been sold to Milan from Real, that ManYoo still haven’t gotten Hargreaves and that they’re not selling CRonaldo to Real.

Cheers,
Adriaan

Oh gosh

I need to write soon. I haven’t been paying attention to Chelsea. I haven’t been paying attention to Sportingo. I haven’t been paying attention to football!

NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

Good one Jose!

Post-Macclesfield Town thrashing, with Frank Lampard scoring a hat-trick, Jose Mourninho, Chelsea manager, issued this statement as a response to the bashing which both the team and the manager are facing. He just smiled and said:

“I am laughing quite a lot about it because also in my country was written in a couple of papers: The Dark Moment Of Jose Mourinho.

“The dark moment of my six or seven year career as manager is three draws. It’s second place in the Premiership, last 16 in the Champions League, semi-finals of the Carling Cup and the last 32 of the FA Cup. So this dark moment is an enjoyable moment.”

Chelsea: Bridging the Blues

We seem to be in a mid-season crisis. Two goals conceded in one match could mean bad luck. Four goals conceded in two, with the other two conceded against a bottom half team, could mean sluggish defence and an underperforming (or is it badly performing?) goalie. But six in three and subsequently eight in four could only mean an underlying problem at the back and missing a world class keeper.

Everyone’s very much aware of what the problem is. It’s been said many times, many ways (no, it was not a merry Christmas for us fans). With Terry gone in the past four games leaving Carvalho without his partner-in-crime at the centre, plus underpeforming (or is it badly performing?) right-backs in Boulahrouz and Ferreira, surely there must be something wrong. Everyone has clearly seen that. Earning just three points out of nine from the last three matches by leaking goals home or away has consistently been a source of worry (or is it festivities?) that Chelsea have just lost the race. Even I came up with an article post-Wigan watch that the Blues could be going down. This is Manchester United’s season, they say. Should the Blues fans really be worrying? Maybe yes. Should they be panicking? Quite simply, no. Should the rest be celebrating? Are you kidding me?