Getting Sacked By Chelsea Is Quite Profitable*

Every year the release of Serie A salaries is met with great anticipation and often little surprise. This year, there was plenty of surprise to ...

Should Guus play Anelka or Drogba? Or Both?

They kicked and screamed and complained about the fact that Phil Scolari wouldn't play them together. When they did play together, they looked a bit ...

Chelsea's New Gaffer? Duck, Duck, Duck...Guus.

Sorry, had to. Well, it certainly looks like Roman got his man; the man he's seemingly wanted to spearhead the Chelsea revolution for so long. After ...

Blue Monday: Scolari is out. Who to replace him?

Breaking: Tony Adams Sacked

Tony Adams has been sacked as manager of Portsmouth. After a string of bad results since his appointment in the wake of Harry Redknapp's move ...

Eschewing the Transfer Market for an All-World Coaching Staff

If your beloved club was to be bought out by anbajillionaire, would it be better to spend insane transfer fees on a number of players ...

Sheva's Going Home. Unless He's Not.

And here we go: Sheva to Milan is back on. Again. After the early summer speculation and "imminent" move (the press does love that word), ...

Lampard Not Going Anywhere?

The big news to come out of new Chelsea manager Luis Scolari's first press conference at the club is that midfielder Frank Lampard isn't going ...

What's Avram doing in LA?

He's giving Phil Jackson advice. Wait, what?  Avram the Gone has been a guest of the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers this week as the team attempts to ...

Mourinho, Ferraris and loserdom

Chelsea manager Avram Grant was shown the door Saturday. He was also publicly humiliated by former Blues boss Jose Mourinho -- if you choose to ...

Avram Grant, We Hardly Knew Ye

I suppose it was inevitable, but I have to admit, I'm a bit sad to announce it. Avram Grant has officially been given the ...

Avram the Great now Avram the Sacked

What do I get for staying up until 4:30 a.m. EST in hopes of finding out the fate of Chelsea manager Avram Grant? Absolutely nothing. So, ...

Video Blog: Avram's Dance Grooves

Inspired by The Spoiler's piece regarding Fergie's rhythm -- or lack thereof. Get up (get on up)

Cristiano Ronaldo > Everyone

"I scored two times against Arsenal, I scored against Liverpool. I score against every team in England. I am very happy with my season. I ...

Michael Ballack on Jose, Making it into the Chelsea team, and always coming second

Midfielder Michael Ballack has been the centrepiece to the Chelsea revival. At the begining of the season, Chelsea looked lethargic, and had two players considered ...

The Final Choice. Who will Manage YOUR CL XI

So all week, you've been voting for the players you want to make up your CL XI. There have been some fun, interesting and insightful ...

Chelsea try 'cheeky' Torres bid

With Didier Drogba seeming likely to get the move out of London he's wanted since the day after he arrived, and Chelsea's general unwillingness to ...

Avram of the Month

Our man Avram scooped the Barclays Manager of the Month award for April yesterday. Grant's the first-ever Israeli bestowed the honor. Hopefully, this is the ...

Photos of the Day: Or In Soviet Russia Photoshop Edits YOU!

Over on the Guardian they've got you the people, to photoshop lots of amusing images to celebrate the upcoming Chelsea/Man United Champions League final. Most ...

Jose & Friends: "It's" Status, "Avram's Team" & The Bogey

The boys are back this week with calls from Becks, Big Boss Abramovich, Alex and an in-depth interview with Dave of Ameobi stalkerdom. Inevitably, Jose ...

Photo of the Day: Remembrance

A day after he guided Chelsea to its first Champions League final ever, Avram Grant traveled to Poland for the March of the Living -- ...

Video: Gerrard crosschecks Avram Grant

Now, I don't know how you feel about hockey -- or football, or rugby. But Stevie Me must enjoy them since he was quite alright ...

Granting a Wish

Avram Grant's new respect comes from his and Chelsea's advancement past Jose Mourinho's highest achievement (with Chelsea) in the Champion's League. It is well-earned because ...

Gallery 2: Chelsea 3, Liverpool 2

Gallery 1: Chelsea 3, Liverpool 2

Chelsea Vs Liverpool Preview - The Battles That Will Be Key.

Its time to step up and be counted. Can Liverpool break that 'Not Scoring At The Bridge' duck? Will Chelsea finally lose at home? More ...

Chelsea v Liverpool Champions League Preview: It's Almost Over

Chelsea 1 - Liverpool 1 If you don't know how the score got that way you must've been in a coma for the last ten days. ...

The Champions League Semi-Final Drinking Games

So we are just a couple of days away from the mammoth second legs in the Champions League semi-finals. To make them even more fun, ...

Photo of the Day: Now We Have a Title Race

Avram Grant celebrates Michael Ballack's 86th minute penalty, which gave Chelsea a crucial 2-1 win over Man Utd at Stamford Bridge today. The two teams ...

And Lo, Avram Grant came good on his promise.

Over here at the Champions League offside, we've been as bemused and frustrated with Avram Grant as everybody else. Adam (a Chelsea fan) especially. The ...