Picture of the Day: Elation

The Offside Podcast, Episode 20

On episode 20, the podcast crew discuss the Champions League semis (no one predicted John Arne Riise's header) the wonders of Leo Messi and the ...

Liverpool 1, Chelsea 1 -- In Pictures

It's a miracle!

"Someone up there really, really likes me."

CL Prev: Crazy Eyes

Avram says bring on the scum. That man is crazy, man.

The Semi Finals - Liverpool Vs Chelsea preview

And then there were four. Before however, the potential magnificence of Barcelona taking on Man United at Camp Nou, we have Liverpool inviting Chelsea to ...

Gerrard might miss First Leg with Chelsea, Avram 'good' says Rafa

After he sat out against Fulham yesterday, Rafa Benitez has revealed that talismatic captain Steven Gerrard may not play in the crucial first leg (Anfield) ...

Fulham Result and What Not

My normal video link site didn't have the highlights for the Fulham match (Reds win 2-0 surprise surprise), so I decided to post the new ...

Daily Dose 04.19.08

Something to read while your cursor tries to kill you... Kevin Keegan has Geordie genes (Newcastle United Blog) A passing metric proposal (ArmChairGM) The world's largest stadiums (The ...

Avram Grant Annoys the English Press for Five Minutes and 39 Seconds

When faced with the media, Jose Mourinho could not stop talking. The Special One often charmed his way out of trouble when he or Chelsea ...

Avram Tries Enigmatic. Ends up like Statler. Now With Video!

In his second bizzare press conference of the week, Chelsea Manager Avram Grant has completely confused the media, by only answering questions for five minutes, ...

Off to the US--err London We Go

While disgracing myself while looking at midget porn my buddy sent me, I suddenly remembered that we have a match Saturday. Before meeting Chelsea ...

Ben Haim lashes out, nobody cares

Earlier this week, Chelsea reserve team star Tal Ben Haim was asked about his current role at the club. Predictably, he had some choice words for ...

Thursday Milan Musings

Just because our team is not in the Champions League anymore doesn’t mean we can’t discuss the tournament in addition to our usual Milan Musings. Roma ...

What He Said - The Quarter-Finals in Quotes

SO as we have reached Half-Time in this years Champions-League Quarter-Finals, it seems appropriate to see what the great and good made of the ...

Turkish Turnaround, and Lucky Liverpool - HT in the QF

Its now halftime in the QF of this season's Champions League, with the other two first legs played this evening. Both ties are well and ...

Mourinho Unemployed For 187 Days, Is Almost Through Watching Entire Golden Girls DVD Set

It's International Week and it's also known as the time when your league and club bloggers really show their mettle. I can choose to ...

The Offside Podcast, Episode 12

Up for discussion on The Offside Podcast this week: Spurs Carling Cup win (Juande Ramos is the king of cups,) Chelsea's Carling Cup defeat (Avram ...

Chelsea After the Carling Cup: Mismanagement and Bruised Egos

When your entire team is made up of highly paid superstars, the worst part of a loss is that every player who wasn't on the ...

Episode 12: Eduardo, Gazza and the Race for Spain

Six of one, half a dozen of the other, as they say, and here we are at Episode 12 of the Offside Podcast. This ...

99 Problems But A Striker Ain't One

Nicolas Anelka is out to solve Chelsea's paucity in front of goal. The £15m Frenchman starts the job today. Anelka is expect to take part ...

Official: Anelka brings cutting edge to the Bridge

According to Chelsea's official website, the club has finally agreed a deal with Bolton for French international striker Nicolas Anelka. Anelka will be joining his ...

Oi, You! Your Tournament is Inconvenient. Change It.

Giving new meaning to the word "hubris," Pompey assistant manager Joe Jordan would like the Confederation of African Football to know that the timing of ...

Avram Quietly Disputing That Whole 'Special' Thing

After Jose Mourinho was sacked by mutual agreement, Sky Sports somehow transitioned into Comedy Central. The drama never ceased, over-the-top punditry was on call like ...

Avram Grant Hates Mondays

Avram Grant's paperwork problems just got a little worse. Despite his 21 years of coaching experience, including winning titles in Israel and managing the national ...

Valencia 1-2 Chelsea AGAIN in the Mestalla

Never in a million years did I expect to write such a surprising scoreline as written in the the subject header line. I have always ...

Does Avram Grant Need a License to Drive Chelsea?

It's well known that Chelsea boss Avram Grant (that still sounds weird doesn't it?) is lacking the necessary UEFA Pro License to manage at the ...

Hull City 0-4 Chelsea

At the moment Chelsea fans who are still in shock over Jose's departure and the very quick appointment of Avram Grant shouldn't go too mad ...

Carling Cup: Hull City v Chelsea

Its been almost SEVEN days since Jose left, and it feels like a lifetime. I still can't get my head around WHY Chelsea and Jose ...

The Trouble with Directors of Football

Whatever else Jose Mourinho and Roman Abramovich disagreed about (Shevchenko vs Drogba, entertainment vs trophies, vodka vs port) they definitely disagreed about former Director of ...