CL Recap (finally): Internazionale 1, Chelsea 0

You're probably asking yourself: Is this really necessary? Do we really need to recap what was an appalling evening in pretty much every sense. Sure ...

Recap: Manchester City 4, Chelsea 2

Feel you, Roman. Had the same face afterward. There will be those who call it poetic justice? But then, what about the pro-Foucault crowd? No complaints. A ...

Bring forth pics of Ballack singing "Personal Jesus"

Yeah, that little match with Internazionale on Wednesday? I'm getting to it. First, I'm asking -- no, pleading -- with you readers to bring forth a ...

Recap: Chelsea 2, Wolves 0

The very definition of a grind. It was professional. Workmanlike. Blue collar. Whatever you want to call it. It was, to be kind, hardly a ...

A Decade of Moments: Bayern Munich in the 00's Part I

Battle for the Bundesliga 2000: The 99-00 season saw FC Bayern defending it's Bundesliga crown against the team that had finished 2nd the year before, Bayer ...

End of the Decade Poll #1: Best Bayern Munich Goal of the Decade

Below you'll find 10 nominees, which I have mainly chosen at random from memory. The list is a bit weighted towards the latter half ...

Champions League draw preview, Schwaben-style

In light of Stuttgart's final 16 draw tomorrow it's time to look at the teams and see who matches up well and who would be ...

Rant Box: Avram makes his return to the Bridge

Hey, look out now, it's a must-win for Chelsea. Avram Grant returns to Stamford Bridge with his ragged Portsmouth outfit to open the holiday frenzy. ...

Weekly Dose 02.12.09

Bayer Neverkusen? Quoth the raven, `Nevermore.' (Telegraph) Bochum's coach Heiko Herrlich brings lessons from fighting cancer to the Bundesliga. (Deutsche Welle) Michael Ballack takes pride in the ...

Transfer Talk: 'Tis The (Silly) Season

Must be nice being a director of sport or the like. Christmas doesn't start and stop on December 25th - it just goes on and ...

Rant Box: Chelsea v Atletico Madrid

New Atletico manager Quique Flores remembers the Blue machine -- well, Michael Essien -- all too well. Furthermore, a win will take us through to the ...

Excellent! The Guardian loves the Chels

Via the Guardian (of course), following our 5-0 demoltion of Blackburn on the weekend ... "The oversimplified reading of a diamond formation* suggests that any success ...

Rant Box: Chelsea v APOEL

It's time to get back to work. And back to winning. Carlo Ancelotti's first real test as Chelsea manager arrives today when the Blues resume Group ...

Daily Dose: September 2nd, 2009.

Jogi Loew has zero faith in Michael Ballack's ability to beat real people anymore. A bike for a season. (SoccerLens) An accurate description of Florentino's haggling methods. ...

Letter to the board-The Bayern Offside View

I wanted to take a little bit more in-depth look at the now-famous Transfermarkt letter. Ok, it might not be that deep, but it's ...

As the Ribéry turns..

Cue the soap opera organ strains. It was a 3-ring Ribéry circus at the Säbener Strasse on Monday. Aïe! Of short term concern, Ribéry had ...

What did we learn from the Community Shield?

Sure, it's not really supposed to be a competitive match. So, you ask how can you really learn anything from it? Well, if you watched today's ...

Welcome Back English Football. We've Missed the Controversy and Complaining

English football is back. How do we know? Well, there was the Community Shield yesterday, where Chelsea beat Man Utd on penalties after drawing 2-2 ...

Catching Up: More All Stars, Montero to Fulham (Or NOT), Hanauer's Biggest Payne and Other Fun Stuff

The toughest part about blogging is trying to decide what to write about when you've been gone. Do you try to catch up on ...

UEFA hands out bans, fines -- shocking

All-powerful Uefa, so pure and righteous, finally took aim at Chelsea today. Hefty suspensions and substantial fines were handed out for the Blues' so-called improper conduct during/after the Champions League ...

Contract roundup: Ballack inks one-year extension

Chelsea and midfielder Michael Ballack agreed on a one-year contract extension Tuesday. Hooway! Not really. But I'm OK with this move. Ballack's 08-09 term was clipped by ...

Daily Dose: May 7th, 2009.

Stuff to read while you realize late heroics aren't exclusive to the Champions League..... The pros and cons of Zlatan. (SoccerLens) The top 8 GIFs of Ballack's ...

Video: Ballack loves tights

Apparently The Special One rubbed off on his players in more ways than one. Michael Ballack -- as well as Cashley and Mikel -- was ...

Match Recap: Blessing in disguise?

"If you concede because you are outplayed or outpaced you get angry but, when you calm down, you accept it ­happens in football," said manager ...

Daily Dose: April 6th, 2009.

Stuff to read while you enjoy the worst starter-backup goalie combo in the world....... Per Mertesacker touches his captain in a special place. (Unprofessional Foul) Valencia might ...

Spurs 1 - Chelski 0!!!!

Before the Aston Villa match I looked at the fixture list for the next couple of games and thought to myself "well Villa has been ...

The Ballack Bouncing Bulge, Again

Yes, we've seen video of the Bodacious Ballack Bouncing Bulge before, but... Well, some things just never get old. (Know what this video needs, though? ...

Rant Box: Chelsea v Man City

First things first, lets all thank the Scouse for their help. I mean, a 4-1 thrashing of Manchester United at Old Trafford is just what ...

Gallery: Chelsea 2, Juventus 2

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