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Colegate Charges

Well, at last, The Premier League has charged Chelsea, and Ashley Cole over the alleged tapping up row.

A lot of people have said a lot of things about the incident, but if we cut-through all of that, we can see what the outcome will actually be. Nothing. We'll all get a bit of a fine, and carry on regardless. The reason? Simply, every club does this all the time. David Dein was a very stupid man to pursue this in his position. We've heard from most quarters, that "points should be deducted". I'd like to see them try! They will not, because, if they do, we'll come out with our own little bits of information. Where shall we start?

John Terry and William Gallas, in the Spring of the season when Roman arrived, were approached twice by Arsenal. Hmmmm curious. David Dein, did you ask permission first? Didn't think so.

Eidur Gudjohnsen could go to the back of the closet and dig out his Man Utd shirt that was sent to him by Fergie as a 'Christmas gift' in 2000, complete with his name printed on the back. Man Utd have been very quiet regarding this whole situation, and that's because they know that the man with all their secrets works for us and is the target of the current investigation.

So, lets arrange the date for the hearing. Lets dish out the fines, and lets get on with the season. Then we can look forward to Stepney Ashley playing elsewhere next season, and it won't be in a Blue shirt either!

PS. Ashley - You were never wanted here anyway, and you've got a girls name!

Inside the mind of Sven

Sven Goran Eriksson is at it again. He's harping on about having a full four week break before the start of the World Cup Finals next Summer, which would mean the FA Cup Final would have to be played on a Wednesday night! An insane proposal, especially as it will be the first FA Cup Final at the new Wembley stadium. The man is an idiot, but we knew that already.

The timing of his pathetic requests is what is comical. He wants to spend 4 weeks with the players. To do what? At the moment, the squad is on international duty with him, and this morning, the neanderthal that is Wayne Rooney is the subject of a Police investigation after battering some kid in a nightclub at 1am. Nice. Well done Sven. If this is what the players get up to when they are with you, our chances in the World Cup will be better if they only turn up a good four hours before the start, not four weeks!

And why four weeks anyway? It's not as if there is a tactical genius in charge, who needs to make slight adjustments to his formations and plans. This is the man who has made the same mistakes again and again in every game. He's got the best set of midfield players in years to work with, and instead, he spends his time begging the past-it Scholes to come back. Why? Because he doesn't know what to do with the players he has got. It actually requires some thinking, and he is about to get found out. Again.

So what is it to be this weekend Sven? Andy Johnson in goal this time? Shaun Wright-Phillips at left-back? Or even Emile Heskey up-front? (Please, no!)

What a close shave we had when we tried to get him at the Bridge. With luck he'll go to Man Utd when he's pushed, but I can't see him being able to find another job in English football when the national team job ends, or wanting one when the press take him out.

Boring, Boring Uefa...

The "titanic battle" between the grey blazers at Uefa and Chelsea struggles on and on.

There hasn't been a more boring, non-story that has dragged on for ages since....well since the Ashley Cole saga. The question behind it all is not who saw who where with whom...it's Who cares?

Failing to turn up to a press conference, or coming out 90 seconds late is "bringing the game into disrepute". Jesus, the comedy of the situation! Uefa are, and always have been power hungry, but this whole situation is pathetic and incredibly boring. Let's just get it over with. Do what you want Uefa, but do it quickly.

There is no title race to write about in the UK press, so this sort of crap is what the hacks-come-judges have to run with, and the sanctimonious garbage they are repeating in column after column at the moment is some of the worst we've had to endure as British punters.

It takes no skill to be a sports hack. The ridiculous ramblings of Henry Winter, who seems to think he's a 19th century poet are laughable. The most humorous part of the whole situation is watching them crawl so far up the Chelsea arse when they want in, and then they disappear and gob off about how points should be deducted, fans should be burned or the club should be demoted to the Rymans League, for the outrageous crimes we've committed!
No doubt, when the title winners' press conference goes ahead, the same mis-fits who never made it as a real journo will be there, all smiles, wanting in again, with the old classic "It's only business Roman".

Remember boys, it's a long way down, when you fall off that high horse you've clambered onto.

Centenary Teams

Chelsea 4-1 Palace. Both teams formed in 1905 celebrating together! The bookies never thought the result was in doubt, offering 16/1 on a Palace win before the start.
We started well again, and Joe Cole put in his 5th consecutive superb performance. A trademark Frank Lampard strike from 30 yards put us in the driving seat only for Palace star-man Aki Riihilahti to take advantage when Big Frank took his eye off the ball while defending a corner and make it level. Andy Johnson should really have made it 2-1 in added time, but dragged his shot well wide.

The second half saw a really great combined effort from Boris and Joey to take it to 2-1, and Duff soon made way for the return of Arjen Robben! Kezman came on with 20 minutes to go and doubled his league tally with two great strikes...the first slipping under the Palace 'keeper in a shocker of an error.

A good result. 8 games to go, 15 points required. Sunshine, and the return of Robben. Nice!

Brian Munch

The Champions League last 8 ties have been drawn for the the remeinder of the competition. We've managed to avoid the 3 Italian teams left in, and got ourselves a trip to Germany. As far as an away trip goes, Germany is fantastic. Strangely, the Germans are by far the most friendly and welcoming people when it comes to visiting English fans, so this trip to Munich should be a really good game.

The winner of the tie, gets to play the winner of Juventus v Liverpool for a place in the final in Istanbul.

Crystal Palace make the short hop over to the Bridge today. The weather is beautiful. Blue skies, sunny, and pleasantly warm. Come on Chelsea!

What do points make?

Last night we entertained the boing boing baggies at the Bridge, who began the game a full 50 points behind us in the table. Their chances of staying up looked remote before a ball had been kicked and didn't increase after 90 minutes.

We won 1-0, but it was one of those games where we could easily have finished 6 or 7 nil, without any difference in the match, bar the finishing from our front man. £24 million really doesn't seem to buy you much in the top striker shop these days, at least not when your name is Roman Abramovich. Anyone else would have got Drogba for £8m, but that is beside the point.

Last night, recovering from injury or not, barn-door, cow's arse and banjo spring to mind. The basics just don't seem to be there. I'd go as far as saying, that on current form, our friend Anders Frisk did us a bit of a favour in Barcelona, perhaps if Drogba had been available for the home leg, the list of the last eight teams in Europe might read differently...

West Brom didn't cause any problems, but then who expected them to? It's 11 points between us and 2nd place now, and the Man Utd game has been shifted back thanks to their win in the FA Cup at the weekend, to a new time in May where the result of the game will almost definitely not make a difference to the result of the season! Thanks Fergie!

Back 'Anders Frisk

The game in hand we have against West Brom goes ahead tonight at Stamford Bridge, giving us a chance to extend the 8-point gap at the top between us and the Mancs.

West Brom are a nice little team, make a good away trip, and have excellent fans, so it will be a good game. They also have Zoltan Gera, the Hungarian who should be mentioned because he is a truly excellent player, and one with a very good attitude. Lets hope he's not that good tonight!

The Anders Frisk garbage continues to flow in the press, and it's getting worse. Since retirement, he is experiencing the best performance of his career it seems! He appears to have suddenly become one of the world's best referees, and not only that, a bastion of fair-play who never did any wrong! What a pile of absolute crap!

Uefa themselves have now started the usual bleating, and this time, they say that making a formal compaint about an incident in the tunnel at half-time is what forces officials to quit and be hounded out of their homes by knuckle-dragging, blood-thirsty hoodlums from the dregs of society that make up the football supporters of Europe. The contempt Uefa hold all football fans in is laughable. Well Uefa, here's the news. What causes riots in the stands is NOT talking after games, it's inept, pathetic and totally inconsistent refereeing from YOUR officials. It WAS Anders Frisk that almost caused a riot in Rome, and it WAS Anders Frisk who caused a riot in his own country.

He always was pathetic on the pitch, and he is even more pathetic as a broken man off it. Anders, go back to the day job selling insurance. You're legacy is a piece of video, with a trickle of blood in your poncy wig, being cuddled a little too closely by a linesman. Nice!

Happy 100th!

Today is officially 100 years since the birth of Chelsea Football Club.

Chelsea F.C. was founded on 14th March 1905 at The Rising Sun pub opposite today's main entrance to the ground on the Fulham Road. This was followed by the club's election into the Second Division at the Football League AGM on 29th May 1905. Chelsea's first match took place away at Stockport County on 1st September 1905.

Happy Birthday Chelsea!

Frisk Quits!

Wonderful news! Anders Frisk has quit refereeing, or at least what he claimed was refereeing.
This guy is up there with Mark Halsey and Uriah Rennie (Who, incidentally, has not taken charge of a Premiership game since his Blackburn debacle) as one of the worst excuses for a referee on the planet.

The overblown gestures, pathetic bias, beer gut and poncy haircut will not be missed by anyone in European football. He's universally hated in his own country, and has created armies of detractors all across the continent.

Being one who has always loved the limelight himself, he has tried to go out with yet more controversy. He claims he has quit officiating the game because of threats received by him and his family from Chelsea fans, since the Barcelona v Chelsea game. Well, all I can say to that if it's true, or if it's an excuse since he was shown a video of his own poor performances, the football world has been granted a big favour.

Anders. You will not be missed. You will be forgotten by the weekend. You are, and always have been, a ridiculous joke.

Adios Barcelona!

What a result. A HUGE night at The Bridge. One of the biggest. Two massive teams, packed full of world class players and a first-leg scoreline balanced perfectly to bring out attacking football from both sides.

In 2000, we scored 3 goals in under ten minutes against Barcelona at the Bridge. We thought we were dreaming. Last night, it happened again! We needed goals, and they came early.

There has been so much talk this week about this game. Too much in my opinion. Not all of it was detrimental though. The more the gobshites like Ronaldinhio, Eto'o and Rikjaard go on about dumping us out of Yerp and walking all over us etc, the more motivation is gives us to show them what we're capable of. Even Johan Cruyff and his cronies started to get in on the act last week. Well, two-fingers to the lot of you, because we did what we had to do well last night.

A truly superb Kezman cross after Lamps stole the ball from Xavi saw Eidur control it perfectly, and slip a right footer over the advancing keeper into the net. 8 minutes, 1-0. We had two good chances to score in the next 5 minutes, the best falling to Frank who turned and shot over the bar from 6 yards. It wasn't long though before the brilliant Joe Cole tore down the right wing, cut inside ex-Gooner Van Bronckhurst, and shot, getting a deflection making it very difficult for Valdes, who could only knock the ball into the path of Frank, who buried it. Elation.

2 minutes later, Duff only needed one touch and he'd stuck the ball under Valdes and we'd done the same 3 goal trick against a very different Barca.

Barca came back with a penalty for a Paulo hand ball, and a wonder goal from the buck-toothed perm himself. An incredible goal, and one which swung it so we were heading out on away goals again.

Second half, came the Captains Goal. 76 minutes and we stuffed it up them. They didn't like it and when the final whistle went, we went crazy. Everyone was out on the pitch, and the big screens showed a scuffle with none other than Eto'o, the Horse and Rikjaard at the tunnel entrance. Much has been said after the game, which proves more about how poor they are at losing, than it does about the immense Blues performance, rounded off by the goal from the local boy. John Terry, you're a legend.

Lets be 'avin you Narridge

Kicking off after your rivals have already secured their weekend result usually piles on the pressure. Fortunately for us, after a lot of talking from the Man Utd camp this week, Palace held them to a 0-0 draw, giving us the opportunity to go 8 points clear again, with a game in hand against West Brom.

The 5:15 kick off is never that good, but we started well and the superb Joe Cole, who has played well in the last two games, picked himself up after being dispossessed, won the ball back, rode a challenge and planted the ball into the roof of the net from the edge of the area to put us ahead.

In the first half, Petr Cech also completed his 1000th minute without conceding a Premiership goal, and was on course for the English league record of 11 consecutive clean sheets.

It was very disappointing then when Leon McKenzie powered in a header from six yards with less than half an hour to go.

The result was safe soon after, when we stepped up a gear and Kezman and Ricky Carvalho made it 3-1.

8 points clear, a game in hand, and a huge game against Barca to come this week.