It's Round and It's White

Having considered Andre Villas-Boas’ short reign at Chelsea, I couldn’t help but see many similarities between that and the short spell of Jim Gannon as Motherwell manager. Admittedly, the job in hand differed massively in terms of prestige and ambition, but both arrived as young managers full of ideas ready to revamp their club. From their faith in youth, to ... Read More »

It has become apparent that this season that under the tutelage of Andre Villas-Boas, Chelsea have adopted a far more stylish way of playing. If this is to bring trophies will be discovered, but what we have seen is a Chelsea side that are willing to attack sides patiently, and use intelligence to break open opposing sides. The new manager has ... Read More »

Andre Villa Boas described Stoke’s Britannia Stadium as “One of the most difficult places to visit in the Premier League” and was seemingly content with a point but disappointed his Chelsea side couldn’t find a winner. Chelsea were thwarted by a dogged Stoke City defensive display, especially the heroics of Stoke City’s Bosnian goalkeeper; Asmir Begovic, who guarded his goal ... Read More »

As a fan of a ‘smaller’ team, you learn to become accustomed to the fact that your team isn’t going to buy anyone good in the summer transfer window and, even if they do manage to, that player will just get stolen by a ‘bigger’ team anyway – so what’s the point of bothering? Case in point for me, as ... Read More »