Maroon 5 dedicated a song to this blog, called…eh… “This Blog”.
It goes: “this blog has taken it’s toll on me, but you said goodbye, so many times before…”
During tournaments, we sometimes hit 100+ comments or more, while during the off-season for national teams, sometimes only Goose comments
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Avram Grant demonstrates his euphoric happy side
A livid Avram Grant walked away from the meeting with Chelsea owner Abramovic, a man he though was his friend, after he was told he couldn’t stay on as manager of the first team. Roman Abramovic did offer his old job - thechnical manager for 4 Mio euros per [...]

Edwin van der Sar was having fun when interviewed right after winning the Champions League with Man United: ” Young young boys’ dream? Are you serious? This is more an old man’s dream,” the 37 year old quipped.
Van der Sar stopped Chelsea’s seventh penalty kick. He knew he’d stop it: “I know it’s easy to [...]

After their EPL showdown you could only expect high drama and intensity in the CL finals between the Blues and the Mancunians. And that’s exactly what we got.
Chelsea had trouble settling into the game. There is a lot at stake for manager Grant and the Chelsea players have looked forward to finally reaching the finals [...]

The Richest Clubs of the World (sorry it’s in Dutch).
Before Roman Abramovich boarded his private jet to go to Moscow for the CL finals he quickly bought two paintings for his London home. The Chelsea owner paid 75 Mio euros for the Francis Bacon and Freud doodles. When Roman wants something, he buys it.
Whether it’s [...]

I’ve got to be honest with you… I’m not a big Dick fan. I mean…I am not a big fan of Dick… I think he is a bit of a…eh…a wannabe Dick, you know?
Ok, he was interesting as a player. He was successful in his younger days with SVV (who??). And he did win the [...]

Advocaat poses for his statue design
With his typical aggressive gestures it was little General Advocaat who pushed his Zenit team in the UEFA Cup finals. Shouting, gesturing, whistling, anything that was needed. And it worked. After the match, the former Den Haag and FC Utrecht midfielder strut his stuff, knowing he will meet his [...]

The Little General.
Tonight, Mark van Bommel needs to watch out against Zenit St Petersburg. The hot Bayern midfielder already has a yellow behind his name in the UEFA Cup. If he cops another yellow, he will be suspended for the finals in Manchester. But, before that all happens, Bayern will need to qualify.
Still, Van Bommel [...]

Frank Lampard silences the Liverpool fans.
It was always going to be a tense game. Chelsea - Liverpool. They know each other well. From the EPL, of course, but twice Liverpool stopped The Blues of entering a CL finals. Mourinho the Chosen One couldn’t do it, now it’s up to Grant to finally please the chairman. [...]

This is the first and last time Riise features in a post here with a pic.
Tomorrow we’ll know how costly John Arne Riise’s own goal was… Chelsea and Liverpool will meet at Stamford Bridge, both hoping to qualify for the CL finals in Moscow.
Deep in stoppage time last week, the Norwegian left back headed [...]