With 70 minutes on the clock at Vicarage Road last Saturday, it appeared as though Chelsea’s season was in danger of hitting a new slump. Defeat at home to Burnley in the Carling Cup was humiliating, while the Blues have been labouring in the Premier League since the turn of the new year. However, the Premier League giants turned this round against Watford, and this Chelsea man now reckons there will no stopping his team. [Read the rest of this entry »]

With five Premier League starts under his belt, Manchester City striker Daniel Sturridge is still trying to get used to the rough and tumble of the Premier League. Whilst his talent is unquestioned, his recent contract talks with City have forced boss Mark Hughes to question whether his talent is worth keeping around. [Read the rest of this entry »]

The folks at Samsung are teaming up with Chelsea to provide fans a chance to win a once in a lifetime opportunity to meet with the Chelsea football team, have a training session with the coaches, then a night at Stamford bridge and a tour of the ground. [Read the rest of this entry »]

Liverpool have drawn too many league matches this season, something which will almost certainly come back to haunt them in May. They would be two points clear of Manchester United if they had won both matches against Stoke City instead of drawing them, thus meaning that a win at Old Trafford would put them in the driving seat. [Read the rest of this entry »]

It’s nothing new to see a club manager criticising the timing of friendly internationals, or even question why they take place at all. Martin O’Neill is clearly seething after bidding his players farewell earlier in the week, only to find one return with a recurrence of an Achilles injury that could threaten Aston Villa’s chances of Champions League football next term. [Read the rest of this entry »]

Peter Kenyon probably wasn’t expecting to hear from Steve Staunton about the vacant Chelsea manager’s job this week, although someone who sounded suspiciously like the former Republic of Ireland manager got through to the chief executive at Stamford Bridge! [Read the rest of this entry »]

While the board, coaches and players shed tears for the departed Phil Scolari this week, many of them are of the crocodile variety. Oh boo hoo, some of the players cry, despite the fact that surely not every squad member saw eye to eye with the Brazilian. Indeed, it has been claimed that Roman Abramovich’s decision to axe Big Phil was influenced by three senior players. [Read the rest of this entry »]

Arsenal are set to get a big boost at just the right time. Could this player help the club move back into the top four? [Read the rest of this entry »]

New Studs Up football comic is up! Although you should probably watch the video below first. [Read the rest of this entry »]

Liverpool striker Fernando Torres knows what it’s like to deal with a niggling hamstring injury. So instead of pushing for his captain to make a speedy return, Torres has just one thing to say to Steven Gerrard: Take it easy, mate! [Read the rest of this entry »]

Tottenham may have added Robbie Keane to their strike force during the January window, but they’re on the verge of playing subtract-a-striker if they don’t give this player a chance to prove himself on the pitch. [Read the rest of this entry »]

Despite Phil Scolari claiming that Chelsea currently have a bureaucratic team (whatever that means), and that the sale of Arjen Robben along with the failure to snare Robinho means that they apparently haven’t got any flair players, it appears as though the club are in rush to but any crowd-pleasers. [Read the rest of this entry »]

While Phil Scolari was sacked as manager on Monday, this latest piece of news suggests that the writing was on the wall for some time. It has already transpired that the Brazilian was ready to call it a day on two separate occasions before being given the axe, and he’s now lifted the lid on his struggle at Stamford Bridge. [Read the rest of this entry »]

Now that Chelsea have confirmed their manager for the rest of the season, all the speculation is starting to be directed towards who will be the new man at Portsmouth. Avram Grant, Alan Curbishley and Roy Keane have all been linked, but David James isn’t keen on any of these. [Read the rest of this entry »]

Robbie Keane made his second Spurs debut last Sunday in the north London derby, although he might never have made the switch from Anfield if the White Hart Lane club hadn’t failed with a bid for another striker! [Read the rest of this entry »]