While one or two of the more hardy Kickette staff have bothered to crawl out of bed and hit the
‘Post' button during the holidays, the majority of us have remained happily buried beneath
mountains of Christmas wrap and tinsel, blissed out and blessedly unaware of the world outside.
If you too have found yourself back at your desk this morning for the first time since finding
out you actually could eat your own weight in confectionary, here is a quick rundown of what (we
think) happened over the festive break.
By Ollie Irish
Number one, bitches
The International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS), which sounds like a
tremendously fun place to work, has voted Arsene Wenger the No.1 football coach of the last decade.
Wenger > Fergie, Mourinho, Allardyce, Megson, Brown et al.
Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti spoke of "turning corners" and of having brought to an end a
"difficult moment which went on too long", following their much-needed victory over Bolton
Wanderers. The Blues won in a one-sided affair at the Reebok Stadium with unanswered goals from
Didier Drogba, Florent Malouda, Nicolas Anelka and Ramires, and the result marks the first time
that they have won back-to-back Premier League wins since the end of October.
(Image source: Sporting-Heroes.net)
Tony Cascarino has been speaking to SkySports News today and has waded in with his opinion on
Chelsea and believes we have serious problems. Have a read of his opinion and see if you agree:
"There are serious, serious problems at Chelsea Football Club, Not only are they not
looking like retaining their Premier League title, they are looking like a team that has no chance
of making the Champions Leagues spots.
Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti spoke of "turning corners" and of having brought to an end a
"difficult moment which went on too long", following their much-needed victory over Bolton
Wanderers. The Blues won in a one-sided affair at the Reebok Stadium with unanswered goals from
Didier Drogba, Florent Malouda, Nicolas Anelka and Ramires, and the result marks the first time
that they have won back-to-back Premier League wins since the end of October.
Brace yourselves, everybody, because it's FA Cup fourth-round weekend in England (from here on out
known as the tremendous thirty-two). The FA Cup is the most exciting tournament in the country, and
there's always the chance for huge upsets in every round. We've got our share of big matches:
Everton host Chelsea at Goodison Park in what looks to be the choicest fixture of the round.
Chelsea travel to Goodison Park in the FA CUP's lunchtimes kick off and it's a game I am really
looking forward to. We've turned the corner, look like we have confidence back and are scoring
goals again and I expect Chelsea to kick on from our fantastic result at Bolton on Monday.
However, Everton away is always a hard game as they give everything for each other, the manager and
their fans and will see the FA CUP as a welcome distraction.
This morning there is continued speculation that surrounds the possible transfer of Fernando Torres
coming to Chelsea but it seems as though this one has taken another further twist. The general
consensus of opinion is that Torres will be leaving Liverpool at some stage. Now whether this is by
tomorrow evening's deadline or in the Summer is another thing.
