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And now it's statistical The debates over the worst Premier League signings are as old as the
league itself. One of the reasons that it has been difficult to gauge is that obviously the cost of
players has increased from 1992 to today. However, in their book "Pay as you play" Paul Tomkins,
Graeme Riley [.
Top of the flops 1. Massimo Maccarone to Middlesbrough for £8.15m (2002) A Teeside transfer record
at the time, 18 goals in four years was by no means a rewarding return for chairman Steve Gibson.
Massimo did manage some payback a few years on as he will be remembered largely for the brace he
bagged [.
Carlo Ancelotti has said that he expects Fernando Torres to come good within a few matches. For
anybody who saw the match against Fulham, it was a glimpse of the best of Fernando Torres that
Chelsea paid £50 million for. Yes, he did not score any goals and in fact, he missed a few sitters
. However, his performance came against Fulham in a very tight match.
"I don't agree [that I need help.] I don't solve problems on my own; I solve problems with my
group of people and my group of players.
Says Andre Villas-Boas, who apparently is already under pressure in his role as Chelsea
manager.
True, they face a fight to stay in the Champions League and the premier league odds have drifted to
14/1, but it is still a ludicrous suggestion, but one that is symptomatic of the Abramovich era at
Stamford Bridge.
The recession is finally over! Or so it must be if you consider the record £225million spent
this January by English clubs, compared to the measly £30million spent last January.
The excitement of transfer deadline day seems to send the footballing world crazy. Inflated
prices are now part and parcel of transfer windows, as clubs scramble around to get the paper work
sorted so that last minute deal can go through.
Michael Cox is the editor of the award-winning tactics site Zonal Marking. He also does
regular chalkboard analysis for the Guardian and appears on their Football Weekly podcast. But
then, you probably knew all that. So let's just hear about Michael's favourite goal
...
First, let me acknowledge that this is a strange choice of goal.
Fernando Torres is not the new Andrei Shevchenko says Chelsea captain John
Terry
Little evidence in pre-season that Chelsea is getting an adequate return for the £50m Fernando
Torres.
View the full story here: The Telegraph
A news article on 2011-07-26 21:18:58 from: The Telegraph
This news item has been reproduced from today's media.
With the Champions League starting again tomorrow night and Michael Ballack making an "emotional"
return to Stamford Bridge, I thought I would re post an article I wrote back when the day it was
confirmed that Ballack was leaving us was announced (so remember all of the below is back
then).
Ballack spoke about tomorrow and said:
"I was very happy.
