Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech is dumbfounded by the heavy criticism heaped at manager Andre Villas-Boas in the wake of the club's recent struggles, arguing that the manager cannot run on the pitch and prevent errors made by the players.

Cech's teammate Florent Malouda made the same assertion before the disappointing 2-1 defeat to Bayer Leverkusen last night but Villas-Boas maintained that he must take the responsibility on his shoulders.

O Atlético Clube Alcanenense parece ter apostado forte em mais uma época no Distrital de Santarém e, para já, os resultados não podiam ser melhores. A par do Torres Novas, o clube da vila ribatejana soma triunfos nas cinco partidas já disputadas. Entre os vários reforços assegurados esta temporada o Alcanenense foi buscar três atletas Ecóle de Football Brasseries du Cameron.

A Drogba joined a Malouda today at Dijon, just not the ones we're familiar with.

Not these two

Dijon, who will compete in France's top flight for the first time in the club's history this season, announced the signing of Freddy Drogba on Wednesday. Freddy is, of course, the younger brother of The Mighty One.

Ladies and gents, please welcome the latest recruit to the Kickette staff, Chelsea & France winger Florent Malouda! Aside from the usual duties expected from a new colleague (filing nails, fetching refreshments, writing posts when no-one else can be bothered), Florent will be acting as a double agent in dressing room and photographing his colleagues naked where possible.

John Terry believes that Chelsea's attacking options are intimidating the opposition at the moment and believes these guys hold the key to beating United on Sunday.
He said:

"It can be pretty daunting for opponents when they see us bringing on players like Nando, Didier, Nico, Sala or Florent.

Three points earned, but hardly the convincing display we sought.

Help, please?

Sunny days at The Bridge are back, weather wise. But on the pitch, I think we can all agree this was not our best display. Despite starting brightly, the Blues failed to find the net once more, until a scrum inside the box resulted in an awfully fortuitous goal for Florent and the Machine.

Chidge and the boys discuss the Stoke result and look forward to the quarter final Big Cup tie against Man USA. The weekly ‘Fannies' are awarded, a terrace song or two belted out and wee Pat Nevin is this week's DLBIA!
All in all a frustrating day in the Potteries where we could have won 3-1 but equally could have lost 3-1!

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It was announced way back in 2008 that Nike was going to be designing the French National Team's kits from 2011-2018 and we totally forgot about it waited with baited breath to see the results.

The home kit was unveiled in January and while it is simple and nice, it is not nearly as tight as the Adidas kit Les Bleus sported during the 2010 World Cup.

BOLTON Didier Drogba, Florent Malouda, Nicolas Anelka and Ramires were all on target as Chelsea ended their miserable run of away form with a 4-0 victory at Bolton here on Monday to keep alive their dim hopes of the Premier League title. Carlo Ancelotti's side had fallen away from contention for the title with [.

The Loan Rangers With the potential loan move to Tottenham Hotspur of David Beckham, OTP takes the opportunity to look at ten players who made an impressive impact during short term deals. Clearly there will be those that you think we have missed, so feel free to provide suggestions. 1. Christophe Dugarry Stephane Guivarch, Florent [.