The Man in The Shed 25 th January 2021 – Why ? Why did Chelsea appoint Frank Lampard ? I am a Chelsea fan of 50+ years, a Londoner and a season ticket holder. I regard myself as a fan although not a die-hard one (I was in Moscow and Munich) but family commitments mean my attendance is generally limited to home games. So like many Chelsea supporters I am really hurting right now. For the first time in over 20 years we had an English manager, a playing legend and a very intelligent man coaching our men's first team. He was idolised as a player to the point where he was the main reason players wanted to join our club. So this appealed to the hearts of many - including me. The romantic side of football. But 21st century football is a multi-billion pound industry and those who own top tier clubs are ruthless when it comes to their investments. All fans are constantly reminded how much money is at stake being in the Premier league. Those that aspire to operate at the t...
The Man in The Shed 17 th February 2020 – Deflated So, after the longest “week” in Fantasy Football history (oh, and the Premier League Winter break) we were back at home to Manchester United. Only time would tell if this benefits the players (no excuses at the Euros in the summer now) but certainly one or two of our young players looked in need of a rest (Mount for one) and the chance for one or two others to work back to fitness (Abraham specifically but Loftus-Cheek and Pulisic too). So, it was with some disappointment to see that both Hudson-Odoi and Abraham had been ruled out with injuries. I’d felt that we’d not suffered too badly with injuries this season (one or two here and there) but as a very tricky run of fixtures arrived so we were losing players. Looking at the starting 11 it was difficult to see where the goals were going to come from out of Pedro, Willian and Batshuayi - backed up by 3 defensive midfielders. The consolation was that United were lo...
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