Rob Parker | May 11, 2009
1. Cristiano Ronaldo is a big baby. OK, that is probably not a startling conclusion but yesterday was special even by his standards. I don’t think Fergie would have taken that from any of his previous stars. We will find out whether he has mellowed.
2. If Arsenal v Chelsea was the losers final, then [...]
Rob Parker | February 10, 2009
And the man to guide Chelsea to success until November 2009 is…
With Chelsea and Luiz Felipe Scolari’s quickie divorce now complete, the search for a new love in the life of Chelsea FC can begin.
The bookies have made Avram Grant and Guus Hiddink the favourties. I suspect pride on the part of both Roman Abramovich [...]
Rob Parker | December 24, 2008
Under-fire Hammers boss’ letter to Saint Nick
Dear Santa,
This year I would like:
- To rediscover my happy-go-lucky approach and cheeky grin
- To not be manager of the football club that the credit crunch keeps on crunching
- To keep Steve Clarke
Thanks,
Gianfranco
Rob Parker | September 12, 2008
Little Zola goes XL (briefly)
Gianfranco Zola and the letters XL have rarely been used in the same sentence before, and they are not likely to do so again for a while. For as the pint-sized Italian was taking over the West Ham manager’s job, their £2.5 million a year sponsors have gone into administration. This [...]
