Kenn Emetulu, Author at Chelsea FC Blog

Of Loans and Moans: The Great Chelsea Giveaway that Never Was

I hear some grumblings in the Chelsea fandom over the Romelu Lukaku loan to Everton and Victor Moses’s loan to..

Feature

4 Sep

Jose Mourinho: Last Stand in Madrid

Now, I wonder how many of us watched Jose Mourinho’s last match against Osasuna at the Bernabeu. Forget the media..

Feature

2 Jun

The return of The Special One?

I love conjectures when it comes to the football business and I’m now going to indulge myself in this one...

Club

30 May

Grant him his due, but…

The earth did not move on Sunday, but Avram Grant slept a little easier that night. The sight of the..

Club

26 Mar

Avram Grant: The Embarrassment Factor

In life, it sometimes happens that those we love deeply embarrass us in ways that we find absolutely impossible to..

Club

26 Sep

A Rich Man's Fart!

A rich man’s fart can be expensive; Roman Abramovich has proved this with his latest gambit. In a pique, he..

Players

22 Sep

The top 50 managers of all time

Matt Dickinson and the football people at The Times should be congratulated for taking football journalism to a new low..

Club

15 Sep

Oh, Get a Grip!

I’m not surprised that normal service has resumed in the press over Chelsea as Roman Abramovich’s public show of disaffection..

Premier League

4 Sep

Spoilt fans and reality check

I know this is the silly season, but never would I have thought that any Chelsea fan with a genuine..

Blog

24 Aug

Chelsea as the bogeyman

Am I the only one scratching my head over this Juande-Ramos-to-Chelsea-if-something-happens-with-Jose-Mourinho story? Guillem Balague of Sky Sports claims Fabio Capello..

Club

22 Aug

Rafa still beneath us

While I’ve since accepted that tight-assed Rafael Benitez speaking beneath himself is now standard fare in any Liverpool versus Chelsea..

Club

18 Aug

The Mellow Peril

As I heard Jose Mourinho begin to strum the tune to his newly-minted mellow mood, it was no music to..

Blog

4 Aug

God answers Mourinho’s prayers!

As hordes of Chelsea fans wept into their beer after our dire Anfield outing, Mourinho mumbled his prayer into the..

Players

22 Jan

‘Classy’ Gallas scores own goal!

Predictably, from the enemies’ camp, the huge knives are out to carve up Chelsea. And, as has become customary in..

Players

5 Sep

They think it’s all over…

It is now. The transfer window is shut and shut along with it are the hopes of millions of fans..

Transfer News

2 Sep

Do players have a right to buy out the last year of their contract?

Now that the transfer window is finally closed, it’s probably the best time to discuss a pertinent issue that has..

Best-of

1 Sep

And the squeakiest bum prize goes to…

Something will have to give this weekend. As Sir Alex Ferguson would say, it’s squeaky bum time, and there’re no..

Blog

18 Aug

Of bluffs and blinkers

When on Monday Arsene Wenger declared this week as “the last limit” he expects something to happen with Ashley Cole..

Club

10 Aug

The Rebellion of William Gallas

The news that William Gallas wouldn’t be joining his team-mates in the US is not what most Chelsea fans want..

Players

1 Aug

Chelsea and change

Every transfer window, some loyal and long-suffering Chelsea fans who ‘suddenly’ found themselves two seasons ago dominating the Premiership and..

Club

23 Jul

World Cup 2006: The professor versus the patrician

When later tonight two men lead out their charges for the World Cup final showdown at Berlin Olympiastadion, football aficionados..

Blog

9 Jul

World Cup 2006: The Curse of the Tinkerman

In every one of those countries that have just lost in the World Cup quarter-finals (apart from Ukraine), the mother..

Blog

4 Jul

World Cup: The Last Sixteen

The sparring is over; the business is on – Germany v Sweden, England v Ecuador, Argentina v Mexico, Holland v..

Blog

24 Jun

Jon Obi Mikel: Football With a Human Face

While we are yet to still know fully what transpired in the just-exposed Arsenal-Beveren case, no one can deny that..

Players

4 Jun

It’s Ballack to the Gallas and Drogba rebellion

Personally, I can’t say anything on the veracity (or otherwise) of the press reports about Drogba’s discontent, but I imagine..

Players

21 May

Henry to Chelsea?

After the Champions League match, Henry had an outburst against the referee and Barcelona players and declared that Mourinho had..

Transfer News

18 May

England: The Wasted Years

I’m not English, but I’m a huge fan of England. Like every fan of England, I’d looked forward to seeing..

Best-of

9 May

Beauty and the Beasts

Celebrations broke out on Fleet Street shortly after Chelsea wrapped up the Premiership title with a 3-0 demolition of our..

Feature

3 May

James Lawton: Keeping Mourinho Off the History Pages

“Ruthlessness and efficiency guarantee Mourinho trophies but not lasting glory… He is the reason for both their success and their..

Feature

19 Apr

Fergie and the Tooth Fairies

It was with great aplomb that the traditional Ferguson mind games season kicked off in the first week of April,..

Feature

17 Apr

I'm absolutely enjoying this…

I’m using this post to call on our doubting fans to be as reasonably pessimistic as possible about our chances..

Feature

1 Apr

The Intellectualization of Illogic

A rejoinder to Kevin McCarra’s article titled Mourinho must move on or he will soon need to move out, published..

Staff

23 Mar

All posts by Kenn Emetulu

Of Loans and Moans: The Great Chelsea Giveaway that Never Was

Jose Mourinho: Last Stand in Madrid

The return of The Special One?

Grant him his due, but…

Avram Grant: The Embarrassment Factor

A Rich Man's Fart!

The top 50 managers of all time

Oh, Get a Grip!

Spoilt fans and reality check

Chelsea as the bogeyman

Rafa still beneath us

The Mellow Peril

God answers Mourinho’s prayers!

‘Classy’ Gallas scores own goal!

They think it’s all over…

Do players have a right to buy out the last year of their contract?

And the squeakiest bum prize goes to…

Of bluffs and blinkers

The Rebellion of William Gallas

Chelsea and change

World Cup 2006: The professor versus the patrician

World Cup 2006: The Curse of the Tinkerman

World Cup: The Last Sixteen

Jon Obi Mikel: Football With a Human Face

It’s Ballack to the Gallas and Drogba rebellion

Henry to Chelsea?

England: The Wasted Years

Beauty and the Beasts

James Lawton: Keeping Mourinho Off the History Pages

Fergie and the Tooth Fairies

I'm absolutely enjoying this…

The Intellectualization of Illogic

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