English Premiership Football..

..many thanks KK!!!!�bit tipsy at the moment so forgive any poor spelling!!!�

�.shame about the pay-per view troubles, I do not actually have Sky or access to digital tv in my home right now, so I go round friends houses or down the pub to watch the games�it was a good match and I thoroughly enjoyed the spectacle�..Chelsea were excellant in the first half and desreved their 1-0 lead�..Chelsea pushed forward and played at a great pace, Utd were out-muscled and outplayed in the midfield, and as you have stated, it looked like Utd, by resting players with an eye on next week, were perhaps playing for the draw�still, Chelsea have got their 2^nd round Champions League tie next week as well, so I guess it shows that a gamble will pay off, play the strongest team you have available and Mr Grant did just that, but then again, it had to really..��.the second half saw Utd come out with more interest and more urgency and it took a couple of goal line clearences from Ashley Cole and Sheva to keep us in it�.Utd goal was a complete disaster and a combined mistake by Ferreira and Cavalho�Ferreira took a free kick too quickly and passed to an unsuspecting Ricardo who promptly tried to pass it back to Cech but gave it straight to Rooney instead!!!�.oh dear�.nevertheless, despite Utd being more attacking, we still I think out played them and there was no controversy over the penalty for handball, it was a penalty and Ballack stuck it away nicely�

�Chelsea were guilty of squandering too many chances in the last 30 yards of attacking play, and Kalou was perhaps most guilty of this by playing good forward footbal but lacking the killer passes at the end�must admit our corner kicks and free-kicks were pretty terrible too�too many were wasted by poor kicks which never even reached there inteded area, let alone the target players�need to work on that I think Avram!!!�.overall though, a splendid performance and a great result at any stage of the season�.a good solid win for my team and now we have to hope that Utd drop the points and Chelsea do not!!!!......

..as for Cardiff, they have reached the final of the FA Cup which is yet to be played, the initial problem was that, being a Welsh team, they were not affiliated to the English football association and it was said that, if Cardiff were to win the final  they could not be entered into the UEFA cup�I believe its all been settled though�..here�s a link that will spell it out a bit better than me right now!!!!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cardiff_city/7350681.stm

�as for Jimmy and Drogs�hard one to call�.very similar players in style�. Both physically strong, holding players with a powerful killer shot on goal�..Drogs also makes for a good defender which Jimmy lacked, but I think Hasselbaink was a better worker off the ball and possessed a slightly better killer instinct in front of goal�and perhaps a harder shot???�.also think Didier is too ready to go down to ground, more so than Jimmy ever was�however, both seem to suffer from unnecessary tantrums when things don�t quite go their way, maybe that�s the inherent stropiness in most strikers who tend believe that they are god�s gift to football!!!!!�.still, if I had to choose, perhaps controversially, I would probably go for Hasselbaink�.

..so, all the best for now KK�.

..see you later over the next couple of weeks�.AoO..