FA CUP FINAL

Everton FC will take on Chelsea FC in the FA Cup Final on Saturday, 30th May, 2009. It will be Guus Hiddink’s last game with the BLUES. He had guided Chelsea to a respectable 3rd place position in the 2008/2009 English Premiership.

Everton FC made a respectable 5th position under the leadership of David Moyes who has led the club to the first seven positions in the last couple of years and had qualified for UEFA CUP football. Also, Everton FC had even qualified for the UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE in 2006 in place of Liverpool FC but for the fact that Liverpool had qualified for the competition by winning the TROPHY that year.

Everton FC qualified for the FA final by beating Manchester United FC in penalty while Chelsea FC beat Arsenal FC in the Semi-finals at Wembley Stadium.
Guus Hiddink’s first official game for the Blues was against Aston Villa FC, he will be going back to head the Russian national team next month.

ARSENAL FC FUTURE

The future of Arsenal FC can be described as being very bright…However, it could be said that this motion is very debatable given the series of results of the North-London Club towards the end of the season.

The Gunners finished 4th of the table for a 4th time in a row without winning any trophy.

Thus, Arsene Wenger has come under enormous fire from the club shareholders and fans for his theory of grooming youngsters. The Frenchman had brought in Samri Nasri, Aaron Ramsey, Nicolas Bendtner, Andriy Arshavin and had even given chances to Kiran Gibbs in the absence of Gael Clichy.

However, a two-legged loss to Manchester United Fc in the 2008/2009 UCL Semi-Finals, a loss to Chelsea Fc in the FA-Cup Semi-Final and a series of lack-lustre performances against teams such as Hull City FC, Stoke City FC, Aston Villa, etc in the English Premiership are the major reason why the Gunner faithfuls are not happy with Arsene Wenger.

Carlos Tervez's Future

The future of Carlos Tervez of Manchester United FC remains a doubt as his current two year- loan at Old-Trafford ends next month.

The Argentine play-maker has not been getting regular starting roles at the club and his situation was worsened by the fact that he did not start for Manchester United FC against Barcelona FC at Stadio Olympico, Rome at the 2008/2009 UEFA Champions League Final.

Liverpool FC has offered 50,000 pounds; Tottenham FC has offered 18,000 pounds while Manchester City FC is also believed to be in the radar.

It remains to be seen if Manchester United FC will sell him as he has really been of help to the club when the going was down, scoring a vital goal against Wigan FC and contributing other goals and the fact that the club does not like selling its players to its major rivals.

BEHOLD THE CHAMPIONS!

Manchester United’s hopes of winning its 3rd UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE last evening against Barcelona FC in Rome. Also, Manchester United FC could be the first club to win the TROPHY consecutively since AC MILAN FC in 1990.

Manchester United is also one of the clubs that had beaten Barcelona in the last two years, the other being Liverpool FC.

Barcelona FC became the first Spanish club to do the TREBLE,i.e, winning the CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, LA LIGA TITLE and COPA DEL REY in a year.
Manchester United is the other club to do the first ever treble in 1999.

Manchester United had already won its 18th English Premiership Title, thereby equaling Liverpool’s record of 18 titles.

GOODBYE MAGPIES!

Newcastle United’s relegation may have come as a shock to many but it was expected by most people who may have seen it coming. Mike Ashley’s methods were quite criticized by many people and some club owners over the last two years.

This has seen the club having as many as 5 coaches including Sam Aladyce, Sammy Lee, Joe Kinnear and currently Alan Shearer.

Its relegation to the lower league could see the move of numerous players such as Micheal Owen, Obafemi Martins, “Spiderman” Guttierrez, Mark Viduka, Damien Duff etc.

It will be nice to see how interim coach Alan Shearer will manage the club in the Championship and steer the club back to the Premiership.

CHELSEA NEW COACH

Carlo Ancellotti of AC Milan will soon be revealed as the new Chelsea Coach, ending the months of speculation about who will take over from Guus Hiddink at Stamford Bridge. He will be the 5th manager of the Blues after the previous stints of Jose Mourinho, Avram Grant, Luis Felipe Scolari and Guus Hiddink in a period of two years.

It is quite hopeful that Ancellotti will be able to lure Kaka to Stamford Bridge and a few other AC Milan players to West London.

Guus Hiddink will certainly be leaving to Russia after Saturday’s FA Cup Final against Everton FC as World Cup Qualifiers begin next month. He helped steer Chelsea FC to a respectable 3rd place position. His first official game was against Aston Villa Fc.

DROGBA'S SORROWS

Didier Drogba's expressed his willingness to stay on at Stamford Bridge rather than move to Inter-Milano FC which has really given hope to many. He has come under enormous fire for his mis-conduct in the Semi-final game against Barcelona FC when he appeared to insult the officiating Referee Ovrebo.

In-waiting Chelsea coach Carlo Ancelotti has also expressed interesting in working with the Ivorian international despite his short-comings recently.

He was involved in a bust-up against Nemanja Vidic in the 2007/2008 UCL CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL and had been side-lined by Luis Felipe Scolari during the Brazilian’s tenure.

It will be nice to see how the Italian will cope at Stamford Bridge as he has a good record /CV that will guarantee him success at West-London. He has won two UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE trophies as a player and one as a coach against Liverpool Fc.

RAFA'S HOPES!

Liverpool Fc is certainly not at its best times at the moment as they failed to win the one and only trophy that KOP FANS want; THE ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP TROPHY.

The Merseyside club has won the UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TROPHY seven times, the FA Cup and the Carling Cup…

However, the last time that they had won the ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP TROPHY was in 1990, a time when Sammy Lee was there as a player.

Benitez has not yet congratulated Sir Alex Ferguson on winning the Premiership Trophy which is coming quite as a surprise to the Old-trafford manager.

We all wish Liverpool FC luck in the future.

YES, I'M VINDICATED!

Dimitar Berbatov surely is going to be a vindicated man today as he will be sitting on the bench today against Barcelona FC in the 2008/2009 UCL trophy and could possibly have a role to play against the Catalonia Club at Rome today.

He had been subject to a move to Manchester United FC during last summer and his dream move had surely been rewarded with his first Premiership Title when Manchester United FC drew Arsenal FC at Old-Trafford.

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