September 2011
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Liverpool 0-4 Tottenham Match Analysis
With about 25 minutes left to play, I wanted to turn it off. Being reduced to nine men with that much time to go meant it was only going to get worse and it was only a matter of maintaining our dignity to see the game out. It was an astonishingly poor performance. The 4-0 scoreline was our worst defeat in over eight years and the combination of dejection, fury, and confusion I felt over how this...
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Chelsea Transfer Roundup
Looking back to my previous post concerning Chelsea’s transfer policy, one thing I can definitively say about this past transfer window is that Caligula seems to be allowing Andre Villas-Boas to craft his own team. While this is not uncommon policy when a new manager comes in, I have to say that it seems like Andre had a lot of say in the moves that actually happened. The drama over Luka Modric...
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Caligula, the mad Roman Emperor
As a Chelsea fan, one of the things I look forward to most is transfer time. It’s like a great combination of Christmas and Hanukkah with Black History month thrown in for good measure. You know, because it’s a month long. Most importantly, however, it gives us a chance to look back on the past few months and look at which players have scored game winning/tying goals, as they are most likely...
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Blue is the color – an introduction.
Hi. I’m Gordon, and I’m a Chelsea fan. Have been since I started following the beautiful game, and haven’t for a minute regretted my decision. Being a dedicated footy fan and living here in the states is a tough gig. It often requires shifting around my weekend schedule, waking up in the wee hours of the morning, finding a reliable stream that more than likely has very continental...
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WHAT IS RED SHIRT BLUE SHIRT?
Red Shirt Blue Shirt is a blog about football in the eyes of two lads who happen to be great friends but support opposing clubs - Liverpool FC and Chelsea FC.
We talk about footy all the fucking time so we thought why not start a blog about it? Though neither of us is actually scouse nor chav (considering we’re both from California), we know the EPL better than most, and that’s what...
