Chelsea players 'need to give themselves a slap round the face' after poor start to season, says Gary Neville

Kampusbet  -    Chelsea players 'need to give themselves a slap round the face' after poor start to season, says Gary Neville 

 

 

 

Agen MaxbeT  -   Gary Neville feels Chelsea players must buck their ideas up swiftly if they are to arrest their recent slump.

The Blues are languishing in 15th after seven games in the Premier League and flattered to deceive on Saturday, when they drew 2-2 with Newcastle . 

The reigning champions have won just two of their league games so far, leaving Neville in no doubt that an inquest is needed to get to the bottom of their troubles.

"When I spoke after [the game], I said they needed to give themselves a slap round the face, the players," Neville said on Sky Sports.

When you win the league, it's normal to have a dip at the start of the season, but [Jose] Mourinho somehow has to get his message over to the players... or they have to wake up themselves.

Bandar Judi Online MaxbeT  -  "It isn't good enough. It's nowhere near good enough.

"They had a massive opportunity on Sunday. [Manchester] had been beaten earlier on in the day. That should have given them a boost to fly out of the blocks.

"The performance in that first half was ridiculous. This is not just a blip anymore. It's dragging on."

Chelsea are in Portugal to face Mourinho's former club, in what promises to be an enthralling game.

Diego Costa is expected to return after missing the Newcastle game through suspension and played a prominent part in training on Monday.

There were serious faces aplenty in the camp as Chelsea went about their business under the watchful eye of Mourinho.

Brendan Rodgers still hungry for Liverpool success and is determined to overcome "frenzy" over future

Kampusbet  -    Brendan Rodgers still hungry for Liverpool success and is determined to overcome "frenzy" over future 

 

 

 

 

Agen Klik4D  -    Brendan Rodgers insists he is still hungry for success at Liverpool and vowed to get past the "frenzy" surrounding his future.

Pressure was eased slightly following the 3-2 win over Aston Villa on Saturday, as Daniel Sturridge scored a brace on his return to action at Anfield. 

After the match, Rodgers responded to what he believes is a campaign to get him sacked - and claimed the scrutiny of life at Liverpool is greater than at any other club, report the Liverpool Echo.

However, he reiterated his determination to remain in the job and transform his Anfield reign.

“There has been a frenzy, there is no doubt about that, to get me out of here,” Rodgers said.

Whether that’s a Liverpool hysteria or a big club hysteria, I am not so sure. The scrutiny here is obviously greater, for me, than at any club.

“It is a huge club and as a manager you know that and deal with it.

“I am fine. You know what comes from leadership and being a manager. I’ve never got too carried away when we’ve won, and not too disappointed when we’ve lost.

“I have a hunger to succeed here. I know last season and this there have been a lot of things going against us, but we’ve always managed to stick together and improve together.

The players and staff are very much together, fighting to be better and to live up to the expectations we create ourselves that is to be the best. With players returning we can have a great season.

With me there is no drama, I only worry about the team.”

Bandar Judi Online Klik4D  -   Daniel Sturridge’s second-half double inspired Liverpool to their first league win in five matches and lifted them back to within touching distance of the Champions League spots.

Rodgers believes the criticism he has been subjected to has been unfair considering how close he came to winning the title two seasons ago and the issues he’s been wrestling with since.

Luis Suarez, Steven Gerrard and Raheem Sterling have all left, while Sturridge has only recently returned to action after an injury plagued 12 months.

This season his squad has been depleted with captain Jordan Henderson, Christian Benteke, Roberto Firmino and Dejan Lovren all currently sidelined.

“It’s not about proving people wrong,” Rodgers said.

“I think I have shown in the early stages of my management – without being arrogant – that with a talented group of players I can compete at the top end of the league.

“There are very short memories in football. The team was eighth when I got here and we built and produced a team to excite people throughout European football that should have won the league.

It didn’t but nobody even expected us to be near the top four. I know how to manage top players and build and manage an exciting group, but when you lose that or those players are not available and you have to piece it together, that takes time. Then all the good work gets forgotten. That’s how it works.

“My only gripe is that it seems the focus has not been on what’s gone on and what we’ve been missing, but more about getting me out of the club. That’s sad.

“I am the same man who nearly won us the game, but better. If you give me the tools I’ll do the work.”

Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers 'could have coached Real Madrid' says Aston Villa's Tim Sherwood

Kampusbet  -    Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers 'could have coached Real Madrid' says Aston Villa's Tim Sherwood 

 

 

 

 

Agen TangKasneT  -   Tim Sherwood is backing his Spanish neighbour Brendan Rodgers and claims the Liverpool boss could have coached Real Madrid ahead of Aston Villa's visit to Anfield.

Sherwood believes Rodgers, who owns a holiday home near the Villa manager, will turn things around eventually.

And he reckons the Ulsterman came within a whisker of becoming Europe’s hottest manager two seasons ago when Steven Gerrard almost captained Liverpool to the Premier League title.

They missed out by two points to Manchester City then struggled last season before starting this campaign poorly to heap the pressure on Rodgers.

Sherwood said: “He came so close to winning the Premier League.

“You can’t analyse that guy and say he isn’t a good manager.

“He’ll get through this. He’s good. He knows I’ve got every confidence in him.

“If they’d won the league that season, could they have kept hold of Brendan Rodgers? They’re a massive club and they would have tried everything.

Bandar Judi Online TangKasneT  -   “But we might have seen him at Real Madrid. He would have won the Premier League with a club that hadn’t won it for God knows how many years.

“He would have been the hottest property in football and he doesn’t become a bad manager all of a sudden.”

Sherwood is also under the media microscope after a poor start to the season at Villa Park and sympathises with Rodgers.

The former Tottenham boss added: “We’ve got places close to each other in Spain.

“We don’t have too much time to socialise because we’re there at different times, but we’ve bumped into each other a few times.

“Every manager has good moments and not so good moments. You come through the other side.

“It was not plain sailing for Brendan when he was at Watford or Reading, but he’s come through the other side.”

Norwich rebel Lewis Grabban to face West Brom as Alex Neil refuses to 'hold grudge'

Kampusbet  -     Norwich rebel Lewis Grabban to face West Brom as Alex Neil refuses to 'hold grudge' 

 

 

 

 

Agen Sbo CasiN0  -    Norwich bad boy Lewis Grabban will finally make his Capital One Cup bow this season against West Brom.

Striker Grabban was fined and banned by the Canaries after walking out of the team hotel before their tie at Rotherham in the last round.

The drama came as Bournemouth were trying unsuccessfully to the buy the player only to see two bids rejected.

Norwich won 2-1 to set up Wednesday's Carrow Road clash against the Baggies, with Grabban now firmly back in the fold.

Canary central defender and captain Russell Martin said: "He's back in the squad again and everybody is fine with that.

Bandar Judi Online Sbo CasiN0 -   Lewis has worked really hard to get himself fit again and he has done everything that has been asked of him."

Grabban is set to replace Cameron Jerome up front.

Norwich manager Alex Neil said: "You can't hold grudges in football.

"Lewis was badly advised at the time, but he is fine now. He's back in the squad and working hard for the team."

Struggling Newcastle eye transfer of France striker who has not scored in 706 MINUTES of football

Kampusbet  -    Struggling Newcastle eye transfer of France striker who has not scored in 706 MINUTES of football 

 

 

 

 

Agen SbobeT -    Newcastle chief scout Graham Carr checked on his long-term target Lyon striker Alexandre Lacazette on Wednesday, writes Alan Oliver in the Sunday People.

The Toon's chief scout took in the French side’s 1-1 draw at Belgium's Gent in the Champions League.

But France star Lacazette has been firing blanks recently and after the Gent game had gone 706 minutes without a goal.

The 24-year-old was linked with Liverpool and Arsenal in the summer, and Sunday People Sport can reveal that Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho also spoke to Lyon about him in the close-season. 

Bandar Judi Online SbobeT -  But like a lot of France-based players Lacazette, wants to stay home until after the Euros in his country next summer.

However, after another defeat on Saturday — at home to promoted Watford — that leaves them joint-bottom of the Premier League, Newcastle will be stepping up their search for more firepower.

Another problem they face in landing Lacazette is that he has just signed a new four-year contract and Lyon value their prize asset at £35million.

Carr also weighed up the form of Lyon’s 21-year-old central defender Samuel Umtiti on Wednesday. But like Lacazette, he wants to be in France until next summer.

Chelsea begin search for Ivanovic replacement: Transfer news and gossip from Friday's papers

Kampusbet -   Chelsea begin search for Ivanovic replacement: Transfer news and gossip from Friday's papers 

 

 

 

 

Agen Klik4D -   The Premier League is back in action this weekend - kicking off with Chelsea vs Arsenal on Saturday lunchtime.

Yes - it's the second Jose Mourinho vs Arsene Wenger grudge match of the season, after the Arsenal boss finally landed a win over the Portuguezzer for the first time in a decade in the the Community Shield.

Before all that though, there is the small matter of the Rugby World Cup, which kicks off tonight with England vs Fiji at Twickenham.

We'll be covering all the action live right here on Mirror.co.uk, plus the opening ceremony.

But in the meantime here's all the top transfer stories from today's papers to tide you over.

James Wilson is set to stay at Manchester United - according to one of the managers keen to sign him. 

Arsenal's pursuit of Karim Benzema was "embarrassing", blasts former striker Ian Wright. 

Bandar Judi Online Klik4D -  Jose Mourinho is still facing a dressing-room battle with two of his biggest characters unsure of their Chelsea futures.

 John Terry and Branislav Ivanovic are both out of contract at the end of the season and fear they could be on their way out of Stamford Bridge.

 

Neymar is better than BOTH Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, claims Brazil legend Roberto Carlos. 

Manchester United defender Luke Shaw will have a second operation on his broken leg today. 

Ronald Koeman is set to be offered a new deal at Southampton after achieving spectacular success at the club last season. 

Roma's Radja Nainggolan has taken to Twitter to apologise to Barcelona midfielder Rafinha, after the Catalans confirmed the Brazilian international has torn his anterior cruciate ligament. 

Manchester United's are set to become the first English club to pass the half-BILLION pound mark for revenue next season - despite revealing the true cost of David Moyes' spell in charge. 

El Hadji Diouf accuses Steven Gerrard of racism in outrageous response to book claims

Kampusbet  -    El Hadji Diouf accuses Steven Gerrard of racism in outrageous response to book claims 

 

 

 

 

Agen MaxBet -   Football bad boy El-Hadji Diouf has made the outrageous claim that Steven Gerrard and Liverpool are racist in an astonishing rant.

The Senegalese striker was criticised in Gerrard's forthcoming autobiography, with the former Reds captain admitting he has "no respect" for his former team-mate.

“I don’t really want to waste time thinking about El Hadji Diouf but it’s worth highlighting his wasted seasons at Liverpool as an example of how it can all go wrong," Gerrard wrote.

Now, in a sensational interview on Senegalese radio station Radio Futurs Media reported by Le 10 Sport, Diouf has accused his former team-mate of prejudice against black people — a claim the former Reds skipper vehemently denies.

Diouf claimed: "Liverpool isn't a team that welcomes black people unless they are English.

"Gerrard has never liked black people. Every time I passed him, he never dared to look me in the eye.

Diouf then went on to accuse Gerrard of jealousy, claiming that his arrival at Anfield riled the midfielder.

"Gerrard is just jealous. What I achieved in football, he never managed," continued Diouf.

Bandar Judi Online MaxbeT -  Former Liverpool winger Ryan Babel has since rubbished Diouf's claims saying he "did not get that feeling" from the now LA Galaxy man.

Replying to a query on Twitter, Babel responded to Diouf's reported comments to radio station Radio Future Media.

He tweeted: "i did not got that feeling from Steve G so i think he got it wrong."

Diouf joined Liverpool following a starring role at the 2002 World Cup but his Reds career was dogged by negative headlines.

In 2002 he was infamously accused of spitting at West Ham fans before being charged with a similar offence when he was at Bolton, this time involving an 11-year-old Middlesbrough spectator two years later.

Gerrard is taking legal advice over the verbal attack but his lawyers, Himsworths Legal, said: “The allegations in those statements are completely false and seriously defamatory of our client.”

Liverpool refused to comment on Diouf’s allegations against the club.