The football fever is back now that the Premiership is nearing the end of 2005/2006 season. The highlight of this month's game is of course the much-awaited match between Chelsea & Manchester United as these are two biggest English teams to date, with the most numbers of supporters.

Personally, for the last year or so, since the downfall of Liverpool, I've never been much of an EPL fan. Spanish League provided more excitement than the bland English league, as insipid as its weather.

3 years ago, Roman Arkadievic Abramovich, the oil billionaire from Russia decided to put his billions to good use and entertain the football fans across the globe by buying up Chelsea, a then suffering, wilted club. He then financed the arrival of a few big shots, such as midfield Joe Cole from West Ham and Irish winger, Duff, with price tags estimated to be around 17 mil pounds.

Now, what do you do with an income of 1.5 mil pounds a month? Sheesh... Some people just have it all...

Next, Abramovich tried to sought after Mourinho, the winning Champs League coach into a deal. They struck a 6-year contract, which was the beginning of many wonders for the victory-hungered club.

Needless to say, the rest passed by in a blur, and Chelsea finally managed to hoist the Premiership trophy last year.

This entry is starting to sound like a sports news report. Nevertheless...

Since the realm of Chelsea's reign, or Chelski, as the English reporters affectionately refer to the club after its owner's origin, the number of its fans doubles, triples, or even quadruples. Many start to turn their heads at the mention of the once-overlooked club. Jerseys sell like hot cakes in the markets, we actually see some blues among the overpublicised reds Man U and black n white striped Juventus jerseys.

It's all about good football. Loyalty and allegience were a thing in the past. :)

Although Mourinho is well-known for his overconfidence and snide remarks, he should actually be worrying over the club's fate this coming Saturday. Despite the fact that Chelsea is sitting prettily at the top of the chart with 88 points, with 9 points comfortably exceed Man U's for that matter, the club did have a record of one loss and draw game whereas Man U only suffered a draw against Sunderland (which is by the way, the club with the lowest ranking in the league) for the last 6 games. What is it with high-profiled teams that they're able to mock themselves by losing to clubs like Sunderland and Fulham? Yes, don't answer that. I bet a lot of football bookies were overjoyed by the incredible results.

I'd better stop typing before I start talking about the odds. :D Anyone game for a Saturday Night Football?