Fifteen months ago today Chelsea practiced at their Stamford Bridge home preparing for a Tuesday night Champions League match against Rosenborg. They had just come off a lively but goalless encounter at home to Blackburn two days earlier. Their manager told the media that his team were still in good form and on the surface things looked good on the blue side of London. The next day they went to struggle to a 1-1 draw against the team from Norway and two days later Jose Mourinho walked out of his...

Ince-anity! Well not really, but I just wanted to execute that little bit of pun-manship. You knew it was only a matter of time before Blackburn dumped Paul Ince , but I thought they'd at least give the Guv'ner the chance to beat Stoke at home this weekend before they made the chop . But no. I guess even if he did pull out three points in that fixture he'd still be a dead-man walking anyway. Might as well just pull the plug early. I used to be of the opinion that sacking a manager after...

Ahead of Sunday's show (10:30am et) let us know your thoughts on today's action and storylines. Inparticular: - Roy Keane leaves Sunderland, whose next at The Stadium of Plight? - Cristiano Ronaldo walks off field injured, not sure how serious it is, but it had better be for him to do that, and leave his teammates in the lurch! - Paul Ince on the bubble, as Rovers lose to Liverpool, should he be fired? - Chelsea win 11th straight road match! Great record, but are there problems with this...

Will St. James' be roaring, or whimpering? Joe Kinnear as interim gaffer is hardly going to appease the Geordie faithful, but will his comments? Suggesting that Newcastle will be sold soon, and Kevin Keegan and Alan Shearer returning to the fold, may be fact, or it may be fiction. However I wonder how the fans will view the comments, or will they see through them as Mike Ashley's attempt to fill the house. After all, this weeks approx 20,000 turnout for the Carling Cup loss to Spurs was embarressing...

It's going to be a goliath weekend here at The Score. Not only do we have the Chelsea vs Manchester Utd tilt on Sunday morning, but on Saturday night we have our studio launch street party. If you're in town, come on down and say hi, maybe join us for a beer or two in the beer tent? Hmmmm? Maybe? Also make sure you keep giving us your thoughts on the weekend matches inparticular the Live beauty on Sunday. Joe will once again be hosting a live-web chat. In studio KJ and I are joined by former...