Well now, when it comes to football, one man has for many years been the most noticeable, the most controversial, and occasionally the most successful blogger this country has ever produced. His pithy words and abrasive style make him as famous off the pitch as he is on it. This man is Escapini. "I love football. Football she's a cruel mistress. She's, she's more than a mistress. She's a wife, she's a mother, she's a daughter, she's an errant child. She's a… she's a… she can make you laugh, she make you cry. She can bring tears me eyes. She can bring blood to me shoulders. She can bring a kettle to the boil." "Cause football is about nothing, unless it's about something and what it is about, is football."

1 min readPublished 2 May 2010, 18:06

Chelsea Football Club

Rafa’s Post Mortem Quotes In Full…

Clearly unhappy, understandably annoyed at the ambulance chasing prompted by the loss, this is what was said to the Sky guy after the game today.

But has Rafa brought this on himself?

‘Now we have to talk about the game, it is better than to be talking about the speculation, I understand really well, but the speculation is something we cannot control. So we have to talk about the games, the football and what happened today on the pitch.’

‘Don’t carry on, don’t carry on. Finish.’

‘These things can happen in football. It is a pity because we were more or less in control. It changed the game and it changed the result at the end. It is not the best, that is clear. We were expecting to be higher in the table, we have had too many problems.’

‘I have shown my commitment with the fans and the club in the past and this year. We still have one game to play so we will try and be ready for this game. I have four years on my contract and we have to carry on.’