THERE are few players who can boast they have a position named after them.

FOR as long as I can remember our games at St Andrews have been as dull as ditchwater with very few goals — and so it proved again.

FINALLY we have seen some football that gets the heartbeat up a notch or two. The Everton game, especially, proved to be one of those good old fashioned cup ties.

ISN’T it a wonder that I have time to write this piece, considering the amount of games going on — it’s ludicrous.

THE weekend saw a turning point for the Chelsea support. They finally made public their views on Grant.

I KNOW that it’s easy to say that Mourinho would have got a point against Arsenal. But his record against the top three and Arsenal in particular speaks for itself.

ANOTHER win, another clean sheet, a goal by Shevchenko, Liverpool and Arsenal losing — it’s been a pretty good weekend all round.

LONDON prices seem positively reasonable after three days in Norway —although paying over €10 a pint didn’t seem to put the Chelsea faithful off their drink.

I DON’T know what was worse at Pride Park — the football or the breath of the guy sat near me in the ground.

I’M usually bored out of my head on international breaks, but this was no ordinary weekend and we were reminded of what a fantastic game football really is; how it can affect the mood of an individual or indeed an entire nation.