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In order to know who you are you need to know your history! Chelsea’s destiny dramatically changed with the arrival of Roman Abramovich but contrary to popular belief this wasn’t a fluke event. Roman bought the club because it represented the best value for money available and the foundations for success were already in place. [...]

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A display of clinical finishing and some woeful defending saw Chelsea thoroughly beat Arsenal 4-1 at the Emirates on Sunday. The Blues perceived loss of composure on Wednesday was nowhere to be found in Sunday’s performance as they very efficiently exposed Arsenal’s weaknesses in the center of defense for their four goal performance. However, it [...]

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At CFCnet we admire the media in the same way that Anders Frisk pines for Jose Mourinho.  Over the years, we’ve witnessed at first hand how journalists write what they want and carefully select their sound bites to give their opinions more weight.  This week’s been no exception with Channel 4 News asking CFCnet to [...]

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How would you feel if your team, supposedly one of the best in England, hadn’t won a trophy for five years?  By the next time they could win one, that’s how long it would have been. Whatever people say about sacking Scolari, even those that liked him must acknowledge that we did it because we [...]

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1. Despite all the jibes of being old and past it, this team is far from finished. They played an energy sapping 180 minutes against the best passing team in the world and their stamina levels did not falter for one minute. Despite the devastating blow of conceding an injury time goal, the team still [...]

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Still sick of football? Aren’t we all. However, the only way to move on from THAT night is to look forward to the next game, and on Sunday Chelsea make the trip to the Emirates Stadium to face Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal side, fresh from their own European disappointment in mid-week. After losing 1-0 at Old [...]

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What is it about the Champions League and Chelsea? Penalty shootout heartbreak against Liverpool, the width of a post in Moscow and now 3 blatant penalty appeals turned down and a last gasp equaliser from Barcelona. I’m choked. Along with tens of thousands of others.Football can be a cruel game but this was the injustice [...]

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This is tough. I don’t want to write this match report, and you undoubtedly don’t want to read it. Unfortunately, when the post-match frenzy dies down, the arguments over penalty shouts evaporate, and the dust settles on another emotional night at Stamford Bridge, the facts are plain to see. Barcelona go through to the Champions [...]

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After an indecisive 0-0 draw at the Camp Nou in the first leg, all eyes will turn to SW6, where Chelsea and Barcelona will meet again for the second leg of the Champions League. With Manchester United awaiting the winner, having dispatched Arsenal at the Emirates, the stakes are high for this meeting.In the first [...]

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Did anybody else spend Saturday evening hiding behind the sofa, afraid to watch, like a scary episode of Doctor Who? No, of course you didn’t. You watched it and you shrugged. It may have seemed that Real Madrid were ripped apart with the ferocity of a werewolf but funnily enough I doubt any of us [...]

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I’m writing this on Monday May 4th, what could be the beginning of an epochal week for Chelsea Football Club. With Barca shorn of Marquez (injured), Puyol (suspension) and Henry (injury) surely there could be no better time to be playing the Catalonians in a Champions League semi final? Yes, they have the best attacking [...]

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Sunday 19 April Everton in the final, after extra time and penalties. Manchester United showed a degree of contempt for Everton and the competition by playing their youth team strikers, so no more blather about quintuplets.Monday 20 April Chelsea reserves 2:2 West Bromwich Albion reserves Belletti and Carvalho started in a strangely unbalanced Chelsea side. [...]

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Fulham will take a stroll down the road tomorrow to visit their big brother, armed with around 3000 travelling fans (12 times the number that travelled to Middlesbrough a couple of weeks ago). This fixture comes at an interesting time for both sides: Chelsea will be seeking to avoid injury and maybe pinch three points [...]

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