Tomorrow we travel to the venue that saw us wrap up the Premiership title four years ago, hoping to stay top in top spot ahead of next Sunday’s home match to United, and also aim to avoid our third successive away league defeat. Our midweek match saw a somewhat weakened side win 4-0 over Bolton, [...]
To finish this week’s look at the key performers of the youth and reserve season so far we have a double-header, and fittingly it’s with the season’s outstanding pair to date. Jeffrey Bruma and Fabio Borini have both made their senior professional debuts for the club this season and have outlined that the club does [...]
Continue reading …In day four of our look at the best of the youth and reserve season so far we go to a player who nobody would have picked back in pre-season, largely because he wasn’t a Chelsea player. Former Manchester United scholar Kenny Strickland signed on what was initially a short-term deal and has excelled, proving [...]
Continue reading …After looking at Sam Walker and Conor Clifford so far this week, Wednesday brings us another of this season’s standout performers at youth and reserve level. Swedish striker Marko Mitrovic has been in fine goalscoring form so far this campaign, and after an injury-curtailed first season we’re finally starting to see what he’s all about.
Continue reading …In the second of our features on some of this season’s early stand-outs this week, we’re taking a look at Irish midfielder Conor Clifford. Having already featured for both the Under-18s and Reserves this year, he’s also picked up a first Under-21 cap and looks to be thoroughly enjoying himself.
Continue reading …Bolton visit the Bridge tomorrow for the League Cup fourth round, it was this round last season that we lost a penalty shootout and bowed out at home to Burnley. In the last round we saw off QPR, in that match Ancelotti decided to field a makeshift side, and also choose to have a blend [...]
Continue reading …Sunday 18 October News that John Terry and some of the other players have dipped into their own pockets to bail out the women’s team does not reflect well on the club. Don’t get us wrong it is good of the players to offer their support but it is an illustration of how far and [...]
Continue reading …To say there’s goalkeeping depth at Chelsea is an understatement. With three first team squad goalkeepers, three reserve, and two Under-18 with an England Under-17 international still in the schoolboy ranks AND Matej Delac to join some time in the next two years, there’s a lot of competition for places both now and for the [...]
Continue reading …It’s been a mixed bag as ever with Chelsea’s loanees this weekend. On the plus side, Miroslav Stoch returned to goalscoring form for FC Twente and Tom Taiwo continued to cement himself as a firm favourite at Carlisle, but at the other end of the scale Lee Sawyer’s problems at Southend came to a head [...]
Continue reading …Four goals in 16 minutes put The Blues back on top of the Premier League, and put the pressure on Man Utd ahead of their trip to Anfield. Frank Lampard bagged 2 goals to continue his return to form, and justify his preferred deeper midfield role, whilst Joe Cole made a sparkling return to the [...]
Continue reading …Lee Sawyer’s season at Southend United has thus far not gone to plan, with just one start and eight sub appearances to his name in his second spell at Roots Hall. Things came to a head yesterday when he failed to turn up for a pre-match team meeting, and as a result has been dropped [...]
Continue reading …While the defeat at Villa has not quite left the memory yet, the 4-0 thumping of Athletico Madrid on Wednesday night helped to quieten the doom mongers and remind the critics that, hey, we can play a bit sometimes. With Ricardo ‘marking? Nah, it’s not for me’ Carvalho seemingly dropped and replaced by Branislav ‘solid’ [...]
Continue reading …Chelsea strolled to a 4-0 win against Atletico Madrid last night in Matchday 3 of the Champions League. A brace from Salomon Kalou and a Frank Lampard drive from the edge of the box put the Blues in complete control before Atletico defender Luis Perea put through his own net in injury time to wrap [...]
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