What a miserable week. An embarrassing result and dismal team performance at Goodison Park was quickly followed by more ineptitude with Carlo quickly given his marching orders shortly after the final whistle. If reports are to be believed (let’s take this one with a fist of salt) the sacking happened in the players tunnel, West [...]
As this is our last post of season 2010/2011, CFCnet would like to thank the 3 readers who subscribed to our RSS feed. We hope that the timing of our posts – 11pm at night – helped slip them into a deep, restful sleep. Rather like our season really. It feels strange to talk about [...]
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‘A Manager is someone who gets results through other people, by making them successful’… does this relate to the Stamford Bridge Hot seat? Results? Of course, why else would Roman employ them? Through people? Yes, because people are the stock-in-trade for a football manager. By making them successful? Certainly, for it is this single factor [...]
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It’s been a while since I penned anything for CFCnet. It couldn’t be helped because I’ve been up to my nuts in super-injunctions to prevent the world knowing the truth about me and Jennifer Aniston, Megan Fox, Rachel Weisz etc etc ….you get the picture. That might not be exactly true. Not even a little. [...]
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After Carlo Ancelotti was sacked on Sunday evening it looked as though Porto boss Andre Villas-Boas could be the man to replace him but after 24 hours there was a clear trend in the Next Chelsea Manager Odds and that was back Marco Van Basten at all costs. Marco Van Basten was available at 12/1 [...]
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Does CFCnet consider this season a write-off? Not at all. Yes, we’re disappointed at our mid-season collapse and our capitulation to Manchester United both in the League and Champions League. The fact remains, however, that we’ve come second in the Premiership to a team playing their third Champions League Final in four years. For that [...]
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For only the third time in the Abramovich era we end a season trophy less and every fan thinks he or she knows why that has happened and cannot understand why the club hierarchy doesn’t see it too. The only problem is that there are now apparently 50 million Chelsea fans around the world so [...]
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Chelsea travel to Everton today for the end of season ‘dead rubber’ with neither team having anything to play for. Chelsea have secured second spot and a place in the group stage of the ‘obsession cup’, whilst the toffees are guaranteed seventh or eighth. If all the newspaper hype is to be believed, then today [...]
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Tomorrow is an exciting day. All 20 Premier League teams will be kicking off at 4pm. Blackpool, Birmingham, Wigan, West Ham and Wolves can all plunge into the Championship. But who know’s what the scores will be? Hopefully I do. I’m a fond young gambler. I think gambling is really exciting and a great past [...]
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Chelsea’s final match, and perhaps the swan song for the manager who won the Double last season, takes place at a ground that has provided difficulty in the past, Goodison Park. On Sunday, Chelsea take on an Everton side who lost to West Bromwich Albion last week and sit seventh in the table. When Carlo [...]
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The Brazilian centre back was overshadowed on deadline day by a certain Fernando Torres, but he went on to outshine the Spaniard anyway both on the goals chart and in terms of individual performances. The technically-excellent volley against Manchester United especially will go down as one of the highlights in an otherwise disappointing season for [...]
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It should be a big summer for Chelsea in the coming months, not only do they have to make a big decision about the managerial situation, they also have to decide which are the right players to bring in to freshen up the squad and win the title back from Man Utd. Roman Abramovich has [...]
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Chelsea have had some memorable players since they were founded in 1905, with a lot of players having some unforgettable names. Eddie Niedzwiecki, Mario Melchiot, even Slavisa Jokanovic sticks in my mind. But what about a line-up that all share something in common? Here’s a few I came up with. Chelsea Three-Name FC Formation: 3-5-2 [...]
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