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It’s been a somewhat turbulent season, one that Michael Essien nicely referred to as a sandwich in his blog this week. I wouldn’t hasten to add what kind of filling we’ve had to endure (answers on a postcard to…) but it didn’t go down well I know that much. All I’m hoping is it doesn’t [...]

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What a week it’s been at CFCnet.  We could write numerous blog posts covering a multitude of topics but in this post we want to focus on just two. The first point we’d like to make is how heartened we were when we read the latest issue of cfcuk, the print fanzine sold outside the [...]

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Crash bang wallop and the title race has burst wide open, ones misfortune is another ones gain, and luck has been instrumental throughout this season, and possibly the key factor for the outcome of the title next weekend, but their were other factors we learned this weekend. 1)  Goal line technology needs to be introduced.And the [...]

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There is a small band of Chelsea fans that I know who consider Jose Mourinho to be the nemesis of the beautiful game. They consider his tactics to be negative and his style of football to be functional rather than exciting to watch. They would not want him back under any circumstances. I have a different [...]

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The Blues came back from a stunning Sandro strike to score two [lucky] goals and record an important win ahead of a top-of-the-table clash next Sunday. Having scored his first Chelsea goal last week against West Ham, there was a lot of talk pre-match of Fernando Torres’ position within the starting line-up. Would Ancelotti disturb [...]

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Chelsea have hauled themselves to within three points of league leaders Manchester United after coming from behind to beat arch-rivals Tottenham 2-1 at Stamford Bridge. The away side had taken an early lead through Sandro, but controversial goals from Frank Lampard just before half-time and then a last-gasp winner from Salomon Kalou gave Chelsea a [...]

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