Monday 22 August John Obi Mikel’s father, Michael, has been released unharmed from his ten days in captivity. There are few other details, John thanked everyone who had supported him and AVB reiterated his praise for the bravery John has shown. We can get back to calling him Obi John. Thomas Kalas will spend the [...]
Superior class and quality of players proved the difference as Chelsea defeated an extremely game Norwich City side by the score of 3-1. A debut goal from Juan Mata, Chelsea’s latest signing, gave the hosts the final two-goal margin, though the moment was overshadowed by a potentially serious head injury to Didier Drogba. Things started [...]
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Chelsea’s third Premier League game of the new season sees them face Norwich at the Bridge this Saturday. The Chelsea faithful will be looking for an improved performance after being slightly disappointed by the tricky 2-1 victory over West Brom but Norwich will be no slouches either and are a well drilled, hard-working outfit that [...]
Continue reading …Chelsea haven’t quite clicked yet this season but on Saturday, Chelsea have not only their easiest game of the season so far, they have what should be one of their easiest games all season – Norwich at home. Norwich have so far remained unbeaten in their two Premiership games, drawing with Wigan and Stoke in [...]
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Ah, the summer holidays. Happy days filled with peace, serenity, airport queues and rental cars on which you’ve opted not to pay the zero excess and so crap your pants as you reverse out of the parking space. Thank heavens they’re over and we can get back to the serious business of trekking down the [...]
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Monday 15 August Chelsea reserves 3:2 Sunderland reserves Good start for Dermot Drummy’s reserve side, well, they could have done without falling behind when, after 20 minutes of quiet back and forth, we were opened up from the left flank by Jordan Cook and Oumare Tounkara headed in from close range. Adam Phillip levelled ten [...]
Continue reading …It may not have been the perfect start to the season for Chelsea fans, but new manager Andre Villas-Boas has shown a quality that has scarcely been seen since the Mourinho golden era: the ability to adapt to different situations as they come. The young manager had a rocky start with a goalless away draw [...]
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Florent Malouda struck seven minutes from time to get Chelsea’s season up and running with a more than welcome three points on Saturday evening. Having trailed from as early as the fourth minute the Blues struggled to overcome a resilient West Bromwich Albion side but second half goals from the French duo of Nicolas Anelka [...]
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So the new Premier League season is upon us and as we here at CFCnet awake from a summer spent in the clutches of footballing famine. Weak and deprived of hearty nourishment, frantically scouring the internet for transfer news, seeking no comfort in the endless crumbs of Cesc Fabre-something endlessly dropped in front of us, [...]
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Evolution of a football fan has rapidly progressed with the business of modern day football, with the cash flash of the Premier League seeing Chelsea grow from mid table combatants to having a stronghold on the domestic scene, and now possessing a stranglehold on all competitive fronts. Through this story there has followed an army [...]
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After playing an involuntary Rugby match at the weekend, Chelsea finally kick off the footballing season by welcoming a resilient Baggies side to the Bridge. With both sides feeling understandably aggrieved by the manner of their opening results, AVB and Hodgson will be looking for strong performances. Although noticeably frustrated by the tackling, scrums and [...]
Continue reading …Chelsea are live on our TV screens once again this weekend with West Brom providing the opposition this time around. West Brom were unable to do Chelsea a favour against Man Utd last week and they should find things tougher at Stamford Bridge than they did at the Hawthornes last week. Andre Villas-Boas is rated [...]
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I think it was Arsene Wenger, currently deluding only himself with his non-starter transfer policy, who likened a Shawcross challenge to a rugby tackle. I’m amazed that one, it was an incident the professor actually saw, and two, unlike his transfer policy, he might actually be on to something. On Sunday there were occasions when [...]
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