Articles written by Mark Conlon
CECH NOT ANCELOTTI’S MATE ON CURRENT FORM
If reports are to be believed, Carlo Ancelotti, the Chelsea manager, is preparing to rest one or two key players for the visit of Portsmouth, in the wake of recent results. The Blues have gone four games without a win since beating ...
GAEL FORCE WINDS BLOW INTO THE BRIDGE
The appearance of Gael Kakuta as a second-half substitute for Chelsea last Saturday inevitably provoked widespread debate. This was, after all, the player at the centre of all the controversy surrounding the club’s impending ...
HEALING THE RIFT
Crisis, what crisis? The swagger is back, opponents, both domestic and European, are being dispatched with a ruthless efficiency reminiscent of the back-to-back title winning seasons, and the quadruple is only a matter of months ...
AND SO THE INQUEST BEGINS
As I write, there is a strange feeling of déjà vu. Like we’ve been here before Oh yes, that’s right, I remember now, we have…….three weeks ago. The days that follow a painful defeat are never enjoyable. ...
CHINESE WHISPERS
With the start of the new campaign, and the dawning of (yet another) new era only a few weeks away, a number of issues remain unresolved. Will Frank Lampard begin the season as a Chelsea player? How long will it take for new boys ...
