Let’s get one thing clear at the outset, CFCnet is not against Chelsea FC moving to a larger ground. A poll of our readers shows that 63% are in favour of moving to a new home. Whilst we’d prefer to remain at Stamford Bridge, we’re not naive enough to think that we can challenge the [...]
Frank Lampard’s omission from the first eleven against Swansea represents a watershed for him and for Chelsea FC itself. Has his time come to an end? Or is it all a storm in a teacup with Frank just being used more sparingly and wisely? It’s probably a mixture of both. Yet it’s not just a [...]
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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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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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So, the votes are in – two thirds of CFCnet readers want Carlo Ancelotti to remain as manager next season. These are preliminary results, indeed the polls are still open, and it would be good for us to gauge whether the wider Chelsea-supporting community also wants Carlo to stay. You can vote directly by clicking [...]
Continue reading …CFCnet would like to know our readers’ views over whether Carlo Ancelotti should remain our manager next season. Many of the staff at CFCnet feel he should stay, if only for continuity’s sake, and with the full recognition that he is the only manager in our Club’s history to win the Double. Please visit the [...]
Continue reading …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 [...]
Continue reading …CFCnet always feels it’s better to wait a day before analysing a knock-out defeat by a Champions League rival. Otherwise, riding high with emotion, we often say things we regret. Representing the views of our website readers is also something we have to keep in mind as without them we wouldn’t be here penning these [...]
Continue reading …Seeing Zola come on to a rapturous reception at half-time brought tears to the eyes of the CFCnet crew seated in the Matthew Harding Lower Tier on Wednesday night. It wasn’t so much the sight of our long lost friend that made the tears flow but more that he remains a potent reminder of the [...]
Continue reading …Has there been any player to make such a dramatic entrance as David Luiz? Not since Gianfranco Zola popped up on these shores in November 1996 has a single individual made such an instant impact at our club. Signed on deadline day, a source told CFCnet that the ex-Benfica defender was ‘like Ricardo Carvalho only [...]
Continue reading …With no game at the weekend, the CFCnet crew met to reminisce about our season to date and discuss any other subject that raised its ugly or pretty head. With the imminent return of Jesper Gronkjaer for Tuesday night’s tie against Copenhagen, the topic turned to our Danish international, the man who scored one of [...]
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During a live game there are many subtle nuances that are completely missed by the mainstream media. They don’t escape the fans though, and whilst the nuances might be more subtle than a Cantona Kung Fu kick, they are bursting with intent nonetheless. Tuesday night’s prime example was Rooney’s gesture to the Matthew Harding End [...]
Continue reading …Chelsea FC has always had the capacity to surprise – good and bad – but no fan in their right mind ever dreamed that Fernando Torres would come to the Bridge during the 2011 transfer window. What makes the move sweeter than last year’s Lampard goal at the Anfield Road End is that Torres himself [...]
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