GRANT RETURNS BUT NO TIME FOR PLEASANTRIES
First and foremost, welcome back Avram Grant. Champions League runner-up, chief ship-steadier, and a nice bloke to boot; or a traitor, tactically incompetent, puppet on a string depending on which side
Articles written by Rowan Farnham-Long
RETURN OF THE LEGENDS PART ONE: GIANFRANCO ZOLA
Two potentially season-defining games lay in wait for the Blues in quick succession, starting this weekend with a visit from West Ham United. While all eyes may be on Tuesday’s huge Champions League match against Inter Milan, ...
INTER 2-1 CHELSEA: KALOU NETS AWAY TO LAY FOUNDATIONS AT HOME
So that’s what it’s like to lose to José Mourinho. All those teams he left trailing in his wake were joined by Chelsea tonight, as goals from Diego Milito and Esteban Cambiasso either side of a Salomon Kalou strike handed ...
SWAGGERING BLUES HEAD FOR MERSEYSIDE
Arsene Wenger is known to some as ‘The Professor’. To others, he is known as much worse, but for now we’ll stick with the initial moniker. He may have to give up that title – along with any chance at winning the Premier ...
BURNLEY NEXT FOR BOUYANT BLUES
After briefly falling from the top of the Premier League table to the lowly depths of third position, last week saw a re-awakening of sorts as we thundered our way back up to pole position with a convincing win over Champions ...
BLUES FANS PRAY FOR BLUE SKIES ON SATURDAY
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ALL WE WANT FOR XMAS IS THREE POINTS AT BIRMINGHAM…
In a torrid December which has seen the Blues win just once, Christmas cheer has so far been scarce. Boxing Day sees Carlo Ancelotti’s side travel to England’s second city in an attempt to bring all Chelsea fans a belated ...
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As sure as night follows day, severe weather warnings follow a smattering of snow in England, and a penalty follows a blatant Steven Gerrard dive, Chelsea were almost destined to follow the name ‘Inter Milan’ in Friday’s ...
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