Are we really involved in this title race? A few months ago it would have been hard to believe, but the slump has shifted and the beast within has awoken after all, with Chelsea now nine points behind leaders Manchester United with a game in hand and an attractive run-in to boot. The remaining nine [...]
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Chelsea negotiated a potentially tricky visit to Blackpool’s Bloomfield Road, securing all three points with a 3-1 victory. Much of the credit must go to super-sub Salomon Kalou, who replaced Didier Drogba early in the second-half and contributed two assists. John Terry and Frank Lampard – who managed a penalty and slotted home a second [...]
Continue reading …A team stuck in transition, creating little and resorting to lacklustre long-range attempts instead; struggling to qualify for the Champions League and out of the title race by February; Fernando Torres misfiring up-front. It’s, frustratingly, becoming a lot like watching Liverpool at the moment. Perhaps fittingly then, it’s their rivals from across Stanley Park, Everton, [...]
Continue reading …After a week of unpredictability, topped off by a spectacular weekend of mostly unbelievable Premier League football, there was a grim inevitability about the way Chelsea surrendered all three points at home to Liverpool. Ultimately, a Raul Meireles goal mid-way through the second-half proved the difference between the two sides. With Manchester United and Arsenal [...]
Continue reading …Chelsea will travel up to Sunderland with either one of the biggest transfer deadline day signings of all time, or the same squad which looked in urgent need of freshening up when January began. With deadline day upon us Fernando Torres is still caught in limbo and stuck kicking his heels at Liverpool, but life [...]
Continue reading …Carlo Ancelotti is clearly not in the business to make friends. Although goals from Branislav Ivanovic and Nicolas Anelka helped Chelsea to a 2-0 win over Blackburn Rovers, Stamford Bridge was still a subdued arena at the final whistle on Saturday evening. More routine than rousing, the victory helped those disillusioned Blues fans remember what [...]
Continue reading …A solitary goal from Florent Malouda helped a Chelsea side enduring their worst Premier League run for eleven years to a narrow win against Bolton Wanderers at a subdued Stamford Bridge. In an underwhelming performance – particularly a fairly abhorrent first-half – the influence of elder statesmen Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba amongst others just [...]
Continue reading …If North London manages to evade any further snowfall, frost or the dreaded black ice within the next few days, the Emirates Stadium should play host to Arsenal V Chelsea on Monday evening. After last weekend’s game against Manchester United was postponed, the Blues will be returning to match action for the first time since [...]
Continue reading …With the Champions League knockout draw looming, CFCnet provides a run-down of the other sides still left in the competition, and our potential opponents once the tournament kicks off again in 2011. The winter break acts as a sort of gap between the relative comfort of the group stages and the inevitable pain of the [...]
Continue reading …A team came to Stamford Bridge on Sunday and were fortunate to escape with just a 0-3 defeat. They were shown up by a tenacious side full of drive and desire; cutting and composed, fully deserving of the three points they earned. They were thoroughly whipped and embarrassed. Unfortunately – and somewhat surprisingly – it [...]
Continue reading …Well-rested after playing just 45 minutes in their defeat against Liverpool on Sunday, a hopefully contrasting Chelsea will host Fulham on Wednesday night. The first-half no-show saw Fernando Torres punish the Blues to the tune of a 0-2 deficit, while an impotent second period frustrated and dismayed in equal measures. Meanwhile, close neighbours Fulham enjoyed [...]
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Almost three weeks after our last home game, home comforts are back on the agenda this Saturday with Wolverhampton Wanderers visiting Stamford Bridge. Since the2-0 win against Arsenal on the first weekend of October – and the international break which followed – the Blues have been to Moscow and back via Birmingham, with a draw [...]
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