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Sir ‘out of touch’ Alex

Watching yesterdays victory over Manchester United on their home turf was obviously thoroughly enjoyable for any Chelsea supporter, including myself. I continued to watch the game from the comfort of my Hotel room in Ecuador whilst finishing off my South American travels. It’s kind of surreal watching the game on South American ESPN and my smile mirrored [...]

Interview With 90s Legend David Lee

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Interview With 90s Legend David Lee

Chelsea are a club swarmed with proud history and honour. As many of you are aware and would have witnessed, we didn’t always enjoy and successful trophy winning Chelsea side. In fact, it was quite the opposite during the 90s. We had a team that would be full of heart, passion and would battle until [...]

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A Big Interim Mistake

The word ‘interim’ is one that many of us have not really been too familiar with, until this past year or so, where this word has become the bane of our lives as Chelsea supporters. It started when Roberto Di Matteo was employed to succeed Andre Villas-Boas as Interim Manager mid-way through the season, and [...]

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Chelsea FC – A South American Phenomenon

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When you think of football in the continent of South America you think of Brazilian samba style, Argentinian non-human magicians and Uruguayan goal machines accompanied by their fanatic and passionate supporters. When I say fanatic supporters, I mean fanatic to the point that they have been known to throw various poultry on to the pitch [...]

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The Roman Abramovich Era – Good Times And The Bad

Being a Chelsea supporter of over 25 years, I’ve seen the struggles, the mediocre and the success of a proud club that plays its football in the capital city of England. When Russian Billionaire Roman Abramovich bought our club, it was delight and happiness all around, this was the man who would invest his hard [...]

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Transfer News Update…

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Transfer News Update…

With only six days remaining of the transfer window it is becoming increasingly unlikely that Chelsea will be doing any more business during this window. Having said that, with the current state of affairs at the club, I would fully expect Roman and his team to be working hard behind closed doors to pull off possibly [...]

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It’s just like watching Brazil – An update from Rio…

Hello readers, if you follow my Twitter account you will all be well aware that I am currently out of the country on a trip around South America, for about four months. I am currently based in Brazil’s beautiful capital city, Rio De Janeiro. You will also be aware of the fact that normally I [...]

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How Benetiz might incorporate Torres and Ba

There have been many discussions regarding the above subject, since the arrival of the Newcastle striker Demba Ba. Everyone will have their own thoughts on this but I will look at it technically and tactically to see if there is a good way to incorporate both players in the system. It’s highly unlikely that Rafa Benitez will [...]

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Oscar – A Learning deep Lying Playmaker

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Oscar – A Learning deep Lying Playmaker

Chelsea’s magic Brazilian Oscar Dos Santos has been an instant hit amongst the Chelsea faithful since joining in the summer and there has been much debate as to where his best position is for The Blues. Oscar is the type of boy who would have grown up with a ball permanently at his feet, kicking [...]

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Good morning fellow Blues, as always I will bring you the latest transfer news and rumours surrounding our club, a mixture of what I know, press rumours and general talk. First off, I am sure most of you logging on to your computers this morning would have already seen the report from L’Equipe, suggesting that [...]

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We mustn’t feed The Swans

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We mustn’t feed The Swans

Chelsea face a tough looking opponent on Wednesday evening in the shape of Welsh based Swansea. The two clubs come head to head in the First Leg of the Semi-Final in the League Cup. Rafa Benitez will be urging his players not to give anything away, keep it tight and move in to the second [...]

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Quick update for you, The Times produced a story over night suggested that Chelsea are about to activate Everton midfielder Marouane Fellaini’s release clause, which they understand the Belgium International had in his contract which he signed in 2011, 3 years after signing the initial contract on arrival in 2008. The report was written by James [...]

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Transfer News Update – Taison, Benat, and Guardiola

We have three main headline makers today regarding possible moves to Chelsea, somewhat surprising names being linked with the club, one Brazilian in particular looks fairly close to being our second capture of the January Transfer window. Reports had been all over the media today that The Blues were set to complete the deal with [...]

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