An outpour of relief was felt as soon as Torres grabbed his first goal in 732 minutes at the waterlogged Stamford Bridge on Saturday, but as the expectation for Torres to kick start his goal scoring form rises, so does the speculation of Didier Drogba’s future at Chelsea. Since the arrival of his Spanish counterpart, [...]
Continue reading …Carlo Ancelotti has promised a ‘big surprise’ for Sir Alex and co, but he wouldn’t dare, would he? Play 4-3-3 with Anelka, Drogba and Torres up front! I, for one, hope not. The reason why Chelsea are not performing, to the standards of recent years, is because too many of our top stars are not [...]
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Chelsea’s hopes of securing a second successive Premiership crown was shot dead on Saturday, after the Blues draw at the Britannia Stadium left them trailing the leaders by eleven points with a game in hand. Most Chelsea fans had resigned themselves relinquishing our title after the Liverpool game, regardless of most broadcasters maintaining the chase [...]
Continue reading …It is amazing how one game can change the outlook of a football campaign. If Chelsea had lost or even drawn against City on Sunday, then we would still be looking behind our backs with concern over Spurs. Instead, spirits are high and talk is widespread ahead of the Champion League showdown with United and [...]
Continue reading …When the transfer window slammed shut a renewed excitement was sampled from the Chelsea atmosphere. Fernando Torres had smashed the British transfer record and caused all the fuss and fight, absorbing the flash light photography and column inches. But behind the shadow of Roman Abramovich’s new found intent came a Brazilian, reminiscent of a yellow [...]
Continue reading …Carlo Ancelotti entered the scene at the beginning of last season with intentions to transform and mould the football to his own style and leave a blueprint. Unbeknownst the diamond midfield acutely failed and a return to the idiosyncratic 4-3-3 established by Mourinho was summoned. But on Tuesday against Copenhagen, the Chelsea manager effaced the [...]
Continue reading …Substituted on Saturday and a member of some of the teams lighter shade of blue performances this season, Mikel has been rumoured to be offloaded this summer following January’s transfer activity and the possible close season restructure. But it is his tactical purpose that can be best questioned. In 2005 Manchester United unveiled their new [...]
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