What a difference a game can make. Prior to Tuesday’s 3-0 win over Valencia, Stamford Bridge sat beneath a cloud of anxiety and unease. Confidence, belief and faith were absent; excuses, damnations and treachery were overwhelming. But then, a resurgent Didier Drogba, a fleet-footed Juan Mata, and an unstoppable Ramires – supported by eight other [...]
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On Tuesday evening Chelsea host Valencia at Stamford Bridge for what both sides will undoubtedly consider their most important game of the season so far.
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Chelsea travel to, surprise package, Newcastle on Saturday for the televised early kick off. A win would see the Blues move above the Magpies and Tottenham, in to third place, albeit with the latter having the luxury of two games in hand. The omens are reasonable in that the Blues have not lost in five [...]
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Chelsea are at home to Liverpool for the second time in nine days on Tuesday, hoping to avenge the disappointing 2-1 defeat in which Glen Johnson’s late strike sealed the three points for the Reds from Merseyside. This game has cup progress, rather than points, riding on it and it is of course extremely likely [...]
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Consecutive league home defeats to two bitter rivals has seen Chelsea’s ghosts of winters past return in a depressingly familiar fashion, November-December 2010 saw us win two in ten. This season, counting Everton as a draw after 90 minutes, Chelsea have only managed one win in their last seven and even that was a frustratingly [...]
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Chelsea travel to Germany, on Wednesday night, hoping to banish their recent home blues with a win and qualification for the next round of the Champions League. The Blues are in the middle of a terrible run of form, having won one of our last six, if you take the Everton Carling cup tie as [...]
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After an international debate that seemed to drag on longer than an FA Inquiry the Premier League is back this weekend, and what better way for AVB and his Chelsea side to get back into the swing of things than with a visit from our dear friends from Liverpool. There’s always something going on to [...]
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The Blues are coming off a week that saw them lose 5-3 at home to Arsenal in the Premier League and a lackluster 1-1 performance against Genk in the Champions League. Blackburn are coming off of their own problematic performance from last week, as Norwich were able to overcome a 3-1 deficit and escape with [...]
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The east of Belgium provides the unlikely setting for Chelsea’s first steps to redemption following two consecutive derby defeats. Since the comfortable 5-0 demolition of Genk two weeks ago the Blues have lost 1-0 at QPR and 5-3 at home to Arsenal in the Premier League and anything other than a win on Tuesday night [...]
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This weekend Chelsea welcome North London’s second entry to the Europa League for next season. A tie that usually provides sparks has fittingly fallen close to Guy Fawkes night, throw in Chelsea’s discipline levels of late and fireworks could almost certainly be on the cards. The Mickey Mouse Cup on Wednesday saw Chelsea field a [...]
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Despite being the stronger side and having convincingly beaten their opposition less than two weeks ago, no one should be too confident that Chelsea will come away victorious on Wednesday night. Over the past few years, the League Cup has been a miserable competition, Goodison Park has been a miserable away ground and, aside from [...]
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Hands up those of you who wish ‘Nando was available for Sunday’s trip to Q.P.R, OK I lost count at about 45,000. In my other job as a sports snapper I have the privilege of watching the lads up close and, against Genk, the guy looked back to his very best. His link up play, [...]
Continue reading …Chelsea host Belgian champions Genk this Wednesday in our third of six Champions league group games. The relatively unknown Belgians, who we will face for the first time, currently sit bottom of the group, although they did gain a point at home to Valencia on match day one and shouldn’t be taken lightly. Chelsea are [...]
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