Breaking: Eden Hazard’s suspension remains at three matches
Eden Hazard’s three-match ban will not be extended after a disciplinary panel rejected the FA’s claim that it was insufficient punishment for kicking a ball-boy. A statement of the FA’s website said, Chelsea midfielder Eden Hazard’s suspension remains at three matchesChelsea’s Eden Hazard will not have his standard three-match sanction for violent conduct increased. Following […]
Tactically analyzing Chelsea’s loan conundrum – Part 2
In the first part we saw the stronger of two teams that could be fielded by the 23 players out on loan from Chelsea. The second side would turn out like this for me – An unorthodox 4-2-2-1(1), the one in bracket stands for a second striker role. We have Lucas Piazon upfront. The next […]
John Terry Captain, Leader, Legend…. Manager?
With what seems to be the impending dismissal of interim manager Rafael Benitez, Roman Abramovich will find himself in a position where he’s never been before. Having already sacked one manager in Roberto Di Matteo earlier in the season, where will he go from here? Is it possible that he could sack two managers in […]
Match Report: Reading
Stunning result. Chelsea were leading 2-0 with only four minutes of regular time remaining, but two goals in the closing stages have secured the unlikeliest of draws. Full time, it’s Reading 2 Chelsea 2. A draw out of nothing for the Royals. Reading produced another Houdini escape act to stun Chelsea and snatch a point […]
Tactically analyzing Chelsea’s loan conundrum – Part 1
23 players. Yes , there are 23 players out on loan for Chelsea and yet we find ourselves complaining of having just about the thinnest squad in the English Premier League. Match congestion conflicting with poor results and lack of passion has formed a tendency to bond with disappointment and high fatigue levels. Nothing much […]
Match Preview: Chelsea vs Reading
Briefing : Chelsea will have a chance to close the gap on Manchester City to three points when they travel to Premier League strugglers Reading. Reading will be doing their utmost to upset the odds and climb out of the Premier League’s bottom three. Reading have lost the exact same number of games at home […]
New Chelsea academy prospect, Brooklyn Beckham!
David Beckham’s son Brooklyn Beckham have recently been at Cobham in surrey for a try-out of Chelsea academy. David Beckham is at the moment without a club after living the LA Galaxy following their MLS cup victory, for the 2nd consecutive year on December 1st 2012. And he was spotted taking a picture with one […]
Chelsea’s biggest problems
We can all agree that Chelsea are an up and down team this season. It’s been a season of greatness, failure and frustration all combined into one. The answer could be simple – Benitez, but some fans tend to forget we had similar problems with Di Matteo, but now it seems worse. Both had to […]
Something’s Mata? Call 9-Juan-Juan.
I don’t even know how to begin this article. In the positive or in the negative way? Because both are food for thought. Okay, let’s be positive for a minute – enough negatives in the last few months… Our romance with Juan Mata begun on 27 August 2011. Just a few days after we bought […]
5 Things We Learned from Chelsea v/s Brentford
We started our FA Cup defense in an away draw against Brentford at Griffin Park, requiring a replay between the two teams at Stamford Bridge. Although Brentford had the lead two times, Chelsea responded well with two marvelous equalizing goals from Oscar and Fernando Torres. This should have been an easy match for chelsea to […]