What We Learned: Stoke City
A great performance from Chelsea at the Britannia as we won 4-0 in a match that saw 2 own goals, 2 penalties and 3 points for Chelsea. Scorers : Stats : What We Learned : 1. Demba Ba has to start 2. Benitez isn’t fond of Oscar 3. John Terry’s return is a blessing 4. Torres […]
Match Preview: Chelsea v Stoke
Breifing : When Chelsea walk onto the pitch at the Britannia Stadium Saturday, two things will be on the back of the players’ as well as the manager Rafa Benitez’s mind – their last Premier League game when they lost 1-0 to Queens Park Rangers and their previous match when they were humbled by Swansea […]
Fernando Torres – from hero to zero.
They say home is where your heart is. But currently, Chelsea fans don’t feel that way. The Blues just got beat up in a second consecutive game at Stamford Bridge and they now have 1 home win in 6 games under Benitez. In 4 of these games, the team didn’t even score a goal. However, […]
Brittania: Roman’s baby or Fans’ Big Hope?
After watching the boys get harshly beaten last night (Yes, harshly! Two rare Brana errors and a wrongly disallowed Ba goal), I woke up with this question on my mind: Who will start at Stoke? Roman’s blonde baby or the fans’ current hope? Going by the eighty-one minutes put in by Fernando Torres last night, […]
Why Roman Abramovich should trust the ‘old guards’ at Chelsea!
Club Legend Didier Drogba left Stamford Bridge last season after he was told that he should either sign a one year extension to his expiring contract or leave. And after his heroic performances lead us to our first ever Champions League trophy last year, he departed for China’s Shanghai Shenhua. And the most talked about topic about […]
Chelsea FC 2012: England’s Least Entertaining Roller Coaster Ride?
I’ve always been a little curious of the common roller coaster analogy that people make when talking about what we will call “unpredictable form.” Most of the time, people bring up the “roller coaster of emotions” when they’ve hit a huge high followed by an immediate low. What’s curious about that? Roller coasters, in truth, […]
What We Learned: Swansea City
Another shock in the Capitol One Cup semi-finals – this one saw Chelsea dominate Swansea, but 2 incorrect decisions by the referee and 2 Ivanovic mistakes gift-wrapped Swansea a shocking victory over favorites Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. Scorers : What We Learned : Torres – anonymous up top. Chelsea’s struggles continue. Victor Moses and Mikel […]
AzontoEpistles Season 2: The King of Azonto Epistles is Back!
The 2nd season of the Azonto Epistles is finally back with a bang! Alot lot have passed under the Bridge since the break before the exit of Chelsea from the Champions League and the sack of our champions League winning manager Roberto Di Matteo. We look back at 2012 and despite our ups and […]
Match Preview: Chelsea v/s Swansea City
Briefing : Chelsea will be looking to take a sizeable advantage into the second leg at the Liberty Stadium, while the Swans would happily take a draw from the first leg at Stamford Bridge. This promises to be an exciting tie with plenty of attacking talent on show. Chelsea have had mixed fortunes under new manager […]
Analyzing Demba Ba’s debut goals
Chelsea cruise into the next round of the greatest cup competition in the world as defending champions, the FA Cup. A 5-1 thumping of Southampton was overshadowed by debutant Demba Ba grabbing two goals. Here’s his first goal in a Chelsea jersey. The buildup was smart and to the point. Hazard has the ball on […]