Top 5 Academy prospects at Chelsea Football Club
Scott Sinclair, Gokhan Tore, Fabio Borini and Miroslav Stoch. What do all these players have in common, other than the fact that they have turned into a decent footballing stars? They were all part of the Chelsea Academy, once upon a time. Buying our way out has been a policy since the Russian oligarch took over, but when Ruud […]
What We Learned: Southampton
Chelsea started their defense of the FA Cup against Southampton at the Saint Mary’s stadium. A tough start for Chelsea was turned around with 5 unanswered goals including a debut double for new signing Demba Ba who started only days after signing for the European Champions. Scorers : What We Learned : Demba Ba is […]
Match Report: Southampton 1-5 Chelsea
Chelsea’s FA Cup defence got off to a brilliant start with a 1-5 thrashing of Southampton. A Demba Ba double and goals each from Victor Moses, Branislav Ivanovic and Frank Lampard were enough to overturn Jay Rodriguez’s goal. First half Both teams started the game slowly, Chelsea slower than Southampton. However, the Saints definitely looked […]
Match Preview : Southampton v Chelsea
Briefing : Defending FA Cup champions Chelsea head to England’s south coast on Saturday to face Southampton in third-round action of the FA Cup as one of the most anticipated weekends of the English football calendar year kicks off. The Saints (4-6-10) are just above the relegation zone in 17th place in the English Premier […]
Match Report: Chelsea 0 QPR 1
2013 got off to a bad start for Chelsea as they lost 1-0 to QPR after possibly their worst performance of the season. First Half: The worst Chelsea performance of the season happened in the first half of this London derby. The main talking point of the half occurred just 3 minutes in with Marko Marin […]
The Premier League gameweek round-up.
Here’s the roundup of what went around in the Premier League in the last week of 2012. Midweek (Boxing day) games : The busy boxing day arrived after the festivities of Christmas. There were a total of 9 Premier League fixtures on the 26th of December. Javier Hernandez scored a late winner against Newcastle […]
Month-In-Preview: January
January Preview : A Very Important Month. January will be a month where all the games will be winnable. There will also be the excitement of the January transfer window. If we win all these games (and ideally, with the Manchester clubs dropping points) , while bringing in fresh players too, it will be a […]