Plans for the Next Season
The season 2012-13 will always be counted as a hit and miss season for Chelsea, unless ofcourse we manage to do the double by lifting the FA Cup as well as the Europa cup, along with a top 4 finish, and it is very well possible too. However, we need to look at the season […]
Petr Cech – The best goalkeeper in the world. [Appreciation article]
Petr Cech – The best goalkeeper in the world. There are many things we can say about Petr Cech but the first world in my mind when it comes to football is ‘safety’. Yes, indeed, our beloved keeper, our great wall in front of the goal is someone who not many teams can brag about […]
What We Learned: Rubin Kazan
Chelsea might have just wrapped up the quarter-finals with a resounding 3-1 victory over Russian side, Rubin Kazan. Torres opened the scorecard for Chelsea, with Victor Moses adding the second. Kazan were awarded a soft penalty which was successfully taken by Natkho. Torres then clinched his second goal by heading home. Scorers : Stats : What We […]
Life’s a Bench: Frank Lampard and John Terry
So post-Roman, we’ve seen a lot of changes, team-wise. A lot of ins, a lot of outs. It’s now coming to that stage where our experienced players are starting to look lesser and lesser the players they were when they hit their peak. There’s no hiding from it. You could group me along with the […]
Friday Quiz 5 April: Manager Trivia
In 10 years Chelsea has been through 10 managers, but how well do you know these men? Which Chelsea manager does each of the following trivia questions belong to? Who scored 35 goals during his career as a footballer, before making the transition to management? Which former Chelsea manager was born in Israel? Who has […]
On, Chelsea 3-1 Rubin Kazan
So, why aren’t Ba and Torres playing together? Yes, yes I know Ba’s in eligible but Fernando Torres’ display alone shows what a class player he could consistently be in a 4-4-2 or 4-1-3-2 formation. The first 10 minutes were pretty dodgy without either team completely dominating. Pretty soon after the 10 minute mark, the […]
Match Report: Chelsea 3 – 1 Rubin Kazan
Chelsea produced an efficient display to comfortably beat Rubin Kazan 3-1 in their Europa League quarter-final first leg game at Stamford Bridge on Thursday evening, courtesy of two goals from Fernando Torres. The hosts took the lead early on after Fernando Torres poked home from inside the area after collecting a superb pass from David […]