360 Player Report: Luka Modric
Jose Mourinho desperately wanted the Croatian Cruyff at Real Madrid a year ago and paid £33m for him, Sir Alex Ferguson and Kenny Dalglish both picked the play maker as their player of the season two years ago and the short number of performances he had this season have already impressed his new manager, Carlo […]
Why Jump on Mourinho’s back so soon?
After the Everton defeat a few ‘Chelsea’ fans have been saying that we where better under Benitez now I for one think that is a load of rubbish. Two different managers with different ways of their teams playing football. You cannot compare two managers especially after one of them has only been in charge for […]
Mata or Oscar? – The Talk of the Town
Has November arrived already? The blip at the start of the season wasn’t expected at such an early stage of the season, if expected at all. The defeat against Everton away at Goodison and then an embarrassing defeat vs Basel in the Champions League at the Bridge has surely ended any last honeymoon moments for […]
What We Learned: An embarrassing defeat in UCL opener vs FC Basel
We suffered our 2nd consecutive defeat after the International breaks as FC Basel came out as shock winners in the Champions League opener just days after the Blues lost 1-0 away at Everton. Manager Jose Mourinho made some high risk choices as he started Van Ginkel alongside Lampard in midfield and Willian started in his […]
Jose Mourinho confident about Chelsea’s recovery in UCL
After a disappointing start to Chelsea’s campaign for the UEFA Champions League last night, The Special One is confident about the 2012 UCL winners that they’ll make a comeback to the competition and make good progress. The Blues were defeated 1-2 by the Swiss side FC Basel . Chelsea once again had a one goal […]
Player Ratings: Chelsea FC 1-2 FC Basel
Chelsea FC Petr Cech: 5.5 Could have done better for the second goal. Barely tested apart from the goals. So the only highlight being 2 goals conceded. Branislav Ivanovic: 5.5 Had a decent game defensively but he was poor offensively. Like the game against Everton, his crosses were so wasteful, hardly found the targets. Gary […]