Demba Ba urges that he is the only one to blame for his own failure
Demba Ba was looked upon as a welcome addition last January after being on red hot form with Newcastle United. The move was seen as an attempt to replace Fernando Torres from the starting line up, but what happened was that he failed to live up to his form at Newcastle. He didn’t offer much […]
Take away from Jose’s press conference ahead UCL game!
Before Chelsea’s Champions League group stage opener game against FC Basel, Blues’ manager Jose Mourinho spoke to the media in the press room once again delivering a quote that will stand in memory of fans for many weeks to come. After the famous interview before his last official game for Chelsea before his departure in […]
Match Preview: Chelsea FC vs FC Basel
Chelsea start the 2013/14 Champions League campaign by playing the Swiss league champions FC Basel the team we played against in the Europa League semi-final last season. Even though we managed to beat them on both legs, they managed to cause us lots of danger especially when they scored right before the end of 1st […]
David Luiz. A Defensive Liability?
The famous Sky Sports pundit Jamie Redknapp has labelled David Luiz as a “defensive liability” due to a somewhat moderate performance in the match against Everton. Here we will try to analyse this statement about arguably the fans most favorite player in the current Chelsea squad. When he joined Chelsea from Benfica in 2011 for […]
Analyzing Everton’s goal and highlighting Mikel’s performance
First off, Cech threw the ball towards Eto’o to start off a counter-attack. However it was quite a poor throw, and Everton were able to capitalize and recover despite Ramires trying to get the ball back. The three players encircled had a direct effect on the goal Chelsea conceded right before half time. With 3 […]
Azonto Epistle 21: An Unlucky Weekend At Goodison Park
Not many can blame Jose for his lineup against Everton. In fact, it was the strongest possible lineup you can get on the face of the team sheet. Hazard and Schurrle on the wings to give us width and stop the threat of Baines and Coleman joining their attack. Mata in the middle to orchestrate […]
Chelsea FC 2009 vs Chelsea FC 2013
So now that the transfer window is closed I can very well make this comparison as to how our current squad matches upto a Chelsea squad of the past that was considered to be a ‘complete’ squad. I wouldn’t want to run far into history as then the constraints change. I don’t want to include […]
4 players on the brink for a World Cup 2014 spot
There are 9 months left until the biggest event each four years in football begin: The FIFA World Cup. The tournament from June to July will be held in Brazil and 32 teams will participate. Every team can call up a squad of 23-players, so the fight for a place in the national team has […]
Player Ratings: Everton 1-0 Chelsea
Everton Tim Howard: 6.5 Made a horrible mistake that almost led to a goal but it didn’t, thanks to Gareth Barry’s brilliant block. Saved a few shots and kept his calm throughout the game. Sylvain Distin: 6.5 Had a good game like the other Everton defenders. Kept Chelsea attackers away from getting a good ball […]
Some Negtives and Positives: Chelsea 0-1 Everton
The much anticipated return of Juan Mata and the starting lineup we had , we looked too promising to not to lose the match. The lineup was a good mixture of youth and experience. With the normal formation of 4-2-3-1 and the attack being led by the latest addition to the squad, Samuel Eto’o ; […]