19^th May – it still feels like yesterday and I still can’t quite believe it – or at least until I watch videos like this one. This may well be my favourite video  for the rest of my life, it captures the feeling perfectly – and I probably cried as many tears watching this as I did on the night.  Beautiful

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Torres himself came out shortly after the Champions League final to voice his discontent at his last 18 months at Chelsea, stating how he wanted assurances over his place in the squad. A few days later it was announced Drogba would leave and it looks like Chelsea (Abramovich) is putting everything behind Torres. Chelsea are a side tailored specifically to suit the style of play of Didier Drogba, robust, energetic, powerful and in your face, not the subtle runs in behind of Fernando Torres. Chelsea will need to instigate a playing style revolution to accommodate their record signing and it appears that may be under way. Read more »

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It has been widely reported that the current Chelsea squad is in need of a shake-up, several of the clubs key players have aged somewhat. It is a squad that is increasingly looking imbalanced with argubly no natural width which has led RDM to play Ramires out wide right. With this inbalance in mind there is a lot of work for Chelsea to do in the transfer window, despite signing Hazard and Marin. Read more »

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Whilst everyone else seems to be working themselves into some sort of erotic group frenzy over the thought of Eden Hazard maybe, potentially, undeniably, possibly signing for Chelsea/City/United (delete as appropriate), if I’m honest, I’m more concerned about the ongoing manager(less) situation at Stamford Bridge.
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A week on from our Champions League final win and there’s two things that stand out for me. First and foremost what stands out is the incredible joy and pride I still feel every single day when I remember we’re the Champions of Europe and it’s beginning to dawn on me that, that feeling is one I’ll get used to – because it’s not going away anytime soon. Sadly, what’s also been all too evident every single day since, is that any oppositional bitterness around our achievements last Saturday night have been channelled into the nation’s witchhunt against our captain. Read more »

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It started off quite hopeful, with a new man in the job

Alongside Villas-Boas, Juan Mata and Sideshow Bob

We banged a few in, looked ok, you’d forgive us for all hoping –

That even with a few old ‘uns, the Chelsea squad was coping

We’d even hoped that Torres was, or at least until United

With a miss that had the red shite, all sort of ‘dick-in’hand’ excited

Then controversy, of course, what else? Unhappy players leaving

And with his spell spent on the bench, we had Frank Lampard seething

Next onto the whole John Terry ‘thing’ and You Tube’s finest hour

With Anton and a hapless ref, turning everything all sour

The Old Guard were not happy, and they werent the only ones

But AVB just stood his ground and stuck right to his guns

So yet again mid-season, another boss had got the sack

And it was left to Di Matteo, to get us back on track

He did that in emphatic style, first Napoli, then Benfica

And when Torres scored v Barca, you couldn’t help but think ‘Eureka’

Of course, we messed up in the league but it was nice to leave Spurs waiting

Whilst we sorted out the FA Cup and a bit of dipper baiting

Then it was on to Bayern Munich, with the trophy in our sight

The big-eared one we wanted, but would it really be our night?

We went one-down right near the end but Drogba had that sorted

And lady luck must’ve cast her eye over the pen Robben aborted

A shoot-out then decided it, but who won wasn’t incidental

Because Chelsea, were Champions of Europe – and of course we all went mental

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After the excitement of our Champions League win last weekend, you’d assume things might quieten down a bit at Chelsea this week, not so though. We’ve been hearing that in spite of not having a permanent manager in post yet, the wheels continue to turn. So here’s a look at some of top stories: Read more »

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So, Chelsea have confirmed Didier Drogba will be leaving us when his contract runs out next month. Not unexpected given the story had already been broken in the French press this week but I guess official confirmation made it more real. Read more »

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Now that the dust has settled on the Champions League win – as much as it can do after such a fantastic evening – much discussion is centred around the future of Didier Drogba.

I will say it now – my opinion is that he’s right to leave. What better stage to move on? He scored the equaliser and then the winning penalty in the Champions League final. Surely the perfect time to call it a day after eight years service? Read more »

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