Posted on November 1st, 2008 by Chelsea D
Our previous unbeaten home record is something that had obviously been much talked about and despite the 86 games over a four year period unbeaten being a phenomenal achievement, the question was often asked as to whether it had actually become more of a hindrance than a help.
You see, for quite some time it [...]
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Posted on November 1st, 2008 by Chelsea D
According to the papers yesterday, Luiz Felipe Scolari is blaming Chelsea’s slightly poorer home form on our failure to sign Robinho.
Fair enough, I mean, I definitely remember questioning the effect missing out on a player like Robinho would have on our ability to play Scolari’s style of football. We had after all spent months [...]
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Posted on November 1st, 2008 by Chelsea D
Didier Drogba is set to return to the Chelsea squad again this season, in today’s game against Sunderland – albeit on the bench.
The Ivorian who’s played just three league games for Chelsea so far, having missed the start of the season through injury, has been out for the past month following a knee injury sustained [...]
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Posted on November 1st, 2008 by Chelsea D
So, after a week of speculation surrounding Michael Ballack’s role as Germany captain, yesterday finally saw the conclusion of the German’s bickering in the press.
Following his public criticism of Joachim Low and the equally public apology a few days later, Michael Ballack got himself over to Frankfurt to sort it out in person. The whole [...]
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Posted on November 1st, 2008 by Chelsea D
Chelsea kick off their first home game without an unbeaten run behind them for the first time in over four years against Sunderland, so I guess it’s a bonus we haven’t lost consecutive home games in the league for six and a half years. Sunderland, on the other hand, haven’t won at Stamford Bridge for [...]
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