Ray Wilkins isn’t afraid to voice his opinion it seems. Last week he angered Blackburn manager Paul Ince by saying they would adopt ‘aggressive’ tactics, now it is Arsenal’s Carling Cup policy on the Chelsea number two’s mind.
Arsene Wenger, as we all know, likes to field a team of youngsters for the competition that is traditionally [...]

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Chelsea’s highly respected reserve team coach, Brendan Rodgers, is being linked with Aidy Boothroyd’s vacant post a Watford. Rodgers, who joined Chelsea from Reading, where he worked in the academy, was offered a job as Boothroyd’s assistant only last season, although decided to stay at Chelsea.
35 year old Rodgers was appointed by Jose Mourinho and [...]

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Didier Drogba should finally start a game tonight for the first time since recovering from his knee injury. However, with him still being short on fitness and Nicolas Anelka having found some form, Drogba shouldn’t expect to walk back into the side when it comes to our Premier League games.
Whilst the Ivorian’s name has [...]

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At long last it looks as if we might get to see most of our first team – whatever that is these days – playing together in the not too distant future. Because the latest news seems to be that most of our walking wounded aren’t too far away from a return.
Michael Ballack, Ashley Cole, [...]

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CHELSEA vs BURNLEY
Chelsea welcome Burnley to Stamford Bridge tonight for the fourth round of the Carling Cup and there seems to be some debate around the side he’ll field.
Whilst Scolari has made no secret of the fact he plans to give each competition equal respect in his first season at Chelsea, and some reports [...]

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