The FA Cup fifth round draw sees a reunion with our former reserve team coach Brendan Rodgers, as we take on Watford at Vicarage Road. The ties are to be played over the weekend of the 14/15th Feb.
 
DRAW IN FULL
Sheff Utd v Hull
Watford v CHELSEA
West Ham v Middlesbrough
Sunderland or Blackburn v Coventry
Derby or Nottm Forest v [...]

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He’s agreed a deal; we’re not selling him; he’s in talks…… Sounds like the latest adventures in the Didier Drogba saga maybe, and yet it’s not.
This time, the daily speculation is around Carlo Cudicini, with stories initially suggesting he’d already signed for Spurs counteracted by Luiz Felipe Scolari allegedly stating the exact opposite.
However, despite [...]

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The news on Michael Essien has always been the subject of change since his cruciate knee ligament injury last September. Early estimates had him coming back as early as January, although more conservative guesses suggested he’d be back around March, whilst last month, we were getting our hopes up for a return to action next [...]

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CHELSEA 3-1 IPSWICH
I didn’t get to see this one yesterday, courtesy of work, so I haven’t got much to go on except what I’ve read and a few highlights.
So briefly then, looks like we had a nervy start, again missing early chances and despite taking the lead through Michael Ballack on 16 minutes, yet again [...]

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