Whilst our players are out there against Juventus tonight there’ll be another one of our players wishing he could be out there doing his bit.
Joe Cole who’s been out since he suffered a cruciate ligament injury in January had been praying for the sort of miracle that would see him make a return to the [...]

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I don’t know about anyone else but I don’t find Mourinho’s interviews in the press anywhere near as tolerable as I did when I regarded him as ‘special’.  I mean, even when he was our manager there were times when he had me cringing and wondering how the hell we were meant to defend his [...]

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Up until Hiddink took over the vacant manager’s post at Chelsea, Didier Drogba had managed just three goals all season and yet he’s now scored the same amount again in his last four games.
So what or who is responsible for this turnaround? Is it just because he’s actually playing regularly now – something he [...]

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First knock-out round, second leg
Venue: Stadio Olimpico di Torino
Date: Tuesday, 10 March
Kick-off: 1945 GMT
 
Tonight sees Claudio Ranieri up against his former club for the second time this season as we travel to Turin for the second leg of our Champions League game in the first knock-out round.  Tonight’s game also marks Guus Hiddink’s [...]

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If it wasn’t for bad luck, Ben Sahar wouldn’t have any luck at all it seems.
The Chelsea striker hasn’t been able to get himself into our senior squad and has spent most of his Chelsea career out on loan.  In January, he voiced his displeasure at one of these loan spells when not given [...]

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