Didier Drogba’s performance at Old Trafford last season was nothing short of shameful. In fact, the Ivorian’s contribution was such a joke, he was even laughing at it himself. I remember thinking at the time, if it wasn’t blatantly obvious there was already a sniper in the crowd, I’d shoot the bugger myself. Still, according [...]
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Venue: Stamford Bridge Date: Sunday, 8 November 2009 Kick-off: 1600 GMT It’s Manchester United’s turn to try to put a hole in our 100% home record under Carlo Ancelotti today. A win for United would see them nick top spot off us whilst a draw would be enough for us given our superior goal [...]
‘Welcome to Stamford Bridge Samsung Stadium’. Doesn’t really have the same ring to it does it? How about ‘Stamford Bridge Adidas Arena’? See where I’m going with this? Our new Chief Executive, who seemingly isn’t all that different to his predecessor, informs us the club are considering selling naming rights to Stamford Bridge – whilst [...]
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TheChelseaBlog talks to the Republik of Mancunia blogger Scott The Red ahead of Sunday’s game: STR: The question has been raised a few times in the media – who would you prefer out of Drogba, Rooney and Torres? Why? TCB: The first thought that came into my head was Drogba. [...]
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Obviously TheChelseaBlog’s Aguero exclusive is top of this list but here’s a pick of the other stories today: After this week’s games, Soccerlens has a look at the final 16 of the Champions League Vital Chelsea brings us some bad news ahead of our game against United. Goal.com looks at the impact Ryan Giggs [...]
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Chelsea target Sergio Aguero has refused to play down his interest in a big money move to Stamford Bridge. Atletico Madrid claim they rejected a £42m bid for the Argentina international last summer but in the wake of Abel Resino’s sacking and a disastrous start to the season the Primera Liga outfit have opened the [...]
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ATLETICO MADRID 2-2 CHELSEA Carlo Ancelotti made six changes to the side that beat Bolton at the weekend, with Joe Cole getting a start alongside Alex, Belletti, Kalou, Malouda and Ashley Cole who returned from his spell out injured. Didier Drogba made his first Champions League start of the campaign having served his suspension and [...]
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Champions League Group D Venue: Vicente Calderon Stadium Date: Tuesday, 3 Nov 2009 Kick-off: 1945 GMT Tonight sees us take on Atletico Madrid with new manager Quique Sanchez Flores in situ. Bottom of group D and languishing around the relegation zone in La Liga, it’s no surprise they’ve lost their manager since we beat [...]
It was no secret that the Chelsea players wanted Guus Hiddink to stay on as manager at the end of last season. He built a fantastic relationship with the squad and had it not been for the fact that he had a World Cup qualifying campaign to contend with as Russia manager, he would probably [...]
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It’s hard to tell how pleased Carlo Ancelotti is with our results half the time – he’s pretty emotionless at times really. But anyway, he seems to be suggesting he’s happy enough with yesterday’s game, particularly after our recent defeats away from home. Following our second 4-0 win over Bolton in a week, the Chelsea [...]
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