Manchester United defender Gary Neville is making it quite clear he has no sympathy for us whatsoever when it comes to the effect ACON has on us next month. Hardly groundbreaking news really. I mean, why would any of our rivals give a shit less that we’ll lose two of our best players for a [...]

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Oh dear, John Terry doesn’t seem to be flavour of the month with the press does he? Then again, you’d have thought the Chelsea captain would be keeping his head down for a while after the revelation of his dad’s sideline in Bolivian marching powder and his mum’s affliction with kleptomania.  But alas no, John [...]

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Yet again we failed to take our opportunities in the first half and ended up scrapping for a point.….sound familiar? Wasteful. We started well enough, with a Lampard shot (yes, he obviously had a compass in his pocket yesterday) stinging the keepers hands just over five minutes in. But it was clear West Ham had [...]

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Well, well, the money men aspired to be ‘the new Chelsea’ when they arrived at Manchester City and to a certain extent, it looks as if they could go one better. No, I haven’t been struck down with early onset dementia, I’m not imagining them climbing anywhere near the top four, but certainly in terms [...]

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Gianfranco Zola has pointed to our vulnerability at defending set-pieces as a way for his West Ham side to get a result against us today and he certainly won’t be the only manager to do so, with the world and his wife all too aware of our defensive frailties this season. Gone are the days [...]

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Venue: Upton Park Date: Sunday, 20 December 2009 Kick-off: 1600 GMT   Thirteen years after Carlo Ancelotti sold Gianfranco Zola to Chelsea, they come face to face as managers with our trip to Upton Park this afternoon. Zola’s West Ham come into this game with some pretty poor results behind them, having lost their last [...]

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Many Chelsea fans will be looking forward to the climax of the current season. It may be a few months away yet, but the way things are going they could have plenty to celebrate. Carlo Ancelotti’s men are three points clear at the top of the Premier League, looking strong in the Champions League and [...]

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Well, well, Chelsea have drawn Jose Mourinho’s Inter Milan in the first knockout round of the Champions League. Should we be surprised? Course not, these are money-spinning opportunities after all. So, no-one would be surprised to see Manchester United meet AC Milan and David Beckham either really – almost script perfect you could say!   [...]

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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I love Joe Cole. Whilst there’s plenty out there who’ll point to your John Terry’s or your Frank Lampard’s when it comes to their favourite Chelsea players – not for me. For me, Joe Cole epitomises what I want from a player at Chelsea.  Over the [...]

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Right, I’ll keep this brief because to be honest I’m losing the will to live lately. For Ian Wright’s benefit I’ll say ‘deary me fellows, what seems to be occurring on the pitch doesn’t appear sufficient to win us chaps a trophy but we love you anyway’. For everyone else however, I’ll say ‘fuck me, [...]

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