Posted on October 23rd, 2010 by Chelsea D
CHELSEA 2-0 WOLVES Well, we went into this one without too much to worry about – two points clear of City and none of our rivals playing today, so as long as we didn’t lose there didn’t feel as if there was any real pressure – and that’s pretty much how we played the game. [...]
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Posted on October 23rd, 2010 by Chelsea D
Posted on October 23rd, 2010 by Chelsea D
Venue: Stamford Bridge Date: Saturday, 23 October Kick-off: 1500 BST Right, we sorted the Champions League midweek so now it’s back to the bread and butter of the Premier League. You’d have to say irrespective of any previous, our last game against Villa was two points that went adrift given our blistering start to the [...]
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Posted on October 21st, 2010 by Chelsea D
Well, he might have somehow salvaged his marriage but as far as Wayne Rooney is concerned, the love affair with Manchester United is over and SAF assures us that today is the day the whole affair will be ‘put to bed’.
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Posted on October 21st, 2010 by Chelsea D
From the minute the whispers first came out that all was not well between Wayne Rooney and Manchester United, it was a forgone conclusion Chelsea would get dragged into the media circus somewhere along the line.
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Posted on October 20th, 2010 by Chelsea D
Riffing off one of the topics briefly touched on by TCB’s readers and myself from my first article, I’d like to examine the whole European football league title/cup/Champions League mishmash championship system, and contrast it with the somewhat more straightforward system of elimination playoff tournaments used by most American professional sports leagues.
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Posted on October 20th, 2010 by thomasrooney
Despite every football fan of clubs across England realising that Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich probably dreams at night of watching his side lift the Champions League trophy that has so far eluded them since the Russian pumped massive amounts of his own cash into the London club, it would appear that not every Chelsea player [...]
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Posted on October 20th, 2010 by ColinHill
Chelsea have had a fantastic start to the season and there is no doubt that they are very much the title favourites at the moment. They also have an impressive goal difference of 21 from the first 7 games. However with the news that Yossi Benayoun is set for a 6 month stint on the [...]
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Posted on October 19th, 2010 by Chelsea D
I remember last season when Kakuta, Borini and Matic all came on as second half subs against Wolves. It was a great day. Not only did we win the game but it showed that Ancelotti was keeping faith in the reserves and youngsters.
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Posted on October 19th, 2010 by Chelsea D
We’ve already got Didier Drogba (virus), Yossi Benayoun (Achilles), Alex (thigh) and Frank Lampard (groin) missing from the squad through injury and now, following a knock against Villa at the weekend, Ramires has joined them with an ankle injury. Ramires now sits out tonight’s game against Spartak and could be kept company by Essien and [...]
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