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It’s not been a good couple of weeks for Chelsea fans. Their side lost to Liverpool in a game that many thought the Blues would win with ease, they’ve had Michael Essien sent off, and have suffered one of the most shocking defeats in recent Premier League memory after being comprehensively beaten at home by [...]

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Venue: Stamford Bridge Date: Tuesday 23 November Kick-off: 1945 GMT After some disappointing results in the Premier League, tonight’s Champions League game at home to Zilina not only offers us the opportunity to play with a little less pressure, it also gives us a look at what our younger players have to offer. With us [...]

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So, another weekend and another defeat. Not ideal but at least we put on a better show in terms of effort and commitment than we did against Sunderland. In fact, if it wasn’t for Foster, we’d have had a bagful. Still, that didn’t happen so here we go again with the post-mortem: The Telegraph suggest [...]

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Who has been our most effective player this season? Who has been creating the most goal scoring opportunities? Whose keen eye for passing has been helping us through? Some stats you could predict with ease, others you may be more surprised about…

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Venue: St Andrew’s Date: Saturday, 20 November Kick-off: 1500 GMT Right, after last week’s embarrassment against Sunderland it’s time to pick ourselves up and get a bit of pride back in this afternoon’s game away to Birmingham. They won’t be afraid of us, we’ve lost that ‘fear factor’ as well as several key players, so [...]

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They say no news is good news but seeing as there seems to be plenty being said about our current injuries, we haven’t got much to cheer about on that score. So here’s the latest: VitalChelsea bring us more woe on the Didier Drogba front The Daily Mail tell us JT has been looking for [...]

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Michael Emenalo has been named as Ray Wilkins replacement as assistant coach, but who is he? – He was born in Nigeria in 1965. – He has a degree in international relations with political sciences from Boston University, where he spent three years playing football. – Played as a defender for several clubs including Notts [...]

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After losing two of our last three in the league, Alex McCleish has popped up claiming he hopes to dump more misery on Chelsea. The last time Birmingham beat Chelsea on their ground was when both clubs were in Division 2 back in 1980. They dished out a 5-1 thrashing but since then have struggled [...]

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Despite club and country agreeing that Alex required surgery on his right knee, our defender warmed up in Doha tonight and named on the bench for Brazil’s game against Argentina. Before the game, a club statement claimed that: “further to the Chelsea medical team’s diagnosis, the Brazilian national team doctors agree that further investigation via [...]

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