Bah. So Sunday’s thrashing at the feet of Sunderland at the Bridge should be a wakeup call to all of Chelsea nation. But let’s not overreact, it was one match, and true champions usually bounce back after a poor performance, which I expect us to do against Birmingham on Saturday. But still…

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Ok, we had to expect a post-mortem, so here’s a round-up for anyone who still has the stomach for it: The Evening Standard reckon we’re on the ropes Footy latest bringing us Carlo’s admission that all is not well The Telegraph look at the warning signs The Daily Mail tell us it’s not about Wilkins [...]

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What is it with our players and injuries eh? I know every team succumbs to injuries but it seems that we can’t just have the straight forward hamstring or the run-of-the-mill knock, our players get injured and they disappear off the face of the earth for months on end.

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Venue: Stamford Bridge Date: Sunday, 14 November Kick-off: 1600 GMT It’s a home game against Sunderland for us in this afternoon’s late game and with a couple of our rivals dropping points yesterday, we really could do with capitalising on that. Whatever we do, we’ll be doing it without the familiar face of Ray Wilkins [...]

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Ahead of tomorrow’s game, The Chelsea Blog has had a chat with Salut! Sunderland and was asked to give an opinion on everything from money and expectations to the apparent decline of the anti-Chelsea brigade:

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So assistant coach Ray Wilkins was given his walking papers (or rather he walked away) from the Bridge with immediate effect, and Chelsea nation is left wondering what the hell happened.

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Well, it was a win and another 3 points at home whilst United and City took a point each from the derby so if you ignore the fact it was a pretty dull derby for us, you’d assume we should go home happy – and we probably would have if Essien’s straight red in the [...]

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Bill Parcells. Larry Brown. And Sir Alex. What do all these men have in common? They are all highly revered as some of the greatest teachers in their respective sports. All three are masterminds in the locker room and on the playing field, and they manage their teams with a strong sense of discipline and [...]

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With the much anticipated return of Lampard just around the corner, we can look forward to the attacking spirit in central midfield that has been rather missed since his injury struck, earlier in the season.

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