CHELSEA 2-0 MAN CITY Ok, I’m going to eat humble pie today, just the one slice but I’m prepared to sit up at the table with my napkin firmly in place and admit I wasn’t expecting that result yesterday.

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Less than a week ago, TheChelseaBlog questioned whether the real issue with England was the manager as opposed to who should captain the side and it seems his latest stunt has answered that question for us. Without so much as a chat to the previous captain, the England manager has permanently restored John Terry to [...]

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Venue: Stamford Bridge Date: Sunday, 20 March Kick-off: 1600 GMT At a certain point yesterday, it looked as if this weekend’s results had been kind to us again – until the predictable late winner from ten-man United against Bolton. Still, realistically we’re unlikely to catch them up anyway but a win today would see us [...]

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Yesterday, TheChelseaBlog looked at why our quarter-final draw provoked a bit of anxiety. United don’t seem quite as bothered but then, having come away with the trophy in our last Champions League meeting, that’s no real surprise. How will it pan out though? Well, I had a chat with Scott The Red from the Republik [...]

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So, the draw for the Champions League has thrown up Manchester United for the quarter-finals and if I’m honest, my immediate reaction to that was ‘fuck it’. Not because I’d rather we’d drawn Real Madrid or Barcelona obviously (I’d have preferred Schalke to be honest) but because I still have nightmares from the last time [...]

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Fabio Borini has joined Swansea on loan until the end of the season with an option to buy open for discussion.  But was this the right decision?

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Whatever we might think of Carlo Ancelotti’s ability to take Chelsea forward after this season and I know there’s still some debate about that, the one thing beyond doubt is how good he is on the PR front.

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I’m going to be brutally honest here – I don’t have an awful lot to say about last night’s game, so here’s some site’s that do: FourFourTwo thought we eased into the quarter finals GiveMeFootball weren’t impressed with a ‘dour draw’ Football365 tell us Ancelotti wasn’t bothered about the lack of goals TalkChelsea give us [...]

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I always find it strange when the press report on things Roman Abramovich is alleged to have said. I mean, he doesn’t come across as the most chatty bloke and it’s not as if we’ve ever seen direct quotes from him.

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