It’s nearly six year since Jose Mourinho left Stamford Bridge. Six years during which we’ve had a succession of manager’s who haven’t quite lived up to either supporters’ or Roman’s ideals.  Hardly surprising given there’s never been a plan B – a fact that was highlighted with the initial appointment of Avram Grant and even more recently, so crudely underlined by bringing the interim in.
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Chelsea travel to Old Trafford to take on arch rivals Manchester United and are a top priced 3.5 with bet365 and William Hill to beat the the champions and keep their hopes alive of finishing Premier League runners-up.

Since Roman Abramovich has taken over the Stamford Bridge, the Manchester United v Chelsea rivalry has gone to a whole another level – in terms of both performance and transfer targets.

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Venue: Stamford Bridge

Date: Sunday, 28 April

Kick-off: 15.00 GMT

If there was a game we could pick for the run-in ahead of United away, Spurs at home, Villa away and finally Everton at home, would we have gone for Swansea?

I mean, we’ve played them three times already this season – and not once have we come out on top.  We managed to lose over two legs in the Capital One Cup and drew 1-1 away in the league – although to be fair, we probably struggled to hold it together after ballboy-gate. Read more »

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Right, it’s Swansea at home this afternoon. We haven’t managed to beat them in 3 attempts so far this season, so what do the brilliant KickOff.co.uk think will happen this time? Well you won’t know unless you click here and find out, will you?

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Oh come on, you knew I wouldn’t be able to let this whole ‘Suarez’ thing pass me by without having my say on it surely?

To be honest though, as far as I was concerned (once I’d picked my jaw up off the floor) Suarez bit Ivanovic, got his ten game ban and that was pretty much that. A pretty ugly and totally bizarre incident and fortunately not one we see routinely in the game, but it was dealt with in a timely way with a punishment that reflected the gravity of the misdemeanour.

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Chelsea’s recent record against Swansea is not good, but they are long odds-on at a top priced 1.36 with Ladbrokes and William Hill to beat them at Stamford Bridge.

The Blues have won none of their last four matches against the Swans in all competitions (D3 L1) but do come into the game in far better form than their opponents who have won only one of their six games since winning the Capital One Cup.

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Venue: St-Jakob Park

Date: Thursday 25 April

Kick-off: 20:05 BST

In stark contrast to the dizzy heights of the semi final we were in last season, this time it’s not Barcelona in the Champions League, but Basel in the Europa League – what is the same though, is that again, we’re the last Premier League side standing in Europe, so something’s consistent about us at least! Read more »

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Where would you even start with the game yesterday? And more to the point, does it even matter when the game ended up a bit of an aside? Well, of course it does because whatever happened during the game – and it definitely wasn’t without incident – the two points could ultimately cost us as we get ever closer to the end of the season. Read more »

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Venue: Anfield

Date: Sunday, 21 April

Kick-off: 16.00 GMT

Here we go then, the interim’s only chance this season to feel the love, with a trip to his beloved Anfield.

When the interim was standing in the opposite dugout, it felt as if we played them week in week out although strangely enough, their record against us more recently (in his absence) seems a bit more favourable with them unbeaten in our last 5 meetings in the Premier League. Probably a record the interim Rodgers would like to see continue. Read more »

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Another Sunday afternoon, another late weekend game for us, and today it’s a trip to down memory lane for the interim as he returns to his beloved Anfield – this time in the opposing dugout.

We probably all have a fair idea of how it’ll pan out as far as the backing singers go but for the game itself, let’s leave the predictions to the very capable Kickoff.co.uk. Have a look here at what they think

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