Yet to play 90 minutes this season, is there a case for bringing Ramires in from the cold? When the..
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“A little horse that needs milk and to make a jump.” That “little horse” acquired its dairy liquid in the..
A little preamble So, you’re sat at home, satisfied that as The Dear Leader of the blog and Generalissimo of..
Team Selection Rafa had a couple of selection problems for this match. First whether to play Cech. Fortunately the medical..
The match reports The Observer, Dominic Fifield: “A third successive win maintained the European champions’ pristine opening, with this their..
The build-up ChelseaAnalysis: Chelsea line-up vs. Newcastle: Cech – Bosingwa, Ivanovic, Terry, Bertrand – Mikel, Meireles – Ramires, Malouda, Sturridge..
The build up Aristotle famously defined tragedy as a story in which heroes, who might be expected to end up..
Newspaper reports The Guardian, Dominic Fifield: “If this was to be the final home match of Carlo Ancelotti’s brief tenure..
NHL Rule 46 – Fighting: 46.1 Fighting – A fight shall be deemed to have occurred when at least one..
Premier League: Newcastle United 1-1 Chelsea
Newspaper reports The Guardian, Jamie Jackson: “Newcastle arrived in west London with a team showing 10 changes from the one..
Match reports The Observer, Paul Wilson: “What a surprise this was. Not that Alan Shearer failed to have an instant..
Match reports The Observer, Jamie Jackson: "On an afternoon when fellow leaders Liverpool also drew, here was a large and..
Match reports The Guardian, Kevin McCarra: “Chelsea yet again paced themselves beautifully to stay in step with Manchester United. The..
Match reports The Observer, Stuart Barnes: “After the Boxing Day goalfest against Aston Villa, Avram Grant’s side had lived on..
Did the earth move? Was the season lit with fireworks? Did Andriy Shevchenko seduce you with silky skills? Did Didier..
Match reports The Times, George Caulkin: “United and Chelsea had cause to berate the “cursed North” over the course of..
Match reports Daily Telegraph, Tim Rich: “Newcastle’s search for a trophy has come to grief at Chelsea’s hands with what..
Jose Mourinho will rest several players but has told Newcastle not to expect an early Christmas present. Mourinho said: “I’m..
First half bad, second half good – this might well be the chanted mantra of the average Chelsea supporting alpha..
One of my Arsenal supporting friends recently claimed Chelsea were “spoiling football”. It set me thinking and the conclusions are..
For a while, Chelsea seemed to be out of favour with Fox Sports so that for some weeks they hardly..
Update: I wasn’t at the game, and other commitments meant that I couldn’t even listen to any radio commentary, therefore..
Chelsea face a trip to St. James’ Park to play Newcastle United in the quarter-finals of this season’s League Cup...