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Welcome to Liam Rosenior’s third match in charge, his first (ever) in the Premier League. Can we get him that inaugural win? Brentford certainly won’t make it easy, and they’re in excellent form. The good news is that Cole Palmer and Reece James were both passed fit and they both start, as does Alejandro Garnacho […]
6 days ago | 3 reads
Match blackouts are unfortunately not unprecedented with Chelsea Women. It’s still a weird happenstance given how in modern football you can easily find ways to watch live quasi-professional matches in leagues and countries severely under the radar of the average sports watcher. To our luck Chelsea have always been on top of the game when […]
7 days ago | 0 reads
Here we are for a third consecutive year, facing Crystal Palace in a Women’s FA Cup match. Is it about to become a tradition? As long as it means Chelsea Women taking them out of the running, as we did the last two times we met in the competition, we’d be fine with that. Chelsea […]
7 days ago | 2 reads
Gone Leaving Hmm
7 days ago | 1 read
For Liam Rosenior’s third match in charge, we take on fellow West London outfit Brentford, who are actually the best team in West London at the moment. They come into the weekend sitting a lofty fifth in the table — they’ve never finished higher than ninth in the top tier in their history — having […]
7 days ago | 1 read
Chelsea were a bit understrength against Arsenal midweek, and unfortunately the situation may not have improved too much as we welcome the best team in West London to West London’s finest setting. Cole Palmer, Reece James, and Malo Gusto all missed the League Cup semifinal because of fitness concerns, while Liam Delap and Jamie Gittens […]
7 days ago | 2 reads
It’s the third consecutive season Chelsea Women face Crystal Palace in the Women’s FA Cup. The difference this time is we’re facing them in our first match of the competition. Lose this and you’re out. Simple as. Meaning even though we’re facing a team that just got relegated from the Women’s Super League, we don’t […]
7 days ago | 1 read
Hmm Involved Rejected
8 days ago | 2 reads
1. ALEJANDRO GARNACHO (8.3, sub) Garnacho’s best performances seem to be off the bench, which isn’t a bad thing. But it would be cool if he could make similar impact when starting. But hey, better than nothing at all, and his brace gives us a bit of hope of pulling off an upset in the […]
8 days ago | 3 reads
Chelsea are apparently ready to do something for Liam Rosenior that we weren’t willing to do for his predecessor, and try to sign a new defender before the end of the January transfer window! The club refused to acquiesce to Enzo Maresca’s demand for a new signing at the position in the summer, and evidently […]
8 days ago | 1 read
Facundo Buonanotte’s time at Chelsea is over after six months, eight appearances, one goal, and many questions about why he was even here. The 21-year-old attacking midfielder arrived on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion in the closing stages of the summer transfer window, evidently surplus to requirements there and, as it unsurprisingly turned out, […]
8 days ago | 0 reads
Most Hmm Soon
9 days ago | 1 read
In many respects, Chelsea should’ve lost last night’s game by more than just one goal. The gulf in class, for a lack of a better term, between a team that’s averaged less than a point in our last nine league games, and a team threatening to run away with the Premier League title, was often […]
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Chelsea started the game well enough, but Arsenal struck first, and quickly, scoring from a corner with barely five minutes on the clock. Arsenal scoring from a set piece? Inconceivable. That said, the goal had as much to do with weak defending on our part than anything special from the Gunners: Robert Sanchez flapped horribly, […]
9 days ago | 1 read
Welcome to the first leg of the Carabao Cup semifinal! The Liam Rosenior era got off to a good start midweek; now can we start league-leading Arsenal’s inevitable annual collapse? The new head coach’s favorite word has been “intensity”, so let’s have at ‘em! Looks like Liam Delap has been a late scratch (Shim Mheuka’s […]
9 days ago | 0 reads
It’s fair to say that neither Liam Delap nor young Estêvão Willian have been first-choice players this season, in part due to injuries, but Delap seems to be finding his feet finally and we all want to see Estêvão play more, so it’s perhaps not surprising that the WAGNH Community have chosen both of them […]
9 days ago | 1 read
Negotiations Difference Hmm
10 days ago | 2 reads
Liam Rosenior became the first new Chelsea head coach in a decade, since Antonio Conte, to win his first competitive match in charge, as we beat second division Charlton Athletic, 5-1 in the FA Cup last weekendTos. A remarkable statistic, that, strength of opposition aside, accomplishing something that Maurizio Sarri, Frank Lampard, Thomas Tuchel, Graham […]
10 days ago | 2 reads
In his pre-match press conference, Liam Rosenior was not able to categorically confirm or deny whether Cole Palmer, Reece James, or Malo Gusto would be fit for this game, but considering that they only missed the weekend’s FA Cup match because of precautionary, load-management concerns, it’s probably safe to assume that they will be available […]
11 days ago | 1 read
Liam Rosenior has made it pretty clear that he intends to be not just a(nother) head coach at Chelsea, but a winning head coach at Chelsea, and ahead of one of the biggest games of the season, he’s re-emphasized that notion. Make no mistake about it! “I’d love to be here for six years or […]
11 days ago | 1 read
Chelsea made light work of Charlton Athletic in the third round of the FA Cup — certainly in the second half — and thus were in the hat for the fourth draw that was conducted earlier tonight. And wouldn’t you know it, the mischievous football gods gifted us a matchup with some extra narrative delights, […]
11 days ago | 0 reads
Third Stoke City Oof
12 days ago | 0 reads
1. JORREL HATO (7.7) It’s been a rough first few months in Chelsea blue for young Jorrel Hato, but this could be the turning point for him. It’s safe to say that this game was his best for us yet, and not just because he scored the goal that broke the dam. And what a […]
12 days ago | 2 reads
Chelsea Women’s opposition today, West Ham, are not in a good place this season. Sitting second-to-last in the Women’s Super League with five points recorded in 11 matches, they used the winter break to shake things up by hiring former Juventus and Inter Milan head coach, Rita Guarino. A new manager can help bring that […]
13 days ago | 3 reads
Chelsea Women remain some points and several goals away from Manchester City in the Women’s Super League title race. It’s a lot of ground to make up in 11 matches. But nothing is impossible for this Blues team. On the opposite side we have a West Ham struggling for results under a new head coach […]
13 days ago | 2 reads