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Chelsea snapped a four-match losing streak in emphatic fashion last weekend, but beating the worst team from two divisions lower, even by seven goals, has, unsurprisingly, hardly shifted the vibes. Our inglorious exit from the Champions League, coupled with just one win from our last six Premier League matches has really dimmed the prospect of […]
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I must admit, I don’t have high hopes for this Sunday. Beating the third division’s worst team, even if by seven goals, hasn’t done much to restore any sort of confidence about our ability to do any damage to a team like Manchester City. In years past, I might’ve said that it would be classic […]
From a brash, rising superstar at Manchester United to a glum, struggling benchwarmer at Chelsea, it’s been a rough couple years for Alejandro Garnacho. He’s gone from the great hope of one club, to practically an afterthought at another, and largely forgotten everywhere else. Last summer’s £40m change of scenery certainly hasn’t had the desired […]
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Chelsea appear to have won the battle of wills between club and player, if the latest words from Enzo Fernández’s agent, Javier Pastore are any indication. Pastore came out fighting in the wake of Enzo’s suspension by the club for the comments made during the international break, but his most recent comments are far more […]
Aarón Anselmino’s season has gone from bad to worse, with the youngster suffering another hamstring injury, this time to his other leg! The Chelsea loanee had just returned from several weeks on the sidelines, but is now set to be ruled out again for who knows how long. RC Strasbourg head coach Gary O’Neil confirmed […]
After the recent public comments from the likes of Enzo Fernández and Marc Cucurella, Chelsea are said to be targeting a bit more experience in this summer’s transfer window, though it’s hard to imagine that we’d make any drastic changes to the master plan that we’ve defended at every turn and have kept our subscription […]
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The Premier League will once again qualify at least five teams to the Champions League next season, with Arsenal’s 1-0 win over Sporting CP last night, thanks to Kai Havertz’s goal, making that official. English teams have been leading UEFA’s performance metrics all season, which is how the extra spot(s) are determined, so this was […]
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Reece James and Enzo Fernández have been handling captaincy duties at Chelsea over the past few years, with the likes of Moisés Caicedo or Trevoh Chalobah also taking the armband on rare occasion, but with all those guys unavailable this weekend — Reecey and Trev injured; Moi rested; Enzo suspended by the club — those […]
Tottenham were never going to give Chelsea Women an easy time in a Women’s FA Cup quarter-final tie. Even with a fully-packed Kingsmeadow on a sunny Monday afternoon, Spurs weren’t afraid to take us to task whenever we made a misstep in midfield. The hosts were still the better team on the pitch, much to […]
It’s a London derby in this Women’s FA Cup quarter-final, with Chelsea Women hosting Tottenham at Kingsmeadow on a sunny Monday afternoon. Admittedly a far from usual date and time for a match like this, but it’s football nonetheless. Speaking of football, head coach Sonia Bompastor is not holding any punches with this starting lineup […]
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1. ESTÊVAO (8.2) It’s hard to get too excited about this result despite the margin of victory, but Chelsea barely broke a sweat and still romped past third division Port Vale, just as one might expect, so at least we’ve got that going for us, which is nice. Given the way the season’s been going, […]
Chelsea and Leeds United in the FA Cup is about as iconic as it gets for the competition, and in this year’s semifinals, we’ll get to have the latest iteration of this famous matchup. The Blues were paired with our historic rivals in today’s semifinal draw, following Leeds’ quarterfinal win against West Ham United on […]
With Chelsea Women out of contention in the UEFA Women’s Champions League, their focus is now solely on domestic football. Something that should bode well for our Women’s FA Cup defence as only a sequence of miracles would get us anywhere near the Women’s Super League title. The road to the FA Cup title is […]
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Valentín Barco and Enzo Fernández shared a pitch last week as Argentina beat Zambia, 5-0 in a friendly — with Barco himself scoring the fifth — and they might be sharing a pitch next season as well, with the former agreeing to join the latter at Chelsea. Or they might not, with the former instead […]
Oscar, or Oscar dos Santos Emboaba Júnior if you’re not into the whole brevity thing, has called time on his career. In December, the 34-year-old was riding an exercise bike at the São Paulo training ground when he collapsed and was rushed to hospital. He was diagnosed with “vasovagal syncope”, a neurological condition that can […]
Liam Rosenior opted for a strong lineup against the worst team in the third division, and it took us barely a minute to open the scoring with Jorrel Hato finding the loose ball and a gap in the sea of bodies in the box to give us the early lead. Surely the only question at […]
Welcome to the quarterfinals of the FA Cup! Chelsea have it as easy as it gets on paper, with the worst team in the third division coming to town. So unless we royally mess it up, there is a place waiting for us in the semifinals. Liam Rosenior has opted for a bit of rotation, […]
There’s an entire weekend dedicated to the quarterfinals of the FA Cup, so there’s no real need to rotate the squad for any sort of scheduling concerns. But Port Vale are just from the third division and most of our key players are coming off of a busy international break, so this game does afford […]