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Chelsea have made a decent start to life under Liam Rosenior with three wins in his first four games, the only defeat a Cup match against league-leaders Arsenal, but our overall form remains on the disappointing end, especially in the Premier League, away from home. It’s been almost exactly two months since we tasted victory […]
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For a good while one of the best things Chelsea Women were able to do was regularly beating Arsenal, both at home and away. That started to change over the last years when we went to their turf. But at least we could still claim Kingsmeadow and Stamford Bridge as our own “fortresses” against their […]
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Back to back big matches for Chelsea Women this week (and beyond!). Right after taking and beating Manchester City to a Women’s League Cup finals spot, the Blues meet Arsenal at Stamford Bridge in a crucial Women’s Super League game. Of utmost important is getting three points over the Gunners today after failing to do […]
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Bid Hmm In-form
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It’s back to back derbies for Chelsea Women this week as right after facing Manchester City away in the Women’s League Cup semifinals, the Blues host Arsenal at Stamford Bridge in the Women’s Super League. Last time around a packed house gave us the energy to beat the Gunners on a slim margin. We can […]
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Liam Rosenior has won three of his first four games in charge of Chelsea — a pretty decent start — but now four of the next five are away, including potentially season-defining games against Napoli in the Champions League and Arsenal in the League Cup. We’ve struggled on the road (2 wins in 8 in […]
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At the very end of Chelsea’s 2-1 home defeat against Aston Villa, which would prove to be Enzo Maresca’s penultimate match in charge of the Blues, a (full) water bottle was thrown from the Chelsea dugout in the direction of the Aston Villa dugout. At least it’s presumed to have been thrown rather than apparate […]
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Those who surmised that the rumors yesterday of Chelsea “exploring a move” for Douglas Luiz were a result of something happening to one of our midfielders are being proven right today, with head coach Liam Rosenior confirming that Dario Essugo has suffered a setback just as he was getting ready to make his season debut. […]
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Hmm Highest Most
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According to The Athletic and the BBC, Chelsea are “interested” in midfielder Douglas Luiz and are “exploring a move” over a potential loan for him (and nothing more than that, as per Fabrizio Romano). None of this makes too much sense of course, but sense isn’t ever a necessary ingredient to transfer market rumors and […]
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1. MOISÉS CAICEDO (7.5) Caicedo’s having a career year as far as goals scored are concerned: this is now his fifth in all competitions, just one off his career high, which he set back in his debut season in Ecuador. This is all just a bonus of course to his usual contributions as a world-class […]
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Struggling in PL Leaving Surprise
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Despite being dominant on the pitch and on the statsheet, Chelsea were approaching the final ten minutes of the match against Pafos FC last night without anything to show for our efforts. The prior 80 minutes or so had elapsed almost entirely as an attack-versus-defense exercise, with the Blues having nearly all of the ball, […]
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Neither side made an especially energetic start to the game, though Pafos were clearly happy to not press the issue too much and focus on their defensive work, just as they had done throughout the competition. Those plans might have been undone pretty quickly had Enzo Fernández gotten away with a little push on the […]
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Unsurprisingly Chelsea Women were very wary of Manchester City in their trip to the Academy Stadium in Manchester tonight. And so were the hosts, unwilling to let the Blues put an end to a 16-match unbeaten streak with 15 (regular time) victories started right after they lost the season opener to us at Stamford Bridge. […]
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Welcome to Matchday 7 (of 8) in the Champions League “league-phase”. A win here would guarantee Chelsea’s place in the knockout rounds, and keep us in contention for a top-eight finish as well. Anything less and suddenly there would be a lot of pressure on our final game of this phase, away to Napoli. Not […]
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On paper, Chelsea’s game tonight against Pafos FC, the second lowest-ranked team remaining in the competition, is the easiest of our eight league-phase matches in the Champions League. That ranking will have improved over the past few months however, as they’ve collected six points from their first six games, and remain well in contention for […]
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Once again, a cup match on the table for Chelsea Women. Win this and we’re through to the Women’s League Cup final match set to take stage at Ashton Gate in Bristol. Lose this and we’re out, with Manchester City moving forward instead. Today’s City team arrives in a much better place than the one […]
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Monitoring Wow Hmm
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David Luiz is, unironically, one of my favorite Chelsea players of all time, and on Wednesday night, he will return to Stamford Bridge, and receive (hopefully) the hero’s welcome that he deserves. Of course, It won’t be the first time the now 38-year-old real life video game character returns since leaving (for the second time) […]
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Tosin Adarabioyo was substituted off in the second half of our 2-0 victory over Brentford over the weekend, and unfortunately it sounds like he will be out for a little while at least. Head coach Liam Rosenior confirmed the news in his press conference earlier today. “Unfortunately for Tosin, there’s something in his hamstring which […]
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It’s only January and Chelsea Women can already claim their first shot at silverware, hinging on beating Manchester City in the upcoming Women’s League Cup semifinal. This City are not like the one under Gareth Taylor. With Andrée Jeglertz at helm they’ve only lost a single game. It does bode well for us that this […]
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Champions League football returns this week, and since the “league phase” (née group stage) is extra long nowadays, we are still not in the knockout rounds despite it being the second half of the season already. And, actually, Chelsea’s place in the knockout rounds isn’t quite assured just yet either, as we have just ten […]
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Agreement Official Sad
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According to Fabrizio Romano, Chelsea are set to recall Loan Army warrior David Datro Fofana from Fatih Karagümrük SK, with a view towards a permanent exit from the club before the end of the month. The 23-year-old striker joined the Turkish Süper Lig side in the final hours of the summer transfer window and has […]
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