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Enzo Maresca is expecting another tough challenge this weekend, away to Bournemouth on Saturday afternoon. We failed the tough challenge midweek thanks to a “bad day” against Leeds United at Elland Road. Can we avoid a similar fate tomorrow? It would be easy to blame rotation or tactical choices, but no one played well in […]
6 days ago | 2 reads
December may have begun in disastrous fashion — not for the first time in our history! — but that shouldn’t detract from how good November was for the Blues. We started with a win at New Three Point Lane against Spurs on the first, beat Wolves then Burnley on either side of the international break, […]
6 days ago | 0 reads
1. PEDRO NETO (6.5, sub) Neto came on at half-time and immediately changed the game. On a better day, his goal starts an epic comeback from two goals down, with perhaps a winner arriving in the final 5-10 minutes to truly stick it to the locals. Alas, this was not one of our better days. […]
6 days ago | 0 reads
Highest Chances Streak
6 days ago | 0 reads
The danger of a letdown was always going to be high. After two highs, the low is almost inevitable. And sure enough, despite the warnings, despite the awareness, despite the rotation and fresh legs, we were indeed let down … and let down quite badly. It’s probably fair to say that no one played well […]
7 days ago | 0 reads
Combination First WHAT?!
7 days ago | 0 reads
The fear was always that this would be a massive letdown after the Barcelona and Arsenal games last week, and unfortunately that’s precisely how things panned out at Elland Road, an unhappy hunting grounds even in the best of times. Chelsea were off the pace from the opening whistle, and none of Enzo Maresca’s rotational […]
8 days ago | 0 reads
Welcome to Elland Road, a place where we’ve not had much success historically. But Chelsea are in pretty good form, with some pretty good momentum, so perhaps we can change that today. Speaking of changes, Enzo Maresca has made a few after the exertions and dramatics of last week, with a very different-looking back four(?) […]
8 days ago | 1 read
After two high-effort, high-drama, high-emotion games, there’s every chance that today’s visit to Elland Road will result in a comedown and a letdown. It’s tough to keep up those levels, especially when the occasion is not nearly as grand. One way to combat this problem is through rotation, to keep legs and motivations fresh. Rotation […]
8 days ago | 1 read
Wow Machine Hmm
8 days ago | 1 read
Chelsea made it seven unbeaten, in all competitions, with a stellar effort against league-leaders Arsenal on Sunday, battling to a 1-1 draw despite playing over an hour with just ten, so surely a game against one of the worst teams in the league will pose less of a challenge. Of course, that’s not how it […]
9 days ago | 0 reads
After two massive results and two massive 90-minute efforts, Chelsea hit the road to Leeds to take on one of the Premier League’s lesser lights. Of course, there’s history here, too, and quite a bit of it, but The Whites are struggling at the wrong end of the table after winning the Championship last season. […]
9 days ago | 1 read
1. REECE JAMES (9.2) It’s not been talked about too much, perhaps for fear of whispering it too loud and thus inviting disaster, but Reece James has been able to stay fit all season thus far, featuring in all thirteen of our league games (starting nine). Though his minutes have been carefully (and successfully) managed, […]
9 days ago | 0 reads
Prepared Most Hmm
9 days ago | 1 read
I had the pleasure(?) of listening to this game live on Chelsea TV, with an extra-extra amped up Jason Cundy going absolutely berserk at even the tiniest bit of action. Cundy operates at an 11 on a normal day. He was around a 14 for this one. But in a way, he was the perfect […]
10 days ago | 1 read
Lol What Hmm
10 days ago | 1 read
Three yellow cards in under 13 minutes of play is a good summary of what took place in the first minutes of Chelsea’s match against Arsenal at Stamford Bridge today. Bukayo Saka’s strike straight at Robert Sánchez, which would have been overturned for offside had it gone in, was the Premier League leaders’ only strike […]
11 days ago | 0 reads
It’s the day we’ve been all looking forward to. Both Chelsea and Arsenal have had great starts to the 2025-26 season, with the latter losing a single match since the beginning of August. They also arrive with impressive continental results, with the Blues beating Barcelona 3-0 at home and Arsenal doing likewise against Bayern, 3-1, […]
11 days ago | 1 read
The weather’s getting cold and frightful outside, but the big question facing Chelsea for today’s showdown at the Emirates, is whether to make it Cold on the pitch as well. Cole Palmer has been declared fit and available after two months out, and the temptation will surely be to throw him right back in. Will […]
11 days ago | 2 reads
First Comeback Hmm
11 days ago | 1 read
From one biggest game of the season to another biggest game of the season, it’s Arsenal next for Chelsea, with the Blues looking to beat the Gunners for the first time in eight tries — and looking for our first win against them at the Bridge since 2018. It’s not going to be easy. The […]
12 days ago | 1 read
Unbeaten Hmm Just? JUST?
12 days ago | 2 reads
Enzo Maresca delivered some great news in today’s press conference, confirming that not only is Cole Palmer back in training, but he’s fit enough for selection and perhaps even fit enough to start this weekend against Arsenal. Palmer of course may not quite be 100 per cent fit after such a long time out, but […]
13 days ago | 0 reads
Hmm Well Posted all this only to later end up losing
13 days ago | 0 reads
The redevelopment of Earls Court, a roughly a mile away from Stamford Bridge as the crow flies, appears to have taken a massive step forward … after many years of the site going disused and its future being (somewhat) in question. Unfortunately, though entirely as expected despite a few rumor-cycles, it’s taken that step forward […]
14 days ago | 0 reads