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Last time a Chelsea manager head coach was nominated for Premier League Manager of the Month, it signaled the beginning of the end. Enzo Maresca would actually win said award in early December (for November), but by the end of the month, would be gone from the club. Football life comes at you fast! So […]
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Deduction Settled Most
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The past few weeks and months have taken a toll on the team, both physically and mentally, but we’re in the home stretch now of this extremely congested run of fixtures. Just the three more games in seven days then, and then we get like two days off! Woohoo. Despite all that, Chelsea did manage […]
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Rio Ngumoha swapped Chelsea’s Academy for Liverpool’s a couple years ago, leaving the club that he joined as an 8-year-old, believing that he would have a better pathway to first-team football on Merseyside. Jury’s still out on whether that’s the case. He’s got 400 minutes so far this season, which is not bad for a […]
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It’s been a (first) season to forget for Jamie Gittens, and it’s only getting worse with the news that he’s set to miss significant time after tearing his hamstring in last weekend’s game against West Ham United. There was some initial hope that the injury wouldn’t be too bad, but head coach Liam Rosenior confirmed […]
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Hmm Only All this but still don’t have proper subtitles for a big chunk of their content
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1. MARC CUCURELLA (7.0) Overall ratings were relatively high despite the defeat — our highest rated loss by overall average in almost exactly three years, since the 1-0 defeat away to Borussia Dortmund in the first leg of the Champions League Round of 16 in 2022-23 — and there were only a couple individual performances […]
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In early December 2016, Chelsea went to the Etihad to play Manchester City. Antonio Conte, in his first year as Chelsea head coach, set out his team to survive the first hour, keep things close, and then try to get a result late on. City were not quite the dominant force at this time that […]
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Truth TOTM Lol what?
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It was a cagey start to the match, with both sides content to play it safe, keep things tight, and not make any tie-changing mistakes at that point. Chelsea set out in a back-five, with the wingbacks pushing forward in possession, but the focus was mainly on restricting Arsenal’s chances (and dealing with any Arsenal […]
9 days ago | 1 read
Welcome to the second leg of the League Cup semifinal! Chelsea trail by one from the first leg, 3-2, so we need to do something we haven’t done in nearly half a decade, beat Arsenal. There’s no away goals rule: it’s extra-time and penalties if we’re tied on aggregate after 90 minutes. To the winner, […]
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It’s a bit ironic that the day after the transfer window has shut, we’re not exactly spoilt for choice when it comes to picking the starting lineup, but at least we didn’t panic and get into some more Nicolas Jackson-esque drama like in the summer. That does leave us with a lineup that practically picks […]
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In the second leg of the League Cup semifinal, Chelsea are going to have to figure out a way to come back against Arsenal. It’s a good thing we’ve been practicing comebacks all week! Doing so against the Premier League-leaders will be tougher than against either Napoli or West Ham, but these Gunners are not […]
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Hmm Creative Darkest timeline
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For some reason I was under the impression that this game was on Wednesday. Evidently it is not. It’s on Tuesday! Let’s hope the players don’t make the same mistake! We can’t have anything less than full commitment for this one. No half-game efforts and then a comeback; we need a comeback straight away! Chelsea […]
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It came right down to the wire, but West Ham have managed to sign Axel Disasi from Chelsea, with the 27-year-old center back joining them on loan for the rest of the season. This deal had been rumored off and on for a couple weeks now, but nothing seemed to be happening, possibly because West […]
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One of the many deals involving the Chelsea Academy on deadline day was the departure of Ato Ampah, who’s joined Stoke City on a permanent basis. The transfer fee is officially undisclosed, as usual, but is reportedly a “seven-figure fee” that could rise to around £3m. Ampah joined the Academy at age 11 and last […]
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Tyrique George is keeping it Blue but changing cities, joining Everton on loan today, transfer deadline day. Six months ago, on the previous transfer deadline day, he was keeping it the same city but changing colors, after agreeing to join friendly neighbors Fulham in a permanent transfer. But that deal fell through at the eleventh […]
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Welcome back, Mamadou Sarr! The 20-year-old center back’s recall from his loan at BlueCo sister club RC Strasbourg was made official today, with Sarr joining up once again with Liam Rosenior, with whom he worked for almost all of his tenure in France. The new Chelsea head coach is said to rate his former player […]
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Forgotten man David Datro Fofana was recalled from his loan at Besiktas earlier this window, with the expectation that he would find a permanent move for himself. Evidently, that didn’t exactly happen, with the 23-year-old striker now heading to sister club RC Strasbourg on loan instead. DDF was having decent success for himself in Türkiye, […]
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Chelsea Academy winger Frankie Runham has joined Championship side Ipswich Town on loan for the rest of the season, as he looks to step up his levels from the U18s. He will initially join their under-21 side. According to some reports, Stoke City also have an option to make the loan permanent at the end […]
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In-form MOTM Hmm
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1. JOÃO PEDRO (8.5, sub) I’d guess his life flashed before his eyes when the Hulk-Adama locked target on him — and then was saved by Robert Sánchez when Todibo truly lost the plot — but thankfully he survived the fracas at the end, and can hopefully continue his rich vein of form as we […]
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Chelsea were strongly linked with highly rated young defender Jérémy Jacquet, with the Blues looking to possibly steal a march on rivals for the 20-year-old France youth international’s signature. Some reports earlier this month had gone even as far as to claim that we had agreed personal terms with the player, but, evidently, were not […]
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Tyrique George will be hoping for more minutes in the second half of the season after agreeing to join Everton on loan for the rest of the campaign, according to an exclusive a few hours ago from The Athletic. It does not appear that there are any additional clauses or considerations included in the loan. […]
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