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Liam Rosenior: ‘We were pushed all the way by very good team’
Chelsea had to come from behind twice to beat Championship promotion hopefuls Wrexham on Saturday night, surviving the narrative forces of Hollywood documentarians to advance to the quarterfinals of this year’s FA Cup. It wasn’t exactly a vintage performance from the well rotated Blues, but we did just enough to prevent disaster against non-top-flight (yet) […]
Wrexham 2-4 Chelsea, FA Cup: Post-match reaction, ratings
The match began at a walking pace and offered little hope of any urgency, making for a rather dour and boring affair. Chelsea passed the ball around leisurely at the back while Wrexham sat back with all eleven behind the ball, observing it all without breaking a sweat. Wrexham finally got a kick a quarter […]
Wrexham vs. Chelsea, FA Cup: Lineups & Game Thread
Welcome to this FA Cup fifth round showdown between the Champions of the World and the Champions of Hollywood! The Blues are favored against the Championship promotion hopefuls, but the locals have already taken a couple big scalps this season in this competition, so we will have to be careful. Both sides have rotated their […]
Chelsea fans’ preferred lineup against Wrexham: Rotate ‘em all!
The dilemma facing head coach Liam Rosenior for today’s match against Wrexham is just how much he can afford to rotate. It’s important that we progress in this FA Cup competition as well, but in terms of priorities, it still pales in comparison with our attempts to finish in the top-five in the league and […]
The Daily Hilario: Saturday
Hmm No for the former, yes for the latter Retro day
Wrexham vs. Chelsea, FA Cup: Preview, team news, how to watch
One could argue that in terms of a global audience, this might be a rather high profile FA Cup fifth round matchup. Wrexham may be from the lower leagues, but they have a relatively large following in the United States thanks to the ‘Welcome to Wrexham’ docuseries that has followed the team’s acquisition by Ryan […]
How should Chelsea line up against Wrexham in the FA Cup?
This may be one of the higher profile matchups in the FA Cup Round of 16 this weekend, as Chelsea travel to North Wales to take on Hollywood-famed Wrexham AFC, but for the Blues, this game could be seen as a reprieve amid a run of massive fixtures against top-class opposition. After back-to-back games against […]
Aston Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Player Ratings: Teamwork makes the dream work
1. JOÃO PEDRO (9.6) JP said that the hat-trick was a dream come true for him in Chelsea blue, and he certainly deserves the plaudits for his excellent center forward play. But all the goals were a result of some excellent team play — including Palmer’s, on which JP was credited with the assist — […]
The Daily Hilario: Friday
lads Lads Lads, it’s Tottenham
João Pedro just living the Chelsea dream with his first Premier League hat-trick
The hat-tricks just keep coming along, with João Pedro joining the party and scoring our third hat-trick of the past month (all three away, incidentally). It’s the 24-year-old’s first Premier League hat-trick. With 17 goals in all competitions now on the season, JP has a chance to be our first striker to reach the 20-goal […]
Robert Sánchez, Filip Jörgensen ‘fighting it out’ for Chelsea starting goalkeeper spot
Filip Jörgensen made a surprise start for Chelsea in last night’s 4-1 win over Aston Villa, with Liam Rosenior calling it a “technical decision” to give the start to the backup goalkeeper over the incumbent, Robert Sánchez, in what was a massive game for our top-five aims and Champions League ambitions for next year. Sánchez […]
Liam Rosenior ‘very proud’ of ‘outstanding team performance’ by Chelsea against Aston Villa
So this is what can happen when we don’t shoot ourselves in the foot! The stats have shown that not only are Chelsea the best team in the Premier League in terms of xG generated, but we are one of the very best, full stop …but only at full strength, 11-v-11. So as long as […]
The Daily Hilario: Thursday
Lowest Most Hmm
Aston Villa 1-4 Chelsea, Premier League: Post-match reaction, ratings
Chelsea made an horrendous start to the game, conceding inside of two minutes — thanks to a lovely flick from Douglas Luiz. Of course it was Douglas Luiz, linked with Chelsea in January before returning to Villa instead. After that early setback, Chelsea set about starting the game for real, and we took control of […]
Aston Villa vs. Chelsea, Premier League: Lineups & Game Thread
Chelsea have a chance to move back into the top-five and also close the gap to fourth place to just three points by beating Aston Villa tonight. That sounds simple enough, but when have we made anything simple for ourselves lately? Liam Rosenior makes a few changes from Sunday, some enforced like Pedro Neto missing […]
Chelsea fans’ preferred lineup against Aston Villa: Let’s try again
Chelsea may have lost at the Emirates on Sunday, but all in all, there wasn’t too much difference between the two sides — set pieces aside — certainly at least at 11-v-11. So perhaps we can give that another go, against a team similarly struggling for form, like us. We do have to make one […]
Aston Villa vs. Chelsea, Premier League: Preview, team news, how to watch
Having picked up just two points from our last three games, it’s probably fair to stay that Liam Rosenior is having his first little wobble as Chelsea head coach. Not exactly great timing, at the start of a season-defining stretch of games, both domestically and in Europe! That said, the issues that have come to […]
The Daily Hilario: Wednesday
Hmm Longest First
How should Chelsea line up in massive top-five clash against Aston Villa?
Chelsea have fallen out of the top-five after picking up just two points from our last three games, and now we face another big challenge with Wednesday night’s game. This one, in fact, could have direct repercussions on our top-five fates, with Villa also in bad form, but still holding a six-point advantage on us, […]
The Daily Hilario: Tuesday
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Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea, Player Ratings: Some good, a lot bad
1. REECE JAMES (7.2) The collective performance may not have been too great, and let’s not even mention the set piece defending, but there was some good individual performances, Reece James chief among them. This isn’t the first time the Captain has stepped up big on big stage, against the likes of Arsenal, and it […]
The Daily Hilario: Monday
Hmm Oof Confidence
Liam Rosenior ‘really disappointed’ as ‘set plays and discipline’ cost Chelsea yet again
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out where we are losing points at the moment. Two more goals conceded on set plays. Another red card. Arsenal 2, Chelsea 1. Our own attack stifled by the league’s best defense, who can afford to focus on that defense because they know they can get away […]
Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea, Premier League: Post-match reaction, ratings
A slightly cautious start devolved into a surprisingly open game rather quickly, though that had as much to do with Chelsea’s inability to string passes together than anything special that Arsenal might have been doing. That said, a goal was never likely to come from any source other than a corner, and that’s precisely how […]
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