The Daily Hilario: Wednesday
First Hmm Oh really?
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Welcome home Super Frank!
First Hmm Oh really?
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It’s a 5000-mile round trip, to go to Azerbaijan in search of our next three points in the Champions League, so we better make sure we do in fact return with all three. This Qarabag side, winners of two of their first three league phase matches, are not the Qarabag whom we beat 10-0 combined […]
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Last time Chelsea had to travel to play away in the farthest reaches of “Europe” (i.e. somewhere in the middle of Eurasia in Kazakhstan), we took not only the “B-team” but also a bunch of kids from the Academy, leaving most of the first-team back in London. But that was essentially a meaningless game in […]
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Second Hmm Official
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In a somewhat surprising development, Cole Palmer has been voted in to the FIFPRO World XI by his fellow professionals. It’s surprising a bit not because Palmer wasn’t and isn’t amazing, or deserving, but last season wasn’t even his best season for Chelsea! His first year, 2023-24 was better in just about every respect! But […]
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Sacked Hmm First
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1. MOISÉS CAICEDO (9.2) Not only is Moisés Caicedo excellent and impactful just about every time we play, he tends to save his very best performances for the biggest games. That’s a most wonderful habit among all the other wonderful habits he has. Keep this up, and he will be mentioned in the same breath […]
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And then they drew Ooof Hmm
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When I was in London last time*, back in early April, I had the pleasure of watching Chelsea against Spurs at Stamford Bridge, sat next to some dude who kept singing “Tottenham get battered everywhere they go” pretty much the entire time. Chelsea would of course end up winning, but only just, thanks to an […]
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Had Chelsea’s game against Wolves in the League Cup earlier this week ended right after the first half, the Blues fanbase would arrive at today’s match against Tottenham Hotspur at their turf in the Premier League with much more confidence. Our second half performance in that match managed to steal our thunder. Under former Brentford […]
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Welcome to the big game. Normally, we’d be quite confident of beating Spurs, regardless of circumstance. This time however, that notion feels a bit (a lot?) more tenuous. Hopefully I’m proven wrong. Enzo Maresca has made a couple changes from last weekend, with Wesley Fofana and Malo Gusto coming in to the side — we’ll […]
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Even though Chelsea Women have come to today’s match at Stamford Bridge unbeaten, this record doesn’t mean they’re in their best moment. Outside of a few matches where they managed to overwhelm the opposition very early on, the Blues haven’t been as dominant as they were even in comparison to last season when this team […]
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An early start to Chelsea football today, with the Women’s team taking on the London City Lionesses at Stamford Bridge. It’s also the start of a new regional rivalry with the recently promoted side using the most of their several reinforcements over the summer to keep themselves in the top half of the Women’s Super […]
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We had a slightly abbreviated voting period this time around, but the trend in the responses is pretty clear already. Seven of the eleven starters have collected over 80 per cent of the vote each, while three more were right around 70 per cent. The one position up for debate was the fourth attacking player, […]
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Arne Flop? Hmm Draw after draw
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Chelsea have won five in six, but the vibes aren’t exactly peachy at the moment. The start to the season has not been as delightful as our Club World Cup success might have led us to believe that we could achieve, and this young team continue to make very classic young team mistakes. And ain’t […]
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Chelsea got back to winning ways midweek beating Wolverhampton Wanderers in the League Cup fourth round, but the vibes weren’t exactly immaculate afterwards. The team threatened to give away a 3-0 lead against the worst team in the Premier League, and then Liam Delap had a bit of a headrush and got himself sent off. […]
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Chelsea Women return to Stamford Bridge tomorrow lunchtime for a first-ever Women’s Super League meeting with newly promoted London City Lionesses. The Blues top the table after six games in the competition and remain unbeaten under manager Sonia Bompastor, but will want to sharpen up to showcase why they’re still the team to beat in […]
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1. JAMIE GITTENS (8.1) It’s been a quiet start to life for young Jamie Gittens at Chelsea following his big-money move from Borussia Dortmund. He’s been at, or near the bottom of the pecking order at winger for much of the season thus far, impressing sparingly and, as a result, not getting much consistent playing […]
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Appointment Unbeaten Wow
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Chelsea may have won 4-3 last night against Wolverhampton Wanderers in the fourth round of the League Cup, but Enzo Maresca was not particularly pleased by what he witnessed in that game. Personally, I was quite entertained in a relatively low-pressure situation: from the absolute cakewalk of a first half with our youngsters shining, to […]
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Fresh off his recent appearance at Stamford Bridge for Chelsea Legends, we’re getting another delightfully heavy dose of Eden Hazard nostalgia as our legendary winger has been voted in as the newest member of the Premier League Hall of Fame. This was Hazard’s first year of eligibility, and he joins fellow Blues John Terry, Ashley […]
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Drama Talks Hmm
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Chelsea booked a placed in the next round of the League Cup thanks to an entertaining 4-3 win against Wolverhampton Wanderers last night. And fortune would smile upon us a bit later as well, with the Blues getting a favorable in the quarterfinals. The Blues of London will be paying a visit to the Blue-birds […]
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Wolves are in a very bad place, one in which is very difficult to find a way out without a massive overhaul from top to bottom. Their entire model seems to have reared its ugly head, with the little talent they had at their hands now gone to seemingly greener pastures. It wouldn’t take long […]
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