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It’s time to take a look at another round of international games last night with a Chelsea connection. Both Joao Felix and Renato Veiga started for Portugal in their 1-1 draw against Croatia in the Nations League. Felix started as part of two up top for Portugal alongside Raphael Leao, and Veiga started in the […]View the full article

I saw some reports going around last week claiming that Christopher Nkunku is NOT unhappy. He is. Of course he is. I’d be upset if he wasn’t. Footballers want to play football and if they aren’t playing as much as they want to be, guess what? They’re unhappy. Or at least I hope they are. […]View the full article

There is a debate that has been brewing up this week and it surrounds our midfield. We all have our opinions and thoughts on Enzo Fernandez, and I think it’s probably safe to say that perhaps he is more suited to other leagues, right? But even still, I think he’s a class player and can […]View the full article

Christmas is just around the corner, and some smart shoppers will be looking at FC25 accounts for sale already, but what Chelsea fans will really want in their stocking are some good results from their football team. The Blues have a poor record over the last 10 years when it comes to this time of […]View the full article

Former Chelsea defender William Gallas has claimed that Chelsea are still missing a true defensive midfielder in the middle, which is something that we have discussed on here as well recently. We have a host of centre midfielders, but no specialist midfield destroyer. Moises Caicedo is the closest we have to that, being a player […]View the full article

I completely understand that we need international football. I love a good summer national tournament, it’s incredible. Some of the memories formed watching these competitions will forever live in my heart as some of the fondest ever. I love England and watching my country play, and I am sure many of you feel the same […]View the full article

As I said yesterday, I am absolutely taking a 1-1 with Arsenal, an apparent title challenger this season, and absolutely taking third place in the league after eleven games played, compared to where we were this time last season and the distance that was between Chelsea and Arsenal. As I also said yesterday, I saw […]View the full article

I’ve always rated Wesley Fofana as a defender, I have said that a lot on here. I was buzzing when he joined, and many of us placed him as our best defender for a while. He actually reminds me of Gary Cahill a little bit in how he plays. He is defensively colossal. However, what […]View the full article

£80m for Viktor Gyokeres is starting to look more and more like a bargain and has made me wonder more and more, why haven’t we signed him yet? Obviously this is tongue in cheek, as are the titles. I know this is not Football Manager and there are plenty of variables that go into signing […]View the full article

One of Chelsea’s ‘problems’ that I forecast at the start of this season was getting a starting Xl that was our best, yet trying to fit all of our best players in it. Right now, that’s impossible. This is a good thing, as I have highlighted in many other articles, but it can also be […]View the full article

There's a concept in betting where you exclude heavy favourites from a wager to make things more exciting. So in the case of the Premier League this year, you might have a "title winner without Man City" bet, or a "top scorer without Erling Haaland bet." In La Liga you might get a "league winner […]View the full article

Malo Gusto was one of the shining lights at Chelsea last season despite a largely tough and toxic season at the club. The one positive that we always went back to, and the one player who we all agreed was an excellent bit of recruitment from the sporting directors, is Malo Gusto. He has been […]View the full article

Enzo Maresca and Levi Colwill are a match made in heaven and perfectly suited to each other. Colwill is the perfect kind of defender that Maresca wants in his back line. And Maresca is the perfect kind of manager that Colwill needs to be coaching him. ‘My role has changed a lot,’ said Colwill ahead […]View the full article

I wrote an article recently on how obsessed Enzo Maresca is with football. He loves the game so much, he lives and breathes it every single game. He wouldn’t call it work, but the hard ‘work’ that Maresca puts into his ‘job’ right now is going to be some of the hardest work you have […]View the full article

This is actually something I have mentioned on here a few times of late as well. Wesley Fofana has concerned me, which has caught me off guard a bit. I’ve always rated Fofana and was buzzing when we signed him. I think he’s always going to be a very solid centre back in terms of […]View the full article

I always just say what I think on here, and I believe people genuinely appreciate that style. But what I also do is try and be as balanced as I possibly be can on everything, even if emotions can get the better of me too at times. I’m always a Chelsea fan first. I will […]View the full article

I’ve started to notice a change in the narrative on fan opinion for Marc Cucurella of late. Is he genuinely starting to become a fan favourite? A bit of a cult hero? Even fans who really didn’t rate him at all for sometime I am seeing compliment and praise him of late, and he’s deserved […]View the full article

Chelsea do not want to lose players as free agents anymore, and I completely get that and understand it. I don’t think it’s a bad thing to be acting on this and trying to stop it from happening. I completely understand putting pressure on players to sign new contracts on their terms. The club should […]View the full article

The one main takeaway from Enzo Maresca that I have noticed so far is that he is trying his very best to use a regular ‘best Xl’ at Chelsea. Obviously this has been difficult for previous Chelsea managers to do because we have battled with SO many injuries lately. But Maresca has the absolute luxury […]View the full article

First of all, I want to say that I have been largely impressed with the performances of Noni Madueke so far this season, and he has absolutely earned his place in Enzo Maresca’s ‘best Xl’. I can’t take anything away from him really and I think he’s been good. However, for me, it is time […]View the full article

I think we need to be careful with things like this and I’m not going to encourage Enzo Maresca to publicly call out his players. But there is a fine line here and perhaps some more transparency is needed in this situation. Calling out a player can backfire, we have seen it happen before. For […]View the full article

First of all, apologies to the non-England fans in this community, I know there are many of you. But also, I know that you might also be pleased and happy for Thomas Tuchel to be back in work and ready to begin a new challenge. There is also the obvious Chelsea connection in this story. […]View the full article

Chelsea captain Reece James is back in full training once again. And as it always does, it brings pure excitement amongst the Chelsea fan base. I couldn’t help feeling excited too when I saw the images going around yesterday. We all know the quality and difference a fit Reece James can make. He’s also our […]View the full article

In the modern day - especially when it comes to the Premier League, football tickets can be to come by, and are often crazy expensive, unless you know where to get them. That will be especially true for Chelsea fans over the next month, given the teams on the agenda for Enzo Maresca's up and […]View the full article

You can tell that it's an international break, people are getting bored and starting debates for no reason whilst offering ridiculous over-criticism. The fickleness of the footballing world reared it’s ugly heads again this weekend, and the true colours come out once more. In the last three weeks, pundits, outlets, fans, and anyone involved in […]View the full article