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The challenge of joining a club that already boasts a galaxy of stars in its squad is the battle for game time. After six rounds of Premier League action in 2024/25, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall – a summer capture from Leicester City – has made just three substitute appearances for a combined tally of 44 minutes. But […]View the full article

“When I signed for Chelsea, the next day I scored a goal and celebrated like Palmer. His celebration was trend, very popular,” says Estêvão before discussing his first interaction with the England forward. “We talked on social media, I tagged him on Instagram, he called me a star, I said he’s a star too. He said […]View the full article

Most players whilst playing for Chelsea will be living in or around Cobham, or at the very least, in or around Stamford Bridge. You won’t often find them moving too far away from the stadium or the training ground. Levi Colwill however, has admitted that he has moved back to his home City of Southampton […]View the full article

Mykhailo Mudryk is a player who is always going to cause debate and discussion amongst the fan base and the footballing world on the whole. Former Chelsea player Jason Cundy is always one who speaks his mind and just says what he thinks. I mean, it IS his job to do that after all. Some […]View the full article

Chelsea do not want to be losing too many players to AFCON, it’s just frustrating and at a key part of the season. But if defender Tosin Adarabioyo accepts an offer to go an play for Nigeria, we will face losing him to AFCON soon. So from a selfish standpoint, I hope he doesn’t join […]View the full article

We current have some time to reflect as fans as we go into another international break. We have now played 7 league games and are sat in 4th place in the league, ahead of Aston Villa on goal difference. We are 4 points off current league leaders Liverpool. In the domestic cups, we are into […]View the full article

It’s always great to hear from Chelsea legend Frank Lampard, and I know I am not in the minority by saying that. Lampard is clearly still involved with our owners and speaks to them regularly, often being invited to games. I think they value his opinions, as they should, and take things that he says […]View the full article

I am more than happy with Nicolas Jackson from the back end of last season and how he has started this season. But if we are to continue with the positive build of quality competition in this squad, then there is no way I am even slightly thinking about not signing a new striker. We […]View the full article

Enzo Maresca has been adapting his style of play and setup depending on opponents and how they play/setup. For me, it’s becoming pretty clear to see this. He has even said that he prepares games based on how the opposition team attack and defend. I wouldn’t call ‘Maresca-ball’ possession football. So far, from what I […]View the full article

‘You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow. This opportunity comes once in a lifetime.’ - Eminen, Lose Yourself, circa 2002. One of my favourite ever songs from Eminen’s back catalogue, you can relate the quotes to many things in life. Filip Jorgensen needs to whack this song on on Thursday […]View the full article

Pedro Neto is the latest Chelsea player to speak on the tough competition at Chelsea right now, and he says it’s so intense that the players are getting no sleep! That’s what we like to hear, right? Obviously he doesn’t mean it in a literal sense! Myself and Jai will be focusing today’s Podcast on the competition […]View the full article

I think you can probably count on one hand the amount of decent football pundits there are currently out there working in football and for the big companies, and there is probably a reason for that. Hysteria and drama sells and draws attention, so I guess these big outlets need the pundits who say the […]View the full article

Former Chelsea winger Pat Nevin has been complimenting Moises Caicedo this weekend after another fine performance against West Ham. But he is refusing to be drawn too much into the N’Golo Kante comparisons yet. Chelsea fans were comparing Caicedo to N’Golo Kante following his excellent display against West Ham. However, Nevin does not think he is […]View the full article

I think when watching this Chelsea squad rebuild that many of us have had the same concerns, and probably still do (I know I do). We have all acknowledged that there is a lot of quality in our squad now, and I have mentioned many times over the last few weeks just how scary our […]View the full article

Chelsea's summers are almost as busy as their seasons these days - but we're glad all of the nonsense is behind us now and we can focus on what actually matters: the football.... at least until the next international break. With the window closed for almost a month now and even the "bomb squad" largely […]View the full article

It's still very much early days in the Premier League season, but after tomorrow's match with West Ham we will be 5 games into the season, and things will be starting to take shape. From before the season started, Chelsea were ranked among the teams most likely to make it into the top 4 and a guaranteed Champions […]View the full article

I am always very cautious when reading about any predictions via a Supercomputer, especially when they predict Chelsea to finish third in the Premier League this season! But stranger things have happened… Supercomputers use a lot of data, squads, new signings, managers, form, last season’s form, and much more to forecast each game of the […]View the full article

The start of the Premier League season is always long awaited, yet it comes around so early in the summer that one can't help ending up feeling a little but like it's just a continuation of the preseason. One week you're playing Inter Milan in a friendly at home, the next you're playing Man City […]View the full article

Chelsea have had a leadership problem for some time now, and it seems like that leadership problem is not just on the pitch and is also now at the very top of the club as well. But anyway, I’m not speaking about the owners in this article, this is more about a lack of leadership […]View the full article

I guess as a football player when you step out on to the pitch and you instantly have a shadow following you around from kick off until the end of the game, then that is one of the biggest compliments you can receive. Cole Palmer has not got to that point. Eden Hazard and Palmer […]View the full article

The international break is over and Chelsea are back! I think we actually all need this right now after a dramatic international break. Usually they are so boring that everyone starts debating Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo, or Frank Lampard or Steven Gerrard (the answers are Messi and Lampard by the way, but yeah). This […]View the full article

Emmanuel Petit is getting quite the reputation as an outspoken pundit, especially when it comes to Chelsea, and his appearance on the Seaman Says podcast via Betway was no exception. Petit was happy to lay into his former club on a few different topics, chiefly their transfer policy over the summer. Chelsea have spent vast amounts of money and […]View the full article

It’s time to take a look at some poll results from earlier this week as we debate the new striker that Chelsea should be signing. On my personal Chelsea site Si Phillips Talks Chelsea this week, I ran a set of polls on the striker situations. It appears that many of you in this community […]View the full article

Earlier this week I ran a set of polls and asked for comments from my Chelsea Substack community on my own personal Chelsea page. This was off the back of all the ownership noise of a fallout between Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali/Clearlake. This is a direct message to the Chelsea board and ownership, sent […]View the full article

It’s time to hand out some more flowers to Chelsea’s talisman Cole Palmer, as if he doesn’t already have a garden full of them. I remember being sat in the pub at Stamford Bridge just over a year ago with lads like Luke Rushbrook and Rob Pratley, and of course Charlie as you guys might […]View the full article