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Chelsea stars will need the much-needed World Cup break as they enter this rest period with five successive Premier League games where they dropped points. Entering the Qatar break with three consecutive losses in all competitions isn’t the position that Chelsea boss Graham Potter wants to be in. Three back-to-back Premier League defeats make it […]View the full article

We're about to hit the World Cup, and many people will now be thinking about gambling on the tournament. But what to go for? It requires an entirely different skillset and thought process to betting on the Premier League. Gambling on EPL matches is notoriously difficult. The league has built its success on competitive balance […]View the full article

The World Cup is literally THE biggest stage you can play on as a footballer. You will have millions of eyes fixated on you as you turn out for your country. hat this competition always brings is a chance for players to impress their current teams, or even put themselves in the shop window for […]View the full article

We have seen a mirrored last couple of seasons develop at Chelsea where we are looking at identical contract situations. Last season we spent the whole season wondering whether Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen were going to sign new contracts or not. And these were two players playing regularly in our starting line-up, and the […]View the full article

The 2022 World Cup starts on Sunday with Qatar taking on Ecuador at 4pm UK time. England’s first game is on Monday at 10m UK time against Iran. There will be plenty of Chelsea involvement in the World Cup of course, let's have a look at each one here: Denis Zakaria (Switzerland) A chance to […]View the full article

Chelsea do not play football again until after Christmas and to be honest, I am quite relieved with the break. Chelsea need this break, Graham Potter needs this break, and our injured players need this break for their recovery. January could certainly look a lot less gloomy for us, but going into the World Cup, […]View the full article

The fact is that Chelsea aren't having a good season. We're down in 7th place in the Premier League and there are several reasons for that. But if you look at the raw stats, there's one that jumps out as a clear issue for why we're struggling to keep pace with the top 4. The […]View the full article

Once again, I am seeing arguments about Graham Potter and Thomas Tuchel after another Chelsea defeat. I get it, I get the frustrations and questions about why we sacked Tuchel. I get the questions and concerns over whether Graham Potter is that guy or not. I share those same concerns about Potter myself, and I […]View the full article

It's Friday afternoon, and we're all gradually drifting through those last few hours of the working week, watching the clock and waiting for the weekend to finally begin. There's no better way to fire up your Friday Feeling than by looking ahead to the weekend's football fixtures. Have you made your fantasy football transfers and […]View the full article

Thiago Silva is 38 and still going strong. The defender remains one the best players in the Premier League despite now being one of the oldest, and every week we're left marvelling at how good he is, even at his age. The Premier League drugs testers have clearly been wondering the same thing. After the […]View the full article

Chelsea are not having the best English Premier League season so far, getting thumped 4-1 by Brighton, Chelsea experienced a surprise PL defeat. However, despite the side sitting in the top 6 of the Premier League ladder, their UEFA Champions League campaign is going much stronger. A win over Dinamo Zagreb yesterday concluded the pool […]View the full article

The simple answer here is because sacking managers right now, where we are as a football club and in the midst of a transitional rebuilding project under new ownership, sacking managers isn't the answer. I have seen all the fallouts on social media after the Arsenal defeat, and to be honest, I share the same […]View the full article

Chelsea play Manchester City in the League Cup third round tomorrow afternoon and what this competition does, is it gives clubs a chance to give minutes to some academy youngsters and fringe players. Personally, I think Chelsea will go fairly strong with the line-up, but Graham Potter has confirmed that high flying attacker signed from […]View the full article

It's time to put Chelsea as a club first. By this, I basically mean a gutting of this squad of players. A squad that has become tired, past their sell by dates, uninspiring, and severely lacking quality. I think our biggest problem right now and why we have been struggling year after year for the […]View the full article

Chelsea beat Dinamo Zagreb 2-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday evening after going a goal down early in the game. It was yet again another new formation from Graham Potter, lining up with a back four. This has and always will be my preferred line-up, and I really hope that Potter has seen the […]View the full article

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Chelsea are continuing to be linked with all the big names in football as the new owners continue with their big squad rebuild and attempts to get Chelsea back to the very top of the game again. As Chelsea fans, we don't get too excited about these kinds of links, because we remember the same […]View the full article

Unfortunately, former Chelsea defender Frank Leboeuf has hit the nail on the head with his latest comments about Chelsea's issues over the past few years. Frank Leboeuf was one of the players who I would probably list inside my top ten players who I enjoyed most whilst watching Chelsea when I was growing up. He […]View the full article

Chelsea are in real danger of going into the World Cup break in a pretty turmoil spot after an embarrassing defeat to Brighton at the weekend. Things have been going OK so far for Graham Potter. I mean, he was unbeaten before getting thrashed by Brighton. There have been many positives and some good performances, […]View the full article

Chelsea have now announced two new signings in the last two days. Nope, not players, but that will come very soon. On this occasion, we are talking about staff. Yesterday, the club officially announced that Laurence Stewart will be joining Chelsea from Monaco in a new position as technical director to focus on football globally. […]View the full article

Chelsea got yet another win last night under the new Graham Potter reign. It was a hard-fought 2-1 victory over RB Salzburg in the Champions League, and not only did they get the win, they also topped their group and cemented a place in the next round of the competition. When you think the state […]View the full article

Chelsea aren't looking to just appoint one or two experts in the field, they are looking to recruit experts in an entire team of the newly re-shaped recruitment and scouting department at the club. We had always heard the rumours before Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital arrived as new owners, that they had major rebuild […]View the full article

Not only are Chelsea producing top young talents within their academy, nurturing players from a young age as they rise through the ranks at the club, but under the new ownership, they are also looking to sign up many of the top prospects in world football right now. The summer has been a prime example […]View the full article

Chelsea’s long wait for Aubameyang has been extended even further, and it could be a while until we see this infamous player join the ranks of the deep blue. This is so much the case that it looks as though Chelsea’s plan for the season may have to be all but thrown out of the […]View the full article