James

The Blues have been busy in the transfer market, but one signing that’s got people talking is Mathis Amougou. The 19-year-old midfielder from AS Saint-Étienne is a name fans might not know yet, but many believe he’s certainly one to watch. He’s got technical skill, tactical awareness, and a contract that shows Chelsea is betting […]View the full article

OK, so next Friday’s game against Brighton is MUCH more important than Saturday’s game in the FA Cup, for sure. Getting in the Champions League at the end of this season is MUCH more important than moving along in the FA Cup. However, to go out of the competition in the fourth round is very […]View the full article

Chelsea splurged like no other team as they sought to reignite success by brute force in the transfer market in the last couple of seasons. Among the star names they were able to attract ahead of teams like Liverpool was the Portuguese forward João Félix. However, since arriving at Stamford Bridge, Félix’s career has been […]View the full article

I conducted some polls across hundreds of Chelsea fans in our Blues community over at Si Phillips Talks Chelsea this week. The poll results are in people, and it’s not looking good at all for Behdad Eghbali/Clearlake, and the Sporting Directors. In the entire time of their ownership so far, after doing many polls, I […]View the full article

A bit of a double edged but connected article this one, and it also carries over from my other article on the home page today titled ‘of course you could come good, eventually…’ So please do go check that one out first in this mini-series of articles about the importance of experience and balance when […]View the full article

Criticism of Chelsea’s transfer policy under Todd Boehly, who has spent more than £1 billion on 39 players, seems to have died down a bit in recent months as the club shows glimpses of potential. Enzo Maresca's side had a great run of form that saw them touted as being in the title race. While […]View the full article

Chelsea did just two permanent transfer deals this winter. Of course, it is always a more difficult window to get deals done, for many reasons. But Chelsea will now make themselves VERY busy this summer because of incompetence and lack of urgency this winter - that is poor form. I’ve said a few times now […]View the full article

Out came the exclusive from Fabrizio reporting that Chelsea are in for a 19-year-old academy player from Manchester City, and my faith disappeared once again. It’s always risky writing these types of articles before the window has even closed just in case they do shock us all. But I have such little faith right now […]View the full article

The way Ben Chilwell has been treated is just another example of a player being disrespected by Chelsea. Of course, none of us know the underlying circumstances behind this story, but I’d suspect that it is more than just Enzo Maresca not rating the player. I mean, you might not rate him, but surely he […]View the full article

Look, Mathys Tel I think is a very good player and has a big future ahead of him. But he’s just 19-years-old and remains relatively unproven. I’d absolutely love to see him arrive at Chelsea as long as we signed the correct striker profile as well as him. I’d not be complaining about signing a […]View the full article

The turnaround of Chelsea in the recent 2024/25 season has been nothing short of spectacular. If you're a Chelsea fan, we know you'll be happy after the shocking 23/24 season. And, finally, all the money Chelsea loves to spend is paying off. Under the leadership of Enzo Maresca, using a more roadhouse playing style, scoring […]View the full article

Chelsea's loss to Manchester City on Saturday was probably to be expected, but that doesn't make it any less frustrating. Their win over Wolves on Monday night proved to be the exception to the rule of their poor run since Christmas, and the City game saw them slump back to the worst aspects we've seen […]View the full article

I do believe that John Obi Mikel’s heart is in the right place and his intentions are good. I also do agree with a lot of the concerns he raises about Chelsea right now, how we are operating, and some of the players not being good enough. But he is extreme, too extreme in fact, […]View the full article

The 2024 Premier League season has been a rollercoaster for Chelsea, filled with highs, lows, and moments of utter unpredictability. Chelsea Football Club has always been in the frontline of engaging its worldwide fan base. Just as the world keeps digitizing, so do the means to keep these supporters connected and updated. Amongst one such […]View the full article

A top five place in the Premier League this season should be enough to get Champions League football, and trust me, Chelsea need and want Champions League football, despite what Enzo Maresca might be saying in public. I’m sat on a bit of news actually that I don’t want to put out right now because […]View the full article

There’s no such thing as too many quality players on a team. Chelsea is the perfect proof of that, splashing the cash on dozens of players in the past few years under the new ownership. The Blues are recently considering bringing a familiar name back to the club – Marc Guehi. The Crystal Palace star […]View the full article

Renato Veiga is joining Juventus on a loan deal for the rest of the season that does not include a buy option. It is my opinion that I will be very surprised if he is now not sold in the summer anyway, but that’s for another article at a later date. We will wait and […]View the full article

Trevoh Chalobah returned straight back in to Chelsea’s starting lineup last night after being recalled early from his season-long loan deal with Crystal Palace. Just six months before, Chalobah was being physically forced out of his childhood club by the sporting directors who froze him out, took him out of training, refused to take him […]View the full article

I’ve asked for info from sources on the Dusan Vlahovic links. I mean, The Times are a decent outlet and have some reliable reporters so I doubt this info has surfaced from nowhere at all. But transfer guru Fabrizio Romano has rubbished the reports and says that Vlahovic is not a Chelsea target. He should be. Well, […]View the full article

I am a bit late in writing this one because of all the transfer news that has been going on and filling up our content quota last week. But off the back of Chelsea’s 2-2 draw with Bournemouth last week, there were some more direct auditions happening, just as there was with Liam Delap when […]View the full article

Chelsea and misfiring strikers - it's a match made in heaven and a tale as old as time. The great forwards we've had over the years - Didier Drogba, Diego Costa, Jimmy-Floyd Hasselbaink - have all been the exception rather than the rule. In between them there's been a lot of dross. Just look at […]View the full article

Play Liam Delap and Nicolas Jackson in the same starting lineup? Could that work? Yes, it absolutely could. Again, I have picked up on a reaction post I saw on X last night after our 2-2 draw with Bournemouth, and this had me intrigued. @VdykCFC wrote: ‘Genuinely think if Jackson had another ST next to him […]View the full article

We have hit a period of games now where we are actually in a spot of bother. Of course, there is absolutely no need to panic or over react at this stage, and we should all still be able to see the many positives from the first half of the season, as well as the […]View the full article

We've reached the halfway point of the Premier League season, and it's been a typically fascinating and unpredictable one for Chelsea and their fans. There were a variety of opinions about how the Blues would get on this season, but even the most optimistic of pundits didn't have them doing so well that they had […]View the full article

I believe we could solve two issues in one move here, simply by putting Cole Palmer back on the right. Admittedly, I have been against doing this for a while, simply because I believe Palmer playing centrally is very effective when he is on form. But as we have spoken about so often, putting him […]View the full article