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Chelsea welcome Grimsby Town to Stamford Bridge on Wednesday evening for their third round Carabao Cup encounter. Frank Lampard will see this as the perfect opportunity to rest players, give fringe players some game time, blood in some more youth, and get some recovering injured players vital game time. The Chelsea boss has already confirmed […]View the full article

Frank Lampard says that you end up not being surprised by the performances of N’Golo Kante, but that isn’t fair on him. Those words sum it up perfectly. He is a player whom you watch and you just know that he is always going to be the player who steps up, runs the most, plays […]View the full article

The summer of 2019 is behind us now, and we’re into the Autumn – the season of football and, for me, chocolate. Five a side season is back and with it, the celebratory chocolate. In fact, to celebrate these two annual milestones, Cadbury have released two sizes of its Dairy Milk Premier League Chocolate Football. […] View the full article

Christian Pulisic arrived at Chelsea with a large price tag on his back, and he also had the weight of replacing Eden Hazard at the club, even though nobody is expecting him to be a replacement. Hazard is one in a million. Even still, Pulisic will have thoughts of him hovering around in his head. […]View the full article

Callum Hudson-Odoi has signed his new deal. After a long summer of false alarms, there he is standing with Marina, a shirt and a grin. It’s seemed certain for a while now, but it’s easy to forget how unlikely this situation seemed just a few months ago. Not long ago we had turned down a […]View the full article

Chelsea fans were holding their breaths on Tuesday evening when midfielder Mason Mount limped off the field in their Champions League match against Valencia. The hysteria has continued afterwards with supporters desperate to hear news on a player who was only recently described as ‘an over-rated youth player’ by some Blues fans. The cliche expression […]View the full article

Trying to predict N’Golo Kante’s return from injury is proving to be a nightmare for Chelsea fans. Since the end of last season the French midfielder has seemed on the verge of a comeback, even appearing to play 120 superb minutes against Liverpool in the Super Cup before vanishing again with a new complaint. N'Golo […]View the full article

Chelsea were beaten 1-0 at home by Valencia last night in Frank Lampard’s first European match in charge of Chelsea. Whilst there were a number of elements that lead to defeat, and many factors at fault, there was four key mistakes that collectively lead to the loss. Ross Barkley penalty fiasco Another match, more penalty […]View the full article

Chelsea were forced to withdraw Mason Mount just 15 minutes into their Champions League campaign against Valencia, after a heavy tackle from Francis Coquelin ended his night. Having struggled since Coquelin's awful challenge, Mason Mount's evening has come to an end. The young Blue makes way for Pedro. 🔵 0-0 ⚪️ [15'] #CHEVCF pic.twitter.com/KGzn8stvRs — […]View the full article

Chelsea won another thrilling victory this weekend, with Frank Lampard’s team scoring freely, but once again unable to shut the game down. Another comfortable lead was let slip, although this time the Blues managed to escape with all three points. The lack of defensive solidity can partly be attributed to the absence of N’Golo Kante […]View the full article

Fikayo Tomori was Derby’s player of the year last season, with Frank Lampard as his manager. So when it became clear as the summer wore on that the 21 year old would be staying with the first team for coming season, nobody was too surprised. The speed at which he has made an impact on […]View the full article

Last season Chelsea supporters grew used to watching their side play in the same formation and use the same style of play, regardless of the score, the opposition, or the circumstances. Maurizio Sarri believes in his style of football and has always said that it is the only way he knows how to play. This […]View the full article

Marcos Alonso will start for Chelsea for the first time in the Premier League this season today against Wolves, and the Spaniard may be in for a tough time. After starring as a left wing back under Antonio Conte, the Spaniard struggled increasingly under Maurizio Sarri last season. He eventually lost his place to Emerson […]View the full article

The 2019/2020 Premier League season is now underway, and with four games in Chelsea currently place 11th in the table. There’s been lots of talk about how to build the team back up to their 2016/2017 success and score them their sixth Premier League title. With punters already making premier league bets, here’s how they’re […]View the full article

Given the major changes at Chelsea this summer, it’s no surprise that Frank Lampard has a lot of questions still to answer. He’s managed Chelsea for more than ten games now, including friendlies, and he’s given a lot of players minutes. While his first team was starting to establish itself in the last couple of […]View the full article

Apparently Real Madrid will make an attempt to sign N’Golo Kante from Chelsea next summer, so says The Athletic. Now, let me reassure Chelsea fans, this isn’t an Eden Hazard situation, the ball will very much be in Chelsea’s court here. Hazard was running his Chelsea contract down and wasn’t going to sign a new […]View the full article

We’re in the middle of the international break, so last Sunday was a little bit of a drag for some football fans. Just as the season was getting started, there was a blank weekend day in the middle of your calendar. That is, unless you’re an NFL fan. It just so happened that America’s game […]View the full article

Chelsea have been linked with Nathan Ake once again in recent weeks. The Dutchman spent years in our youth system, before making his loan to Bournemouth permanent a couple of seasons ago. Since then he’s continuing to fulfil the potential we always knew he had, blossoming into one of the Premier League’s best young passing […]View the full article

Reece James is back in full Chelsea training and Blues fans are naturally very excited by this. Trust me, this is excellent news, and I’ll start off by saying that I have no doubt at all that he will soon oust Cesar Azpilicueta as our main right back. I have that much belief in his […]View the full article

Chelsea defender Marc Guehi is one of those players of whom we really must take note of. He isn’t just another promising youngster, he’s the real deal. I believe that come January, the proof of that claim will be in the pudding. I believe that Chelsea will be receiving loan enquiries for his services until […]View the full article

After the first few games, many critics are writing Chelsea off already. Ok, so we lost to Manchester United on the opening day, and we let Sheffield United back into the game recently and dropped two points, but is it all really that bad? We’ve got a League Cup game coming up that should give […]View the full article

Chelsea are interested in signing Youcel Atal from Nice this January, if they’re able to sign players. CalcioMercato is the source of the rumours, conjuring the idea that the Blues and Valencia are the two teams most interested in the 23 year old within a singe sentence and leaving it there. Despite the total lack […]View the full article

Looking at this Chelsea team, there’s one obvious weakness – centre back. In all other positions we’ve got either some talented youth or some quality experience, or both. At centre back we have a crop of younger players, and it doesn’t look certain that any of them will be up to the task of being […]View the full article

The BBC’s video feature from this international break is on Jonathan Panzo, a celebratory tale of how and why a 17 year old went to play his football abroad. It’s an inspiring story for many football fans looking for evidence that modern players are opening their minds a little more, and that the England players […]View the full article

I’ll start this off by saying that whenever FIFA release their rankings for their latest game, it doesn’t ever bother me. It’s something of nothing, and some of the decisions they make are just plain ludicrous. However, whilst scrolling down the list, which you can find on the FIFA 20 website today, it made me […]View the full article