Chelsea haven’t been at their best for a while now, but that hasn’t stopped them opening a five point lead over closest rivals Manchester City, who have been found out far too many times this season. Their good performances have proven to be little more than one-offs, and they have faltered in a variety of
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Chasing a Champions League spot, Inter Milan backed Roberto Mancini in January with the loan signings of Lukas Podolski, Davide Santon and Xherdan Shaqiri as well as the permanent signing of Marcelo Brozovic for £2.5 million from Dinamo Zagreb as Inter looked to close the gap on a flagging Lazio in third. Fiorentina meanwhile, sitting
1955: Hibernian v Rot Weiss Essen Edinburgh team Hibernian, known more popularly as Hibs, became the first British football club to compete in the European Cup. English sides declined to enter the inaugural contest, but there was more interest north of the border. However, reigning Scottish Champions Aberdeen did not enter. Hibs were selected partly
With the high level of competition in the English Premier League (EPL), it’s rare for players to play together for many seasons. When it does happen, however, it’s something special, and they often form the core of a legendary team. 3. Frank Lampard and John Terry (351 games) While both players are still playing
All players decline with age no matter how gifted they are. However, some players are able to adapt their play to emphasize technical ability and intelligence over physicality, and are able to make an impact in the best leagues in the world well past their physical peaks. 3. Frank Lampard What Frank Lampard has
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Formation: 4-3-1-2 GK: Petr Čech He may no longer be the Chelsea’s first choice, but let’s face it, there aren’t many teams in the world whose starting XI wouldn’t include Čech if they had the choice. With his height and agility, Čech has made hardly any mistakes whatsoever in his ten years in the
Almost constantly levelled at Chelsea last season was the criticism that they were too dull, especially against other top teams where they would “park the bus”. An original Mourinho quote, pictures of a Chelsea bus would almost always appear on social networks as fans ridiculed and pointed out the defensive and apparently boring strategies used
Romelu Lukaku’s departure from Chelsea leaves this fan with mixed feelings. It seems like more than 3 and a half years ago that most of us including me first heard about Romelu Lukaku, an exciting young talent at Anderlecht. He was scoring for fun, and his age brought him somewhere near the level of excitement
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It is rather odd that Jose Mourinho should still be spinning the rhetoric that his Chelsea team are not title challengers whilst he sits, with 9 games to go, top of the league, 7 points clear of second place Liverpool and 9 clear of Manchester City. Cup commitments and postponements mean City have 3 games
The Premier League has always boasted its competitiveness compared to Europe’s other top leagues, although in reality it was only two, sometimes three teams that were really in the title race. So far this season, that has changed quite dramatically. Here we are in January and the top 6 places are changing on a weekly
This has been one of the most talked about cases in Chelsea’s start to the Premier League season. Who should Jose play at number 10 and the two names that are always brought up are Juan Mata and Oscar. However, Jose has made it as clear as possible that he wants the Brazilian Oscar as
Lucas Piazon is widely regarded as one of the big upcoming talents in world football. Chelsea paid quite a large fee to acquire Piazon back in 2011, and the Brazilian only played one game for Chelsea’s first team so far. His loan move to Málaga last season proved to be interesting, yet unconclusive. A dozen
The fairy tale start to the season for Arsenal is still well, on. Infact, its quite absurd to call it a “Fairy Tale ” opening. The Gunners have worked very hard to earn that top position status, and if there is any team who deserves the league come end of season, its them. Albeit, they
As Chelsea prepare for what could be a tricky game against Southampton at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, the Saints sit fifth and have already taken four points from Manchester United and Liverpool, Jose Mourinho was again asked about his striker situation as Samuel Eto’o was ruled out of the game with a muscle injury. His
It has been an excitingly wide-open season so far for the English Premier League. Some predicted as much due to so many changes to squads and the addition (or loss) of top players. Also noted was how many clubs have had new coaches over the past couple of seasons. With all these changes, some teams
David Luiz was playing well at Newcastle on Saturday lunchtime before, mid-way through the second half, his central-defensive partner John Terry had to be alert to block Shola Ameobi’s cross as the Brazilian lapsed to allow the striker through. It was the eccentric defender in a nutshell, turning in a steady performance until an error
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After a peculiar start, Chelsea’s Spanish midfield maestro, Juan Mata is beginning to show signs of being back to his best. Yet with Chelsea having so many similar options how can Mata get back to being one of the first names on the Chelsea team sheet? Last season was a wild one for Chelsea. There
Perhaps the most surprising thing about Jose Mourinho’s reaction to Chelsea’s Champions League defeat by Basel was how calm he appeared. In front of the Sky cameras, moments after being stunned by the Swiss outfit his group of multi-million pound stars would have expected to beat, he delivered his verdict serenely and soberly, almost as
After Romelu Lukaku’s successes with West Bromwich Albion last season, many expected him to play an increased role at Stamford Bridge this season, under the reinstated Jose Mourinho. The signs were good during pre-season with the Belgian getting a fair amount of game-time and looking ready for the coming season. However, rumours started to circulate
The neutral observer may have been forgiven for failing to recognise the identity of Chelsea’s fresh-faced, blond-haired right-winger in their opening weekend game with Hull City. However, by the end of the 2-0 win, they would have had no trouble realising the reason why Jose Mourinho has brought Kevin De Bruyne back into his team,
For the transfer activity done by Chelsea this summer, totalling nearly £70 million in spend, it is the one that didn’t happen that was most significant. Samuel Eto’o, Willian, Andre Schurrle, Marco Van Ginkel and Christian Atsu were the arrivals as Jose Mourinho added unbridled quality to a squad already packed full of it, but