Jose Mourinho seems destined to return to Chelsea a different man to the one that first arrived in London in 2004. Some things will be different, and some things will be the same – such as the fact that Mourinho will yet again come into conflict with his predecessor. He has never enjoyed a good [...]
Chelsea look to reportedly spend upwards of £100m this summer as our rebuilding project nears completion. The below suggestions are all players I have seen with some regularity over the past season. They are players that I believe Chelsea can realistically buy, so players like Lewandowski and Capoue who are linked heavily elsewhere (to the [...]
Impatience is a virtue, taking your time is wasting your time. This modern philosophy fuelled a Samsung advertising campaign (a bit of brand Chelsea there, I expect a commission if you are reading this) and has largely seen Chelsea sweep all before them in the Abramovich era. Frankly speaking, I would not swap the past [...]
In the grand scheme of things yesterday’s result against West Bromwich Albion proved two things. The atmosphere in the ground, “toxic” if you wish to believe the Sky sanitisation era, has absolutely nothing to do with performance or results. Benitez, himself, is to blame for mismanagement during matches. Before the inevitable Liverpool cult jump in [...]
While the Rafalution™ (defined as ‘having the appearance of progress, but in reality destroying from within’) embodies much of what is currently wrong with Chelsea as a football cloob (sorry, it is contagious) the serious lack of direction from those above will continue to hamper any hopes for a positive development of a young squad. While there [...]