Posts Tagged ‘Preview’

The Harding Perspective: Tottenham (A)

Saturday will mark the beginning of a sequence of games that will truly test the title credentials of Roberto Di Matteo’s emerging Chelsea side. Any aspirations of contesting the title this season will be thoroughly examined by a Tottenham team who are sadly finding themselves under ginger beard. A match that usually bristles with animosity [...]

The Harding Perspective: Wolverhampton Wanderers (H)

What a difference a few weeks makes for the outlook of both a Manager and his Squad. Since the debacle at Loftus Road, where the ineptitude of refereeing was equalled only by our poor first-half display, things have not been right in SW6. A catalogue of individual errors (some often repeated) married with some very [...]

The Harding Perspective: Queens Park Rangers (A)

In the wake of a positive string of performances under AVB’s stewardship, Chelsea visit Loftus Road this Sunday to take on Queens Park Rangers in the West London derby. Neil Warnock’s side have made a decent start on their return to the Premier League and currently sit in 11th place tucked in behind Arsenal (the [...]

The Harding Perspective: West Bromwich Albion (H)

After a positive performance against Stoke City, André Villas-Boas takes charge of his first game at Stamford Bridge as Chelsea entertain West Bromwich Albion. Our guests fell foul to Manchester United’s unsung Norwegian hero, Øwn Gøal, late on at the Hawthorns during the opening weekend of the season. New signing Shane Long showed a glimpse [...]

The Harding Perspective: Stoke (A)

Sunday will mark the beginning of the André Villas-Boas reign in the Premier League with an extremely difficult tie at the Britannia Stadium against Stoke City. AVB should be under no illusion at the enormity of this task given our (and in all fairness other top clubs) trips here in recent seasons. There is no [...]