A lot has been made out of Jose removing left-backs and putting on attack minded players. People have said a 3-5-2, or 3-4-3 and even a 3-3-5. To analyse the situation we look at how it has taken place. Against Everton, Bertrand was taken off and Torres came on in the 69th minute, as Mourinho … Read more
Chelsea and Their Squad Depth Dilemma The summer transfer window closed and all teams submitted their squad list. On paper Chelsea’s squad looks the toughest but is that the real scenario? Their immense squad depth is backfiring them early on in the season. Of course having a strong bench throughout the season is really good … Read more
What is the real ‘Mata’? : Why Juan hasn’t featured for Chelsea under Mourinho and why he is the most important Chelsea player. There was lots of speculation surrounding Chelsea’s two time player of the year Juan Mata that he would be leaving Stamford Bridge this summer as he is well not in the plans … Read more
Romelu Lukaku’s loan move to Everton was the stunner in a rather uneventful transfer deadline day for Chelsea Football Club. Many fans may feel aggrieved at his move at the dying embers of the transfer window. It was undoubtedly contentious, given that Mourinho had reportedly promised the Belgian starlet a starting spot this season following … Read more
Michael Essien!! The beast is finally back at Chelsea. Last season when there was an argument between players, only the defenders of Chelsea had to come and talk to referee/push and boss the opposition.. The likes of Oscar, Mata, Hazard, Moses do not know what to do..nor do the new guys Van Ginkel, De Bruyne, … Read more
Chelsea Football club has had its share of interesting characters during Roman Abramovich’s reign. They range from the huge flops like Adrian Mutu to the misfiring strikers like Andiy Shevchenko. Most lately, many will be keen to point out David Luiz, a Brazilian defender who contributes as much to attacking as he does to … Read more
Its really surprising to see Chelsea’s transfer policy this summer. The manager who has till now vouched for only big names for any club that he managed, has suddenly roped in two talented youngsters. Within days after bringing in Andre Schurrle from Bayer Leverkusen, Mourinho has now signed highly rated Dutch youngster Marco Van Ginkel … Read more
With 182 league games with no goals and an unflattering record of assists that can still be counted with two hands, John Obi Mikel is probably one of the most divisive players in Chelsea Football Club right now. His critics point out that he is a slow, uncreative and a waste of space. His supporters, … Read more
Well not often do we find a manager winning the Barclay’s manager of the month award and the fans not getting too happy with the incident. But such a queer situation must have arisen for the supporters of Chelsea with Rafael Banitez winning Barclay’s manager of the month award for April. The Chelsea fans did … Read more