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Chelsea

22/02/2024
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Premier League Title Fight: The Closest In Years

We’re heading into the final stretch of this year’s Premier League, and it’s still looking incredibly close at the top. After last night’s 4-1 win over Luton, Liverpool currently see themselves 4 points clear of nearest rivals Manchester City, and a further point ahead of Arsenal. However, the current leaders have played one game more – so it is possible to see those gaps close to just 1 and 2 points respectively. Since the formation of the Premier League in 1992, there have been three seasons in which the top... Read More

08/02/2024
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Chelsea: A Turnaround, Or A One-Off?

Last night’s FA Cup replay certainly didn’t follow the script most of us had expected. So far this season Aston Villa have been the pleasant surprise, hanging in near the top of the Premier league table (currently sitting 4th and just 5 points off leaders Liverpool), whereas Chelsea – one of the perceived Big Six – have struggled down in 11th and a full 20 points off the top, which followed a season where they were (only for a very short period and still very unlikely situation of) being in... Read More

29/02/2016
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The First Trophy Is Sky Blue – With A Hero Goalie

Penalty shootouts. Nervous for everyone involved – and usually it’s decided by an off-shot, or the odd save here or there. But Manchester City‘s Willy Caballero – a man who had a disaster against Chelsea in the FA Cup just last week – pulled off a goalkeeping performance that’s going to be talked about for some time. Not one. Not even two… but THREE consecutive saves from Liverpool shots left the reds with no chance to even get involved in the shootout. Manchester City won the Capital One Cup 3-1... Read More

08/02/2016
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The Day Belief Grew Stronger: The Impossible Dream… Possible?

It’s a subject we’ve covered twice this season, but both times in the early days – Leicester City. After a month, we thought it was amusing they were in the top 5 having spent a heavy part of last season at the bottom of the Premier League table. Then, we briefly discussed if the impossible dream could happen, but we still didn’t think it would happen. But now, with 13 games to go, they’re not just “still there”. The Foxes sit top of the table. Five points clear (from Tottenham... Read More

02/02/2016
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Guardiola: The Hottest Free Agent Is Snapped Up…

It was a battle that top teams wanted: Chelsea were looking for a new permanent manager after firing Jose Mourinho back in December, and questions still linger over Manchester United‘s current manager Louis Van Gaal. In the end, they lost out to Manchester City, who announced that current Bayern Munich manager Pep Guardiola will be joining the Sky Blues for the 2016/17 season – outing current manager Manuel Pellegrini, whose contract runs out at the end of this season. As a player, Guardiola was a defensive midfielder who played 378 league games for a number of teams, but... Read More

02/11/2015
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The Only Way Is… Jose?

Another weekend gone, another loss for Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea. Eleven games in to the season and the blues are currently holding the unfortunate record of the worst Premier League title defense since the league started under its current guise over 20 years ago. While even at this point you can’t see it happening, rumblings of “has anyone ever won the title and been relegated the next season?” have been brewing. Well, there is an answer: It’s only ever happened once, when Manchester City won their first ever league title in... Read More

15/09/2015
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Flourishing Foxes – Leicester’s Impressive Run

Before the beginning of the season, you probably didn’t expect the top royal blue team to be Leicester after 5 games, did you? It’s only a mere few months ago where, with 9 games to go, Leicester were bottom of the Premier League having won just 4 games all season. Then, on April 4th, the fifth win of the season came for the Foxes after beating West Ham 2-1. Following on were victories against West Brom and Swansea City which finally lifted Leicester from the bottom and up to 18th,... Read More

01/09/2015

Get Harry In A Car – It’s Deadline Day!

Time is running out – Harry’s car is run… the reporters are at the team gro… the deadline is at ele… oh come on, what kind of transfer deadline day is this if NONE of those are correct!?! That aside, things have been pretty hectic this summer and it all ends at 6PM today (over here at least – just as a heads-up to anyone who’s thinking of doing a transfer to Spain today, it ain’t happening). So we might not have Redknapp doing interviews from his car window, but... Read More

03/08/2015
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The New League Season Is Almost Here!

It hardly feels like a few moments ago since Chelsea prized the Premiership title away from Manchester for the first time since 2010, and yet we’re now less than a week away from the new season kicking it all off again. As mentioned earlier, Chelsea are defending their Premier League Title against 19 more challengers – of which Bournemouth make their first ever appearance, plus the return of Watford and Norwich to the top tier will make this season, pretty much like every year, a nail-biter from top to bottom.... Read More

27/05/2015
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FA Cup Final: All in the A’s

So when it came down to it all… all we had to do to get our FA Cup final was pick the first two teams alphabetically in the Premier League. The final, taking place this weekend pits Aston Villa – who managed to hang on to their Premier League status this season – against 3rd placed (and current FA Cup holders) Arsenal. It seems inevitable as to who should win this one, but as we’ve seen even just 2 years ago with Wigan and Manchester City, it can be anything... Read More