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NFOI'm 43, working in law and aspiring sports journalist especially in football & motorsports including MotoGP, Moto2, Moto3, BTCC and Formula E. Support Chelsea and will always tell it like I see it rather than wear rose tinted glasses. Find me on Twitter @SiBoyle46
A late afternoon match in January away to a lower division team can often be cause for bitten fingernails and loss of sleep but Chelsea eased into the fifth round with a comfortable win over MK Dons. In the early stages of the match, it appeared the Blues could score with ease and had several […]
Kenneth Omeruo is currently on loan at Kasimpasa in the Turkish Super Lig but dreams of returning to Chelsea and establishing himself in the first-team reports Pulse.ng. The 22-year-old Nigerian can play at both centre back and right back. Since arriving from Belgian side Standard Liege in 2012, he has been on loan at ADO […]
It was a match billed as a ‘must win’ for both sides but in the end, it was a goalless draw between Manchester United and Chelsea. Both goalkeepers, David de Gea for Manchester United and Thibaut Courtois for Chelsea, made excellent saves to keep the match at a stalemate while there were very few outfield […]
Interim manager Guus Hiddink has been charged with the task of preparing a blueprint for Chelsea’s return to glory by owner Roman Abramovich. Get West London reports that the Dutchman will attempt to turn around the club’s fortune’s that have left them 15th in the table and just three points above the drop zone. He will […]
Diego Costa is one of the Chelsea players coming most under fire from the Stamford Bridge faithful along with Cesc Fabregas and Eden Hazard, but the Times reports that the former Atletico Madrid striker has been putting in extra effort in recent weeks to please former manager Jose Mourinho. Costa apparently spent the last three […]
So after roughly two and a half seasons totalling 927 days Jose Mourinho’s second spell as Chelsea manager has come to an abrupt and undignified end. With football they say “never go back” but nobody believed the second spell curse would strike Mourinho and Chelsea. First time around it was a marriage made in heaven […]
GIVE YOUTH A CHANCE Not only should we have the biggest names but we should be able to blend them with our developing youngsters. Everyone knows we have a staggering amount of young players out on loan in this country and across Europe, but a number of those are good enough for our first team. […]
A RELIABLE STRIKER Diego Costa, like Fabregas, had a fantastic start to his Chelsea career. It was a pairing that hit the ground running with the former-Arsenal midfielder finding Costa in the box time and time again. Costa is a very good striker but is he a great striker? Is he the best we can […]
I make no apologies for the length of this article. I’ve had a lot of these thoughts rattling around in my head for a while and discussed many of the with other fans but felt that now was the right time to put them down in print in one place. It’s probably one to put […]
Asmir Begovic – GK A mixed bag for the Bosnian deputy keeper as he pulled off some impressive saves to keep the score down as Porto peppered him like a prime piece of beef. He was also partly to blame for their winner though as he left his near post helplessly exposed at the corner […]
Asmir Begovic – GK Reacted perfectly when called upon and saw a lot more action than on Wednesday night. Rating – 8/10 Branislav Ivanovic – RB Recalled to the side and handed the captaincy. Responded well to his return and did look more confident although was again caught upfield on a couple of occasions and […]
The Blues won their second game of the season with a 2-0 win over Arsenal at Stamford Bridge. Kurt Zouma scored his first league goal for Chelsea in the 53rd minute and Eden Hazard secured the game in the last minute with a shot that deflected wickedly off of Calum Chambers. Defeat could have left […]
