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Welcome to the weekend. The next few hours will determine whether it’s going to be a good one, or a not-so-good one. Come on you Blues! Enzo Maresca, as expected, has rotated back to a first-choice lineup after the midweek Cup game, and surprisingly, Enzo Fernandez does not get the start. Instead, it’s Reecey again […]
In what may be the most one-sided vote in the history of this exercise, the WAGNH Community have spoken almost literally as one in picking the lineup for today’s trip to St James’ Park. All eleven starters are well into the 80s for voting percentage, with seven reaching over 95 per cent consensus. If last […]
Hmm Chances Only
It’s an early kickoff on Tyneside today, which means that this game is going to start in just a few short hours! So let’s get to it. It’s fourth against twelfth, but Newcastle away is never not a daunting proposition. And it’s just the first of many daunting propositions awaiting us this holiday season, with […]
Chances Advancing Hmm
It’s the last fixture before the holiday rush as Chelsea travel north to the faraway lands of Newcastle upon Tyne, for a lunchtime joust against the local black and white stripes. Yes, it’s another Saturday lunchtime affair. Feels like we’ve had more than our fair share of these. We will arrive on the sails of […]
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1. ALEJANDRO GARNACHO (8.0, sub) Second Man of the Match of the season for Garna, and like the first, it’s come in a League Cup match. Two goals in 45 minutes of work, doubling his tally for the season and his Chelsea career, and helping us reach the semifinals of this competition once again. It […]
It’s been an easy path for us so far in the League Cup, as we’ve reached the final four by playing two games against third division clubs (Lincoln City and Cardiff City) and one against the worst team in the Premier League (Wolverhampton Wanderers). However, things are about to get significantly more difficult now. In […]
Even with deep changes in their squad this summer Wolfsburg remain a very strong team, especially when playing at home. Chelsea Women are well aware of such a challenge even if the squad that once beat them at home in the UEFA Women’s Champions League nearly six years ago is also long gone. As expected […]
There’s only one way for Chelsea Women to leave their UEFA Women’s Champions League fate in their hands, which is beating Wolfsburg at the German side’s turf. We’ve done this once several years ago when the Wolves were the team to beat in Europe. While they haven’t been as powerful in current times, gone are […]
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It’s the final group stage round of the 2025-26 season in the UEFA Women’s Champions League. Another situation in which a draw for Chelsea Women won’t suffice. The Blues must win this match if they want “smooth sailing” into the competition’s knockout rounds as they sit third in the league table, but with few points […]
Chelsea advanced to the League Cup semifinals with last night’s perfunctory 3-1 win over third-division Cardiff City, showing just enough bits of requisite quality in the second half to dispatch the opposition. It wasn’t pretty, and it was hardly entertaining, but it got the job done while giving some much needed rest to many. Enzo […]
A well rotated Chelsea lineup came out of the blocks as if they had never seen each other, let alone ever played together, making for a frustrating first 45 minutes of football. And at no point in the first half would we do anything to dissuade that notion, playing with no cohesion, zero quality, and […]
Welcome to the quarterfinals of the League Cup. Though we’re away, Chelsea got a favorable draw in facing the last lower-league side left in this competition. Cardiff sit atop the third division, but we are the firm favorites. This is an obvious opportunity to rotate, and Enzo Maresca has done just that — choosing (almost!) […]
Some of Chelsea’s lesser spotted squad members are expected to get some minutes tonight against third-division Cardiff City in the League Cup. Though a spot in the semifinals is on the line, we should be able to dispatch the only lower-league side remaining in this competition without needing all the usual suspects. The upcoming schedule […]
Lol Hmm Here we go
Enzo Maresca may have lost the plot a bit in his dealings with the media in the last couple press conferences, talking about how it was the worst 48 hours of his Chelsea life last week due to lack of “support”, then refusing to elaborate on any part of that cryptic messaging when asked about […]
Next up for Chelsea is the quarterfinals of the League Cup, wherein we’ll be facing the only lower-league side left in the competition, third division outfit Cardiff City. That sounds easy on paper, but we are away and The Bluebirds are leading their division, so confidence will not be in short order for them. For […]
Streak Involved Hmm
1. MALO GUSTO (8.5) Not only was this Gusto’s first player ratings podium finish of the season, it is his first Man of the Match under Enzo Maresca. That’s a bit surprising, given Maresca’s propensity for shoehorning Gusto into the lineup at just about any position other than goalkeeper, but the (still very) young right […]
There wasn’t complexity in Brighton’s approach to the match at Broadfield Stadium today, as they hosted Chelsea Women in a Women’s Super League clash. It all boiled down to hunkering down and enduring as much pressure as possible, looking for a loose ball that could be within their reach in midfield so they can try […]
Chelsea Women have gone beyond proving their real mettle since that bitter loss to Everton at Kingsmeadow last weekend, sending AS Roma packing at Stamford Bridge with ease in an UEFA Women’s Champions League match. But clearly this season the Women’s Super League is an entirely different beast. One with matches like today’s against Brighton […]
Enzo Maresca must have been feeling the heat a bit, after going without a win in four straight, matching his longest winless streak as Chelsea manager. Maybe not from his superiors, at least not directly, or even from the fans. And certainly not from his players … which would leave the media at large. You’re […]