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Pedro Neto’s behavior after receiving his second yellow in the match against Arsenal a couple weeks ago has been deemed egregious enough for our winger to be hit with an additional one-match ban, which he will serve this weekend, thus ruling him out from our game tomorrow against Newcastle United. “Pedro Neto has been given […]
Reece James has pun to paper on a new long-term contract, with the club announcing a six-year extension this morning for the 26-year-old club captain. That’s certainly welcome and wonderful news, especially as he only had two years left on his previous deal, and that would’ve meant that he was entering prime Pure Profit territory. […]
100th Oooooooooooooff. Hmm
1. ENZO FERNÁNDEZ (6.6) When Enzo Fernández scored to make it 2-2, it really felt like Chelsea could and perhaps would not only get something out of this first leg, but maybe go on to even win it. Or, worst case, lose by one. All of those outcomes would’ve set up a massive second leg […]
If, like me, you’ve only just stop reeling from last night’s spectacular collapse in Paris, here’s another perfectly placed gut punch. And this one hits right where it hurts. Guro Reiten has left Chelsea, signing with defending NWSL champions Gotham FC, where she will reunite with former Chelsea teammates Ann-Katrin Berger and Jess Carter. Reiten […]
An entire season’s worth of work in the Champions League was thrown away in fifteen minutes of madness last night, as Chelsea gifted a third goal to PSG, then gave up two more in the final minutes to effectively put this Round of 16 tie to bed. As the old adage goes: you cannot win […]
Lol Banter Hmm
Having talked revenge all week, PSG started the game with the appropriate energy and impetus, though it were Chelsea who had the first chance: João Pedro not quite able to steer a Cole Palmer cross on target. But PSG were running circles around Chelsea, and we were made to pay for our passive defending as […]
Welcome to the first leg of our Champions League Round of 16 showdown against the defending Champions of Europe, in a (two-legged) rematch of the Club World Cup final from the summer. Chelsea won that one quiet handily in the end (3-0); this will likely be a lot tougher … to say the least. Liam […]
There’s been some discussion in the build-up to tonight’s game, with some expecting Liam Rosenior to spring a small tactical surprise on PSG, and perhaps line-up with a back-three or something of the sort. Rosenior’s experimentation with such tactics have not proven very fruitful so far, though his conservative approach in the second leg of […]
Almost exactly eight months ago, Chelsea stood on top of the football world. Laid before, and beneath, our feet were the proverbial corpses of our enemies, including a certain Parisian club who had won the Champions League just a couple months prior and were the odds-on favorites to crown themselves Champions of the World as […]
Banter Banter x2 Umm
Chelsea resume our Champions League campaign tomorrow (Wednesday) night as we make the short journey over to Paris, to play the team we vanquished so famously in the Club World Cup final this summer … and who will want nothing more than to take their revenge for that upset. PSG are of course the defending […]
Oof Leaving already? Lol
The football gods have smiled upon Chelsea this evening, with the Blues getting drawn against Port Vale in the FA Cup quarterfinals. Port Vale are the only third division side left in the competition, and we don’t even have to travel, with the match set to be played at Stamford Bridge, the weekend of April […]
Nicolas Jackson started his first Bundesliga match in three months as Bayern Munich beat Borussia Mönchengladbach on Friday night to maintain their dominant position at the top of the table. It was just the sixth league start of the season for the Chelsea loanee, who notched a goal and an assist in the 4-1 win, […]
Huh? Favourite Progressed
Technically it was not a debut, though it sure felt like one, as Dário Essugo came on just past the hour mark in Saturday’s 4-2 win over Wrexham in the FA Cup. The 20-year-old midfielder had not seen competitive action since the summer, when he made three appearances at the Club World Cup. He had […]
1. JOÃO PEDRO (7.6, sub) This might be one of the lowest-rated wins in the history of the WAGNH Player Ratings, but it was a win nonetheless. JP came off the bench to inject some much needed cutting edge, grabbing the insurance goal in the final minutes of extra-time as well. He’s been in brilliant […]
Most Hmm True
Chelsea had to come from behind twice to beat Championship promotion hopefuls Wrexham on Saturday night, surviving the narrative forces of Hollywood documentarians to advance to the quarterfinals of this year’s FA Cup. It wasn’t exactly a vintage performance from the well rotated Blues, but we did just enough to prevent disaster against non-top-flight (yet) […]
The match began at a walking pace and offered little hope of any urgency, making for a rather dour and boring affair. Chelsea passed the ball around leisurely at the back while Wrexham sat back with all eleven behind the ball, observing it all without breaking a sweat. Wrexham finally got a kick a quarter […]
Welcome to this FA Cup fifth round showdown between the Champions of the World and the Champions of Hollywood! The Blues are favored against the Championship promotion hopefuls, but the locals have already taken a couple big scalps this season in this competition, so we will have to be careful. Both sides have rotated their […]
The dilemma facing head coach Liam Rosenior for today’s match against Wrexham is just how much he can afford to rotate. It’s important that we progress in this FA Cup competition as well, but in terms of priorities, it still pales in comparison with our attempts to finish in the top-five in the league and […]
Hmm No for the former, yes for the latter Retro day