Chelsea’s fans in Portugal in midweek sang “We Want Our Captain Back” and Jose Mourinho acquiesced, restoring John Terry to the starting XI for his first league appearance since the 3-1 loss at Everton in early September. But it didn’t go the way that Terry or the Chelsea fans hoped, as the Blues captain looked […]
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After another disastrous performance, there are more than a few whisper calling for Jose Mourinho to be fired. And knowing the track record of Roman Abramovich in firing managers, Jose Mourinho tried to head off the talk about him getting fired after the Southampton defeat saying: “No way I resign,” he said. “No way. Why? […]
Chelsea’s supporters were still being held high inside the Dragao Stadium when John Terry emerged from the tunnel to perform a set of sprints and exercises. Most of those who had witnessed Porto’s 2-1 win in the Champions League on Tuesday had filed out happily into the night. Those who had made the trip from […]
Chelsea have made a horrendous start to the season and defender Branislav Ivanovic’s performance against Porto summed up everything that is wrong with the Premier League champions this season. Ivanovic was simply awful against Porto where he made just 10% of his tackles in the Champions League (one out of ten), which took until the […]
As expected, Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has hit out at Diego Costa ’s three-match ban and the overturning of Gabriel Paulista’s red card by insisting: “Retaliation is now allowed.” The Special One claimed he would suffer a heavy touchline suspension if he gave his true feelings about the retrospective FA action taken after Chelsea’s 2-0 […]
Liverpool survived an almighty scare in the English League Cup while Sheffield Wednesday heaped more misery on Newcastle boss Steve McClaren as he saw his side lose 1-0 at home. With rumors of a split amongst Liverpool’s directors on whether to fire Brendan Rodgers or not, the under-fire manager saw his side booed by the […]
To nobody’s surprise the Football Association have charged Chelsea’s Diego Costa and Arsenal’s Gabriel with violent conduct and improper conduct respectively after their clash during Chelsea’s 2-0 win over Arsenal, the Football Association announced. “Diego Costa has been charged for an alleged act of violent conduct which was not seen by the match officials but […]
He is still the best manager in world football, but it has to be a little worrying to Chelsea fans that Jose Mourinho appears to be coming apart at the edges these days. Reports from As the Chelsea training ground suggest that Blues employees dive into side rooms or peek around corners to avoid the […]
It’s been a terrible start to the season for Chelsea, who sit 8 points adrift of pace-setters Manchester City after just four matches, with a gap in goal difference of 13 away from last season’s runners-up. Throw in what most would consider to have been a thoroughly underwhelming transfer window for the champions and you […]