When Mohamed Salah returned to Stamford Bridge two weeks ago to take on Chelsea, he might have been expecting an easy ride. The home side hadn’t managed a clean sheet all season, and their chances of pulling one off against Jurgen Klopp’s potent attacking trident took another blow when first choice left-back Emerson Palmieri limped […]
Christian Pulisic comes with a big price tag above his head, signing for £58 million from Borussia Dortmund. You cannot doubt the potential he has and there really is no limits to how good he can be. But right now, what he is offering Chelsea isn’t any more than Willian and Pedro, that is the […]
Chelsea midfielder Jorginho has gone from zero to hero in the space of one season for many Chelsea supporters. The Italian international was wrongly used as the scapegoat last season by some fans due to arriving at the club alongside Maurizio Sarri from Napoli, and being the orchestrator of a brand of football that many […]
There was no shortage of talent on display for Chelsea last night in the Carabao Cup third round. Frank Lampard picked plenty of academy products in the first XI, and brought on two even younger homegrown boys later on. Callum Hudson-Odoi, Reece James, Billy Gilmour, Marc Guehi all excelled throughout, and Ian Maatsen and Tino […]
Chelsea came out emphatic 7-1 winners against Grimsby Town in the Carabaco Cup third round last night, and it was a night of dreams for the club’s academy. The Blues academy is one of the best in the world and has been producing great talent for many years. Finally though, they have someone in Frank […]
Chelsea are getting prepared to take on Grimsby Town in the third round of the Carabao Cup at Stamford Bridge this evening, and it’s already been reported that a number of Chelsea academy youngsters are likely to be involved. It is a perfect opportunity for Frank Lampard to rest some of his regular key players […]
Chelsea’s defending has been poor since the start of preseason, and all manner of factors have been at play. There’s been changing personnel and formations, injuries, a lack of experience from both manager and players. The bad form of Cesar Azpilicueta has played into it too. The usually reliable captain has been off his game, […]
It’s easy to forget that Fiakyo Tomori got his first chance this season coming on as a sub in the European Super Cup against Liverpool. He hasn’t looked back since those first 5 minutes. Fikayo Tomori appreciation tweet 🙌 pic.twitter.com/hdq0g6734L — Silva⚡ (@ButeleMike) September 22, 2019 In the weeks following our defeat on penalties in […]
Chelsea welcome Grimsby Town to Stamford Bridge on Wednesday evening for their third round Carabao Cup encounter. Frank Lampard will see this as the perfect opportunity to rest players, give fringe players some game time, blood in some more youth, and get some recovering injured players vital game time. The Chelsea boss has already confirmed […]
Frank Lampard says that you end up not being surprised by the performances of N’Golo Kante, but that isn’t fair on him. Those words sum it up perfectly. He is a player whom you watch and you just know that he is always going to be the player who steps up, runs the most, plays […]![000000 Pl Choc Football Small Stadiumbox Fd Angled[4]](https://www.talkchelsea.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/000000-PL-Choc-Football-Small-StadiumBox-FD-Angled4-594x385.jpg)
The summer of 2019 is behind us now, and we’re into the Autumn – the season of football and, for me, chocolate. Five a side season is back and with it, the celebratory chocolate. In fact, to celebrate these two annual milestones, Cadbury have released two sizes of its Dairy Milk Premier League Chocolate Football. […]
Christian Pulisic arrived at Chelsea with a large price tag on his back, and he also had the weight of replacing Eden Hazard at the club, even though nobody is expecting him to be a replacement. Hazard is one in a million. Even still, Pulisic will have thoughts of him hovering around in his head. […]
Callum Hudson-Odoi has signed his new deal. After a long summer of false alarms, there he is standing with Marina, a shirt and a grin. It’s seemed certain for a while now, but it’s easy to forget how unlikely this situation seemed just a few months ago. Not long ago we had turned down a […]
Chelsea fans were holding their breaths on Tuesday evening when midfielder Mason Mount limped off the field in their Champions League match against Valencia. The hysteria has continued afterwards with supporters desperate to hear news on a player who was only recently described as ‘an over-rated youth player’ by some Blues fans. The cliche expression […]
Trying to predict N’Golo Kante’s return from injury is proving to be a nightmare for Chelsea fans. Since the end of last season the French midfielder has seemed on the verge of a comeback, even appearing to play 120 superb minutes against Liverpool in the Super Cup before vanishing again with a new complaint. N'Golo […]
Chelsea were beaten 1-0 at home by Valencia last night in Frank Lampard’s first European match in charge of Chelsea. Whilst there were a number of elements that lead to defeat, and many factors at fault, there was four key mistakes that collectively lead to the loss. Ross Barkley penalty fiasco Another match, more penalty […]
Chelsea were forced to withdraw Mason Mount just 15 minutes into their Champions League campaign against Valencia, after a heavy tackle from Francis Coquelin ended his night. Having struggled since Coquelin's awful challenge, Mason Mount's evening has come to an end. The young Blue makes way for Pedro. 🔵 0-0 ⚪️ [15'] #CHEVCF pic.twitter.com/KGzn8stvRs — […]
Chelsea won another thrilling victory this weekend, with Frank Lampard’s team scoring freely, but once again unable to shut the game down. Another comfortable lead was let slip, although this time the Blues managed to escape with all three points. The lack of defensive solidity can partly be attributed to the absence of N’Golo Kante […]
Fikayo Tomori was Derby’s player of the year last season, with Frank Lampard as his manager. So when it became clear as the summer wore on that the 21 year old would be staying with the first team for coming season, nobody was too surprised. The speed at which he has made an impact on […]
Last season Chelsea supporters grew used to watching their side play in the same formation and use the same style of play, regardless of the score, the opposition, or the circumstances. Maurizio Sarri believes in his style of football and has always said that it is the only way he knows how to play. This […]
Marcos Alonso will start for Chelsea for the first time in the Premier League this season today against Wolves, and the Spaniard may be in for a tough time. After starring as a left wing back under Antonio Conte, the Spaniard struggled increasingly under Maurizio Sarri last season. He eventually lost his place to Emerson […]
After the first few games, many critics are writing Chelsea off already. Ok, so we lost to Manchester United on the opening day, and we let Sheffield United back into the game recently and dropped two points, but is it all really that bad? We’ve got a League Cup game coming up that should give […]
The 2019/2020 Premier League season is now underway, and with four games in Chelsea currently place 11th in the table. There’s been lots of talk about how to build the team back up to their 2016/2017 success and score them their sixth Premier League title. With punters already making premier league bets, here’s how they’re […]
Given the major changes at Chelsea this summer, it’s no surprise that Frank Lampard has a lot of questions still to answer. He’s managed Chelsea for more than ten games now, including friendlies, and he’s given a lot of players minutes. While his first team was starting to establish itself in the last couple of […]
Apparently Real Madrid will make an attempt to sign N’Golo Kante from Chelsea next summer, so says The Athletic. Now, let me reassure Chelsea fans, this isn’t an Eden Hazard situation, the ball will very much be in Chelsea’s court here. Hazard was running his Chelsea contract down and wasn’t going to sign a new […]
We’re in the middle of the international break, so last Sunday was a little bit of a drag for some football fans. Just as the season was getting started, there was a blank weekend day in the middle of your calendar. That is, unless you’re an NFL fan. It just so happened that America’s game […]Chelsea have been linked with Nathan Ake once again in recent weeks. The Dutchman spent years in our youth system, before making his loan to Bournemouth permanent a couple of seasons ago. Since then he’s continuing to fulfil the potential we always knew he had, blossoming into one of the Premier League’s best young passing […]
Reece James is back in full Chelsea training and Blues fans are naturally very excited by this. Trust me, this is excellent news, and I’ll start off by saying that I have no doubt at all that he will soon oust Cesar Azpilicueta as our main right back. I have that much belief in his […]
Chelsea defender Marc Guehi is one of those players of whom we really must take note of. He isn’t just another promising youngster, he’s the real deal. I believe that come January, the proof of that claim will be in the pudding. I believe that Chelsea will be receiving loan enquiries for his services until […]
Chelsea are interested in signing Youcel Atal from Nice this January, if they’re able to sign players. CalcioMercato is the source of the rumours, conjuring the idea that the Blues and Valencia are the two teams most interested in the 23 year old within a singe sentence and leaving it there. Despite the total lack […]
Looking at this Chelsea team, there’s one obvious weakness – centre back. In all other positions we’ve got either some talented youth or some quality experience, or both. At centre back we have a crop of younger players, and it doesn’t look certain that any of them will be up to the task of being […]
The BBC’s video feature from this international break is on Jonathan Panzo, a celebratory tale of how and why a 17 year old went to play his football abroad. It’s an inspiring story for many football fans looking for evidence that modern players are opening their minds a little more, and that the England players […]
I’ll start this off by saying that whenever FIFA release their rankings for their latest game, it doesn’t ever bother me. It’s something of nothing, and some of the decisions they make are just plain ludicrous. However, whilst scrolling down the list, which you can find on the FIFA 20 website today, it made me […]
It’s the international break, which usually means some time off for club football fans. But Chelsea fans are so hyped up about their season, that they’re actually watching every moment. Here are five things they might be picking out this week: Mason’s progress – Mason Mount got his first England cap against Bulgaria after a […]The last couple of days have seen some rather interesting reporting cropping up when it comes to the future of Chelsea. Tabloids like the Daily Express have picked up on a whisper going around that the Blues have been instructing the agents of players to expect them to be able to do business normally in […]
Former Chelsea defender Mario Melchiot has likened the current model at Stamford Bridge to the one at Ajax. The Dutch side, known for their grooming of some of the best young players in the world, made it to the Champions League semis with a youthful squad last season, impressing all the way as they shocked […]
The culture is changing at Chelsea Football Club and along with that, player power is being escorted directly out the door by Frank Lampard himself. We have seen player power creep in over recent times at the club, and its really ingrained a dark cloud of negativity. Lampard has been a player at the club […]
An article published not long ago about fallen European football giants had us thinking about how easily clubs can lose their status at the top table. While nobody’s going to forget about Leeds and Deportivo La Coruna anytime soon, it only took them a season of implosion each to put themselves into a spin that […]
Both Ross Barkley and Mason Mount have been included in Gareth Southgate’s England squad for the upcoming international break, and it will be very interesting to see who gets the nod. They were neck and neck in preseason, and were both probably Chelsea’s two best players through the summer. When it came to the first […]
Chelsea left back Emerson has had one hell of a year. He finally ousted Marcos Alonso as the Blues first choice left back, and he’s also become the regular choice there for Italy. The gradual improvement seen has been vast but expected after a player is rewarded with solid and consistent game time. The 25-year […]
It’s clear for all of us to see that Cesar Azpilicueta is a player who is struggling. Not only is he in decline, he’s simply just not comfortable playing as a modern day right back. The demands of this role are different in the type of intensive style that Frank Lampard likes to play, and […]
We’ve reached the first international break, which means a chance to look back over the first tranche of the season and consider what we’ve seen. While it’s still too early to draw many conclusions, especially from statistics, some things are glaringly obvious. WhoScored have a record of the number of shots taken by each and […]
We’ve hit the September international break after a hectic start to the season, giving us the chance to look beyond Chelsea’s first team to some of the youngsters on loan doing well. Conor Gallagher has been the breakout loan star for Chelsea this season in the Championship, bagging 3 goals and an assist in his […]
We’ve hit the international break now, and among Chelsea fans the overwhelming sentiment seems to be “a good start, and we can get a lot better.” Their reasoning is that the return of a slew of players from injury over the next couple of weeks will be a huge boost to Frank Lampard – and […]
Frank Lampard’s first month back in the Premier League wasn’t the most rewarding, with his Chelsea side only picking up 5 points from an available 12 in August. Despite his experiment on promoting youth having a bright impact, as shown in Tammy Abraham and Mason Mount’s rise in recent games, Lampard’s defence is still in […]
Willian is a player who divides Chelsea fans opinions. He is regularly sang about within the stadium, but often criticised by many other Blues fans. He is inconsistent, I think we can all agree on that one. Whilst I don’t think his quality is as bad as some say, he should in no way be […]
We’re a few games into the Premier League season now, and the pundits are beginning to form their opinions on the teams they will be watching all season. Received knowledge becomes received wisdom, and some of these opinions will soon become deeply entrenched and bitterly fought over. Chelsea’s tropes this season have already been settled. […]
Football.London have a full set of power rankings every week now, where they go in depth on the Chelsea squad and see who’s having a good time and who’s having… not such a good time. It’s interesting to get an opinion on the squad taken overall, and a look at who a writer who is […]If you haven’t already, you need to take note of the name Marc Guehi. It’s easy at Chelsea to get lost in the abundance of young talents coming through the academy ranks, and its also easy to start over-hyping some of them too soon. However, there are some players who you watch and you just […]
We all thought we had Frank Lampard’s first team plans pretty much worked out, but he continues to surprise us. Everyone had David Luiz as a certain starter in their predicted lineups for this season, only for the new manager to surprise everyone by letting the defender go. With Antonio Rudiger out, the new boss […]