Opinion: Pochettino to drop ST vs Villa and start workhorse

Having just reached the final of The League Cup, Chelsea are now in action in the second domestic cup in this country, The FA Cup. Mauricio Pochettino’s side will be fully confident from thrashing Middlesbrough 6-1 on Tuesday evening, and they will fancy themselves at home this Friday against Aston Villa in the FA Cup […]

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Opinion: Chelsea must do all they can to sign Karim Benzema now

Chelsea would be silly if they are at least not looking into signing Karim Benzema this month. Benzema has asked to leave Al-Ittihad, according to AFP. The Frenchman arrived in Saudi Arabia in the summer but has been frozen out by manager Marcelo Gallardo after returning back to training 17 days late. His late return […]

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Opinion: Pochettino must start four attackers and go at Boro on Tuesday

I’d absolutely love to see Mauricio Pochettino go for the juggler on Tuesday evening by showing bravery and being bold with his starting lineup. I don’t think he will at all, but I think he should. We have to score at least two goals on Tuesday in order to go through without having the painful […]

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Opinion: Broja likely to lead Chelsea line Tuesday, rumours are detrimental

Wednesday was all about Armando Broja in the transfer rumour world, and it’s left me with not such a good feeling on the whole situation. First of all, David Ornstein of The Athletic reported that Chelsea are willing to let Broja leave on permanent deal this month if a suitable offer is received, and selling […]

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Chelsea striker set to go all the way to AFCON final with strong Senegal

The Africa Cup of Nations is in full swing, and compared to some teams, Chelsea aren't too badly affected. While some sides are missing 3 or even 4 players, the Blues have lost just one. The flipside of that is that it's Nicolas Jackson, our main striker, a player with quite a unique role and […]

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Opinion: Short-term striker option for Chelsea would be smart

As we go into day 17 of the January transfer window, all the chatter remains about a new striker potentially arriving this month. Yesterday started very lively and reports in Portugal claimed Chelsea had an offer rejected for Sporting striker Viktor Gyokeres. As you might remember, we broke the exclusive news on Chelsea’s interest in […]

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Opinion: A look at Mudryk’s development in 1-year at Chelsea

It was a year ago on Monday when Chelsea announced the signing of Mykhailo Mudryk from Shakhtar Donetsk on an 8½-year contract. Chelsea paid £60.3m to sign Mudryk, with the potential for another £25.9m in add-ons. The deal has continuously been mis-reported as being worth almost £90m, when in fact, nobody knows if the add-ons […]

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Opinion: Striker in and academy player starts for Chelsea vs Fulham

The pressure is once again on Mauricio Pochettino and this Chelsea team to get a win on Saturday with this once again becoming another huge game for the club if they want to get European qualification at the highest level. The Blues welcome Fulham to Stamford Bridge for the 12.30pm kick off live on TNT […]

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Opinion: Taking responsibility is missing at Chelsea

Mauricio Pochettino had his post-match press conference last night after our defeat to Middlesbrough, and I had some views on his comments that I wanted to hone in on. His comments and repetitive reactions are drawing more anger from the fan base right now. Just like when Graham Potter used to do a press conference […]

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Opinion: Kai Havertz one of Chelsea owners best bit of business so far

His song was great, sure, and he scored that unforgettable goal in the UCL final that will rightly stay in Chelsea’s history as one of the most important goals ever, and I will always fondly remember him for that. But let’s be honest, Kai Havertz has never been ‘the best on earth’ as his song […]

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Chelsea’s chances of sneaking into Europa via the back door

In Mauricio Pochettino's press conference before the FA Cup tie against Preston on Friday he said he was going to put out a strong team in both cup competitions this year, noting that there is a potential route into Europe available in each of them. Chelsea have been very poor for long spells of this […]

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Opinion: Armando Broja can still become a top striker

Armando Broja is a player I have always appreciated and have rated, even when he was in the academy. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve always seen elements of his game that needs to improve, and those elements are still there. It’s always been about development and kicking on, and at the moment he is not […]

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Opinion: Cole Palmer can be great Nicolas Jackson stand in

I remain convinced that Cole Palmer can make a very good false 9, and now Nicolas Jackson is away at AFCON this month, I think we should be utilising Palmer as a centre forward more often than not. His finishing against Luton Town last weekend only reiterated that point to me even more. In fact, […]

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Opinion: Why it might be time for Thiago Silva to head to Brazil

As of now, Thiago Silva is leaving Chelsea in the summer when his current contract runs out at the club. Again, as of now (as things can always change), there are no talks about a new contract extension to keep the 39-year-old beyond the summer. It is certainly something that has been internally discussed, but […]

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Opinion: Chance to build momentum this month and ease Pochettino pressure

As we enter day two of January, the focus of course is not just going to be all about the transfer market, even though I am predicting drama once again, but Mauricio Pochettino and the players will have a big focus on domestic cups. And it’s lucky really that we managed to have a run […]

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Opinion: Chelsea stopper deserves to keep place on merit

Robert Sanchez should soon return to full training after joining our long injury list lately. Sanchez was playing through the pain with injections, but in the end it became too much and he needed to sit it out for a while. Djordje Petrovic had not played one single minute for Chelsea since arriving from the […]

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Chelsea’s best academy products of the 21st century

When it comes to British football, Chelsea are a force to be reckoned with. Since the turn of the millennium they have been one of the most successful clubs in the country, and in the world for that matter. They have twice won the UEFA Champions League while lifting the Premier League a further five […]

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