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Driver on the Wing’s Weather for Napoli v Chelsea
One of the joys of Champions League games at this time of year is the prospect of leaving behind the drab coldness of London for some sun and warmth on the Mediterranean coast. Naples ought to be the ideal place for this, located, as the map tells me, in the south of Italy. Those seeking [...]
FA Cup Quarter Final Draw
From the official CFC site: Should Chelsea beat Birmingham City in our FA Cup fifth round replay, we will play Leicester City at home in the sixth round. Sixth round ties will be played the weekend of 17/18 March. Our replay at Birmingham is on Tuesday 6 March. The full quarter-final draw is: Liverpool v [...]
Match Report: Chelsea 1 – Birmingham 1
We were held to a 1-1 draw in the FA Cup by Birmingham City and will now face a replay against Chris Hughton’s well drilled side. Andre Villas Boas made four changes to the team that were beaten by Everton last weekend, Ryan Bertrand, Gary Cahill, John Obi Mikel and Ramires coming in with captain [...]
Fan Mail – The FSF Newsletter (17th February 2012)
The Football Supporters Federation (FSF) newsletter for 17th February 2012 is available to download here. (You can see all the FSF Newsletters here)
Player Power!? ……
No no, not the impressive over powering of a weaker opponent on the pitch but the grumblings of players not getting their own way. Sadly becoming a historical problem at Chelsea when things are not right. So is it not right?…. at what point is player power acceptable? When the man in charge is deemed [...]
Shake On It?
So much personal information is given with a handshake, there are books and courses on how to give the correct handshake, even politicians take careful advise on how to do it. So we get such a hullabaloo about a non-handshake, so much posturing and farcical actions even childlike acting up at the end of the [...]
Driver on the Wing’s Weather for Birmingham v Chelsea
You will have noticed that the weather has returned to the mild stuff to which we have become accustomed. After a short but sharp cold period, we are back to double digit temperatures that have dominated this winter. The days are now noticeably longer as well, as we are just over a month from the [...]
Chelsea Terrace Talk – Irish Examiner Article By Trizia
I have for some weeks now stated that I’m at a loss to understand what Villas Boas is attempting to do tactics wise – following the debacle at Goodison, I am further confused – even after listening to his post-match interview. Apparently we lack clarity – what exactly does that even mean? He said “clarity [...]
Chelsea Blip-O-Meter Reading
Chelsea Blip-O-Meter reading: 10 71-4 = 67 points The Blip-O-Meter has officially gone into the Red Zone A Brief Study of Aramaic Riddles for AVB “Mene, mene, tekel, parsin,” would have been understood by an Aramaic speaker as meaning “A mina, a mina, a shekel and half-shekels.” (monetary weights of decreasing value) However, like many [...]
Match Report: Everton 2 – Chelsea 0
A poor Chelsea effort saw us beaten 2-0 by Everton at Goodison Park yesterday. Gary Cahill was replaced by Branislav Ivanovic with Jose Bosingwa coming in at right-back. Frank Lampard made his return to central midfield as Florent Malouda dropped to the bench. Given that Everton had beaten Manchester City in their last home game [...]
