It’s the big London derby tomorrow, as we come up against former boss Andre Villas-Boas, and his Tottenham team, who have won their last three games, and are sitting fifth in the table.
We must hope that this clash ends similar to our last away game, where we overturned Arsenal 2-1 at the Emirates.
Daniel Sturridge is again in the papers, as Liverpool’s dismal goalscoring record, coupled with Fabio Borini’s injury, means they will be on the lookout for a striker yet again this January.
Sturridge has featured for Chelsea just four times from the bench this season, and with the Blues sticking to a one-up-front mentality, on top of rumours that Falcao may join in 2013, means this move could well be in the making.
Fans of both Chelsea and Tottenham were lamenting a midday kick-off for their clash in the Premier League this weekend, especially as it coincided with the midweek World Cup qualifiers, where England travelled to Poland on Tuesday night, where both Ashley Cole, and Jermaine Defoe were named as starters.
So, three and a half days apart, not a catastrophe, although as the squad will have to travel back from Poland, it isn’t exactly an ideal scenario. So, imagine the faces of both Di Matteo and Villas-Boas as the scenes unravelled on Tuesday night. The ‘pitch’ resembling my back garden after a typical English winter (or summer nowadays) and the game was called off, until 4pm today
Ashley Cole has capped off a quiet couple of weeks for him personally by according to the Daily Mail, rejecting an offer of a new contract at Chelsea.
Cole’s contract runs out next summer and the left-back is reportedly seeking a two year deal. However, Roman Abramovich has put his weight behind a new policy looking to rid Stamford Bridge of its Chelsea pensioners, with Didier Drogba departing in similar circumstances this summer.
When Belgian goalkeeper Thibault Courtois was signed from Genk back in July 2011, not a whole lot was known about him. £5 million was splashed out on the 19-year-old, and that being an extremely young age for a ‘keeper, he was seen as a (distant) long-term successor to Petr Cech.
However, with the youngster having not one, but two seasons out on loan at La Liga Club Atletico Madrid – who are not even a step down considering the Super Cup – how long can he expect to be behind Cech in the race for the No1 spot at the Bridge?
Top of the league. 15 goals in 7 games, and 6 goals in 2 Champions League ties.
You wouldn’t think that a striker would be top of the agenda for Chelsea fans, but when one in the shape of Falcao comes along, you’d be rude to simply ignore him.
A mere £48m is the price quoted. But as Chelsea well know, you’d still get pocket change back from Torres’ fee for that.
Ok, Fernando has been tested and passes the exam of the Premier League, but if you have had the jo of watching Falcao play, you could hardly argue he would be a risky signing.
Chelsea left back, England regular, but never one to hit the headlines for the wrong reasons, Graeme Le Saux was ever the consummate professional during his playing career.
That’s in stark contrast to the current occupant of the Chelsea number three shirt, with Ashley Cole all over the news again for his recent rant on Twitter berating the F.A. Le Saux believes footballers should be more responsible with what they write on social media sites, and realise the consequences their words could potentially have.
Should Lampard be starting, or should he be on the bench? That is a question that has been thrown around numerous times in the past few weeks, and there is only one true answer for it. Rotation.
Mikel and Ramires seem the long-term and more energetic option in the middle, but whilst Ramires is nearly the complete article, I believe Mikel has a way to go, especially after making some costly mistakes over the past year or two at the Bridge.
Ashley Cole is certainly no stranger to negative press, but the latest hit to his ever-fading popularity was nothing short of stupid from the Chelsea and England left back. Just when you thought the whole John Terry and Anton Ferdinand race feud couldn’t get any worse, Cole’s recent tweet slating the F.A has unearthed a whole new can of worms.