https://open.spotify.com/episode/0fvFbqBgNSBYAgNxRnfwhP?si=edAZEJaTTUaeYdtoZHm-aA https://anchor.fm/s/58f2b8b0/podcast/rss In our latest episode of The Chelsea Spot Podcast, Paree (Owner - @CFCParee) was joined by Sairam (Writer - @ftblsairam) to discuss our lacklusture performance leading to an ugly 2-1 loss against Saints. The boys discussed starting Ziyech, the impact of the subs and not using the fifth one, the awful midfield shift... Continue Reading →
4-2-2-2: a formation we could see more of?
Thomas Tuchel surprised us all on Wednesday evening in the 2-0 victory against Tottenham in the first leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final at Stamford Bridge. Having been previously reluctant to veer too far from his tried and tested back-three system, Tuchel lined up with a back-four for (almost) the first time in his reign... Continue Reading →
7th August 2021 , Chelsea Transfer News Roundup
Romelu Lukaku The Romelu Lukaku to Chelsea deal is completed. Chelsea will pay Inter €115m (£97.5m) for Lukaku and no Chelsea players will be going to Inter. Lukaku will sign a five year contract and get €12m net + add-ons per year. (Fabrizio Romano) Lukaku will be the highest earner at Stamford Bridge as he... Continue Reading →
21st July 2021 , Chelsea Transfer News Roundup
Dynel Simeu Dynel Simeu has turned down Chelsea proposal to sign a new contract and he’s now set to join Southampton. (Fabrizio Romano) As like all of the youth transfers this year, there is a sell-on fee included and potential premier league appearance bonus that if met could equal up to £1.5m. (Nizaar Kinsella) Simeu... Continue Reading →
Podcast: Chelsea 2-5 West Brom Review & Porto Preview and Q&A!
https://webplayer.whooshkaa.com/episode/810805?theme=dark&visual=true&scrolling-title=true&autoplay=true&enable-volume=true&iframe-height=190 What a disaster... In another episode of The Chelsea Spot Podcast, Orlando (Host - @0rland1nho), Paree (Owner - @CFCParee ) and Dan (Admin - @DanBarkerCoach) discuss Chelsea's diabolical performance against West Brom. They talked about Jorginho's performance, Abraham's exclusion from the squad once again, Tuchel's hypocrisy, the importance not to overreact, and they also... Continue Reading →
Chelsea 2 – 0 Everton Match Review – False Nein?
Following on from an impressive win against Liverpool, it was now time for Merseyside to travel to London as Chelsea faced the blue half of the city with Everton coming to the Bridge. Everton started the evening in 5th place, just a single point behind Chelsea, with tonight's game presenting Tuchel's side an opportunity to... Continue Reading →
Jovacic vs Atletico Madrid – Not Convincing
I am not really sure how we're still having this conversation. People get carried away like nothing and it seems as if some Chelsea fans had done when Jorginho and Kovacic were putting up sound performances again under Thomas Tuchel in the three at the back formation. Admittedly, the partnership worked well and they were... Continue Reading →
How Chelsea’s Hot Run of Form Is All Because of Edouard Mendy
Chelsea's season began on a positive note - a 3-1 win against Brighton away. The 1 goal conceded was dismissed mostly as a blip as snakebitten Spanish goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga was lazily beaten from range by Brighton's Belgian forward Leandro Trossard. Understat.com gave Trossard's strike a 0.02 xG. This means that this attempt at goal... Continue Reading →
Deals to look out for in the next 36 hours…
It's almost time for some of the most exciting and frustrating hours in world football - transfer deadline day. Chelsea are normally heavily involved, with the likes of David Luiz, Ashley Cole and Fernando Torres all previously joining us on the last day of a two month long window. This time though, it seems as... Continue Reading →
Can Returning Loan Army Soldiers Reinforce a Stellar Summer Window?
Chelsea have been the talk of the football world this summer following an extremely ambitious, decisive period of transfer signings. Over the past calendar year, the club welcomed Mateo Kovacic and Christian Pulisic to the fold permanently, and followed that up with Hakim Ziyech putting pen to paper in the late winter just 3 months... Continue Reading →
Ranking Chelsea’s 20/21 squad from ‘Star Player’ to ‘Must Be Sold!’
Chelsea have already confirmed the signings of Timo Werner and Hakim Ziyech and are expected to have a busy transfer window with the club looking to offload a number of squad players. But where do the new signings rank amongst the squad? Who should be starting every week? Who needs to be sold? Well, here’s... Continue Reading →
Chelsea fight off late surge from Crystal Palace: 3 take-aways from the match
Image Source: Getty Images Chelsea held on for a 3-2 win against Crystal Palace as Olivier Giroud, Christian Pulisic and Tammy Abraham each scored for the Blues. The Eagles applied the pressure late in the game but it was not enough to help them come back to win. Wilfred Zaha and Christian Benteke each scored... Continue Reading →
Jorginho: A Master of his Role but Surplus to Requirements
Chelsea signed Jorginho Frello from Napoli, along with Maurizio Sarri, in the summer of 2018. Having delved deep into their pockets to fork out over £50M he was destined to become a key asset for the club and so he has been a regular starter since his arrival. Despite this, no player has ever divided... Continue Reading →
