Since Arsenal thumped them in September Chelsea have went on to win their next five Premier League fixtures and doing so without conceding a goal. They trounced Everton this weekend 5-0 and at the end of Saturday night the London side topped the league table. Antonio Conte deserves a lot of credit for his teams upturn in […]
Posted on November 6th, 2016 by scott
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Antonio Conte’s successes with Juventus and Italy were built on solid defensive foundations. He could rely on legendary goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon and with the battling trio of Giorgio Chiellini, Leonardo Bonucci and Andrea Barzagli playing just in front of him. So it was understandable to see the Italian coach pulling his hair-out during his sides 3-0 […]
Posted on September 26th, 2016 by scott
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When it was announced that Antonio Conte was taking up the reigns at Chelsea, I stated that one of his first orders of business should be persuading Diego Costa to stay at Stamford Bridge. It’s fair to say that Diego didn’t enjoy the best of seasons last term, but then again who did for the […]
Posted on September 22nd, 2016 by scott
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Only six months separate Eden Hazard and Kevin De Bruyne, both are fantastic talents and both could be the best stars in the Premier League this season. But as De Bruyne starts hitting new heights under Pep Guardiola at Manchester City, Hazard still looks to be a player trying to rebuild his career at Chelsea. […]
Posted on September 18th, 2016 by scott
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Antonio Conte’s arrival at Chelsea has been somewhat overshadowed by managerial heavyweights Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola taking up the reigns at the two Manchester clubs. Those two sides along with Arsenal are the three favourites with the bookmakers to take the Premier League crown come the twenty-first of May next year. Chelsea are fourth […]
Posted on August 13th, 2016 by scott
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Today Chelsea announced their second signing of the summer, welcoming midfielder N’Golo Kante from Premier League champions Leicester City in a £30m plus deal. That might seem a bit steep for a player that likes to sit in front of the back four and protect his defence. But Kante was a big reason for the […]
Posted on July 16th, 2016 by scott
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It has obviously been a poor season for Chelsea and it hasn’t been a coincidence that the ‘Blues’ fall from grace has been mirrored by the decline of star man Eden Hazard. It is sometimes hard to remember that this Chelsea squad romped to the Premier League title under the guidance of legendary boss Jose […]
Posted on April 24th, 2016 by scott
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On Monday Chelsea made the announcement that we were all expecting and that Italian manger Antonio Conte will be their new boss next season. Now if Chris Sutton is to be believed the appointment “doesn’t make any sense”. Now I’m not sure with his record at Stamford Bridge, Sutton knows what is needed to make […]
Posted on April 5th, 2016 by scott
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If you believe the media then Chelsea’s manager elect Antonio Conte and Manchester City’s in coming boss Pep Guardiola both want to add Juventus defender Leonardo Bonucci to their new sides. Conte knows Bonucci well as they won three Serie A titles together in Turin and Bonucci is a big part of Conte’s Azzurri side […]
Posted on March 18th, 2016 by scott
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“I don’t believe they can change the Eiffel Tower for my statue, even the people behind the club. “But if they can, I will stay here — I promise you.” This was a tongue in cheek comment from the one and only Zlatan Ibrahimovic, in response to a question asking if he was going to […]
Posted on March 15th, 2016 by scott
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