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Player Focus: Is Frank Lampard Showing Serious Signs of Decline?

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Player Focus: Is Frank Lampard Showing Serious Signs of Decline? At Chelsea last season, there were two basic narratives: firstly, the fans hated Rafa Benitez, who it seemed won the Europa League almost to spite them; and secondly, Frank Lampard’s contract expired at the end of the season and there seemed little prospect of a new deal, despite a series ...

Match Report: Chelsea Benefit From Extra Space In Win Against City

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Match Report: Chelsea Benefit From Extra Space In Win Against City The meeting between these two teams last season will best be remembered as Rafa Benitez's first in charge of Chelsea. A poisonous atmosphere greeted the Spaniard as Manchester City held their Premier League counterparts to a stale 0-0 draw. This time, as the pair met at Stamford Bridge with a new ma...

WhoScored Tipster: El Clasico Headlines Star-Studded Rivalries

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WhoScored Tipster: El Clasico Headlines Star-Studded Rivalries After weeks of top games being dominated by Serie A fixtures, this time the Italians are left in the shadows due to three big games from Spain, England and Germany, plus one of very few where PSG may drop points. However, obviously the biggest match of all this weekend, in terms of the odds as well ...

Player Focus: Piazón Benefitting from Eredivisie Education

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Player Focus: Piazón Benefitting from Eredivisie Education Dutch top-flight football has seen its fair share of change; a new economic reality more than a decade ago hit home, a simple case of evolution – adapt to survive – was needed. Those who are not wealthy must be creative, as Johan Cruyff put it. Subsequently clubs increased emphasis on yo...

Match Report: Samuel Eto'o Proves He's Deserving Of Being Chelsea's Starting Striker

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Match Report: Samuel Eto'o Proves He's Deserving Of Being Chelsea's Starting Striker “It's up to me to prove he was wrong,” were the words of Romelu Lukaku following Everton's defeat to Manchester City before the international break. Chelsea fans were somewhat bemused as to why the powerful Belgian was loaned out for the season following an impressive Premier League camp...

WhoScored Tipster: Derby Duels Among Weekend Betting Tips

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WhoScored Tipster: Derby Duels Among Weekend Betting Tips Home comforts and fierce rivalries are the theme of the weekend. Many of the big clubs face favourable opponents ahead of their Champions League commitments, but Madrid, Turin and London host tense derby clashes with real betting value.LIKELY BETSMANCHESTER UNITED vs WBA: MANCHESTER UNITED -1.5 @1.9...

Team Focus: Chelsea Wobble Not Yet Reason to Worry

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Team Focus: Chelsea Wobble Not Yet Reason to Worry Defeats happen. It’s the nature of football, far more of which than we often like to imagine is rooted in luck. In Chris Anderson and David Sally’s book The Numbers Game, they estimate that the result of any individual game is based roughly 50% in luck: talent tends to win out over the c...

Player Focus: Why Chelsea Mustn't Drop Petr Cech For Thibaut Courtois

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Player Focus: Why Chelsea Mustn't Drop Petr Cech For Thibaut Courtois ‘Thibauting [Tee-Boh-Ing] - Emulating a classic Thibaut Courtois goalkeeping save in any random location’. The act has become a phenomenon across the footballing world due to the exploits of the Belgium number 1 during his loan spell with Atlético Madrid. Dubbed by many the best i...

Player Focus: How José Mourinho Is Utilising Ramires At Chelsea

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Player Focus: How José Mourinho Is Utilising Ramires At Chelsea When Frank Lampard doubled Chelsea’s advantage during the 2-0 win over Hull City on the opening weekend of the season, many expected the Blues to ruthlessly dispatch the Premier League returnees at Stamford Bridge. Yet, in typical José Mourinho fashion, the west London side ‘shut ...

Team Focus: Chelsea's Striker Search Starts But Doesn't End With Rooney

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Team Focus: Chelsea's Striker Search Starts But Doesn't End With Rooney Jose Mourinho, typically, wasn’t backwards about his forwards. When the returned Chelsea manager was asked on Tuesday whether he had a “plan B” if he fails in his public pursuit of Wayne Rooney, his reply was instantaneous.“And C.”Of course, the reason is also that Mour...