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         <title>Time for the invisible men to make an appearance</title>
         <description><![CDATA[The last two league matches have been highly disappointing, which considering we have taken four points seems a bit ungrateful - but unless you are wearing your blue-tinted glasses you cannot disagree.

The Norwich match this weekend was the epitome of Chelsea in the past year and a half, little style with less substance. Overall disappointing.<br><br>

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WHERE ARE YA!!!
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         <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:15:39 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>New Year Revelations</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Happy new year all, it’s been some time – and rather a lot has gone on in the world of Chelsea, but rather little has actually changed.
 
There have been mainly lows, slightly salved by the late high against Wolves at the weekend, but on reflection draws against Fulham and Spurs and the loss against Villa have truly made 2011 forgettable.
 
It’s time to realise that we are not the force we once were.

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         <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:45:22 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>Refusal to move with times, leaves Blues in past</title>
         <description><![CDATA[It seems unfair to complain after a run of three wins and a draw, especially as in that period we beat a resurgent Newcastle and the previously unbeaten leaders, Man City - but the draw at the weekend showed that there are still frailties to this team.

The appointment of AVB was supposed to herald a new era, but unfortunately it seems that the squad is still over reliant on the ageing players who have held us back from moving with the times.<br><br>

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Out with the new, in with the old.
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         <pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>Back-to-Back to Back-to-Chelsea</title>
         <description><![CDATA[It's been some time reader friends! And at the start of the time things were looking pretty bleak, indifferent home form, a higher line than Rooney's forehead pre-op and a Champions' League campaign hanging by a thread. Ish.

The topsy-turvy world of football has once again set us back on the right path.<br><br>

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Thank You, But Not Goodbye...
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         <pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:20:38 +0000</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[With a consecutive home defeat in what was (but what isn’t) a must win match, it appears that the bad moment Carlo Ancelotti proclaimed we went through last season has once again reared its ugly head.
 
Whilst issues from last season were down to creativity, or lack of, this season’s buzz word is the high line. Although yesterday’s woes were not caused by a high line but downright poor defending.<br><br>

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         <pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>No defence for horror matinee</title>
         <description><![CDATA[How on earth do you start writing down your opinions on a match when you have just witnessed five (yes five) goals shipped at home for the first time in 22 years?

In my case, with a fantastic double entendre - no defence, get it? That pretty much summarises my feelings, and summarises that blood curdling showing on the weekend.

No defence for letting in so many goals, as well as having no defence for many an occasion against the most in form attacker in the league.<br><br>

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         <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:34:29 +0000</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[It has been a while, but thats what the depravity of an international break will do to you. Another weekend, and another win, were a comforting reminder that there is still life left in football, even if your international team are wholly uninspiring.

Even though the tie against Everton wasn't full of the best football, it once again showed that AVB is revolutionising the style of Chelsea Football Club.<br><br>

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No longer top Drog!
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         <pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 19:24:50 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>The Many Faces of Chelsea</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Another end to, in hindsight, another good week.

Two points snatched at the last at the Mestalla, but the draw would've been one we accepted had it been offered before the game.

Added to the home win against Swansea, where Fernando Torres' Jekyll & Hyde act continued, and Chelsea showed strength to win their second game in a row with just 10 men.

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         <pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:09:28 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>The Ballad of the misses playing away</title>
         <description><![CDATA[You'll like what I did there.

Just like I'm sure you liked what we as a team did on Sunday, however strange it may be to feel relief in defeat.

But similarly to last week against Sunderland we saw sure signs of the effect of the AVB revolution - the first major shift in style and play since the Mourinho era.

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         <pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[The initial signs of a turn in the tide, and signals that AVB's regime is a brave new world are showing. Two tricky tests, one in the league against Sunderland and the other in the Champions' League against Leverkusen, are over and passed with full points.

And a bigger test awaits on Sunday.<br><br>

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         <pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:28:30 +0000</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[And there it is. The end of another frenetic (&copy; AVB) transfer window, and Chelsea leave it Modric-less but plus Meireles. Not the outcome most of us hoped for, but also not with the disappointment a fruitless last day would have left in its wake.

Not to mention the small matter of Mata and another laboured victory.

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         <title>Three points in the bag, reinforcements on their way</title>
         <description><![CDATA[I've blogged on many an ocassion that all that matters in football is the final result, so after a weekend of worry at an indifferent performance it is useful to remind yourself of the fact that Chelsea still won the game.

Improvements are needed, AVB is surely aware of this. £25 million and a 35 minute appearance from Kalou later we have hopefully purchased one piece of the jigsaw we have been needing for some time.

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AVB, trying to steer us in the right direction
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         <pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:25:40 +0000</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[The three-month wait is at an end, the friendlies are over, the signings have (or haven't) been made and the first match of 38 is over. So, that is why a 0-0 draw in your opening Premier League game is a disappointment. Regardless of how you played, the three month wait boils down to that first game. 

I think in post-match post-mortem, it was better than OK. It's not three points, but there's lots to remain upbeat about.<br><br>

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Fighting Fire With Fire - Chelsea's strength kept them in this one
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         <pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 19:34:45 +0000</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[Last season there was plenty to bemoan, it will take time to see if what went wrong last season can be changed by a new management team, and a not very new look team.

There is still time to flex our muscles in the transfer market, and in my opinion to truly compete feel that we need a couple of additions to the squad. If we get them then we can compete, if we don't then I foresee a far more difficult challenge.<br>

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AVB: Stronger Squad than last year, reinforcements accepted!
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         <pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:17:11 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>Frank Lampard: 10 years on</title>
         <description><![CDATA[With big money transfers and talk of "the modern game" very little is made of the fact that there are players out there who cannot be classed as mercenaries. 

On June 14th 2001 for a not insignificant, at that time, £11m was spent on the  <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2001/jun/14/newsstory.sport7" target="_blank">signing of Frank Lampard.</a>

August 19th 2011 will mark the 10th year that Lampard has played in Chelsea blue, so why aren't the press hailing this loyalty? Probably because of his wages, Chelsea fans though will believe he is worth every penny.

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10 years on, still celebrating (albeit rehearsed)
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