Norwich pair Sebastian Bassong and Wes Hoolahan are fitness doubts with the unspecified injuries that kept them out of Saturday’s defeat at Leicester. Andre Wisdom is still sidelined by a knee injury, while Patrick Bamford is ineligible to face his parent club. Chelsea winger Pedro will miss the game after …
Read More »Match Of The Day a few quick thoughts
Leicester leave it late but come away with all 3 points at home to Norwich, a win that swings the pendulum back in their favour as the gap is now at 5 points over both Spurs and Arsenal and the onus is on them to get results Today. The obvious …
Read More »Southampton vs Chelsea – Match Preview
Southampton have been impenetrable in the last 6 matches, that has coincided with the return of Fraser Forster who has kept 6 clean sheets in a row and has enabled The Saints to move up to 6th in the Premier League table. Their season has seen quite the turn around …
Read More »Southampton vs Chelsea – Pre Match Stats
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Read More »Are Chelsea set to appoint an absolute Conte
The hunt for the next Chelsea Manager may be coming to a close with reports that current Italy boss Antonio Conte could be the man to fill the Stamford Bridge hotseat once Guus Hiddink ends his second interim spell in charge of the club. The former Juventus Manager could be …
Read More »F.A. Cup 6th Round Draw and Thoughts
Reading vs Crystal Palace Everton vs Chelsea Arsenal/Hull City vs Watford Shrewsbury/Manchester United vs West Ham Right now my immediate thought is with Tottenham getting knocked out of the Cup, I don’t really care But we’re now getting to the more interesting stage of the competition All the big names …
Read More »Chelsea vs Manchester City a few quick thoughts
Chelsea ended up running out comfortable winners over a near Manchester City reserve side Manuel Pellegrini went on record beforehand saying that changes would have to be made due to the fact that they have Dynamo Kiev in the Champions League on Wednesday This just highlights how the F.A. Cup …
Read More »Chelsea vs Manchester City – Match Preview
Chelsea captain John Terry will miss Sunday’s FA Cup tie because of the hamstring injury he suffered against Newcastle last weekend. Oscar returned from a calf injury in midweek and could start, but Alexandre Pato is still short of match fitness. Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini says he will rest …
Read More »V2 Football Podcast – Including Me This Week
Last night I was invited by the guys over at V2 Football to join their weekly podcast for a discussion on the hot topics of the game this week. In this edition we covered English clubs in Europe, Manchester United’s issues not just at first team level but academy level …
Read More »Guest Article – A Chelsea fans view of the season so far
It’s the third in my new series of Guest Articles here at RealFootballMan after two guest articles last month it’s now time for my third new signing Hernell Dyer. Hernell is the creator of http://simpleunimpressiverealness.com/ and today he has written a piece regarding Chelsea’s season from a fan perspective. Over to …
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