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  • A yawning, soporific 1-0

    A yawning, soporific 1-00

    Blue Santa hats were the fashion of the day as Chelsea ground out a 1-0 victory over Southampton at the Bridge, to keep their place among the also-rans behind sure-to-be champions Man City. For the Blues it was, at times, a frustrating afternoon. With Alvaro Morata on the bench after recovering from a back injury,

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  • Agoraphobics beware!

    Agoraphobics beware!0

    Saturday’s West Ham v Chelsea lunchtime timing suits the Met, but won’t help agoraphobics. The vast, yawning bowl of the London Stadium holds little appeal to those prone to panic attacks triggered by wide-open spaces. Most will enter the echoey cauldron anticipating a Blues victory, but the Irons aren’t merely desperate for top-flight survival, they

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  • Hazard excels in Toon defeat0

    Eden Hazard may have been man of the match in the Blues’ lunchtime defeat of Newcastle, but the back-to-fitness Victor Moses and the back-to-form Danny Drinkwater were also stand-out participants. The Toon Army outsang Chelsea for the entire game, but on the field the Blues outplayed the Magpies and, in the end, a 3-1 scoreline

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  • Rotating like ballerinas

    Rotating like ballerinas0

    No time for signing autographs at the moment… the games are coming as thick and fast as snowflakes in Tromso. Chelsea fans in need of a serious dose of football have a bonanza on Saturday when the men take on Newcastle at lunchtime at the Bridge, and the ladies battle Yeovil five hours later. Tony

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  • Three aways, three homes

    Three aways, three homes0

    Three away games on the trot, followed by three home matches at the Bridge. This topsy-turvy world is skewed by European fixtures as the Blues aim to follow up a thumping success at West Brom at the weekend with similar joy at those two outposts of football, Azerbaijan and Anfield. Hard to say which seems

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  • The ambulance chasers

    The ambulance chasers0

    The games come thick and fast as Ferraris fight for space with ambulances in the players’ car park at Cobham. We saw it last season, and we appear to be witnessing it again this one. When it’s backs-to-the-wall time, the Blues suddenly rouse themselves. At 3-2 down to Roma at the Bridge, board members wrapped

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