Football fans, including Chelsea fans at times, are rarely sympathetic. As the 2019/20 season hurdles towards anticlimax, they may get what they deserve.
George Perry
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Chelsea will continue paying their players and their staff their full salaries during the shutdown. Somehow this is being twisted into a negative.
Olivier Giroud's extension will ensure Chelsea start the 2020/21 season with two strikers Frank Lampard is willing to use, and not much more than that.
UEFA has settled on the term "sporting merit." Merit should be based on reality, which means Chelsea are in control of their own destiny.
Chelsea U18's assistant coach James Simmonds highlights how important culture is to the club when the youth teams connect to the first teams.
The similarities between Rafael Benitez and Maurizio Sarri keep coming. John Terry spoke about how Benitez kept telling Chelsea to be like his Liverpool.
UEFA's supposed coefficient system to allocate Champions League and Europa League berths for next season would come at Chelsea's expense.
Newcastle are an owners' and directors' test away from having a new owner. Meanwhile, Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich still can't get into England.
Even in an unprecedented situation, Tottenham are still finding ways to come ever so close before wilting away. What position does that leave Chelsea in?
The testimonies of some of the best Chelsea players of recent years demonstrate how much of a mistake the club made in sacking Conte.
Chelsea U18's assistant coach James Simmonds talked about what he learned from two of his youth coaches and how he applies that as a coach himself.