Five winger Chelsea should go for

It is clear that Chelsea need a natural right-winger, Juan Mata is doing an excellent job, but it would be better to see him on the left or being able to swap with another top class winger throughout the match.

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Swansea ready teach McEachran the way to play

Sitting pretty in the top ten with Christmas on the horizon during your first season in the Premier League - it has been a fantastic start for Swansea City.

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Not another striker story Andre

With such a well documented problem at the back, why is there always something going on with Chelsea’s strikers?

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Villas-Boas’ Chelsea struggles

Two losses and a draw in four consecutive matches aren’t the makings of a team that are supposedly title contenders. But, that is the form Chelsea have found themselves in, in recent weeks and while prior to the 1-0 defeat to QPR over two weeks ago they had won the previous three games 5-1, 3-1 and 5-0, against Bolton Wanderers, Everton and Genk respectively, their displays have left a lot to be desired for.

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Is English Football More Focused On Entertainment Than Ever Before?

This season has seen an unprecedented level of high-scoring ‘big’ matches in such a short space of time. This borne out by the fact that the average amount of goals per game is 2.97, compared to 2.59 this time last year.

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What can we make of Chelsea so far?

So far this season, we have seen a new Chelsea in the making. The team has been a work-in-progress, focusing on implementing new ideas and tactics brought in by AVB.  Those ideas are mainly playing possession game with high pressure up the filed, and passing the ball at high tempo.

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The Honeymoon is over AVB sort the defence out now

When a top team scores three goals at home they are expected to win the points. Any team that concedes five goals at home means that something is dreadfully wrong!

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Sunday Morning Round Up @ Tevez out, Chelsea slammed and Kenny hails Rio

Roberto Martinez has called on his Wigan players to end the "negative dynamic" that has led to them sliding down to 19th place in the Premier League.

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Friday evening round up @ Chelsea linked to £30m striker, Wenger ponders Drogba move, Italians interested in Cahill

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has denied claims by club legend Dennis Bergkamp that captain Robin van Persie is best served playing behind the striker.

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Can Spurs really be London's best in 2012?

Tottenham defender Younes Kaboul believes that the club can challenge both Arsenal and Chelsea as London's best team this year.

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Lampard must accept new role for the team

Personally I don't think Lampard's sitting on the bench should be a matter of form. I see it as the best tactical play that we can adopt. There is so much noise about it, and it just doesn't make sense. Giggs has been coming from the bench for years and look what he gives Manchester United.

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Andre Villas-Boas – Profile on Manager

At the age of 16, Villas-Boas (who was always a Porto supporter) lived in the same apartment block as the Englishman Bobby Robson, who was managing FC Porto at the time. Following a debate between the two, Robson appointed Villas-Boas to Porto’s observation department. Under the guidance of Robson, who was impressed with his fluent knowledge of English, he achieved his UEFA C coaching licence at the age of 17 in Scotland.

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Meireles - The Raul deal

Deadline Day is always a crazy one. Transfers come out of nowhere and some go through with just seconds to spare. Wednesday was no different.

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Thursday Round Up @ Nasri delighted with Arsenal result, Levy calls for Modric saga to end, Nani admits Utd is buzzing

The 20-year-old had a successful season for his hometown side Atletico Madrid but had only just cemented his place in their side. That is why it came as a surprise that Sir Alex Ferguson and his goalkeeping coach – Eric Steele – chose De Gea to replace the retired Edwin Van der Sar.

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Double signing could complete the AVB jigsaw

As Chelsea look set to complete the signing of Valencia playmaker, Juan Mata and continue in their pursuit of Tottenham Hotspur’s Luka Modric, The Blues’ long-awaited summer rebuild finally looks underway. With further investment in youth seeing Oriol Romeu join from Barcelona and Anderlecht’s Romelu Lukaku making his long-awaited move to Stamford Bridge, Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas will be looking to usher in a new era at the club.

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