Torres proving critics wrong (video)

Fernando Torres has been belittled by many as losing his goal scoring flair, but four goals in two games shows that the instincts are still there.

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Lampard has more goals in him (Video)

With new Chelsea boss Rafael Benitez having admitted that club legend Frank Lampard may leave Stamford Bridge ­at the end of the season, the Blues could be losing a midfielder who has provided them with almost 200 goals in fewer than 400 games.

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Lampard loss isn’t as detrimental to Chelsea (Video)

With the news now emerging that Frank Lampard is set to miss the next “few weeks” with a calf problem, it’s an injury that Chelsea fans would’ve rued in recent years.

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Too early for Rio 2014 predictions? Never!

As England prepare to face Ukraine in their second World Cup 2014 qualifier, let’s take this opportunity to predict who will knock England out in Rio two years from now. I jest, of course, but every major tournament brings with it so much promise for the Three Lions and every time it seems we are eliminated in increasingly spectacular fashion. Hammered by the Germans in South Africa, Pirloed a couple of months ago, the infamous Rooney balls stamp of2006 and Beckham’s red card in 1998.

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Forget Super Sunday and Transfer Deadline Day, Soccer Saturday is the jewel in SKY's crown (Video)

Since the transfer window slammed shut on Friday night, there have been many articles written slamming SKY Sports for their wall to wall coverage of what can only be described as an event

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Well done Roy

Before the European Championships, nobody was optomistic about England's chances. Wayne Rooney was suspended for the first two games and the FA had appointed a manager that many were unsure about.

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Lampard remains as valuable to England as ever

Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf von Moltke (who was kind of a 19^th century, German version of Sun Tzu) once observed, in a nutshell, that no plan survives contact with the enemy. As football is merely war played out without the killing, this quote is more than apt for this situation.

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Goal-line Technology: The Time Has Come

Clint Hill's recent "goal that never was" against Bolton Wanderers has reignited debate on one of football's biggest talking points - goal-line technology. The twenty-first century has already seen a number of incidents that advocate the introduction of such technology in as much as it would have allowed the incidents to be avoided.

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"Rugby does it”: The Development of Technology in Football

The development of technology in football is an extremely controversial topic.

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Friday Evening News & Gossip Round Up

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is considering a sensational swoop for Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard.
Full story: Daily Mail

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Lampard to United? You can’t be serious

Everybody knows that Manchester United are currently lacking numbers and experience in the middle of the park.

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Romeu, Romeu, Where Art Thou Frank

It has become obvious in the recent week that Frank Lampard is not happy. His face is on many a website, tabloid and TV screen as he glumly warms the bench alongside Fernando Torres. My mate described Lampard’s actions - after being substituted against Newcastle United - as “he’s going to cry,” but what would he know – he supports Liverpool.

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Chelsea's old timers keeping it young

Chelsea's squad has been labelled 'ageing' as of late, and their more senior players, such as Drogba, Lampard and Terry have come under a large amount of scrutiny, and being branded 'past it'. However, with this criticism, it seems the old boy's have often stepped up and shown the critics the rods!

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AVB looks to turn his Lamp off

He wasn’t a very happy bunny on Saturday.

And if reports are to be believed today, Frank Lampard could be on his way out of Chelsea.

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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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