3 Things We Have Learned So Far In The Premier League This Season

We are fast approaching December and the busy Premier League schedule looms on the horizon following this international break.

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Were Chelsea Lucky To Escape Their Clash With West Brom With A Point?

Coming off the heels of an incredible win mid week in the Champions League, you would think that Chelsea would go into this past weekend's match at Stamford Bridge against West Bromwich Albion with nothing but confidence. However, it didn’t go as well as planned.

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Jose Knows Best: Why Dropping Hazard Worked Out Perfectly For The Chelsea Boss

Last Wednesday night, Chelsea sailed to victory with a 3-0 defeat over German side Schalke in the Champions League. The game was well played by the blues, and in it, fans finally got to see what new summer signing Samuel Eto’o was capable of. He netted two goals, while fellow striker Demba Ba scored the final, giving Chelsea the three-goal advantage. The three points from this win put Chelsea in first place in the Group E standings, which is pretty good considering they dropped points early on in the season, losing their opening match of the group stages to FC Basel.

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Torres Ruled Out Of Schalke Clash, But Will Chelsea Miss Him?

Due to a thigh injury Chelsea striker Fernando Torres has been ruled out of Wednesday night’s Champions League match against Schalke. Bad news for Chelsea, yes, but for Torres himself it is even worse.

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Top 5: The Most Memorable Debuts In Premier League History - The Good, The Bad And The Ugly

Over the years the Premier League has seen a lot of debuts, naturally. Some have been for big money signings while others have been far less inconsequential. Whilst a few have been memorable for the right reasons, there have been a few that were not as successful as we will now see.

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3 players to fire Chelsea to the title

Chelsea have made a fairly solid start to life under Mourinho. A last minute Fernando Torres goal gave the Blues a 2-1 victory over Manchester City today and moved Chelsea into second place, two points behind Arsenal. But who can fire the Blues to the title?

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5 Chelsea Players Who Need To Pull Their Socks Up This Season

With Chelsea Football Club's own version of God returning to Stamford Bridge over the summer, big things were expected. Jose Mourinho was back and was expected to bring in a raft of signings to turn Chelsea from Europa League winners to champions of England once more.

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The hangover of the Makélélé role

In our modern game, it seems every football manager under the sun seems to want a player in the Claude Makélélé mould. But, in this day and age, is it really necessary?

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There's More To Come From Chelsea's Willian

A stunning goal on your league debut is one of the best ways to win over your new fans, something which Willian obviously realised as he entered the pitch for Chelsea at Carrow Road.

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Oscar - Chelsea's new 'number 10'

The first player of my series where I talk about attacking midfielders is based on Oscar - Chelsea's new 'number 10' according to Jose Mourinho, which has obviously come as a shock to Chelsea fans because they expected Juan Mata to keep his place especially after the season he had.

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5 of the best attacking midfielders in Europe

Following on from my previous post, I have decided to pick out my top 10 attacking midfielders from around Europe as it is a position that intrigues me so much. Now, being an attacking midfielder isn't as easy as people think. There's more to it than just receiving the ball and passing it. You must be able to spot the passes and pick the right runs made by your team mates, but you also have to be able to make them passes. That means judging how hard you have to pass it, long or short pass, which players you have to split apart in order for the ball to reach it's target, if it needs any curl or backspin and where your next move is after you've passed the ball. Anyway, down to business.

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Chelsea's visit to Spurs is AVB's first big test

This weekend's standout fixture is the meeting of two former colleagues as Jose Mourinho's Chelsea jump across town to north London to pay a visit to his former protege Andre Villas-Boas as they take on a Bale-less Tottenham Hotspur.

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3 reasons why a rejuvenated Wayne Rooney staying will help Manchester United

It’s amazing what a difference a month can make. Going back to the start of August it seemed Rooney was destined for the exit door with Chelsea ready to be his saviour. Jose Mourinho had already publically admitted his interest for Rooney but understandably new manager David Moyes was less than enthused to let him go.

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Is Juan Mata worthy of a starting place at Chelsea? The statistics

Since the return of Jose Mourinho it has seemed like Juan Mata has been frozen out of the Chelsea side. It is something that has bemused fans all across the world.

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3 reasons why talk of Jose Mourinho's demise is premature

It is fascinating to see how a string of one or two poor results can set alarm bells ringing and all of a sudden knees start jerking and someone gets fired. I'm not saying Chelsea's Jose Mourinho will be getting fired anytime soon, but the way in which some fans are reacting to his team's 2-1 loss in the Champions League on Wednesday you'd think that's exactly what they want.

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