17 hours ago, Boyne said:

Gary Cahill has retired. A fine player.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63648639

A brilliant signing, was expected to basically be a squad player and ended up winning everything for us playing in the finals and important games. 

Cahill was a good player for us and a winter window signing if I remember correctly.

It will be interesting to see what he does next, punditry, coaching or something different.

Hazard has said Sarri is the best manager he's worked under. 

 

Also took over the armband and a massive weight of from arguably our greatest ever captain with no fuss what so ever. 

On 18/11/2022 at 18:34, Sconnie Blue said:

Hazard has said Sarri is the best manager he's worked under. 

 

Surprised to hear that, was he smiling in a knowing way when he said this or on the level?

Apparently Gilmour is unwanted at Brighton and free to leave. Can't even get a game there. Was never going to make it here.

1 hour ago, Zeta said:

Apparently Gilmour is unwanted at Brighton and free to leave. Can't even get a game there. Was never going to make it here.

Remind me, did we loan him or sell him?

Sell

Cheers Timo. 

Really should be a separate thread for Vialli

The dreaded big C has him again, and reports are his condition has worsened, prayers with you Gianluca xx

Looks like Jody Morris will be taking over at Swindon Town. Good luck to him. 

Patrick van Aanholt and Thorgan Hazard will go in loan to PSV until the end of the season.

Our former player (2013-2017 says Wikepedia) Christian Atsu is missing after yesterday's earthquake in Turkey, possibly buried under the rubble 

Went to watch 1907 Como against Frosinone at the weekend.

Fabregas was an unused sub for Como in what was eventually a 2-0 loss. Probably one of the nicest grounds i've been to location-wise. I got speaking to a woman involved with the club and apparently Dennis Wise is involved in the hierarchy and a large amount of investment is currently happening to build the club back up.

Jon’s gone to join a proper club…

 

Emotional interview with Charly Musonda:

https://www.sportbible.com/football/charly-musonda-chelsea-levante-celtic-belgium-862920-20230129

Willian's a class act.

 

Just in case any of you old gits weren't feeling decrepit enough, I would like to wish Mikael Forssell a happy 42nd birthday.

8 hours ago, PloKoon13 said:

Just in case any of you old gits weren't feeling decrepit enough, I would like to wish Mikael Forssell a happy 42nd birthday.

On 13/03/2023 at 08:41, Jezz said:

Willian's a class act.

 

like cahill most of our fanbase was too harsh with him

it was a important player for us and play a lot of great seasons and he was important in all two epl titles 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/ice-hockey/65028727

Petr Cech: Former goalkeeper hopes for ice hockey medal with Chelmsford Chieftains.

Former goalkeeper Petr Cech earned numerous medals during his illustrious football career.

Four Premier League titles, five FA Cups, three League Cups, the Champions League and Europa League - he won them all during spells with Chelsea and Arsenal.

And Cech has a chance to add to his collection this weekend in his post-football role as netminder for Chelmsford Chieftains ice hockey team.

They take on Invicta Dynamos in a two-legged, away and home, final in the National League Division One South cup.

Cech, 40, was offered the chance to step up a division by the Chieftains after spending three years with Guildford Phoenix.

• Cech makes debut after signing for Chieftains

"He's brought an element of calmness and has joined in with the group well," captain Callum Burnett told BBC Essex.

"In his last few games, he's been really impressive so we're happy to have him in there, and we trust him.

Burnett continued: "He's a really interesting guy to be around. He's not awkward around the guys. We have a laugh and a joke and it's an honour to have someone that prestigious on the team.

"We understand where he's been and his past, but he understands this is a different sport, this is our game and it's very different to football.

"He gives us words of wisdom and we all appreciate them. Nine times out of 10 he's pretty nail-on-the-head, He does his job and we appreciate him being around because he's helped us a lot."

Chelmsford ended what has been a sometimes difficult regular season - they parted company with head coach Mark Saunders in January because of inconsistent performances - on a high with a 7-2 home win over top-of-the-table Streatham Redhawks on 14 March.

Callum Burnett joined Chelmsford from Romford Raiders and has five goals this season

They finished fifth, level on points with Invicta, good enough to see them through to the play-offs, which will take place at Milton Keynes over the Easter weekend.

"We had quite a few ups and downs in the year, trying to find ourselves," said Burnett.

"We've got a very new, young team this year, so we had to gel and find where everyone fits in together but it's good that towards the end of the season, when things begin to become important, we're starting to click.

"It's good to see that we pulled together in our last big weekend, especially at home against the league winners. It means we know we're capable of going further in the play-offs and the cup final, which should be a very interesting affair."

• Listen: Callum Burnett - 'We've matured a lot as a team'

The Chieftains lost all four league meetings with Invicta this season.

Burnett, though, is undaunted - especially as they will have home advantage for Sunday's second leg at their Riverside Ice and Leisure home.

"Hockey is a big, emotional sport so [it will be great] for us to get that silverware over a team we've struggled with this year," he added.

"We know we are capable of turning them over - that home game should be a big, loud crowd and we're confident we are going to pull out the performance and get the silverware before the play-offs come around.

"No matter what the scoreline says, we just need to keep playing our game and don't let other things influence us. If we play our style of hockey, the games will go our way."

Peter Cech won the last of his four Premier League titles with Chelsea in 2015