If Oscar moved to Shanghai to find himself, Julian Draxler needs to do more of what he has been doing, but on a bigger stage with a stable club like Paris Saint-Germain. Read more »
Chelsea Analysis
Oscar & Julian Draxler: Two Prodigies Go On Different Paths
2016 Year-End Soccer Club Portfolio Rankings
Real Madrid has jumped ahead of Barcelona and Bayern Munich to be our top-ranked team to finish 2016, while Borussia Dortmund and Atletico Madrid have moved into the top-5. Read more »
Gael Clichy, Antonio Candreva And The Evolution Of Fullbacks
Whereas Pep Guardiola waited halfway into his first season before revealing this wrinkle at Bayern, he wasted no time in showcasing this style in the opening match with Gael Clichy and Bacary Sagna moving to center midfield in the build up phase. Read more »
Ten Players Who Will Shape The 16-17 Premier League Season
On how we expect Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Dimitri Payet, Jamie Vardy, John Stones, N'Golo Kante, Paul Pogba, Eden Hazard, Kevin De Bruyne, Granit Xhaka and Toby Alderweireld to impact the EPL season. Read more »
The Destructive Creator Radja Nainggolan
Radja Nainggolan's personality has been called a "force of nature", highlighting his mentality and desire to win. His value has risen dramatically as his skills developed and is facing an important summer with Belgium and potentially moving to Chelsea. Read more »
2015 Year-End Soccer Club Portfolio Rankings
Soccer has a fairly solidified yet ever-changing landscape, but this creation of a hierarchal ranking gives a look to how we would choose their collective situations at the end of 2015. Read more »
It Was The Best Of Mou, It Was The Worst Of Mou
No one would argue that Jose Mourinho doesn't have a keen tactical mind or that he isn't extraordinarily charismatic, but he also verges on being unemployably temperamental. Read more »
Douglas Costa And The Exorbitant Cost Of Doing Nothing
Diego Costa has made Bayern practically unbeatable domestically, but they now also have their best shot of winning the Champions League under Pep Guardiola. He could have also been Jose Mourinho's. Read more »
Reviewing The 14-15 Premier League Season
The 14-15 Premier League title chase had very little intrigue, Jose Mourinho and Chelsea made sure of that. But here's how the top-7 compared statistically. Read more »
The Only Adventure Lionel Messi Has Left
Lionel Messi is publicly wrestling with the known unknown of having another crest to kiss following his goals and we’ll be on this watch until he leaves, retires or the trophies return. Read more »
Cesc/Alexis Is Bliss
Alexis Sánchez and Cesc Fàbregas were sold by Barça this summer and have become two of the five best players in the EPL, which was the last thing a team facing a transfer-ban could afford. Read more »
South American Strikers In Europe: The Defining Quality
The youth academy can provide the organization, technique, and running required of modern defenses and midfields. The magic that wins matches, on the other hand, will be outsourced. Read more »
Mourinho- You Can Go Home Again
The marks we saw from José Mourinho’s first time at Chelsea are here today. But they also have an attack that is much more dynamic and unpredictable than a decade ago. Read more »
Paper Wengers
Arsène Wenger's physical confrontation of José Mourinho was a microcosom of how Arsenal is getting both their tactics and transfers wrong in moving from A to B in an era of relative futility. Read more »
The Premier League Belongs To The Runners
Running doesn’t express itself on the field in glamorous ways. But it’s an essential trait that makes the whole machine work in both creating goals and preventing chances. Running is hard work - but it pays. Read more »
Grading The Deals: Chelsea's Prudent, Productive Summer
José Mourinho has set his board over the past year with a deft, confident hand. Chelsea has a roster capable of playing beautifully at times, but is also chameleonic enough to retain those Mourinho characteristics of grinding out results. Read more »
Louis Van Gaal And Jose Mourinho: Two In A Pod
It feels strange to say that United are dark horses to win the league. The quality of teams in the EPL promises that winning will come down to the slightest details, where both Chelsea and United managers thrive. Read more »
Champions League Semifinals Preview
The long anticipated Champions League Final Four of Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain, three titans and the noveau riche, was thwarted by the inspired performances by Atlético Madrid and Chelsea. Read more »
The Quick Building One
How José Mourinho has Chelsea at the top of the Premier League and in the Champions League quarterfinals while also remaking the roster on the fly. Read more »