An analysis of Chelsea's performance in the EPL under Rafa. Revealing fact, under Rafa Chelsea would have only claimed 48 points (which is fifth along the table). If not for our strong start under Di Matteo we would have been looking at a lower finish.

This is an analysis of Rafa's system and his player selections. This explains some stuff. The rigidity of Rafa's system meant that he had to play Mata every minute because there was no other player like him. Also Rafa's odd midfield pairings and his insistence on David Luiz in midfield.

Lots of chatter over the past few days about Luke Shaw getting closer to being a Chelsea player. Really like this - home-grown, potential to be very high quality (and already good), and, as we've seen reported, he grew up a Chelsea supporter. Hope for all the fans who dream of wearing blue!

Here's a good YouTube tribute to that entire magical Champions League run, from the group stages through the final. A pretty fun video to watch today, on the one year anniversary of our big win.

Not the most informative thing ever done, but there are a few interesting comments.

Looks like he got over his homesickness problem just in time to join our rivals.

Talks about some cool stuff, then about 5:00 he's asked about Jose. If you take a few of the quotes massively out of context, TSO's return seems all but confirmed. "There's no way he'll come back and rest on any laurels" "It would be a great relationship, him coming back here I just think he'll take the club on again." "But with him at the helm, we're gonna give it a great go" Booyah. (Goddammit formatting turned to s**t when I posted. mybad)

when do penalties first start to come out? has it been put on hold because of the legal debate? curious because gosh i dont see how Monaco can meet it with some of their potential signings in such a small stadium within a league with such little tv revenue