Chelsea Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours

ShoulderChip

cheers for the info on Sturridge smuckers, been wondering what the story was

smuckers

4-0 Drogba

ShoulderChip

3 games, 13 goals scored, 0 conceded.

growler

CHD wrote: »

Would have like to have seen Ross Turnbull, Jeffrey Bruma and Nemanja Matic all start.

well at least Turnbull got a good run tonight, hope hilario is ok , looked like concussion

V9

I'll say one thing for Hilario, any time he has been called upon he has been fantastic, very reassuring.

DazMarz

Great stuff... Hopefully a preview of Saturday's clash

Hilario deserves to start more, really. SAVAGE keeper

The_Hustler

I don't agree but he has been good in the last two matches he's been called upon.

LanceStorm

great to see us put a few big winning margin games together in a row!!
delighted for Kalou also, he knows well he wont start in the league for us so its good he's grabbing any chances he's getting!!

i thought before the season started that zhirkov was going to be brilliant, now id be happy if he gets a game before xmas!!

did matic or bruma get any game time??

growler

no, neither got on , still think we need to see a bit more of the russian zhirkov too

long way to go I guess

DazMarz

Players like Zhirkov and Joe Cole who are coming back from injury will prove their worth in January, especially if that b.s. FIFA ban is not lifted. With The Bison missing from midfield, it will take the men to stand up and offer their talents to the club.

homer simpson

DazMarz wrote: »

Players like Zhirkov and Joe Cole who are coming back from injury will prove their worth in January, especially if that b.s. FIFA ban is not lifted. With The Bison missing from midfield, it will take the men to stand up and offer their talents to the club.

Ah now its hardly a B.S. ban, we were wrong in the way we went about siging him, didn't deserve such a long ban (i'd say it will be shortened) but we did do wrong and don't deserve to get away with it, only thing is FIFA better give the same treatment to every club who does it.

Agree though with cole comming back it will lessen the load on jan but still we don't need any injuries, we will get through it though.

growler

77 bloody loyalty points for the game at the emirates , feck, i have 73 :rolleyes:

Neil3030

Hi lads, would there be any interest in throwing in a Boards Chelsea team into the Gearoid Walsh tourney?

CHD

I might be able to play. Will see what happens

mudokon

Neil3030 wrote: »

Hi lads, would there be any interest in throwing in a Boards Chelsea team into the Gearoid Walsh tourney?

I'm not in Dublin so I can't make it.

Soby

Lovely gol by Deco...2-0 up

Gonzovision

Ivanovic or og? Couldn't see it too well

Gonzovision

Class pure class! 4-0

smuckers

superb finish by drogba 4-0

smuckers

Ivanovic has been outstnading so has Anelka.

smuckers

Think it was an 0g

CHD

Lovely jubly.

C'mon Blackburn!

Top of the League!

The_Hustler

We've got Blackburn in the carling cup now. Not too bad given the rest of the teams left in it.

DazMarz

Who's a pretty boy then? Great result, made all the greater by the bets I had on it!!!

Plus... It sets up next Sunday's little encounter very nicely!!!

Johner

The big one next week! I'm already nervous thinking about it but confident.

jesus_thats_gre

Beat United next week and Chelsea will look even more likely.

CHD

Bubs101 wrote: »

Jackdaw was great at it though. Convinced that his superstitious actions led to every bad Chelsea result

Turns out he was Jackdaw :pac:

So are we going to hockey United or just beat them?

DazMarz

Let's not go wild. I can't see us hockeying them... 2-1 or so will be my estimate.

It does have to be said though, apart from one or two stutter steps this season, Chelsea have been by far the best side in the Prem.

United are sorely missing Ronaldo and Tevez. Yes, still winning games, but nowhere near as threatening as they were with those two.

Chelsea should win, but they will not hockey United.

CHD

I'm the over confident annoying Chelsea fan on here DazMarz. IMO we will hockey them

Jagera

CHD wrote: »

I'm the over confident annoying Chelsea fan on here DazMarz. IMO we will hockey them

I'm somewhat skeptical and cautious and I also think we will hockey them...

CHD

That's the stuff. Form goes out the window in these games usually and anything can happen. But for a change we are playing well in every department and can deal with everything United throw at us. Our backline and DM should deal with there attack and our attack should exploit there backline who are under-performing.

I predict a Lampard and Drogba inspired 3-0 victory.

Panthro

yeah in big games form goes out the window (liverpool beat united and the pool are hardly an in-form team right now in fairness!) id say we should get the better of them, im throwing 3-0 out there:
ivanovic
ivanovic
drogba

now thats confidence for ya!

Gonzovision

I say we give them the biggest thumping they've had in a long time

LanceStorm

i will accept nothing other than an absolute spanking for utd!!

we are playing too bloody well, I honestly think on every position on the pitch we have better players, none of their lot would get into our starting line up, and that includes rooney!!

spanking!!

growler

LanceStorm wrote: »

i will accept nothing other than an absolute spanking for utd!!



spanking!!

Much as i'd love to see them whipped at the bridge I'll take a 1-0, 93rd minute win, scored with a lampard penalty after a dubious tumbel from Drogba

that said a 4-0, Drogba hat trick and Terry last minute header (after scholes has been sent off) would also suffice.

GavRedKing

I dont care how we win as long as we get 3 points from them. Put us in a great position for the next couple of games. With City only getting a draw last night that kind of dents them if they cant take 3 points at Biringham(they were lucky not to lose)

For my fantasr football team id love Chelsea to beat them 3-0, lampard hat trick and Drogba to assist them all :pac: but as I said 3points is the main objective regardless of performance or how we do it.

As was mentioned above, we are superior all over the pitch then United, its amazing what Carlo has done given relatively the same players failed to do anything against the fellow big 4 last year under Scolari, it shows what a top class manager means to a team for motiviation and attitude and man management. Like Hiddink i believe carlo will bring us that extra "special" dimension that has been mssing the last few years. For anybody to win the premiership this year they will have to finish above us

DazMarz

Ha, no shortage of confidence, which is good!!!:D

As said above, once we get the 3 points off the scumbags, who cares really? Dont have to be pretty, but whatever!

It is true that Chelsea have been by far one of the best teams in the League so far, being more unlucky or perhaps caught unawares against fúcking Wigan and fúcking Villa (I'm not bitter at all:rolleyes:).

It is also very true...Whoever finishes above Chelsea this season will win the League. And hopefully nobody will be above us!

Chelsea to do a League/CL Double!!! Come on!!!

The Davestator

Can't wait for Sunday but am nervous about our defending.

Also, which would you prefer to win, CL or PL? Dont say both. For me its the PL, Europe os great for a year but then its forgotten about IMO

Jagera

The Davestator wrote: »

Also, which would you prefer to win, CL or PL? Dont say both. For me its the PL, Europe os great for a year but then its forgotten about IMO

Why not both??

I want Chelsea to win the PL because after winning it twice we've been outdone by United three feckin times since.

I want Chelsea to win the CL because its the holy grail for us at the moment. European Champions.

I want both.. and this is the year.

DazMarz

As much as I'd love Chelsea to win everything they go near, I think that I'd prefer them to win the Champions League much more than anything else. So close yet so far has seemed to be the recurring theme with us in Europe over the last 5-6 seasons. So I'd sincerely hope this year we end the years of waiting and bring the European Crown back to London.

CHD

I want us to win the CL really badly, we are probably the only team that don't have one that deserve one. BUT imo the PL is the main thing, that's the competition you play 38 games in against the top teams in your country. If we don't win the CL it will be in heartbreak fashion no doubt but having the PL beats the CL, only just.

DazMarz

Two years now, we have suffered two of the worst, most soul-destroying and awful near-misses in the Champions League. I think we need the CL more... But also, the PL is there for us to lose as well, and we cannot drop the ball on that either. A PL and CL double!!!:D excellent.

Throw in the FA Cup too and we can equal Barca and the Mancs!:p

homer simpson

DazMarz wrote: »

... But also, the PL is there for us to lose as well....

Heh, i duno how you work that out, jan will be a real tester for us, i sencerly hope we come through the africian cup of nations still in first place but in no way is the Premier League there for us to lose we are about 1/3 of the way through the season, we are 2 points ahead of united, 5 ahead of arsenal (who still have a game at hand).

Me i still think winning the PL should be a priority for us, with ManU not playing well its a great chance for us to regain it, i say bring them on at the weekend, i think once we seem to get our first goal we are more comfortable so hopefully we will score first.

LanceStorm

The Davestator wrote: »

Can't wait for Sunday but am nervous about our defending.

Also, which would you prefer to win, CL or PL? Dont say both. For me its the PL, Europe os great for a year but then its forgotten about IMO

I would prefere to win the champions league this year, purely so that we can then stop worrying about it, and that people will get off our backs about having not won it, then we can focus on winning the league again next season without the champs league being our main focus and then finally when the ban is over we can start building a team for the future knowing were champions league winners!!

mudokon

While I agree with CHD's & DazMar's comments about being a team that has deserved a CL trophy while not winning it & going out of the competition in the most agonising of ways I would still take winning the league over the CL.

The Times was saying yesterday that Vidic, Ferdinand & Giggs could all be out for Sunday.

eddiehead

mudokon wrote: »

The Times was saying yesterday that Vidic, Ferdinand & Giggs could all be out for Sunday.

Drogba will run riot if those two are missing, can't wait

mudokon

eddiehead wrote: »

Drogba will run riot if those two are missing, can't wait

Me too, him & Anelka up against Brown & Evans.

Necronomicon

Vidic should be fit, Evans is a suitable replacement for an out of form Rio. In fact, I think that was the central defensive partnership in Old Trafford last season

The Davestator

homer_simpson wrote: »

Heh, i duno how you work that out, jan will be a real tester for us, i sencerly hope we come through the africian cup of nations still in first place but in no way is the Premier League there for us to lose we are about 1/3 of the way through the season, we are 2 points ahead of united, 5 ahead of arsenal (who still have a game at hand).

Me i still think winning the PL should be a priority for us, with ManU not playing well its a great chance for us to regain it, i say bring them on at the weekend, i think once we seem to get our first goal we are more comfortable so hopefully we will score first.

Chelsea Fixtures during the African cup;

F.A Cup Third Round – Sat/Sun, 02/03 January
League Cup Semi Final 1st Leg – Tues/Weds, 05/06 January
Hull City (A) Saturday, 09 January
Sunderland (H) Saturday, 16 January
League Cup Semi Final 2nd Leg – Tues/Weds, 19/20 January
F.A Cup Fourth Round – Sat/Sun, 23/24 January
Birmingham City (H) Wednesday, 27 January
Burnley (A) Saturday, 30 January

Most of the PL games look very handy even without our African players. I'm sure we could live without the league cup for a CL & PL double!!

DazMarz

mudokon wrote: »

The Times was saying yesterday that Vidic, Ferdinand & Giggs could all be out for Sunday.

eddiehead wrote: »

Drogba will run riot if those two are missing, can't wait

mudokon wrote: »

Me too, him & Anelka up against Brown & Evans.

All great news!!! Heading over on Sunday, bringing my father to the game. I could only get one ticket, so I'm gonna let him go to it, seeing as it's his birthday on the 4th November. He's a United fan tho...:mad:

I'll content myself with Soho Bar, despite the fact that I'd give up my left one to see this game!!!