Chelsea FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 10/11 (mod warning in post #7124)

The Davestator

papagormo wrote: »

In fairness to Rameries, he might not have been in the starting line up today if we had the choice of Lampard, Essien, Yossi even. After Rameries theres the likes of Josh, who would be far too young to be thrown in against Liverpool.
I actually thought he really got stuck in for the second half.
Zhirkov wasn't playing in his natural position either so he did the best he could. The midfield wasn't the stongest one we have, but it was the strongest we could field on the day. Thought some of Mikels long range passes deserve a mention, how many times did he manage to find Ivanovic in acres of space, fair play to him.
In fairness, a moment of poor defending and a moment of sheer class got the better of us today, wouldn't dwell any more on it than that.

I'd agree with most of that. Mikel is really turning into a special player and fulfilling his potential.

Johner

A bottle of wine and a few cans was needed after that.

Roll on Wednesday, hoping it will be a 5 point gap again come the end of the night.

growler

knew liverpool would raise their game against us, not starting drogs was a poor call , kalou can't cause the same threat, ramieres isn't an essien its true but if we had played the second half as we did the first, or had lampard or essien or evem mceachran on the field, it would have been a different scoreline. Anyway, still top, still have lampard and essien , only november and a long way to go. didn't enjoy my trip back from liverpool very much though :-(

Johner

Thought this was interesting.

Table this time last year,

1 Chelsea 11 20 27
2 Man Utd 11 12 25
3 Arsenal 10 19 22

Table this year,

1 Chelsea 11 22 25
2 Man Utd 11 11 23
3 Arsenal 11 11 20

flahavaj

Its clear all three clubs are in decline.:pac:

Uncanny how the difference is the same.

smuckers

Time to give Josh a PL start????

bullpost

We'll get Essien and Lampard back soon so not because of injuries.
I'd keep him for CL and perhaps cup stuff for time being.

smuckers wrote: »

Time to give Josh a PL start????

growler

smuckers wrote: »

Time to give Josh a PL start????

at least he tackles , which was sorely absent yesterday , i would think its a viable option, based on what we've seen of him

Lukker-

We had gained 8 points comprated to last year compared to this year on results before the Liverpool game. We beat the "big 4" home and away last year, something which I doubt will be repeated anytime soon. So we can lose at Liverpool and still realisticly finish with more points then last season.

smuckers

Lamps out of Fulham, hoping to return against Sun'land jesus its been like this for the last 3 months, apparantally picked up another injury after his hernia op

MUSEIST

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/nov/08/chelsea-leave-stamford-earls-court


^^mixed feeling about that, a new ground would really send us nicely down the road to self-sufficency

Gonzovision

It'd never be the same though

DazMarz

Plus, there is some legal stupidity attached to Chelsea leaving The Bridge... I'm very open to correction, but I think if Chelsea F.C. leaves Stamford Bridge, they can no longer call themselves Chelsea F.C.!!!! Again, I'm well open to correction on this one, but I think I remember reading that somewhere.

Suppose they could always do the Pro-Evo on it and just call the team 'West London Blue' or something...:o:rolleyes:

Panthro

DazMarz wrote: »

Suppose they could always do the Pro-Evo on it and just call the team 'West London Blue' or something...:o:rolleyes:

"Careeefreee..where ever we may be, we are the famous W.L.B..."....meh, the jury's still out on that one!:D

smuckers

Anelka and Alex doubtful, Essien should be back. No plans to move away from SB yet

smuckers

Also Drogba had malaria.

the_monkey

smuckers wrote: »

Also Drogba had malaria.

I heard this, but that means he has Malaria ?? there is no cure ...

smuckers

There is a cure for it, C Cole had it and she's recovered.

pistolpetes11

Delighted to hear that he came through it,

kinda explains some of his performances recently .

Hopefully we put Fulham to the sword tomorrow , no mercy to be shown what so ever .

I think the whole man u team down with the flu thing is a bit of AF's mind games madness

ShoulderChip

smuckers wrote: »

There is a cure for it, C Cole had it and she's recovered.

I wouldn't be so sure,
Toure was never the same player again,
and every bout of sniffles he gets will be magnified and could become a concern,

I feel for the brute.

flahavaj

smuckers wrote: »

There is a cure for it, C Cole had it and she's recovered.

Carlton Cole is a woman?:eek:

Redsoxfan

This is pretty cool

http://www.chelseafc.com/page/Classic_Kits/0,,10268,00.html

smuckers

flahavaj wrote: »

Carlton Cole is a woman?:eek:

LOL acutally someone told me that Cheryl was suffering from anorexia and not malaria

MUSEIST

The team that I would like to see tonight is...

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=Cech

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Bos----Ivan---JT---cole

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essien---mikel

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Malouda

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Kalou---Drogs----Anelka

But carlo will probably put ramires in midfield and drop kalou if anelka is fit. I like malouda in that central position, I think he can cause more problems there. I think we will win 2-0 tonight but it will be tough.

ShoulderChip

Any win would do me purely to go 3 more ahead of united.
I can't see them getting a goal let alone a point in Manchester.

Johner

Chelsea

* 01 Cech
* 02 Ivanovic
* 03 A Cole
* 17 Bosingwa
* 26 Terry
* 05 Essien
* 12 Mikel
* 15 Malouda
* 18 Zhirkov
* 11 Drogba
* 21 Kalou

Johner

Substitutes

* 22 Turnbull,
* 19 Ferreira,
* 43 Bruma,
* 07 Ramires,
* 46 McEachran,
* 23 Sturridge,
* 44 Kakuta

digme

Thats some strong bloody team

Panthro

the oul bench doesn't look too shoddy either.
Just after reading Anelka has a back problem, hope its a minor thing.
Hes been pretty daycent this season so far.

the_monkey

Well, points wise with united drawing it is a good result, 4 points clear
but we need to open the scoring machine again - what is wrong with the team ??

Lampard returning could make a difference but we can't be relying on Lamps forever .

pistolpetes11

the_monkey wrote: »

Well, points wise with united drawing it is a good result, 4 points clear
but we need to open the scoring machine again - what is wrong with the team ??

Lampard returning could make a difference but we can't be relying on Lamps forever .

Nothing really , we cud of got 4 or 5 goals tonight , it was just one of them nights and in the end we ended up under a bit pressure , but the supposedly past it Terry was immense , won everything in the air (couple of lads in Sundays match thread saying he's done!!!)

smuckers

The problem is we don't move the ball quick enough and we didn't take our chances.

Johner

Not nice too see from Essien on Dempsey although I'm 100% convinced that Dempseys elbow on Bosingwa was deliberate.

Johner

Seem to remember a couple of years ago Dempsey elbowed JT in the face as well.:mad:

pistolpetes11

Johner wrote: »

Not nice too see from Essien on Dempsey although I'm 100% convinced that Dempseys elbow on Bosingwa was deliberate.

stupid , well i cant really call it a challenge , id expect a 3 game ban coming for him , really silly .

At least lamps will be back to cover him , Ramieres was very solid when he came on

the_monkey

Chelsea v Sunderland, 16:10

This sunday, any reason for the 10 past 4 KO ?

DazMarz

the_monkey wrote: »

Chelsea v Sunderland, 16:10

This sunday, any reason for the 10 past 4 KO ?

Strange one alright, but possibly to keep Sky TV happy or something?

Fiskar

the_monkey wrote: »

Chelsea v Sunderland, 16:10

This sunday, any reason for the 10 past 4 KO ?

Gives me an 10 minutes to get there!
Can't wait, pity the Bison isn't playing but is Lamps anyway near back ?

MUSEIST

Good result last night but essien what were ya thinking. Stupid by essien to get sent off.

Dozen Wicked Words

Big turn up for the books, Ray Wilkins has left!!

http://www.chelseafc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10268~2216469,00.html

ctrl-alt-delete

dooferoaks wrote: »

Big turn up for the books, Ray Wilkins has left!!

http://www.chelseafc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10268~2216469,00.html

Yeah saw that on the beeb,

He was a good 10 years there or so? When was his current one due to expire?

I read it that they were not going to extend or offer him a new one, so he has left now?

Dozen Wicked Words

ctrl-alt-delete wrote: »

Yeah saw that on the beeb,

He was a good 10 years there or so? When was his current one due to expire?

I read it that they were not going to extend or offer him a new one, so he has left now?

Left with immediate effect.

Lukker-

Strange.

Johner

Very surprised at this.

V9

Poor decision, imo. @chelseayouth expects Demichelis to take the job.

Lukker-

Maybe they are planning on bringing Steve Clarke back?

MUSEIST

Very very strange and disapointing, he has done a good job in the last few years and seemed to work well with ancelotti.

V9

http://twitter.com/#!/BluesChronicle/status/2752572578336768

according to this, there are negotiations already underway for a "big name" replacement.

MUSEIST

^^^^^ Maldini :eek::rolleyes::P (joke)

V9

Ya say joke, but thats who came right to my mind too! I know he rejected a coaching role before when carlo took over, but a year is a long time.

http://twitter.com/#!/BluesChronicle/status/2754344566923264

looks like we're not the only ones to think it. Zola would be excellent. Knows the english game and would have the instant respect of the squad.