Chelsea v Everton - (Setanta Ireland KO 3pm)

Johner

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TEAM NEWS

Chelsea captain John Terry is expected to return from a nerve injury in his leg, while Michael Essien is available after completing a three-match ban.

England midfielder Frank Lampard remains sidelined and Alex has returned to Brazil to have surgery on a long-standing knee injury.

Everton are without the suspended Mikel Arteta, but Marouane Fellaini is back from his own three-game ban.

Captain Phil Neville is expected to return from a knee injury.

Chelsea

Doubtful: Terry (leg)

Injured: Alex (knee), Benayoun (Achilles), Lampard (groin)

Everton

Suspended: Arteta (three matches)

Doubtful: Jagielka (unspecified), Neville (knee)

Injured: Barkley (leg), Hibbert & Osman (ankle)

Johner

Expecting us to line up one of two ways,

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Cech

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-Bos

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Terry

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Ivan----Cole-

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Mikel

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Essien

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Malouda----
--Kalou

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Drogba

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Anelka--

Or

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Cech

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-Bos

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Terry

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Ivan----Cole-

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Mikel

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Essien

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Ramires----
--Anelka

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Drogba

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Malouda--

D2D

Setanta are showing this game for free on Sky

Setanta's twitter wrote:

it's CHELSEA v EVERTON at 3pm, see it in FREEVIEW on satellite channel 423

Johner

Dare_2_defy wrote: »

Setanta are showing this game for free on Sky

Nice one.

hitman79

Everton team
Howard, Neville, Jagielka, Distin, Baines, Coleman, Rodwell, Fellaini, Pienaar, Cahill, Saha

We'll do well to get nil after last week :mad:

Johner

hitman79 wrote: »

Everton team
Howard, Neville, Jagielka, Distin, Baines, Coleman, Rodwell, Fellaini, Pienaar, Cahill, Saha

We'll do well to get nil after last week :mad:

Quite worried about Saha, he always seems to score against us.

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

Just saw the starting line-up and Chelsea look very strong today with Essien and Terry back. Im backing them to win by a few today. Can see Drogba scoring a few.

Mr.Crinklewood

Did David Speedie just forget where Chelsea play their home games?

Peyton Manning

Quite fancy Saha to nick a goal today.

Mr.Crinklewood

Tom_Brady wrote: »

Quite fancy Saha to nick a goal today.

No need to steal a goal, when Setanta Sports can give you them for free.

Free Goals.



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Peyton Manning

The crowd/on-field sound seems completely out of sync with the picture on Setanta Ireland.

ballsymchugh

what's up with the sound? are they broadcasting the background noise from a different match? you can hear the odd ref whistle in the middle of a run of play with no free kicks.

Mars Bar

Tom_Brady wrote: »

The crowd/on-field sound seems completely out of sync with the picture on Setanta Ireland.

I said that last week too. It's very muted. It feels unnatural!

Johner

Tom_Brady wrote: »

The crowd/on-field sound seems completely out of sync with the picture on Setanta Ireland.

Yeah it's really annoying.

Mars Bar

Jesus Howard!

newballsplease

LOL at the sound on setanta..

Thinks its from a westham game...nearly sure i heard forever blowing bubbles. Such a joke.

Johner

newballsplease wrote: »

LOL at the sound on setanta..

Thinks its from a westham game...nearly sure i heard forever blowing bubbles. Such a joke.

Chelsea sing a version of that mocking West Ham.

Peyton Manning

Sound seems to be fixed now anyway.

smokedeels

anyone have an English sopcast link?

the_monkey

smokedeels wrote: »

anyone have an English sopcast link?

sop://broker.sopcast.com:3912/80517

Working well for me ..

Johner

Dirty hack by Neville as usual! Malouda shouldn't have reacted.

smokedeels

the_monkey wrote: »

sop://broker.sopcast.com:3912/80517

Working well for me ..

cheers man, good stream.

ctrl-alt-delete

Fair play to Neville there getting up and jogging away,

I think he was unlucky with the challenge, it was not malicious for me.

the_monkey

Jaysus MAlouda .. what ya doin?

PHB

**** me Terry, if he had scored that it woulda been George Best eskque.

Johner

**** off the bar

PaddyBomb

Fair play to Neville for getting up and not making anything of it but he should have got a yellow for that challenge.

the_monkey

Bloody hell ... the curse of the post continues...

Johner

Some dodgy looking challenges going in there.

newballsplease

Setanta still on freeview on sky

JPA

Drogba in trouble?

the_monkey

should be fine

Mars Bar

Ah, Everton need to take their chances here.

Johner

Hmm

Mars Bar

Neville you twonk.

everdead.ie

Phil Neville unbelievable

PHB

Penalty to Chelsea, stupid from Neville, just stupid.

Howard did as well as he could, but imo I don't really understand what exactly it is Howard could do there.

Nalz

did Anelka not run into him?

GOAL!

ctrl-alt-delete

That was harsh for me, What could Howard do there? Anelka knocked it miles wide of him then ran into Howard,

Goal for Drogba 1-0

ziggy

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the_monkey

Peno --- f*cking YELLOW !!! ???

Johner

GEt in drogba

smokedeels

Neville ffs

MoyVilla9

What could Howard have done? Anelka barges straight into him. It nearly looks like he's trying to smash into Howard.

titan18

Stupid from Neville but the decision was interesting.If anything it looks like Anelka flings himself into Howard.

JPA

MoyVilla9 wrote: »

What could Howard have done? Anelka barges straight into him. It nearly looks like he's trying to smash into Howard.

titan18 wrote: »

Stupid from Neville but the decision was interesting.If anything it looks like Anelka flings himself into Howard.

No way!

Mr.Crinklewood

Watching that again, Anelka did actually throw himself at Howard...dodgy decision.

everdead.ie

He shuffles right then goes left into him which is funny really I don't know why he didn't just chase after the ball he could easily of outpacedHoward who would of been on the turn.

smuckers

we need to pick up the tempo too pedestrian, glad we're 1-0 up tho

Nemanja91

He just tried to get Howard sent off!

ctrl-alt-delete

everdead.ie wrote: »

He shuffles right then goes left into him which is funny really I don't know why he didn't just chase after the ball he could easily of outpacedHoward who would of been on the turn.

I thought he was going to open up and curl it around Howard with his right foot, that is what he normally does,

What he did do was baffling and I really don't think it should have been a penalty, a Red Card coupled with that penalty would have been as unfair a decision as I have seen.