Community Shield (Arsenal v Chelsea)

smuckers

I'm going with 2-1 Chelsea its going to be a tight game, looking forward to seeing Del Horno, Crespo and SWP, and Diarra if comes on.

Likely lineup:


Cech

Ferreria Carvallho Terry Del Horno


Gudjonsen Maka Lamps


SWP Crespo Duff

Don't think Robben will be risked.

KdjaCL

After ET (Pens) Arsenal

3 or 4 nil to Arsenal.

Draw 1 - 1 9 - 2
Chelsea 2 - 1 15 - 2
Arsenal 3 - 0 33 - 1
Arsenal 4 - 0 80 - 1

http://www.paddypower.com/bet?action=show_event_by_markets&chosen_ev_id=501652&category=SOCCER



kdjac

Davei141

After ET (Pens) Arsenal

Arsenal to win

Pepe LeFrits

Arsenal

8-1 Arsenal. Terry OG (3), Lehmann, Cygan, Hleb (3). Cygan OG for Chelsea.

Brian017

3-0 Chelsea

PHB

After ET (Pens) Arsenal

3-1 to Arsenal

jank

After ET (Pens) Chelsea

Think a score draw myself

1-1

Reyes - Lampard

Arsenal to win on penos.

The Muppet

I,m looking forward to the game. It will be interesting to see how Arsenal play without Viera. It should be a tight enough game but I feel Chelsea have the edge and will win it.

Thanx 4 The Fish

Arsenal

That time of year again, I have a tenner on Arsenal only because I got good odds really, don't fancy them much but if they can sneak one then maybe they can frustrate Chelsea ala pool in CL.

Good chance to see some of the new boys too.

Creamy Goodness

i think chelsea will win either by one goal or if they get one early then i'd say maybe 3/4 goals are possible.

what time is kick off?

Spider_Baby!

After ET (Pens) Arsenal

3 o'clock. I think ill go for arsenal in this one, dont know why!

Pepe LeFrits

Arsenal

Not bothered who wins, I think Chelsea will probably do it though. I'm more interested in seeing what line-up Wenger fields and how they play.

Hoping it will be: Lehmann, Cole, Senderos, Toure, Eboue, Hleb, Fabregas, Gilberto, Ljungberg, Henry, Van Persie.

Necronomicon

With the games between them as tight as they were last season, I'd say a draw and someone to win after extra time....not even gonna predict who though.

Pepe LeFrits

Arsenal

Arsenal: Lehmann, Lauren, Toure, Senderos, Cole, Ljungberg, Fabregas, Flamini, Pires, Bergkamp, Henry.

**** sake. When is Wenger going to start phasing out of the likes of Lauren, Pires and Bergkamp, and give others a chance? This is a perfect chance to give the likes of Eboue, Van Persie, Hleb and Reyes a run out against top quality opposition and he picks that team. Grrr

Chong

Arsenal

FFS no Martin Tyler I have got to listen to the scotch no it all and the boxing commetator.

Disappointed from a neutral perspective not to see Crespo playing.

PHB

After ET (Pens) Arsenal

What a goal

Chong

Arsenal

Come on you blues

KdjaCL

After ET (Pens) Arsenal

Going to form anyway Arse trying to play ball, Chelsea incapable of playing ball so sitting back with 9 men behind the ball.



kdjac

Thanx 4 The Fish

Arsenal

Chelsea lucky to get away with that challenge by Terry on Pires on the very edge of the box, got none of the ball and ran strainght into Pires. Arsenal looking the better at the moment despit the goal down.

Thanx 4 The Fish

Arsenal

Just been balanced out by Senderos on Robben

PiE

Any streams?

Pacifico

Drogba's an ass

PHB

After ET (Pens) Arsenal

Typical Chelsea style
Arsenal dominate the game, with little penetration.
Chelsea get one chance, they score.

Senderos looks a little out of depth tbh, like he did at certain points last season.
Campbell will be a welcome return

Necronomicon

Good goal by Drogba, but why does he have to bring himself down with such a petty attitude? That situation with Lehmann and Lauren was something out of absolutely nothing.

eirebhoy

After ET (Pens) Chelsea

PHB wrote:

Campbell will be a welcome return

Campbell was back a couple of months before the end of last season. Wenger wouldn't drop either of the centre halfs to play him though.

Chong

Arsenal

Great goal great composure to get back up and score.

Brian017

When was the last time the team who won the Charity/Community Sheild went on to win the league?

johnor

Think united won the Charity shield in 2000? after the treble year of 1999, they went on to win the league that year too...could be wrong was a one horse race all year tho..

Pacifico

When was the last time the team who won the Charity/Community Sheild went on to win the league?

I think it was 8 seasons ago??

Chong

Arsenal

SWP comes on it would be great to see him get a goal for his new club against his dads club.

Brian017

johnor wrote:

Think united won the Charity shield in 2000? after the treble year of 1999, they went on to win the league that year too...could be wrong was a one horse race all year tho..

Chelsea won it in 2000.

johnor

I stand corrected said the man in the orthopedic shoes, unite didnt win it that year arsenal did....united won in 96 and won the league the 96/97 season i think i dunno

Chong

Arsenal

Tha game is getting bit annoying now with all the bloody substitions , feels like an England international.

Chong

Arsenal

Well done chelsea , overly I am delighted that Arsenal are off to a losing start.

jank

After ET (Pens) Chelsea

Willem D wrote:

Well done chelsea , overly I am delighted that Arsenal are off to a losing start.

Why?In a few months time you will be complaining that Chelsea are running away with it yet again?
At least the gunners try and play nice football.

smuckers

V pleased for Didier, the second goal was class, Makelele is like a man possessed, great performance by him.

Pepe LeFrits

Arsenal

jank wrote:

Why?In a few months time you will be complaining that Chelsea are running away with it yet again?
At least the gunners try and play nice football.

Zzzzz.

Good game, played in good spirits and enjoyable to watch. The game in a few weeks should be a cracker. You gotta love Fabregas, he's got such spunk

Chong

Arsenal

ABA anyone but Arsenal , jank . But for today I am delighted that Arsenal have lost , and I probably will be cursing Chelsea at the end of the season, but today is like the day Liverpool won the CL . That day I was Man U fan cheering on Liverpool but that dosen't make me anymore of a Liverpool fan but I was glad to see an English team win. But when I see Arsenal beaten it certainly makes me feel like I am on top of the moon.

jank

After ET (Pens) Chelsea

Well at least your man enough to admit where you stand, although I don’t understand the ABA sentiment that sometime resides among fans.
Interestingly 99% of them are utd fans while the ABU's consist of a more general football fan base.

I may hate Man Utd (for my own reason )but I do have a grudging respect for their tradition, class of the club(this is in question under glazier) and their footballing heritage, something lost among many today...but that’s a discussion for a different day!

Agree with kaids, the game in 2 weeks time should be a totoally different afair. Senderos was poor but he only had his first warm up game there last week so he may be a bit rusty( I may be wrong here though )

Im still waiting for wenger to sign a CM. They are a bit light weight there. Just someone with a physical presence. If they dont sign a CM then im worried that most teams will play a 5 man midfield against arsenal and more then likely over power them physicaly.

Let the season begin....

Necronomicon

Gilberto played very well I thought when he came on in the second half. They have plenty of quality in the centre, but maybe slightly thin in numbers should an injury crisis arise. It'll be interesting to see if Senderos gets the nod in the league game in two weeks, he found it very hard going against the size and strength of Drogba.
Good game overall, nice appetiser before the season.

Pepe LeFrits

Arsenal

Agreed, Gilberto did well. He was a completely different player at the beginning of last season when Vieira was out, he played far better then than i'd ever seen before. Hopefully he can repeat the trick on a consistent basis now.

Necronomicon

kaids wrote:

Agreed, Gilberto did well. He was a completely different player at the beginning of last season when Vieira was out

With a broken back no less!
I think some people have over-stated how much Vieira will be a miss to Arsenal, but they did play some of their best football without him at the start of last season.

Draupnir

After ET (Pens) Arsenal

Two very nice kits I must say. That Arsenal kit is lovely.

Havent seen any highlights or anything yet so cant comment.

mada999

I was very dissappointed with Arsenal, they have great build up play and then they no-where.....they need to greater penetration. They seemed like they were waiting for the perfect move before trying to score...it didn't help that chelsea had nearly everyone behind the ball....
I think there is an over reliance on Henry to bail them out! Would like to see them buying another decent striker (bergkamp is too old, don't care what anyone says..! I thought they were lost without Vieria to stamp out makele in midfield....they gonna find it hard in the middle this season...

Not a fan of chelsea's style.....counter attacking the whole time, then looking for a little ball over the top.....hate it!! Hope someone knocks drogba out what a whinger...

Don't think chelsea deserved it but at least they took their chances....and they defended well with most of their players behind the ball..... chelsea were crap on the wings today...didn't rate them...

Think Chelsea are gonna walk away with the league again this season....my only hope for the season is for LFC to jump up a couple of places hopefully 2nd or 3rd..that would numb the pain a bit..

just my 2c's

Pigman II

I find it hard to look at Chelsea in their new kit now without automatically thinking "Wimbledon".

Mossy Monk

After ET (Pens) Arsenal

hahahaha
myself and a friend were saying that today aswell