Wait...What? ANOTHER Game? Wolverhampton v. Chelsea FC: Preview - UPDATED!
by DPeezy on Jan 2, 2012 3:09 AM GMT
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UPDATE: The Daily Fail has claimed that half our squad has been struck down by polio and/or perished in freak MRI accidents. CRISIS!
Always appropriate to be playing a team called Wolves in the middle of winter...as long as we don't get thrown to them. Of course, when it rains, it pours - and given our recent form, I would not put anything past us anymore.
But it's a whole new year...despite the fact that this match comes not 48 hours after the final whistle (and associated booing at Stamford Bridge) blew on the Aston Villa debacle. We can only hope that the psychological boost provided by the artificial framework of the Gregorian calendar triumphs over the potentially flagging morale of the squad.
Andre Villas-Boas will have you believe that there is no crisis and no need to reach for the PANIC button...but the 7 points lost from winning positions in the last four games, combined with our position in the table (the lowest that Chelsea have been at the turn of the year in over a decade) may indicate otherwise. Those 7 lost points are especially frustrating given the flounderings of those in the table above and around us.
All that must be pushed aside, as another underperformance at Wolverhampton would not be a welcome way to start 2012. With the players barely having had the time to take a hot (or cold) shower, they must regather themselves and put together a winning performance in one of those "cold nights in [somewhere in mid-table Anglia]".
I don't know much about Wolves (nor do I really care to) but I do know that Steven Fletcher has an annoying knack for scoring (and for some reason is in the SB nation database as Steven Kenneth Fletcher...), that Stephen Hunt (a living, breathing rhyming slang) plays for them, and that they just signed Emmanuel Frimpong on loan from Arsenal and the young destroyer is expected to start on Monday. And that, for the longest time, I used to confuse current Wolves manager Mick McCarthy with current Chelsea scout Mick McGiven. (Now THAT'S what I call an opposing scouting report. Eat your heart out, Dani Sousa!)
The Chelsea lineup for tomorrow is anybody's guess. AVB has already stated that there will be changes due to the timing of this fixture, although I highly doubt we'd see a Carling Cup lineup out there. The likelihood of added emphasis on the FA Cup (with the stated desire to play Drogba in the 3rd round match v. Portsmouth) may also complicate things. Here's my wild guess:
Chelsea (3-5-2 - haha, no - 4-3-3): Cech - Cole, Terry, Sideshow, Bosingwa - Romeu - Lampard, Malouda - Kalou, Torres, Sturridge
Yeah, that's right. Salomon Kalou. He's the KEY!!!
And no, I will absolutely not mention the fact that we lost in this exact same fixture last year (almost exactly one year ago, to the date), with a stupid deflected goal off of Jose Bosingwa's shins keeping all three points at the Molineux.
Oh.
Anyway, join us here tomorrow for all the fun. 10am EST / 7am PST. Leftover New Year's champagne optional...but advised.
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How will we screw it up this time? I'm dying to find out. Btw, if the Mail is to be believed,
Cole, Kalou, Malou, and Drogba are injured and won’t feature. Sturridge is also a doubt.
So no Kalou key magic for us. :(
Chalobah, Bertrand, Hutch, and Joshinabasket have all made the trip
by Stephen Schmidt on Jan 2, 2012 3:36 AM GMT up reply actions
Yeah, they all make the trip
but, as a watcher of Chelsea’s youth and reserve teams for over a decade(most depressing job ever given nobody ever makes it to the first team rendering all of it pointless)you can bet anything you like that the nearest ANY will get is the bench.
Cole can’t start? They will play Bos and Paulo at both FBs. So no Ryan. JT poorly? He will play in a wheelchair if it means they don’t have to play Nat or Hutch-failing that the kit man will do-he’kll be “experienced”.
And so to Josh “I’d be screaming at him to leave the club I love if I had chance because we treat him like crap” McEachran-we will play ANYONE in midfield in front of him and possibly members of the away support(who couldn’t do much worse than Raul or Frank’s last attempts, frankly)too.
I’m even getting sick of hearing MYSELF on the subject but we are easily the weakest big club in the World at getting our own talent blooded properly. Christ, we spent a ton on Lukaku just to lead the line for our reserves. I#m sure he’d be learning more playing for Anderlecht in the league and EC wouldn’t he?
Anyway, the lie that AVB told saying if those in the team failed the kids WOULD get a go has proven to be the biggest porky of the past year(and he tells a few)so forgive my not thinking they’ll play at Wolves.
lol, mate, I know this really bothers you
But just because they’re young and promising, it does not mean they’re ready to start or procure meaningful minutes. Even v. Wolves.
Contrary to popular belief, the youngsters also do not just sit around twiddling their thumbs and playing FIFA 12 when they’re not being picked for the first team. I’m sure Lukaku is learning a ton, as evidenced just his slowly increasing stamina.
Sinclair is doing really well for his debut season in the premier league. (Not considering the cameos for Blues).
The pressure is clearly too much as AVB’s not go the merit fergie has.
Exactly,Sinclair left last season
And besides,he’s not really Chelsea-material. He’s good,but not that good.
by Avinash Mohan on Jan 2, 2012 6:55 AM GMT up reply actions
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2081091/Andre-Villas-Boas-faces-new-crisis-Chelsea-stars-struck-injury-illness.html
Ivanovic is still injured? I’ve had enough helpings of Jose Bosingwa thank you very much AVB.
The title cracked me up....
……That was my impression when I saw the advertisement during today’s Sunderland win of tomorrow’s broadcast. Along with, “my God, they’re going to inflict more pain and suffering on us in this holiday season?”
No longer sure if I am excited
or emotionally worn out on these! Curious though, these games with 1 day in between… you know, unless you are ManU. Guess their QPR and Fulham fixtures were pretty close, but I like to find more reasons to hate them.
I might drop Sturridge for Kalou
And keep Mata in the team,but that’s about it. Really hope Kalouda gets a chance to play! And somebody unleash the LUKAKU as a sub!!
Yeah,every bit of game time counts
Long balls,fine. But I want Lukaku to get used to our new way of playing too,the passing game and all that. Or we can just use him in the FA Cup,which looks more likely.
by Avinash Mohan on Jan 2, 2012 6:57 AM GMT up reply actions
Meanwhile...
Terry is trying to recover from this, and hoping this dude is also banned from the Molineux:
Sometimes the guy gets some ass when he isn’t even hounding for it!
No..
but I am sure Terry was wishing they got this kind of fooligan on the field instead:
I was wondering what that dude was up to, though.. and here I thought he was trying to pick a fight with him :)
Actually
looks like Ji of Sunderland got a similar show of love after his goal today. Goodness… I love me some Nando, but I could be sitting on the field and he could score a hat trick, and I could be drunk off my arse, and I wouldn’t manage to have the balls some of these folks do! To be fair, I might try to run up and hug DL or Mata, mostly because DL seems like he’d offer them, and Mata always tweets about them and he kind of reminds me of the Snuggle fabric softener teddy bear.
Hey guys
Hows van der Wiel to Valencia shaping up?
by RamStamford on Jan 2, 2012 6:01 AM GMT via mobile reply actions
lost points as usual
i won’t be surprised if we lost the match.Guess i’m getting used to this
by jeremy25 on Jan 2, 2012 7:56 AM GMT via mobile reply actions
will be interesting to see how today look our starting line-up
If we believe the Daily Fail, then Cech, Terry, Cole, Drogba, Kalou, Sturridge, Malouda, Ivanovic, Essien might not be fit for the game today. In this light, the big question is that does Sturridge plays even when he’s not in the best condition, or taken from the reserve Milan Lalkovic (as Kalou and Malouda are also injured and diseased), or maybe AVB will use Bosingwa in RW position (which seems the most plausible). So the line-up can be something close to this in 4-3-3 : Hilario, Ferreira (or Hutchinson), Luiz, Chalaboah, Bertrand, Romeu, Ramires, McEachran, Bosingwa (or Lalkovic), Mata,Torres. Today we see if AVB is good enough for Chelsea coach who trusts his young players.
BREAKING NEWS: Milos Krasic's agent said that the player will leave Juventus to Chelsea this transfer window.
Although i don’t have a reliable source right now, but i’m looking for it.
Those are the same source
And I wouldn’t trust the agent. His job is to generate hype for his client (Krasic).
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by ayx on Jan 2, 2012 9:53 AM GMT via mobile reply actions
alan dzagoev & samuel inkoom
Is there anyone here following †ђξ russian league? I would like τ̲̅ȍ know more about cska’s alan dzagoev & dnipro’s samuel inkoom
by ayx on Jan 2, 2012 9:59 AM GMT via mobile reply actions
Dnipro is in Ukraine
(and those letters aren’t Russian :P)
Here is a profile on Inkoom written by Steve back in June.
alan dzagoev & samuel inkoom
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by ayx on Jan 2, 2012 10:15 AM GMT via mobile reply actions
Apparently
our players are in “open mutiny” with AVB.
I clearly don’t think it’s true, but here ya go :
http://eurosport.yahoo.com/02012012/58/premier-league-paper-round-open-mutiny-chelsea.html
Twitter line-up (not official)
Cech
Bos-Luiz-Terry-Cole
Romeu-Meireles
Ramires-FL-Mata
-——Torres
That’s my best guess at our formation. What happened to playing one of the youngsters? Surely Cole can be rested. Bertrand is more than capable of taking over for one game.
Meireles and Lampard again. Oh boy, we're in for a treat.
I hope Joshy at least makes an appearance when our midfield is crying out for creativity in the second half.
I'm not exactly up to date
since I missed everything since the last Chelsea match … but the mere thought of Lampard and Meireles in midfield together scares me
Tor ilisar'thera'nal!
Zubar and Milijas OUT
Fletcher, Hunt and Jarvis BENCH
Doyle starts.
Idk why, but I’ve got a feeling Wolves want to lose
Can't believe that
Really can’t. First day home sweet home again … and wow instead of sorting out the mess after a loooooooong trip far from home there is this Chelsea match. Ouch ow ouch
Tor ilisar'thera'nal!
Where were you mate?
You didn’t post anything for like 2 weeks.
Oh and always wondered what does “Tor ilisar’thera’nal” mean? :P
Hey
I guess it’s always a bad thing when absence is noticed – I thought nobody would notice I wasn’t here all along!
I was in a Swiss chalet on skiing holidays. No Chelsea matches in between, no internet connection, nothing – just going down to town and get food everyday. Family and friends and such
Tor ilisar’thera’nal is Darnassian and from Warcraft 3, meaning “Our enemies beware” – my screenname is Maiev, right? ;)
Tor ilisar'thera'nal!
Well mostly when other memers take notice you're not there
it usually means you are too annoying :( that’s why it’s bad for me
Tor ilisar'thera'nal!
You bring something special to the comments
which is why you were missed :c). Not annoying at all imo.
by Sabrina Dessipe on Jan 2, 2012 2:41 PM GMT up reply actions
Trips to placed without internet connection are always nice, Per definition :D
But it’s good to be back to civilization again :D
Tor ilisar'thera'nal!
Welcome back Maiev :)
Not that i noticed ur absence….but yeah….I like to read ur posts…
Cheers,
Rohi D
by Rohi D on Jan 2, 2012 2:42 PM GMT via mobile up reply actions
Welcome back Maiev :)
Not that i noticed ur absence….but yeah….I like to read ur posts…
Cheers,
Rohi D
by Rohi D on Jan 2, 2012 2:42 PM GMT via mobile up reply actions
Welcome back Maiev :)
Not that i noticed ur absence….but yeah….I like to read ur posts…
Cheers,
Rohi D
by Rohi D on Jan 2, 2012 2:43 PM GMT via mobile up reply actions
You're so happy to see her back
you posted three times!
by Sabrina Dessipe on Jan 2, 2012 2:43 PM GMT up reply actions
LOL I knew some1 would comment like u did
Its just my mobile…it suck
Cheers,
Rohi D
by Rohi D on Jan 2, 2012 2:47 PM GMT via mobile up reply actions
LOL I knew some1 would comment like u did
Its just my mobile…it suck
Cheers,
Rohi D
by Rohi D on Jan 2, 2012 2:47 PM GMT via mobile up reply actions
I will need hours to finish browsing through everything that happened while I was cut off from the Chelsea world
so don’t mind if I post rubbish in the game thread because I’m not up to date
Tor ilisar'thera'nal!
Team Sheet:
Cech – Bosingwa, Luiz, Terry, Cole – Romeu, Ramires, Meireles, Lampard – Mata, Torres.
Radically different team, I assume we will play a diamond 4-4-2 with Mata behind Torres
So who would play RW, only Ramires could fill the role I expect but
it seems to make more sense with the diamond. I like Mata behind Torres though and hopefully Torres can start to become the beast that is hidden somewhere in him.
When will Drogba depart for the ACN?
Not that I want him away so desperately, but since everyone is talking about Torres’ future with CFC, it would be interesting to see if he at least can get a safe starting spot when Drogba isn’t there
Tor ilisar'thera'nal!
Wouldn't it be the exact same situationa as Villa though? Everyone is inside, with
absolutely no width. The diamond is too easy to stop.
Sorry for that multiple posts.....posting by mobile can be funny sometimes
Cheers,
Rohi D
by Rohi D on Jan 2, 2012 2:45 PM GMT via mobile reply actions
Technical difficulties it seems. We NEED the matchday thread.
How else will we spam our frustrations on the interwebz?
Nooooooooooooo
first Chelsea match after felt ages AND no game thread :(
RAGEFACE!
Tor ilisar'thera'nal!
Everything about Chelsea
is in CRISIS
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Eu sou do clube tantas vezes campeão!
Vim pra torcer, vim pra gritar
E por você a vida inteira vou cantar!"
And we're doomed
1970 - 1984 - 2010
"Vamos Fluzão, vamos ganhar
Eu sou do clube tantas vezes campeão!
Vim pra torcer, vim pra gritar
E por você a vida inteira vou cantar!"
Jesus christ Bosingwa......
Again with the individual errors!!! 2012 is no different!
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