The Official Thread of Chelsea FC

[Norf Tyrone]

Cole starts allowing Zhirkov to go into the centre. Not too bad.

[Norf Tyrone]

Subs: 22 Ross Turnbull, 47 Billy Clifford, 43 Jeffrey Bruma, 38 Patrick van Aanholt, 46 Josh McEachran, 52 Jacob Mellis, 44 Gael Kakuta.

[ross4life]

Not a happy hunting ground for Terry,Anelka at least we won't see any tears from the big man tonight 

[Norf Tyrone]

Not a happy hunting ground for Terry,Anelka at least we won't see any tears from the big man tonight 

Nope you'll see them all over on the United thread!   

[ross4life]

Not a happy hunting ground for Terry,Anelka at least we won't see any tears from the big man tonight 

Nope you'll see them all over on the United thread!   

Crying over a player that want's out v crying over that missed peno that cost ye the European cup

No contest   

[Square Ball]

some goal from Zhirkov, was he in flash gordon?

[ross4life]

Two goals from two attempts on target that's an impressive strike rate

[Peter Solan the Great]

[paco]

I was gonna stick Chelsea in my bet tonight but with that absentee list I don't think I will bother.

I did.

Obviously karma will come back and make a **** out of me after this.

[Minder]

I was gonna stick Chelsea in my bet tonight but with that absentee list I don't think I will bother.

I did.

Obviously karma will come back and make a **** out of me after this.

I ended up putting them in, another three teams to go though.......

[ross4life]

I was gonna stick Chelsea in my bet tonight but with that absentee list I don't think I will bother.

I did.

Obviously karma will come back and make a **** out of me after this.

Who else did you bet?

Edit same question to you minder

[paco]

Another 5, got greedy

All home teams: Real Madrid, Arsenal, Roma, Marseille and Braga. Not overly confident about Braga, know very little about them or Partizan, but they haven't won a match yet and this is their best chance at home to weak opposition.

[Norf Tyrone]

Good to see another fan like myself on board. Good lad Peter.

Good performance, good result, and I had £3 on the Russian at 33-1!!! Lovely!

[ross4life]

I haven't placed a bet on a match since the Everton 3 Man United 3, That day i had 25 euro on Vidic to score & united to win was 16/1

[Norf Tyrone]

Another very professional performance by The Blues on Wednesday evening with top spot all but secured after 4 games. Something which will give CA a great chance to rest players over the coming weeks, and help bed in the youngsters who have showed promise in recent weeks.

Back to Weds and in truth Chelsea were in 2nd gear. A great sign considering there were 5 or 6 of the usual X1 injured, rested or not risked. Of the team that started I think Zhirkov continues to look well, and CA appears to agree by stating that the Russian will keep his spot for Sunday's fixture. Wednesday night also saw decent 15-20 minute cameo appearances by McEacheran, Sturridge and Kakuta. The three lads starting to look like established squad players already and providing far better VFM than the Ballacks, Joe Coles etc of last year.

I see the boss man has named 9 of his starting 11 for Sunday in today's press conferance. None of this mind games s**te. Effectivelly he's saying 'here's my team, what are you going to do about it'.

Cech
Ivanovic
Terry
Alex
Ashley Cole
Mikel
Essien or Ramieres
Zhirkov
Malouda or Kalou
Drogba
Anelka

Listening to the radio on Wednesday (Not sure what station) and they were stating that Chelsea were going well, but the age of the team might catch up with them. Lazy journalism. Malouda, Ivanovic, Cech, Alex, Zhirkov, Essien etc are all at their peak or just reacjing it. Lampard, Terry, Drogba, Anelka still have plenty about them, and then there is the next batch coming through. But if it suits an agenda...

As an aside I see young Dub, Conor Clifford has started his loan spell very well at Plymouth. Hopefully he's not too far behind the 4 or 5 youngsters that have pushed their way into the squad this season.