Chelsea (A) Match Thread *sponsored by Coles Choc ices*

[Spirit of Elm Park]

Random musings here then...

Looking forward to watching this on a jerky feed...

Hoping for a point at least...

[@sonkimarsson]

Tonight's team: Federici; Gunter, Harte, Gorkss, Pearce; Leigertwood, Guthrie, Karacan, McAnuff, McCleary; Pogrebnyak.

Substitutes: McCarthy, Cummings, Mariappa, Tabb, Robson-Kanu, Hunt, Le Fondre.

No surprise with the 4-5-1

[leww_rfc]

Good to see Jem back!

Reading subs: McCarthy, Cummings, Mariappa, Tabb, Robson-Kanu, Hunt, Le Fondre.

Chelsea: Cech; Ivanovic, Cole, Cahill, Terry (c); Mikel, Hazard, Ramires, Lampard, Mata; Torres.

Chelsea subs: Turnbull, Bertrand, Essien, Romeu, Meireles, Oscar, Sturridge

[Spirit of Elm Park]

Can feel my back edging closer to the wall already...its going to be a long 90 hopefully. Be interested to see if the Pog can hold it up tonight.

[leww_rfc]

Le Fondre as impact will be useful!

[Spirit of Elm Park]

Chelsea: Cech; Ivanovic, Cole, Cahill, Terry (c); Mikel, Hazard, Ramires, Lampard, Mata; Torres.

I'd say they are taking this pretty seriously.

[plroyals]

good to see jem back, his energy will be needed for sure. pleased with the team. we need to restrict them running at our back four, especially Harte.

[robbieroyal]

Stuck on A3!!!!!!

[i_kingsley]

stuck in front of the TV here watching live from this side of the pond

hoping the thunderstorm does not knock out the power or tv reception

cum on URZZ

im hoping for a 2-1 win for us

[Victor Meldrew]

Chelsea: Cech; Ivanovic, Cole, Cahill, Terry (c); Mikel, Hazard, Ramires, Lampard, Mata; Torres.

I'd say they are taking this pretty seriously.

Teams matching up like-for-like.
Hopefully it will turn out to be a clogged-up midfield battle.
The pace of Ramires and Torres are a worry but hey this is why we are in this division so let's see where plenty of hard work and determination gets us.

[windermere_royal]

Holey moley, thats a strong chelsea line up, welcome to the big time

[leww_rfc]

Holey moley, thats a strong chelsea line up, welcome to the big time

Who were you expecting?

Turnbull? Mceachran?

[windermere_royal]

Holey moley, thats a strong chelsea line up, welcome to the big time

Who were you expecting?

Turnbull? Mceachran?

No I am looking to take the days prize for stating the bleading obvious

[Stuboo]

Tonight's team: Federici; Gunter, Harte, Gorkss, Pearce; Leigertwood, Guthrie, Karacan, McAnuff, McCleary; Pogrebnyak.

Substitutes: McCarthy, Cummings, Mariappa, Tabb, Robson-Kanu, Hunt, Le Fondre.

No surprise with the 4-5-1

I'm suprised, but pleased to see us start with a 4-5-1. Brian has stuck rigidly with his 4-4-2 in the past. It's good that we can be flexible like that and I look forward to seeing how it works. We can always revert to type if it doesn't work well.

[loyalroyal4life]

anyone got the link to watch it?

[M Brook]

Am on megaviptv.eu

[RFCSPACE]

Glad we've not been naive by playing 4-4-2 against the third (IMO) best attack in the league as it could've ended in disaster. Head still says 3-0 defeat but with late goals, heart says 1-0 win on the counter. We have some serious pace.

[urz13]

Tuning in here in Malcesine, found a bar and it's on Italian TV in HD. I love Italy.

[CavershamRoyal]

anyone got the link to watch it?

Best I've found:

http://www.nutjob.eu

[NTRoyal]

http://www.vipbox.tv/watch/66090/1/chel ... nline.html

Good so far for me. Dreading watching Hazard rip us apart. Normally quite optimistic, but can't see us getting anything tonight.