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Smith, Perch & Harper go for the same ball, somebody's bleeding, Harper I think.

Wolves hit the post

We didn't even dominate away games like this last season ffs

I'm absolutely livid CUNT!

Lampard man you fucking scrote, making you FF captain used to be such an obvious plan

All over these like flies on shit so far

Al Habsi is really good, remember when he played for Bolton during their relegation battle, was superb. Watched him at Hartlepool on Tuesday and made a string of good saves. Came and collected many corners too, was very impressed by him.

the fact he knows nothing Lockwood's a good commentator but I think Real Radio report anything vaguely believable as headline news and it's rarely substantiated. Remember they said we'd signed Boyd at the start of the summer.

I'm strangely confident for this, I can't see us losing this. Weird feeling.

Unchanged from Villa says Mick Lowes

They are, got mine a few days ago.

That lad who got Ben Arfa 22

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Smith, Sol (match fitness), Kadar, plus the 4 you mentioned, and whoever's not been in the team out of Ben Arfa, Guthrie, Barton, Jonas, Routledge, Tiote etc (they can't all play in the league, obviously), it won't be that bad of a line-up to be honest. The Chelsea teams from last season suggest they won't play their best 11, the likes of Ferreira, Turnbull, Zirkhov, Dan Sturridge...shouldn't be a mauling at least.

If we get in HBA and Keane or another striker, that's already 3 players better off plus Sol and hopefully Guthrie compared to what we had at Accrington. Second team will be much stronger than Wednesday's team I'd wager.

Last season for Chelsea: Round 3 Chelsea 1 - 0 QPR Chelsea: Hilario, Belletti, Ferreira, Ivanovic, Hutchinson (Terry, 77 ) , Malouda (Lampard, 46 ) , Zhirkov (Cole, 69 ) , Cole, Mikel, Kalou, Borini Subs not used: Turnbull,Matic,Bruma,Essien, Round 4 Chelsea 4 - 0 Bolton Chelsea: Hilario (Turnbull, 23 ) , Belletti, Ferreira, Alex, Ivanovic, Malouda, Deco, Cole, Ballack, Kalou (Essien, 46 ) , Sturridge (Drogba, 62 ) Subs not used: Lampard,Matic,Bruma,Borini, Quarter Final: Blackburn 3 - 3 Chelsea (Blackburn win 4-3 on pens) Chelsea: Hilario, Belletti ( Kakuta, 46 ( , )) , Ferreira, Ivanovic, Malouda, Deco ( , ) , Zhirkov, Mikel, Ballack, Kalou, Cole ( , ) Subs not used: Turnbull, Hutchinson, Matic, Borini,

For fuck sake, do the draw. Some of us want to watch the live game in 15 minutes

I don't care if he's not as good as he used to be, he's going to be at a bottom 5 club. He scored a hat-trick against Burnley last season, if he can score against the shit and ensure we beat them at SJP at least, then job done.

Was out last night so recorded this on V+, just watched it. Decent enough game, was pretty filthy at times and you can see our young lads have a lot to learn about getting sucked in to "their level" in this sort of game. Shola is abysmal but got his goal so he'll be delighted, it's all about the stats for him. The blue kit did nothing for Nolan's figure and Ryan Taylor's goal was a great hit. As for the bairns, pleased for Kazenga, he's never really impressed in the first team but really did in this game, a few good crosses on his left as well was encouraging to see. Ranger was also very good coming in off the right flank, shame he miss-kicked for their 1st goal, probably deserved a goal himself. Defence was alright, ironically Ryan Taylor looked the worst of the 4 defensively. Krul came for everything as usual but made some good saves. Vuckic didn't live up to the hype, dissapointed but I imagine it's a "Number 10's" nightmare having to play in central midfield in a game like this. All in all, glad we're through. Home to somebody like MK Dons would be great, anybody where this sort of team can compete and maybe get a result will do just fine.

You'd be pretty pissed off like if you can't get in the first 11 and then you get overlooked for games like this, must be wondering when the hell you will get a game.

Just back from Hartlepool vs Wigan. Wigan passed them to death, Moses is very good and Mauro Boselli isn't.

Watched City vs Liverpool, really strange to see Liverpool get beat 3-0, it rarely happens to them or any of the "big 4." They certainly don't look like top 4 contenders right now, whereas City looked the part completely. Hard to judge how Spurs will do, the extra CL games might be a problem but with the right investment, the depth won't be bad at all and I can see them being a bit like us during 03/04, winning games like they did on Saturday at Stoke by the odd goal. Certainly, as MKSC says, it's between them and City for the final CL spot on the evidence so far, but who knows what twists we'll see. City could well be a volatile environment if a few results go wrong and the likes of Adebayor and Balotelli don't think they're getting enough game time, and Liverpool's board room situation is probably costing them dear. Get the players out who don't want to play like Mascherano and get the squad in shape and I think Roy will keep them challenging, but it'll have to be done quickly.

Eh? So you think we're trying to sign somebody similar to Nolan? If we're at least interested in Ben Arfa, he's f*** all like Nolan, for starters. No. It was merely a pointless observation. Oh, I see

Eh? So you think we're trying to sign somebody similar to Nolan? If we're at least interested in Ben Arfa, he's fuck all like Nolan, for starters.

Might not be the worst idea, tbh I've forgotten if SWP is any good, obviously he was great in his first spell at City but that was so long ago.