Premier League Discussion 26th December (BOXING DAY!)

Chelsea to win 3-2

COTR wrote:

S4P wrote:Well if someone's going to break the home record, I guess it should be Villa. They've been our bogey team for the last few seasons after all.

I can't remember the last time we were thoroughly outplayed at the Bridge. I guess the 1st half against Spurs in the Cup but we turned it round, and the 2nd half against Barca in the CL where we narrowly lost against a world class squad despite playing with 10 men for 60 minutes.

'Tis confounded! Get Jose back says I...

It's jose's fault your squad isn't as good this year. it is his squad after all

you will no doubt be fine after that sending off

It's the same squad that won both domestic cups, finished 2nd in the Prem and lost on penalties in the CL semi. Hardly a terrible squad to come into is it coater.

If Fat Frank hadn't got injured we'd be winning this game

Decent first half. O'Hara needs to slow his game down a little, he seems to be snatching at passes. Malbranque's expression for Robbie's goal was priceless and finally its amazing how much less I $h!t myself now that King (>Terry) is controlling the back four.


What's kind of a gift & a curse about our squad is that we have several players who are very cocksure about their own ability - i.e. Berbs, Keano, Hudds, Adel, Kaboul, O'Hara. We haven't played great but are still doing the job. Can't complain.

A shame the Reading player got sent off, it was an entertaining match up until that point, but West Ham have been comfortable since then. The second half of the Chelsea game is very interestingly poised. I think Chelsea will get back into it, but with all their injuries it certainly isn't an easy task.

S4P wrote:

COTR wrote:

S4P wrote:Well if someone's going to break the home record, I guess it should be Villa. They've been our bogey team for the last few seasons after all.

I can't remember the last time we were thoroughly outplayed at the Bridge. I guess the 1st half against Spurs in the Cup but we turned it round, and the 2nd half against Barca in the CL where we narrowly lost against a world class squad despite playing with 10 men for 60 minutes.

'Tis confounded! Get Jose back says I...

It's jose's fault your squad isn't as good this year. it is his squad after all

you will no doubt be fine after that sending off

It's the same squad that won both domestic cups, finished 2nd in the Prem and lost on penalties in the CL semi. Hardly a terrible squad to come into is it coater.

If Fat Frank hadn't got injured we'd be winning this game

it has lost it's attacking edge

good players for you like duff, robben and guddy have been replaced with nonsense like shevchenko, pizarro and kalou. When drogba doesn't play what on earth is there to fear ? avram has promised an attacking team but without the proper tools it is not easy.

I doubt many sides will fear coming up against this current chelsea team. It is solid and workmanlike but has pretty much no fantasy about it. Roman will have to dig deep if avram and ten cate are to change that

Sheva brace

2-2

Assist from Kalou.

Doesn't score many, but doesn't concede many either coater (although maybe today isn't such a good day to say this).

I want to know why we were set up to play 4-2-4, with Essien and Lampard as the 2 midfielders. If they want to do that, at least play Essien-Mikel or Essien-Makelele (or even Makelele-Mikel), 3 players who will stop the other team from attacking.

Andriy returns

Dark Savante wrote:Sheva can take penis but he found the CL one too hard remember.

can a penis really be too hard?

S4P wrote:Doesn't score many, but doesn't concede many either coater (although maybe today isn't such a good day to say this).
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Exactly

However isn't this the exact reason jose got sacked ?

As many have said nothing has changed under the new management purely because it is still jose's squad and is designed to play in only one way

Shevchenko makes it 2-2.

40 mins for Chelsea to take full advantage.

Sonko almost scores a beauty.... into his own net.

Jose got sacked because Roman thought he was the gaffer

Luis wrote:Jose got sacked because Roman thought he was the gaffer

But also mainly because chelsea bored him to death on too many occasions

COTR wrote:

S4P wrote:Doesn't score many, but doesn't concede many either coater (although maybe today isn't such a good day to say this).
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Exactly

However isn't this the exact reason jose got sacked ?

As many have said nothing has changed under the new management purely because it is still jose's squad and is designed to play in only one way

I worked it out the other day and posted it on the Chelsea thread. I think we're averaging 0.3 more goals per game overall under Grant (gone up from something like 2.1 to 2.4), yet are conceding more too. I think Grant's going to be a manager who has the occasional 6-0, 4-0 wins when the whole team is fit and everyone plays well, but over a season he'll have no fewer 1-0 and 2-0 wins than Jose.

Regarding the game, I'd get Cech off now personally. Completely ridiculous idea to play him and expect him to be at his 100% best.

PS. For those who haven't seen the Sheva strike, watch it tonight on MOTD. Put's Ronaldo's last one to shame.

Fucking hell, 1-1 kitson, 6 points down the drain for Neill.

S4P wrote:PS. For those who haven't seen the Sheva strike, watch it tonight on MOTD. Put's Ronaldo's last one to shame.

He is still tragic


Reading get a deserved equaliser

Stephen Hunt's got a yellow card.

Man Utd Subs: Heaton, Evra, Park, Pique, Tevez

Giggs not in the side and Tevez on the bench.

Sunderland better score now Evra's on the bench or I'm having an awful gameweek.

West Ham corner hits the post

Spurs

Robbie Keane making amends for Saturday.

3-1 Spurs (Keane x2)

Freddie just almost scores on a great pass but the keeper gets a hand to it

COTR wrote:

Luis wrote:Jose got sacked because Roman thought he was the gaffer

But also mainly because chelsea bored him to death on too many occasions

Doesn't Benitez's team do the same?

Well done Villa!

Hope that keane c**t gets a few calls in his favour today v the Mancs.

Come on Sunderland!

100th EPL goal for Keane! Didnt realise he had got so many..

this ref is an idiot, he just gave a yellow to carton cole just for jostling for the ball, he hadn't fouled before but it was a straight yellow, stupid git.