38th Fixture - May 24, 2009 - Sunderland A.F.C. v. Chelsea FC [R]

[GPK]

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4:00 PM GMT
11:00 AM EST

US TV: Live Setanta Xtra & SDD 1PM Setanta
UK TV: Chelsea TV from Midnight Sunday
CN TV: SDD 1PM Setanta

Table Position

Chelsea 24-8-5, 80 PTS, 3rd Place (-7 PTS)
Sunderland 9-9-19, 36 PTS, 17th Place (-51 PTS)

Live on Big Blue (http://tv.chelseafc.com/)

Official Chelsea FC Website (http://www.chelseafc.com/page/Home/0,,10268,00.html)

News on Soccernet (http://soccernet.espn.go.com/team?id=363&cc=5901)

Team Talk Chelsea (http://www.teamtalk.com/football/news/0,16370,1773,00.html)

BBC-Chelsea (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/default.stm)

Latest Chelsea News From Google (http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&edition=us&ie=UTF-8&q=Chelsea+)

Other Fixtures (EST) US TV

Sunday, May 24, 2009

11:00 ET Arsenal v Stoke City SDD 2:45PM Setanta
11:00 ET Aston Villa v Newcastle United Live Setanta
11:00 ET Blackburn Rovers v West Bromwich Albion SDD 4:30PM Setanta
11:00 ET Fulham v Everton SDD 8PM Setanta
11:00 ET Hull City v Manchester United Live FSC
11:00 ET Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur
11:00 ET Manchester City v Bolton Wanderers SDD 6:15PM Setanta
11:00 ET West Ham United v Middlesbrough SDD 1PM FSC
11:00 ET Wigan Athletic v Portsmouth

[GPK]

I'll get the FA Cup thread up on Monday sometime and then I am done.

Go On Chelsea.

[yasik19]

Play the youngsters and Frankie.

[Dear_Claudio]

Good luck finding a stream with all the games at once and this meaning so little:(I figure Anelka will start and go for the Golden Boot. Hopefully Mancienne and Stoch start, and Sinclair (despite how everyone on this forum has given up on him) gets some minutes. Also, where has di Santo gone? He's never going to break through if he never gets to play.

[Ben7021]

Would like to see Anelka given a shot at getting the golden boot for himself.

How about

------------Hilario-----------
Mancienne-Ivan-Alex-Bertrand
-----------------------------
--------Mikel--Beletti--------
Stoch-----------------Sinclair
-----------------------------
-------Anelka--Di Santo------

Not sure who all is back from loan, but something close to this would be nice. Rest Mikel if he is going to start against Everton, but Hiddink has not used him much.

[Dr_Intoxicated]

Would like to see Anelka given a shot at getting the golden boot for himself.

How about

------------Hilario-----------
Mancienne-Ivan-Alex-Bertrand
-----------------------------
--------Mikel--Beletti--------
Stoch-----------------Sinclair
-----------------------------
-------Anelka--Di Santo------

Not sure who all is back from loan, but something close to this would be nice. Rest Mikel if he is going to start against Everton, but Hiddink has not used him much.

It is not fair to the youngsters to start this team as there are too many changes and they will not get a fair opportunity to show what they can do in a regular 1st team. No more than 1 or 2 to be introduced at a time

[fernb8]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1185455/Good-news-Newcastle-Hull-Hiddink-vows-play-Chelsea-big-guns-Sunderland.html?ITO=1490

doesnt sound like we will see too many changes. I just hope Mancienne and Stoch get a start and we see a few youngsters come in off the bench.

[lobomojo]

It is not fair to the youngsters to start this team as there are too many changes and they will not get a fair opportunity to show what they can do in a regular 1st team. No more than 1 or 2 to be introduced at a time

agree, I'd like to see a couple start, perhaps Sinclair and Mancienne, then a couple more in 2nd half

I'd like to see Sinclair start, don't get the reasoning put forth earlier that he does not deserve a shot compared to those here all year because he has stayed at Chelsea while being loaned out to every club in England the last couple years

[Randy36]

Play the youngsters and Frankie.

Hiddink has stated his intention to field a strong team against Sunderland. He does not want to rest players as he needs them "to maintain their physical shape" in preparation for the F.A. Cup Final six days later.

Guus is obviously determined to pick up some silverware and leave on a high note. So I believe the youngsters will get little if any opportunity to play unless we are 2 or 3 goals ahead late in the game.

[srd....]

the match is on uk tv sky sports via the red button :cool:

[Randy36]

the match is on uk tv sky sports via the red button :cool:

Cork Cityl

"Where you sported and played 'neath the green leafy shade

On the banks of your own lovely Lee":)

[Kazuma]

Last league game, can't believe it's over already. :(

[Ben7021]

It is not fair to the youngsters to start this team as there are too many changes and they will not get a fair opportunity to show what they can do in a regular 1st team. No more than 1 or 2 to be introduced at a time

I see the reasoning behind that, but with only one game left I was trying to include everyone. Oh well, looks like Guus will play the regulars anyways.

[Blue Celery]

Last league game, can't believe it's over already. :(

Seriously. League play just came and went.

[StamfordBridgeView]

Last league game, can't believe it's over already. :(

let me introduce you to a term we have here in Chicago

"Wait till next year"

In the game, I would rest em, even Lamps. Yes getting to 20 would be nice, but I would rather have him fully rested and healthy for the FA Cup.

Btw, any word on what Everton are doing with resting players? I know thier a point up on Villa for getting in the group stage of Europe Leage next year, should be very interesting..

[Randy36]

Btw, any word on what Everton are doing with resting players? I know thier a point up on Villa for getting in the group stage of Europe Leage next year, should be very interesting..


Apparently Arteta, Jagielka,Turner, Anichebe and Yakubu are out injured. Hibbert may be back from a neck injury.

That's according to the EPL Injury Table but I can't confirm it's reliability.:confused:

[KumarsS]

Arteta and Jagielka are definitely out, and that's probably Everton's two key players right there.

[lobomojo]

Arteta and Jagielka are definitely out, and that's probably Everton's two key players right there.

Well Arteta has been out for a good while as they have climbed the table, though certainly he is their best player, but they still have a good bit of quality, even without Arteta, Jagielka and Jo; Also have a quality gaffer I wish we were gettng Monday instead, and are very hard to break down, as we have discovered already this year, so I expect a battle. If Mikel does not play Cahill coming through the top of the box worries me a bit and Pinaar and Felinia can cause some problems.

[I-Got-The-BLUES]

Last league game, can't believe it's over already. :(
I know! It seems like just yesterday we were celebrating a convincing win against Pompey, and referring to our club as Chel-See-Ah

[KumarsS]

True, Cahill, Pienaar and Fellaini (and not to forget Leon Osman!) round out a pretty outstanding unit of attacking midfielders. They've all shown great form this season and with Arteta in the mix again next season I'm not sure who I'd select.

It's a very good bet that the FA Cup will not fall to us easily. Should be an interesting match and hopefully a high note to end the season on.