1st Fixture - August 15th, 2009: Chelsea FC v. Hull City [R]

[I-Got-The-BLUES]

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Venue:
Stamford Bridge (http://www.stadiumguide.com/stamfordbridge.htm) (London, England)


Match Times & TV Listings:
12:45 PM BST (Local Time)
07:45 AM EST
04:45 AM PST

US TV: ---
UK TV: LIVE Sky Sports 1 || Sky Sports HD1
CN TV: LIVE Setanta Sports Canada; (Replay: 5PM EST)
(Only US television broadcast I found was an August 18th Setanta delay at 6:30am EST)


Chelsea News:
Live on Big Blue (http://tv.chelseafc.com/)
Official Chelsea FC Website (http://www.chelseafc.com/)
Latest Chelsea 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+)
Latest Chelsea News from EuroSport (http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/football/chelsea/)


Last Season's Corresponding Fixture:
Chelsea 0:0 Hull City


Injuries:
Ferreira (ACL) (http://www.chelseafc.com/news/paulos-progress-20090811_2243335_1750953)
J. Cole (Meniscus)
Zhirkov (Knee)

<HR>Pre-Season Wrap-Up:
Results:
Win Chelsea 2:0 Seattle Sounders
Win Chelsea 2:0 Inter Milan
Win Chelsea 2:1 AC Milan
Win Chelsea 2:0 Club America *
Draw Chelsea 2:2 Reading
Win Chelsea 2:2 (4:1 PSO) Manchester United **

* - World Football Challenge Winners
** - Community Shield Winners

Scorers (12 Goals):
3: Lampard
2: Drogba
1: Zhirkov, Di Santo, Malouda, Sturridge, Kalou, Carvalho, Pearce (OG)

[Wrath]

And so it begins :D

Cant wait.

[sstarch1]

Very excited to ...not... watch this game live.

I hope to find a torrent for it, if it becomes availbile. Also, cross fingers for ESPN/FSC to figure out their crap before kickoff.

PS. I have been not-posting in this forum for what seems like years now, but i have been reading them nevertheless. I figured i would jump back into the fray, be gentle with me...

Stepan

[slipereypete]

If you dudes really think this WONT be shown live somewhere, strap on a helmet.

[Kazuma]

This match is only upside for me in what will be a busy weekend.

Just glad to have league football back.

[Ben7021]

I'm predicting 2 goals based on recent run.

[lobomojo]

Very excited to ...not... watch this game live.

I hope to find a torrent for it, if it becomes availbile. Also, cross fingers for ESPN/FSC to figure out their crap before kickoff.

PS. I have been not-posting in this forum for what seems like years now, but i have been reading them nevertheless. I figured i would jump back into the fray, be gentle with me...

Stepan

welcome back you ol &#**%:)

[Kazuma]

What we'll most likely see:

--------------Cech-----------------
Bosingwa - Carvalho - Terry - A.Cole
------------Mikel----------
Essien - Lampard - Malouda
------Drogba - Anelka---------

[Balls of Fire]

What we'll most likely see:

--------------Cech-----------------
Bosingwa - Carvalho - Terry - A.Cole
------------Mikel----------
Essien - Lampard - Malouda
------Drogba - Anelka---------


That sounds about right. It's a shame Zhirkov is injured. I would've liked to see him instead of Malouda, but I don't think that's changing any time soon.

I wonder if anyone has noticed how thin we are up top after these two guys. Just sayin'. :eek:

[Walter3000]

That sounds about right. It's a shame Zhirkov is injured. I would've liked to see him instead of Malouda, but I don't think that's changing any time soon.

I wonder if anyone has noticed how thin we are up top after these two guys. Just sayin'. :eek:
Sturridge and kalou? Not so bad, it could be worse it could be Sheva and Pizz........:o

[SteelShot]

Hell yea, lets get this shit started. I'm real confident of this season. Carlo and men, do your job, and do it well!

[Kerry Dixon's Boots]

US TV: ---


Hehe, and then some.

Anyone sticky this smart looking match thread?

Come on Chelsea, 3 points please :)

[blackjack]

:D:D

season's starting!!!!!

not many things can have me out of bed at 6.30 on a saturday. this game is one of them, though.

[Dear_Claudio]

I'll be working tomorrow until 3-4am so I'll probably try to stay up right through until the late Prem game is over.

The ESPN thing isn't affecting me just yet since I'm home for a couple more weeks, but once I get back to school FSC is as good as dead to me.

[Bruckner283]

:D:D

season's starting!!!!!

not many things can have me out of bed at 6.30 on a saturday. this game is one of them, though.

Agreed x 50!

Reading through predicitions on other Chelsea forums and people are predicting scorelines like 4 or 5 to nil. I dont think it will be anywhere near that easy. I see a win (I hope!) but I think it will be a hard slog than that.

[Dear_Claudio]

Hull will want to set the tone for the season here. A lot of people are predicting them to have a dreadful season and go down. What better than a point against Chelsea to get some confidence going. I think we'll win, but if they pack it in and make us break them down it could be a long day with the diamond struggling to stretch defenses.

[lobomojo]

Hull will want to set the tone for the season here. A lot of people are predicting them to have a dreadful season and go down. What better than a point against Chelsea to get some confidence going. I think we'll win, but if they pack it in and make us break them down it could be a long day with the diamond struggling to stretch defenses.

About how I see it; interesting to see how he adjusts, that was certainly a plus for Carlo in the ManU match and what was missing in the empty space between Jose and Guus, and seen perhaps too much under Claudio, I like Claudio and he did some good buying (some less so, yes) but he always strikes me in tactics as the guy splitting tens and hitting 19 trying for the spectacular score rather than just a win.

Bigger than 2nd half adjustments will be whether he can season adjust to the Premier Lague if he finds the diamond does not or he can not get it to work how he wants here. Took Jose like a game and a half before he said his approach was not going to work here and he adjusted it, took Guus not much longer, took Rafa about 4 years+, and not entirely yet

[Dtrip77]

im actually going camping this weekend so im bringing the laptop in hope of the site having some sort of wifi :confused:

[fernb8]

This should be interesting for us as lobo said it will determine how quickly Carlo can adjust to the Prem. Tbh I think Hull will attempt to have the "nothing to lose" attitude and I am sure Brown will remind them that their result at the Bridge last season led to the sacking of Scolari.

Personally I think this will be a wee tighter than most think, but I believe we will end up with the win.

[yasik19]

Stupid TV bullshit. Get the shit sorted already.:mad:

Torrents better work.