5th Fixture - September 12th, 2009 - Stoke City vs. Chelsea FC. [R]

[Kazuma]

http://www.independent.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00029/badgestoke_29866t.jpghttp://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y191/KingAckee/Football%20Logos/chelsea-fc-logo200.jpg

Venue:
(http://www.stadiumguide.com/cravencottage.htm) Britannia Stadium (Stoke-on-Trent) (http://www.stadiumguide.com/britanniastadium.htm)

Match Times & TV Listings:
03:00 PM BST (Local Time)
10:00 AM EST
07:00 AM PST

US TV: LIVE Fox Soccer Channel
UK TV: N/A
CN TV: N/A

Table Positions:

Chelsea: 1st, 12 points

Stoke: 5th, 7 points.

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/)
Latest Chelsea News from NewsNow. (http://www.newsnow.co.uk/h/Sport/Football/Premier+League/Chelsea)

Last Season's Corresponding Fixture:
Stoke 0:Chelsea 2

Injuries:
Ferreira (ACL) (http://www.chelseafc.com/news/paulos-progress-20090811_2243335_1750953) (Light training)
J. Cole (Meniscus) (Back in training)
Alex (Groin)

[Kazuma]

Will simply say: YAY! Club football is back!

[L.G.S]

Finally. So sick of dire internationals.

[yasik19]

So is Zhirkov in the squad?

[SteelShot]

5/5 baby!

[Bruckner283]

I have never been more happy to see a man named Carlo in all my LIFE!!!!!!

[Rman3349]

I have never been more happy to see a man named Carlo in all my LIFE!!!!!!

Hey man have some respect

http://users.skynet.be/dkv/carlo_cudicini.jpg

[Yaroni]

So is Zhirkov in the squad?

really wanna see this guys debut, for some reason i have felling hes gonna kick ass

Joey is back for duty, and how weird is to see Paulo back, whats it been like 2 years

EDIT

oh and kaz, from now on please make the chelsea logo bigger than the other team, it dont feel right that stokes is almost double ours

[sabresrule30]

its not the size that matters...........

[Cris 09]

3 points please...thanks.

[eriol]

its not the size that matters...........

just because people say that doesn't mean it's true. size matters, but you can have too much. just ask peter crouch. :D

2-0 to the Blues

[Yaroni]

its not the size that matters...........

thats what she said :D

beattie looks to be still injured, as well as sidibe, but they now have Tuncay (surprised a better team didnt go for him) who imo is a really good player and could be a threat

deco is injured so if were still playing the diamond i would love to see joey in that tip, i think its a perfect comeback game for him

[yasik19]

thats what she said :D

beattie looks to be still injured, as well as sidibe, but they now have Tuncay (surprised a better team didnt go for him) who imo is a really good player and could be a threat

deco is injured so if were still playing the diamond i would love to see joey in that tip, i think its a perfect comeback game for him

Cole is still not 100% fit. No way Carlo rushes him for this game.

[Cris 09]

Cole is still not 100% fit. No way Carlo rushes him for this game.

There is no need. I don't want to say J Cole is not needed, but he certainly has not been "that missing link" in the last few matches. No rush...as the season gets going and the other competitions get harder we will need all bodies to be 100% - and J Cole will be needed when the time comes.

[sabresrule30]

I need Lampard and Drogba to score, got em both on my fntsy team, Ashley Cole was a big boost last week.

[Rman3349]

It has been historically quiet around here lately. Come on people! Where's the mindless pre-game banter?

I predict Chelsea win 52-0!!!!!!111!

[schafer]

It has been historically quiet around here lately. Come on people! Where's the mindless pre-game banter?

I predict Chelsea win 52-0!!!!!!111!

I think quite a few posters are taking the Deco injury pretty hard, tbh.

[sportscribe]

Hopefully we win, Stoke loses and everyone else draws with eachother.

[Cris 09]

I think quite a few posters are taking the Deco injury pretty hard, tbh.

Deco's injured??

[schafer]

Deco's injured??

Yeah. Left the Portugal game with a calf injury.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1212788/Stoke-v-CHELSEA-Deco-injured-Blues-head-Stoke.html