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Chelsea FC 18-4-1, 58 PTS, 1st Place (+10)
Portsmouth 7-6-10, 27 PTS, 13th Place(-31)
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Other Fixtures (EST) US TV
Saturday, January 22, 2005
7:45 Southampton v Liverpool Live FSW, SDD 5PM FSW
10:00 Birmingham v Fulham
10:00 Crystal Palace v Tottenham NDD 1PM Sunday FSW
10:00 Everton v Charlton
10:00 Man Utd v Aston Villa Live PPV
10:00 Norwich v Middlesbrough
12:15 West Brom v Man City Live FSW
Sunday, January 23, 2005
11:05 Arsenal v Newcastle Live PPV
Monday, January 24, 2005
3:00 Blackburn v Bolton Live FSW, SDD 8PM FSW
lobomojo
18 Jan 2005, 01:33 PM
Interesting tidbits from cfc story:
“The two centre-backs, John Terry and William Gallas, who’ve played together a lot this season and haven’t conceded any goals. ..."
(as many wise posters have said, :D that is the best combo, hopefully Bridge gets in JM's good graces so Gallas an PF can stay where they play their best. )
Chelsea today became the first club to have won six games on the spin with clean sheets since the new league was set up.
( not bad during our blip over the holidays and ventures up north :rolleyes: )
bluemen groupee
18 Jan 2005, 01:44 PM
Well it'll be nice to pad our lead in the next two matches. ManU (who seems to have the upper hand for 2nd) plays Villa and Arsenal in the next two. Arsenal's got Newcastle and ManU. Then we have some tough tests away to Everton and at home to Man City.
yasik19
18 Jan 2005, 02:03 PM
Well it'll be nice to pad our lead in the next two matches. ManU (who seems to have the upper hand for 2nd) plays Villa and Arsenal in the next two. Arsenal's got Newcastle and ManU. Then we have some tough tests away to Everton and at home to Man City.
I see another clean sheet with Drogba scoring 1 and that's it. A 1-0 game is all we need. MANU will win 2-0 and Arse will tie NUFC. If Drogba doesn't start playing well soon, i don't see a point in staring him over Eidur. I am not the one to bash Drogba, but it looks to me like he is not giving 100% and that bothers me.
Interest comments on Drogba. For me, Chelsea changes the way they play with Drogba up front, playing too many long balls in the air to try to take advantage of his heading ability. When the Iceman is in the play much more on the ground and he can play the ball of to Duffer or Robben much better as he has the ability to hold the ball and wait for their runs.
yasik19
18 Jan 2005, 02:17 PM
Interest comments on Drogba. For me, Chelsea changes the way they play with Drogba up front, playing too many long balls in the air to try to take advantage of his heading ability. When the Iceman is in the play much more on the ground and he can play the ball of to Duffer or Robben much better as he has the ability to hold the ball and wait for their runs.
Would you then say, Eidur style fits better with Chelsea attacking game? I mean, we don't have Adriano or Sheva who can be the absolute striker, so we depend on our middfiled and our wingers to produce our goals. That said, i can still see how valuable Drogba can be on set pieces, but apart from that, he still has a lot to prove. He is nowhere near the shape he was when he played for Marseille.
I see another clean sheet with Drogba scoring 1 and that's it. A 1-0 game is all we need. MANU will win 2-0 and Arse will tie NUFC. If Drogba doesn't start playing well soon, i don't see a point in staring him over Eidur. I am not the one to bash Drogba, but it looks to me like he is not giving 100% and that bothers me.
I would have agreed with this statement about Drogs maybe 3 or so games back, but I think he's been good lately. That brings up another point however - consistency. I don't think Drogs has it right now, but damn he's exciting to watch when he's in form and flying!
When Drogs is playing his best, he really makes Eidur look like a lazy slug out there. And I'm beginning to get an ulcer from the Iceman's required "absolutely a goal and missing it" bit.
yasik19
18 Jan 2005, 03:04 PM
I would have agreed with this statement about Drogs maybe 3 or so games back, but I think he's been good lately. That brings up another point however - consistency. I don't think Drogs has it right now, but damn he's exciting to watch when he's in form and flying!
When Drogs is playing his best, he really makes Eidur look like a lazy slug out there. And I'm beginning to get an ulcer from the Iceman's required "absolutely a goal and missing it" bit.
Actually, it's the offsides that bother me about Eidur. It's like he doesn't know the rules or thinks that they don't apply to him. He probably has the most offsedes/min than any other player in the EPL.
On a ligher note, i ws looking at our Avatars and for fun, we should assign all Chelsea fans on this board to have an Avatar of a player from Chelsea FC, so then when we look through posts, it will be like watching the whole Chelsea team speaking out. :D
On a ligher note, i ws looking at our Avatars and for fun, we should assign all Chelsea fans on this board to have an Avatar of a player from Chelsea FC, so then when we look through posts, it will be like watching the whole Chelsea team speaking out. :D
LOL! And I just saw that both JT and Lamps are looking in the same direction as well! Craziness, I tells ya. :)
nicephoras
18 Jan 2005, 03:15 PM
On a ligher note, i ws looking at our Avatars and for fun, we should assign all Chelsea fans on this board to have an Avatar of a player from Chelsea FC, so then when we look through posts, it will be like watching the whole Chelsea team speaking out. :D
I think my current avatar denotes my style of posting better than a pic of, say, Robben would.
I think my current avatar denotes my style of posting better than a pic of, say, Robben would.
Excellant point. I'd like to think I'm a metrosexual version of JT, in the way that I post. ;)
yasik19
18 Jan 2005, 03:34 PM
Excellant point. I'd like to think I'm a metrosexual version of JT, in the way that I post. ;)
hmmmmmmmm, pondering of what i can say :confused:
yasik19
18 Jan 2005, 03:41 PM
I think my current avatar denotes my style of posting better than a pic of, say, Robben would.
I was thinking along the lines for maybe doing that for 1 day. You could still use your Avatar after. Damn, Nice, you are no fun. :(
jjayg
18 Jan 2005, 04:05 PM
I could put a chelsea jersey on Strongbad during the offseason but that's as far as I can deviate.
lobomojo
18 Jan 2005, 04:08 PM
And now for something completly different:
To settle the school yard spat between the next two teams beyond the gap the FA, between nooners and pints, have assigned Grahm Poll to oversee the match without controversy. :rolleyes:
(actually I thought he did a fair job last match, we were certainly entitled to at least one penelty, though the third may have been the clearest)
nicephoras
18 Jan 2005, 06:59 PM
I was thinking along the lines for maybe doing that for 1 day. You could still use your Avatar after. Damn, Nice, you are no fun. :(
While possibly true, it would make the forum look really confusing to read. I grow used to people's avatars.
BridgeMonkee
19 Jan 2005, 08:16 AM
While possibly true, it would make the forum look really confusing to read. I grow used to people's avatars.
nicephoras flat cap, comfy slippers, smokes his pipe, nothing out of the ordinary, no sudden shocks. . .go on, go wild you young fogey, go avatar crazy :D
I'd probably change me avatar daily, IF I had an avatar :(
fedwood
19 Jan 2005, 08:22 AM
nicephoras flat cap, comfy slippers, smokes his pipe, nothing out of the ordinary, no sudden shocks. . .go on, go wild you young fogey, go avatar crazy :D
I'd probably change me avatar daily, IF I had an avatar :(
hop on the cheapo bandwagon with me
nicephoras flat cap, comfy slippers, smokes his pipe, nothing out of the ordinary, no sudden shocks. . .go on, go wild you young fogey, go avatar crazy :D
He's two years younger than me, and yet he makes me feel like a teenager, For that, I will always have a special place in my heart for nicephorus. ;)
nicephoras
19 Jan 2005, 10:34 AM
He's two years younger than me, and yet he makes me feel like a teenager, For that, I will always have a special place in my heart for nicephorus. ;)
Once I got a career and business cards, I realized I was old. I was wondering how long it would take everyone else to catch on.
Although, I believe I'm the second youngest employee at my firm, despite that. :)