12/18/05 Matchday 17: Arsenal v. Chelsea FC [R]

[GPK]

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Chelsea FC 14-1-1, 43 PTS, 1st Place (+12)
Arsenal 8-2-5, 26 PTS, 6th Place (-17)

4:00 PM GMT
11:00 AM EST

US TV: Live PPV
UK TV: Live Sky Sports 1
CN TV: Live The Score

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ChelseaFC.com (http://www.chelseafc.com/index.asp)

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

TEAMtalk-Chelsea (http://www.teamtalk.com/teamtalk/News/Story_Listing/0,7759,1773,00.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

Wednesday, December 14, 2005

15:00 ET Everton v West Ham SDD 5PM FSC
15:00 ET Man Utd v Wigan Live & SDD 11PM FSC

Saturday, December 17, 2005

07:45 ET Aston Villa v Man Utd Live FSC
10:00 ET Everton v Bolton SDD 5PM FSC
10:00 ET Fulham v Blackburn
10:00 ET Portsmouth v West Brom
10:00 ET West Ham v Newcastle Live PPV
10:00 ET Wigan v Charlton 2DD 3PM & 8PM FSC
12:15 ET Man City v Birmingham Live FSC

Sunday, December 18, 2005

08:30 ET Middlesbrough v Tottenham SDD 1:30PM FSC

US Replays (EST)
Setanta USA: Tuesday 9PM
FSC: Wednesday 5PM

Arsenal are 7-0-0 at home with a 16 for and 2 against. As always should be a fun one to watch -

[BridgeMonkee]

What is Arsenal? :confused:

[yasik19]

this should be a very challenging game, regardless what place Arsenal is at the moment. Just like our game with MANU, we are playing away against a side that is at the lowest point of its season thus far. They will be very motivated and will give us a hard time. I'll be happy with a draw. The good news, Gilberto will be out, and Hleb is still not 100%.

[Bluto11]

i think Chelsea will win, hoping for a draw, and praying for a victory.

is Drogba playing? if he is i hope Senderos is on the bench. I'm hoping its a good match to watch. The first two this season were not very appealing to the eyes, but last years match at Highbury was good to watch!

[Pires'sBestMate]

You were quite lucky to get a point last year (and this year). That's not a criticism of the way that you played but Henry should've scored late on and you can't deny that.

[yasik19]

i think Chelsea will win, hoping for a draw, and praying for a victory.

is Drogba playing? if he is i hope Senderos is on the bench. I'm hoping its a good match to watch. The first two this season were not very appealing to the eyes, but last years match at Highbury was good to watch!

i actually really enjoyed the scorless draw at the Bridge last year.

[sstarch1]

You were quite lucky to get a point last year (and this year). That's not a criticism of the way that you played but Henry should've scored late on and you can't deny that.

And henry shouldn't have scored on that BS free kick, so it all works out in the end mate.

[Pires'sBestMate]

And henry shouldn't have scored on that BS free kick, so it all works out in the end mate.

Why shouldn't he have scored?

[GPK]

I think instead of worrying about past games you should be worrying about winning on Sunday and qualifying for next years Champions League

[Pires'sBestMate]

We have nothing to worry about, you should be worrying.

[nicephoras]

We have nothing to worry about, you should be worrying.

You're right about that - you certainly don't have to worry about winning the league.
By the way, wasn't there an easier way to get your nickname - it just means "ground".

[slipereypete]

We have nothing to worry about, you should be worrying.
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[yasik19]

You're right about that - you certainly don't have to worry about winning the league.
By the way, wasn't there an easier way to get your nickname - it just means "ground".

LOfreakingL :D

[babyfood]

You're right about that - you certainly don't have to worry about winning the league.
By the way, wasn't there an easier way to get your nickname - it just means "ground".

repped!

As for the game, a draw is acceptable. But I would like to see Terry scoring a header and Lampard getting on the score sheet (to lead in the top goal scorer!).. So, either a 0-0, 0-2 would be fine for me. (and yes I want a clean sheet)

[Bluto11]

i actually really enjoyed the scorless draw at the Bridge last year.

i didn't get to watch it, so i followed from work. not very entertaining while following from work. I didn't watch it when I got home because I knew the result and it was 0-0.

[Clan]

We have nothing to worry about, you should be worrying.

Unfortunately for the Arsenal, your manager believes that as well :D

[yasik19]

an excellent article (http://www.premierleague.com/fapl.rac?command=setSelectedId&nextPage=enNewsLatest&id=1068785&type=com.fapl.website.news.NewsItem&categoryCode=News)

[Eddie26]

You know we'll lose this game just to give all those Gooners a GLIMMER of hope. Then they'll realize they still have to play Liverpool 2x, Man U 2x, Bolton and Spurs once.

[sanariot]

Oh my, I just noticed we're facing the sixth placed team this week...

*Yawn*

[JoshDB]

Zani's usually right about these things, so I'll go with 7-1 Chelsea.