12/28/05 Matchday 19: Manchester City v. Chelsea FC [R]

[GPK]

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Chelsea FC 16-1-1, 49 PTS, 1st Place (+9)
Manchester City 8-3-7, 27 PTS, 8th Place (-22)

7:45 PM GMT
2:45 PM EST

US TV: 2DD, Friday 9:30PM Setanta USA
UK TV: 2DD, Friday 8:00PM Chelsea TV
CN TV: None

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Live on Big Blue (http://www.chelseafc.com/article.asp?article=103464&Title=Big+Blue+Radio&lid=Navigation+-+TV+and+Media&sub=Big+Blue+Radio&nav=&sublid=)

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 28, 2005

14:45 ET Arsenal v Portsmouth
14:45 ET Birmingham v Man Utd SDD 8PM FSC
14:45 ET Fulham v Aston Villa
14:45 ET Newcastle v Charlton
14:45 ET West Brom v Tottenham
14:45 ET West Ham v Wigan
15:00 ET Blackburn v Sunderland
15:00 ET Bolton v Middlesbrough Live FSE & SDD 5PM FSC
15:00 ET Everton v Liverpool Live FSC

[Clan]

Everton v Liverpool?
WTF?

Going to have to Tivo it for Friday night then.

If we get a point against city, it'll be a good result, they're in fine goal scoring form.

[yasik19]

Everton v Liverpool?
WTF?

Going to have to Tivo it for Friday night then.

If we get a point against city, it'll be a good result, they're in fine goal scoring form.

but they lost to Wigan today, so maybe we can prey on their dissapointing result.

[sanariot]

CFC vs. MCFC...What better time for SWP to break his D-U-C-K?

[Clan]

CFC vs. MCFC...What better time for SWP to break his D-U-C-K?

After his performance today, he'll be lucky to make the bench.

[yasik19]

CFC vs. MCFC...What better time for SWP to break his D-U-C-K?

he won't play and that is why Jose started him today. It will be Robben and Duff(if healthy) or Cole on the wings and Guddy in the middle.

I just feel bad for SWP b/c his form is directly correlated to the amount of minutes he gets.

[blackjack]

he won't play and that is why Jose started him today. It will be Robben and Duff(if healthy) or Cole on the wings and Guddy in the middle.

I just feel bad for SWP b/c his form is directly correlated to the amount of minutes he gets.

I agree with that. For all the talk we had over the summer about needing four wingers, I feel kind of bad for SWP. Yeah, we'll be glad to have him for cover if Robben or Duff are out for any extended period of time, but given Joe Cole's form in contrast to that of Eidur right now I think having cover for Essien and Maka in midfield is a bigger issue at the moment than having four wingers. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad we have him, but in a way I feel like we're wasting his talent letting him sit on the bench right now. I wouldn't complain at all if we were to loan him out to a mid-table club and pick up a younger, developing winger from a smaller English club plus maniche/lucho to play the third midfield spot when Essien's away. As much as I like Eidur, he's been holding on to the ball far too long lately to be effective playing in three-man midfield.

[bluemen groupee]

According to reports, Del Horno, Essien, and Carvalho will be out with injuries. Joe Cole will miss the West Ham match due to his 5th yellow. I know he gave away a penalty but I wonder if he intentionally tried to get a yellow so he'd miss one game over the Xmas period. Perhaps something he planned with Jose?

[nicephoras]

Oh, I think he'd want to play against West Ham, of all clubs. Too bad though - Cole's been our best player thus far this season.

[Eddie26]

Oh, I think he'd want to play against West Ham, of all clubs. Too bad though - Cole's been our best player thus far this season.

You move to London yet?

I am so pissed that this game isn't on until Friday. I am going to have to download it tomorrow and watch it tomorrow night. Damn this sucks.

[srd....]

phillips is being reported as a starter tonight on sky sports news....

b.t.w. GPK ive noticed your uk tv thing is always chelsea tv,believe me when i say their always the last to get the match highlights.sky sports and the B.B.C. always show all the games on the same day well before midnight.

[GPK]

How much of the game does the BBC show? I am trying to report when the entire match is being shown - always thought Chelsea TV was the first full replay

[nicephoras]

You move to London yet?

Mid-January. I'm already on the lookout for someone who can get my Chelsea tickets for the Barca game. ;) :D

[srd....]

How much of the game does the BBC show? I am trying to report when the entire match is being shown - always thought Chelsea TV was the first full replay

bbc normally show maybe 15 min's highlights,but football first on sky sports will first show the game of the day which could be anyone and thats a full 90mins,however they dont decide which match will be game of the day until 7:15,but if the match was already on sky live it wont be game of the day.

however after g.o.t.d. football first goes interactive all through the night were you can pick any match you want and you'll get 35mins of each half.

[nicephoras]

So if Carvalho is out of this one, does that mean we get Gallas and Terry at CB? I'm almost giddy with anticipation. :p

[mikaforsell23]

Any PPLive Channel for tonight?

[yasik19]

are the line-ups known yet? is anyone doing pbp?

[nicephoras]

Drogba's in for Crespo, Terry and Gallas are CBs, del Horno and Geremi fullbacks, Duff and Cole on the wings, Essien, Lampard and Makelele in the middle. Wright-Phillips is on the bench. Bradley Wright-Phillips, that is.

[yasik19]

Drogba's in for Crespo, Terry and Gallas are CBs, del Horno and Geremi fullbacks, Duff and Cole on the wings, Essien, Lampard and Makelele in the middle. Wright-Phillips is on the bench. Bradley Wright-Phillips, that is.

Finally, Billy and JT in the middle. Geremi for Paulo, interesting, and i like Robben being rested.

[nicephoras]

He's on the bench. I have to say, I'm really surprised not to see SWP on the bench. I'd have thought he'd love to play against his old club.