Champions League: Group B, Matchday 2 - October 3, 2007 - Valencia CF v. Chelsea FC [R]

[GPK]

http://www.valenciavip.es/images/500px-Valencia_CF_logo.svg_000.jpg http://www.foerstl.net/Chelsea-Logo.jpg

7:45 PM GMT
2:45 PM EDT

US TV: Live Setanta; SDD 7PM ESPND (TBC) & 8:30PM Setanta
UK TV: Live Sky Sports Xtra
CN TV: Live Setanta Canada

Live on Big Blue (http://tv.chelseafc.com/)

Chelsea FC, 1 PT, 3rd Place
Valencia CF, 3 PTS, 1st Place

All Champions League Matches - Internet PPV - $7.95 US (http://video.uefa.com/Video/Live/Competitions/UCL/Country=US/MatchList.html)

UEFA.com Match Preview (http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/fixturesresults/round=15105/match=301177/index.html)

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

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+)

Other Fixtures US TV

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

12:30 ET CSKA Moscow v Fenerbahce
14:45 ET Lyon v Rangers Live Setanta CC
14:45 ET VfB Stuttgart v Barcelona Live ESPND & SDD 5PM ESPNC
14:45 ET Dynamo Kiev v Sporting Lisbon SDD 6:45PM Setanta
14:45 ET Man Utd v Roma Live ESPN2
14:45 ET Inter Milan v PSV Eindhoven SDD 4:45PM ESPND
14:45 ET FC Sevilla v Slavia Prague SDD 7PM ESPND (TBC)
14:45 ET Steaua Bucuresti v Arsenal Live Setanta

Wednesday, October 3, 2007

14:45 ET Besiktas v FC Porto SDD 6:45PM Setanta
14:45 ET Liverpool v Marseille Live ESPN2
14:45 ET Rosenborg v Schalke 04
14:45 ET Lazio v Real Madrid Live ESPND & SDD 5PM ESPNC
14:45 ET Werder Bremen v Olympiakos
14:45 ET Benfica v Shakhtar Donetsk Live Setanta CC
14:45 ET Celtic v AC Milan Live Setanta CC & SDD 4:45PM ESPND

TBC-To Be Confirmed

[yasik19]

can't say i feel too confident about this match. I'll take a draw now.

[adri]

me too. and cripes i hate Setanta.

[OneHolding]

We'll be lucky to get a draw here.

[Master_Chief123]

We'll be lucky to get a draw here.

Then luck shall be on thou side.

[Kazuma]

We'll be very lucky if we escape the Mestalla with a draw. That place is hostile as hell and I believe Villa's on form as of late.

[slipereypete]

JT insits he will play

[TerminalVertigo]

JT insits he will play

1-1 if he plays.

[j.fisher]

Hopeful. That's all I can say right now.

[lobomojo]

JT insits he will play

I think Grant/Roman are being shortsighted and should simply say no and rest him until the internationals are done and play Alex. If he does not put his head in everywhere and control the air he hurts the team but if he does put his head in, as we all know he will, he risks further serious injury and other players will surely "jump" a lot with their elbows or forearms extended and he could be out for a long long time or worse.

Time for the grown ups to say no for 4-6 weeks so he can heal all his knocks and get back to his JT form for the rest of the season.

Any word on when Carv will be back?

[Yaroni]

i have a very bad feeling about this game:(

but for some stupid reason i think sheva will do well:confused:

[Bruckner283]

I think Grant/Roman are being shortsighted and should simply say no and rest him until the internationals are done and play Alex. If he does not put his head in everywhere and control the air he hurts the team but if he does put his head in, as we all know he will, he risks further serious injury and other players will surely "jump" a lot with their elbows or forearms extended and he could be out for a long long time or worse.

Time for the grown ups to say no for 4-6 weeks so he can heal all his knocks and get back to his JT form for the rest of the season.

Any word on when Carv will be back?

+1. You cant lead a team if you are the sidelines (so to speak). I will be watching this game through the fingers infront of my eyes

[blackjack]

Problem is that if JT plays, he is probably going to have to play for England as well. Better to rest him, hold him out of the silly internationals, and have a healthy and fit captain when the league gets back into full swing. With all the problems we have right now, we cannot be risking future league form in CL games.

[Andy Bennett]

i have a very bad feeling about this game

Yeah, me too a bit, but we'll see.

but for some stupid reason i think sheva will do well:confused:
The eternal optimist :) It might happen though.
Problem is that if JT plays, he is probably going to have to play for England as well. Better to rest him, hold him out of the silly internationals,
Those 'silly internationals' happen to be our euro qualifying games :mad:

[JoshDB]

Chelsea to win it 27-21 in triple overtime after both teams agree to play NFL style due to Avram Grant's lack of knowledge in football.

Oh and Drogba to simply barrel through Valencia's puny spaniard defensive line and get a hat-trick of touchdowns.

[yasik19]

Terry is reported to be playing and wearing a mask.:rolleyes:

[slipereypete]

I think Grant/Roman are being shortsighted and should simply say no and rest him until the internationals are done and play Alex. If he does not put his head in everywhere and control the air he hurts the team but if he does put his head in, as we all know he will, he risks further serious injury and other players will surely "jump" a lot with their elbows or forearms extended and he could be out for a long long time or worse.

Time for the grown ups to say no for 4-6 weeks so he can heal all his knocks and get back to his JT form for the rest of the season.

Any word on when Carv will be back?

oh ok, thanks Dr., i am not sure why we have Bryan English, when can you be in Cobham?

[slipereypete]

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/9847/77158243oj9.jpg

[lobomojo]

oh ok, thanks Dr., i am not sure why we have Bryan English, when can you be in Cobham?

The fact that English is paid a huge salary to get players on the pitch probably a non-factor eh, and a couple of articles have said he wants to play against Doctor's orders.

Assuming at this moment, with Grant and without Lamp, that JT can make the difference in winning the match, with all his knocks, back, broken toe, calf, and this, is it worth the risk of losing him for weeks or months or worse for 1 cl match and 1 Bolton match...something to consider....when he could be rested now and during the internationals when we have no matches(sorry Andy) and perhaps heal all his knocks so he could get back to his old form for the rest of the year rather than have him hurt and at less than 100% all year...

And you know players are going to "accidently" hit the same spot to try and put him out of a match

Sometimes the corner has to throw in the towel for the black knight who will fight with no arms and legs for his own good and the longer term interests of the Club

If there was not so much pressure on Roman and his sycophant right now would the same decision be made...I wonder...

I have no access to the medical records so who knows but I did say long ago based on some experiance that Lamp should have been rested at the start of the year to heal his toe as other injuries to the legs and back often follow due to changes in how you run , cut etc....

[slipereypete]

The fact that English is paid a huge salary to get players on the pitch probably a non-factor eh, and a couple of articles have said he wants to play against Doctor's orders.

Assuming at this moment, with Grant and without Lamp, that JT can make the difference in winning the match, with all his knocks, back, broken toe, calf, and this, is it worth the risk of losing him for weeks or months or worse for 1 cl match and 1 Bolton match...something to consider....when he could be rested now and during the internationals when we have no matches(sorry Andy) and perhaps heal all his knocks so he could get back to his old form for the rest of the year rather than have him hurt and at less than 100% all year...

And you know players are going to "accidently" hit the same spot to try and put him out of a match

Sometimes the corner has to throw in the towel for the black knight who will fight with no arms and legs for his own good and the longer term interests of the Club

If there was not so much pressure on Roman and his sycophant right now would the same decision be made...I wonder...

I have no access to the medical records so who knows but I did say long ago based on some experiance that Lamp should have been rested at the start of the year to heal his toe as other injuries to the legs and back often follow due to changes in how you run , cut etc....
ok, you can be the one to tell JT he isn't going to play, see how that goes.