Stoke City F.C. v. Chelsea F.C. Tuesday, October 27, 2015 Britannia Stadium, Stoke, UK TV (US): None Time: 3:45PM Eastern Standard Time (US) History and Form History: Chelsea FC: 45-21-28 (all competitions) Form: Chelsea have been as erratic as a rooster on fire while Stoke won their previous 4 league matches before losing to Watford this past weekend. Notes -Chelsea defeated Walsall 4-1 to get into the Round of 16; Stoke City defeated Fulham 1-0 in the last round -Matic serving one game suspension -Van Ginkel not available for Stoke City due to loan rules Liklihood of Jose Mourinho blaming the referee for Chelsea's performance Liklihood of Zouma playing right back Low, because Baba Rahman can play against Stoke City in the Cup, but not against ********ing West Ham in the League. Make sense? No? OK. I'm sure Azpilicueta loves going back and forth. Liklihood of Jose pouting and losing it like a three-year-old, when actually he's a grown adult person Chance that any off the field stuff will bother Blueallthru How many minutes have our players "played" this season? Azpilicueta 1,285, Fabregas 1,237, Hazard 1,205, Cahill 1,194, Begovic 1,096,Ivanovic 1,063, Zouma 1,053, Diego Costa 1,000, Matic 972, Willian 909, Terry857, Ramires 687, Pedro 660, Oscar 426, Falcao 389, Courtois 343, Remy 337, Baba 294, Mikel 280, Loftus-Cheek 222, Kenedy 159, Cuadrado 29, Traore 16, Moses 13, Djilobodji 1 Papy, what the ********? Get in there, son. Beer pairing Can our team do it on a cold Tuesday night away to Stoke? Considering we couldn't do jack shit on a sunny afternoon in London, I'm going to say no. But at least you can enjoy a Ballast Point Calm Before the Storm vanilla and cream ale. Oh, this is a good one. I got it recently in a mix-a-six and I wish I had gotten a whole 6-pack. It's pricey, but so was that Djilobodji jersey you're wearing. What were you thinking with all the lettering and whatnot?
Yeah.. thought our last cup game was what we should expect from a cup game under normal circumstances. Though who knows, I'd like to see Kenedy but someone like Hazard could use this to actually get himself going and God knows we need that lol.
@Brock Hannsen wins all the awards. that calm before the storm is good. excellent pairing i would say.
Starting XI: Begovic; Zouma, Cahill, Terry (c), Baba; Ramires, Mikel; Willian, Oscar, Hazard; Diego Costa Subs: Amelia, Djilobodji, Azpilicueta, Loftus-Cheek, Traore, Kenedy, Remy
Have no problem recognizing when we are playing well but the fact that it has happened so infrequently of late might confuse people!