Chelsea Vs Norwich match thread

Crann na Beatha

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superfrank

Torres to score a hatrick today, kiss the badge & take off his jersey to reveal an " I heart Roman" t-shirt.

Sgt Pepper 64

Mata to come off the bench, score one, make one and then sing "Blue Moon" whilst wearing a "Free the Modric One" shirt

smuckers

3-0 Mata to come off the bench and set one up, Torres to get a brace followed by Malouda.

RichT

Sgt Pepper 64 wrote: »

Mata to come off the bench, score one, make one and then sing "Blue Moon" whilst wearing a "Free the Modric One" shirt

That's a Citeh song :eek:

Sgt Pepper 64

RichT wrote: »

That's a Citeh song :eek:

Lol, i meant blue day - its been a long one!

RichT

Would love to see young Josh get a start today, and Frank can't really complain if he's the man to make way for him.

Blatter

I reckon Mata could start, Chelsea seriously lacking creativity from midfield.

Sgt Pepper 64

Blatter wrote: »

I reckon Mata could start, Chelsea seriously lacking creativity from midfield.

Sub I reckon.
Gee, if we need Mata to beat Norwich, then (famous last words), we are in deep deep dodoo

Blatter

Sgt Pepper 64 wrote: »

Sub I reckon.
Gee, if we need Mata to beat Norwich, then (famous last words), we are in deep deep dodoo

Ye only scraped a win against West Brom though. But yeah, there shouldn't be any problem beating Norwich if Mata is on the bench.

Masked Man

Blatter wrote: »

I reckon Mata could start, Chelsea seriously lacking creativity from midfield.

AVB said he needed more time to adapt to the intensity of the English game so I'm not hopeful that he'll start. Would love it if he did.

Can't wait to see Lukaku. Hope he plays at some stage.

Sgt Pepper 64

Blatter wrote: »

Ye only scraped a win against West Brom though. But yeah, there shouldn't be any problem beating Norwich if Mata is on the bench.

As did you, Mr Deflected goal indeed!

Blatter

Sgt Pepper 64 wrote: »

As did you, Mr Deflected goal indeed!

Aye we were away from home though, ye were at the Bridge. Bit of a difference in fairness!

smuckers

Blatter wrote: »

Aye we were away from home though, ye were at the Bridge. Bit of a difference in fairness!

Yes the home crowd is an advantage but WBA did very well that day as they did last week too, very organised.

RichT

Blatter wrote: »

Aye we were away from home though, ye were at the Bridge. Bit of a difference in fairness!

Yeah....... your fans didn't have as far to travel!

Crann na Beatha

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djPSB

Norwich usually play a diamond midfield which may leave them exposed to Boswinga and Cole bombing down the wings if they line out like that today. I think Chelsea will win this one by three or four, they have had huge amounts of possession in their two opening games only to be frustrated by organised Stoke and West Brom set ups.

They should be able to convert the possession into goals today at home to Norwich.

Blatter

smuckers wrote: »

Yes the home crowd is an advantage but WBA did very well that day as they did last week too, very organised.

They are a very organised team alright, but you would definitely have expected Chelsea to have made shorter work of them them than ye did at the Bridge. That's all I was saying! Do you not agree?

Sgt Pepper 64

Blatter wrote: »

Aye we were away from home though, ye were at the Bridge. Bit of a difference in fairness!

I expect a christmas card for keeping Modric out of the team for ye as well!

Anyway, Chelsea 3 - Quiz of the weekers, Nicolas Parsons 0

Uninteresting fact of the day - I nearly lived in Norwich you know - lucky escape!

Blatter

Veles wrote: »

LOL at all the haterz,go on chelsea another win to make em mad

What a bizarre post.

Where is the hating? All that was said was Chelsea are lacking creativity in their midfield and that they were expected to win against West Brom at the Bridge alot more comfortably than they did. Do you not agree?

smuckers

Blatter wrote: »

They are a very organised team alright, but you would definitely have expected Chelsea to have made shorter work of them them than ye did at the Bridge. That's all I was saying! Do you not agree?

Well yea I do agree I was expecting 2-0 or 3-0 but it doesn't always work out that way.

Sgt Pepper 64

Blatter wrote: »

What a bizarre post.

Where is the hating? All that was said was Chelsea are lacking creativity in their midfield and that they were expected to win against West Brom at the Bridge alot more comfortably than they did. Do you not agree?

Dont mind him Blatter - I found it strange as well.
I know you to be one of the more intelligent and well mannered posters on here, who you can actually have a good bit of craic with.
Youre a credit to Man U supporters - man hug?

Jax Teller

Torres starting ?

RichT

I'll be needing a streamy for this, not got Setanta. Any recommendations?

One eye on the laptop and one on the TV for the egg chasing.

Blatter

Sgt Pepper 64 wrote: »

Dont mind him Blatter - I found it strange as well.
I know you to be one of the more intelligent and well mannered posters on here, who you can actually have a good bit of craic with.
Youre a credit to Man U supporters - man hug?

Cheers Sarge, I enjoy you popping into the United thread myself. The forum would be crap if rival fans weren't there to keep eachother in check every now and again.

I fancy Torres to score today, and Chelsea better win, picked them in the last man standing comp and have them in an accumulator;)

Johner

sammatterface Sam Matterface
Chelsea (4-4-2 diamond): Hil; Bos, Iva, JT (c), Cole; Rami, Mik, Mal, Lamps; Drog, Torres. - mata on bench

Not confirmed though.

Masked Man

RichT wrote: »

I'll be needing a streamy for this, not got Setanta. Any recommendations?

One eye on the laptop and one on the TV for the egg chasing.

You an eircom customer?

smuckers

Is Lukaku on bench?

RichT

Masked Man wrote: »

You an eircom customer?

OH !!!!

I am.

I forgot about that

Cheers!!!!!!

Crann na Beatha

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smuckers

the team has been mentioned in Johners post Veles.

iMuse

Chelsea team for Norwich: Hilario, Bosingwa, Ivanovic, Terry, Cole, Mikel, Ramires, Lampard, Malouda, Torres, Drogba.

K-9

Torres and Drogba starting, from 5 Live.

omniscient_toad

Seems a bit harsh on Anelka, I thought he looked a lot more threatening than Torres last week, was making good runs in the box throughout the match while Torres was forever ending up with the ball in no mans land.

Masked Man

WTF!!! 4-4-2 diamond?

superfrank

Torres & Drogba starting...bold move!

Di Santo bagged a brace for Wigan so anything can happen today!

Le King

6-0 to Chelsea. The first hammering of the season I think.

smuckers

Bench:

Ross Turnbull33 Alex,19 Paulo Ferreira, 20 Josh McEachran, 10 Juan Mata, 39 Nicolas Anelka, 18 Romelu Lukaku

No Alex

smuckers

oops Alex is there.

Johner

smuckers wrote: »

Bench:

Ross Turnbull33 Alex,19 Paulo Ferreira, 20 Josh McEachran, 10 Juan Mata, 39 Nicolas Anelka, 18 Romelu Lukaku

No Alex

Alex is there. :P

Sgt Pepper 64

Wow statement of intent.
Will Torres score now?
Will Drogba actually pass to Torres? (Probably not!)

Expect a change in formation once Mata comes on

Anelkas linked to a move away btw

smuckers

Kalou not on bench.

RichT

Oh the anticipation.

Who will we see first off the Chelsea bench?

Young Josh?
Mata?
Lukaku?

.......... The boards up. It's....It's.... Paulo Ferreira :mad:

Hope I'm wrong.

MUSEIST

There is a great chance we will see lukaku, mata and josh today, at least 2 hopefully. Also good to see ivanovich ahead of alex and no kalou, YESSSS. formation is interesting, matching up with norwich.

Lukker-

RichT wrote: »

Oh the anticipation.

Who will we see first off the Chelsea bench?

Young Josh?
Mata?
Lukaku?

.......... The boards up. It's....It's.... Paulo Ferreira :mad:

Hope I'm wrong.

Such an Ancelotti thing to do, 10 minutes left, 1-0 down, Paulo Ferreira starts warming up...

Kylo Ren

10-9 to Norwich. 4 goals for Torres and 5 for Bosingwa. All their goals set up by each other. Sound.

Finical

Keno 92 wrote: »

10-9 to Norwich. 5 goals for Torres and 5 for Bosingwa. All their goals set up by each other. Sound.

So 10-9 to Chelsea you mean? :P

Kylo Ren

Finical wrote: »

So 10-9 to Chelsea you mean? :P

I have no idea what you are talking about good sir! muahahah

Sgt Pepper 64

Keno 92 wrote: »

10-9 to Norwich. 4 goals for Torres and 5 for Bosingwa. All their goals set up by each other. Sound.

Got them both in fantasy football have ye?

Yep me too!
I agree except clean sheet please!

Expect the Drog to score and Malouda assists

Massive statement about the non future of Kalou!

Johner

Lidquidator.

RichT

From Twitter via the BBC....

"£30 million worth of talent Mata and Lukaku greeted by screams of 'who are ya, who are ya' by 2500 Norwich fans."