a gloomy day for me.. hopping for a bright day tomorrow.

he just came on. he did not warm up yet. didnt u see him chase down riera in the liverpool game. those lightning fast liverpool wingers were no match for ivanovic! aside from attacking options, which we already have loads, he provides us with more defensive qualities.

Agreed. He was great against liverpool. He just came off the bench..so he needs to blend himself into the game first..

yes i did saw ashley young out run him, but i know he can run faster than that. hell, i didnt even see him warm up before he was to come in for bosingwa. bosingwa is a good attacker, there is no doubt about that, but his seems to be lacking of form as of late.

RIERA is no where near lightning fast winger lol and losing by 1 goal and sub in a more defensive player ?? BELLETTI would be a much offensive option.

after the lost, i still think that we're on the right track... cheer up, m8. anyway, our away kit is CURSED! demmit.

maybe stamford bridge will be our stronghold

shhhhh. i just wanna make ivanovic look good. but ivanovic is fast. i dont know why most of you guys dont see his speed. hmmm. bella is also an option but i guess CA put in iva based on his performance against liverpool.

thats what i think too. our away kit is cursed!

no, its not that bad though.. I rather said that we always have a bad luck at Villa Park.. if i'm not mistaken, we never win a league game at that place for several season already.. last night result was predictable..

u're right m8, villa park is cursed then? there's must be something to blame though... well , in february we did manage to win there, thats our first victory since 2000.

Match pointers

• Aston Villa have won only one of their last 10 league meetings with Chelsea

• Chelsea have scored in 13 consecutive league matches for a total of 31 goals

• Villa are the only top-flight side not to have conceded a headed goal this campaign

• Nicolas Anelka has scored in his last three league games against Villa

• Gabriel Agbonlahor has scored four goals from five shots on target this season

• Half of the goals Chelsea have conceded this season have come from defenders

still he can't cross. riera wasn't that fast anyway. This would not be a problem if JT and Carvalho are fast CB. The problem is with the exception of Bosingwa and A Cole all our fullbacks are slow as hell.

we already have a solid squad. I reckon we have a better squad than Liverpool. We just about on level terms with United when it comes to strength from the bench. I hope the old guards would not break down anytime soon. Our team is getting old.with the 18 month ban we are in very precarious position if our squad member got seriously injured. We can't even recall Mancienne and DiSanto from loan even if we wanted to!

when i saw how easy Collins nudged the ball in i could understand JT's comical rage. When Jose was around we almost never conceeded from set play. i don't know what is wrong with our defence lately but i believe that Ancelloti and Wilkins will remedy it.

on a much positive note,di santo seems to be getting alot of starts as of lately. Playing the lone striker role against burnley nw

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Added on October 18, 2009, 8:25 pmAnd he just scored!!!

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Added on October 18, 2009, 8:27 pmAnd he just scored!!!

This post has been edited by kink_ass: Oct 18 2009, 08:27 PM

fellas before u go complaining about bosingwa being replaced by a defensive player, the former was INJURED for heaven's sake. didn't u see our physio carefully walking him along the touchline? i think had the boss stayed on, we could've seen zhirkov's and joey cole's early introduction into the game. ivanovic taking over at rightback makes us more threatening during setpieces. but i still prefer bosingwa's bombarding runs down the right flank mainly because we rarely get worthwhile deliveries for iva to take advantage of anyway. still slightly displeased joey came on so late.

i don't care if we end up trophyless this season, as long as the spirit is there and we put up a good fight. say what u want, i'm all for continuity now because we desperately need it.

several seasons? we did the double on them in the last campaign courtesy of scolari and hiddink. nothing to do with luck. our attackers forgot their shooting boots yesterday and that's that. suddenly i wish we had drawn with liverpool and won this game instead. our victory over the reds seems so much more hollow now. next stop is atletico. our right side will be blunted by bosingwa's absence and didi won't be playing. i say this is the right time to mix it up a little with our players. bring ballack back in, and find a spot for joe cole/yuri.

This post has been edited by Kerplunk: Oct 18 2009, 08:33 PM

Di Santo opened his Premier League account today!

it wasnt actually thunderous though, more like a scramble. but it's all good for the kid!

hahahaha thats a sarcastic one plokoon. but regardless, it was a goal

its di santoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
fantastic game he had for blackburn today. one goal and one assist. brightened up my day a little
i watched the second half, and i'm telling u guys the lad was doing drogba's job..his layoffs and link up play were a sight to behold and i'm not exaggerating! okay2 it was burnley, but still their defenders weren't exactly miniscule.

big sam replaced him probably because he looked a bit tired towards the end. due to all the hard work he did of course.
topped it off with an amazing header which is now officially my number one contender for goal of the season. (okay now i'm pushing it a little..haha)

but seriously u have to watch his flick for dunn's goal. very crespo-like!

Lampard should really back...
Carlo need a better set piece or formation...

Chelsea can't lose point like that. Need to bounce back quickly.

go go chelsea.

will disanto be just another casualty of our academy?

like

Jody Morris
Carlton Cole
Mikael Forssel

i hate man united but they did good by bleeding the young un's. same goes to le arse.