wow suddenly feels like our team thread is so quiet..last post before this is 7.20pm, 22/12 haha

btw, just want to say congrats to terry for being in the FIFPro team of the year. he truly deserves it.

the matches during christmast seems quite tough. 26th and then 28th december got match. hopefully the players can be rotated accordingly to prevent excessive faatigue.

i didnt watch the match against west ham and i heard anelka is injured.. any news on him?

i think its just a minor injury and he will be back soon enough, maybe for the game on the 28th but hopefully for both the games on the 26th and 28th. we're all very disappointed with the westham loss but its all over now.

now the big question is, will we enter the transfer market for an attacking player?

Anybody interested in naming your Chelsea team of the decade (2000 - 2009)? Starting 11 and 5 subs then;

First 11
Cech
Petrescu - LeBoeuf - Terry - Le Saux
Ballack - Lampard - Zola
Drogba - Hasselbaink - Gudjohnsen

Subs
Cudicini
Essien
Anelka
Desailly
Di Matteo

My 2000-2009 Team of the Decade.

------------Cech------------

Gallas--Desailly--Terry--Le Saux--

--------------Makelele------------

---Lampard--------------Zola----

--Hasselbaink--Gudjohnsen--Drogba-

Sub:

Cudicini
Essien
Babayaro
Carvalho
Joe Cole.

First 11
Cudicini
Fereira - Desailly - Terry - Le Saux
Zola - Makalele - Lampard - Duff
Drogba - Hasselbaink - Gudjohnsen

Subs
Cech
Essien
Joe Cole
Carvalho
Di Matteo

hope we win... not some scarppy game...

This post has been edited by angel-face: Dec 23 2009, 09:59 PM

some bad news guys..and i mean real bad. anelka's out for the birmingham AND fulham game. studge will get a start this weekend says carlo on the official webby. he even said he's going to use both studge and borini for the fulham game as didier will have left for the ACN by then. our gaffer is still insisting we'll rely 100% on our youngsters without delving into the january market. what i'm most annoyed about is di santo WON'T be recalled to provide cover for our departing ivorian pair. is it just me or does anyone else think we're getting a tad overconfident here?

You know what, Aguero might have just pop into the equation to solve our attacking woes. Just keep your fingers crossed!

i sure hope you're right plooky. the decision not to recall di santo definitely raises more than a few eyebrows, and considering the new injury to anelka, i'd say the chelsea board are probably smart enough to have something planned already. it just defies logic that they'd take a huge gamble by relying solely on our 2 young strikers plus a half-fit anelka in january. so i'll take a wild guess and say we're probably at the negotiating table for at least one player. either that or the board have gone bonkers. just those two options really.

i think we might snatch villa..youll see...

villa who has 2 years at the most playing at the very peak of his powers? potentially with a price tag similar to aguero's and taking a season to acclimatise (by then which he'll be 29)? i'll settle for the much more creative and robust young argentinian thank you.

can we bring back stoch?..i think our line up need extra pace..n put more pressure to win the ball..sumtimes its there sumtimes the momentum lost until we concede first..too many tired legs i guess..mybe bring in Borini + Sturr not a bad decision either..

Stoch is in the form of his life now at FC Twente. I think it will be selfish to spoil his amazing run in the Erividisie and recall him back.

sad.....there is a "striker" crisis...hope they will survive the games ahead.....

My Chelsea team of the decade (2000-2009)

First 11

Cech
Gallas - Carvalho - Terry - Bridge
Lampard - Makalele - Zola
Drogba - Hasselbaink - Gudjohnsen

Subs
Cudicini
Essien
Desailly
Le Saux
Di Matteo

My Chelsea team of the decade (2000-2009)

First 11

---------------Cech------------------

Gallas - Desailly - Terry - Bridge

------------ Makalele ---------------

------Lamps - Wisey - Zola---------

------ Drogba - Hasselbaink -------

Subs

Cudicini
Essien
Carvalho
Tore Andre Flo
Di Matteo

This post has been edited by Nabeyl: Dec 24 2009, 03:06 AM

nope. the only players we're entitled to recall are di santo and mancienne. the club have chosen to leave both out of the equation. it definitely doesn't bode well for franco's future. stoch is on a season long loan. we can't change the terms as we please.

This post has been edited by Kerplunk: Dec 24 2009, 08:38 AM

how come some of you pick bridgey over ashley?

Maybe due to HIS goal v Arsenal.

Anyway, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all BLUES fans, and KTBFFH way into 2010!