blues should NOT take it lightly against blackpool!....they will caused some surprises tomorrow...our defense needs improvement!
i'm going for 1-0 chelsea.

Hahahaha I fell off my chair laughing so hard....that's a good one James

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Added on September 18, 2010, 1:08 pmAnything less the a win will be dissapointing with bpool honestly. We can do it. Another day at the office.

This post has been edited by esca_flo: Sep 18 2010, 01:08 PM

Squad sheets: Chelsea v Blackpool
from Football: Chelsea | guardian.co.uk

Chelsea have scored 17 goals in four league games this season and that has been against teams trying to defend. Blackpool, in contrast, have shown a surprising commitment to attack on their Premier League debut and it will be fascinating to see if they repeat that against the champions. Last month's 6-0 thrashing at Arsenal may persuade Ian Holloway, the Blackpool manager, to be cautious but either way it is hard not to see the hosts, rampant in Europe as well as at home, winning a sixth straight game in handsome style. Sachin Nakrani

Venue Stamford Bridge Tickets Sold out Last season N/A Referee P Walton

This season's matches 1 Y4, R0, 4.00 cards per game

Odds Chelsea 1-9 Blackpool 28-1 Draw 9-1
Chelsea

Subs from Turnbull, Hilario, Bruma, Kakuta, Benayoun, Zhrikov, Sturridge, Van Aanholt, Borini,

Injured Lampard (groin, 22 Sep), Bosingwa (fitness, Oct)

Suspended None

Form guide WWWW

Disciplinary record Y5 R0

Leading scorer Drogba, Malouda 4
Blackpool

Subs from Halstead, Coid, Martin, Basham, Euell, Sylvestre, Edwards, Demontagnac, Carney, Phillips, Cathcart, Baptiste, Southern, Taylor-Fletcher, Harewood Doubtful Baptiste (hand)

Injured Rachubka (knee, 25 Sep), Almond (shoulder, Oct), Clarke (knee, May)

Suspended None Form guide WDLW

Disciplinary record Y5 R1

Leading scorer Campbell, Harewood 2
Match pointers

• No team has stopped Chelsea from scoring in their last 23 league home games

• Blackpool have allowed their opponents 29 shots on target this season, more than any other league side

• Chelsea have had the most shots on target this season in the league (34)

• DJ Campbell has scored seven goals in his last five appearances away from home with Blackpool

• On the three previous occasions that Chelsea have won their first four games in a league season, they have gone on to win the title

i knew studge could do it!! good finish to get his 1st goal in europe. much is expected from him this season, and from his recent interviews u can see that he's a young man with his head screwed on right, despite all the attention he's getting. nico had a wonderful 1st half and dropped off a little in the second, but take nothing away from his positioning and clinical finishing for both goals. deserved praise from carlo.

yuri overshadowed malouda imo, with some mazy penetrating runs which zilina struggled to deal with. had a very very strong penalty shout at the end of the first half where he bamboozled the defender with some quick feet, only to be taken out completely with the ref inexplicably ignoring the incident. kakuta had another steady extended cameo, showing some good touches and runs, and his tap in which was disallowed looked suspiciously onside.
mceachran managed to get some time, so he'll be pleased with that.

terry and alex were amazing in the middle of defence, with the latter providing some last minute body on the line sliding blocks which are fast becoming his trademark.

mikel and essien are now establishing themselves as the hard men in our midfield, although the bison had a few loose touches in the second half. the first goal which essien thumped in though was a work of art, in terms of the build-up and emphatic finish. at the rate mikel is going now, i wouldn't put it past him to usurp our great maka in the near future. do keep in mind maka was already at quite an advanced age when he showcased his best, and mikel is already on the right track in showing maturity within his game.

not pleased with cech though, as his confidence seemed to crumble after deflecting a harmless cross to the head of ivanovic, and gave zilina a free goal.
the goalkeeping coaches have a job on their hands in addressing this. last but not least, i was quite disgusted with espn whereby key incidents in yuri's strong penalty claim and kakuta's seemingly onside goal were not replayed even ONCE, but mundane and 'useless' scenes like whether alex let the ball trickle out for a corner were given extended focus in dynamic slowmo. smelled some strong anti-chelsea sentiment there, but maybe its just me. regardless, it's still filed under rubbish broadcasting.

This post has been edited by Kerplunk: Sep 18 2010, 03:30 PM

which proves that even with 5 refs on the field, they wont award penalties. i dont know whats the point.

what is our first eleven for the match against blackpool at the bridge, any updates...?

great comeback by Sunderland..

Come on Chelsea.. Grab 3 points tomorrow!!!

Blackpool..the giant killer? meet the real deal tomorrow..

Chelsea 3 - 0 Blackpool

3 only? U hv so high regards with bpool? 6 tmrw at the bridge.

haha how about goals galore, maybe 7 or 8...?

LOL..

But other teams started to drop point already. This shouldnt be taken lightly and our players need to avoid complacency. We need to grab full point ahead of our next schedule, against City and Arsenal.

i think importantly not to be over confident .... nevertheless should get 3 pts and predict the scoreline will be 5-0 ... hope this time our defender on score sheet then

The definite first XI will normally be announced about 30mins before kick-off at the official website. So stay tuned to the website!

Chelsea (More than one goal) -(0) Blackpool

Clean Sheet for Cech

Ramires 1st goal and one youngster will play...

our red london neighbor drew their game last night. its a good chance to widen the gap!

i wonder who will be playing midfield today.

essien and mikel has been playing alot of games lately. i wonder if the boss is going to rest them for this game, or maybe be on the bench? else it would be the usual, either benny or ramires gets the start on the left.

y alien bro dun let them predict the score line in their thread?

This post has been edited by JamesChaow: Sep 19 2010, 12:59 PM

Maybe superstitious ? Last time ppl predict and things got ugly real life on field perhaps ? I would understand things like that. I hv my own superstitious things that I do or not do with regards to Chelsea.

Our number 5's strength and stamina is famous throughout world football and Ancelotti values a physical presence in the middle of the park, although he will not exclude Essien from the current round of squad rotation.

'I think he needs to rest because he was involved in all the games and he will have a rest, maybe next week' by Carlo..

Wow..bold decision Carlo..rest Essien against MC..rest him tonight..Mikel-Benayoun-Ramires can deal with Blackpool..I sense leaking in the back 4 tonight..hmm hopefully not...

Would love to see an unfamiliar midfield line up tonite. But hopefully if that happens it won't bite our own ass back

i think Carlo means against Newcastle United..Carling Cup bro..