Permanent Saints v Chelsea match thread

Wow, Chelsea's team looks very beatable today.

Cech
Azpilicueta, Ivanovic, Terry, Bertrand
Lampard, Mikel
Moses, Oscar, Marin
Torres

 

Famous last words!

 

Just said on sky that Hazard, Ba, Ramires and Cole aren't starting for Chelsea

 

Merson when told that Cork would rather have Lambert than Torres or Ba, hummed and hawed and said, 'So would I'

 

And Joe has posted their line up as I posted that

 

It's his groin.

 

The pundits on Sky have gone for 3 draws and 1 Chelsea win. Seems people have noticed our style. A couple even said they'd have gone for a Saints win if they'd seen the team sheet.

 

I would rate Ricky higher than Torres but Ba I would put on a par

With Torres up front I would rather have seen Fonte in the middle of the back four

 

It makes me laugh how Chelsea's "weakened" 11 is still infinitely better than most first choice 11's in the Premier league.

 

2-1 Chelsea

 

With the mobility in Chelsea's front four I do worry a bit about Jos over Jose. I think it's vital that the players aren't eyeing up the Chelsea teamsheet, we really need to keep that big team mentality that we've had when facing the top sides, not even the slightest bit of complacency allowed boys!

 

Think we could get spanked today chelsea have too much quality not to create chances against our defense if they finish half of them we will need to score 4-3 to win. Hope we are on song from the beginning, so often after a break we seem lethargic. I would prefer to see Ramirez in from the start but he has had a poor preparation for this game so fair enough, lallana played excellently last game so he is a loss as well. Probably our 2 best flair players are out so I could see us struggling for potency.

 

Hmm, perhaps they'll have an off day, like Man City and Liverpool.

 

I was at Wembley for that & he was very lenient Mr Moss.

 

What's the name of that good streaming site you have to pay a couple of quid for?

 

Actually there's a great free HD stream here for those that couldn't make it - http://anacenter.info/ch4.html

 

close from Lambert!

 

We've had our usual bright start...now, can we get our usual 'shock' early goal against a top team?

 

Internet connection is terrible for me today. Everything that is normally perfect is very starty and stoppy. I'll have to go around turning everything on off/on.

 

Yes. Yes we can.

Great passing, stellar finish.