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Zhirkov forward, Ramires in CM?

http://www.chelseafc.com/page/LivePressConferences/0,,10268,00.html Carlo's press conference due to start in a second. News re: Ramires and Frank hopefully.

Hope our fans give him a bit of banter though. Respectful and polite applause for him at the beginning, and then mock.

October 1996.

To be fair, a lot of this is Portsmouth's fault and they only have themselves to blame. But like has been said, its always a shame to see a club go, especially one as unique as Portsmouth. Why they ever spent all the money they did a few years ago is beyond me and everyone though.

Source: Official Portsmouth FC Website. Someone just save them. Its probably pocket money to Roman to solve it. Such a shame.

RIP Matthew Harding.

I've really liked 3/4 home shirts, the exception being the 'Moscow shirt'. That's all that really matters. The majority of the away/third have been tosh though.

All worth it just for this picture. What a prick.

Source: http://www.chelseafc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10268~2192734,00.html As long as they stop giving us horrific away/third shirts, good news.

Rooney signs new 5 year contract at United. SSN breaking news.

Drogba and Bosingwa fit. Ramires and Alex to train at the start of the week. Lampard at the end of the week.

He's getting better and better but the Zilina mistake was only a few weeks back remember. Lucky that was at a time of being 4-0 up and not against a City/United/Arsenal etc where it would have been much more highlighted. Incredible goalkeeper, who set unbelievably high standards in his first year. He's always been brilliant, but he was always going to struggle to match that first season but it was near-on perfect.

http://www.wba.co.uk/page/News/0,,10366~2190929,00.html All 5 of our goals from Borini! I'm sure Esk will provide us with more soon.

Most goals (and I guess games) he's had for a single club I think. Finally found his home. Hopefully he'll see his career out here. Great player.

Spartak is going to be tricky on that pitch and with their crowd behind them. No silly changes, play as strong as we possibly have and lets get 9 points on the board ASAP. Cech Paulo Iva JT Ash Essien Mikel Ramires Malouda Nico Zhirkov/Kalou

Didn't Carlo say Bosingwa could start this one? Other than that, team will pick itself I'd imagine. Cech Bosingwa - Ivanovic - Terry - A. Cole Ramires - Mikel - Essien Anelka - Drogba - Malouda Depending on the score, hopefully another half hour for Josh here.

He said Drogba won't be going to Moscow.

Said he'd give Bosingwa would be ready for 30 minutes tomorrow but won't travel to Moscow. So perhaps 60 minutes or so against Wolves next weekend? The 7 I named are about the only 7 there are. Only really others that have a slight shot of making it on there are Jacob Mellis or maybe someone like Gokhan Tore/Jacopo Sala. Agree with you Steve. Alot of people here were happy with the likes of Carvalho and Ballack moving on in order to give some of these squad players a chance, and here is that chance. We could struggle tomorrow, or the likes of Kakuta could have a blinder. We'll see.

'Frank Lampard is not available, Drogba is not available, Sturridge is not available, Kalou is not available, Alex is not available, Benayoun is not available, Terry is available,' reported manager Carlo Ancelotti, who also named his line-up for the game at Villa Park. 'The line-up will be Cech, Ferreira, Ivanovic, Terry and Cole, Ramires, Essien and Mikel, strikers Kakuta, Malouda and Anelka.'

JT fit. Bosingwa on the bench. Lamps, Drogba, Sturridge OUT. Kakuta starts. Cech Ferreira - Ivanovic - Terry - A.Cole Essien - Mikel - Ramires Kakuta - Anelka - Malouda 7 for the bench? Turnbull, Bruma, van Aanholt, Zhirkov, Bosingwa, McEachran, Borini?

Carlo's press conference on chelseafc.com at roughly 12:30. Fingers crossed on some good news re: Frank, JT, Kalou and Bosingwa. Would love to see Bos get 10 minutes at the end.

Paulo - Essien - Ivanovic - Cole Essien - Paulo - Ivanovic - Cole Paulo - Bruma - Ivanovic - Cole Essien - Bruma - Ivanovic - Cole Plenty of options. JT may even make it. But if he doesn't, it's time to through in Bruma and see what he's made of. Never going to know if he can cut it unless we give him these opportunities. As for Bosingwa. Can't see him being thrown in from the start. Although I believe he'll be playing in another 'behind closed doors' game during the week.

Aged 32, 32, 31, 27. Compared to the others being 17-23 and us possibly for 10+ years. Believe that was his point. Obviously Essien shouldn't be in the same bracket though!

Sorry, what? 'Cept Arsenal being capable of winning? :S