BlueLion.

Portsmouth: James, Johnson, Campbell, Distin, Hreidarsson, Pennant, Mullins, Davis, Kranjcar, Crouch, Nugent. Subs: Begovic, Kanu, Kaboul, Pamarot, Utaka, Basinas, Belhadj. Chelsea: Cech, Bosingwa, Alex, Terry, Ashley Cole, Mikel, Ballack, Lampard, Kalou, Drogba, Malouda. Subs: Hilario, Ivanovic, Di Santo, Quaresma, Ferreira, Belletti, Mancienne. Anelka is injured.

Thats brilliant mate, cheers @ Kez - I got 2, one for me and one for the gaffer

Might be carrying an injury. Means more Mancienne

Why does everyone want to get rid of Belletti? He's got us out of a hole on more than one occassion.

Scolari was too stubborn to play a right footer on the left.

I expect him to make an appearance at some point against Juventus or Manchester City. Will be great to have him back.

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Same. Apparently, IE can't handle the website for some reason.

I certainly wouldn't loan him out again, he's impressed me in the few games he has played.

I've been logged in since 6.25, hope I can get some

Bosingwa's fit as far as I know, but we'll see.

Welcome, I'm Alex and I hope you enjoy your stay! Your English is excellent, by the way - it is better than my Latvian!

Brilliant game, although I was sad to see them lose, Villa outclassed us last night and won deservedly. Impressed with Essien - showed exactly what we've missed when he scored. TOCFCWS's match report:

On his comeback from injury, Michael Essien played the full 90 minutes of the reserve team's 4-3 defeat at Aston Villa, and even scored for the Blues. Ricardo Carvalho played 60 minutes.

He could well become a star, scored twice in a 3-3 draw for Inter at the weekend.

I think he'd fit in well, tbh. If Anelka can fit into our system, why not Karim?

Ahh yeah, good point.

Yup. One ticket per person... I hope that means one per member, and not one per person, ie. one per transaction.

Gonna be a very difficult game, in all honesty I can see this being a 1-0 to either side.

Carvalho's playing for the reserves so he won't take part till Cov at the earliest.

The Italians have a winter break, don't they? He hadn't played since before that break, so he's lacked match practice. He's had 10 minutes against Wigan and I expect him to play some part against Portsmouth and Cov. He just needs to regain match sharpness.

Fantastic read. Didier pours his heart out. Brilliant piece of writing.

Apparently there are some more tickets going on sale... I'm praying to God I get a couple

United's clean sweep Please, they've won the Charity Shield on penalties, the World Club Cup against teams I didn't know existed, and the Carling Cup on penalties. Whupty fricking doo.

I'm quite aware of that. Mourinho's always said he'd like to work with Deco again