BlueLion.

Yeah completely died on me

Malouda's been pretty woeful, awful pass straight out of play. Bring Sala on for him. And as I say that, Kalou duly comes on for the Frenchman.

Very lacklustre in the final third. Kalou's warming up.

Yeah, was definitely for offside.

Apparently it was for a foul on Given. I've watched the replay... no way was it a foul Come on Chelsea!!

1-0, Joe Cole Fuck, offside.

Looks like we've stepped up the pace already in this second half. Hope we can put them under pressure for a sustained period.

Very limp performance in an attacking sense. Our only real attacking outlet has been Bosingwa, but we're lacking support up front. Joe has been a spectator, he really isn't fully fit - bring him off for Kalou IMO.

Come on Blues.

http://www.justin.tv/adtvextra/popout Poor quality, but its for anyone with no SopCast.

It would appear I was wrong, Balley is on the bench today BBC got it wrong

Use this thread to keep up to date with the latest fitness of the Chelsea FC squad. Feel free to add news at will! 13/08/10: Jose Bosingwa - Ancelotti has said Bosingwa is the only current long-term absentee. expected to be fit within two/three weeks Frank Lampard - doubtful for West Brom match

Heard he had a slight knock, although he isn't actually reported as being injured.

Juventus are a better team than Inter, in my opinion. Fancy them to win 2-0.

If Joe isn't fully fit, I can imagine Deco playing on the right with Ballack and Lampard through the middle.

I'm not saying we should sell anyone, Linda. Sinclair will only get the chances if he proves himself in training.

He'd be great at Birmingham, they always use wingers in their matches. Would be a real hit there. But we really need to be loaning him to top flight clubs for a season to see what he can really do; a club like Stoke or Wigan would suit him.

The Cluj CFR home game is on general sale as of tomorrow.

Let's just pray that Anelka doesn't get the shit kicked out of him then

Don't know, he usually never speaks.

Well, yeah. Basically, Kalou and Malouda are far too inconsistent, yet they are being chosen because they are peforming better in training than Sinclair is. Schweinsteiger is a better player than Malouda and Kalou and would therefore be given the chances.

I don't think you can be 'made' for a certain type of league. Players like Shevchenko and Pizarro have simply spent such long periods of time in foreign leagues that it becomes second nature to them, and a new league is a massive challenge.

England for the World Cup

Well 08/09 is well underway, and les Lyonnais are already 7 clear Beat Bordeaux 2-1, with Benzema and Kallstrom scoring. One of the best games I've seen this season, actually, in any league. Pure entertainment. 1 Lyon 33 2 Marseille 26 3 Rennes 25 4 Nice 25 5 Toulouse 25 6 Bordeaux 24

I'm sure people were saying that of Dimitar Berbatov when he first came to the PL... then look what happened.