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Not long to go now.

Great result. 4 goals in 3 cup games for Sturridge now. It's a shame he's up against two of the best strikers in the league for a starting place in the first eleven. His time will come, though, eventually. We're the favourites to go all the way now, and why shouldn't we be? There are no teams left in the competition that should be of real threat to us, apart from -maybe- Citeh, depending on which Citeh turns up!

The site's looking good Jim, top work. But I must say, I prefer the font being Verdana, as opposed to Arial. It doesn't look as professional. That's if I'm being critical, though.

I think so Shane. 2-1 victory. Gooners to take the lead, Ashley to get us back in it and then JT to score a late winner.

If you read my post, I thought it was from the midweek, Carling Cup tie at first, hence why I said I agreed... Was the shot deflected by the way? I thought it was at first, but on second viewing, it looked like it wasn't. :unsure: Yeah, I agree with Cameron there, too. Opinions cause debate/discussion, therefore making your match reports more popular/active.

Nice to see you're listening to your critiques. Your hard work doesn't go unnoticed though! I added a rep to your report.

I agree with this Star Man choice. Good report, Al. Edit: I thought this was from the midweek fixture. A word of advice Alex (don't take this the wrong way) - I think the reason your match reports aren't getting as much interest as they could - and probably should - be getting is because they're fairly lengthy. People will just look at the length of it and think to themselves "I'm not reading all that!". Try and shorten them down a bit mate.

I think we'll win, and comfortably at that. Similar performance and result from midweek will do just fine. If Sturridge ends up starting/coming on, then I'm expecting to actually look interested this time around. Bolton 1-3 Chelsea.

Yeah, I'd agree with most of that. Our midfield was just too strong and over-powering in comparison to theirs, they may as well have not been there. Deco and Ballack controlled things, as did Essien when he came on. I don't think there was one 'bad' performance from any of our players tonight, but I thought Sturridge could've looked a little more interested. To say he's trying to prove himself, it didn't seem (from tonight's evidence), that he was up for it. Hopefully that'll change, as people have already been critisizing his attitude.

To be fair to him, it was a lovely first touch initially, but he really should've been putting the finish away. If it makes him feel better... it's not like Kalou would have scored in that situation.

Sam and MC for providing us with that stream. Deco would be my man of the match, he was excellent today. Closely followed by Ballack.

4-0, that'll do nicely.

What a counter-attack! Great block by Ivanovic to regain possession. Great run by both Essien and Cole. Good finish by Deco. Game over.

It's a shame Essien's left foot isn't as sweet as his right.

The Veetle link Sam posted is a better stream, anyway.

Mine was working fine up until now. Just suddenly stopped working.

Kalou off, Essien on.

Not a bad first half. Nice to see both Kalou and Malouda get on the scoresheet, even though Kalou could've had a hat-trick by now. Decent performance so far, but I'd like to see Sturridge get involved a bit more. I think we also need to let Belletti go forward a little bit more down the right hand side of the pitch, as I feel that's an area we'll be able to exploit. Every time he's gained the ball going forward so far, he's been in acres of space, and I feel we need to take advanatage of that.

Line-up for tonight: Hilario Belletti Alex Ivanovic Ferreira Ballack Deco Malouda J. Cole Kalou Sturridge Subs: Turnbull, Bruma, Matic, Essien, Lampard, Borini, Drogba.

Terminator, do you ever do anything other than moan mate? Although I do see where you're coming from. I'm looking forward to seeing how well Sturridge does. Hopefully he'll play well and manage to get himself on the scoresheet! I'd like to see Ferreira and Alex both involved too, preferrably from the start.

Who needs to fear swine flu when Ancelotti has his own prescription?

Anyone got any links to download the match so I can give it a watch? I've been at work all weekend and haven't managed to see it as yet...

A great result, and it's nice to hear that Joe Cole's back and played well... I haven't managed to catch the game, or even highlights from it yet though, as I've been at work all weekend. Does anyone have any links to download the game or anything?

I'm also a fan of the German. And, I must admit, Deco's starting to grow on me too. As others have said, Ballack balances the team out nicely, enabling Lamps to roam forward whenever he fancies it. However, I still think, that even after a slow start, Lampard will score 15+ goals for us this season, and manage that quite comfortably. It'll take him a while to become accustomed to his new found role under Ancelotti, but he's looking more and more comfortable in the position each game.

I think he played well as well, but I'd have liked him to get a little more involved, wouldn't you? There was certain spells where I didn't see him touch the ball for a good 5 minutes or so. And to add to that, what are everyone's thoughts about Deco? How do they think he played tonight? Is he going to be a permanent fixture in our side under Ancelotti?