Chelsea 1-1 Fulham

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Chelsea vs Fulham

Sunday 26 December - 1pm kick-off at Stamford Bridge

[Fulham Broadway 15,752]

Another London club that will play as if its their World Cup Final. No way they'll roll over and say ''Take me big boy'' as they did against yernited.

That said I can see Blue Lions headline now ''Boas's Bruisers Batter Cottagers''

[Nic! 301]

I want a place on the bench for Lukaku! He's on fire with the reserves and it's not that Drogba and Torres are excelling at the moment. Nothing to lose, right? WIth all the injuries, he might actually have a shot at getting a spot on the bench.

[Laylabelle 9,103]

Draw or a narrow win no doubt..can see them parking the bus seeing as they just got beat 5-0 and all...

[NiclasCFC 2,582]

Ramires suspended

[Nic! 301]

Article about Kouyaté, Anderlecht player, mentions Lukaku and the Fulham game.

"Lukaku draagt goal aan mij op"

Kouyaté vierde woensdag zijn 22e verjaardag. Romelu Lukaku had een mooi cadeau in petto: "Hij wou me twee tickets voor Chelsea-Fulham op tweede kerstdag geven. Jammer genoeg spelen we zelf op 27 december. Maar hij heeft nu beloofd dat als hij scoort tegen Fulham, hij die goal aan mij opdraagt. Mooi, niet?"

I'll translate

"Lukaku will dedicate goal to me."

Kouyaté celebrates his 22th birthday next Wednesday. Romelu Lukaku had a nice gift idea for him: "he wanted to give me two tickets to Chelsea-Fulham on boxing day. But sadly, I have to play myself a day later. But now he promissed me, if he scores against Fulham, he'll dedicate the goal to me."

So maybe Lukaku know already he might get some minutes against Fulham. Or maybe it's just wishful thinking on Lukaku's end. We'll see next Tuesday I guess.

[Liquidator 5,176]

even if they park the bus we should still beat that stupid small club down the road. I'd give Lampard a game and Mata needs a rest. We also have a game 5 days later too.

My team would be:

Cech

Ferreira Luiz Terry Cole

Romeu

Lampard Meireles

Malouda Drogba Sturridge

Subs:

Torres

McEachran

Turnbull

Bertrand

Mikel

Mata

Lukaku

[termninja 5,290]

Shit!

I will miss the match because I'll be at school...

[Kojo 4,676]

If we play bad we've lost, Fulham are a very good team.

[tmessy 139]

We must stop Dempsey... Number one priority, he is their biggest threat both scoring and creating...

Maybe its time for a Torres start?

He needs something...

Don't think Danny should play cf, he's more creative and fast on the wings, he needs that creative space and looks better coming in diagonally rather than straight ahead...

He doesn't have to be a traditional winger and that's the good thing avb has found and harnessed out of him... Out wide-ish is the spot for him... He's so dangerous

[Hd123 5]

I'd start Torres only under the condition that he puts in a certain amount of work, determination, passion.

If within 20 minutes he is being lazy, not making runs, sub him for Drogba.

[ZanSnake 1,211]

I wouldn't mind Nando to have a go.

Hasn't had a chance in quite a while, and when he does he is treated like Borini was treated by Carlo.

[Kez 2,727]

Shit!

I will miss the match because I'll be at school...

You have school on boxing day?

Thank fuck for the afternoon kick offs I won't actually miss this game!

[CHOULO19 24,332]

I don't care who starts, this is a must win game. We can't let spuds gain any more ground on us.

[eldo 868]

If we play bad we've lost, Fulham are a very good team.

Lmao.

[Amblève. 4,995]

Watching a Chelsea match during the holidays! What more can I ask for?

Btt, we need to win this game, and the fact that we're playing at the Bridge, makes me feel confident that we'll do so.

[Bosnian Blue 2,471]

We need creativity in this game and an early goal would be good.

[Kieran. 6,317]

We're due for a big win. a 3-0 or 4-0 would be good.

[xPetrCechx 13,411]

3-0.

[Laylabelle 9,103]

Torres to get a hat trick..the magic of xmas :D

Things seem to go wrong in our boxing day games...be nice to go our way and all be happy and merry...and all the fans at the game can go home happy on their random detours around London and all rather then being a bit eeeek we lost...shit theres no trains!