Jase 43,479 Posted October 22, 2012 Author Share Posted October 22, 2012 The referee for this game will be Damir Skomina from Slovenia. He has previously officiated two of our games, the 2-1 home win against Benfica last season and that 4-1 defeat to Atletico Madrid earlier this season. Skomina has also officiated a game involving Shakhtar before and that was way back in 2007, where they lost 1-0 to FC Salzburg. His most recent match in the Champions League that he officiated is Madrid's 3-2 win over City last month.Just to add, Shakhtar are unbeaten at home against English oppositions, having won 3 and drew 1 of the 4 meetings and funnily enough, all of those came against London teams. They beaten Tottenham and Arsenal(twice) there. Only Fulham escaped with a draw against Shakhtar in Ukraine back in 2010 in the Europa League. Here's the UEFA Match Press Kit, if anyone is interested with all those said information in it as well as others too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZOS 580 Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Too small, not tough enough (least their can be something done about this) too much of the same thing with hazard and mata, has a tenancy to dive, not a ideal PREMIERSHIP replacement for lampard either. He can only play in an *ideally* attacking possessive style, so in that regard his versatility in the position he plays wont suit every type of game we have to play, something lampard in his prime could do. He also represents a move away from a style of football i loved, to a more "barca" style which i personaly dislike. He also looks about 12 and isn't very intimidating on the field, neither does he look like a future leader of men. Say that he's technicaly great and all, he just isnt what i think is needed to compete year in year out in the very physical PL, a plan B is needed for his position, by no means sell him, but rotate where needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmanuelpee 12 Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 There is a Hazard coming out of Eden,so that no Mata what the opponent do,there will always be Oscar to scare them when holy Moses leads Blues to victorious outings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607 Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 I think Robbie will field the same lineup as Tottenham which I wouldn't mind. However I would think its time for Marin and Moses to get a game. If not, the United Capital One Cup game should see lots of rotation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milan 17,957 Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 John Terry will be asked to wear anti-racism armband if he captains Chelsea in Champions League tie at Shakhtar Donetsk.http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/john-terry-asked-to-wear-united-1392328 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashtarak 4 Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Hello, My deapest respect to Chelsea and its fans. I'm writing my first post in this forum thanks to my friend HG who told me about it. I am a Chelsea fan, I'm also a great fan of Armenian Nation Team and its leader Henrikh Mkhitaryan. I'm mentioning about him because he will be in the starting line-up in Shakhtar. He's fast, creative, intelligent in the football field, let your defenders have good amount of luck to cover him, he is everywhere in the field and usually runs the most among both teams. Along with the Armenian international Mkhitaryan, Shakhtar has some other quality players in the attacking midfield. Be couscious of the potential danger from Vilian, Srna, Fernandinho and surely Mkhitaryan. If Mircha Luchesku brings up the best line up, Chelsea will certainly be in a trouble. The Shakhta players are all now on the top of their form. Good luck to both teams, let it be a fair game, so we can enjoy every second of it! Thanks for reading my first post.Hayk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meetdoscar 335 Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 @ TheCount wrote:He also represents a move away from a style of football i loved, to a more "barca" style which i personaly dislike. He also looks about 12 and isn't very intimidating on the field, neither does he look like a future leader of men. My Opinion:Thank God you are not a chelsea scout/manager or we will have TITUS BRAMBLE as our captain.Talking about size is an insult to mata,ashley cole,marin also which means u don't know wat mata and cole represent for chelsea fcOscar isn't intimidating on the field? U make me laugh. Just ask pirlo and arteta, oh and paul scholes on sundayLastly TheCount observes oscar to be a cunt funny considering your name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607 Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 TheCount's post was the most farcical I've seen in a while. Agree with the above poster, thank god he isn't making the decisions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meetdoscar 335 Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 On second thought I think this game is a tougher match than manu @stamford bridge and of similar significance bcoz they have same points as us so we need to stamp our authority on this group. I remember watching shahkter vs barca and boi where shaktar very good they caused barca all sorts of problems and also juve recently. To get anything out of this game we need to be at our best and also play our best players available never mind the manu game. This is going to end in a win(hopefully for us) or loss bcoz of the attacking prowess of both teams. RDM will surely set up for a win bcoz a draw will b much more difficult and tricky to achieve. Really exciting game to look forward to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underdrog 18 Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 This game is on delay here in india. Looks like I'll have to block out all media and this forum for 4 hours so i won't know the result till i watch it. That's going to be tough yeah ten channels suck united and barca's ****. anyways gonna stream... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolayes 14,489 Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 There is a Hazard coming out of Eden,so that no Mata what the opponent do,there will always be Oscar to scare them when holy Moses leads Blues to victorious outingsMoses kept back to part the Red Sea next week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Roar 240 Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 yeah ten channels suck united and barca's ****. anyways gonna stream...my computer is down so Will have to wait. They are showing it on ten hd. But i don't have that channel on Tata sky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edetarod 2,155 Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouNameIt 1,511 Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 I think we'll see something like that although not sure if RDM trusts Sturridge as striker yet.One can wonder what Torres has done to earn any trust... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dejavuetall 1 Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Comare both team against juventus, who was better- that's a insigth in2 the game! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOSS 372 Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 This game will be harder than the Tottenham one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelseathebest 150 Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 WHY YES BABY?Because he's better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheva. 5,373 Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 One can wonder what Torres has done to earn any trust...Maybe because he's been our top scorer under RDM? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted October 22, 2012 Author Share Posted October 22, 2012 http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2012/oct/22/henrik-mkhitaryan-shakhtar-donetskAn article by Jonathan Wilson on one of Shakhtar's dangerman ahead of this game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5354 204 Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Sturridge should be given a start.. hmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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