Closed Swansea v Chelsea

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Hmmm I'm sort of glad Luiz won't play.

Azpi Ivanovic Cahill Cole

Looks good and interesting. Could be super solid.

Luiz won't play?

[KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607]

Luiz won't play?

Apparently. Read what Ankit said above.

[Backstreet09 499]

Ivanovic - Luiz - Cahill - Cole

Ramires - Mikel

Moses - Oscar - Hazard

Torres

Torres will score a hattrick , i can bet a 1000$ xD

[Tomo 21,685]

Cole injured aswell apparently.

So Azpi-Ivan-Cahill-Ryan, a centre half pairing who haven't played with each other before (in that position) and a full back making his full premier league debut. What can possibly go wrong?

[KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607]

Cole injured aswell apparently.

So Azpi-Ivan-Cahill-Ryan, a centre half pairing who haven't played with each other before (in that position) and a full back making his full premier league debut. What can possibly go wrong?

While true that Ivanovic and Cahill have barely played together, they are both very good defenders. Much better than Luiz as well IMO. Also, Azpiliceuta looked pretty decent against United so should be fine against Swansea.

[Ankit 3,176]

Apparently. Read what Ankit said above.

To be honest, even i am not too sure about it. I don't know if i am missing anything but does he have 3 PL yellows and 1 COC yellow or is it 4 PL yelllows and 1 COC yellow?

I guess i am wrong because if Luiz was suspended, the news would have comeout somehow but it hasn't.

[Ankit 3,176]

Ok. SO i was wrong and i apologise to have created the confusion. Apparently Luiz has one yellow in CL which makes it 5 but he has 4 in England so he is safe for the weekend and he will play. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Chelsea_F.C._season#Disciplinary_record

[nadavTKL 1,787]

But Ivanovic cant play this game, he got a direct red card on Sunday.

[petr.breu 1,618]

But Ivanovic cant play this game, he got a direct red card on Sunday.

He was out only for 1 match and that was manure in COC... He is available against Swans

[bloody 209]

Speechless

how's life in leeds?

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Expect tight win, our players might be tired, defence open, but there should be enough motivation to pull this through. 1-0 would be fine to me. Not conceding a goal after 7 conceded vs ManU games would be nice.

[nadavTKL 1,787]

He was out only for 1 match and that was manure in COC... He is available against Swans

So why only 1 match?

[We Hate Scouse 10,261]

how's life in leeds?

not great id imagine....

[Kezza 1,965]

So why only 1 match?

Wasn't a dangerous tackle i.e two footed, studs up etc, that got him sent off. He just 'made contact' with Young, so of course Young went down.

[Ollie 4,400]

This will be a really nice game to watch. I think the way we play will make it very hard for Swansea to compete against us the same way. I think a nice 3-1 win, well be a good game though. We need to bounce back, especially as it's Man Utd vs Arsenal just before.

[joshmercury 20]

whenever we have won a game this season some defender or the other has scored (except for the newcastle game).

tells 2 things

defenders scoring goals

strikers not scoring goals

[Kieran. 6,317]

Mata and David Luiz "very doubtful" for tomorrow.

[Jase 43,479]

Team news from RDM's press conference:

1. Mata is struggling with a hamstring problem he picked up on Wednesday.

2. Luiz is having issues with his ankle.

Both of them are doubtful for tomorrow and somemore:

3. Cole is back in contention.

4. Game has come too early for Lampard to return.

5. Some other players have niggling injuries and problems after the extra time game on Wednesday.