Closed Sunderland v Chelsea

[Jase 43,479]

Sunderland vs Chelsea
PRE-MATCH DISCUSSION AND LIVE CHAT



English Premier League
4th December, Wednesday, 2013
Stadium of Light
19:45 Kick Off (UK time)

[didierforever 7,349]

cech

azpi cahill luiz cole

rambo mikel

willian mata schurrle

torres

i am guessing that JT might be a little tired after 3 consecutive games, otherwise, i dont see the need to change GC-JT. iva probably needs some rest too, otherwise we can go with the same back 4.

all those asking for essien to be started must have been satisfied by now, so i ll take the more tried and tested mikel-rambo.

oscar looks jaded and he can pretty well do with some rest.

as for hazard, i still cant understand exactly how he has been better than schurrle that he gets to start every match while schurrle is warming the bench.

even though ba was phenomenol today, torres was great too.

[Special Juan 27,421]

Going to this, we beers before kick off and will be singing from start to finish

[Kieran. 6,317]

Cech

Azpi Luiz Cahill Cole

Mikel

Ramires

Mata

Schurrle Torres Willian

Rest some tired legs but still have a very strong team.

[Mouri_Matic 560]

Cannot underestimate them, they didn't beat Newcastle and Man City because of luck. Expect us to win this 2-0 though.

[Biru 1]

Cech

Azpilicueta Cahill Luiz Bertrand

Mikel Essien

Willian Mata Schurrle

Torres

[ChelseaUnite 26]

win. Lampard & Hazard scores.

[We Hate Scouse 10,286]

Not an easy game by any means.

It's a long way to travel on a cold Wednesday evening

New manager = Honey moon period

I expect it will be a scrappy 1-0/2-1 win

[Strike 7,217]

Apart from the 3-0 November blip under Carlo, can't remember the last time we slipped up against Sunderland

[Reddish-Blue 2,345]

Apart from the 3-0 November blip under Carlo, can't remember the last time we slipped up against Sunderland

Other than that slip-up under Carlo...you would have to go all the way back to March, 2001 when they beat us 4-2

http://www.11v11.com/matches/chelsea-v-sunderland-17-march-2001-5899/

[Ryan Fong 2,776]

Cech

Azpi Cahill JT Cole

Ramires Mikel

Willian Mata Schurrle

Torres

[Magic Lamps 11,653]

Not an easy game by any means.

It's a long way to travel on a cold Wednesday evening

New manager = Honey moon period

I expect it will be a scrappy 1-0/2-1 win

I am pretty sure they will travel today not only on Wednesday.

On paper this is one of the more straightforward fixtures. The way we passed that Southampton test really makes me hope that we can string some results together this winter. As we all know titles are decided in Winter every other season.

Again, this is only 2 full days of rest, but this is the EPL, not some certain pussy league.

[Mufassir08 2,400]

Cech

Azpi-Cahill-Luiz-Bertrand

Lampard-Mikel

KDB-Mata-Willian

Torres

Maybe give a chance to Ake?Wont happen though.We must rest Rambo and JT for this game imo.

[aerlgenx 49]

Cech
Azpi Cahill JT Cole
Ramires Mikel
Willian Mata Schurrle
Torres

[Strike 7,217]

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[hjperdeath 2,226]

next few chelsea games are not aired in India. an alternative to watch the games. starsports(dot)com has live streaming on its site

woah for free?

[bushman 2,043]

Not an easy game, I read above.

Then whom are Chelsea gonna beat if not Sunderland ?

A clean sheet I expect too.

[didierforever 7,349]

next few chelsea games are not aired in India. an alternative to watch the games. starsports(dot)com has live streaming on its site

few games? just 1 game. the midweek one but to be fair to starsprots, united vs everton is a better seller.