Closed Chelsea v Stoke

[Jase 43,479]

Chelsea vs Stoke City
PRE-MATCH DISCUSSION AND LIVE CHAT



FA Cup 4th Round
26th January, Sunday, 2013
Stamford Bridge
15:30 Kick Off (UK time)

[Peppen 934]

Crush them, please. That is all. Thank you very much.

[sdrcfc 461]

Would like to see Schurrle and Mata involved in this one.

[Laylabelle 9,359]

Woope Stoke.Not having a repeat of last time be nice.

Going to this and considering the highlight of the last game I went to was the linesmen flicking his legs around..hopefully this be better

[didierforever 7,349]

i would expect a good win for us. really doubt if stoke would be up for it and even play their best team since they are now just 3 points off the drop zone.

really expect some changes for this one. a start for matic should be a first to start with.with torres injured and etoo striking "gold", i am a bit confused if he deserves a rest or should be continued to be played. with us being hopelessly short of defenders , i expect atleast one of kalas/ake to get a look in. i hope iva plays this one so that azpi and cole get starts for the PL game (with just 3 full backs, i think jose will go for continous rotation)

schwarzer

iva kalas/ake DL cole

matic mikel/lamps

hazard mata schurrle

etoo

[Jusek 2,031]

Would like to see Schurrle and Mata involved in this one.

+ Matic.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Schwarzer

Kalas - Luiz - Cahill - Cole

Matic - Lampard

Schurrle - Mata - Willian

Ba

[Billy. 2,742]

is this one on TV

[Blue Armour 4,290]

Time to lay the smackdown on Hughes and his jabronis.

[Jase 43,479]

is this one on TV

Yup, will be shown live on ITV.

[edetarod 2,155]

it's been an entire year since we've won the FA cup

this cannot go on any longer, it's time to get our cup back

[That Kid X 0]

Lets take revenge for the loss at Britannia!

This should be a fairly easy match especially at the bridge. 3-0 win for us I would pin it down to one of our defenders to open the scoring.

[Chelsea Buzz 487]

As many have suggested, good match to see Mata, Schurrle and Ba.

Let's get a rest for Oscar and Hazard.

Will be in London the weekend of FA Cup semi-finals, how difficult is a ticket at Wembley?

Come on you Chels!

[thekid9 418]

I wouldn't put out too weak a team! don't wanna be out another comp!

Skippy

Ivan Cahill Luiz Cole

Matic Essien

Oscar Mata Schurrle

Ba

[Mustafa 885]

Vengeance for Assaidi...

[Vybz Kartel 1,613]

Would love to see Willian Mata Hazard, think Mata can do a better job at 10 with those 2 around him,

[Korea 734]

Do stoke played like they usually do?

Hoof the ball up and set pieces?

Dont think this is a good opponent for Mata... But if he does play, it will probably be

Mata-Willian-schurrle...

[didierforever 7,349]

Do stoke played like they usually do?

Hoof the ball up and set pieces?

Dont think this is a good opponent for Mata... But if he does play, it will probably be

Mata-Willian-schurrle...

stokr have changed a bit. with players like arnautovic, adam, nzonzi they now "try" to play football but more often than not fail.

defensively they have lost huth and begovic which is costing them dearly.

i dont think mata will struggle against them