Closed Chelsea v Galatasaray

[Mr Lover Lover 18]

Anyone knows when David is due back ?....

[Special Juan 27,429]

Finish this lot off.

Big win here IMO.

[The only place to be 11,313]

Must be the only time where if we went out I wouldn't be too disappointed.

I'd be gutted if we went out, but going through isn't exactly going to cheer me up too much either. This match is just an annoyance right now because I'm focused entirely on the Arsenal game.

The thing is that against top teams, we're always in with a shot because we've got Jose and Eden. I'd back our defence to keep out any of Europe's top attacks and Hazard has the ability to do something magical with the ball so we're probably a dark horse for the Cup like we were in 2012.

The problem is we're just lacking depth at the moment which means we could spread ourselves too thin. If you gave me a choice between beating Galatasaray and beating Arsenal, it's Arsenal every time. If only Galatasaray's fans weren't such insufferable arseholes.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

We played better than you at İstanbul but we can not win at away we have not been won for 7weeks i can not help worrying i think that this match will go on extra time and penalty shoot outs

You only managed to scavenge a 1-1 because we let you back into the game. Believe me when I say no similar mistake will be made tomorrow. Chelsea have a point to prove.

[Special Juan 27,429]

I'd almost forgotten about Gala fans.

Happy Monday eh....

[aerlgenx 49]

Torres will start against Gala.hahaha

[bushman 2,043]

Gala is not the club, Chelsea should lose to, in my humble opinion.

I would like to see Chelsea to start much more swiftly than in previous games. Just come out smoking, pop two goals in & say I told you so. You ain´t got what it takes to beat Chelsea.

[We Hate Scouse 10,286]

They're not even top of their mediocre league.

[bushman 2,043]

Didier arrived, give him standing ovation tomorrow night, pop 3 goals in & send him to Turkey.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Apparently Sky have reported that Luiz trained today while Ash did not.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Luiz in midfield is a must for two reasons:

• We need energy in the midfield - press them high up the pitch as we did in the first half in Istanbul and their defence will capitulate.
• We can't afford to play more than one of Lampard, Mikel or Ramires in the pivot alongside him, as they are all one yellow card away from a suspension. I believe that yellow cards are wiped after this match? In which case, might as well not run the risk.

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

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[couris 232]

There is no secret here, Jose will come up with something like:

Cech; Ivan, Cahill, Terry, Azi; Mikel, Ramires, Oscar (Lampard), Willian; Etoo.

Final result: 3-0

Jose is going to bench Hazard to play WIllian/Oscar?

[Jase 43,479]

http://www.chelseafc.com/news-article/article/3717764/title/david-luiz-and-etoo-train

Luiz and Eto'o took part in training today. Cole still seems to be out.

Mourinho's presser at 7pm UK time later today.

[TurkishDrogba97 10]

No it wont go to extra time or penalty shootouts. We are a much better team and we will win comfortably at home.

I know you are better than us but ı do not think that you are going to beat us we play different from our turkish league matches and we saw at İstanbul we are not an easy rival for you and ı want your profile photoo it orgasms me

[Jase 43,479]

Worth pointing out that Mikel, Lampard and Ramires are all 1 yellow card away from a 1 game suspension in Europe. Each of them are already on 2 YCs.

Apologies for that error. Just found out that Lampard is not on 2 YCs, only on 1 (no idea where the other one came from in my record) but Mikel and Ramires definitely have 2 already.

[BloodIsBlue 291]

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At first I thought the lion was a Chelsea fan receiving a present. Upon further investigation Gala thinks they're lions too... I'm just going to pretend the lion is a Chelsea fan.

[haranr 485]

I love you Chelsea forget about the lose vs Villa. Lets win this!!!