Seattle Sounders vs Chelsea

[warnie_666 1,081]

Is Sam Hutchinson a Left Back...? I though he was a Right back.

[Igor 0]

I think this seasson will be great with Anceloti,and i think we had a good start against Seattle.

[5354 204]

I feel we shouldn't forget about Hutchinson. I think he is pretty good. Making those last ditch tackles and body blocks!!!

Shevchenko is decent, but seriously I expected more out of him, probably because of age?!

BTW, the width problem is true. Sinclair and Malouda played into middle more then making runs at the side. Malouda doesn't do well in the middle....

[Rambo 1,729]

Deco really gave me second thoughts after today's match, if he can stop whining and play like this for the rest of the season, I don't mind keeping him.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Is Sam Hutchinson a Left Back...? I though he was a Right back.

Centre-back, but is capable of playing in the full back position.

[Badboy 1,526]

Well i thought deco done well considering last season lol carlo might see him as a pirlo type player. What a finish from danny on his bad foot as well well done anelka also done well.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Agreed, Deco was one of the better players yesterday, but he showed the same vision in pre-season last campaign, so I'm not too excited.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Some images from yesterday's match:

Ancelotti looks on.

Petr Cech catches under pressure.

Andrei Shevchenko takes on his marker.

The Blues prepare for the fixture.

Malouda leads the celebrations after Sturridge opens the scoring.

[the wes 7,212]

someone know where i can find highlights from this match ??

http://www.101greatgoals.com/videodisplay/2985694/

[Kajo 176]

http://www.101greatgoals.com/videodisplay/2985694/

thanks a lot mate  :thumbsup:

[Laylabelle 9,300]

Jesus christ Shevas hair!!

Good to see Sturridge score and also be critical of his performance saying he knows he can do better hopfully keeps it up and gets played!!

Hilaro bless him but has been a while

[Wxgba 306]

Just managed to catch the highlights...

Great finish by Sturridge, and a great ball threaded through to Anelka in the lead up to the second goal. He looks promising, and I've also got a feeling that Di Santo will make an impact this year.

[Shane 2,275]

Think we have a great mixture of players atm, With Lampard, Ballack, Drogba and Niko all in there 30s, But with good young players like Sturridge, Hutchsion, Di Santo and Sinclair bound to be getting a few games this season, With the players inbetween like Essien, JT, Malouda, Zhirkov etc

Hoping to see a Zhirkov - Lampard - Essien - Deco combination against Inter with Di Santo and Drogba up front.

[warnie_666 1,081]

Sam Hutchinson, impressed me. With his last ditch tackles. He will only improve, needs to play more. Hope he gets some games this season in Cups.

Sinclair, was good too playing in the middle. There was one move he made in the middle where he turned the oppsition defender in the wrong way and passed it to the right wing. That move was class. I would like to see Him give competition for Joe Cole on the Right Wing. Hope he gets to play around 15-20 games in total with atleast 6-7 Starts.

[Term-X 7,891]

hopefully the return of sheva's infamous blonde locks will revitalize his career

[jason640640 0]

hopefully the return of sheva's infamous blonde locks will revitalize his career

nice about the locks, maybe he will blind some defenders with his stunning new look. i actually felt sheva played fairly well; however, some of the flow that was created was eventually stalled by pizarro, i just couldn't believe how much he lost the ball.

as others have noted, disanto and sturridge played very well and deserve to see more first time action.

[EskWeston 696]

Was very pleased with this game. First half was great stuff by us. Solid back 4, midfield did very well. And i must say i was impresses with Deco actually, his passing was sublime. I would never play him in the holding role in the premier league but he put in a very good performance. Sturridge and Anelka linked up very well and Sturridge did himself the world of good with that goal.

Second half i didn't think we was as fluid. Partly because the set up just didn't work properly, Sheva, Pizarro, Di Santo and Sinclair all playing didn't work too well. Di Santo must be one of the most unluckiest strikers ever! Pizarro looked as clumsy as every and Sheva could have got overtaken by a snail Hutchinson did well at left back, couple of times got caught out positionally but overall did fine!

Just what we would have hoped from the first game really. Good to see Sturridge and Di Santo showing what they offer us!

[ChelseaUSA 0]

on a side note Freddy Montero for Seattle looked pretty good, ive seen him play 2 or 3 times now hes impressive. hes been getting some looks from european clubs and will make the switch soon im sure. hes columbian only 21, he could be a decent player in spain or somewhere soon.

Edited July 20, 2009 by ChelseaUSA