Fulham vs Chelsea

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Fulham vs Chelsea

Fulham host Chelsea in the West London derby.

Both teams deservedly won their opening fixtures; Fulham winning 1-0 away to struggling Portsmouth whilst Chelsea eventually triumphed 2-1 against Phil Brown's Hull. A Clint Dempsey double denied the Blues all three points in December but a 3-1 hammering at Stamford Bridge under the guidance of Guus Hiddink saw the Blues go one goal up with just 51 seconds on the clock. A repeat performance would certainly put Chelsea in a favourable early position in the Premier League.

Match chat here.

[Laylabelle 9,359]

Eeeeeeeeeeeek last season under Scolari we didnt win a London derby so hopfully we can carry on where Hiddick left off and win!!!Be hard but this time please no last min equaliser!!

[Ollie 4,400]

I was in Brighton last year getting updates on my phone, '2-2 Dempsey 90' ruined the day big style. They play a decent style of football and that might help us a bit. They have come an extremely long way in the last 18 months. Comfortable win i feel however, we need to get good early points on the board.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

I'm pretty confident we can go there and beat them, we're the better team and have developed a nice habit of scoring twice in matches.

[Ollie 4,400]

This game gets interesting now as we've won both our first 2 games, a 3rd win in a row would be a tremendous start and a real base to build on. I feel as though we should win, decent slick surface, they pass the ball around well and it should be a good game. Can't wait til sunday now, just can't wait.

[the wes 7,212]

damien duff just sign for fulham

[Kez 2,727]

Yup bit gutted about it, but good to see him back in the premeriship where he belongs

[Chatburn_Blue 0]

I have a lot more confidence about the game after last night :blue scalf:

[EskWeston 696]

Fulham are a decent side now, but i am still confident of us going there and getting a good result. The players are working hard and playing well, and with the quality of players we have we can go there and do the biz.

[NattyBlue 44]

I think it could be a draw, don't know why but I've got that feeling for this game

[Laylabelle 9,359]

We'll prob do the usual trick of going a goal down

[ChelseaChick 430]

After our last two matches im pretty confident about this game. Fulham are a good side but our team is stronger. I hope anelka and drogba play up front from the start.

Does anyone know if this match going to be on sky?

[Kez 2,727]

Yep its on sky

[NoFear 23]

Something tells me its gonna be Drogs n Danny up front for his game. Seems to me like Don Carletto is trying out all his players bar the regulars (Cech, Ash, Terry, Lampsy, Ess n Drogs) in a rotation basis to find who is the best probably... !!

[NoFear 23]

Expect Ballack to play though.. He has been excellent in both the games !!!

[millzy_chelsea_fan 4]

belleti and alex should be back

zhirkov should be back for the burnley game and joe and paulo in a couple weeks

i would like to see sheva and studge play at leasthalf an hour

keep the midfield the same as the sunderland game or have malouda instead of ballack

-----------essien-----------

lampard--------------malouda

------------deco------------

Edited August 20, 2009 by millzy_chelsea_fan

[NattyBlue 44]

belleti and alex should be back

zhirkov should be back for the burnley game and joe and paulo in a couple weeks

i would like to see sheva and studge play at leasthalf an hour

keep the midfield the same as the sunderland game or have malouda instead of ballack

-----------essien-----------

lampard--------------malouda

------------deco------------

this makes me so happy

Jesus Cole is coming back!!! (eventually)

[Shane 2,275]

For the Diamond I think we'll go

-------------Essien------------

----Ballack---------------Malouda

--------------Super Frank---------

Think Ballack will play narrow and The Boss will bombard forward.