BlueLion. 21,491 Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 West Ham vs Chelsea11 September 2010, 1500 KO - EPL, Upton ParkWest Ham host leaders Chelsea in a Barclays Premier League encounter.West Ham held the eventual champions to a 1-1 draw in the corresponding fixture last term, but Chelsea will be looking to retain local bragging rights after their 4-1 demolition of the Hammers in March.Florent Malouda set up goals for Alex and Didier Drogba in that game and also scored a superb low strike after an excellent run - and the Frenchman has been showing similar conviction in front of goal this term, having scored four times in the league already.Malouda scored 15 in total in the 2009/10 season - his best ever tally - and he will be looking to open the scoring for the fourth game running as he bids to better last term's form in front of goal. The Blues have been boosted by the news that super Frankie Lampard will be back to face his old team, and he is likely to be joined by John Terry despite the Chelsea skipper having missed the international break. Can Lampard instigate another Chelsea masterclass to continue their perfect start to the season? And can Petr Cech maintain his superb clean sheet run? MATCH CHAT HERE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milan 17,957 Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Lampard fit, Terry fit, myself inside the stadium among other Chelsea fans...can I ask for more? Can't wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve 10,227 Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Lampard fit, Terry fit, myself inside the stadium among other Chelsea fans...can I ask for more? Can't wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caesarblues 51 Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Another side of Avram Grant(again) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NattyBlue 44 Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 West Ham will step their game up for as usual but I'm confident we can steam roll them this time, come on! See you Fri Milan ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Styles 9,790 Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 West Ham will have been rested up as not many of their players are away on international duty. This means that they can give 110% while our players will have been all around the world for their respective countries.I hope the referee doesn't try to even the game out as so usually happens when the big teams play weaker oppisition. Mike Dean, as always, in the same fixture last season was simply appalling...and that's leaving the Lampard penalty farce aside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
We Hate Scouse 10,326 Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 We'll batter them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manuf 1,448 Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 We'll batter them...this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
middleoftheshed 388 Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Repeat of 07/08 minus the sending off would be lovely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary gordon 1,777 Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 I'm more confident about this game then i was about Stoke.. Besides Parker's "hail mary" strike last time, they had nothing.. Now the boys are rested, hungry and raring to go! I would definetly look at putting The ex West Ham boy Benayoun on for a good 25 mins along with Ramires for around 20. I would think Mikel would be given a rest after 60-70 mins after international duty in which he had a long travel schedule and would probably be jet-lagged.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmax 9,219 Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 West Ham look awful at the moment, which is good news for us obviously. Our injury situation scares me more than West Ham tbh, especially if the reports of Mikel being injured in the Nigeria game are true. The midfield and defence will be interesting and I guess we'll only know more by Friday, hence I'm also delaying my Prediction League post till that time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolayes 14,489 Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 Repeat of 07/08 minus the sending off would be lovely. on that day our second half display with 10 men was incredible ...it looked like they had 10 and we we had 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLionheart 516 Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 i think we are about to see some changes in the starting XI because of defense injuries , and also we have a UCL match 3 days away from this one . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EskWeston 696 Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 Following the internationals and the injuries we have had the starting 11 is still very unclear, would like to see Sturridge getting a start, he is working very hard and hitting some good form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubber bullets 1,183 Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 To be honest I won't be half suprised if they get a draw out of us. West Ham will not want to go 3 games withouth a win and they always up their game when we go to Upton Park, I still hope ofr a win but I can see this as a very tricky game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolayes 14,489 Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 To be honest I won't be half suprised if they get a draw out of us. West Ham will not want to go 3 games withouth a win and they always up their game when we go to Upton Park, I still hope ofr a win but I can see this as a very tricky game.Im actually feeling confident ,,think it will be a comfortable win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray. 217 Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 Can't wait for this game as I didn't make it last year due to the snow. Hopefully with the international break we will be refreshed and focussed. It will be good if Ramires gets to start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolayes 14,489 Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 Lampard fit, Terry fit, myself inside the stadium among other Chelsea fans...can I ask for more? Can't wait!would not start lamps or terry ...on the bench for them at most ...hope sturridge gets start along with ramires and yossi ...mikel not to play either ..stupid to rush players back too soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laylabelle 9,535 Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 Reckon be a tight game.Teams that been shit always seem to pull it together when they play us!In the past anyho...2-0..1-0...either way better be a win!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caesarblues 51 Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 'Lampard had surgery on Tuesday and I think that he will start to train this week. I don't know when but we will see how he trains and we will take a decision for the game against West Ham. 'Terry didn't have surgery but he used the last week to improve his hamstring. He will start to train with the squad this week, maybe Tuesday, and I think he will be able to play against West Ham.'CFC.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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