Chelsea 7-0 Ipswich Town

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Hopefully near kick-off something will pop up - Not very confident about that though.

[Kostas 1,468]

No TV coverage?! Ancelotti might start Sturridge during our bad moment and I won't be able to witness it?!

[Randall 315]

Which radio stations it on? I assume BBC London will be playing it?

[True_Blue 469]

The streams usually appear half an hour prior to the match.We still have almost an hour and half to kick off.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Which radio stations it on? I assume BBC London will be playing it?

BBC Radio Suffolk http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/9349520.stm

The streams usually appear half an hour prior to the match.We still have almost an hour and half to kick off.

Yeah but they're usually listed long before that too. But hopefully you're right and they'll appear later on.

[Kostas 1,468]

Cole, Essien, Malouda and Drogba rested.

Sturridge, PvA and McEachran start.

Kakuta & Bruma on the bench

The rest as expected

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Cole, Essien, Malouda and Drogba rested.

Sturridge, PvA and McEachran start.

Kakuta & Bruma on the bench

The rest as expected

Good to see. Changes have been made on their own really, but it's something, and I'll accept it.

Hopefully we'll get to see this via a stream.

[Kostas 1,468]

I'll have to see which who leads the line before passing judgment. Kalou will probably play on the wing so it's between Anelka and Sturridge.

Kalou - Sturridge - Anelka still looks pretty toothless to me

[LDN Blue 7,903]

I'll have to see which who leads the line before passing judgment. Kalou will probably play on the wing so it's between Anelka and Sturridge.

Kalou - Sturridge - Anelka still looks pretty toothless to me

Well CJ watched Sturridge in the reserves and said he played well on the right-wing. Perhaps if he can adapt to it, it may work.

[DYC. 7,542]

Well CJ watched Sturridge in the reserves and said he played well on the right-wing. Perhaps if he can adapt to it, it may work.

Correction: he made a goal cutting inside from the right. He played as a CF.

[Kostas 1,468]

Confirmation from the official site

TEAM NEWS: CHELSEA V IPSWICH TOWN

Posted on: Sun 09 Jan 2011 Daniel Sturridge, Josh McEachran and Patrick van Aanholt start in an otherwise experienced line-up.

Van Aanholt comes in for Ashley Cole who is not involved in the 18, while McEachran replaces Michael Essien who is on the bench.

Sturridge will play on the left of a front three with Nicolas Anelka in the centre and Salomon Kalou on the right. Didier Drogba is on the bench.

Ipswich make three changes in midfield and bring former Wigan striker Jason Scotland back into attack.

Chelsea are expected to line up in the following 4-3-3 formation:

1 Petr Cech

17 Jose Bosingwa

2 Branislav Ivanovic

26 John Terry ©

38 Patrick van Aanholt

7 Ramires

46 Josh McEachran

8 Frank Lampard

21 Salomon Kalou

39 Nicolas Anelka

23 Daniel Sturridge

Subs: 40 Hilario, 19 Paulo Ferreira, 43 Jeffrey Bruma, 5 Michael Essien, 44 Gael Kakuta, 15 Florent Malouda, 11 Didier Drogba.

Ipswich are expected to start in the following 4-4-2 formation:

Fulop; Brown, McAuley, O'Dea, Kennedy; Peters, Norris ©,Healy , Edwards; Scotland, Wickham.

Subs: Lee-Barrett, Priskin, Delaney, Eastman, Smith, Civelli, Murray.

The referee is Andy D'Urso.

Sturridge on the wing and McEachran defensive mid :rant:

[LDN Blue 7,903]

I don't know why this, of all things, bothers me.. But Hilario(us) in for Turnbull?

Also, I don't see Sturridge seeing out the whole game & McEachran's probably in the holding role again

[True_Blue 469]

Looks good but we should have started Bruma and rest our only available CB's.

[DYC. 7,542]

Anelka as a CF.

Sturridge as a LW.

McEachran as a DM.

Why did I allow myself to get excited about seeing Lamps and Josh working together in CM..

[carefreeluke 27]

Why 4-3-3?

[Kostas 1,468]

Are we getting grumpy or is this as retarded as it looks?

I mean the only kid that hasn't been played out of position this year is PvA (!)

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Why 4-3-3?

Don't worry, it'll become 4-2-4 when we go 1-down.

[Rubber bullets 1,183]

It could be possible that we will be playing with a more flat line midfield.