Chelsea vs Portsmouth
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This is going to be interesting.
Portsmouth's doing qute OK in the league.
Chelsea just done a historic win over Barcelona.
Some posers :
1. Will Cuducini play or will JM let Hilario carry on his duties.
2. Will Shev play?
3. Will Drogba play? He was injured in the first half against Barca but carried on.
4. Will JM use the same formation as against Barca?
Guessing the line up will be as follows :
Hilario, Cannibal, Terry, Ferreira, A.Cole, Makelele, Lamps, Ballack, J.Cole, Shev, Robben, SWP.
Res : Drogba, Carvalho, Bridge, Cudicini, Essien -
1. Will Cuducini play or will JM let Hilario carry on his duties. - Hilario even though his experience is much lesser than Cuducini but i personally think that Hilario is a better keeper for now
2. Will Shev play? - sheva will play (RA pet) but will be drop 1 day if JM is losing
3. Will Drogba play? He was injured in the first half against Barca but carried on. - Yes Drogba is a warrior and on hot form and he seems to shaken off the injury anyway
4. Will JM use the same formation as against Barca - No I don't think he will he will improvise it -
Portsmouth's regular full-backs are out with Glen Johnson ineligible and Dejan Stefanovic carrying a knee problem.
Noe Pamarot and Matt Taylor are set to deputise with Niko Kranjcar coming into midfield. Striker Andy Cole will start on the bench despite last week's goal.
Should be an easy win for us since their 2 main fullbacks are out
And Sheva will be drop
Joe Cole Likely To be 1st team
Chelsea may play 4-3-3 rather than 4-4-2 this weekend -
Mourinho sets more goals goal
Saturday, Oct 21, 2006
José Mourinho has given his players the target of upping the team’s goals-per-chance ratio against Portsmouth this afternoon.
The Chelsea boss is conscious of the tough challenge the fourth-placed side, just three points behind in the Premiership table, will provide at the Bridge.
Ruthlessness plus maintaining the mental intensity of the Barcelona game is the key to not dropping points, as happened in the last Premiership home game, versus Aston Villa.
Against Reading because we didnÂ’t have a lot of chances to score, especially because we were playing with ten men for so long,Â’ Mourinho begins. He was talking to Chelsea TV at FridayÂ’s final training session, held at Stamford Bridge.
But against Aston Villa and Barcelona, the two last games at home, we had so many chances to score but at the end of these 120 minutes, we had scored twice.
We have to try to put our level of scoring goals better. We have to score more goals with less chances.Â’
With at least one out of Manchester United and Liverpool guaranteed to drop points when the two teams meet on Sunday, Mourinho will order his players to set a strong early pace for the weekend and not bathe in the Barcelona win.
I have to tell them that after a big game with a very good result, it happens a lot a negative game and a very bad result.
When it happens, it is not because players are tired. It is because mentally you just relax. That is what I have to try to fight by speaking with the players to keep them alert.
One day we will have to stop our incredible record at home, but we have to delay that to the maximum we can.Â’
Chelsea are 48 league games unbeaten at the Bridge. Mourinho confirmed that Carlo Cudicini is not yet ready to resume playing. Hilario will make his second Chelsea start on his 31st birthday.
Apart from the goalkeepers, the manager reports a few minor fitness niggles in the squad but no further players ruled out.
Portsmouth have good, experienced players and manager. The game is difficult,Â’ he warned. -
should be a draw
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Gut feelng it will be 3 - 1 scoreline in favour of Chelsea.Originally posted by leo-kun:should be a draw
Shev to at least score once. Please......... -
Robben miss 2 great chances
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Shev FINALLY scored.
Overall, the Chelsea team looked a bit tired. Robben was lively. Ballack again quite disappointing although he scored the 2nd goal.
Hilario could have done better when Portsmouth scored their scrappy goal.
Essien very selfish today. Our defence was quite solid. Drogba still impressive.
David James was fantastic for Portsmouth. If not for him, the scoreline wpould have been greater. -
the way our team took the foot off the pedal after going 2-0 is very frightening. we never had this complaceny before. now we're champions we start to get abit cocky. ok maybe mid week ucl had a big part in fatigue. but i hope there wun be a repeat of letting the other team claw back.
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i think still think ballack is the main problem even after he score for chelsea
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Yes, finally! The goal will certainly give him a boostOriginally posted by eemtij:Shev FINALLY scored.
Overall, the Chelsea team looked a bit tired. Robben was lively. Ballack again quite disappointing although he scored the 2nd goal.
Hilario could have done better when Portsmouth scored their scrappy goal.
Essien very selfish today. Our defence was quite solid. Drogba still impressive.
David James was fantastic for Portsmouth. If not for him, the scoreline wpould have been greater.
Sheva & Drogba make a mean pair up front.
Robben looks more his old self again. With Ballack, I can still only say "Why Ballack?!?"
And yes, I can't agree more, David James had an excellent game. It should have been a thumping. -
Not just that ... after the Portsmouth goal, we looked a mess at the back. Could it have been bec of the substitutions prior to that?Originally posted by stellazio:the way our team took the foot off the pedal after going 2-0 is very frightening. we never had this complaceny before. now we're champions we start to get abit cocky. ok maybe mid week ucl had a big part in fatigue. but i hope there wun be a repeat of letting the other team claw back. -
No, the Chelsea players could not stop laughing when Mourinho "accidentally" kicked the ball when still in play.Originally posted by miss_soojung:Not just that ... after the Portsmouth goal, we looked a mess at the back. Could it have been bec of the substitutions prior to that?
That is why we played crappily the last 20 minutes. -
Portsmouth boss Redknapp: I like Mourinho
tribalfooball.com - October 23, 2006
Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp says he's a big fan of Chelsea counterpart Jose Mourinho.
Mourinho received a ticking off from ref Mark Clattenburg when he rushed to boot the ball back along the touchline for a throw-in BEFORE it had gone out of play on Saturday.
A red-faced Mourinho was left laughing at his mistake but Redknapp suggested that the Portuguese had shown some unexpectedly nifty footwork with his first kick of a ball in the Premiership.
Portsmouth chief Redknapp joked: "He showed a nice touch and I wish I could have done the same. I tried it the other week against Bolton when the ball came near me but fell a**e over tit."
Mourinho has come under fire again this week for his responses to the Petr Cech affair but Redknapp added: "I like his personality and I like him. He has a fantastic record and seems a good guy to me. I always look forward to seeing him." -
Originally posted by eemtij:No, the Chelsea players could not stop laughing when Mourinho "accidentally" kicked the ball when still in play.
That is why we played crappily the last 20 minutes.
That was certainly a funny moment -
but the ref overeacted I guess
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But the ref did not show a yellow card to JMOriginally posted by ghimpheng:but the ref overeacted I guess