[Archived] Chelsea At Ewood

[Robin]

ROVERS: Brown, Salgado, Samba ©, Jones, Olsson, Diouf, Andrews, Nzonzi, Pedersen, Dunn, Kalinić.

Subs: Bunn (GK), Jacobsen, Emerton, Roberts, Linganzi, Hoilett, Chimbonda.

CHELSEA: Turnbull, Ivanovic, Lampard, Drogba, Mikel, Malouda, Ferreira, Kalou, Terry ©, Alex, Anelka.

Subs: Sebek (GK), J. Cole, Zhirkov, Deco, Sturridge, Matic, Bruma.

[ABBEY]

Gonna be messy .

[sam_rovers]

whats up with Basturk? not even in the team and Linganzi has a place on the bench!

[broadsword]

Maybe he's insulted Sam's fashion saense.

[modes98]

Now I am worried.

[BRFC1995]

possibility of a slaughtering. keep them below 4 goals would be a result. christmas come early for drogba and his golden boot aspirations with the worst defensive 5 i can ever remember us fielding, including the peacock days and amoruso days.

[Dan]

5-0 Chelsea, Andrews to play a blinder, for Chelsea. 1 upfront To be as effective as usual. Bunn to play well, the only good point.

[Iceman]

What was the ###### use, of signing Basturk. Andrews ahead of Basturk, as well as Linganzi. Super roll over by Sam!

[Mr. E]

BFS out.

This man is taking the pi$$ out of our club. Salgdo, Andrews, Pedersen and Diouf will never be Premiership quality, let alone do the job vs Chelsea.

[RibbleValleyRover]

ROVERS: Brown, Salgado, Samba ©, Jones, Olsson, Diouf, Andrews, Nzonzi, Pedersen, Dunn, Kalinić.

Subs: Bunn (GK), Jacobsen, Emerton, Roberts, Linganzi, Hoilett, Chimbonda.

CHELSEA: Turnbull, Ivanovic, Lampard, Drogba, Mikel, Malouda, Ferreira, Kalou, Terry ©, Alex, Anelka.

Subs: Sebek (GK), J. Cole, Zhirkov, Deco, Sturridge, Matic, Bruma.

Very tough game for Jones to make his debut, but i think its the right decision instead of playing Andrews or Chimbonda there. If Chelsea have done their homework by looking at footage of the Spurs game they will put Malouda on Salgado and get him to run as often as possible at him. Dunn and Pedersen need to put in a better performance and support Niko today as i can't see hit and hope hoofball working against Terry and Alex.

Looking at the quality Chelsea have we shouldn't stand a chance but there is the possibility they may not have got over the champions league exit to Inter. If they haven't it could be close, if they have i can see a 3, 4 or 5-0 scoreline.

[Balwer]

BFS out.

This man is taking the pi$$ out of our club. Salgdo, Andrews, Pedersen and Diouf will never be Premiership quality, let alone do the job vs Chelsea.

Three of those players have been premiership quality at one point or another. Who would you have chosen with six out? The only surprise to me is Basturk not in the squad, but he could have picked up an injury.

[philipl]

All credit to Sam for bravely trying Jones and rewarding Diouf and MGP for improved performances.

I expect the game will completely by-pass Keith but sadly Emerton was poor last time out.

[BRFC1995]

i predict the away team to have a minimum of 70% possession and in excess of 20 attempts on goal, we are so predictable against the big teams we do our level best to make the oppo's star players shine and i'm dreading this.

BROWN-OLLSSON-SALGADO-JONES-SAMBA VS DROGBA.......never seen anything so one sided

[broadsword]

Just hopping off to the pub now.

Let's not try to be too negative, lads. We haven't kicked off yet.

[EwoodGlory]

Chimbonda must be off in the summer then.

[Balwer]

I think it's just very disappointing that we are playing this game without Nelsen and Givet. It's really really tough on Phil Jones but let's hope he makes a decent account of himself.

[Amo]

ROVERS: Brown, Salgado, Samba ©, Jones, Olsson, Diouf, Andrews, Nzonzi, Pedersen, Dunn, Kalinić.

[Presty On Tour]

I think Jones will do alright, it's Brown and Andrews i'm worried about.

We're good @Ewood, lets have a go. I hate Chelski.

[Tim Southampton Rover]

Come on Rovers. Anything can happen in football!

[Inta Beaver]

My worry is Salgado up against Malouda! He is better than Bale

[Tim Southampton Rover]

Good old Rovers fans cheering Terry at every opportunity

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[Balwer]

That was Ollson's fault. he never tried getting back.

[Inta Beaver]

Why doesn't Doiuf cover Ollsonn who has made a forward run? Lazy......!!!!

[Dan]

Why are we playing a fat midget in goal when Bunn is far better?

[promoted2001]

That didn't take long!