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I liked the look of Sandro, I think Tottenham are trying to buy him in real life?may look into that in january or next season, as I have makelele and rodwell for CM and DM now. Not sure how cheap rafinha will be, and whether he'll be happy being second choice. I may just stick with belletti and paulo ferreira.
 
Rafinha will be about 11mill
Diego Renan is a very good youngster but will also be pricey
 
Sunderland 0 - 2 Chelsea
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Chelsea kept up the early pressure after a professional display against Sunderland tonight. Mikel managed to make the starting line-up despite the injury he picked up last weekend against Portsmouth, and had a good game.

The game took a long while to get going, but Chelsea did well early doors to keep possession. However, they were slack up front, with Nicolas Anelka rarely reacting and Demba Ba spurned a number of good opportunities.

But in the 46th minute, right on half time, Deco and Lampard opened up Sunderland's defence with a nice one-two, before the latter smashed the ball home to give Chelsea the lead into half-time.

In the second half, Sunderland tried to show some ambition, but were lacking anything up front. Darren Bent was very isolated up front, and was kept quiet by some brilliant defending by Alex and Carvalho.

On 70 minutes, Jack Rodwell replaced Mikel for his debut, and it was him who set up Demba Ba for the winner in the 87th minute, playing a brilliant through ball into acres of space, where Ba slotted past Marlon Fulop, who in his defence had been having a very good game.

A very encouraging performance for Chelsea, and they will need it, as they go to the Emirates in the next game. Didier Drogba and Jose Bosingwa will also be fit for that game.

Sunderland: Fulop, Dallku (Ferdinand 45), Rindaroy (McCartney 63), Mensah (Nosworthy 49), Turner, Malbranque, Slory, Cana, Cattermole, Richardson, Bent
Unused subs: Gordon, da Silva, Reid, Jones
Chelsea: Cech, Ivanovic (Bosingwa 90), A. Cole, Carvalho, Alex, Mikel (Rodwell 72), Lampard, Essien, Deco, Ba, Anelka (Kalou 78)
Unused subs: Hilario, Ballack, J. Cole, Malouda

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Manager of the Month

The Manager of the Month Award for August goes to Sam Illyroy after guiding his team to wins in all 3 games.

Chelsea 3 - 0 Fulham
Chelsea 1 - 0 Portsmouth
Sunderland 0 - 2 Chelsea

Mark Hughes of Manchester City was second with Sam Allardyce of Blackburn third.

Florent Malouda also came 2nd in goal of the month, for his screamer against Fulham.
 
Arsenal vs. Chelsea
Emirates Stadium, London
FA Premier League, 19:45 KO

Live Text commentary

19:26: Chelsea vs. Arsenal; it always produces a classic, so that's what we'll be hoping for today. Chelsea name Drogba in their line-up for the first time this season after his injury, even if it is only on the bench.
Chelsea: Cech, Bosingwa, A. Cole, Alex, Carvalho, Mikel, Lampard, Essien, Deco, Anelka, Ba (Hilario, Ivanovic, Rodwell, Ballack, J. Cole, Malouda, Drogba)
19:36: Bendtner starts on the right wing today for Arsenal; odd decision from Arsene Wenger.
19:45: And we're off in this London derby.
19:58: The first chance, and it's a goal to Arsenal! But it's been disallowed for offside. Clichy swung in a brilliant left-footed cross which van Persie got his head onto, but the assistant had his flag up.
20:03: Chelsea open up some space on the right side, but Deco blasts his shot into the side netting.
20:30: HALF TIME Arsenal 0 - 0 Chelsea And that is actually it for the first half. Not great viewing at all.
20:45: Big changes for Chelsea at half-time and they've picked up two more injuries it would seem: Michael Essien comes off for Michael Ballack, and Jose Bosingwa limps off for Ivanovic to replace him. And we're off again.
20:54: And it's getting no better here. The best chance of the second half and van Persie has blasted it miles over the bar. Ashley Cole is limping now.
21:04: GOAL Arsenal 1 - 0 Chelsea Arsenal deserved it arguably. Chelsea are looking limp with their injureis, and van Persie buries a brilliant 20 yard free-kick to give them the advantage. The dissapointing Demba Ba is replaced by Didier Drogba. Now it's game on.
21:15: Ohhhh so close for Chelsea. They're piling the pressure on now. Drogba and Anelka link well and the shot is saved, Ballack comes in to bury the rebound but it's cleared off the line by Clichy, only as far as Ashley Cole who blasts it straight at Almunia. Anelka tucks in the rebound but it is disallowed for a foul on Almunia.
21:21: GOAL Arsenal 1 - 1 Chelsea They've done it! And Drogba really is the difference here. Deco plays it up to Drogba, who flicks it down for Lampard who powers past Gallas before slotting coolly past Almunia. This game is up for grabs with 10 minutes to go.
21:25 Ahhh, Drogba goes close, Lampard plays him through, but he just can't get it right on his left foot.
21:35: 4 minutes of injury time are ending, and Clichy blasts it at Cech for a corner...
21:37: It's cleared by Chelsea who counter and win a corner at the other end..
21:40: FULL TIME Arsenal 1 - 1 Chelsea The corner is cleared and the final whistle goes. My heart was going at the end of that game. After a poor first half, the game really came to life when Van Persie scored, and Chelsea did very well to recover a point from the game. Drogba really showed how important a player he is there, and Chelsea will be delighted that he's back.

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Frank Lampard celebrates with Nicolas Anelka and Deco after his late equaliser.
 
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ok u could go for kyle Naughtan from spurs... he is a good youngster .. dno how much u could get him for tho
 
Nice story and a great layout. Kiko Femenia could do as a young backup for Bosingwa but I'm not quite sure if he is good enough to fill in for Bosingwa in the long term. I'd go for Lahm to replace Bosingwa.
 
dude if you want a player for the midfield go for veratti he is an excellent prospect i got him for my liverpool team and i didnt regret it loaned him out several times then now he is better than fabregas scoring and creating and being just brilliant..
 
DIDIER DROGBA OUT FOR 2 WEEKS

Just a week after making his return against Arsenal, Drogba has suffered another injury on international duty, and with Sporting Lisbon and Liverpool to play in the next couple of weeks, it could be a very damaging injury to Chelsea's aspirations.

Kyle Naughton, he is a good player, I may just have a look at him.
not heard of veratti, but he sounds excellent. just brought in a couple of young german players who are computer generated for my midfield, so I'll have to check i t out, and Lahm, he is a bit of a ledge in my eyes, like my german players.
what did you think of the arsenal game? my heart was racing ha. I didn't want to lose this early in the season.

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NICOLAS ANELKA OUT FOR 2 WEEKS

Just 2 days after Drogba suffered the same injury, Nicolas Anelka is out for 2 weeks with a damaged elbow that will rule him out for the games against Sporting Lisbon and Liverpool. Kalou is being tipped to start this weekends game against Burnley in his place.
 
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finnaly a chelsea story lol brilliant story so far mate will definately be following
 
Thanks guys :) I'm glad to hear you're following, got a game report coming here, and it's a good 'un! Not sure I want David Wheater and as for gary cahill, well I've already got alex, ivanovic, carvalho, terry, rodwell and bruma. I don' tthink I need them. Sorry mate, good suggestions though. If I'm looking to buy anywhere, it's at full back positions.
 
Chelsea 5 - 0 Burnley
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It was a walk in the park today for a magnificent Chelsea side that completely trounced Burnley, who had no shots on target during this entire game. Chelsea made a number of changes from the Arsenal game prior to the international break, and those were mainly due to injuries. Jack Rodwell started his first game at centre-back as Carvalho was suffering from concussion. Salomon Kalou started up front for his first start of the season, and he was to delight.

It took but 12 minutes for Chelsea to get the first goal, and it came from a revitalised Demba Ba, who was absolutely everywhere in this game. Played in by Essien, he turned and drilled into the top corner from well over 25 yards.

And he doubled his and Chelsea's tallies for the game on 33 minutes from a Deco corner, towering above Bikey to head into the bottom corner.

Fantastic build up play from Chelsea led to the third, with Bosingwa playing an exquisite cross-field ball to Lampard who passed it first time behind the Burnley defence where Kalou pounced to drill home from 4 yards, right before half-time.

In the second half, Deco hit a screamer straight after half-time to make it 4-0 before Kalou grabbed his second and Chelsea's fourth; young substitute Gael Kakuta, making his debut played in Demba Ba who flicked on to Kalou to slide home comfortably past Penny. This added shine to an already fantastic Chelsea performance, against a side that had held Manchester United at Old Trafford just a couple of weeks before.

Chelsea: Cech, Bosingwa, A. Cole, Rodwell, Alex, Mikel, Essien, Lampard (Malouda 79), Deco (Kakuta 63), Ba (Sturridge 79), Kalou
Unused subs: Hilario, Ivanovic, Makelele, J. Cole
Burnley: Penny, Edgar, Carlisle, Duff, Eagles (Easton 45), Gueye (Alexander 13), Joseph, Gudjonsson, McCann, Nugent (Blake 60), Fletcher
Unused subs: Jensen, Mears, Elliot, Jordan
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Pre-Match Squad Updates

Chelsea have a number of players for this Wednesday's match against Sporting CP coming back from injury. Drogba, Anelka, Ballack and Belletti are available for selection, although will be struggling for fitness.

The Sporting CP vs. Chelsea game is a live television game, and will have live commentary.
 
Chelsea vs. Sporting Lisboa CP
Stamford Bridge
UEFA Champions League Matchday 1, 19:45 KO

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Live Text Commentary

19:02: The second round of games in the Champions League are about to get underway tonight as Chelsea and Arsenal get their respective campaigns underway. Chelsea start against their strongest opponents in the group, and that is reflected in their line-up tonight:
Chelsea: Cech, Ivanovic, A. Cole, Alex, Rodwell, Mikel, Essien, Lampard, Deco, Ba, Kalou
19:07: A number of Chelsea players are still out, and of course Bosingwa and Drogba both face UEFA bans for their conduct in the semi final against Barcelona last year, and are so unavailable. Ross Turnbull appears for the first time on the team sheet, today on the bench. Yury Zhirkov is also there too, and it would be nice to see him get on before the end of the 90.
19:23: No doubt they won't, but Chelsea really can't under-estimate Sporting Lisbon tonight, their strike force is generally a joy to behold: Angulo, Vukcevic and Liedson. Also, Miguel Veloso will be a player to keep your eye on.
19:45: And we're underway tonight.
19:57: Essien and Deco play it around, before Deco releases an absolute thunderbolt, but the keeper tips it onto the crossbar and over for a corner, which comes to nothing.
20:01: Chelsea play it round nicely, but Lampard shoots well over the bar.
20:13: Kalou burts down the left wing and has a shot from a very tight angle, which the goalkeeper has to rush across to save. The corner is headed wide by Alex.
20:15: GOAL Chelsea 1 - 0 Sporting CP And the deadlock is broken. And Deco is truly in sensational form this season; Lampard plays it across the pitch to him, and he picks the perfect pass to find Demba Ba who has the easiest job to get his fifth of the season.
20:20: GOAL Chelsea 2 - 0 Sporting CP Well I was just going to say that Sporting were giving it a real go now, but they committed too many men forward. And it's that partnership again. Lampard plays it out of defence to Deco, who plays an exquisite ball through the middle which Demba Ba runs onto, before passing it neatly into the bottom corner. Beautiful.
20:25: So close from Rodwell. Demba Ba wins Chelsea a corner, and it's whipped in. Rodwell meets it brilliantly, but it goes just over the bar.
20:33: HALF TIME Chelsea 2 - 0 Sporting CP A very good half from Chelsea's point of view. Two very nice goals from Demba Ba gives them a nice cushion. But in those last 5 minutes Sporting were starting to show their skills. Chelsea will need to stay alert.
20:48: The second half kicks off.
21:02: Lampard swings in a corner and Alex heads it towards goal, and it's just, just prodded off the line for another corner, which results in a Sporting free kick.
21:04: Deco has performed brilliantly today, but he is replaced by Joe Cole. Most likely to save his legs for the Liverpool game this weekend.
21:08: That doesn't look good. Lampard plays Ba through and he miscues his shot wide. The more worrying thing is that he is lying and the floor calling for a stretcher.
21:09: He might be able to play on, but the manager isn't risking it, and Daniel Sturridge comes on for Ba.
21:11: And that's their final substitution of the night. Yury Zhirkov comes on to make his debut, with Ashley Cole making way. He had just picked up a yellow card.
21:20: GOAL Chelsea 3 - 0 Sporting CP How about that. Wonderful work from Joe Cole to make space, and he slides a brilliant ball past Carrico (Who has been very poor today), and Daniel Sturridge keeps his head to slot past the oncoming keeper. That's his first Chelsea goal.
21:32: FULL TIME Chelsea 3 - 0 Sporting CP Well when it's your day, it's your day. Demba Ba was fantastic out there today, it was a shame to see him have to leave the pitch. No doubt a physio report will be coming in after the game, but also brilliant to see young Sturridge boot his first goal. A good first evening in the Champions League for the Blues.

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Daniel Sturridge did brilliantly to get his first goal, and looked sharp when coming on for Ba.


 
Liverpool vs. Chelsea
Anfield, Liverpool
FA Premier League, 16:00 KO

Live Text Commentary

15:30: There are other games going on this afternoon, but the main results came yesterday, with Manchester City and Tottenham both overtaking Chelsea in the tables. Tottenham beat Burnley 4-1, with Crouch getting all the goals, and Micah Richards won the game for Man City as they beat Bolton 2-1. Chelsea and Liverpool are 3rd and 4th respectively so this is an important game.
15:38: The Chelsea squad is coming in now then
Chelsea: Cech, Bosingwa, A. Cole, Carvalho, Alex, Mikel, Essien, Lampard, Deco, Ba, Kalou
Just two changes from the midweek game, with Bosingwa and Carvalho coming in to replace Ivanovic and Rodwell. Ba stays in, as his injury was simply a cramp.
16:00 We're off at Anfield. We should be in for a quality game here!
16:02: Liverpool are straight out, and Babel hits a cracking shot from 30 yards, which Cech does well to parry out to Alex, who clears to touch.
16:05: GOAL Liverpool 1 - 0 Chelsea And it had been coming early on. Chelsea play the ball up the park, but Liverpool counter well, and the ball is played out to Benayoun. He gets the better of Cole and plays a nice ball into the box which Babel side foots past a stranded Cech.
16:11: Deco rallies Chelsea, and plays them up the park, before just getting his shot wrong and hitting it wide.
16:30: Chelsea suffer another injury. Zhirkov replaces the injured Ashley Cole.
16:41: Kalou should have levelled things there. Deco plays Ba in in the box, who ***** it back to Kalou, but he can only hit it straight at Reina, and it's cleared.
16:47: HALF TIME Liverpool 1 - 0 Chelsea Chelsea failed to get out of the traps early on and they paid for it. They'll need to perform much better in the second half to get anything out of it. Liverpool very impressive.
17:00: Drogba comes on for Ba in the second half and we're underway.
17:10: GOAL Liverpool 2 - 0 Chelsea Babel slides Torres in and he makes no mistake, blasting it right into the top corner. Disaster for Chelsea. And now Carvalho is hobbling too.
17:13: Deco executes a clever little back heel to Lampard, who shoots wide when he had better options.
17:25: Joe Cole replaces Deco, and Chelsea aren't getting anywhere near close.
17:30: Delightful stuff. Drogba drops the ball off to Lampard, who hits the ball first time towards Cole, who is in acres of space, but Reina saves spectacularly.
17:45: FULL TIME Liverpool 2 - 0 Chelsea And that's it here at Anfield. Chelsea were played off the park by a very impressive Liverpool side. They're going to have to improve from that against the bigger teams in this division. Also two more key injuries to worry about for the manager now.

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Babel was phenomonal for Liverpool in this game.
 
ASHLEY COLE OUT FOR 2-3 MONTHS

Yet another injury for Chelsea to add to the list, and it's starting to become hindering as we saw in the Liverpool game. Zhirkov looked impressive however, and time will tell how much of a miss Cole will be.
 
Chelsea 2 - 0 Wolves
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Carling Cup 3rd Round
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Chelsea made it through to the fourth round of the league cup today after beating Wolves. It was very much a routine victory for them, and Wolves never once threatened, with goalkeeper Hilario having very little to do in the Chelsea goal.

Anelka had three glaring opportunities, and he really should have done a lot better. He is of course just recovering from an injury however, so that can be forgiven.

Instead it was Lampard who scored from the penalty spot after Drogba was pulled down in the area to make it 1-0. And Joe Cole doubled the advantage in the second period after great hold up play from Didier Drogba, before Cole let out a screamer from 20 yards which Hennessey had no chance of catching.

Wigan in the league next, and Chelsea will have to take heart from dominating this whole game, start to finish.
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