Rant Box: Chelsea v. Aston Villa

By: Jack | December 30th, 2011
   

Apologies for not producing a killer match preview before this one, but work has been one hateful bitch this week. Anyway, do we really even need to look ahead to this New Year’s Eve fixture when we have classic images like the one below?

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Yes.

Who: Aston Villa (est. 1874)
What: Barclays Premier League, Round 19
When: 31 December, 3pm local time (10am EST)
Where: Stamford Bridge (45,449)
How: Fox Soccer Channel (DirecTV 619, Dish Network 149)

Why: Because we need to erase the grizzly taste of that draw with Fulham.

Team sheets
Chelsea

Cech, Ferreira, Luiz, Terry, Cole, Ramires, Romeu, Meireles, Sturridge, Drogba, Mata. Bench: Turnbull, Lampard, Torres, Malouda, Bosingwa, Kalou, Hutchinson.

Aston Villa
Guzan, Cuellar, Collins, Dunne, Warnock, Albrighton, Petrov, Clark, N’Zogbia, Ireland, Agbonlahor. Bench: Marshall, Hutton, Bent, Delfouneso, Bannan, Weimann, Gardner.

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  • Working on a recap right now. I took a post-apocalyptic nap earlier to cleanse the body of all impurities.

  • At least you didn't lose to Blackburn. 

  • You'd think we had the way people are calling for AVB's head.

  • Sidthecoolkid

    happy new year fellow blues!!! let us forget the past year and begin the new one with renewed hope and zest for the game!!! our team needs us the most now and we should be there
    ps: those of u who got to go to stamford bridge to watch the game, couldnt u cheer a bit?? i can only so much shout at the tv screen sitting 8000 miles away!!!

  • iakobou

    Change is in order; I've given my two cents on my blog. Restructure should flood midfield IMHO and leave a loan ranger forward up top. What will 2012 bring us with tactical change? Hopefully a top four position in the league.

  • Sidthecoolkid

    once again, poor defending and no creativity in front of the goal has led to our downfall... teams are no longer afraid to come at bridge !!!

  • Reba

    LOL....sorry to laugh, but you should probably say "come TO the bridge."  "Come AT the bridge" sounds...well...LOL

  • Sidthecoolkid

    damn !!! well, guess we could do with some laughs!!!

  • Sharinganfx

    it will require an 8 game win streak to dig us out of this giant hole...

  • About to hit the clubs in Monte Carlo to erase the memory of this debacle. Hope everyone stateside is doing well. Even when we lose, I still take heart in the United collapse. Carefree brothers and sisters.

  • Drop a few C-notes for me.

  • Epic fail of the highest order. January will certainly be interesting. I could see at least three new faces- not including Gary Cahill. We need it at this point. Lacking ingenuity in the midfield and of course we're just woeful up front. 

  • Dave

    Chelsea is gonna kill me one day.

  • Tom

    HOW THE FUCK WE LOSE

  • Now this is what I call shit.

  • Egregious does not even begin to describe it.

  • iakobou

    Where are the Blues?

  • iakobou

    And the game looks dire.

  • Sharinganfx

    I want to see Roman's face.

  • Let's not have it then.

  • Let's have it!

  • Sharinganfx

    bumbling idiot just went on the pitch

  • Well, that was a bomb from Torres. Unlucky.

  • The midfield has been, for the lack of a better term, rubbish. Raul hasn't shown up. Far too ponderous in possession. Just not good enough.

  • Yo. Did Drogba really just do that?

  • Sharinganfx

    should lamps and even maybe kalou come on?

  • Perhaps Kalou and go 4-2-3-1.

  • We're just poor at the moment, no excuses.

  • iakobou

    Indeed, poor performance first 30 min.

  • The pen was out of nowhere. We've been labored, ponderous.

  • iakobou

    And then an even uglier display of defending.

  • iakobou

    Spot kick conversion! Ugly, but it works!

  • 150 for the Mighty One!

  • Peno!

  • Here we go boys.

  • Liveblogged the United nightmare. Such a bizarre match, but Blackburn deserve the result in my mind. Pretty amazing stuff.

  • Sharinganfx

    AND Mr. Hutchinson makes the bench. epic

  • Epic indeed.

  • Sharinganfx

    woke up to Blackburn 3 - United 2. Insanity. We better not screw up and drop points to Villa

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