Rant Box: Chelsea v. Norwich City

By: Jack | August 26th, 2011
   

Ricky’s excited about Norwich City returning to Stamford Bridge. Frankly, so are we.

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Chelsea
Hilario, Bosingwa, Ivanovic, Terry, Cole, Ramires, Mikel, Lampard, Drogba, Torres, Malouda. Substitutions: Turnbull, Mata, Lukaku, Ferreira, McEachran, Alex, Anelka.

Norwich City
Ruddy, Barnett, De Laet, Whitbread, Naughton, Hoolahan, Bradley Johnson, Crofts, Tierney, Holt, Chris Martin. Substitutions: Rudd, Russell Martin, Morison, Jackson, Pilkington, Fox, Bennett.

Referee: Mike Jones


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  • Tom

    howd the game go missed it as way out. We play well?

  • Dumitru86

    hope drogba is ok. it was a pretty bad landing on the head. he might have to wear a protective hat like cech. 

  • Mateo

    such an emotional game! Drogba K.O, our defense watching the game, ramires bolt, 2 debuts, mata scoring....

  • Sharinganfx

    wonder what Torres thinks lol...

  • CharlieFineman

    Golden MATA!!!!!

  • CharlieFineman

    Meant to say GOALden Mata!

  • Juan Manuel Mata. A star this kid is.

  • Mateo

    with Mata wearing No. 10, does this means Yossi is officially out?

  • Desailly

    not necessarily. Yossi offered him the number 10 shirt saying it meant more to Mata than it did to him cos his preferred number is 15 which malouda currently wears.

  • ZachAttack8

    no, yossi gave the number to mata because he knew how much it meant to him. yossi moved to the #30

  • Nearly home, but just barely.

  • CharlieFineman

    We will have 11 added minutes here. That's 11. Due to Drogba's injury of course (c) Eurosport

  • Lukaku, Mata making solid contributions.

  • dan

    with mata's first touch he provided better service to torres than anyone else this season

  • Sharinganfx

    Lukaku on for Torres. GOGOGO

  • SUPER FRANK.

  • CharlieFineman

    Lukaku ready to come on!! Great pen Lamps!

  • Latortillablanca

    That HEART bursting run by Ramires is the reason why Modric's prospective arrival would spell the end for none other than Mr. Franky Lampard...

  • Mateo

    RAMIRES FTW

  • Penalty! And a red for the goalkeeper. Come on son!

  • JG

    Norwich's goal- Hilarious!

    Drogba's injury- not funny. Let's hope it was a concussion and nothing else. Top class of a man, it would suck if something serious happened to him.

  • Gotta hope for the best regarding Drogba there. My word.

  • Latortillablanca

    Reds fan says DITTO

  • CharlieFineman

    ouch, poor Drogba. Mata debut.

  • Sharinganfx

    bring on Mata and Lukaku. this defending is embarrassing...drogs is not moving...

  • Mateo

    as always a fucking defensive mistake and a goal conceded

  • Torres jacks a Norwich player in the nuts. No punchline there.

  • Better.

  • 1-0 at the break. Credit Norwich for settling after a woeful start, but we've done little after the initial burst that included Bosingwa's laser. Need some juice, i.e. Mata.

  • Mateo

    Big props for norwich, they havent parked the bus and the few times they get possession they create decent chances.
    as for us we need to get behind the wheel of the game, im really eager to see Mata get some

  • Latortillablanca

    drogba + torres = peanut butter and peanut butter sandwich.
    that said, a peanut butter and peanut butter sandwich sounds delicious...

  • Agree with Mateo to an extent. Bane has really struggled thus far. We've slowed down, and it was, as usual, an awful decision.

  • Mateo

    our defense has been terrible, its the second time we save our asses.

    Hilario has been great

  • Sharinganfx

    defense has been suspect...

  • We're beginning to stutter as Norwich settles in. At least Drogba and Torres appear to be working well off each other at the moment.

  • CharlieFineman

    Any streams guys? Mine showing Everton and Blackburn. 

  • Mateo

    google "roja directa" it will redirect you to a page full of streams

  • Like the start. Good tempo and incisiveness.

  • Sharinganfx

    Captain Unibrow returns!

  • CharlieFineman

    Bosingwa 1-0.

  • Mateo

    Bosingwa player of the season so far??

  • You know, I'd say so. 

  • Bosingwa. Welcome back, son.

  • Mateo

    Ramires is quickly becoming my favorite player

  • Teams added. Up the Chels.

  • Sharinganfx

    Let's score 3 quick ones so Mata and Lukaku and McEachran can come on at the half!

  • CharlieFineman

    There's a pretty good stream, although in Russian, Sopcast Channel - 91871.

  • CharlieFineman

    And Thank God Kalou isn't selected even for the bench. 

  • CharlieFineman

    Lukaku and Mata on the bench!! Yay! Torres-Drogba up front, let's hope we show Norwich what it's all about! Come on Chelsea!!

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