Rant Box: Chelsea v Coventry

By: Jack | March 6th, 2009

Last year, at this stage of the FA Cup, Barnsley took Avram Grant’s men to task. This season, Coventry attempts to the same.

Saturday, the Sky Blues host Chelsea at Ricoh Arena in the quarterfinals of the world’s oldest cup competition. A shock result is certainly not out of the question, either.

Both clubs enter the match on a good run of form. Coventry has defeated both Wolves and Birmingham since the beginning of February. The Blues are unbeaten under interim boss Guus Hiddink, a run of four straight wins.

More prominent news for Chelsea fans is the return of Ricky Carvalho and Michael Essien. Both could see minutes Saturday. Cashley is set to start despite going all Mike Riley on some police officers this week — mainly because Paulo Ferreira has been ruled out for the season after rupturing his ACL on Thursday. Other than that, expect to see a near full-strength squad from Hiddink.

Coventry will have the Leon Best, aka Lone Ranger, up front. Clinton Morrison and Freddy Eastwood are also pushing for spots. Fullback Daniel Fox will miss out with his own knee injury.

That’s all I got. Hit me up with the goods before, during and after the match people.

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Category: FA Cup, Fixtures, Match Previews, Rant Box

Tags: Chelsea Team News, Coventry, FA Cup, Fixtures, Guus Hiddink, Leon Best, Match Previews, Michael Essien, Rant Box

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• Jon |  March 6th, 2009 at 10:58 pm

  
  
  

  With a mostly healthy squad and the our set piece defense no longer a joke, I’ll say 2-0 to Chelsea. One by Anelka and one by SuperGeniusFrank.

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• Parth |  March 7th, 2009 at 5:58 am

  
  
  

  Woo. Yes. Drogba scores and game over for Coventry

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• ASR |  March 7th, 2009 at 8:05 am

  
  
  

  solid game. Good to see Essien back. Great Drogba goal. Also have to give props to quaresma, excellent pass. Finally a winger who knows how to cross the ball… too bad we cant use him in champions league…

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• Jon |  March 8th, 2009 at 1:22 am

  
  
  

  Right on the score, wrong on the scorers. Drogba looks great, as does Quaresma. Also nice to see Essien available, as Kalou and Mikel were inept in attack.

  Man of the Match goes to Alex’s head.

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• zach |  March 8th, 2009 at 5:02 am

  
  
  

  alex has been in incredible form the last few months, im so glad he didnt end up leaving in the summer. the best news though would have to be deco likely to leave for juve at the end of the season! lets just hope ballack follows him out the door..

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• Michael B. |  March 8th, 2009 at 9:23 am

  
  
  

  I was wondering who sky sports/hiddink were talking about when i flipped on the tv and heard “yes he will be on the squad tomorrow”. So that’s a chelsea game with Essien eh? Lovely If only i didn’t wake up 60 minutes into the match

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