What?!?!? Not on the Telly??
By 40 Years A Blue
January 27 2006
For the first of two successive weekend games against teams from Merseyside, Chelsea continue their assault on the FA Cup front with an away tie at Goodison Park in a 4th Round tie against Everton.
In the league game at Goodison earlier on this season, a game where Chelsea dropped their first points of the season in a 1-1 draw. James Beattie scored a penalty and Super Frank scored a rip-snorter of an equaliser and in the same game TV replays proved that the 'goal' that Dids scored should have stood. Remember JM saying 'We scored two goals, they scored one.' Chelsea do not have any injury worries. Robben is available again after suspension whereas Ricky Carvalho is unavailable through suspension after his sending off against Charlton last week. Chelsea have travelled with a fully fit and available squad. Dids and Geremi are involved in the African Nations Cup, Essien is stil returning from injury and Filipe Morais has gone out on a month's loan to MK Dons. I expect the following eleven to start: Cudicini, Ferreira, Terry, Gallas, Del Horno, Makelele, Lampard, Gudjohnsen, J Cole, Robben, C Cole. There is talk amongst the 'other' football sites that Huth will start. Now I have got nothing against the bloke, but he does make me 'nervous' when he plays, but I did write after the League game at Goodison that he played Ferguson in his back pocket. So here is to another Champagne performance Rob! (if you do start). Everton despite their lack of squad numbers due to injury and suspensions will be no-pushovers and they are in a run of form at the moment. No defeats in six games and they did beat Arsenal last week, but then again so have Chelsea. THREE times this season. But Everton do have their own problems. No Cahill, Yobo, Stubbs, Carsley and Van Der Meyde. Exclusively revealed on Chelsea TV this evening, contrary to other reports Everton's Matteo Ferrari is fit and will play. 40 YEARS A BLUE!
