Archive for August, 2010

The Last Time Chelsea Played Wigan

Another fantastic Chelsea video from Feroze17 of the last time Chelsea played Wigan

Wigan v Chelsea Preview

The first away game of the season is against Wigan who despite capitulating on the last day of the season defeated Chelsea at the DW stadium last time Chelsea were the visitors.
Chelsea will be hoping for a much improved performance on that 3-1 defeat this Saturday when the club is again the Saturday evening feature.

I would expect that Carlo Ancelotti will make few changes from the side that decimated West Brom with Paulo Ferreria and John Obi Mikel the only players whose place in the side is at risk.

After a poor performance against West Bromwich Albion, I would expect Ferreria to make way for the reliable Branislav Ivanovic at right back, whilst the arrival of Ramires may mean that Mikel misses out, although he may survive for this week at least.

Likely Team to Face Wigan

Cech, Cole, Terry, Alex, Ivanovic, Mikel, Lampard, Essien, Malouda, Drogba, Anelka
Wigan have had a poor start to the season with defeat to Blackpool on the opening day in a humiliating 4-0 defeat.

Although their manager Roberto Martinez likes to play attractive football he has little resource to get the players into the team to help him with this goal and his side faces an uphill battle with relegation this term.

It is likely that Wigan will play a defensive game despite being at home and it will be up to Ivanovic and Cole to provide the width that can allow Chelsea to break Wigan down.

eChelseaFC refuses to make predictions, but anything other than an away win will be considered a shock.

View from the Shed

Due to low attendances from home fans, Chelsea have received a large allocation meaning that the atmosphere is normally pretty impressive as everyone who wants one can get tickets.
The evening kick off makes it easier to get to the game without a ridiculously early start.

It’s like we were never away! The Chelsea Football FanCast #126

Chidge is joined by Dr Mart, Ross fresh from his trip to the US of A and Chris fresh from making his debut on Sky News last week. They discuss the 6-0 tonking of West Brom, give out their match awards and chew the fat over the latest Chelsea news.

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It’s good to see Chelsea picking up where they left off last season and indeed good to see the Chelsea FanCast crew picking up where they left off last season – by drinking themselves silly all day as first day of the season excitement well and truly got to them!!

Inspite of being woefully short of both match fitness and sharpness, the Boys in Blue made very short work of Robbie Di Matteo’s West Brom and dished out a bit of a 6-0 tonking. Oh it’s good to be back!! Drogba gets a hat-trick to take him above Jimmy Greaves in the all-time Chelsea scoring table, and Malouda, Anelka and Cole all put in good performances. Unsurprisingly they figure in the FanCast’s Man of the Match and Guinness awards. But what or whom will get the Celery and Chant of the Match awards…

Turning to the latest Chelsea news, we all have a laugh at Joe Cole seeing Red and Bruce Buck taking the mick out of them; applaud Malouda for being one of the people; find out why our very own Blues Brother Chris Norman was on Sky News and Chidge and Dr Mart have a major rant about the appalling lack of food in the Gate 17 bar.

All that plus some old skool songs in “We’re out to show the World the way to sing”, Dr Mart answering questions on football coverage on TV; why he tried to assassinate Clifford Cravello using Guinness and Vindaloo; one man went to mow and the Chelsea squad. And finally, Chidge reads out the best posts from the website and facebook group in “You’re on CFFC” and some news on new items for the show and the website this season.

The Chelsea Football FanCast: It’s like we were never away!

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Focus on Youth #2 Josh McEachran

One of the stand out stars from a torrid pre-season was the emergence of Josh McEachran to the Chelsea senior side during the pre-season friendly.

Josh McEachran is a 17 year old midfielder who has been at the club for four years and has made 4 first team appearances during the pre-season calendar.

Appearing in first and reserve team fixtures during this period, his level head and skill have gained him the attention of Chelsea fans for the first time.

Having won the FA Youth Cup last season and being part of England’s u17 European Championship winning side, he has achieved great success in his formative years having already travelled with the first team prior to his mini breakthrough in pre-season.

Whilst there is much maturing to be done, it is clear he has the potential to be a star and for this reason he is the focus of our 2nd focus on youth.

Chelsea FC Fantasy Premier League – Week 1 Update

The eChelseaFC Fantasy Premier League competition is now a week old and with a clean sheet and a hatful of goals, players that had a high number of Chelsea players were handsomely rewarded.

The top of the table now looks as follows with some teams flying out the blocks nearly hitting the 100 point barrier, whilst 22 points props up the bottom of the leaderboard

With a full calendar of Premier League fixtures this weekend the leaderboard could be turned on its head in an instant.

If you are thinking of changing your team, it might be worth considering this weeks top performers.

Joe Hart – 12

Baptiste – 12

Malouda -15

Drogba – 17