Chelsea vs Newcastle United match banter!
Posted on May 2nd, 2012 | 84 Comments |
Date: Weds, 2nd May, 2012.
Kick-Off: 7.45pm.
Referee: Mark Halsey (Lancashire).
UK TV: None.
Good evening Geordies, and welcome to our “match banter” feature for this evening’s Chelsea game at Stamford Bridge.
With a possible Champions League place still up for grabs despite our recent defeat at Wigan, to say that this game was important would be an understatement, with only a point separating Tottenham, ourselves and this evening’s opponents in the race for fourth place. Of course, Chelsea themselves could make it academic if they go and win their Champions League final against the sausagemunchers of Bayern Munich, in which case, it would only be the top three and Chelsea who go through. Even so though, it isn’t since the days of Bobby Robson since we had a genuine chance of getting a Champions League place at this stage of the season.
Anyway, for all the pre match info in the run up to this game, you could always check out our match preview for all the stats, team news, what the managers have been saying in the run up to the game and so on. As usual, we shall also be putting up the team sheets for the game when they become available, as well as posting highlights shortly after the game, a match report and even a full match video if available so stay tuned!
Howay the Lads!
Team sheets
Chelsea (4-2-3-1): Petr Cech; Jose Bosingwa, Branislav Ivanovic, John Terry (C), Ryan Bertrand, John Obi Mikel, Raul Meireles, Ramires, Florent Malouda, Daniel Sturridge; Fernando Torres.
Subs: Ross Turnbull, Ashley Cole, Michael Essien, Frank Lampard, Juan Mata, Salomon Kalou, Didier Drogba.
Newcastle United (4-4-2): Tim Krul (G), James Perch, Mike Williamson, Fabricio Coloccini (C), Davide Santon, Cheick Tiote, Jonas Gutierrez, Hatem Ben Arfa, Yohan Cabaye, Demba Ba, Papiss Cisse.
Subs: Rob Elliot (G), Shane Ferguson, Ryan Taylor, Dan Gosling, Gabriel Obertan, Sylvain Marveaux, Shola Ameobi.
The lads are hungry,salt n pepper shakers at the ready its dinner time.chelsea en crut.