whos to say i would get thumped anyway Rooney?

Am at home and like said apart from a few (4) I feel i am stronger

Lets get it on!!

Confirmed Chelsea team now

Cech
Ivanovic Luiz Terry Cole
Romeu
Ramires Lampard
Sturridge Drogba Mata

Subs: Turnbull, Bosingwa, Bertrand, Miereles, Malouda, Kalou, Torres

Need the win really strong team so hope we will. Lampard makes his 500th start for us. Romeu looks to be first choice now too

Yeah a football manager style game wigan. You can do it don't have time to sign up ATM

Rooney think AVB is using drogba for now because we keep conceding from set peices and drogba will help stop that, Drogba although not great is at least consistent whereas Torres has a great game or a really bad game atm

I think I'm better in around 6 positions Fan tbh.

Newcastle 1-1 Chelsea, 2-1 to them if you start poorly or win if you get an early goal.

Well probably play better later on if we start slowly though, Drogba tiring defenders and then bringing on Torres worked vs Wolves but we were already winning so who knows.

Its hard to predict with Chelsea's current form, at home we are poor away we are decent but anything can happen lol

Hope we win though

You need a win today really.

If you lose today and then midweek then you got City, It's not looking great for AVB.

right posted on the newcastle gaming board this is where they talk FM so might get some people i have pleaded with the gods who run the board to get a gaming thread but it isnt happening so i can think about anywhere else

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i tihnk leeds have to win becuase of gary speed thing it will be like the man u cup final after the air distaster

Krul < Stek
Fabio = Ansaldi
Vidic > Ruiz
Barzagli < Rami
Coentrao = Kolarov
Coquelin < Mvila
Fletcher = Vidal
S.Ninis < Willian
F.Malouda < Gabby
W.Rooney> Milner
E.Dzeko = Bent

imo am at home with a pretty settled team and your team thrown together

It's not really thrown together though. It's what teams like City/Chelsea/M Utd do IRL. Vidic, Rooney, Coentrao, Fletcher etc the backbone with fringe players.

(IMO)

Krul = Stek
Fabio > Ansaldi
Vidic > Ruiz
Barzagli > Rami
Coentrao > Kolarov
Coquelin < Mvila
Fletcher = Vidal
S.Ninis < Willian
F.Malouda < Gabby
W.Rooney > Milner
E.Dzeko > Bent

we all allowed opinions hence we dont agree, but imo Stek and Rami def better

I think AVB will get time, the club have said that's it's the first time abromovic has actually picked the manager he wants, ancelotti ect were Gourlays choice, Hiddink was RA choice but only temp

He's talking about January signings too so must have some reassurance from someone lol

Hopefully with Mata and Sturridge we have that little bit extra but we will see.

I'm glad Tiote is out think he'd have been very useful in winning the midfield battle today

Yeah, but IMO Krul is why Newcastle are 4th atm. He's been v good and probably same with Juve and Barzagli but to a lesser extent.

chelsea need to get modric,schnider or VDV tbh

There is a reason Stek is number 1 for Holland though.

valencia defense is pretty strong and Rami/Ruiz have a lot to do with that

exactly TJ and Krul is No.2/3

Yeah but that's for the International side, Reina/Valdes etc could be better then Casillas during the season but Casillas will always been no1 and Stek got a lot of games under his belt domestically (Krul - 2 seasons).

chelsea dont need modric sneijder or vaart imo we need a LW and move Mata to SS where he can have more of an impact

you need some creative spark in mid i belive

If Krul was a better keeper then he would start for Holland, like Casillas/Reina/Valdes etc - casillas still the better keeper hence he plays...Like Stek

mata would be the creative spark

-------------------Cech
Ivanovic----Luiz----Terry----Cole
-----------Ramires---Romeu
Sturridge--------Mata---------LW
-------------------Torres

more than good enough imo, need to start phasing out Terry and Cole though

Chelsea need gaitan

------Romeu-----
Ramires-Gaitan

chelsea need titus bramble