SW6 - Chelsea FC

http://www.chelseafc.com/javaImages/b8/4c/0,,10268~3689656,00.gif


"Today July the 5th 2011, after a last minute change of heart by owner Roman Abramovich, unlikely candidate Chris Borg will be replacing Carlo Ancelotti at Chelsea instead of the Portuguese upcoming manager Andre Villas-Boas."

http://www.football-pictures.net/data/media/173/StamfordBridge3.jpg

Roberto Di Matteo will act as my right hand man & summer transfers already agreed include Raul Meireles from Liverpool, Ulises Dávila from Guadalajara, Juan Mata from Valencia, Romelu Lukaku from Anderlecht, Oriol Romeu from Barcelona, Thibaut Courtois from Genk & Patrick Bamford from Nottingham Forest.

Although I have some transfer targets myself, Roman Abramovich has indicated that he will be trying to also secure the services of three other players throughout the next year, Gary Cahill from Bolton Wanderers, Marko Marin from Werder Bremen & Eden Hazard from Lille so I will have to try and make some room in the squad for these players.

So squad looked at, some of our younger players will be going out on loan & tactics all in place to begin. Pre-season will include a variety of friendlies, all listed below.

http://minus.com/lQmymAmBgdmhg

Preseason Friendlies 2011

07July2011 - Chelsea vs Chelsea Reserves 3-0
Romelu Lukaku (9)
Frank Lampard (18)
Alex (39)

MOTM : Alex

Lineup: Petr Cech, Jose Bosingwa, David Luiz, Alex, Ashley Cole, John Obi Mikel, Ramires, Frank Lampard, Nicolas Anelka, Daniel Sturridge, Romelu Lukaku

Used Subs: Didier Drogba, Ryan Bertrand, Florent Malouda, Salomon Kalou, John Terry, Oriol Romeu, Raul Meireles, Josh McEachran, Branislav Ivanovic


09July2011 - Chelsea vs Leverkusen 4-1
Nicolas Anelka (56)
Daniel Sturridge (62)
Own Goal (89)
Salomon Kalou (92)

MOTM : Branislav Ivanovic

Lineup: Petr Cech, Jose Bosingwa, David Luiz, John Terry, Ashley Cole, John Obi Mikel, Ramires, Frank Lampard, Milan Lalkovic, Juan Mata, Fernando Torres

Subs Used: Romelu Lukaku, Daniel Sturridge, Nicolas Anelka, Salomon Kalou, Oriol Romeu, Ryan Bertrand, Raul Meireles, Alex, Branislav Ivanovic, Josh McEachran.

News

David Luiz suffered a back strain in training and will be out for 3-4 weeks, also Michael Essien is still recovering from his damaged ligament & is not expected back for at least another 7-8 months.

On a better note, defender Gary Cahill has signed from Bolton Wanderers for a fee of 13Million Euros on a 5 year contract at 75k p/w.

Using the update?

Preseason Friendlies 2011

15July2011 - Vitesse vs Chelsea 0-2
Nicolas Anelka (39)
Salomon Kalou (87)

Lineup: Petr Cech, Jose Bosingwa, Gary Cahill, Oriol Romeu, Ashley Cole, John Obi Mikel, Ramires, Frank Lampard, Nicolas Anelka, Daniel Sturridge, Romelu Lukaku

Used Subs: Salamon Kalou, Didier Drogba, Alex, John Terry, Ryan Bertrand, Juan Mata, Raul Meireles, Branislav Ivanovic.


17July2011 - Levski vs Chelsea 1-1
Juan Mata (78)

Lineup: Petr Cech, Jose Bosingwa, Alex, John Terry, Ashley Cole, Oriol Romeu, Raul Meireles, Frank Lampard, Nicolas Anelka, Florent Malouda, Romelu Lukaku

Used Subs: Daniel Sturridge, Gary Cahill, Salomon Kalou, Juan Mata, Ryan Bertrand, Branislav Ivanovic, John Obi Mikel, Ramires.


20July2011 - Chesterfield vs Chelsea 0-3
Alex (6)
Romelu Lukaku (14)
John Terry (47)

MOTM : Gary Cahill
Inj : Daniel Sturridge - 2weeks outwith twisted knee

Lineup: Petr Cech, Jose Bosingwa, Gary Cahill, Alex, Ashley Cole, Oriol Romeu, Ramires, John Obi Mikel, Milan Lalkovic, Daniel Sturridge, Romelu Lukaku

Subs Used: John Terry, Florent Malouda, Nicolas Anelka, Salamon Kalou, Ryan Bertrand, Branislav Ivanovic, Raul Meireles, Frank Lampard.

News

Salomon Kalou signs new deal worth 10million euros, keeping him at Chelsea for another 3 years. Also a deal has been confirmed for Brazilian attacking midfielder Lucas Piazon to join Chelsea in January 2012 for a fee of 8million euros. Alex has also signed a 5 year deal worth almost 20million euros keeping him at the club until 2016. Franco Baldini has been hired as a Coach & Brian Eastick has come to Chelsea as a Youth Coach aswell. Youngsters Jamal Blackman & Jacob Mellis have gone out on loan for the year to Gillingham & Derby County respectively to gain first team experience.

#55539 patrick1 : Using the update?

Its not with January transfers though, just bought Cahill from transfer budget funds.

Preseason Friendlies 2011

27July2011 - Oxford vs Chelsea 0-5
Nicolas Anelka (8)
Romelu Lukaku (22)
Florent Malouda (30)
Raul Meireles (60)
Own Goal (81)

MOTM : Jose Bosingwa
Inj : John Obi Mikel out for 2 weeks with twisted knee

Lineup: Petr Cech, Jose Bosingwa, Alex, John Terry, Ryan Bertrand, Oriol Romeu, John Obi Mikel, Frank Lampard, Nicolas Anelka, Florent Malouda, Romelu Lukaku

Subs Used: Gary Cahill, Ashley Cole, Ramires, Branislav Ivanovic, Salomon Kalou, Raul Meireles, Juan Mata, Milan Lalkovic.


31July2011 - Vasco vs Chelsea 0-2
Nicolas Anelka (30)
Florent Malouda (91)

MOTM : Nicolas Anelka

Lineup: Petr Cech, Jose Bosingwa, Gary Cahill, Alex, Ashley Cole, Oriol Romeu, Ramires, Frank Lampard, Nicolas Anelka, Salomon Kalou, Romelu Lukaku

Subs Used: John Terry, Ryan Bertrand, Juan Mata, Milan Lalkovic, Branislav Ivanovic, Florent Malouda, Raul Meireles, Fernando Torres.

News

Youngster Aziz Deen-Conteh has joined Northampton on loan for the season. Alex has suffered a hernia in training & will be out for a month. End of July, one more friendly left now in August, then we start off the season!

06August2011 - Chelsea vs Flamengo 4-0
John Terry (28)
Frank Lampard (37)
Romelu Lukaku (42)
David Luiz (70)

MOTM : John Terry

Lineup: Petr Cech, Jose Bosingwa, Gary Cahill, John Terry, Ryan Bertrand, Oriol Romeu, Ramires, Frank Lampard, Nicolas Anelka, Salamon Kalou, Romelu Lukaku

Subs Used: Ashley Cole, Raul Meireles, Branislav Ivanovic, Juan Mata, Milan Lalkovic, Fernando Torres, David Luiz.

News

Youngster Rhys Taylor has joined Bury on loan for the season. Meanwhile I have signed 18 year old Italian midfielder, Lorenzo Crisetig from Inter for a fee of 1.5m who will be joining our reserve team on a 4year contract at 9k p.w, aswell as 16 year old striker Jean Marie Dongou from Barcelona for a fee of 1.1m who will join the U18s with immediate effect.
As the 2011/12 season draws close I have also confirmed that John Terry will remain Club Captain with fellow londoner Frank Lampard as vice-captain. Our season kicks off with an away trip to local rivals QPR, our first home match against Everton & another away trip to newly promoted Norwich.

Premier League - Week 1

Queens Park Rangers vs Chelsea
14Aug2011 13:30 - Loftus Road

http://minus.com/lsHjBNnjoykxK

Subs used: Branislav Ivanovic for David Luiz (87)
MOTM : Salomon Kalou

http://minus.com/lZ5OaOyDWVzSY

News

Gary Cahill is going to be out of action for 3-4 weeks with a back strain. Next match is against Everton at the bridge, will look to bring Branislav Ivanovic into the squad & shift David Luiz to his preferred CBR position to fill the gap.

Premier League - Week 2

Chelsea vs Everton
20Aug2011 12:45 - Stamford Bridge

http://minus.com/l0g6xfhad3NnD

Subs used: Oriol Romeu for David Luiz (70), Ramires for Raul Meireles (70)
MOTM : Juan Mata

http://minus.com/lblJCVZvWtHQT4

News

Champions League Group Stage draw just took place, drawing us in Group B along with Zenit St.Petersburg from Russia, Olympiakos from Greece & Rosenborg from Norway.
The League Cup 3rd round draws us against Tottenham at Stamford Bridge on the 21st September.

Premier League - Week 3

Norwich vs Chelsea
27Aug2011 17:30 - Carrow Road

http://minus.com/l2ykVM4f8dRRJ

Subs used: Oriol Romeu for Branislav Ivanovic, Ramires for Raul Meireles (HT)
MOTM : Ashley Cole

http://minus.com/lbsniZxOwWqd30

News

The end of the summer transfer window sees another three players leave the blues. Didier Drogba & Nicolas Anelka left for German's Bayern Munich for a fee of 9m & Paulo Ferreira departed for 1m to Atletico Madrid in Spain. I have won the Manager of the Month accolade for August 2011 after winning my first three league matches in charge. Salamon Kalou also was in the limelight picking up the Premier League Player of the Month after scoring an incredible 3 in 3. September has just started & we are already looking forward for two Premier League home matches against Blackburn & Tottenham Hotspur, our league cup 3rd round clash & our first two Champions League matches. Ashley Cole has sustained a back injury whilst playing for England which will keep him out for about 4weeks, although a setback, this is Ryan Bertrand's time to try & fill the gap at LB. Romelu Lukaku was also injured whilst playing for Belgium but should only be out for about a week.

Premier League - Week 4

Chelsea vs Blackburn Rovers
10Sept2011 12:45 - Stamford Bridge

http://minus.com/lboMGqHZaGib5b

Subs used: Ramires for Raul Meireles (HT), Josh McEachran for Frank Lampard (64), Jose Bosingwa for Ryan Bertrand (82)
MOTM : Fernando Torres

http://minus.com/lp8mZdTiPCXYj

News

Frank Lampard suffered a torn calf muscle during the above Blackburn match ruling him out for 3-4 months. Frank was a massive part of my plans but i will have to rely on Raul Meireles & Ramires to make up for his loss & youngster Josh McEachran to step up where needed. Next up is our first Champions League Group B match, we travel to Norway to face Rosenborg & am definitely looking to start off my Champions League campaign with a win.

Champions League Group B

Rosenborg vs Chelsea
13Sept2011 19:45 - Lerkendal

http://minus.com/lCECSKKwA8qTC

Subs used: Alex for Ryan Bertrand (78), Jose Bosingwa for Branislav Ivanovic (87)
MOTM : Fernando Torres

http://minus.com/lRfJJDNWKpFW1

League Cup 3rd Round

Chelsea vs Tottenham Hotspur
21Sept2011 19:45 - Stamford Bridge

http://minus.com/lbiRfrKa2RbArQ

MOTM : Juan Mata

http://minus.com/lhgrgSv2kAoes

News

After beating Tottenham in the League Cup, we next have a repeat fixture against them in the Premier League. The 4th Round has drawn us against Nottingham Forest at Stamford Bridge hopefully on our way to the League Cup Final.

Premier League - Week 5

Chelsea vs Tottenham Hotspur
24Sept2011 12:45 - Stamford Bridge

http://minus.com/lb0rC60mJ6kwaK

Subs used: Daniel Sturridge for John Obi Mikel (47), Jose Bosingwa for Alex (47), Raul Meireles for Josh McEachran (79)
MOTM : Rafael Van Der Vaart(Tottenham Hotspur)

http://minus.com/lqwEKEkqJ4X4C

Champions League Group B

Chelsea vs Olympiakos
28Sept2011 19:45 - Stamford Bridge

http://minus.com/lN8NRvK7rWKZc

Subs used: Daniel Sturridge for John Obi Mikel (77)
MOTM : Juan Mata

http://minus.com/lbudWLbqkWZImK

News

September has arrived with a bang, Away to League Holders Manchester United with top scorer Fernando Torres ineligible to play due to the sending off against Spurs. Daniel Sturridge will be playing up front as a centre forward so expect to see him on the scoresheet aswell this month. Our other league matches are against Wigan Athletic, Aston Villa & Sunderland, along with League Cup & Champions League ties.

Premier League - Week 6

Manchester United vs Chelsea
02Oct2011 16:00 - Old Trafford

http://minus.com/lWtge2PMNwcwv

Subs used: Romelu Lukaku for Salomon Kalou (63), Ryan Bertrand for Branislav Ivanovic (80)
MOTM : Javier Hernandez (Manchester United)

http://minus.com/lA4t3drsmxYqL

Premier League - Week 7

Chelsea vs Wigan Athletic
15Oct2011 17:30 - Stamford Bridge

http://minus.com/lg6X18NDQw6aq

Subs used: Ramires for Josh McEachran (26), Florent Malouda for Raul Meireles, Salomon Kalou for Daniel Sturridge (53)
MOTM : James McCarthy (Wigan Athletic)

http://minus.com/lcH2vcpcvPeG3

News

It results that Josh McEachran tore his hamstring during the Wigan match creating a further problem in midfield as he will be out for around 2 to 3 months.

Champions League Group B

Zenit St.Petersburg vs Chelsea
19Oct2011 19:45 - Petrovsky

http://minus.com/lbuW4LV8BBkmKc

Subs used: Florent Malouda for Milan Lalkovic (HT), Salomon Kalou for Fernando Torres (61)
MOTM : Ryan Bertrand

http://minus.com/liz7Lzc3Q0zsG

Premier League - Week 8

Aston Villa vs Chelsea
22Oct2011 12:45 - Villa Park

http://minus.com/lLCwxB1xl3ScT

Subs used: Raul Meireles for Milan Lalkovic (81)
MOTM : Ramires

http://minus.com/lblmZ8zuSNk1hl

News

20 year old leftback Ben Gordon moves on loan to Bournemouth for the season.