City EDS v Chelsea EDS Thursday 7.45 (LIVE)

[Wonderwall]

Cole not in the squad.
i think we are under contract at ewen field for eds league games for this season.

Ref is shit so far

[twosips]

He's not, no. Probably too soon as he was only recently back.

Playing well so far. Much the better team against a very good Chelsea side and it just goes to show how much talent we have.

[Douglas Higginbottom]

is cole playing?? if not is he on the bench? if not will he be on the bench saturday?

No he isn't involved at all.Is he back from Barnsley?

Very good overall from the team against a strong Chelsea side. I just get the feeling that neither defence is up to much so I expect more goals.

[Wonderwall]

is cole playing?? if not is he on the bench? if not will he be on the bench saturday?

No he isn't involved at all.Is he back from Barnsley?

Very good overall from the team against a strong Chelsea side. I just get the feeling that neither defence is up to much so I expect more goals.

He is Definitely back doug. I think the bench on Saturday is a possibility.

[Bridge'srightfoot]

Ambrose to me looks like someone who has the knack of being in the right place at the right time. Looks like he'll miss loads but score loads too.
Anyone seen him regularly got any comments about his potential?

[Plain Speaking]

The referee is bobbins

[blues2win]

Pellegrini and Txiki are in the crowd.

[Plain Speaking]

Blatant handball by City goalie outside area, not given. Let off!

[Plain Speaking]

2-2 deflection for Chelsea equaliser.

[Plain Speaking]

City players getting out muscled this half. We look short of energy/fitness.

[dick dastardley]

City getting tired now, Chelsea coming on strong now, I think chavs are looking likely to snatch this

[twosips]

Fucking brilliant

[blues2win]

No they're not. 3-2 to City at the death.

[dick dastardley]

Well played city's lads kept going and won it right at the death 8)

[steelsnail]

Tired a bit at the end . But deserved to win .

[Hutch's Shoulder]

Looks like 'we fight to the end' is catching on at all levels :-)

[Douglas Higginbottom]

Delighted with that result and no doubt overall it was well deserved when you think about all the chances we had compared to their 2 joke goals and our keeper not having a save to make.

I have to say as a big Pozo fan I was disappointed with him tonight.Give him a fraction of time and he has great quality in his feet and ability to make a key pass but he cannot be so easily dispossessed as he was tonight.Strength is part of it but he is never going to be strong so he needs to receive the ball better and shield it better away from his feet.

Ambrose is a very impressive player.He does get into great positions and he scores goals regularly.Show me a great goalscorer who doesn't miss plenty of chances! But it's not just that about him as he works very hard,has that ability Pozo doesn't seem to have when receiving a ball and he is good in the air for his size.

2 players that didn't stand out at all were Glendon and Bytyqi but maybe they had good games in a protective role in midfield.That's where Chelsea's power was so I guess they were told to sit and make it hard and to that extent they did a top job.Similarly Angelino, I doubt I have ever seen a game where he wasn't attacking a lot but fairplay to him he got it right and was very disciplined.

Great for Ntcham to finish the way he did. He worked really hard and was a big part of why we were looking like scoring as he won plenty of ball and played well with the front 3.His strength has always been a big part of his game but as he gets older he cant rely on that as much as the oppos,like Chelsea tonight, are also strong.His play and composure to set up Celina was excellent and Celina showed quality to stroke it home. Prior to that he found it hard to get involved so that finish will do his confidence a power of good.

[Nige]

Great result, I was worried over centre mud was being overrun then one of em's in the box wih an assist.
Nice.

Not sure the number 4 (sorry not sure of his name) is big or physical enough for the next step.

[Plain Speaking]

We had a very good first half and should have been 2 or 3 goals up at half time. Chelsea played much better in the second half and looked the more likely to win until we finally showed a bit of composure in injury time. Delighted we go top of the table.

Barker was our stand out player and Pozo had some good touches but the team lost composure for long periods of the second half until grabbing the winner. Fantastic to beat Chelsea.

[Wonderwall]

Great result, I was worried over centre mud was being overrun then one of em's in the box wih an assist.
Nice.

Not sure the number 4 (sorry not sure of his name) is big or physical enough for the next step.

PaddyV gave him MOTM