Chelsea match moved! Or Not?

[Dave]

Thinking about Chelsea and how tired they may or may not be, there can't have been many teams who have ever had busier seasons.

The Community Shield, a full Premier League season, the final of the World Club Cup, the European Super Cup, the semi-final of the FA Cup, the semi-final of the League Cup, two semi-final matches and possibly a final in the Europa League and six Champions League games before they were dumped into the Europa League.

Apart from starting the Europa League from scratch instead of the Champions League, that's basically as long a season as it's possible to have isn't it?

[SoccerHQ]

How many games did we play in 09/10? Not as much as Chelsea obviously but that must have been our busiest season for a long time.

[eamonn]

Thinking about Chelsea and how tired they may or may not be, there can't have been many teams who have ever had busier seasons.

The Community Shield, a full Premier League season, the final of the World Club Cup, the European Super Cup, the semi-final of the FA Cup, the semi-final of the League Cup, two semi-final matches and possibly a final in the Europa League and six Champions League games before they were dumped into the Europa League.

Apart from starting the Europa League from scratch instead of the Champions League, that's basically as long a season as it's possible to have isn't it?

Quite. And given they have a fair few internationals who played at Euro 2012 that's about four-six weeks free of competitive football between Aug 2011 - May '13.

[David_Nab]

Chelsea look pretty tired to me mentally other than Man United in the FA Cup they been pretty poor recently ,very fortunate against Sunderland and in general performed poorly in the league against the lower placed teams.

Hopefully Lampard doesn't play that bugger always scores against us

[Ad@m]

Chelsea look pretty tired to me mentally other than Man United in the FA Cup they been pretty poor recently ,very fortunate against Sunderland and in general performed poorly in the league against the lower placed teams.

An aggregate win over the two league matches this season would suit me just fine!

[PaulWinch again]

Well they have Spurs 3 days before they play us, so hopefully they'll be physically and mentally exhausted.

[eastie]

Well they have Spurs 3 days before they play us, so hopefully they'll be physically and mentally exhausted.

Hopefully they beat spurs and secure their top 4 slot that night and then play the Europa final the following midweek -

[Lastfootstamper]

Chelsea look pretty tired to me mentally other than Man United in the FA Cup they been pretty poor recently ,very fortunate against Sunderland and in general performed poorly in the league against the lower placed teams.

An aggregate win over the two league matches this season would suit me just fine!

We'll probably let one in at the death and lose on away goals

[TaxDodger]

Chelsea look pretty tired to me mentally other than Man United in the FA Cup they been pretty poor recently ,very fortunate against Sunderland and in general performed poorly in the league against the lower placed teams.

An aggregate win over the two league matches this season would suit me just fine!

We'll probably let one in at the death and lose on away goals

I'd take an 8-1 defeat.

[Concrete John]

Well they have Spurs 3 days before they play us, so hopefully they'll be physically and mentally exhausted.

Won't the EUFA Cup final, if they get there, also be midweek after they play us?

[Lastfootstamper]

Well they have Spurs 3 days before they play us, so hopefully they'll be physically and mentally exhausted.

Won't the EUFA Cup final, if they get there, also be midweek after they play us?

Yep. 15th, I believe

[Concrete John]

Well they have Spurs 3 days before they play us, so hopefully they'll be physically and mentally exhausted.

Won't the EUFA Cup final, if they get there, also be midweek after they play us?

Yep. 15th, I believe

It'll largely depend on how they're looking for staying in the top 4, but I can see Rafa playing a weakened side against us if they do get there.

[silhillvilla]

Getting confused. Is the game Saturday or Sunday ?

[eamonn]

Sat, 12.45.

[silhillvilla]

Cheers prefer that to the Sunday