Chelsea vs Newcastle United match banter! Venue: Stamford Bridge, London.Date: Saturday 25th August, 2012.Kick-Off: 5:30pm.Referee: Phil Dowd.UK TV: ESPN / HD.Hello, good afternoon and welcome to our match banter feature for this evening s game against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.A repeat of our last fixture here would be just what the doctor ordered, though of course, it took two very remarkable goals to pull that one off. As Chelsea Nike Lebron 11 Terracotta Warrior Roberto di Matteo pointed out though, Newcastle United do actually have a very good record at Stamford Bridge. Despite the home advantage, Chelsea haven t actually beaten us there since 2007, which is a fairly remarkable record against such strong opposition on their own turf. Having written that though, we have only won one in eighteen Premiership encounters at Stamford Bridge, and the fact remains that this should be one of our most difficult encounters. As is usual with the Pensioners, they have made some remarkable additions to their squad since last time, not least the remarkable Eden Hazard. Still, we have the remarkable Benny in a similar role, and he was somewhat cheaper, not to mention the Nike Free Woven of our last gane at Stamford Bridge, though he is still warming up this season. Let s hope he can recapture some of last season s remarkable form at the Bridge this evening. One player Chelsea will be without this evening though is Didier Drogba, who left the club for even bigger wages he was getting already to play in Shanghai. Still, I ll spare you the waffle in this piece, as my colleague Jimbob has already prepared an excellent match preview for this game, which already has lots of fascinating background stuff to read in the run up. I have also done another piece too on the remarkable fall and rise of both Roberto di Matteo and Alan Pardew.Which only leaves it for me to say that I will be posting the team sheets for the game below when they become available, as well as highlights, and hopefully, a video of the whole game too in the fullness of time. As usual, I will also be posting some links for the game for thise overseas, though the game will be broadcast in the UK on ESPN.Howay the Lads! Team sheetsChelsea (4-2-3-1): Petr Cech (G), Branislav Ivanovic, Gary Cahill, David Luiz, Ashley Cole; John Obi Mikel, Raul Meireles, Eden Hazard, Juan Mata, Ryan Bertrand; Fernando Torres.Substitutes: Ross Turnbull, Oriol Romeu, Michael Essien, Frank Lampard, Ramires, Oscar, Daniel Sturridge.Newcastle United (4-4-2): Tim Krul (G), Danny Simpson, Steven Taylor, Fabricio Coloccini (C), Davide Santon, Hatem Ben Arfa, Vurnon Anita, Yohan Cabaye, Jonas Gutierrez, Demba Ba, Papiss Cisse.Subs: Steve Harper (G), James Perch, Mike Williamson, Ryan Taylor, Dan Gosling, Sylvain Marveaux, Gabriel_Obertan.PollLoading …
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