Third round draw in full:

Blackburn v Birmingham

Reading v Liverpool

Manchester United v Coventry

Tottenham v Middlesbrough

Blackpool v Southend

West Ham v Plymouth

Arsenal v Newcastle

Luton v Charlton

Manchester City v Norwich

Sheffield United v Morecambe

Sheffield Wednesday v Everton

Fulham v Bolton

Burnley v Portsmouth

Aston Villa v Nottingham Forest or Leicester

West Brom v Cardiff

London 4 - 0 Hull

Can you adam and eve it?

How come a ticket costs 23 quid yet you can buy a coach for a tenner!

Official site

I just hope we play some kids. They have to come through somehow.

Can you adam and eve it?

How come a ticket costs 23 quid yet you can buy a coach for a tenner!

Official site

thought you was having a dig at the new manager then.......must have cost more than a tenner

I wonder if we'll manage a shot in this one

would like to see scott sinclair involved, hopefully from the start.

I don't think we can afford to take it easy in any matches for the moment. We have a reasonable run of games in the league, which we need to capitalise on if we are going to stay in the title race, and some tough matches in the CL. We need to find the strongest team that we can and play together for a run of matches to let the players get some confidence and adapt to any changes in playing style that the new manager may want.

I would go with:

Cech

Belletti, Alex, Ben Haim, Cole

SWP, Essien, Sidwell, Malouda

Cole, Shevchenko

I left JT out because he should not play again until he is fully fit. He is crucial to us and absolutely no good to us if he is playing half fit.

Can you adam and eve it?

How come a ticket costs 23 quid yet you can buy a coach for a tenner!

Official site

They are referring to Coaches like Avram

Exactly- remember the days under Jose when we played weak sides at home and he would put an attacking player in central midfield- aaa good times- I'd like to see Joe, SWP/Kalou and Malouda/Sinclair in the same 11- and beletti too!

For me:

............................Cech...........................

Beletti...........B-Haim......Terry.......Ferreira

..............................................................

..........................Makelele........................

.....................................Sidwell...............

....................Cole...................................

....SWP/Kalou................................Malouda

............................Sheva.........................

Kalou

Sinclair

Pizarro

Alex

Essien

Would love to give Terry a rest too but it's probably the wrong moment for it.

Give Cole a rest and Ferreira some fitness if grant plans to use him- but keep in beletti to piss on their right side. Give Sheva 90 minutes and bring Kalou and Pizarro back in..

hopefully we'll see an idea of how grant wants to play his "attacking chelsea", because with this squad there aren't so many options...

pauly!

----------------------------Carlo---------------------------------

--------Belletti------Benny------Alex-------------Bridge-------

----------------------------Essien--------------------------------

--------------------Sidwell-----SWP-----------------------------

--------Sinclair------------Sheva-----------------Kalou--------

Subs: Pizarro, Cech, Joe, Makelele, JT

same team as sunday, have a gut feeling

----------------------------Carlo---------------------------------

--------Belletti------Benny------Alex-------------Bridge-------

----------------------------Essien--------------------------------

--------------------Sidwell-----SWP-----------------------------

--------Sinclair------------Sheva-----------------Kalou--------

Subs: Pizarro, Cech, Joe, Makelele, JT

ho ho! SWP in central midfield basing that on his passing ability? size? or just because it gives you a better camera angle on his luscious lips?

Terry probably needs a rest but he would be absolutely furious at not being able to lead the team out in their moments of trouble.

Also- who would be captain in that team?

SWP has actually played in the centre before and equipped himself wel however I think this is a time to keep with the first players to get their confidence up

f**k you.

ha ha ha.

Im not going to Hull although I would have liked to!

Fair play to the club for finally sorting subsidised transport for this game.

Are any CSR members going up to there?

Its going to be one hull of a journey!!

PS I HOPE DEAN WINDASS BREAKS HIS LEG!

YOU

FAT

B*ST*RD

what about Sahar, you know, isn't he Jewish too, so surely this means Roman and Grant will have to play him now!!!!

What a nasty c**t!!

what about Sahar, you know, isn't he Jewish too, so surely this means Roman and Grant will have to play him now!!!!

He's out on loan.

Wouldn't mind Sam Hutchinson getting a run out at left back for the experience.

Agreed Glory. I remember when Windass was at Boro (?) and they played us at the Bridge the entire MHL kept singing 'fat northern w*nker...you're just a fat northern w*nker,' until he lost it, put two fingers up at the stand, and was subbed soon after. Brilliant.

23 Carlo Cudicini

35 Juliano Belletti

22 Tal Ben-Haim

26 John Terry ©

3 Ashley Cole

24 Shaun Wright-Phillips

9 Steve Sidwell

5 Michael Essien

17 Scott Sinclair

21 Salomon Kalou

14 Claudio Pizarro.

Substitutes: 23 Carlo Cudicini, 18 Wayne Bridge, 4 Claude Makelele, 10 Joe Cole, 7 Andriy Shevchenko.

looks like we cloned carlo

Well heres the team:

Chelsea will line-up in a 4-4-2 formation as follows:

23 Carlo Cudicini

35 Juliano Belletti

22 Tal Ben-Haim

26 John Terry ©

3 Ashley Cole

24 Shaun Wright-Phillips

9 Steve Sidwell

5 Michael Essien

17 Scott Sinclair

21 Salomon Kalou

14 Claudio Pizarro.

Substitutes: 23 Carlo Cudicini, 18 Wayne Bridge, 4 Claude Makelele, 10 Joe Cole, 7 Andriy Shevchenko.

Glad to see Scottie is getting a start, exactly what we need to see.

Anyone going to venture into the match chat?

Chelsea

* 23 Cudicini

* 35 Belletti

* 22 Ben-Haim

* 26 Terry

* 03 Cole

* 24 Wright-Phillips

* 05 Essien

* 09 Sidwell

* 21 Kalou

* 17 Sinclair

* 14 Pizarro

Substitutes

* 40 Hilario,

* 04 Makelele,

* 07 Shevchenko,

* 10 Cole,

* 18 Bridge

Will be in match chat ...