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Everton v Chelsea Preview, Prediction, TV Listings, Betting Odds EPL 11 February 2012 - The 90th
Minute Soccer Blog
Chelsea are unbeaten in their last five league matches as they travel to face 11th place Everton
in the English Premier League. The match will take place at Goodison Park in Liverpool, England on
Saturday, February 11, 2012.
Since signing for Chelsea in a £50million deal over a year ago, former Liverpool striker Fernando
Torres has mustered up a paltry three premier league goals. Clearly, he's still struggling to make
the grade at Stamford Bridge, which is mystifying considering his undeniable talent and quality.
Now that the dust has settled, here's a look at some of the transfers that took place during the
January transfer window, and see if we can separate the wheat from the chaff.
Whereas last season money was being splashed out on the likes of Fernando Torres and Andy
Carroll like a mad gambler who got his greasy mits on a load of free bets, the window this time
around was a lot more sensible, indicating a lot less value in the market.
Gary Cahill made his long awaited debut for
Chelsea against United last Sunday and I thought
he did well and looked calm and composed. OK there is an argument that he was part of a defence
that conceded three goals but two of them were penalties and you he is in no way at fault for the
Hernandez header.
Andre Villas-Boas spoke to the press after the 3-3 draw with United yesterday and was quick to
raise the question over the second penalty awarded by Howard Webb. He also spoke of United's
fightback, Gary Cahill and more. Check out AVB's full press conference below:
KTBFFH
What was a dream at 3-0 quickly morphed into a nightmare near full time for the Chels, as
Manchester United with a helping hand from good friend Howard Webb clawed back to secure a 3-3 draw
in a breathless encounter at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.
Yeah, that's a difficult result to accept.
1. At the start of the day I'd have taken a point at Stamford Bridge. We never win there,
regardless of which team goes in to the game in better form, so a draw is a decent enough result.
Don't forget that City lost there a few weeks ago, so despite some of their drag performances this
season, Chelsea are still the 4th best team in the country.
Big game at the Bridge on Super Sunday. Personnel decisions are likely to play a significant
role in the outcome. So, let's channel our inner Andre Villas-Boas and sort this one out.
Cool? Cool.
I see you.
Andre Villas-Boas faces all kinds of issues entering our match against Manchester United.
The 2012 January transfer window was a rather more sedate affair than it's 2011 predecessor.
Money was spent much more sensibly this time around as opposed to being thrown around like a
compulsive gambler who had hacked into a free bets website.
Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez did not get a move away from the Etihad and Manchester
United did not break the bank to sign Wesley Sneijder.
There was a lack of real excitement during the final day of the 2012 January Transfer Window,
with none of the Premier League's big names on the move and a subsequent drop in spending from the
same day 12 months ago means the latest transfer window closed without much of a noise.
The speculation that ran wild from Sky Sports News reporters situated at Premier League grounds
became boring with attention being finally turned to actual fixtures that took place on the
night.
Click Here to Get a Free £50 Bet for All New Paddy Power Customers Chelsea v Man United On the
face of it, Chelsea reaching for Bolton's best defender to help shore up their own leaky backline
looks a bit odd. It'd be like the Belgians asking France to protect them from a German invasion
[...]
Frigid temperatures and snowstorms across Europe are starting to take their toll on the soccer
schedule.
Saturday's anticipated match between Roma and Inter Milan has already been postponed because of
snow blanketing Rome. The Cesena-Catania match has also been called off, and that is in addition to
four midweek Serie A games having to be rescheduled because of the snow.
YOU try keeping them apart. Image: AFP PHOTO/ IAN KINGTON.
Don't feel bad that you missed all the transfer news because you're such important people. We
too were engaged in frantic busy work (sleeping, shopping, drinking or a horrifying and painful
combination of all three) when the window slammed shut at 23.
The massive clash at Stamford Bridge this weekend could see Chelsea put out a back-four with two
new starters Ryan Bertrand at LB and Gary Cahill at CB. They could be joined by two of Luiz,
Ivanovic, and/or Bosingwa ... Continue reading →
Fresh off a transfer from the struggling Bolton Wanderers, defender Gary Cahill is reportedly
already unhappy at Stamford Bridge. Cahill found himself on the bench for Chelsea's recent match
against Swansea City, as he was hoping to fill in for the injured John Terry.
Goal.com is reporting that an inside source close to the Chelsea training camp noted
that Cahill looked as if "his head has gone," but noted that Cahill has not filed any official
complaint with manager Andre Villas-Boas.
Football is a funny game. When you predict like a master pundit (read-Carlton Palmer) every
thing goes topsy turvy and it actually ends up even more interesting. The past week was no
exception and it had everything, I mean everything. For a guy like me the premier league is the
only source of joy in what can be called an uneventful life (Yes, what can you do when you are an
engineer with a long and winding road ahead).
In three short hours we face a stiff test. No, Bolton aren't that good. But for this is a test
for Wenger and the boys.
We've lost three games in a row in the league for the first time since 2007. We should have
drawn all three, and we could have won any of them. We're in 6th spot in the league, six points
behind Chelsea and have a worse defensive record than West Brom.
Arsenal can confirm that Jack Wilshere has suffered a small stress fracture to the right foot
which is in a different location to his original injury. He will be reassessed in two weeks by
Arsenal's medical team. If all goes well (keeping fingers crossed), Wilshere might be back in time
for Arsenal's Ides of March schedule.
Now before regular readers come and have a pop at me following on
from my post the other day
after the QPR game, I want to make a point that I am trying to make clear to you all.
My issue at the moment is and has been that we all know we aren't playing well, we know we are a
couple of players short of winning the league, we know we are in a struggle for fourth place and
have various issues with players at the moment.
Time for a rest?
Midweek Premier League match. Haven't had that in a while. Tonight, Arsenal travel to Bolton
looking to capitalise on the yesterday's results. I say results when it's actually only a single
result. That of Chelsea's draw away to Swansea. Effectively, they've gained a point over us, both
by the result and the fact that we lost ours when we went to Liberty Stadium.
JOSH. Fortunately, he won't be playing against us. Nevertheless, this is going to be hella
difficult.
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Team sheets
Swansea City
Vorm, Rangel, Caulker, Williams, Taylor, Britton, Allen, Sigurdsson, Dyer, Sinclair, Graham.
Well after signing Gary Cahill, it hasn't taken Chelsea long to get their business done before the
game tonight as the Belgian side have announced that we have signed Belgian International Kevin De
Bruyne on a five and a half year deal for a reported £7m. DeBruyne will remain with Genk on loan
until the end of the season.
Chelsea have completed the signing of 20 year old Kevin De Bruyne from Belgian side FC Genk. A 5
year, £6.7 million deal has been agreed by both parties after which Bruyne will be loaned back to
Genk for the rest of the season.
De Bruyne who underwent a medical yesterday at Chelsea's training grounds becomes Chelsea's
second signing in this transfer window after Gary Cahill completed his move from Bolton earlier
this month.
To the Liberty Stadium! Huzzah!
What could have been
By all accounts, this is going to be a difficult fixture. Face facts, we're playing poorly at
the moment, and unfortunately hung up on numbers. Despite our medical staff's best efforts, we're
shorthanded and facing the very real prospect of losing another face or two come Tuesday night?
After getting thru the anti-climax that was QPR, Chelsea have announced that John Terry will
miss the trip to the Liberty Stadium, coincidentally in line with the week his trial for racial
abuse commences. More, after the jump:
M.I.A.
In a late-night conversation with The Doc, we both agreed that John could profit from a stretch
of rest.
With just a day left in the transfer window, the normal last minute rush that has been so common
in past years looks non existent with many clubs choosing to remain very quite in this January.
Carlos Tevez's big money transfer that we were all keenly looking forward to failed to
materialise after City refused to back down on their €30 million buying price.
Football, thankfully, gets the attention today.
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This lunchtime, Chelsea travel to Loftus Road to take on QPR in the next round of the FA Cup but
somehow I don't think much of the focus leading up to this one won't be on the football!.
I could sit here all day talking about what happened and what is going to happen in a couple of
days time but there is a football match to be won so I would rather concentrate on that!
The magic of the FA Cup. The combined furor of two players and thus two clubs and two sets of
support groups embroiled in an alleged race row.
And, of course, handshake gate revisited.
Not again
Saturday's FA Cup fixture between visiting Chelsea and Queens Park Rangers at Loftus Road is
brimmed with subplots.
Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas insists that he is not the right man to discuss a potential
deal for Genk youngster Kevin De Bruyne and also feels that "certain issues" will prevent the club
from signing Brazil international Willian from Shakhtar Donetsk.
Speaking ahead of Chelsea's FA Cup visit to cross-town rivals QPR a fixture that Villas-Boas
desperately wants to win in order to get one step closer to silverware the Blues gaffer told
reporters that neither De Bruyne nor Willian were in his immediate plans.
"Footballer asked to give up honeymoon for new club."
Admit it first thoughts center around the wife and a reaction worthy of any reality shows in
which a new bride or bride-to-be seem like a good candidate for a rubber room and a key which gets
mysteriously lost for...ever.
Tim Ream was given a choice: sign for Bolton or head off on the honeymoon.
Chelsea defender Gary Cahill is already feeling at home with his new teammates, describing the
squad as an 'entertaining' group following the club's short training camp in Mallorca.
The Blues returned home earlier today and after spending most of the time in Mallorca training
together in the warm weather, Cahill feels that the bonding within the squad got stronger by the
day.
It's funny how the English media mock the quality of Major League Soccer, but guess where
Premier League teams turned to this month to help their sides? Yep, MLS.
First we had the Galaxy's Landon Donovan going back to Everton on loan and then the NYRB's
Thierry Henry returned to Arsenal, where he promptly scored the winner in their FA Cup tie against
Leeds.
Saturday afternoon is without question a huge game as we take on QPR in the FA Cup at Loftus Road.
We all know the story that has made headlines from the previous game and the same story will remain
the focus on Saturday.
It will be a time for cool heads, for composure and for assurance on the pitch for those players
wearing that Chelsea shirt.
Arsenal legend Alan Smith has criticised current manager Arsene Wenger's recruitment policy,
which he believes could cost the Gunners a UEFA Champions League spot at the end of the season. The
retired striker, who has now turned to commentating, also believes that Wenger should have pursued
central defender Gary Cahill more aggressively before he was signed by their London rivals Chelsea
earlier this month.
I have to say, credit to AVB and the club for making the decision to take a mid season break to
Mallorca this week as I think you will agree, it has come at just the right time.
OK, the players are still training hard every day, but the fact that they are away together and
using the trip to "bond" is a smart move in my book.
Ooh, it's a little early for tongue, Nolan. What kind of girls do you think we are? Image: PHILIPPE
HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images.
Nature abhors a vacuum, Kickettes. It isn't something we made up as a convenient opening remark
for a transfer update post, it's the truth.
Don't believe us? Last week, we told you that Ludovic Obraniak had left Lille for Bordeaux,
leaving a massive gap in their pretty player quotient.
Bolton Wanderers are set to unveil the signing of defender Tim Ream after the US international
was granted a work permit yesterday.
Ream has been impressive for both the United States national team and club side Red Bull New
York, and will replace the departed Gary Cahill at the Reebok.
The 24-year old had been training with the Premier League outfit since the end of the Major
League Soccer season, and boss Owen Coyle didn't hide his interest in the defender.
It's been a while since we've had a early kickoff on a Saturday, so I'm really looking forward
to watching Norwich City against Chelsea on television from the always colorful Carrow Road ground.
New signing Gary Cahill will probably ...
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