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Match Day Live - Chelski v Pompey

Pompey visit Stamford Bridge tonight to face Sunderland, 7.45pm kick off. Join us here on Vital Pompey to discuss the game as it unfolds.

Chelski line up:

01 Cech
02 Ivanovic
03 A Cole
26 Terry
33 Alex
08 Lampard
12 Mikel
13 Ballack
20 Deco
21 Kalou
39 Anelka

Subs
40 Hilario
06 Carvalho
19 Ferreira
10 J Cole
15 Malouda
18 Zhirkov
45 Borini

Pompey line up:

31 Begovic
07 Hreidarsson
16 Finnan
26 Ben-Haim
04 Mokoena
05 O'Hara
06 Mullins
08 Diop
23 Boateng
35 Wilson
09 Piquionne

Subs
21 Ashdown
18 Vanden Borre
39 Belhadj
17 Utaka
22 Hughes
32 Yebda
24 Dindane

For those of you not at the game - however you are keeping up with events, remembering it is on The Quay, why not make a few comments below as the game unfolds.

So guys, share these thoughts...

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Writer: pompeyrug

Date:Wednesday December 16 2009

Time: 6:00PM

Your Comments

Rooted to bottom-- cheers Pimpey :)

the_blue_world

Many changes! PUP

NorfolknBlue

Pompey: Begovic; Finnan, Ben Haim, Wilson, Hreidarsson; Mullins, Mokoena, Diop; Boateng, O’Hara; Piquionne Subs: Ashdown, Vanden Borre, Hughes, Yebda, Belhadj, Utaka, Dindane looks like its gonna be a messy game diop mullins and mokoena all playing in the same midfield. 5-0 to chelsea then guys

pompeyhussler

Hi People
Heard the team yet ? - Seven changes I hear .. waiting for confirmation

Chix

Hi ya Hussler
You beat me to it - What do you reckon of the team then?

Chix

Pompey make 7 changes. Pompey: Begovic; Finnan, Ben Haim, Wilson, Hreidarsson; Mullins, Mokoena, Diop; Boateng, O’Hara; Piquionne Subs: Ashdown, Vanden Borre, Hughes, Yebda, Belhadj, Utaka, Dindane

PFCblue

Sorry for the repeat - hussler beat me to it.

PFCblue

AG obviously wants to give all his players a chance to shine and play with a very solid backbone to the team. That is one point of view anyway!

eastneydave

Hi Ya Blue
What's your prediction then ?

Chix

Evening Ladies and Gents....Blimey! where the heck are we going to score from that line up?

pentonpompey

Hi ya Dave
A chance to shine eh - Let's hope so - Diop to score ?

Chix

It's a shame we've set up quite defensively rather than coming and taking the game to them, but as a defensive set up goes it's probably the best we could put out (given injuries etc). I think Piq is the right choice up front as he's got abit more physicality than Dindane which we'll need, and I think Mullins and Mokoena are actually OK at what they do, they just get a bad press because what they do is extremely boring. Gutted we've just come to 'park the bus' though, you just can't do that against the big teams - they have the firepower to get through eventually.

Battenberg

evening chix ,dave,penton,pfc blue hows tricks

coxy30

Hi guys...looks like it's going to be an exciting evening....

cornypomp

Hi Penton, Hi ya Battenburg
So it's going to be a 'Park the bus' then .. With the three 'holders' in midfield I can't see us getting past the half way line

Chix

Hi ya Coxy .. and Corney too
Exciting .. let's hope so

Chix

Half way line...you're optimistic Chix

cornypomp

Tell you what...halfway line; i'll get a nose bleed

pentonpompey

If anyone's interested I'm watching from Senegal on http://iraqgoals.net/epl2.html

PFCblue

Miffed...Can't get on Iraqgoals :-(

pentonpompey

Scary going over the halfway line....you never know what's on the other side....

cornypomp

LOL
Come on you guys you know I'm always positive - I'll even predict that we might get a corner too..

Chix

Here we go...

cornypomp

Kick- Off
We are underway - Come on you Blues..

Chix

Phew!!!! Chelski can do that all night ....miss from 3 yards I mean

cornypomp

Corns
Let's hope so - 3rd corner already !

Chix

hey hey everyone :D

pompeym@

myp2p good picture as well bonus

coxy30

It's all defending at the moment.

PFCblue

Hi ya m@
How you doing bud ? - Sounds like it's gonna be a night of one way traffic !

Chix

haha too true mate, but yea i'm good all the same thanks, you?

pompeym@

any reason Jamo's not playing? either way i'm happy Berg's in damn good keeper if ya ask me and he seems to be making so pretty good saves already.

pompeym@

Got a virus or something m@

cornypomp

First Goal......Grrrr>>>>>

cornypomp

Virus going round the camp!

eastneydave

0-1

PFCblue

1-0 you mean, '0-1' is abit misleading!

Battenberg

That's to Chelsea - Anelka

PFCblue

i wouldn't be surprised lol

pompeym@

Oh great! just got Iraq goals, and they tell me we're one down :-(

pentonpompey

Oh Well
We lasted 22 minutes - Still we have goals in us .. (lol)

Chix

Only one though Penton.....could be 1-1 @ half time....

cornypomp

evening guys - did not think we could hold out until half time...
great to see, as ever, we are playing 'round pegs in round holes'... NOT!

pompeyrug

goals in us, or goals against us :-)

pompeyrug

i meant shouldn't btw lol and that goal was always coming, we really need to push out of our box occasionally lol

pompeym@

i think it is obvious from the set-up that 'sitting back' was very much on the agenda tonight...

pompeyrug

yea but thats dangerous when we're playing the jinx that is mokoena in friggin defence...

pompeym@

Don't know about sitting back Rug...sounds like we are laid back. Take that back we've got a corner...

cornypomp

that is better, 'almost' something from nothing...

pompeyrug

Hows this then, can't get iraq goals or the bloody quay!! have no idea whats going on!!

pentonpompey

PFC site has the quay commentary remember :)

Battenberg

oh dea, better ball and we'dbe back draw, but this is much, much better!

pompeym@

wow my typings bad tonight lol

pompeym@

We're not actually looking TOO bad, touch wood - just soaking up the pressure (albeit not looking too comfortable doing so) and getting the odd half chance up top. And that's all it takes as long as we keep it at one - a half chance and abit of Avram's new-found luck!

Battenberg

Papa's on and he crocks one of our own! Ha Ha

pentonpompey

Battenberg

1-0 at half time, not as bad as many owuld have though eh? lets 'hope' that we can put on alittle more pressure in the 2nd half like we did sunderland?
we MUST put more pressure on cech, get balls into the box as he is suspect...

pompeyrug

Painful watching! O'Hara is a waste of space. The rest not much better.

PFCblue

Getting to watch the game tonight was worse than waiting to get in the Milton end!!!

pentonpompey

I was about to say...Give me your opinions then lads

pentonpompey

not one of jamie's better games is it - i like the guy, but this is why he is NEVER worth around £7m like some think we should pay, if we had it...

pompeyrug

lol rug maybe, but when we paid that for friggin Utaka i'd say he's at least worth double XD

pompeym@

Sounds like we're pretty ragged overall though. Not enough belief. I'm hoping Avram swaps things around a bit for the second half. Gonna be a lot of Chelski pressure to come though. Still, could be worse than one goal down....come on Pompey

cornypomp

Rug
You are spot on mate - We need to get forward more and O'Hara is having a mare - We have 5 central midfielders on the pitch - Why ? - Grant teams lack passion at least with Hart we 'went for' teams .. Still we have the second half yet

Chix

Just watched the replay of the goal - Anelka was standing there unmarked!

PFCblue

Whats the betting someone says tonight...yeah lets hope we bring on Utaka to inject some pace...Ha Ha Ha Ha just as well put me on!

pentonpompey

Corns
That's a fair asseement Diop is the only bright spot for me but we have no chape (or width) whatsoever - Need to see Mokoena off - Boateng back in the middle and Belhadj on - In left midfield - Not straight away but soon I reckon

Chix

while its 1-0 we always have a chance. 90 mins equilizer then utaka. belhadj for mokoena

pompeyhussler

why the feck does no-one wana play belhadj and van borre on the wings, we need pace and they got it, in bucket loads...

pompeym@

Width has been our problem for ages, we'll need something special to crack this nut

pentonpompey

just cant belive how much it is for a ticket 48 quid !!

pompeyhussler

wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

pompeym@

YES!

Battenberg

Get in - That's better

Chix

Fans sound good though!!

pentonpompey

1-1 PIQUIONNE YOU GEM!!!!!

pompeym@

Piq, 1-1, GAME ON

Battenberg

1-1 Piqui

PFCblue

OMG!!!

pentonpompey

GoOOOAL !

FootyFans

how many pompey fans their !!??

pompeyhussler

Wahaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

eastneydave

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeessssssssssssssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

pompeyrug

Watching in Cornwall, having a great holiday and now this!

Lemmi

wow that was close from ballack.... lol we need to settle down again fast

pompeym@

come on u bluesssssssssssssssss i mean whites !!!

pompeyhussler

They'll be dangerous now, especially after Saturday.

Lemmi

Bloody typical.....I missed that Quay went dead!!!! Still Freddy to the rescue................PUP

cornypomp

arrr lovely play, only just off side, not convinced

pompeym@

I do understand..Honest...But we are soooooo deep, it's just inviting them. Hell they don't like it when it's in and around their area; they are jittery

pentonpompey

Come on Pompey
Keep your composure - They are rattled

Chix

Why the hell can't we keep possession better? Joe cole on.

pentonpompey

Hughes to break up Joe Cole play - a great sub and an instance reaction to Ancelloti - Well done Avram

Chix

Hughes for Diop... think we will need some more of Avram's luck to see this out!

Battenberg

Oh *****tttte....Richard bloody Hughes!

pentonpompey

hmm hughesie might be able to help with that penton but in place of diop? really?

pompeym@

arrr boateng, how'd ya miss that lol terrible defending

pompeym@

Oh my God I can't stand It KPB...............

cornypomp

WHAT A CHANCE!!!!!

pentonpompey

And again!!!

pentonpompey

Iraqgoals has frozen, what's going on?

Lemmi

Sounds like the Herminator's in the mix...Get stuck in Herman

cornypomp

I hope we don't regret that KBP miss.....bloody hell

cornypomp

You know what, I think we've played this almost perfectly so far. Avram Grant's blue and white army

Battenberg

Misses...corny

pentonpompey

damn it, my streams gone and now so has the quay :(

pompeym@

Well played Bego

cornypomp

I've a feeling we're bedding down for a draw...Dangerous!!!!

pentonpompey

Yeah I just hope we don't drop too deep....or we'll get sucker punched

cornypomp

Why did freddies face look to me like he was faking it?

pentonpompey

Hello chaps!!! Cringing as the reports come in from sky sports news & hoping we can hold on??? ***** they've got a penalty. Wilson rash challange!!! Lampard scores.

storagematt

Battenberg

Rollocks - Come on Pompey throw everything at them

Chix

I lost coverage, get it back on and guess what?

pentonpompey

Nothing to lose now..gotta go for it..

cornypomp

Wilson eh?....

pentonpompey

Sounds like Dinner Plate is pretty ineffective...

cornypomp

well can't get the quay and i can't get a stream so i'm pretty screwed as far as match coverage goes.....

pompeym@

******** chelski! come on, ONE last chance, please...

pompeyrug

KPB's misses were costly

pentonpompey

what a chance that was that the prince missed back along, WHY did he not just hit it first time?!?!?

pompeyrug

Hi all - are we winning?

gandor1

Come on Pompey last minute equaliser......please

cornypomp

yep, the were penton...

pompeyrug

Giving away far too many penalties, bleedin' gifting sides goals!!!

storagematt

Into added time but they nearly got a third!

storagematt

Fighting hard!

eastneydave

i think we have to take some positives from this 2nd half tho, right?

pompeyrug

You're right Matt, easy penalties...How many this season???

pentonpompey

All over

Battenberg

Yep.....I think we can Rug. If we can put a display together like that against Bin Dippers...who knows?

cornypomp

All over. Must take the good points & get something from the game with the bin dippers.

storagematt

Yh rug we have to take positives, we played great and even scored, but Marc Wilson shouldnt of gone to ground. Also we had chances to win it.

PompeyFcMad

the bin dippers ARE there for the taking, if we want it enough and show alittle more intent - which we 'should' as the home side...

pompeyrug

Well at least we didn't get a hiding.

gandor1

you learn from your mistakes - i still think the guy has had a good season and does not look out of place in the side.

pompeyrug

pff, yea agreed gandor but still it hurts to lose that way..

pompeym@

That wasn't bad you know, overall! Bloody Marc Wilson again making the rash choice!...Still not convinced about him. Don't mean to sound as if i'm shifting the blame, but he has made some howlers this season

pentonpompey

Yeah you're right Gandor, we didn't get a hiding. In fact although we lost I feel quite pleased that we took them to the wire.

cornypomp

then again who hasnt made howlers to be fair - and the others are much more experienced than him...

pompeyrug

sounds much better thzn i was expecting!

pompeycarpet

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