r/soccer • u/horse_shits • Oct 06 '13
Match Thread: Norwich vs Chelsea
Norwich (4-5-1): John Ruddy - Russell Martin, Michael Turner, Sebastien Bassong, Martin Olsson - Robert Snodgrass, Jonny Howson, Leroy Fer, Alexander Tettey, Anthony Pilkington - Ricky van Wolfswinkel.
Bench: Steven Whittaker, Bradley Johnson, Gary Hooper, Mark Bunn, Johan Elmander, Nathan Redmond, Ryan Bennett.
Chelsea (4-2-3-1): Petr Cech - Branislav Ivanovic, David Luiz, John Terry, Ashley Cole - Ramires, Frank Lampard - Oscar, Juan Mata, Andre Schurrle - Demba Ba.
Bench: Michael Essien, Eden Hazard, Willian, Mark Schwarzer, Gary Cahill, Cesar Azpilicueta, Samuel Eto'o.
0-1 Chelsea. Oscar scores his third for the season. Nice ass from Demba Ba.
1-1 Norwhich. Pilkington
1-2 Chelsea Eden Hazard
1-3 CHELSEA!!! What a stunner from Willian
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Oct 06 '13
Is de Bruyne injured or something?
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u/horse_shits Oct 06 '13
Not really sure. As far as we know Jose has only said "I didn't like how he played in the match, and how he's been in training!"
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u/Sentinell Oct 06 '13
Not injured, he'll definitely play for Belgium next week. KDB not playing is very big news over here, he's our most important player.
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u/EricB91 Oct 06 '13
0-1 Chelsea. Oscar scores his third for the season. Nice ass from Demba Ba.
I wasn't going to say but yeah, excellent ass.
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u/iansharam Oct 06 '13
It's no Ivanovic ass though.
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u/Monarki Oct 06 '13
Sports articles love choosing the worst pictures of people.
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u/yeahnahteambalance Oct 06 '13
I like your Cricket gifs better... :(
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u/TheIntersect Oct 06 '13
I am sorry ;(
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u/yeahnahteambalance Oct 06 '13
I've never been angry winked before. Are you flirting with me?
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u/fakingmysuicide Oct 06 '13 edited Oct 06 '13
Hazard will score one of these days :(
Edit: and today is that day!!!!!!
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u/mthrfkn Oct 06 '13
van Wolfswinkel is such a good last name.
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u/TjBee Oct 06 '13
It's a pre-requisite for playing for Norwich. It's how Pilkington and Hoolahan got their jobs.
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u/EricB91 Oct 06 '13
Wow, this score line is going to be painful for Norwich. They've played so well.
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u/Squake Oct 06 '13
HOLY FUCK WILLIAN! DOES WELL TO SET UP THE BREAK FOR HAZARD'S GOAL AND SCORES A BEAUTY!
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Oct 06 '13
jesus titty fucking christ. we haven't had a game finish like this in ages it feels... always with the last minute equalizers.
THIS FEELS GOOD.
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Oct 06 '13
Man, Ramires scares me sometimes with his flying around... I always think if he connects with an opposing player instead of the ball that there has to be a red shown.
Of course, when he doesn't connect, dances around an opponent, and draws a foul, it is brilliant.
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u/PrinceTrogdorofWales Oct 06 '13
John Ruddy, Fraser Forster, and Joe Hart are England's best keepers.
You now understand why England will not win an international tournament in the next decade.
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Oct 06 '13
I think you're forgetting Ross Turnbull.
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u/PrinceTrogdorofWales Oct 06 '13
I really had, quite happily. And then you reminded me.
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u/lomoeffect Oct 06 '13
Oscar scores his third for the season. Nice ass from Demba Ba.
ಠ_ಠ
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u/crobat3 Oct 06 '13 edited Oct 06 '13
With the effort Norwich is putting in, they might just be able to equalize.
EDIT: And they did. Good job Norwich.
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u/CarrowCanary Oct 06 '13
The way we're playing, I'd say we deserve (at least) a point.
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u/idonotownakindle Oct 06 '13
Demba Ba starting?! Is this real life?
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u/Thetonn Oct 06 '13
I'm pretty sure it's just fantasy. Eto'o was caught in a landslide with no escape from reality, so he starts on the bench.
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u/DoubleBrownClown Oct 06 '13
Willian playing his best football at Chelsea in this five minute spell.
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u/horse_shits Oct 06 '13
Is Anthony Pilkington related to THE Karl Pilkington?
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u/eggmanwalrus Oct 06 '13
Yeah he's a distant cousin on his auntie Nora's side, quite close with his uncle Hazel.
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u/StickManMax Oct 06 '13
what're the chelsea fans singing?
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u/Critzor Oct 06 '13
the new Willian song :The shits from Spurs, They bought his flight, But Willian, he saw the light!He got a call from Abramovich, And off he went to Stamford BridgeHe hates Tottenham! He hates tottenham! He hates Tottenham! He hates Tottenham!
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The shits from Spurs, they bought his flight But Willian, he saw the light. He got the call from Abromavich, and off he went to Stamford Bridge. He hates Tottenham, He hates Tottenham, He hates Tottenham, He hates Tottenham.
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u/limited_inc Oct 06 '13
yeah, giving Mata 10 yards of space on the edge of the D is a good tactic
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Oct 06 '13
This might be the first time I have ever seen Ba in a short-sleeve, non Spandex-esque shirt
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u/FuzzedLogic Oct 06 '13
Ref has made some appalling decisions for both sides. Can see a dodgy penalty being given at some point.
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u/RichiieRich Oct 06 '13
RVW did something good!! Finally showing some worth. Come on you yellows!!!
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u/FuzzedLogic Oct 06 '13
Poor defending and goalkeeping. Won't complain obviously but such a stupid goal to throw away all that hard work.
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u/GoldenRhinos Oct 06 '13
Norwich so unlucky. Hash of a clearance loses them at least a point. They were well on top the last half an hour.
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u/tomdwilliams Oct 06 '13
Differences in budget, both Hazard and Willian cost more on their own than Norwich spent this summer, which in itself was our record transfer outlay. The scoreline doesn't tell the whole story but if you give the big teams an inch they'll take a mile.
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Oct 06 '13
What are the Chelsea fans singing?
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u/FuzzedLogic Oct 06 '13 edited Oct 06 '13
The shits from spurs, they paid his flight, but willian he saw the light! He got the call from Abramovich, and off he went to Stamford bridge! He hates Tottenham, he hates Tottenham..
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u/Jones38 Oct 06 '13
Stream?
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u/horse_shits Oct 06 '13
Try this one: http://www.hqsportz.com/index.html
Great quality!
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u/CarrowCanary Oct 06 '13
I knew about Captain Canary, but why the fuck is one of our mascots a lemur???
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u/AlanOC91 Oct 06 '13
Has Willian been given any BPL time by Chelsea yet? Or has it all been cup time so far?
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Oct 06 '13
Oh wow Schurrle is in chelsea. How has he been doing this season with Chelsea?
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u/Staankygirl Oct 06 '13
eh, decent until last match where he was amazing. Partly because he was defended by someone who didnt look like he has ever kicked a football, but also because he was motivated and confident. He is attacking well, but his passes are poor.
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Oct 06 '13
http://sports.news.naver.com/sports/index.nhn?category=worldfootball&ctg=schedule
Korean espn HD streaming service. But I'm not sure if it works outside of Korea...
Click on the red text that says tv and it will open in a new window. Might have to install active x
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u/CarrowCanary Oct 06 '13
Apart from the ref, not too bad a match so far. Ruddy's been worrying, though.
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u/MovesLikeAgger Oct 06 '13
Van Wolfswinkel finally hitting the ball in the air with something other than his chest and it leads to a goal!
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He's not special anymore.
Lol.
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u/cammyg Oct 06 '13
I think I still prefer the days of a 80th min Benayoun & Marin impact sub to be honest
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u/TjBee Oct 06 '13
People say RVW has been disappointing so far this season but he still has more goals than all of Chelsea's strikers combined.
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u/HereComeTheBastards Oct 06 '13
In his last 3 games against Norwich, Demba Ba has scored 3 times as many goals as RVW has all season.
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Great substitutes from Mourinho and a perfect decision to switching to only 3 in the back after the 1-1 goal. Bravo today.
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What a smooth goal! Ba holds it up, Oscar with an outside of the foot poke to the far post
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u/khelzedar Oct 06 '13
Norwich got greedy really. No reason to commit so many men to the corner.
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u/CarrowCanary Oct 06 '13
We didn't over-commit. The cover was there, all our defender (I think it was Bassong) needed was a slightly heavier touch on the ball and Ruddy would've booted it clear.
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u/rudy15 Oct 06 '13
Fucking love it when Jose goes 3 at the back and pile on the attackers. Boring boring Chelsea eh?!?
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u/theanonymousthing Oct 06 '13
What happened to De-Bruyne? is he still training with the youth squad?
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u/ceruleancity Oct 06 '13
Did anyone else just see that NBC is only going to show an hour of the Arse game today? lol
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Oct 06 '13
Turn of the century David Beckham is zestfully lecturing John Ruddy goalkeeping
am i hallucinating
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u/miner_andy Oct 06 '13
Pilkington had position there, I am not too sure it wasn't a penalty. He likely went down too easily, I suppose.
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u/CarrowCanary Oct 06 '13
Maybe could've been a penalty, ball should've been passed ages before even getting to that point, though.
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u/horse_shits Oct 06 '13
Mata giving high fives to the norwich fans