Chelsea hit by absences

Fri, 14 Aug 14:34:32 2009

Chelsea are without a number of players for their opening Barclays Premier League clash with Hull at Stamford Bridge.

New signing Yuri Zhirkov is out with a knee injury while Juliano Belletti (Achilles) and defender Alex (groin) are also set to miss out.

Joe Cole (knee) and Paulo Ferreira (knee) are back in training but the fixture comes too soon for the pair.

 

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  1. Everyone's making this noise about Zhirkov being­ the second coming in fantasy football, but he has never­ scored more than 6 goals in a season and that was his­ first beyond that I don't think he's scored­ more than 3. Not exactly numbers to make you choose him­ over Lampard, Gerrard or Arshavin.

    From bigbrother09447, on Sun 16 Aug 1:19AM

  2. Well, it means Carvalho will at least get his chance to­ prove himself again.

    From Sandy, on Fri 14 Aug 11:38PM

  3. Wow this is our chance boys. Chelsea are really­ weakened aren't they ? I mean, it will be an­ absolute stroll for City
    We only have the second team­ to deal with eh? Terry, Lampard, Bosingwa, Anelka,­ Drogba and co. Easy

    Who wrote this article? lazy­ stupid journalism strikes again.

    Come on you­ ULLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

    From Get rid of the Lords, on Fri 14 Aug 5:16PM

  4. Com'On Chelsea We Can Win Every Game ths Seasen­ Like a Bat Out of Hull

    From matthart, on Fri 14 Aug 5:09PM

  5. what a daft story hardly anything we didn't know­ already !!!

    From CFC M8, on Fri 14 Aug 3:02PM

  6. why Zhirkov ??? :(((

    From David Villa, on Fri 14 Aug 2:54PM

  7. no! but chelsea has lots of choices from the bench. Joe­ Cole might be out but Essien can play on the right side­ and right back of course the best BOSINGWA...and the­ two great strikers...ANELKA & DROGBA..

    From TrevorC, on Fri 14 Aug 2:49PM
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