League Cup preview: Chelsea v. Wycombe Wanderers

Bloody cold out there!... It would feel like home for Sheva tonight! ;-)

A hat-trick it is then. 10/1 Drogba to score three; I'd expect treble that before I backed Sheva to score thrice! ;-)

Last time I mentioned hat-trick and I had to eat my hat!... We'll see... There maybe a seasonal factor in Sheva! :-)

I just hope tonight's game will show that we have plan B, C and even D. However, it will show that the most important thing we have is self believe.

MikeL,

We have Plan 'S'... 'Solidarity'.

Plan 'S' is good by me.
Come on Chels

Well done Sheva!!:D

Perfect result to start the re-resurgency and one at a time. well done Droggy, Shevvy,Lamppy and welcome back home Cechhy

Great performance by Sheva,really really pleased for him.Hope he carries on against Forest on Saturday.
Also impressive displays by Diarra and Mikel and not forgetting Lampard, Drogba,Essien and Carvalho.Also big credit to Cech he played like he's never been away.
Everyone wanted us to fail tonight,but we came through a sticky couple of moments and could have scored at least 6 or 7.All of a sudden the world seems a happier place,well done boys!

What do you think guys about Diarra's peformance on the right side? I thought he was better than Jeremi and Ferreira.

Certainly brought a smile back, irrespective of the opposition. Well done to Sheva, worked hard and deserved his goals; hint of offside for the second but the kind of superb finish you expect from him. The midfield, whilst rather narrow as is often the case these days, played well especially Mikel and Lamps (who looked fairly poor in the early stages) and Essien was superb as always. Good to see Diarra back in the fold - hopefully his disciplinary issues are behind him now. If he and Mikel can sort themselves out they have terrific futures ahead of them - incredibly composed and intelligent use of the ball for relatively inexperienced youngsters.

Delighted for Cech too - the way he flung himself into the save that denied Wycombe in first half injury time was fantastic - no fear at all.

Good overall team performance; still lacks width and the full backs won't get as much room against better opposition, but the perfect antidote to Saturday's dreadful showing. And a cup final to attend - can't ask for more than that.

Credit to Wycombe too - played their part in an entertaining 180 mins or so of football; maybe did us a favour by getting that equaliser in the first leg - didn't give us the option of coasting through the second game. And Jose seemed almost back to his normal self in the post-match interview - peace, love, goals and harmony down at the Bridge? Whatever next?!

Thats great match. It interesting to see sheva played that way. I want more of that. I hope the whole team continue to be given the ball to Sheva most times, more of today will surely come in premiership. MIkel and Diarra were unbelievably impressive. lets wait for the FA Cup and see more of that. Up blues