Cech's helmet

Just play Mata as a number 9. at least he can cold the ball up.

One question, does Silva track back/defend wth Man City? what about Ozil? Cazorla? Coutinho? Isco? selling one of the best players in the world at his peak because he doesn't "track back" is the dumbest business deal in football history.

How can people say he's not good enough this year when he's not playing in his position? the lad has been out of favor since the first few games in the league ffs. selling a guy who assisted/scored more than half of our goals in the last two years, brilliant idea. we're not scoring enough goals this year, we're not creating enough chances. we're just passing side ways. we need someone who's going to pass the ball through defenders to make a 1vs1 situation like Hazard for the first time did today. Mata is the best passer in the team, it's no brainer he should start as a no10, with Oscar starting with Rami in CM.

He's a no10. he's too slow to play on the wings. Mourinho should play Oscar as a CM with Mata as no10 with Willian and Hazard wide. Why Oscar doesn't play in midfield, blows my mind. the lad makes the most tackles in the team and wins the ball as much as Ramires does. it's no brainer he should be playign in the middle of the pitch. Oscar-Ramires Willian- Mata-Hazard what do Lampard and Mikel offer than Oscar doesn't? he defends better than both and he attacks better than both. he can be our new Lampard in cm.

Anyone got pics of hazard kissing the badge after the goal?

4th game Mata doesn't start? blows my mind. he's the only one who sets our strikers in 1vs1 situations with his splitting passes.

Also, if you want to win the league, you go and win big games. you beat your rivals instead of waiting for other teams to take points off your competitors. the fact that we didn't even try to win this game shows that Mou knows that this team is not good enough. Arsenal were horrible today, we beat them last year home and away at our worst. I hate saying this, but look at City. they dominate clubs like us, Arsenal, Tottenham and Man united.

Willian, Schurrle, Oscar are all not even close to Mata in terms of quality. they're good players but not world class. you need a world class player to do something out of nothing to win a game like this. none of our players were ever going to score in this game. It's getting fucking ridiculous now seeing Mata on the bench for average players. tired of the tracking back/defending nonsense. Hazard/willian/Schurrle don't score goals, they create them. they're not even doing that ths year, they're just good dribbilers/keeping the ball/ tracking back. no wonder why we're not scoring goals.

Still don't get how Lampard is playing week in week out. when was the last time he had an assist? It's no rocket science Oscar should Lampard's successor in CM due to his work rate/long passing. Oscar-Ramires Willian - Mata- Hazard -Tores-

No oscar and mata, wtf?

I hate these new tight shirts.

Schurrle was injured.

About freaking time Mata and Essien get a start.

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11671/8957603/premier-league-romelu-lukaku-asked-chelsea-boss-jose-mourinho-for-move

what did Lukaku say about Mourinho that made him say that?

Bloody hell, is Mata really that bad? didn't start the last 3 games ffs

Any decent/agile goalkeeper is going to look WORLD class playing in La Liga. the hardest place to be a goalie is the premier league. De Gea looked world class with Atletico too because goalkeepers in La liga don't have have to deal with long balls/crosses as much as in premier league games. Van der saar was absolutely phenomenal in his late 30's with Utd, actually he started being world class in his 30's. Cech is 31 and this is when keepers really start to peek. look at Shay given/ Friedel. they were all amazing in their 30's. Courtois came in the wrong time imo. it sucks but why change something that's not broken?

KDB is better than Schurrle and Willian. baffling to see him not even getting a sniff in the 1st team.

Mourinho is an idiot for rating Oscar higher than Mata. the way we're dealing with our best player in the last 2 years is just as bad as what Madrid did with Ozil. Mourinho is costing us a world class player. (and they're a few in this club)

All I can say is I'm going to miss seeing Oscar, Mata and Hazard playing together. they weren't really crashing opponents, but it was their first year playing together. with Hazard and Oscar settling in, this trio could have been deadly. We have to settle for the likes of Schurrle/Willian/KDB because "they track back" this is just after a few days Jose saying we want to play positive football/change our style lmao

No player in this team puts his ego ahead of the team, and it's always been the case in this club. this is why we are known for our "never give up" spirit. we always have a happy squad. but right now, Jose is putting himself in an awkward position. every freaking football journalist/fan out there is shocked that Mata is not starting in his well earned no10 role. a playmaker who scored 21 goals and has over 30 assists is going to be benched? where is the respect? Jose created a problem out of nothing. I have no idea why he doesn't fancy Mata, but it's bizzare to think there is nothing going on.

I have to agree about the Di Matteo part. everyone loved him, everyone played for him, we were a happy squad, we had spirit, thats why we won the champions league with that thin squad. the goal is to keep your players happy, Mou has been here for 2 months, and we already have this whole Mata fiasco. You don't go out in the press and say " Oscar is my no10" "I don't want Oscar to be chasing fullbacks" talk about double standards... Mou has got it all wrong from the start. sorry but if this was Rafa or AVB we would be slashing them. just because it's Mou doesn't mean he's always right. he's wrong. go ask any football fan and you'll see who's the better no10 between Oscar and Mata. It's a shame we have to go through this, we really shouldn't be making a "vs" thread between 2 of our players. Mou should bring us together, and its been 4 games and we the fans already are divided. exactly what happened in Madrid is going to happen here if Jose puts his ego ahead of the club. You don't criticize the best player in the last 2 seasons and a fan favorite publicly after whats he done to us. Mou is not respecting Mata. respect is a 2 side thing.

This "criticizing" him to make him "better" would mean shit all when Mata puts in a transfer request in January and ends up at Man Utd or Arsenal.

Our "problem" is not the bloody no10 position. Mata was the only world class player who carried us for the last 2 years. yes we have problems, we have lots of problems. we have central midfielders who cant tackle nor pass. we have a striker who cant score, we have defenders like Luiz making the same mistakes game after game. yup let's bench Mata. that will solve everything. the one who created and scored half of our goals is going to be benched because he's playing alongside players who cant do their jobs properly. our "problems" could have been fixed in the summer, we could have signed cavani or falcao. a defender and a central midfielder.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiL0hMLTaxs