The Chels

Not scared of Pep's Bayern at all. They will still be easily done on the counter attack.

He was also accused, even by Mourinho, of saving himself for the WC when he was bad in that too.

Good backup striker or bust!

It's naive to expect that. Players will always put themselves first and rightfully so.

Southampton away.

Jamie Redknapp claims to have watched a lot of Diego Costa last season so you assume he watched a lot of Atletico Madrid. Yet he suggests that Filipe Luis isn't good defensively highlighting how he clearly didn't watch much of Atletico Madrid . http://www.sportinglife.com/football/news/article/2/9421185/football-video-jamie-redknapp-previews-the-premier-league-title-race

Interestingly the Telegraph and DM are running the exact same story which is that Real, Monaco and PSG would all be willing to sign Cech if he doesn't play on Monday. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/chelsea/11035707/Chelsea-dread-bids-for-Petr-Cech-if-Jose-Mourinho-prefers-Thibaut-Courtois.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2725340/Chelsea-braced-Petr-Cech-bids-Real-Madrid-PSG-Monaco-Blues-keeper-loses-starting-spot-Thibaut-Courtois.html

If Mourinho wants him we should just wait till next year to get him on a free transfer.

He's suspended for the Burnley game because he did something stupid. It's a fair comment.

If we actually wanted him we'd have signed him early on in the window like we did with our other targets.

Real Sociedad's upload:

I'd say Mourinho values Ivanovic more than Ramires.

Today he showed why he should be the starting LB.

11:08 onwards

Actually they do: Costa-Falcao and Villa-Costa.

It was really cringeworthy when Chelsea TV asked him how successful his loan spell was.

There are rumours saying we're in for Benatia but I'm not sure how reliable they are.

Might as well make use of that pace!

I think that's because it was Jose's first season back and he was just getting to know the players. There shouldn't be much need to chop and change so much this season except for rotational purposes.

Mourinho selects the starter who has been at the club the longest to be captain so it won't be either of those two anytime soon.

You could see during the WC that the German NT had been practising their free kick routines so I guess Schurrle improved on it while there, which is very useful for us.

Why would we spend £16m on a 29-year-old left back coming from probably the best team in Europe just for him to be a squad player? His best qualities in my opinion are his pressing and tackling which he had a lot of success with at Atletico as they pressed in groups. I think that would be a good tactic to employ here. It must be frustrating for him that he now has to do it alone and that nobody properly covers him when he goes forward.