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I think we will win comfortably. Torres to start and score.

Positive guy aren't you? Pull yourself together and stop whinging man. Mata, Schurlle and Willian to start as the 3 AM's, with Torres upfront please. Oscar and Mikel in the pivot (he dreams), with Azpi getting a game.

Totally agree. The knee jerk reactions are comical. It was a woeful performance against Basel but a very similar Chelsea team beat them last season over two legs so writing off our chances of winning away is just plain stupidity. We have strengthened our squad over the summer, not weakened it. Too many fans expect an easy ride which is perplexing in itself considering it is never easy with Chelsea, especially in the last 4 or 5 seasons. People will be calling for Rafa to be brought back next.

We brought a £50 million striker and look how that materialised. I agree about our weakness in the 'pivot' position (personally I think we should play Oscar alongside Mikel/Ramires in that role) but spending more and more money isn't the only solution. I'm fed up of people complaining about our multiple weaknesses every time we lose a football match. We have more than enough pedigree in every position to be competing in every competition this year. It's just about finding the right balance and galvanising the team, and I'm confident Jose can do that. We usually have a good start to the season and everything goes tits up in November. Perhaps we're having a blip earlier this year.

Excellent post. It was a terrible team performance. Oscar and Cahill aside, nobody played well. When Jose first joined we had a spine of 4 players that would start every game: Cech, Terry, Lampard, Drogba. We don't have that with this squad. Jose needs to limit the number of changes in between game and build a team. It is unfair to pin the blame on any one player tonight. It's a group of players that have never played together before and it showed.