MrExcalibur100

To be fair, he looked dead on his feet 20 mins into the 2nd half. He clearly wasn't intentionally trying to slow the pace down. He's not yet fully (competitive) match fit.

Terrific game from Hazard today. He looked incredibly tired 20-25 mins in the 2nd half. Still a way to go fitness wise.

COSTAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!! Reminds me of the Ibrahimovic goal on Sunday.

Apart from Hazard, we're just a distinctly average team. Nothing new to see here.

Another example of Costa's tunnel vision.

Nice one, Eden! I hope he hasn't abondoned his sexy penalty technique though

I agree with the sentiment, but I can't understand why Willian should be included on this list.

Lol. calm down mate.

Ivanovic is a fucking liability. They aren't even bothering to pick him up. Jeezus Christ!

His tunnel vision is shocking sometimes.

Lol, Ivanovic. This guy hardly looks like a footballer anymore.

Crowd's been poor all game. Hazard's been fantastic every time he's touched the ball. Have to get him more involved. No brainer.

The ref, the cunt gives nothing. Not surpised after Kante's booking under 2 mins and a couple of uncalled fouls on us. Tell me some of these refs aren't bent.

I don't understand the Lampard chants. 16 min into the game after our disastrous season. We should be encouraging our current players.

And that's the official line up

The front VI I want to see: Willian Kantè Matic Pedro Hazard Costa The front VI that will start: Kantè Oscar Matic Willian Costa Hazard The back four pretty much is what it is till (if?) we buy a new centre-half and fullback. I believe the 1st front VI is stronger than the 2nd one. But hey, that's just my opinion.

Seems to be a similar, younger version of an Andre Gomes type player. A young holding & central mid who can pass, has good vision, dictate the tempo, has compusore on the ball and brings good defensive contribution with solid positional sense. I just hope we sign him to play him, not bench him and loan him out without ever giving him a chance to make any meaningful impact. When teams like Barcelona, Man United and Arsenal are after you, you have to have something going for you.

He does. His Juventus teams' played consistently good football. Not just in odd spurts like Mourinho's team. You can tell that he coaches that into his players, unlike Jose. Yeah, our defense is extremely bad. It goes without saying, if we don't do something there ASAP, we're fucked. Cahill and Ivanovic have no business being CFC players right now.

N'Golo was impressive yet again. I thought him and Eden were the best players on the pitch.

Imagine thinking this man isn't the best player in the league.

The Matic hate is bordering on the retarded now.

Which is still very similar to a 4-2-3-1 with Oscar there. The only difference is Oscar wil play a deeper role. But when we're putting pressure on the opponent in the final 3rd, it's essentially the same thing.

What position did Hazard play when he came on?

I read somewhere on this site he'll be a top 10 player in the world if he played for Barcelona, Real Madrid or Bayern.

Fabregas a complete ghost in this game. Non-factor. Our building from the back all pre-season is atrocious. That's partly on our midfielders.