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Cech clearly moved on and so should our players, his presence has affected our players I think. Same like what happened when Lampard came on in the first match we faced him. I've seldom seen Hazard shoot like that. I think he was intimitaded by Cech and wanted to beat him in a different way. Next time we face Arsenal the players should just treat him like a gooner, a real enemy. Think Costa is the first one who can do that.

He played very well yesterday and continued his form of the 2nd part of last season. But I think Willian has it in him to reach the next level in his game: to carry the team and be decisive. He has a lot of confidence currently, you can see it back in his dribbles and long passes. He should now take more responsibility to be more aggressive in the final third of the field, for example dribbling into the box like Hazard and shoot more. He also has a good long shot, most of his goals are great long distance goals (Stoke, Norwich, Soton, Everton, Watford?) He should do it more often, we need another player who can carry the team and I think Willian can be the person this season.

http://www.chelseafc.com/news/latest-news/2015/08/final-whistle-verdict-post-arsenal.html Final whistle verdict: Putting it in perspective

Zouma played LB last game.

Chelsea FC ‏@ChelseaFC Our first team of the season. Fabregas & Matic holding in midfield, Ramires likely to be wide right with Willian central behind Remy. #CFCAh you're right, just saw this tweet.

happy with Remy up front though, really deserved it.

At least it's Ramires in a 4-3-3 and not on the wing or pivot, did well in the COC final for example.

Chelsea FC ‏@ChelseaFC Chelsea subs: Begovic, Zouma, Mikel, Oscar, Cuadrado, Moses, Falcao. #CFC #CommunityShield No Costa

Don't want to see this going down to penalties, don't think our players will find it comfortable facing Cech in a shoot out.

After Sami Khedira’s serious injury, #Juventus consider bids for #Zenit star Axel Witsel and #Inter ’s Fredy Guarin http://www.football-italia.net/70442/juve-eye-witsel-and-guarin Corriere dello Sport: Silvio Berlusconi has given Galliani permission to increase the offer for Axel Witsel to €25m + €5m in bonuses.

Happy birthday!

what about you?

In 13 games it's: Mourinho wins: 7 games Draw: 6 games Wenger wins: 0 games Does anyone think Wenger will finally beat Mou?

odds from 16/1 to 4/1 for us to sign him. (free) http://www.skybet.com/football/transfer-specials/event/18076041?btag=a_7753b_243c_

2 defenders are a must, we only have 5. Anything else would be a suprise.

CL 2015-16: Real Madrid vs Chelsea confirmed.

What a shame, perfect player to play next to a faster cb like Zouma. I'm sure we would not have let him go if he was 25-28 years old. JT needs much protection and Azpi is perfect for that. Too bad when JT declines in 2 years, the same would go for Luis (32). So this is the best decision for him and for the club, GL to him!

As a starter he can give u 10-15 goals, as a impact sub 5-10 goals. Moses, Cuadrado and Willian are not killers. Traore scored many goals but played as striker last season and is still young. If one of Traore(loan)/Moses/Cuadrado moves out, I'd like him here if we can't get Pedro. (Or another big signing)

According to Galatsaray fans, he is: - very good in attack - weak at defending - average crosser - great technique and stamina - physically not super weak or super strong

Yeah that was one of our best counter attacking games under Mourinho's second spell. And I honestly think THAT is the football he really wants, not parking the bus like Atleti away.Luiz in midfield was KEY in those performances. Matic-Luiz combo dominated City away and Arsenal at home (6-0). A few days later we played the same group. (City Fa cup) But Mikel instead of Luiz in midfield, and Luiz instead of JT in defence and suddenly we lost the control in midfield (plus clown Luiz instead of solid JT). So I hope we can find someone similar or even better, Witsel might be that person as he's more natural there plus has some other skills. We played with Luiz-Matic-Rambo-Willian-Eden-Eto'o in that game. If you want to have the same effect, we can play: Witsel-Matic-Rambo-Willian-Eden-Costa. But I am not a fan of dropping Cesc, his brain is faster than Willian's legs, sees a pass within seconds and is the only player who could give the killer/final pass to our runners. So I really want to see this next season: Matic-Witsel-Willian-Cesc-Eden-Costa Just one signing, come on!

I actually think he is (again) indirectly showing his frustrations towards the board for not giving him what he wants. How many times has Mou mentioned something like ''without new signings/investments or I can't have'' in the recent 2 weeks? I already lost the count, the pre-summer stop Mourinho is clearly different from the current preseason Mourinho. Pre-summer stop: - '' I want to add a striker because we lost our legend, one defender and a midfielder to add some fresh blood to give the guys some competition'' - Openly challenged the main competitors at the Chelsea Player of the year awards show, showing his confidence and probably counting on his signings. Preseason: - ''We will do it with the same group, it's a big challenge to do it with no new signings'' (repeat it like 5 times in 2 weeks) - ''I can't have the Eiffel tower, I can't even have the Vegas one'' - ''Our rivals are buying the title, all of them, It is up to us to try and win [the title] even without the big investment'' Clearly a different Mourinho, the pre-summer stop one and the current Mourinho. Think we can all agree Mourinho is a smart guy, he knows exactly what the team is missing every time: 2013-14 summer window: Many problems but mainly lacking a striker, chased a striker (rooney) but got none. result = complaining that he has no strikers, praising PSG stikers, praising Falcao, play Schurrle up top, mocking Etoo's age. 2013-14 winter window: Looking for a CDM who is better than Mikel, got Matic. 2014-15 summer window: Looking for the striker, depth and a main playmaker, got Cesc and Diego, plus depth signings: Remy, DD, Luis. 2015-2016 summer window: Looking for a midfielder, defender and striker, chasing Stones but where is the midfielder? result = indirectly showing his frustrations for not getting new big signings, mocking other teams' spending behavior. He is playing mind games with the board but if it works is another question. He clearly knows we have a big weakness and that is the midfield spot, why would he otherwise play Mikel or Ramires next to Matic in every big or away game, or even in preseason vs PSG? We need someone who is better than those 2 and can play big and small games, otherwise we won't improve and will struggle in big games again.

‘The manager and Christophe [Lollichon, the goalkeeping coach] asked me to shoot one in the first five and I said if there’s a space open I would do it. Five people stepped up so it was no problem but I said if we needed one more to win I would take it. So I think I would have taken the sixth penalty if we had a chance to win it then.’ http://www.chelseafc.com/news/latest-news/2015/07/courtois-post-psg.html

Exactly, but it does not look like we're after one CM. Even the rumors are dead now.

Actually we already played beautiful and dominant football at the start of last season. The question is now: how can we improve so we can do it for the whole season? And how can we also play more dominant against the big teams.

http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11668/9925147/jose-mourinho-says-chelseas-rivals-are-trying-to-buy-the-title Rivals are trying to buy the title - Jose