mikeholiday

Good work rate. All over the pitch again. Headscratcher with that yellow the way he kicked Smalling (or Rojo cant remember) while the ball was at manure's defensive half.

Poor performance. If my memory is correct, he had this one pass that was straight to the path of a manure player - no chelsea player close to it. Just led to more pressure being applied by manure. The gap in quality between him and Matic is unbelievably wide.

Poor first half. I felt maybe he should have been taken off if only Oscar didn't get a yellow.

Matic was immense. Oscar and Willian work rates were excellent. Happy to see King Didier scoring. Rafael to mark him in set pieces? Really Louie??? Just hoping that manure will make it as difficult for manshity.

Stream anyone?

Aside from Cech, i dont know of anybody else who's pouting. Salah maybe because of lack of game time, but I wont be surprised if he stays. He may not be playing regularly but I think he's needed for depth.

I voted for Azpi (despite last week's sending off lol). I'd like the guy who works the hardest in training to be the next captain. and from what ive been hearing, Jose seems to really like his work ethic.

Apparently Balo is in the spotlight for swapping shirts with Pepe at halftime. What if Pepe initiated it and just baited Balo?

But it's looking like we won't have a CF though?

Carroll Adam Downing... Balo Lambert Markovic... History repeats itself?

Courtois Brana Cahill Terry Luis Matic Fab Salah Oscar Willian Hazard

I can imagine Oscar pressing the shit out of Blind this weekend. But Im really worried about Di Maria going against Brana though...

Any update on his contract? Few weeks ago he was about to sign a new one.

Courtois Brana Cahill Terry Dave Fab Matic Willian Oscar Hazard Remy

Positioning and passing fairly solid. Weak challenge against Zaha tho that led to nervous last 4 mins and Dom Solanke not getting his debut.

Decent link-up. Decent pace. Had more than one dummy and one of them led to Delaney getting sent off. Good game, Loic.

I started following football during Gallas' last season with Chelsea. I still don't know why he left the way he did.

I honestly think that we should only chase after him if we know for sure that chasing Pogba is a dead end.

Anybody got injured from international duty?

Wonderful read. i think teams are doing the same with Liverpool and Gerrard. Hence the early struggle (among other things...).

Better in PSG than to any of our BPL rivals.

Is he the next Chelsea captain?

Comparing Schurrle's performance against Swansea and Arsenal, I did see an improvement in his defensive work rate... He is indeed frustrating sometimes but given that he is not a Jose signing (correct me if im wrong) and still gets picked over Willian, a jose signing, says something about his potential.

I feel the result totally rests on Costa's hamstrings. Not sure if Remy has played against a park the bus defense.

Manure. I started following football and eventually supporting chelsea back in 2006. from 2007 to 2013 it's always been Chelsea and Utd for the title. I hate seeing "Fergie Time" goals...