DYC.

That's true, he does defend against Barca. But only against Barca.

Cristiano defends? That's a rarity tbh but he scores 50+ goals so no one cares. It is important for the attacking players to help out defensively, mostly putting pressure, but not too much. Amen, bar special cases like Ronaldinho for example. It gives the players more options, I just don't understand how it's so unpopular.

Thought Frank had a good game.

The thing is we can always count on Arsenal suffering a lot injuries. And of course their lack of mental strength. Though we might have some problems with that as well this season. Key word being might.

We can't let Man City sign De Rossi. Imagine De Rossi and Toure in midfield.. We should hijack the deal, he would be a immense buy.

It's weird isn't it? Available for a one year loan yet 0 links. I'm sure Mourinho would like to do his former club a favour while Sahin would love playing with the likes of Mata, Hazard and Oscar. And if he were to regain his Dortmund form, he'd be a starter for sure. After a year, we get (a hopefully improved) De Bruyne back.

I love his directness. We definitely lack a player like that in our squad. He does lack a final ball yeah but having him come off the bench against tired legs will be great, just like with SWP. 10 mil is a bit much but that's the market today.

Bad game but we won and kept a clean sheet, which is the most important. Our performance was a bit worrying but it's too early to draw conclusions due to the busy summer. Luiz was very good though he needs to tone down the aggression a bit and try to win balls more cleanly. Hazard won us this game so great start from him. We had zero threat from the left. While Bertrand did cover and defend well, I hope we won't see him up front anymore as Wigan were allowed to solely focus on defending their left flank.

Come on Chelsea. Put them under pressure and control the game. Can't allow them to score one.

That wasn't the point. We spend 10x as much as Wigan and they would switch squads with us in a heart beat yet we should worry about how to stop them? They should be the ones concerned about how to stop our players.

Come on, we're Chelsea. We should be ashamed if we have to adapt in such ways when facing the likes of Wigan. We just have to win this game. Hope Di Matteo goes with a 4-3-3 because 4-2-3-1 is not the way to go when facing teams who'll mostly sit back.

Goal against Holland, hard to miss but still, and a goal again Pool. And from what I've heard, it was good allround performance as well. Keep it up Melu.

What a pass to set up Belgium's 4th goal! He has to make it here, he just has to.

Good point. Though I think without Terry we lack organization which still makes us vulnerable at the back. Top priority should be getting a world-class CB. Just look at Kompany's effect on City, Vidic for Utd and many other examples in the past.

I wouldn't go that far. Terry is still a better defender than both D. Luiz and Cahill, who are both solid but nothing special imo (that's the way I see it that is). Just look at his performances at the Euros. He was one of the better defenders that tournament as he's still a good defender. It's just his inconsistency issues and that's why we should be looking for a replacement as we really need a world-class option at CB.

Wish we'd rest him.

True. I hope the club has targeted Hummels as his replacement (next summer buy), unless Bruma does extremely well this season. He'd be perfect.

I'm confused. You do know Witsel is a offensive player right? Though he does get back and help out defensively.

It's the double pivot. 4-3-3 will improve our performances. Of course only with the right combination of players in the midfield three.

The responsibility of what? We're talking about Mikel's individual performance and his performance was poor. Terry, Ivanovic, Luiz and Lampard have also been criticized on the forum.

He's been okay on the ball but his defending has been poor. As a DM, that means he's had a poor game.

Thats because the double pivot sucks. For us that is. And people actually want Oscar in there.

We didn't park the bus! Torres goal! Ivanovic is a idiot..

I'll be watching that game too. I've been loving 'Osmar' this tournament, wonderful talents.

De Laurentiis letting Cavani go for £35 mil? No way.