DYC.

Juve - Napoli like choulo said while brazil - mexico is also on today. Ligue 1 football (PSG) later on today as well.

Nobody wants to sit on the bench.

He's worked extremely hard to get here and it makes it even more special that he's a Chelsea man. Well done Ryan.

So we can probably expect this: Cech Ivanovic D. Luiz Terry Cole Mikel Lampard Ramires Mata Hazard Torres I'm not a fan of the 4-2-3-1 formation, think a 4-3-3 suits us better (with the right players). The most important thing for me will be our style of play. I just hope we don't go all defensive.

Luckily his technical ability is pretty poor while he relies on quality service, which could be a problem at Pool. But he definitely will score quite a few goals for them sadly. I don't normally do predictions but I do predict him scoring at least once when facing us.

That would be awful. Seeing Borini in a Liverpool shirt is disgusting enough.

It's very simple. Either he scores 25+ goals in all competitons, yes a Chelsea striker should be able to that, or we move on and learn a good lesson. As long as he plays a good amount of matches of course. And none of this anonymous displays in big matches. I'm not saying he should score in every big game of course but he should score in a few.

Ayew's basically Malouda Jr. really, talking about back when Flo was a quality player. Very similar players. Think this will turn out to be a good buy. And when facing teams who'll just sit back, we simply use him at RB due to his superior offensive game compared to Bran.

Unless we bring in De Rossi don't sell as he provides good cover and needed experience.

I meant him making a pretty good squad player but not expecting anything more than that. I actually forgot about the fact that SWP cost us a lot of money back then. Wasn't his fault anyway.

Training with class players only makes you improve slightly. And yes, he probably will start a few games but that's not what you want as a footballer. Marin's situation is different as he's (far) more talented than Moses imo. I personally don't think Moses has what it takes for the elite, like with SWP.

It's a good thing for us but bad for him. Great to have a player like him in the squad but it would be better for his own career to stay at Wigan or join another side where he'll actually play regularly. Hence the SWP II comment.

The same was said about Sheva and Torres. And that's why I said the club better be sure he will be able to adapt for this kind of money. You don't make buys based on assumptions or to hope for the best.

You have to be very good to fake your age being born in Belgium. SWP II in the making with this one.

Wonderful striker but he's not the type of striker we need for the type of football we want to play. It's like when we signed Torres (counter-attacking striker) to replace Drogba (targetman). It's possible for him to adapt but the club better be very sure he will be able to adapt for this kind of money, if he actually does sign that is.

Doesn't look like this is happening. Good.

Oscar has so much composure, it's unreal. His ball control isn't even all that impressive (yet), neither does he posses great agility but he could have a army surrounding him and he'd still find a way to escape with the ball remaining in his possession. And he and Neymar are football 'soul mates'. Their connection is simply amazing and they don't even play for the same club. Romelu is also a player to look out for, great talent. This is exactly how I would like to see us play, though in my dream world we sign De Rossi. Though Hazard would need to be instructed to stick on the wing for the most part of matches otherwise we seriously lack width. And a wide role suits him best at the moment. He obviously prefers to play in the middle but he's not ready for that role yet.

Are people actually blaming the formation? I missed the game but I could've told you that a midfield three consisting of Lamps, Meireles and Essien can only go wrong. So could my 12-year-old nephew's hamster.

I applaud you for that.

15 goals for Barca, 2 were for Spain. Considering his price and the high expectations, I can see how one would say he was poor.. Fabregas poor is not the same as Keita poor for example. Okay not poor but not good enough. But this isn't the right place to discuss that.

Adding a RB (Azpilicueta) and De Rossi to the team would be a dream come true for me.

According to which source? ESPN has him on 11 assists and they're always extremely accurate. 8 assists in the league, 0 in the cup and 3 in the CL. Same with Whoscored who have him on 8 in the league and 0 in the Copa del Rey.

11 assists. Fabregas had a great start but then became pretty inconsistent, also went through quite a dry spell. I'd say he was decent overall, definitely didn't bring what was expected and he struggled in midfield. Modric would've been perfect but he seems set on moving to Real. Don't like the idea of giving Totnum anything close to 40 mil pounds anyway.

Good piece. Though to call his 11/12 season a succesful one is simply not true. He was very frustrating to watch last season. The thing that annoys me the most about Malouda currently is that he has the all the ability but he's simply not performing. Players decline as they pass their 30s but talent doesn't disappear. So it's very confusing why Florent can't at least put in solid performances for us. I'm still hoping he goes out with a bang because even half the player he was in 2009-2011 would be crucial in our coming campaign.

Lazy is the last thing I'd call him. We're talking about a player who's constantly on the move. And he does a lot more of defensive work than your average number 10. You can't expect all players to defend actively, it's not his job.