The Skipper

Lol JT.

Fabregas has worked hard defensively so far, has to be said.

Ramires thinks he's Pirlo or something today... Should've scored that Fab!

What a ball from Luis.

Score a second and take off a few guys at HT, Schalke don't look up for this at all.

Defensively Fabregas has really been putting himself about. Brilliant so far.

So easy.

Ramires' passing game is looking sharp today.

Looks like a 4-3-3 to me. Great burst from Willian there.

It won't pal, our team is still very strong.

Lovely XI.

Costa apparently not starting, good, want him to be fully fit for that City game.

Yeah I just saw, shame really. Usually shows all the CFC games.

Ridiculous goal. Hope all three involved in that goal make it here.

Streamsp.com is your friend.

Yeah, he sure is. That back heel against Everton is possibly the greatest moment so far this season

I do like Kalas but he isn't in the same class as Varane is, sorry.

Simeone?

Well, Aubameyang is a striker by trade after all...Willian is technically a lot better than him.

Arsenal are a shambles, this could've easily been like 4-0 by now.

Dortmund's pressing game is just gorgeous on the eye.

From Jose's latest quotes, it seems to me that he agrees with the notion that Eden has the ability to take his game up a level. It's what we all want really. We want Eden to go from Eden the talent to Eden the great. He certainly has the potential to be one of the best of his generation, but he must continue to work hard and continue to consistently have high level performances, I know he's capable.

Varane would be the ideal JT replacement, yeah.

I would love to see a back four of Luis - Cahill - Iva - Azpi sometime. Especially if we're really trying to play that high press, high line system, and we need to put pressure on an opponent.

I still think Fabregas will be fine for quite a few games in the pivot - what we really need to do however is sort out our pressing and positional game in centre midfield. What Fabregas is trying to do (as Neville said) is hunt down the ball - but you can't do that in the manner Fabregas is doing when he is playing in the pivot, especially against the 4-3-3 midfield Swansea played. I still think Fabregas is fine in the pivot for some games (not the bigger games though, but I've said that from the start anyway), honestly do, he just has to tweak his positioning and when to engage in pressing. The effort is definitely there, he just needs to be smart with it. Fabregas is an intelligent player so I'm fairly sure he'll grasp it over the course of the season (last clip in the Gary Neville analysis where he swooped up the ball and laid it off to Matic before JTs own goal is a prime example - excellent defensive positioning). IMO he can be that complete midfielder for us, competent defensively and great going forward.