The Skipper

Bring on Schurrle!

God, nearly forgot how bad Ramires' touch can be...

See how that simple overlap from Luis created a little bit more space for Hazard to turn? Just waiting for Eden to reach full fitness... He's going to be an absolute joy to watch this season.

Fabregas just adds so much control to our game, loving it.

Is it?

Fabregas as the most advanced in the 3 I guess, Filipe Luis on. Looking forward to him linking up with Eden.

Diego Costa's decision making has been top notch this pre season. Seems to know when to pass and when to shoot.

Tbh, Ramires is stupid with his challenges.

Is the 2nd line up out yet?

Ivanovic, Terry and Costa. I dare anyone to try and pick a fight with us tbh.

Haha, so glad Diego Costa is starting off well. Let's hope this translates into the season. I've said it before, he might have an unorthodox technique in his dribbling but he's a complete striker. Bring on Besiktas.

Haha, Term was obviously trolling and fishing for a reaction like this... Why did you even bother

As a 6th AM maybe? To play against minnow sides? He's HG so when it comes to squad space he won't really cost us anything. He can certainly be pretty useful for us.

Way too early to start making comparisons like that.

Yeah, and one must hope that now the team is a little more balanced that he can provide more in the final third. He's young but he still needs to do a lot, lot better.

Willian's general technique, close control etc. is miles better than Victor's hence why I said his natural talent is far better than Moses'. I agree that he does need to be far more productive in the final third, but that doesn't mean he isn't a better footballer than Moses.

To be honest though, our number 10 does have to be more incisive or 'brilliant' if you will in the final third. His work rate and defensive acumen are great traits but he does need to show more quality in the final third. I'm not happy with his productivity in the final third, and I'm pretty sure he knows he can do better. In the number 10 role you need to be productive in the final third. It's a necessity IMO.

They'll have EL to contend with.

I like Moses but Willian has 10x more natural talent than Moses, even if Willian isn't really worth £30m, and I was also one of those that said he was a very unnecessary signing.

Eto'o didn't even have a pre season though. At least Drogba is having one. We signed Eto'o in the last few days of August too whilst DD's been here since July. He's definitely in a better position than Samuel.

Ah I see. Yeah, all the UEFA official does is pretty much report back to UEFA what has happened in a match report I would imagine. I can imagine that he probably didn't know the player was suspended before hand though, whilst Legia definitely would've known. Either way, I don't think UEFA really have that much of an obligation to go as far as reminding a professional club about the rules.

Haha no, they're the governing body of European football, they set the general rules, regulate clubs with stuff like FFP, sanction and organise European competitions i.e. The CL or the Euros etc... The rules are clearly stated, and for a professional club like Legia it's embarrassing that they couldn't adhere to a simple rule like that. Even if it's only 3 mins, rules are rules.

I sympathise with them but UEFA doesn't need to remind them, the rules are there clear for anyone to see. It's just pure stupidity IMO.

All ours then... No ACON anymore!

Do the losers get kicked out of Europe completely or do they go to the Europa League?