The Skipper

People starting to doubt Jose already? Brilliant.

He didn't overdo it in the first half though. He's been given the freedom to do such as it makes us far more unpredictable, so it isn't that much of a problem.

Well, in the context of that action - we were losing and time was running out, and obviously he has been given the freedom to go up and try and win the game for us. It wasn't just out of the blue.

I agree. Everton defended superbly and kept Hazard, Schurrle and Mata at bay for most of the game but all three under performed in my opinion. I think we played way too conservative in the first half - we weren't playing the high press and let Everton settle into the game way too early in the first half. We still churned out chances though but how many of those were actually created by those three? Ironically, Eto'o and Ramires were our most creative players which isn't good enough. Just one of those games though where things didn't go our way. I'm not too disheartened by the loss because the performance wasn't that bad and it's still very early but Mata and Hazard really both need to step up and start taking games by the scruff of the neck on a more regular basis this season.

He wasn't bad but really struggled to impose himself.

When this guy gets sharp he'll score plenty. Was pretty good today.

Schurrle needs to be more consistent with his finishing, and soon. Could've easily won us the game today. He has it in his locker, I've seen it plenty of times before at Leverkusen where he was ruthless with his finishing at times, but it's the consistency.

Really bad today. Looks like the England games took its toll on him. Hindsight comment but Bertrand would've definitely been better today simply because he brings more offensively IMO.

Had his bad moments but wasn't half as bad as what people made him out to be. People don't understand the type of defender Luiz is, he's the aggressor, he's the one that goes out to win the ball early, so of course he won't be in perfect position all the time. People need to get over it.

Mikel - Ramires for me.

Lol yeah let's blame Mikel for the goal even though it was Cech's and Ramires' fault. Ridiculous.

We played okay today, just things didn't go our way. We created enough to win the game quite comprehensively, but Everon defended admirably. Just wasn't our day unfortunately, the performance wasn't that bad. Mata still worryingly looks off the pace but he needs games. Hazard was pretty invisible today. Luiz and Ramires were very risky today, thankfully they didn't get sent off today though. No one really performed that bad though, we just didn't take our chances. Eto'o had a pretty decent game today I think, his link up play was superb, got himself into great positions and on another day he would've grabbed a goal or two, unfortunately he isn't as sharp but that's understandable as he didn't hasn't had a game for three weeks. Mikel was my MOTM, bossed it absolutely in midfield and made several great interceptions and passes and really imposed himself. Mourinho tactically in the first half we were too conservative I think. Second half was a lot better as we implemented the high press and looked a lot more threatening but as I said before just wasn't our day. Bring on the next game I say.

Not our day today. Nothing seems to be going in.

Eto'o's?

Mikel is bossing it.

Bring on Oscar or KDB for Schurrle I think. Need more contribution up front - Mata and Hazard also need to create more.

Don't worry, even when he is having a decent game people will still look for the slightest things.

Ivanovic usually burries those.

What? Has anyone said he is?

According to Phil Driver and bleed_blue Mourinho has already written off Mikel.

Mikel is starting? Hahahahahahahaha!!!

Ever heard of this kid called Eden Hazard?

It really does annoy the crap out of me. You'd think they'd at least do a little bit of research beforehand but obviously that's beyond them.

Just wild carded too. Here's my new team:

Remember this like it was yesterday. Both goals still give me shivers. Why the hell did we ever give Boulahrouz the number 9 shirt though?