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Reading talkchelsea when some of our usual scapegoats (Mikel, Kalou, Torres, Malouda) give an interview about staying for a few more years is priceless [emoji23] [emoji38] Completely invisible today, he "mikeled" the game.

Definitely deserved the spot in the squad 180 times over Cuadrado. I feel we should keep him throughout August and sell/loan him on the last few days of transfer market if his performances in the PL are not good.

On the scale of 0 to 100 his confidence is -100. Good thing is that Jose will know his mentality and personality and if he isn't mentally prepared to handle pressure we will sell him. Honestly he seems rather unintelligent to me in footballing sense and when the level is raised he struggles to match it. I've felt a similar thing with Salah and it's evident both have skills but question if mentality is yet to be solved.

For what I expected he did really nice, and for how some fans expected him to do he just rocked it. And damn he really looks awesome in our shirt. Such a shame we haven't brought him instead of Torres in 2011

Saw some great passing from him. You could see from his penalty how much confidence he has now. Great stuff, I hope he keeps it up throughout all of season.

Laughed when Cuadrado missed it. Poor lad

Any stream?

I agree completely

Calm down its Wenger with his fake accounts being angry because he's stuck with Giroud... Xd

He wasn't bad last night. I would say he was our best player, but that's understandable considering he played the full 90. Shows how much Jose wants to push him this season and I hope he really makes it.

The way he runs with the ball just seems clumsy to me. Not impressed against Red Bulls, but had some alright moves. Still early to judge though.

Wait, so some of you guys really think we need to splash 20+ mil for Witsel when we have Matic, Fabregas, Ramires, Mikel and RLC in those positions? If not than the amount of criticism aimed at Jose and the club isn't fair. Jose said it very simply, if we lose a player we bring in a replacement. We lose Ramires or Mikel then we bring someone like Witsel. That's completely fine with me.

If he impresses in pre season Jose could be convinced to keep him the the team and use him in cup games. Before or fans start going crazy we should remain patient and follow his progress in the pre season and then we'll see. Does he count as homegrown?

Even if that was the case, Ribéry played a lot on the left wing while Costa is similar to Robben. Lazy journalism.

Anyone else?

Shows how much of football the journos know " The German champions have been looking for a long-term replacement for Franck Ribéry, who has been struggling with injuries over the past 18 months, and concluded a deal for Vidal on Monday after a week of negotiations."

To hell with Lambert, Ings and Balotelli, I would take Benteke over those any day. Sturridge is quality but his fitness is a big question to be resolved.

Damn but I fucking really like his haircut!

Hahah awesome Rahman would still be a grandmother to me if he came and I would laugh everything the commentator would say GREAT RUN FROM BABA!

Just came to say how much I love this place! Talkchelsea of course, not the pub, though I like the pub a lot though also now when I've mentioned it

Same here buddy. I hope he lights up the PL this season on a good loan.

In Serbian, baba is the word for grandmother Well one of anyway hah

It's simple as this for me. If he's the most talented England CB with a bright future ahead of him, we must try to sign him if Jose feels he fits his team. I hope we sign him, our defense isn't among the youngest.

Now I approve that! Great stuff. I prefer it much more than previous yellow ones we worn (yeah yeah I know most of the fans like it).

I knew it you were gonna post that. You can not count Meireles, he isn't human, he is the beard itself! Used to be a man once though...