Sheva.

Some players are clearly not good enough, but the only excuse I can think of for a player like Salah playing so badly vs teams like Shrewsbury and Bradford is lack of confidence and game time. It's unreasonable to expect someone to play once in 2 months and play at a high level. Zouma might be an exception, but not everyone can be like him.

My biggest problem with this potential signing is he'll start on the bench from day one like Salah, and have to impress in 10 minute cameos or fall away.

I blame him for not using his bench a lot, this results in a lot of rusty players on the pitch at the same time. I'm not saying they should even start, but sometimes the game is over since HT and Mourinho won't make a change till the 85th minute.

This is not about youth. Our so called backups have not played well in a single cup game this year, and Mou has to constantly bring in the first teamers to win the game. Our bench might have some expensive players and some decent names, but collectively, it is ridiculously bad.

It was 2-1 before Mikel had to leave. Playing Ramires and Fabregas in midfield doesn't work, even against a league 1 side lol.

Lmao.

Lol omg

Salah lol.

Ramiresss

Only Audio.

Cahilll

Freaking Fox sports are showing Man city and then West Brom game, ffs.

I think he'll benefit from not being the main outlet in attack. The ball is always on the left wing when Chelsea play, so when it's finally switched to the right side, there's usually acres of space to operate. And with his style of play, he'll be direct and dribble into the box to get a pen or take a shot. This is what I had hoped for with Willian, but he's clearly not a winger.

They did a great job getting 2 world class players for 60m, would be criminal if they didn't celebrate. Anyway, everything looked fine for the most part, except CB. And I'm sure Mou expected Schurrle and Salah to help out, but that just hasn't happened.

Hindsight is a bitch. Everyone was too busy celebrating Fabregas and Costa to care about RW.

Wingers can be damn frustrating to watch. Have you seen 60m Di Maria at Man utd? Almost the same things.

This is my main problem too.He's easily more exciting and positive than Willian, but we'll still have the problem of only relying on Costa for goals.

For 26m, i don't think he will be on the bench a lot. He will be a legitimate threat to Willian or Oscar's place in the team.

Yes it is, but Fabregas is not a DM and will leave more spaces to exploit in front of the defence. Ramires when fully fit is a better option than Mikel and then we can play legit 433.

Nvm

Chelsea has a lot of slow players, there's almost no way that team can cope with high pressure and tricky fast players. If Mourinho used Fabregas in pivot, there wouldn't even be a need for the 2nd leg. Would have been another massacre.

Just lol at that half.

This is our big game lineup with the exception of Azpi. Oscar can't start ahead of Cesc, and Mou won't use him on the wings.

You can start one, I believe I did for the last Afcon.

He'll be perfect for Van Gaal's 352. His production in the final 3rd is simply not good enough for a starting RW at Chelsea.