Sheva.

Amazing work-rate, will need to make good changes around 65 mins though, just to keep the same energy going.

Frustrated. Wanted fresh legs of Mikel or MVG at DM.

Hazard hasn't played a good game this season, so meh regardless.

Most likely team imo: Cech; Azpi, Cahill, JT, Cole; Rambo, Mikel/MVG; Mata, Oscar, Hazard; Lukaku. Oscar will drop deep and we would pretty much have a 3 man midfield. We need to be better on the counter though and that responsibility will fall to Hazard and Lukaku, while Mata plays because he's capable of making those great passes in behind the defence.

Yeah Ba is leaving for sure, but Torres won't start or play as much now. Eto'o would be 1st choice, and Lukaku is good enough to be his backup, terrorizing tired defenders. Our 50m man will be playing in Capital One Cup.

Legend. This is the end of Torres. He played a ridiculous amount of games last season, he won't even feature in half that number under Mou. He better ask to leave to save any tiny chance he has of making it to Brazil lol.

Not really. A shot is not = a clear cut chance. That said he has taken 26 shots, but we don't know from where. He could have been taking a lot of long shots, or shots from impossible angles like Sturridge

All part of the agenda - says Mata was "offered" to Atletico, when what was reported was they inquired about getting him on loan, lol.

No. But we tried to sign Rooney, he fucked us around, probably to get a new deal. And now we do not have many other options. Anyway, this is just a stop-gap and we will re-assess the situation next summer, which is fine with me.

His agent: “He loves this club, the manager knows him and likes him and he will not be going anywhere during this transfer window,” he insists. Some clubs came in and expressed their interest but that is where it stopped. They were never allowed to get to the point where we could even begin to start talking about valuation or negotiation.” Regardless of your opinion of him, we do need him for cover. He and MVG backup for Lamps and Ramires. Then Essien just there in case someone gets injured.

Di natale is still going strong in Serie A at 35. Drogba still beasting at 35. Age is not really a problem, he has the quality like everyone knows, the question will be if he can adapt to the PL after 'wasting' (not financially lol) 2 years in a lower league.

40 goals? what Lukaku did at WBA doesn't matter, and i assume you counted Ba's at Newcastle also? Right now Ba and Torres cant score in a brothel, and Lukaku is only good enough to be super sub. So we need someone to lead our line - Eto'o is still pretty decent and no matter how old, he's definitely better than the aforementioned 2. Lukaku will get many chances to show what he's got, you only need to watch Madrid last season to see how Mourinho rotated his strikers. And if he does well, then we won't need to pursue another top striker next year. But going into the season with him and 2 strikers that can't score is just suicidal.

Eto'o is not that bad. His finishing is still good from what i've read, and his linkup play and dribbling has gotten better due to him playing behind Traore. He obviously has lost pace, but if he can get the ball at the edge of the box and make things happen for himself or others - like he has been doing at Anzhi - then that'd be good enough for now.

12m for him is a great deal, not to mention he won't be on very high wages either. For a player who has scored the amount he has over the past couple seasons - in Europe as well as domestically - it is worth a gamble for any team looking for a striker.

Don't forget Hulk who hardly plays well for Brazil.

Dat hair.

He's not a god, but he's surely better than Oscar or KDB. You think either of them can get 20 goals and 30 assists like Mata did last season?

Disgusting summer, media can't stop trolling us.

I'm confused, is that: "Wow, you're right" orrrr "Wow not a big deal" I don't know but there were times he did fuck up in attack, not only that VP incident, but he got the ball a few times in good positions and his final pass wasn't good enough. Or he took a quick shot when a pass was on, Oscar was also guilty of this.

Not to mention we do need someone more threatening on the wings. Hazard atm doesn't want to dribble anyone, and is happy to play at a walking pace. KDB and co also just come back into the middle. So Willian will be a welcome change.

Hopefully he gets his chance. Mou playing Ramires-Lampard in 3 straight games is just ridiculous. Forget the fact they're not great together, fatigue would also be an issue. And we have fresh legs in Essien, Mikel and MVG just sitting on the bench.

He really should have though, i didn't see RVP when the shot was taken, but on the replay he was wide open, easy pass and they would have their best chance of the game.

Last season Mata didn't play at the beginning of the season, and then he wasn't even injured like he was this preseason.

Porto did the same with Falcao, bumped up his release clause when they saw teams sniffing and then sold him 1 week later to Atletico.

Good challenge, hope to see some changes in defence and the pivot, for once this season.