Sheva.

Azpi will start next game, that much is certain. And Luiz should return to teach RVP a lesson or two.

You did well, perfectly stopped our attacking midfielders from getting into their groove; your midfield 3 worked tirelessly, very impressed with them. Agbonlahor didnt have his best game though, apart from the obvious moment before HT - he looked frustrated and really never got going. And Weimann would have scored against any other goalie in the league lol.

Mou said he played Ivan to deal with Benteke and those long balls, understandable. I won't complain much about this game, Ba for one really disrupted our play with like 6 offsides, plus Mata wasn't match fit. We can play much better and everyone knows it, just need to discover our best team.

Lampard is incredibly inconsistent. He scores and everyone - including myself lol - forgets what he does half the game. Jose better not consider him a regular starter. And the less said about Ba, the better.

Weird decision to leave Torres out, didn't know Villa have been playing high line - he's best suited to this kind of defending. While Ba is basically standing offside every time.

Lampard wtf.

Lol Ba.

FFS, stay on!

Oscar through ball to Hazard out wide, he side foots - saved by Guzan but deflects off Luna in.

YESSSSSSS

Lol, so he doesn't start against Hull or Villa, but will against the Premier League champions at Old trafford? yeah i can buy that....

Schurrle-Mata-Hazard; Lukaku. That would be fine with me, a start for MVG too.

So weird. When we were linked with him, there were way more posts about how overrated he was and wasn't worth the money. Some people said he's not much better than Kalou lol.

If that's true we know 2 of the options are Rooney and Eto'o, wonder who the other is...

I was impressed with his pass to Schurrle, those were the one's he would normally over-hit.

This. It's a shock whenever he doesn't win a header, such a boss in that respect.

When i saw him in the team i knew our mids would do well, it's the one good thing about him. He either vacates his position - knowingly or unknowingly lol - for them to shine, or he's involved in the buildup.

I expect Lampard to start against teams like Hull. We need his goals from midfield, but against tougher teams where we have to defend more, Essien, Mikel or MVG should be ahead of him.

They lack quality up front, but their midfield with Huddlestone and Livermore will be good. As for Hazard, he was fouled quite a lot, but for sure he didn't have a very good game.

Lineker on US tv said he has reliable source at Chelsea: We will increase our Rooney bid, and if it doesn't work, Eto'o it is.

If this was last season, we would have found a way to throw that 2 goal lead. Good start, hopefully another 3 points on wednesday.

Lukaku not played well enough to warrant a start on opening day. And him starting for Belgium is no excuse as KDB and Hazard also did, if anything that match didn't help given how badly he played. Torres looked alright in preseason, he'll run around and make space for the midfielders behind him.

We surely have to do something before our game against them next Monday, even if the only thing accomplished is further unsettling him and causing another mystery injury

Make one final bid for him. If they don't accept, time to consider the other options Mourinho was hinting at.

Rooney was actually clapping when RVP scored, meh.