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To the contrary, he won't be in action against Japan. Well, maybe later on. He's on the bench as Barcelona's Montoya starts ahead of him at RB. Must have picked up a knock or something.

Was hardly that established at Sunderland in recent times...

Eden had said this regarding his brother joining us. http://sulia.com/channel/chelsea-fc/f/9fb859e8-a9d8-4b18-aa46-36c5e9b371fd/?source=twitter

Craig Gordon is a free agent at the moment...

It looks just awful!

Henrique is a Brazilian. That's why.

Twitter obviously don't do sarcasm...

Wonder how many will then be saying "It's only a pre-season game. Our first big test is against Wigan..." IF we lose to City...

They won the Community Shield.

Two key things from this game: 1. Amount of space we left in between the midfield and defence. Too often in the game the two players in the double pivot looked to press and get forward and in turn, left so much behind them to be exposed, which MLS did. One ball and a player got into that space and we found ourselves in trouble many times. Made a couple of silly fouls because of this. When that happened, the midfielders just jogged back and hardly looked bother to actually try closing down & winning the ball back! 2. Spaces behind the FBs(again!). Basically the same as the first point above. Their first goal came because of this when the ball played was behind Ivanovic after he got a bit forward and was so slow to recover! This happened a lot in the PSG game too. A bit worrying that RDM doesn't seem to be fixing the problem.

Would like to see him start with a different formation from the start.

Yes but unfortunately, many have gotten their hopes & expectations too high and expecting ridiculous things from him at 21!

Maybe at first but after that, it was just insane... Regarding Hazard, yes, it looks like he isnt bothered right now but it's also a bit hard for him when players around don't offer much movement and passing option to him. All too static and expect a 21 y/o to conjure something out of nothing everytime.

Trying to figure out as well. We have hardly dominated any of the pre-season games so far. It's a bit like cat-and-mouse chase at the moment with us. 'You attack, we defend'. 'We attack, you defend'.

http://www.chelseafc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10268~2861145,00.html

We don't talk too much on Ramires and Luiz? The amount of abuse and criticisms Ramires got when he first came was unbelievable but the rest as they say is history... As for Luiz, people already went crazy over him since he joined. Instant fan favorite. Every day, every week, there will be something to talk about regarding Luiz, be it good or bad.

That is what I'm worrying at the moment. Harsh but RDM looks like a one trick pony. No changes whatsoever to the formation. Then again, think he said he wanted to perfect the 4-2-3-1...

The Hazard-Messi comparison is just stupid. He will never be as good as Messi. No one ever will. Just let Hazard be himself and create his own legacy.

Look on the bright side, last time we played & lost to MLS All Stars, we went on to do a cup double that season...

He had injury problems.

You don't know much about Marin and yet you said you don't get why people see him as replacement for Kalou and would pick him over Sturridge. For starters, he has a brain and perhaps has got that bit of end product more than Danny right now.

People who find themselves disappointed with the new signings/players are often those who expects & perhaps overrates them too much at an early stage.

That. We often laugh at other fans for being deluded after 1-2 signings thinking they're gonna win it all but it seems that most people here have been infected with the same problem too.

Pre-season or not, the players should still be giving their all, as much as possible. This is the time to be playing and understanding one another in preparation for the new season not during the season!

OH FFS! I obviously don't mean that! Point is, with the players we had out there, we should be doing better. Some of the passing and defending have been totally abysmal!!