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no. rami was decent and consistent in the first half of the season. but stamina and speed is not important when teams park the bus vs Chelsea. with lampard getting old too, there will be a gap for amidfield player. mostly van Ginkel since the club obviously trusted him to be in the squad this season

Luiz will probably start in defence if Cahill doesn't recover or isn't risked. Or it'll be Ivan in the centre with Cole coming in at left back Mou said he'll rotate for this before last night's game

there's talk of Cahill being an injury doubt for this. Big blow as he seems to perform very well when Chelsea sit deep

Matic is the DM. since Chelsea play 2 players in the middle most of the times, Midfielder next to him would ideally have better technique/passing than Ramires. . Toni Kroos is apparently available listening to what Guardiola is saying at Bayern. there's also Pogba, Gundogan, back problems aside all quality options. also van ginkel, romeu

this guy will be shockingly bad. Bosingwa level when he loses his pace/stamina. still a good squad player till then

no, no. nothing to do with sturridge. we play a lot of games on the counter

quiet today. can't expect a blinder from him every game

@, counter attacked in this game. away to 18th place

yeah play badly. it's not down to an individual mistake.

LOL. It was not down to an individual mistake. poor performance all around. west brom deserved the point

poor performance. will probably be 2nd or 3rd again which should suit us better really

defending out 1 goal leads always risky

Fuck off. been coming really

hang on now. will be a huge 3 points

over a throw in

come on Ivan. over a throw in? almost led to brunt scoring on his side while he was arguing with official

i'm feeling sleepy

he had a decent first half of the season but mainly as DM alongside Lampard who was the more attack minded. with Matic in now, I don't think Rami will be a sure starter anymore

Strong XI. Going for the kill here

that's true. sturridge is most effective in a counter attacking team but i don't think he's bad in a controlling/attacking team either

any game against a team like Everton, Schalke or higher, we're playing on the counter. that's a lot of games in a season

i have only just noticed the stats in the home page and info like Directions to the Bridge, mobile wallpapers, players on twitter, most appearances etc

i think he would fit in the counter-attacking model Chelsea have now. especially in the big games, he would work well with the front 4

classic Mourinho. puts pressure on the FA to ban Yaya before Chelsea game