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Where is Nani? Injured?

José seemed to forget about RLC.. Swift, Solanke and Baker have already made their debuts in the first team, Izzy was on the bench once but Ruben didn't even feature in a pre-season game. I don't think he will only play a few minutes.. Mourinho talked about him for long minutes and RLC spoke in the PC himself. Willian and Hazard are out, I think Oscar will get a rest too, so maybe he could start between Salah and Schürrle or in the pivot.

We all knew he would leave Chelsea months before summer. He wanted to play but Mourinho didn't really trust him. I liked him a lot, he scored some very memorable goals. It's good to read he's having a good time at Besiktas, he is a very nice and humble guy.

It would be such a shame if he missed the Sporting and the Derby game.. I like this guy a lot.

You are right but Everton can be very dangerous when have a good day. I know City are unlikely to drop points this weekend but who knows? Agüero is a human like us, he can have bad days.

City'll have a tough game too. They usually suck against Everton. Let's hope Big Rom, Eto'o and Atsu could help us.

It's a little pathetic though.. We payed 11 million pounds for him and we are surprised when he is sitting on the bench.. I know the Swiss league is much weaker and Salah is still very young but he's been around for a year now and his situation is not getting any better.

TBH, the 2010/11 kit with red collar is one of my favourites. I don't mind a little bit of red.

I think beating Spurs and Hull in Stamford Bridge will mean no problem. The games against Sporting and Derby are unimportant, unused players and youngtsters are likely to feature. The Castle game will be tough though.

Even if we lose against Spurs(which I highly doubt) and City win in Sunderland we'd be on the top of the table.. How is this trouble?

Sucker BVB are losing 2-0 against Frankfurt, after 13 rounds they sit on the bottom of the table

To be fair, Dave would be useful on the right wing. In his first season he had seven assists.

Sunderland played very very well. That's how you play against Chelsea, not like Schalke or WBA did.

Just scored another one. Middlesbrough - Blackburn 1-0. Thig guy rocks.

What a surprise

This guy was a Chelsea player for 4 years? I googled his name but failed to find one single picture of him in Chelsea kit.

K, bye

He hasn't played a single minute yet.

Mikel won't leave us, deal with it. Could be Salah or any youngster.

The German Messi has just scored his first goal for Fiorentina: http://videa.hu/videok/sport/guingamp-0-1-fiorentina-VBPpg58EuTvzFS56?start=0

Happy Thanksgiving to every American TC-member! I am thankful for the three NFL matches today, I can't wait to watch them

Well, I'm not even sure if we should sign a CB. Ivanovic could replace Terry and I also believe in Zouma. It's hard to tell if a CB would fit in or not. Cahill played for the worst team in the Premier League when we signed him. Bolton's defense was a mess, but he had the potential and was confident enough to perform very well against Barcelona and Bayern München. On the other hand, Khalid Boulahrouz was quite expensive but turned out to be an awful player, so it's really not easy to predict. I think N'Koulou, Laporte, Musacchio, Inigo Martinez, Manolas or De Vrij all have the potential to become a starter at Chelsea and they could be all available for a couple of millions. Varane has just extended his contract, I can't see Real Madrid letting him go.

Forget him already... There are plenty of good defenders available.

Moses is out for six weeks. He returned to Chelsea for treatment.

Fährmann and Kirchhof were quite useful too.