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Phil Driver will soon come with a comment saying something down the lines of "This shows why Mikel should not play. Even when he is instructed not to go forward he does it and does not listen to his manager. He decided to do what he wants. Lampard is happy to do as instructed and when he comes on you see the difference. Mourinho will know it is a matter of time that Lampard should be put back into the lineup".

So Lukaku has got more PL goal (s) in 45 mins for Everton than our whole strike force

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Who remembers Mesca?

Think I might just play GTA instead

An Everton fan reaction to Lukaku performance today : "Bossed the game, really. His strength and pace were too much for Collins to handle, Reid did a pretty good job keeping him in check but still couldn't keep him from getting into positions. He linked up really well with Mirallas, too- he's comfortable on the ball and seemed like he has a decent eye for a pass when it's on also. And the goal he scored was excellent- took the ball outside the 18, laid it off to the wing, got into the box and went in bravely for the header".

Another game of shit football and no Mata to change it. Mourinho and his football is a shambles to watch sometimes. Fucking boring. Even Benitez provided more entertainment than this. YAWN

Mourinho is such an ass sometimes. In the interview he said Mata has been below par and that justifies him leaving him out. As a manager get behind him and give him his confidence back. Same way you play Hazard every single game even when he is poor, try and give Mata game time to get his spark back.

But he did not do excellent to an extent where you would say he is a nailed on starter for the next game.

He was not brilliant. I don't know why people believe he was excellent. He was decent, nothing more.

What a player. 2 excellent goals. Would be excellent in a bigger team.

Goal on his debut. Well played lad!

Starts today. Manager obviously has seen enough quality from him to select him straight away.

But it should warrant him to get time at least and more chances rather than being shipped out on loan. It is like the same with KDB. Most people were judging him by his form for other teams but Chelsea are a different proposition.

He was up there with Sagna IMO but as you say was vulnerable in defence. Overall though thought he was very good and scored a couple of excellent goals as well.

I like Oscar a lot but Mata is up there with the best no.10 in the world IMO. I don't think we will find another midfielder (maybe Hazard) here who manages to get as much goals and assists in 1 season as Mata did last season. He might not be considered an automatic choice under Mourinho but as the season progresses I am sure Mata will prove why he has so often proved to be the difference for us. Oscar is a quality player but Mata is pure class and I hope Mourinho would never ever contemplate the ludicrous idea of selling him. He started slowly last season then gradually produced moments of magic last season and it is a big season ahead and he has loads of time to replicate that form.

At least a point?? Nothing other than a win is acceptable. Regardless of not winning our last 4 games, we are Chelsea and games like, only 3 points are acceptable.

No problem. Watford usually line up with a 3-4-2-1/3-5-2/5-3-2 formation. However you like to define it, with wing backs anywyay The no.10 role is usually for Abdi but in most cases I think Josh will be a CDM with a more restrictive role to allow the likes of McGugan and Abdi to venture forward. They do mix around the team quite a bit though as they have quite a lot of CM already so we should expect to see him get a lot of game time. This loan move definitely suits him more than Boro though. Much more of a passing team and the best entertainers in that division IMO. Football is exciting to watch and the way Zola instructs his team to play will suit him. The good thing is he can play in any of the three CM role Watford have so he is definitely well suited. Chalobah had an excellent season at Watford, especially considering that he had no prior experience before he went to Watford and he nearly got promoted with them. Josh has first team experience with Chelsea, Swansea and Middlesbrough so hopefully he fins it relatively easy to adapt to life at Watford.

Well I have a soft spot for them but I think he will find it hard to be a nailed on starter. They got a bargain deal of the summer in getting McGugan on a free transfer who is a very good CM and Iriney who is very experienced and is more of a midfield enforcer. He is experienced and played tons of games in La Liga already and they are the usual starters in the CM department. I would guess that Josh would rotate for Iriney and sometimes McGugan but I can't see him breaking into the first 11 consistently because they have some good players there already. Strange though that he is on around the same wages as Chalobah but the loan move for Chalobah to Watford hit a stall because of wages yet they managed to get Josh on loan.

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/18932/8931331/jamie-redknapp-jose-mourinho-needs-to-start-juan-mata-for-chelsea Interesting read.

Because if you judge Torres at his time here he has scored some goals but overall he has been poor and a poor investment. I was not all thumbs up for getting Eto'o but he has scored everywhere he has gone, has 3 CL titles to his name plus numerous amount of other things he has won with different teams. Just remains to see if he can replicate the same form at us. I would like Torres to start tomorrow as well but how why do you believe Torres is much better or better than Eto'o?

You are completely missing the point. It is not the fact that Torres is a better player. Alex is stating Torres should start based on his last game. You stating that Torres is a better player is completely off the point. Have you actually watched Torres at Chelsea or are you consistently watching Liverpool DVDs where he was scoring goals. Why can't you believe that people think Eto'o is a better player? He might have had a slow start but did you see how long Torres took to get his first goal here and how really torrid is time has been here? LOL, you are acting as if Alex stated Torres is better than Eto'o. He did not. He is saying he should start because of his last game compared to Ba's and Eto'o. That does not mean he is better but yes if it is based on Torres last game maybe he does deserve a start tomorrow.

But do you reckon Jose would have done the same if it was Schalke? I doubt it for some reason.

It was Jose.....

I don't want to rattle on about this but believe me, Josh is not more of a goal threat than MVG. MVG was a goal threat at Vitesse and on the odd times played in the AM position and got a near double figures. In first team, competitive matches I have never seen anything from Josh to suggest that he is a goal threat. He is a passer of the ball, but he rarely takes shots unless it is for reserves. Josh at Boro did not get one goal right? As Skipper said, MVG scored goals at Vitesse and had a bit more freedom and took some shots. At us for now he is given more of a restrictive role but if he is paired along Mikel and has a bit more confidence in himself and the call to roam a bit more I am sure you will see more of his ability to look for goal.