harveyb1

Great to see him get 90 minutes under his belt. If he can play in 30/35 games in the 46-game season, that would be a serious stepping stone towards the Chelsea first team.

To all those saying Essien should start this game, although it absolutely kills me to say it, I don't think he's good enough anymore. I really hope RDM picks him soon and he proves me completely wrong, but judging from his last few performances, he's lost some of that power, drive and pace that made him such a class player. When I see goals like the one against Barca and the one against Arsenal (sorry I couldn't figure out how to post a link properly) then it reminds me of just how good he was in his prime, but, to me at least, when he played last season, he looked a shadow of his former self, and this is almost entirely down to injuries unfortunately.

Yeah but nowadays it's essential for the goalie to have a good understanding with his defence, and different goalies obviously prefer different things, therefore if they split games between keepers, it will ruin our defence.

I really don't think Oscar will be starting even 50% of games - I reckon RDM will just bring him in slowly and next season he'll get more playing time

Does anyone else feel signing Victor Moses would be a little bit, dare I say it, pointless? Fair enough, we don't have many traditional wingers (players like Hazard and Marin do not count as they prefer to cut inside), but as far as I can see, the best he can hope for is a spot on the bench, and don't we have enough bench-warmers already?