Dion

That was a great set-piece from Oscar. Better than Willian for sure.

They were playing like 4-3-2-1 or 4-3-0-3. There was this huge hole between Willian and Hazard and behind Costa most of the time and it was affecting our build-up in the final third due to lack of passing options.

We're controlling the game well but there's some directness lacking. Either Ramires or Cesc must advance further up the pitch and join Costa. There's this huge gap in the middle.

Look at that, Costa links up so well, what the fuck.

Hazard

Costa doesn't lose possession even when he has several defenders around him. I had forgotten what that was like.

What?! They have just taken down the stream I was watching! Anyone willing to share theirs?

Our FK which resulted in the second goal came when he was fouled doing his own thing too. Had it been Torres there, maybe it would have ended in 0-0.

I noticed it in the second time I watched that gif too. He was all like "get out of the way ref, I'm trying to teach him a lesson"

Costa continues to prove he's so much more than I expected. I'm glad I was wrong about him.

Nah, Hazard played really well. Was looking terrific in the first minutes, specially whenever he drifted to the middle. Should have had an assist to Oscar which was incorrectly disallowed. Everyone played really good.

Our first team looks so strong. Holy shit. And they just started playing together.

Look how Cesc went further up the pitch to help the attack and Oscar dropped deep to cover for him... I told you guys they can do it.

That's the pressing I wanna see just now from Oscar and Costa.

I'm watching it here: http://firstrows.biz/soccer/fenerbahce-besiktas-frsf67cd I don't understand much of what's being said but it isn't stuttering at least.

I like how Hazard is drifting towards the middle now and then.

We're looking good

Probably from stuff like this:

It seems to go both ways. They'll award yellows to some silly stuff that should have been regular fouls but will award yellows to stuff that should have been direct reds IMO. Costa and Ramos could have seen way more reds then they did all those times they faced each other for example. And I don't think Spanish Federation punishes those unseen infractions enough either, which the English will most certainly do if they happen.

I was thinking about the timing specifically. Specially because we have only Drogba and Torres as back-ups. It could really hurt us in the UCL, for instance. This season was really scary though: "2011/12 - 9 (9/15+1)" 9 yellow cards out of 16 league games? Worrisome. We also have some cunt refs in England which could increase his numbers. Hoping he will restrain himself a bit whenever big games are close.

I guess our prayers should shift from his body health to a cool head. He could miss a fair amount of games with all those yellow cards.

Certainly it would be wise to use it in the dying minutes of a game because a 4-3-3 like that could be very risky. Willian or Schürrle may help out Hazard or even the pivot in their defensive duties if they're closer to them in a 4-2-3-1. Deploying a very aggresive formation like what you suggest could pay dividends as a last resort though.

It is a long season. Maybe we could even see this sometime: Costa Schürrle Hazard Willian Matic Cesc

Chelsea City Arsenal Utd I don't think United is going to finish above 4th, even if they won't play european competitions, I'm not convinced by their performances at all. Liverpool without Suarez won't go too far. Spurs is an ok team, mediocre. Everton could realistically fight for 5th with the two above.

In all honesty I'd rather see any of our youth players capable of playing the striker role in the line-up than Torres. At least I'd be getting surprised positively or negatively and there would always exist hope that they would get better since they're young. With Torres you're never surprised - you know he's shit, you expect him to play like shit and he never fails to deliver your expectations. Ok, I'll even be fair here, he's failed to deliver his shitness once - the game I voted him for MOTM, but that was it. I rarely ever bash any player, but Torres just deserves it. He is that bad.