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I liked 4-4-2 (4-2-4) better than 4-3-3 I think Costa would work perfectly with anther striker like Batshuayi alongside, because Belgian is a classic poacher and Costa is more a false nine type of striker I prefer Moses as the right wing so far because he likes to cut inside. Willian likes back passes too much

The dream for me would be not to use right footed defender on left side

All young players need to get their chance Begovic Aina - Tomori - Cahill - Azpi RLC - Chalobah - Fabregas Moses - Michy - Kenedy/Willian

And there we are again ... new season and same old Ivanovic on the right back position.

Probably injured because he is not even on the bench ... love to see what Pedro can offer with his more direct approach

Willian injured?

With two defenders and maybe even new RW this would be a fantastic transfer window. CB: Maksimovic/De Vrij/Van Dijk/Marquinhos RB/LB: Marquinhos, Hector, Rodriguez, Darmian, Creswell RW: James Rodriguez

Van Dijk / Maksimovic / Marquinhos / De Vrij .... sign one or two of them asap and we are good to go

Impossible but this would be my lineup: Courtois Aina - Ivanović - Cahill - Azpi Willian - Kante - Oscar Moses/Cuadrado - Costa - Hazard

Him and Zouma would make a great partnership in central defence ... Zouma is an athletic beast and Maksimovic is one of the best passers in his position (similiar to Bonucci imo). Koulibaly is not a passer, he just rush forward like a tank. He just might turn out to be next Mangala ..

It would be a big positive shock if Conte is preparing something different like Aina or Cuadrado at RB and some new CB

I respect your opinion I just hope we end up with some new defenders, I can live with Matić/Oscar alongside Fabregas and Kante for sure

What are you talking about? He is VERY good player and still pretty young ... yet to reach his prime. He would be a big signing for our midfield I would take him over Matuidi ...

I rate Timori to be world class and he could play right away but it's not gonna happen

I don't care about midfield anymore ... Conte even made Oscar look good. WE NEED DEFENDERS!!

Because they took our reject and he is probably the best midfielder in the league

We have a lot of players for front 6 if everyone is fit ... but on the other hand we are really poor at the back. Probably my lineup for today: Courtois Aina - Cahill - Terry - Azpi Cuadrado - Chalobah(Kante) - Fabregas - Hazard Costa - Batshuayi

What time is the game? (EU time)

5.30 at our local time ... very nice, match before work Batman and Costa should look dangerous tonight. I expect big things from them this year I would like to see some other central defenders tonight, just to see what are they capable of ... Tomori, Cahill and Miazga Fikayo really looks like a world class prospect !

Porto will sell him for big amount, just like they do with every player

How many of you have seen more than his youtube videos? He is good, very good actually but he hasn't played football for one season lazio fans rates him highly - 3rd best rated CB of Serie A in 2014/2015 (7.35 rating) - Best central defender of Fifa World cup 2014 (7.9 rating) - Best 11 of Fifa World cup 2014 Not good enough for Chelsea they said ... if we miss on him, the fans will talk about that we miss another world class prospect for cheap. Chelsea fans - unhappy with our transfers since always

Agree IMO he has Pogba qualities but he is not as hyped as Pogba ... could be fantastic in Barca shirt if he gets a proper chance He would probably enjoy our midfield play because he is proper box2box midfield with high workrate attitude and very good offensive game But if Oscar can maintain or even upgrade his recent perfomance we have got ourself a very good midfielder, maybe this can finally be his breakthrough season We lack quality CBs for 3 at the back game so we will probably play 4-4-2 (4-2-4) most of the time and with 2 midfield positions to fill we have enough depth in Kante, Fabregas, Matić, Oscar, Chalobah and Mikel IMO too bad Ake was loaned out, I would love to see him as LB or CM in this system

We have a lot of talent among Zouma, Christiansen, Miazga and youth players so we don't need another "project". Our starting defenders are poor so we need a quality starter even if he is 30+ ? Terry - Cahill/Ivanović should not be our starting lineup until Zouma returns But on the other hand if Conte thinks he is good ... than buy him. Next year we would have 3 young and quality CBs and we have probably the best coach to suit them in 3 at the back system. In Conte we trust

But we can't afford to lose Champions league again.

Very good overall perfomance. Even though it's a preseason and average team on the other side I would say this was our best perfomance in last year Great to see young guys playing well and Moses once again ... Ivanovic and CBs are the only concerns for today Hector was pretty good actually - calm on the ball.