Closed Sunderland v Chelsea

[Hutcho 8,443]

Good early news... Shut down sessegnon and we can potentially stop their attack so whoever starts in our holding mid be it mikel or romeu has to be on him for 90 mins.

[iceboy 992]

Lampad in second half would be good

[Leif 6,006]

I hope Wickham doesn't magically live up to his previous billing of "the next Rooney" today.

Knowing our luck though, he will.

[Hutcho 8,443]

LIne up is alright. We cannot play every one of our attacking players... Romeu actually impressed me for the first time in a while (albeit vs nords), and moses adds something extra to the attack. I would probably have gone with oscar for rambo, for passing over stamina and defensive ability but rambo is perfectly good there of course... only weird thing for me is ivan at rb, Azpi for me deserves to start as he has been our best player in recent games...

LAMPARD ON THE BENCH, PURE QUALITY TO COME ON IN THE SECOND HALF.

[Miracle 249]

No Fletcher for Sunderland is a massive bonus. Surely a clean sheet today.

[Slam Dunk 1,442]

Probably our strongest lineup possible. Although I'd make a case for Azpilicueta in and one of Luiz/Cahill out. Good to see Lamps back.

[Hutcho 8,443]

No Fletcher for Sunderland is a massive bonus. Surely a clean sheet today.

Oh no you just said it...

At least we know who to blame...

[Mufassir08 2,400]

No oscar again hmmmm.......

[The only place to be 11,313]

I hope Wickham doesn't magically live up to his previous billing of "the next Rooney" today.

Knowing our luck though, he will.

I'm still waiting for Cherno Samba to live up to his billing of the next Shearer.

[Stats 6,982]

No Fletcher for Sunderland is a massive bonus. Surely a clean sheet today.

That is a bonus. Winning is the first thing and hopefully we get a few today. WBA demolished them and so should we

[Miracle 249]

Oh no you just said it...

At least we know who to blame...

Let's put the blame on Torres

[gary gordon 1,777]

Oscar is definitely being saved. He is only a young fella and to play him week in and week out can be very dangerous. He needs time to develop his body to take the rigors of the PL. I'd be happy to see him get 20-30 mins a game.

[Leif 6,006]

2 right backs and a left back on the bench..... zero centre backs......and one of those right backs was finding the form of his life. Why? just why?

[Sheva. 5,373]

Like i said on the Moses thread, he's been doing well enough to continue being a starter atm.

[Hutcho 8,443]

Oscar is definitely being saved. He is only a young fella and to play him week in and week out can be very dangerous. He needs time to develop his body to take the rigors of the PL. I'd be happy to see him get 20-30 mins a game.

We may have been knocked out of the champions league but we still have a tremendous amount of games and we can hardly say our squad is deep at all. Moses offers us something different but just because oscar is on the bench right now doens't mean he won't be a prominate feature of the team..

[Miracle 249]

Oscar is definitely being saved. He is only a young fella and to play him week in and week out can be very dangerous. He needs time to develop his body to take the rigors of the PL. I'd be happy to see him get 20-30 mins a game.

Seems Rafa doesn't fancy Oscar, can't say he's resting him anymore.

He should've rested Hazard who has literally played every match and performed as well.

[chelsea blue 615]

Substitutes: 22 Ross Turnbull, 19 Paulo Ferreira, 28 Cesar Azpilicueta, 34 Ryan Bertrand, 8 Frank Lampard, 11 Oscar, 21 Marko Marin.

[Keikoismad 162]

Away with al the negativity: 0-4 chelsea.

Goals from Mata, Hazard and Moses