Closed Southampton v Chelsea

[The only place to be 11,313]

Pretty much the team we should've played against QPR in midweek, bar ba (black sheep!).

Ba needs to score goals so he can't be dropped and I'm looking for Luiz to have a massive game after a slightly disappointing one against QPR. Nice to see Ashley made captain too and hopefully this is an overture to get him to sign an extension.

[iceboy 992]

Double from BA

[Hutcho 8,443]

Ba to hit the ba at some point...

[Stingray 9,441]

No more backstreet boy leading the line! Rock it Ba!!!

[1chelsea 864]

any steam

[bababoom 4,478]

Ba hattrick, you heard it here first.

[The only place to be 11,313]

These Demba Ba puns are shit - Some of you really need to raise the Ba and that goes for all of you, Ba none!

Lukaku's starting for West Brom against QPR and Chalobah is starting for Watford at Man City. No McEachran in the Boro squad today. Kane starting for Preston against Millwall.

[bushman 2,043]

No fooling around Chelsea are going for it.

[didierforever 7,349]

BA should get a hattrick or a brace and rest his case for the striker position... get that problem done and dusted...

[Hutcho 8,443]

Ba hattrick, you heard it here first.

How amazing would that be... Even rafa couldn't then still think that torres was our best striker.

[dee25 1,044]

I don't know about throwing Ba straight into the starting lineup, might be asking too much of him considering he was just signed yesterday

[Ankit 3,176]

On adidas twitter handle.

[Bosnian Blue 2,471]

Fantastic, we're finally playing with 11 players.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

No McEachran in the Boro squad today

Still injured.

[Milan 17,835]

so refreshing to see a quality striker in the starting eleven

[Superblue 6,331]

Unbelievable how much stronger our lineup looks with just one new player. I hope we haven't all hyped up Ba to the point of a demi-god but I do think he will do well here and score goals - he must be given a fair chance!

[Mustafa 885]

20 mins left !! Can't bloody wait !

[KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607]

I'll try not to expect too much. It might take a couple of games for him to settle in. It'll be great if he scores though, on so many levels! If he can just have a presence and hold up the ball, contest ariel headers and such, he'll be better than Torres already.