André Schürrle

[Weckerz 3,781]

2? thats like 4 AMs for 3 spots. we are lucky we are not injury-hit. i mean look at arsenal. they had podolski, walcott, and oxlade injured right at the start of the year and had no cover what-so-ever in their 3 AM position except for ozil, santi and wilshere with gnabry getting a bit of a look in.

to be honest we will be fine by selling 1 of the AMs. the 6th ranked AM (kdb in the current scenario) will never get enough play-time that his talent would demand and will always be unhappy. on the other hand if KDB's spot goes to some1 like piazon who is not expected to start many games except for the odd cup game and CL dead rubbers, then it would do very well for the squad mentality.

I'd agree if it weren't for the quality of our 'back up' players. Podolski, Walcott and oxlade-chaimberlain are no Schurrle/Mata/Willian imo. They could all easily be starters for most teams.

[didierforever 7,349]

I'd agree if it weren't for the quality of our 'back up' players. Podolski, Walcott and oxlade-chaimberlain are no Schurrle/Mata/Willian imo. They could all easily be starters for most teams.

oscar and hazard are the "mostly" guaranteed starter while schurrle/mata/willian are the ones who are rotated. which is the perfect scenario. you need strong back-up players to win leagues and that is what we have.

remember when we used to play 4-3-3 in say, 2009-10. we had the likes of ballack, deco, anelka, joe cole/zhirkov on the bench.

or in recent times u can look at bayern at be amazed at their bench and the number of quality AMs and CMs they have got.

all said and done, i still accept we have 1 quality AM (probably KDB) more than needed. piazon for KDB would have made for an ideal squad.

[Jusek 2,031]

I thought his left foot was shit.

[ChelseasMessiah 304]

The only saving grace today. I'm still wondering why he was taken off..

[BleedsBlue 1,549]

The only saving grace today. I'm still wondering why he was taken off..

he told Jose that he couldn't continue on playing as he had a calf injury.

[Jase 43,479]

Such a shame that whenever someone score 2 great goals like that, especially the second one, we go on to mess things up and lose the game. Just ..

[Blue Armour 4,436]

Its a shame about the injury,...

He should have started a lot more matches for us by now...

[bluesman2610 1,417]

can someone post a video of his goals from yesterday that would be greatly appreciated

[Kieran. 6,317]

If only he got that hat-trick..

[Barbara 15,149]

[Beigl 1,387]

Torres,this is finishing!!

[JDY 1,290]

Lovely finishing! I thought he had a good game (only behind Hazard despite scoring the goals). Worked hard but sometimes sloppy in possession, but this was his first game in a while to be fair.

[ChelseasMessiah 304]

Great assist by Mikel. As I said before, Andre was excellent, but yet again our inexistent defence ruined us.

[Special Juan 28,123]

This lad is good.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

AFAIC, he is the only lad who can emerge from the ruin of yesterday with any credit, and certainly should be the only one who can be even close to "pleased" in regards to his performance.