Closed Basel v Chelsea

[Pacquiao 1,834]

OFFICIAL

Cech

Ivanovic - Cahill - Terry - Azpilicueta

Mikel

Lampard - Ramires

Willian - Eto'o - Oscar

[meetdoscar 335]

Very fantastic line up 4-0 to chelsea hopefully, for a sweet revenge

[Jype 6,398]

Not bad. Was hoping for Schürrle and Willian to start on the wings but I'll take that too.

3-0, Willian to score two and Oscar the other.

[hjperdeath 2,226]

A slow and gradual shift to a 4-3-3, this is going to be bloody exciting. Oscar and Willian same role against Schalke , Eto'o drifting , while the middle three play have same roles as that against the Hammers. Looks set to be a huge scoreline.

[aerlgenx 49]

not bad..hope mata torres and schurrle are the subs =)

[Pizy 18,368]

What's up with Luiz?

[Beigl 1,387]

What's up with Luiz?

Knee injury.

[Thendo 1,088]

What's up with Luiz?

Injured, didn't travel.

[Pacquiao 1,834]

subs: Schwarzer, Cole, Mata, Hazard, De Bruyne, Schurrle, Torres

1 defender and 5 attackers on the bench LOL

[Thendo 1,088]

Subs: Schwarzer, Cole, Mata, Hazard, De Bruyne, Schurrle, Torres

[Special Juan 27,421]

The Willy starts

[Bosnian Blue 2,471]

Haha, our bench is stronger than the first 11

[Mustafa 885]

Gutted for Mata.

[Jype 6,398]

Schwarzer, Cole, Mata, Hazard, De Bruyne, Schürrle, Torres

That bench is just ridiculous.

[Shakez 755]

Dat bench is criminal!

[Mufassir08 2,400]

subs: Schwarzer, Cole, Mata, Hazard, De Bruyne, Schurrle, Torres

1 defender and 5 attackers on the bench LOL

And last year our bench was

Turnbull,Bertrand,Ferreira,Cahill,Moses,Terry,Ba

[Pizy 18,368]

Jose better have one hell of a player lined up to swap Mata for. Think he's almost certainly off in January.

We'll regret selling him immediately unless we bring in someone as good as he is.

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

Actually a lot of people did, but sadly none of them in this forum, expect Seb probably. Not derailing at all. I found the point over here, and was just trying to get across my view.

Nope. Don't think he can in Oscar's role. Ramires's role maybe yes, but definitely not Oscar's. Juan has no previous experience in rotating positions with two other midfielders. You need a bit of work-rate for that too. Maybe if he's adapted, then a slight yes.

Looks like Chelsea are playing that 4-2-3-1 that everyone including Mourinho is calling 4-3-3 again.