Starting XI for Next Season

[Sovieticus 743]

He scored vs the great Brazil squad of 2014. Obviously.

Oh, you mean the "flavour of the week".

[sdrcfc 461]

Courtois

Azpi Cahill Terry Luis

Matic Pogba

Fabregas

Schurrle Costa Hazard

[iseah100 5,612]

Oh, you mean the "flavour of the week".

Oh yea, I forgot. Just like Kroos was a while back. Hmm. Funny, isn't it?

[LAM09 7,043]

My starting XI should we get the players we are rumoured with -

Courtois

Azpi Cahill Terry Rojo

Matic Pogba

Cesc

Schurrle (Would like Salah to stake a claim) Costa Hazard

[Reddish-Blue 2,489]

My starting XI should we get the players we are rumoured with -

Courtois

Azpi Cahill Terry Rojo

Matic Pogba

Cesc

Schurrle (Would like Salah to stake a claim) Costa Hazard

Replace Rojo with Filipe Luis and I totally agree with your team

[LAM09 7,043]

Replace Rojo with Filipe Luis and I totally agree with your team

Good to know.

I just ain't that convicted with Luis to be honest, and A.Madrid are playing hard ball aswell.

[Bir_CFC 3,455]

Not sure why people are putting players that aren't even Chelsea players into their starting XI. I can understand, Luis, Costa, Tiago because they seem like done deals but Pogba? Khedira? What's the point of that?

Anyways, Jose loves the 4-2-3-1 but with Cesc not sure how we can play that 4-2-3-1. He can play deeper in the midfield but surely the pivot would be too deep? I'm not yet convinced he'll be effective in the double pivot. I'm going for a 4-3-3.

Courtois

Azpi - Cahill - Terry - Luis

Matic

Oscar/Ramires - Cesc

Willian - Costa - Hazard

[mannyfreshh 164]

This. I'll probably start crying everytime I see him in the line-up.

it be great if his permanently position was as a super sub

[Joker10 946]

People need to calm down the Zouma hype, the guy got outperformed and was benched at ASSE. He is no Varane, at this point i think his potential is Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa or Sahko. Zouma might be up there with Varane athletically and i might even give him an edge, but Varane is absolutely on a another galaxy with his understanding of the game and maturity.

He will also get absolutely get overrated by a few cameos, where he will put in a few hard tackles. Knowing how much of a hard on some have for hard sliding tackles.

Down want be a downer, but some need to come down to earth.

[Hybrid Angel 2,130]

Good to know.

I just ain't that convicted with Luis to be honest, and A.Madrid are playing hard ball aswell.

You're saying you are not convicted with Luis, yet you put Rojo in your squad. Rojo plays for Sporting CP, and hasn't even performed well enough in the WC for a club of Chelsea's quality to sign him. Even if he did, we couldn't risk buying an unproven player at club level only based on his WC performances. Luis, meanwhile, was arguably the best LB in the world last season.

My starting XI would be:

Courtois

Dave - Terry - Cahill - Filipe Luis

Matic

Ramires - Fabregas

Schurrle - Costa - Hazard

[Parky 739]

[The only place to be 11,313]

I think people need to be a bit realistic about what Jose Mourinho (he's the Chelsea manager) will select to start away to Burnley. I'd be very surprised if Ivanovic didn't start and anyone not selecting Cahill and Terry as starting centre-backs (Zouma lolololololololololol.....no) is having a laugh.

Courtois

Ivanovic Cahill Terry Azpi

Fabregas Matic

Willian Oscar Hazard

Costa

Could even see Ramires or Tiago starting because Burnley will be up for a fight in their first game. Can't see Jose messing around too much with the back four when we have two much more comfortable home matches to introduce Luis to the league.

Bit boring but first day of the season is about getting three points, not blooding youngsters or taking risks.