MANoWAR

Good analysis from elsewhere --------------------Cech------------------ Ivanovic----Cahill----Terry----Bertrand ---------Lampard----Ramires---------- KDB------------Mata------------Schurrle -------------------Torres----------------- Would ideally prefer Hazard to start over Schurrle (and wouldn't mind Oscar over Mata) but his most recent 2 performances don't warrant a start tbf, so I think he should be on the bench alongside Eto'o, Oscar, Mikel and Luiz. Would quite like to see Bertrand or Azpilicueta start too as they're both good going forward but I doubt we'll see that just yet. I think Torres should start over Eto'o as he has more experience playing with the team, although I would like to see Eto'o become first choice eventually, I think once he sharpens up and gets used to the team/league he'll be our best striker (who isn't out on loan anyway ), would be good for him to perhaps play 30 minutes though, but not alongside Torres, I don't really see the benefit of bringing on another striker when we need a goal, in both games where we've done this I think KDB would have been a much more effective sub; Torres was completely anonymous against Everton and I don't see the point in playing a striker out of position when we have so many AM options. Lampard and Ramires is our most tested midfield partnership this season so I'd be inclined to stick with them for the time being, we can start to experiment more when we actually start playing well as a team.

Wanted to make the topic xD. Hopefully we'll win this! Fulham haven't been looking great and they've never won against us at home. But that could mean little... People went into a meltdown after we lost to Everton, 10x worse when we lost to Basel -- what would people's reactions be if we lost this game? I've remained calm for those two games but if we lost here I really would be stunned (shouldn't happen though!)

WUMS are in fall front on every other site lol. Wonder what they'll be saying once we win the league Hehe :p

It shouldn't need stating that I fully support Mourinho (I really hope he's here for the long haul) but he needs to realise that this is not the 2004-2006 team. He cannot continue trying to grind out 1-0 wins; he has one of the most high-quality attacking line-ups in world football and needs to maximise their potential. He also needs to realise that we have a huge squad and we need to go hard against these sides and put three past them, rather than go 1-0 up and try to close out the game.

We should've brought Robben on for Willian. Joe Cole would've been a good option too.

I get what you're saying. However, we're at home and playing Basel, and last year we did quite well against them -- I can understand some fans frustrations. Wasn't upset with Everton because they always play well against us but this has come as a bit of a surprise.

Not agreeing with some of the previous comments regarding Rafa/Mourinho, but would people constantly be saying 'Rafa out' had he still been in charge? It's going to take time for Mourinho to find the right team. When we do hopefully we'll do well! I'm confident.

Arsenal playing well now as well. Strange C'mon though! Chelsea can at least get a draw here!

Didn't we play really well against Basel both times last season? What's happening...

Oh for ****'s sake. Will this be our first CL loss since '03 (at home; group stages)

Are they bringing on another CB? **** Oh man I'm worried now.

Will be disappointed if we don't win this.

Oh dear.

Buy Salah and loan him to Vitesse.

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The 3 amigos are back

Liking Willian so far!

WOOT!

Yeah it's quite annoying. All top clubs in the PL are like this tbh. Although there hasn't been much to cheer.

Was Van Ginkel getting booed..?

Really? For Shakhtar he played mostly on the left.

Is Willian on the right? interesting. His favoured position is on the left flank

Was hoping to see KDB as the AM tbh but this is good. Maybe Azpi as well

Loving it so far (as expected!)