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It is actually the opposite. Azpi will always be called up since he can play both wings pretty well

I will watch Chelsea live the first time. Sorry you Brits

Good post, sergio7 "Why are we going to buy XXXXXXX, our youth player is better than him. This is total rubbish. " Completely agree. If our youth is better, someone already pay XXXXXXX for him. Unless you go on loan and become a starter for a good team (aka Courtois), there is almost zero chance you will come back here and become starter.

I guessed you meant James ? Sanchez is Chilean

Just curious if someone can put up the goal & assist stat for the left vs right flank of Chelsea this season Basically Hazard (minus his goal from penalties) + Apzi vs Willian + Ivanovic (minus his goal from set pieces) We may see the number very close My theory is that in order to have Ivanovic to bomb forward, Willian will have less chance to be in a good position to score / assist

^^^ Agreed. The worst thing for a young player is making a big mistake and losing his confidence (along with getting dropped). Just keep it simple and build confidence to show Jose he does not need Zouma as an emergency back up for CM position

I hope Mourinho will let Cahill and Zouma playing in the center back in these last matches. Once Terry is not a starter any more, someone has to step up to organize the defense line.

Chelsbear Yes this is not a video game. So Chelsea has a limited fund. Should that fund be used on Bale or 2 other good players. No way Real will let Bale go cheap (50-60 millions) while MU also shows interest SydneyChelsea Yes I agree Bale single handedly destroyed teams for Spurs in the Premier League. Have he done the same in Champion League beside the Inter game with Maicon forgetting he is a right back? Chelsea team will be more balance if the fund supposedly used on Bale to be used for other 2 good players. Bobbywoodhogan Was Bale super in the CL final last season? I doubt it. You can recheck all the rating of the match. Yes he scored the winning goal but missing countless chances before that. Di Maria or Ramos have better shout to be called super in that game

So many mentioned Bale in here I agree he will help us dominate the league However at Champion Leage, he looks out of depth Watching the semi final now and agree with a post on the caf "Bale is so far out of his depth tonight. Like a duck at a goose convention."

I am going. Sit at the lower end corner though. Yes they are expensive (and the fee from ticketmaster added to it as well)

No way Bertrand is one of the top 5 LBs going forward. He has a good first season in a well drilled Southampton defense. All of other players in Southampton defense (and the 2 central midfielder) also look good. So my argument the way Southampton play makes them look good (they have the least concede goal so far this season). Lorven looked good in Southampton defense last season. This season at RAWK he looks sh!t Bertrand last season (on loan) at Aston Villa also does not have anything to write about. So it will be wait and see case for Bertrand Hoping he continue to develop to be a good LB for England

Who is Sophie may I ask ? Yes I watched the video and she looks hot. However I have no idea who she is

Yes the PSG tie is back fire on Jose's tactic However, it should be reminded that Chelsea was beaten by 2 headers from corner kicks in the last dying minutes. The odd for that happen is really low. Unfortunately it happened at the most important match of the season. How many matches you watched Chelsea playing and conceding 2 headers from corner kicks with Terry, Cahill, Ivanovich and at that time Zouma as well. For the last goal, Terry marked Cahill, no one really marked Silva and Courtois was slightly in the wrong position. That is when nerve kicked in

He will likely leave since Jose trusts Dave and Ivanovich much more, even when we face a much weaker team

That money (and the one from Luiz) goes to Matic, Fabegras and Costa So do you think it has been well spent ?

We will be favorite but I think United will be close especially with their financial muscle Arsenal looks like they will buy one star player each season. So they will be highly competitive as well City will fade out due to FFP restriction and an aging squad. So things look good. We just need to invest wisely in 2-3 new players. A good alternative option striker, a good central midfielder and maybe another young promising center back

Wondering anyone has purchased this? How is the quality and look ? http://watch.chelseafc.com/en-us/cfc-range I want to buy one for my brother birthday gift in the States. Which version is recommended ?

He is also counted as homeground player I think

Zouma is 20 year old while RLC is 18 year old Although Zouma is not coming through Chelsea academy, he should be considered as a YOUTH player. We should be happy to see Zouma playing couple of (important) games this year. I will be happy if each year, we have ONE youth player breaking through like Zouma, either he is from the academy or we paying millions for him

May be because Jose expects Willian / Oscar will need to sit out some time due to injury The same is with Dave / Luis We are very fortunate this year to not have many injuries beside Costa hamstring and Remy.

The 25M sit on the bench because Willian suddenly play much better since we bought Cuadrado. If Schurler is still here, maybe that will not happen. Just saying

Agreed. Part of this Chelsea game plan now is that Cesc and Oscar switch their positions We multiple times see Cesc play higher on the pitch, even in the box to get the pass from Hazard or Willian Who step back and cover for Cesc in those cases? Oscar. I doubt that Mata can play that role You will also see Oscar play "better" and score / assist more in Brazilian team when giving the free-roaming role (and less tracking back)

Because that Barcelona team play mainly possession football. So the way they defend is that they keep the ball well That Barcelona team will find it very difficult to play a good fast-paced counter-attack team with low defensive line (Jose's trademark team or Jupp Heynckes's Bayern). History shows that well However a Jose trademark team will find it difficult to deal with the team sit-back and also play mainly counter-attacking (Simone's Aletico) So there is no right or wrong tactic (or in other words there is no right or wrong that wide winger or forward has to track back or defend) Just different manager with different belief (and the personnel he has in hands)

Why Remy always injured when Cost is out

I have to disagree. Hazard will do less tracking back and help in defense on the left (compared to Wiliian on the right) So we need a left back to stay back. Apzi fits the bill perfectly Also on the right Ivan already goes forward often. So a defensive left back will make it more balance. Jose prefers a defense with one attacking full back and one defensive full back. At Real, it is Marcelo and Arbeloa At Inter, it is Maicon and Chivu (or Zanietti)