A couple of polls about our starting XI...

[It_Dont_Mata]

I think 4-2-3-1 is our natural formation really, but we need to be competent at 4-3-3 for certain games and have that in our locker. 4-2-3-1 works well IF your striker can handle it and looking at Costa so far in pre-season, he can.

Courtois (PRM/CL) / Cech (FA/LC/PRM)

Dave - Cahill - Terry - Luis

Fabregas - Matic

Schurrle - Hazard - Willian

Costa

Subs: Cech, Ivan, Zouma, Mikel, Van Ginkel, Oscar, Drogba 

 

[Grumpymunster]

4-3-3

Matic and Fabregas with Oscar the most attacking of the three. 

Hazard and Schurrle on the wings.

Dave and Luis as full backs to give natural width and Courtois in goal. 

Absolutely seems best side we have at the moment

 

[hephzibah]

I think 4-2-3-1 is our natural formation really, but we need to be competent at 4-3-3 for certain games and have that in our locker. 4-2-3-1 works well IF your striker can handle it and looking at Costa so far in pre-season, he can.

Courtois (PRM/CL) / Cech (FA/LC/PRM)

Dave - Cahill - Terry - Luis

Fabregas - Matic

Schurrle - Hazard - Willian

Costa

Subs: Cech, Ivan, Zouma, Mikel, Van Ginkel, Oscar, Drogba

petr cech for FA cup and carling cups? that is just insulting. Everything cech has to do for courtuois this is similar to the drogba/ Costa situation. Only that he will play a smaller role this season. For example, for the first weeks of the season, he'll definitely play seeing as Courtois just reported in training

 

[Shotgun883]

The 4-3-3/4-2-3-1 arguement is non existant, the way the team play will be a fluid mix of the 2 dependant on oppositon and available players.

Oscar will find his feet this season, its hard to shine in the 10 role when you have no striker infront of you with real presence. Too often him and Hazard found themselves double teamed by multiple defenders whilst they consitently ignored the sh*t out of marking Torres. Costa will be a different beast, hopefully crerating space for our 3 to work in.

Cech will start as first choice, or he will be sold. The window will see, I could see him moving to PSG once Mourinho is happy with Courtois, Itll be a shame but Courtois is our Gk for the next 10 years,