Premier League - Everton vs Chelsea

The PL is back, with one of the hardest games this season.

So, Oscar is still out, too.

Willian back to the No.10?

Loss

Via a Lukaku goal, and with the assistance of a Stones goal-line clearance along the way, no doubt.

I think we'll see Falcao start, too

confirmed lineup:


Substitutes from: Jamal Blackman, Radamel Falcao, Kenedy, Loïc Rémy, Willian, Gary Cahill, Ruben Loftus-Cheek

Everton starting lineup (4-3-1-2):

Substitutes from: Joel Robles, Kevin Mirallas, Aaron Lennon, Steven Naismith, Gerard Deulofeu, Leon Osman, Ramiro Funes Mori

Ivanovic Couldn't make it up

And Mikel

Yep.

Not an inspiring lineup, at all. No Baba on the bench, either.

Mourinho photographed pre-match.

I am done with Mourinho, ivanovic is shit but he doesn't select himself.

Can kiss the title goodbye, top 4 and a good CL run is best we can hope for and maybe another domestic cup.

damn, feeling dem feels

It's fine guys. At least we'll have each others' company at the Championship next season.

RIP YNWA KFFFTBHFKK

Lol gtfo we'll finish 3/4th and you'll finish 5/6

Shed wrote:Ivanovic Couldn't make it up

And Mikel

Mikel's the new Pogba

It's funny how Ivanovic goes out and slams everyone for making mistakes while he's the problem itself

Never thought I'd witness a worse defence of a title by us than our attempt at it in the Champions League 2012/13, but this completely surpasses it. A month in and it's already all but conclusively over. And the worst part is, it's not even as if we're playing lethargically and/or carelessly and being handed results to match it (as we've done ad nauseam in the past). It's that we're playing genuinely and emphatically awful. There is something seriously wrong at the moment, and there has been right from the first match of the season. And the worrying thing is, the manger has thus far been either wholly unwilling or totally unable to fix it (and I'm not quite sure which of those possibilities scares me more), which is a surprise, considering ruthless decision-making and a mastery of basics (considering we're shipping goals like a League Two side) are things putatively considered José's fortes.

In any event things better start changing, and changing fast. We don't need at all to be told the dangers of falling too far behind (with respects to Top 4, depressing as it is to say...), even this early, considering we were at the other end of a similar situation last term.