I expect Chelsea to flop this season..They have an identity crisis going about right now.They have bought in a bunch of AM's/Wingers to play an expansive game and it clearly is not working for them as they look very vulnerable in defense(yeah Chelsea got 9 points but the problems are evident).Chelsea's defense looks good when RDM employs defensive tactics but this year ,the intention is to play a more expansive game ,attacking football ,they are scoring a lot of goals but in the process their defense looks extremely suspect while their midfield has been rather average.
They should've got in someone like Javi Martinez or Witsel to improve the CM quality and i'm not sure if Oscar is going to fit in well at CM.Lampard-Mikel with their current style of play and they're going to have a lot of problems especially in the CL.