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Topic: Help needed - Facing the English Opening
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i think that 1.c4 e5 is worst option because that is like you are playing sicilian with white but with tempo down. 
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True, but then again if you play as Black you'll always be a tempo down. 
Shredderchess.com's opening database says it's the second most played (after 1. ... Nf6) with a 45.8 win percentage for black.
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Well I do like the Nimzo/Tarrasch/Orthodox QGD defences so maybe e6 is the one. I get hammered with Nf6, but it's most likely my lack of understanding, or that people playing c4 against me are usually know what they are doing?
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I think if you want to play with c5 anyway, 1...c5 is a better choice than 1...Nf6, because in some lines the knight will be better off on e7. For a black repertoire after 1.c4 c5, I can recommend Palliser's "Beating unusual chess openings".
But if you don't mind defending the Orthodox QGD, 1...e6 is also a perfectly reasonable choice against 1.c4.
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whyBish when facing english opening u dont have to know concrete variations. its more about piece setup. if u wanna play 1..e6 as an answer to 1.c4 then i propose severale piece setups: STONEWALL - pawns: e6, f5, c6, d5, b6; knights at d7 and f6, bishops at b7, and d6, castle short 0-0, put your queen at c7 or e7 as you see fit. STONEWALL second setup - pawns: e6, f5, c6, d5, one knight at d7 (put your knight here only when you transpose lightsquared bishop to h5 via d7-e8-h5!), second knight at f6, bishops at h5 and d6,castle short 0-0, and put your queen at e7 or c7 as you see fit.------------
Bishop manevour d7-e8-h5 is very common theme in stonewall and its played by players who wants to have more active lightsquared bishop which is somewhat closed by its own pawns in first setup (but which could be open little by little by playing c6-c5 etc.) NOTE: 1st setup its not inferior to second setup! Choose what suites your style best. Why i proposed stonewall setups? Because its very solid (which is best solution when facing unknown openings!) and white cant`t do nothing to prevent it (!), which is not the case in other setups. Second reason: with this setup you have accomplished all the goals in the opening: you bringed your king to safety by castling short, you developed your pieces harmoniosly, and you have great central control with pawn and pieces. 
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