06 Mar 2015 06:21:46
Said ages ago oscar is poor and got slated for saying it! Now all I can see is oscar bashing
{Ed018's Note - his form has certainly dropped off lately. It's strange that this keeps happening in the second half of the season now the last few years}
06 Mar 2015 07:42:24
He's a magical player when on his game, and indeed it's a bit weird that his form keeps dropping off as we get to the 2nd half of the season.
That being said, I don't think we should bash Oscar. There's plenty of games still to be played. He might just as well come through for us.
06 Mar 2015 09:13:57
You guys should lay off the dude, yes he always dips in form this time of the season, but he is by no means poor, the premier league is tough physically.
Take Salah for example he is kicking butt in Italy and there will be some who would think he didn't get a fair chance but in reality playing for the US and in a league like this there is more pressure, physicality and boy do you have to hit the ground running.
If Oscar does leave I think it should be to make way for someone who could offer what we lack in midfield when Matic is absent, and still give more than a lot going forward, no names Pogba. :D.
If we do get a good deal for Oscar all well and good but you guys should really take it easy on the dude he is still only 23" you know and if he does leave to Italy or France I promise he'll bring you all back on here with red faces.
P. S. Saw the post on Mata, that ship has sailed love the dude but really we have to let it go, he's not coming back. Moving forward.
06 Mar 2015 09:18:32
I remember saying the same about Oscar as well. We are just not scoring goals at the moment and seem to be very reliant on hazard (and ivanovic). I think cuadrado is a mistake and Willian also does not offer enough. Need some wingers who actually offer high numbers of goals and assists as they is what their primary job should be and I think hazard is the only one we have at the moment.
06 Mar 2015 10:36:22
Thank you for that post, ELI. I fully agree with you.
06 Mar 2015 11:17:59
If I remember rigt me and Eli were dissapointed (to be said at least) with the sale of Mata. But what's done that's done. Oscar in other hand is going downhill and I believe we need to play hazard/willian/cuardaro in most of the games. So many people were shouting on here about how much they want cuardaro and now the lad played somehing like 120 mins of football and getting slated as bad buy. Give him some time please!
06 Mar 2015 15:21:46
Ok Eli so you say the league is tough for players like oscar so how can mata be such a success for us and the biggest wimp of them all in fabregas can still boss a game! Oscar don't! Oscar is a lot stronger than those 2 but the differance is mata and fabregas ARE world class players who find a way to impact a game threw skill. I really hope we sell oscar in the summer it's no good having a decent half a season and then be a passenger in the business end! We are carrying the bloke at the moment it's like playing with 10 men and it's effecting the team! I will say this again letting mata go is the biggest mistake this club has done in a long time! See no point in letting mata go because he is so weak and not a Jose player AND then bring in cesc to which players breeze past him! I hate him playing so deep with matic! Sell oscar push cesc no10 and bring in a player like pogba or the lad from Monaco kendogbia to play along side matic! Be better balance to the team
06 Mar 2015 16:11:20
Have to agree with you pinky. Mata was suited for our team, sadly jose didn't thought like that and now we have to move on. Even though I strongly believe that with Mata in the team we would be much stronger than we are now. But hey we are first in the league have a good shout for CL glory and already won a cup. What else can we ask?
06 Mar 2015 23:55:57
thierry Henry said after the cup final & I quote " Chelsea love to defend, they thrive on defending" if you watch how we play we look like we are getting pummeled by every team we play against but we aren't, we sit back & soak up the pressure & then hit back with a counter & score. so many away games this season we've managed 2 shots on goal, 1 goes in & 1 doesn't. while other teams try all game to break us down but fail simply because we are a class above! Every one of our attacking players like Willian, Oscar, cuadrado & even costa press high & defend which sacrifices their own game for the team! Probably why Oscar has been below par for a while now because he's constsntly pressing opponents & absolutely shattered as the game goes on & you can visibly see that! He will come good again I'm sure of it just a dip
07 Mar 2015 00:27:28
Oscar struggles after the winter period as we play a lot of games and his style of play means he does more running around than most, it would be almost impossible to keep up that level of consistency week after week putting in as much effort as he does, a bit of rest and some warm weather and he will be back to his best, he is Brazilian after all. Cuadrado has shown glimpses of what he can do but I suspect we won't see the best of him until the following season.