MrExcalibur100

http://www.transfermarkt.com/en/nemanja-matic/profil/spieler_74683.html According to this, he played almost every second second for Benifica this season. No stamina issues, he's not Ozil. I think against West Brom, we had played like 3 days before (many of our boys looked tired in that match) and again today, the reason was obvious. He had to put in a double shift after the red card, and Aston Villa players were double teaming on him high up the pitch to win the ball back. No such "stamina issues" in any other games. Not against Stoke, Spurs, Everton, City. He's really just a beast in every way if you ask me. Everything you want in a DM... Simply world class. And he's already my 2nd favourite player in this squad.

He might be a great player for us in the future, but his selfishness could end up costing us the league this season. Always about him, never about the group.

What was the justification for loaning Moses to Liverpool and buying a player like Schurrle for 18 million. It's stupid.

That's a scandalous thing to say and it's completely false. It's because of him that we are even in the conversation for the title this season. Besides, it makes more sense to keep Willian on the pitch despite the yellow card because of his pace. Villa were playing a ridiculously high line at times. As for Salah. He would have made no difference today. He is not ready to play in such pivotal games like this. Not yet, anyway, judging by his cameos. Thank god you aren't the Chelsea manager.

What? Nobody has blamed Hazard yet for not passing to him? Ok, seriously. The signs were there that he was already a busted flush at Liverpool. 9 goals in his last 26 games the season we signed him. I don't know what the fuck we were thinking. I remember saying to myself after he limped off injured in the World Cup final, "It will be a very bad idea signing this guy, he's lost it". But Roman wanted him and wasted his money, a'la Shevchenko. Hopefully from now on, he leaves the football decisions to the football people. He was never even THAT good to begin with. Only one season in his entire career above 30 goals. His 22 goal tally with us (most against shit opposition, only 8 in 38 in the league) last season was his second ever highest tally! But because of his apparent good looks, because of his apparent nice hair, because he was Liverpool's number 9 and whatever silliness, he was immediately heralded as the "best striker in the world" by the British press and the ever hyper-fanatic Liverfool fans, despite being so dependent on his pace and being desperately one-dimensional. From Neil Ashton's article on Whoscored 2 seasons ago: "At Chelsea, as they attempted to solve his (Torres) poor form, the coaching staff conducted a study of his 81 goals in a Liverpool shirt, and discovered that 56 of them (69%) had their origins in a through ball, usually from Gerrard or Alonso." That's crazy, and it shows how dependent Torres was on the final ball to be a good player. Torres is no Suarez, Eto'o, Aguero, van Persie, Cavani or Falcao. Never has been. He can't create space for his shot, his close control in tight spaces is poor and he can't run a forward line on his own like Drogba. Now that the pace is gone, he's basically a much poorer version of his previous overrated self. That doesn't explain the lack of care though. His attitude (or lack thereof ) stinks. We have 8 games to go in the league plus one/some CL games, depending on what happens against Galatasaray. Personally, I will prefer if Jose doesn't play him from now till the end of the season and he fucks off back to Spain. Thanks for the goal against Barca and the one in the EL final, but leave before you destroy yourself any further.

I know. I was being sarcastic.

That's typical Henrique. I'm surprised he hasn't posted on the Hazard thread yet. He loves belittling our best players, for some strange reason.

Zero balance in that team.

He was a bit of both. In the league, he was used a lot as an impact sub. I saw it mentioned quite a bit. Of course in the CL against us, he started all their games.

Scouts of other clubs . I'm not going to dismiss Willian just yet. I will give him time, but he seems to lack genuine quality and talent. He is not the player we hoped he will be and in reality, we only bought him because Spurs were seemingly building something amazing. In hindsight, we shouldn't have bought him.

People (scouts) actually watch games. No one will buy him for anything close to the amount we paid.

I was worried Never have I known such a hyped up player as Neymar.

I'm just glad he's not on silly wages

You think Neymar is the best young talent in the world? Hazard and Pogba are better. He's just pure hype like many Brazilians these days. Basically Robinho 2.0. The only world class players for Brazil are Thiago Silva and Alves. No one else.

I think we will beat Arsenal at home and I think you seriously over-estimate Liverpool's quality. They will drop points. Man City are much more scary, but they have some hard games away from home. I still think we are in a decent position to win it.

It's easy to blame the manager when we don't win a game. Like you know anything about football compared to Jose. Cut the bullshit out and think before you post. Schurrle earlier? WTF did Schurrle do against Spurs? He was shit and a waste of space. Don't blame the manager when the players are not THAT good. He has performed miracles with this squad. This was supposed to be a season of transition, but yet there we sit.... at the top of the league. Some of you guys need to get a grip. The only surprise was Eto'o not even being on the bench.

Just looking at all the decisions that went against us in this game leaves a sore taste in my mouth. I'm not one for conspiracies, but was anybody really surprised how pathetic Foy and the other officials were? (1)Two times Torres and Hazard were wrongly ruled for offside when through on goal. (2)The last-ditch fouls on Schurrle and Ramires when they were both through on goal. (3) The questionable yellows for Willian. Ramires' none existen first yellow. (4) The 50/50's....So many went against us. Iva did nothing but was called for a foul when in an attacking position. The opposition player clearly jumped on him. Foy would no doubt be cashing in on his performance tonight. His bets were well in, I'm sure. In a sane world, after such an incompetent performance from a ref and his officials...... in a sane world, they would be investigated for gross incompetence and possible bias. How many critical decisions did Chris Foy make on the basis of Villa players' reactions? And how many wrong calls from the linesmen? This is the same bastard that officiated that game against QPR that was basically a carbon copy of this one, in terms of blatant, one-sided decisions. In 564 games Chris Foy averaged 0.17 red cards a match. In his last 8 Chelsea games he has sent off 5.. This is not a coincidence..... a lot of money involved = a lot of cheatin involved. We were always going to get one of THESE (rigged) games, and we have to blame ourselves for not killing the game (easier said than done with the likes of Torres upfront) earlier.

Are you fucking kidding me? What would you ave done differently today? Please tell us?

He's a bad player because like Torres, he offers nothing in the final third. No killer instict, no killer passing, nothing. Toothless. He and Torres for 80 million combined is money down the drain.

Willian was only ok when he was making cross-field passes. How many times did he venture into the opposition box? He and Torres in the starting line-up = Struggle and struggle to score goals. He looks like nothing special. And Moses was brilliant in the Europa league and had a decent first season. Certainly better than both Willian and Schurrle's first seasons. Both those players are nothing special and don't look Chelsea quality. Maybe bench players, but not starting XI quality. I hope to be proven wrong, but I doubt it. You don't need to watch a player play a 1000 games to know his true level.

Madrid fans are not really a good barometer for patience, are they? Stop comparing Madrid with Chelsea and Willian with Di Maria. I only brought up Di Maria's name because he could be a realistic target for next season. A player who gives far more to an attack than Willian. But don't stray from the point. 30 million for an average player is a rip off. Same with 18 million for Schurrle. Why pay these idiotic sums when he had Moses who had a decent first season? He was arguably our best player in the Europa league run and one of our best players in pre-season. We then realize that De Bruyne isn't good enough and sell him. Daft decisions that could have long term repercussions for Chelsea (like the Torres deal)

Very good thread really. One of the best in recent time. All of a sudden our bench, especially our offense is looking very weak: (1) Schurrle = needs to get stronger, not very composed in possession and makes many wrong decisions. Not top quality. (2) Willian = Runs and runs and runs, but a low quality player. The least threatening player that I've seen for us in a while (alongside Torres). His skill-set is very predictable. (3) Ba = Decent player, but already in his peak and little room for improvement. He needs to leave Chelsea (4) Salah = Unknown quantity bought from the Swiss league. Was an impact sub off the bench for Basel, and it's a major ask to make such a step up. Just hope the board know what they are doing.... (5) Torres = Just fuck off already! Anyway, the squad is good enough to win the remaining 8 games in the league, I'm sure of that. The champions league is a no-hoper. We are nowhere near good enough or experienced enough. We need to be very shrewd in this summer transfer window to get closer to the Madrid's and Munich's of this world, in terms of quality players.

Moses is better than him. Has too many weaknesses in his game right now.... Needs to improve a lot.

Willian : stepover, stepover, low cross into the box which get intercepted. His long range balls are improving but nothing else. He just never looks like he can score a goal or thread a pass. Schurrle is nothing special too. IMO Moses in his first season with us was better than both of them.

You don't know what the fuck you are talking about comparing Di Maria to Willian. Di Maria is actually a talented player, so there is something to work with. Willian is a bang average Brazilian we got from Eastern Europe for a ridiculous sum of money. It's not that difficult to see he's not very good. If there was talent there, I won't be so negative, but his skill-set is very predictable and poor and he is the least threatening play I have ever seen. 2 goals all season and doesn't look like scoring any time soon. A waste of money.