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One of Mou's biggest mistakes ever is sticking to Oscar.

He carried the whole attack today and created that 1v1 chance for Oscar.

Mou's stubbornness for keep playing Oscar can cost us so badly, he does nothing on the pitch and is useless when he touch the ball. He vacants a spot where we can use Ramires to help Cesc and Matic out.

Ramires for Oscar please, Matic-Rambo pivot, Cesc just at 10.

Understand this line up since it won us many games but I'm a little disappointed with it. Cahill-played well for 3 games. Zouma-he is on the bench to back up Matic and the CB's, Mou doesn't want to change positions during the game if Matic injures himself again. Azpi-plays because we have Cesc-Matic pivot, it's a top 6 team, so he is more careful with his selections. Unlucky Luis. Costa- our topscorer and a reason we are top, Mou wants him scoring again ASAP because we need him on fire in the final run. Oscar-Same as Costa, Mou wants him to perform again, cause he sees him as an important part of the team, Cuadrado must be patient. Ramires-will come on when we need to protect a lead, probably for Oscar/Willian.

I will remember him for his performances in the Stoke game at home last season, Swansea where he didn't finish his chances well but played good, his Arsenal goal and his superb pace.

If that's the case, so be it and good for him. It's not like he didn't receive enough chances here. He was the only attacking mid who played in his strongest position and got a lot of chances despite under performing. Schurrle never had a run in LW with our strongest team, Mata didn't get chances at 10 cause that position was granted to Oscar. Salah and KDB barely had any playing time.

http://www.espnfc.co.uk/chelsea/story/2348511/jose-mourinho-says-people-are-too-worried-about-him-and-his-motivations People are too worried about me - Jose Mourinho

I read it was something with his agent having his transfer rights (3rd party ownership) or something in that direction, which EPL doesn't tolerate.

Woot woot Burnley

1-0 Burnley

Ok forget about the fees.Which group of players is better in your honest opinion? A) Turnbull, KDB, Lukaku, Mata, Torres, Demba Ba, Lampard, Essien, Cole, Bertrand, Moses, Luiz. B ) Courtois, Zouma, Filipe Luis, Cuadrado, Matic, Willian, Fabregas, Diego Costa, Remy, Drogba.

In:Matic-key player, best DM in the league Cesc-key player, missing creative maestro Costa-deadly striker, fighter, leader Filipe-WC left back, great player Remy-great versatile second striker Drogba-brought back a legend, dressing room leader, beast in air, late game winner Willian-battery, important for our style of play Zouma-great talented CB, with bright future Cuadrado: too early to judge In+out (incl loan): Schurrle-didn't work out but we made profit Salah-not received enough chances, but still our player Eto'o-great stop-gap signing for cheap, scored in many big games Van Ginkel-unlucky with injuries Out: Lukaku: sold for a superb price KDB: turned out into the player we expected, but the price was right at the time Luiz: big jackpot on an error prone clown Mata: big profit on a good player, 50-50 case Demba Ba: sold for low value Torres: managed to dump our most frustrating player ever Bertrand: not better than Luis or Azpi, Ake could play his squad role. Essien, Lampard and Cole all left but could've stayed as squad players. But we can't block their last adventure, can we? Net spend like £36M in 2 years and we've improved our first team+squad players. Even the BS Sky pundits mentioned us as the winners of the transfer windows, what do you want?

Think Matic was not 100%, normally he'd have subbed Zouma for Ramires I think.

No one booed him from the beginning, he did it himself. He provoked Diego all the time, elbowed him, and other dirty tricks. He played mind games before and after the game, ''Jose is not special'', ''I know how he will play'', ''Chelsea sold me for too cheap''. I don't even know why he apologized, the way he celebrated like it was the WC winner, that overreacting was disgusting. It's just like saying ''I'm sorry for banging your wife, but I was very emotional and horny at the moment'' I liked and missed the geezer but that's past tense now, he's not a traitor but just an uber clown without respect.

I have a lot of respect for him and admire him. He's not a natural RW which many people forgets, he was a 10/LW at Shakthar. But he put away his pride and converted himself into a hard working maniac on the right side, he sacrifices himself for the team. Cech said this:''I never thought I would see anyone running more than Ramires, but then I saw Willian.'' He's like KDB, Mata, Schurrle, played out of position on the RW, but he is the only one who survived this. Salah and KDB didn't get fair chances though. I agree with many of you, I'd love him to take more risks if he keeps playing at the RW but we can't blame him that he doesn't have the skill-set of a traditional winger. If you want to get the best out of him, attacking wise, he should play behind the striker as a 10. He's done this last season vs City + Stoke, and this season vs Everton and played very well. But Mou might need to drop Ivanovic if he does this, or play Ramires on the RW.

Yeah normally I'd say JT instead of Zouma, but don't think the current JT fits in your system. And about Verrati, he should've received 2 red cards in the first leg, and 1 in the second leg. All he did was kicking our players, he's indeed a very talented player with great future. But if you need to choose a player with a killer pass, would you rather have Pastore of Verrati?

And a League cup after the beating first teams of Spurs and Liverpool.

People defend Oscar with "he is inconsistent", no he's not inconsistent. He is incapable. He is good at pressing but bad at most other things we need for a player in his position. Just count how many balls he lost with a failed dribble/take on, misplaced passes. He plays good when Cesc, Matic, Costa and Hazard are playing well. But he doesn't help when we are struggling, we are Chelsea and we should do better.

Double post

Thanks for your normal comment,I think Courtois, Azpi, Matic, Hazard would easily get in to your team. We also have Filipe Luis (benched) who is better than Maxwell. A young Terry would be the best defender of our teams. Cesc is more consistent than Pastore. Costa and Zlatan are about equal at the moment due to his age. David Luiz made too many mistakes here, that's why he was replaced, our Zouma is already better than him and fits your style of play. We only miss David's spirit in big games. Courtois Azpi Zouma/Marquinhos T.Silva Filipe Pastore/Cesc Matic Matuidi Lucas Zlatan/Costa Hazard As Chelsea fans obviously we are disappointed to not beat 10 man at home, but some overreacted here. We already won the league cup and have the league title to play for, with 5 points more than the no2. If we win the league this season would've been a fantastic season. Good luck too with the CL and ligue 1.

One positive thing about the elimination. We'd have played these 4 matches in 10 days, in this order: QF leg 1, United, QF leg 2, Arsenal. Now we can focus on the EPL without distraction.

Tibo/Cech Iva/Azpi Zouma JT Luis Matic Fabregas Cuad Willian Eden Remy

Always been an admirer of Mou's defensive approach and counter attacking football. But at the current Chelsea, we're not even solid defensively. Corners/Crosses: Can you count how many we've conceded through crosses or corners lately? Aston Villa 1-1 (cross) Burnley 1-1 (corner) 1st leg PSG, 1-1 (cross) + 3-4 headed chances, thank Courtois for not conceding more. Westham 0-1, thanks to Courtois and Sakho for not conceding. 2nd leg PSG, 2 goals through corners, Silva is 1m83 and many of ours are near 1m90. How could he have those 2 free headers? We used to grind out 1-0/2-1 with good defending and especially in set pieces/crosses with big guys. What's the problem? Is it Cech, who normally organizes the defence? Now we have Terry to do that, could that be a problem? I like Courtois, but if that's the problem, Mou should let Courtois organize the defence or recall Cech. We looked quite impressive in the 2-0 COC final btw and have many clean sheets with Cech this season, coincidence?

2 goals conceded through corners, don't understand that. Without Courtois it would have been 4-5 corner goals over two legs.