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Other than being over eager and making a few poor decisions, he was alright. Mourinho should either give this guy more game time or sell him in January.

Decent game from him. Seemed to play pretty deep and helped a lot with build up play. That pass to Willian was nice too.

Coming to the conclusion that he can't hack it in big games or can't be a midfield controller because of this one game is silly. He has done a wonderful job in most games for us so far and has been showing improvement in his positioning and defending. He'll only get better as he gets more comfortable in his role at Chelsea. His passing was just really off yesterday. Happens to the best of them and is nothing to get in a panic over.

Saw a stat that his first half passing accuracy was 45% . He finished his time in the game on 80% though tbf.

Willian played CAM in the Man CIty game iirc. I think his decision making can be incredibly poor.

Considering the criticisms people are making of Oscar today, I'm a bit lost as to how Ramires (or Mikel) would be the answer . Anyway, not a great performance from him, but I'm not too worried about it either. He had some good moments as well as some poor ones. Obviously has to work on executing his passes better and more consistently.

Mourinho on Oscar's performance today: "He did fantastically against Arsenal and again today. Hes the number 10 that plays with the ball at his feet. Hes a number 10 that looks back and to the side. He analyses the game and sees where the team needs him. He creates balances." "For example, in the first half when they had McArthur man to man on Fabregas, I was so happy with that because Fabregas was taking McArthur from the central area and Oscar was dropping back to play. Him and Matic controlled the game completely for us." "Oscar has had a mental and tactical evolution that has allowed him to be a fantastic player. Can he physically improve? Of course, but people forget hes still so young. There are great conditions in front of him to keep improving." http://www.chelseafc.com/news/latest-news/2014/Oct%2014/final-whistle-verdict--imposing-our-game.html

He contributed to both of Brazil's goals today. All of his set pieces were great.

Oscar was given a job to do on Sunday and judging from the reaction of Jose, his teammates and the positive result, he succeeded. --- http://www.theoriginalcoach.com/#!the-advanced-defensive-midfielder/c937 Thought this article was pretty interesting. Do you think Jose is trying to cultivate this "advanced defensive midfielder" role with Oscar?

Great analysis by Pat Nevin. Oscar has a lot to offer. I would honestly be very disappointed if he were sold.