El P.

So far so good, just a pity he didn't give RLC a chance with 3-0 up and 30 minutes to go. Hope that it will change on Sunday.

To add up to Azpi discussion: Azpi in defense is what Willian is in attack, if you ask me. Problem is not Azpi, problem is second full-back. If you have defensive second full back, than it's shit, I agree. But, put Azpi on the right, where he can provide some attacking, and put on the left some more offensive full-back and there you go. You don't need to have complete player in every position. You have Azpi - great in defense, only decent in attack on the right. Play some great in attack, only decent at the defense full-back on the left. As for full-back that are great at attacking AND defending... Well, you can count them on fingers of one hand. It's hard to get one of those. As for Matić, he is DMF for me. Not classic Makelele-type DMF, but surely a DMF, more than CMF.

Hazard is much better playmaker - his vision is much better than Bale's. Hazard has MUCH better technique and dribbling, his dribbling is up there with Messi's, Veratti's and top form Iniesta's. Hazard is much better with his weaker foot. Hazard is talisman. You don't sell talisman. Bale might be faster, but on long runs. Hazard has a better acceleration and for type of player Hazard is - that is more important than top speed. He is way more agile. Hazard is year and a half younger and until this season he was way more consistent and way more less injury prone than Bale. _____________________________________________________________________ Bale is type of player that is very dependable of his physical strengths. Take his insane speed away and what do you have? You can find another Bale, but you'll NEVER find another Hazard. We could also talk about form, Bale is ok now, but his last season, compared with Eden's last season... Yeah. All in all, I would never give Hazard for Bale. Bale is special player, for sure, but Eden is one in a million. ____________________________________________________________________ Ok, gotta say this too. I was never more ashamed of Chelsea fans than when I saw some Hazard comments. "Lazy prick who fakes injuries!" My God... Just stop. Not even worth commenting. I just hope he score some goals soon, for people to shut the f*** up.

I think he might be our 'late-bloomer'.

Keep calm and trust Hazard. Also, f*** off Real Madrid.

I think it's wrong attitude to look at the point gap to top four. Let's rather analyse teams. Arsenal, City - never gonna catch them. Leicester - they already have too much points and there are no signs of dropping good form. Tottenham - in best run, best form, some are saying they have best defense in league, Carragher even said they can win the league. Hech, they are only 4 points off top, so why not? Don't actually know how can anyone really think that we can catch top 4.

That's another pair of socks. Of course he is better than Oscar.

I said "I don't see MUCH improvement potential". Not "too old for football" or "he is finished product". Considering his price I have right to say so. Just weighting cons and pros. He can improve at the age of 26, of course. I just see him as unproven guy who jet needs to make a proper break-through.

They were already brilliant at the age of 28-29. Can't compare them to this guy, really.

Yes, and players from wings are well known for their passing. Not speed and dribbling, right? He even chips in with some good passes (assist to Costa). You don't need every player to be 'complete' player. Willy is special player. When we find decent replacements/back-ups for Oscar, Fabregas, Matić, Ivanović, Costa and Cahill, then and only then we can even think about upgrading on Willian, if that's even possible.

Those quads tho.

We can buy all the AMC in the world we want. We could even buy James Rodriguez, Ozil or I don't know. But with no proper box-to-box midfield, it's no use. EDIT: This guy will be 26 yo at 6.1.2016. Players usually peak in-between 26-28. I don't see much improvement potential in him.

Not quality wise, he is too young to say that, and is promising. He is great talent, but plays and acts like a boy, you know, which is normal in that age. He was even mad on coach for not playing him regularly week in, week out, at the age of 18. I do not believe that, I'm only saying that we SHOULD waste NO time on this (buying then loaning one more in an army of 3938894) when we have SO MUCH problems in first squad. I mean what the heck, get your priorities straight, board!

Please, no. Just no. How can we even consider signing like this with all problems in first squad? Ćorić is A BOY. Watched him play 100 times. A boy who will end up in Vitesse.

New year - new me. At the turn of 2014 to 2015 we started playing terribly. Let's turn it again - this time on better.

DDG was just lucky Matić went... well, Matić. Matić pulled 'a Matić', I guess.

I hope Hazard breaks bad. I saw little bit of that in United game, hope to see a lot more of it in future. I want him to break bad so much, like Walter White bad. Raise that ego up, son. We need mean relentless Hazard.

That scumbag Hazard, yes! He even played injured in last games ON PURPOSE. If that's not campaign against Chelsea I don't know what is. About his technique... YES! Awful. Don't you just hate that close-control guys like Messi, Verrati and Hazard. So annoying, they have no clue about football.

Let's not fool ourselves, he is more in love with English football than he will ever be with Chelsea. He just doesn't strike as that Terry-type legend. Heck, even Lampard and Čech went to play for our rivals.

What is happening in this guy's head, damn man. Too many brain-farts that ruin his even decent performances.

I agree that Matić-Fabregas-Oscar is too offensive. But Matić-Ramires-Mikel is on the other side too defensive. Especially when you have Ivanović and Azpi as full-backs. Balanced I call Matić-Ramires-Fabregas, when on form.

Not only assist, his corners are really good too. Set-piece master. First goal came after his corner, I think, with the help of defender.

Balanced? Like equally attacking-defensive wise? Since when is having three destructive players in midfield called "balanced"? All-defensive is what I see, let's not fool ourselves.

Bunch of comedians is what we have!

We have Mikel. Mikel - Gundo - Texeira.