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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0-owAGyNmw These players are all World Class I suppose. Unreal goal but he's had a shit season since that QPR game.

What a player he would be if he had any ounce of creativity or vision in him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBP-diw7RUM

He just tore Maribor a new one and he's still getting criticism. I don't know if it's because some of you are just negative in general or we simply have extremely high expectations of him. Koeman was full of praise of him said he's as good as Neymar and Suarez while Glenn Hoddle was also waxing lyrical about his ability. Lee Dixon insinuated Hazard was selfish post match in the ITV Studio last night which actually brought a tear to my eye. Hope he see some more of that greediness against United this weekend. Even Steve Clarke said he needs to take matters into his own hands more. I think Jose's "talks" with him are slowly starting to sink in. Players like Ronaldo, Neymar, Suarez, Messi etc were born with a killer mentality while it seems Hazard needs to have it coached in him. He made more of an effort to get into the box yesterday and those trademark runs were ending in shots. That said though, the two opportunities he passed up pissed me off. The fail dragback after the 1-2 with Drogba and the lack of anticipation before the OG. It's all very well saying "at least he's getting more chances to score" but frankly, he needs to be burying those. Should have got his first CL hat-trick yesterday.

United fans are actually level headed in my opinion. Now Arsenal and Liverpool fans on the other hand.

He's not been the same player since the head injury though apparently.

We can batter those cunts if Costa's fit and Jose goes for the kill. Fabregas and Hazard would run riot if he takes off the leashes. Chance for us to make a statement.

Included in the CL squad. Good to know he's in Jose's plans. Out of the all the youngsters he's the one I have the most faith in. Btw, isn't it about time Solanke gets his own thread?

I've criticized Jose alot for his youth policy but fair play to him bringing Solanke on unfortunately Filipe got done by Zaha. I imagine he must be gutted. Oscar the obvious MoTM although Cesc and Matic weren't far behind. This game was all about that trio. Hazard was great but needs to develop a killer insinct, should have killed the game instead of passing responsibility.

Wat.

The sooner people realise England will achieve nothing until we get a proper manager in the better. That EURO 04 squad was as good as it gets. The fact Germany won the WC with a similar group of players gives me reason to believe the Golden Generations downfall was mainly a coaching problem.

Two very good goals. Lovely improvisation, sophistication and composure for the first. Second is typical RLC, bullies his opponent off the ball and powers through to finish. Real shame he hasn't gotten a look-in since the Benitez era.

Yes because Chelsea are the only club in the World that competes for titles. Even Real Madrid have a better youth record than we do. if it's too much of a risk to start some of the kids against a Championship club at home in a worthless competition like the League Cup when exactly will they get chances? We have the best academy in the country and we're not using it.

We're talking about developing homegrown players into important squad players. Varane and Mikel were both multi-million pound buys. They hardly count. Zouma has several seasons of experience under his belt. While Ake was starting games for us under Rafa. 6 apps in 12/13, just 2 games since.

Stop making excuses for Jose's atrocious youth development record. The only youth player he's developed over the years that wasn't a multi-million pound transfer is Davide Santon. I think if he was truly interested in giving these players chances then Baker would have played against Bolton in a near-worthless competition like the COC. EDIT: Lythell makes several good points in that article. Interested to learn Baker trained with England's senior squad earlier, delighted for him.

Problem with Belgium is they have alot of players that overestimate their own ability. Vertonghen is probably the biggest culprit.

Someone needs to make a comp of Willian's performance today. He's completely ripped Rojo apart.

De Bruyne should ABSOLUTELY be playing for a bigger club. He's basically Di Maria without the dribbling skills. Dortmund really should have signed him last January. He's far better than Kagawa and Mkhitaryan.

Neymar posted this on Twitter. Anyone that follows Brazilian football knows why this image is special.

People do know Eto'o was our first choice striker when he was fit last season right? And Ba towards the end of the season. We lost the title because we didn't have Fabregas not because of Torres. I think our best player is between those two.

He was EVERYWHERE today. Hazard was a class above everyone on the pitch but Oscar's energy and aggression was infectious today. Love him.

He completely destroyed Alexis today lol. Unbelievable performance.

Game ended as soon as he came on.

JAGIELKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Apparently he's created the 2nd most chances in Europe this season behind Messi. Hopefully, he earns himself a move to a bigger club soon.