The Skipper

Simply put - his general contribution to the team can easily be replaced by someone like Ramires or Willian. Never could you say the same about Hazard.

Nope. Just because Torres is a confidence player doesn't mean every striker is.

Some players like? Who in the CFC team is only flashy and elegant but doesn't get criticised? I hope you're not talking about Eden because's Eden's is streets ahead of Oscar. You can't justify this or how good Oscar is by targeting other players in the team sorry...It says a lot that if Oscar got suspended or injured for some time that we wouldn't really miss him at all.

He's not terrible but you cannot convince or tell me Cahill is a proactive defender whatsoever because he is not. We're not talking about how good he is.

I would agree with you on pace being the difference if Cahill was a proactive defender, but we all know he's not. He's not confident enough in his ability (or lack of ability) to intercept the ball proactively. He doesn't have it in his game, whereas Zouma does. There difference really is more pronounced than just pace.

It's a real shame. Feel like it's holding the team back a bit.

What you're describing is positioning and that is definitely a side to reading the game, but that is honed with experience mostly. The other part is anticipation, and Zouma is streets ahead of Cahill in that aspect already. It's also a lot harder to learn - in most cases you either have it or you don't. Anticipation is the more difficult part of reading the game and it's something Cahill isn't good at. I would hardly say making two errors is a fair few. Apart from those he had a very solid game.

When our regular back four is Luis - Terry - Zouma - Azpi, you'll see that our possession game will massively improve. Pace (apart from JT but he makes up for that with excellent positioning), anticipation and high pressing from the back.

Highly debatable. Zouma IMO already reads the game much better than Cahill, and it shows in his confidence and ability to intercept the ball before it becomes dangerous. Cahill can't do that.

He's actually not a good finisher but he can score amazing goals.

He does come up with big goals doesnt he.

Brilliant lad. Keep proving those that doubted you to even be our 3rd choice CB wrong. A few of us said at the start of the season that he might displace Cahill. Alas...

this guy is going down in history.

Midfield three should be Cesc, Rambo and Matic hopefully.

When we face teams that are going to press us, it's clear that Ramires' legs are needed. Only caught bits of the game and will watch it properly tomorrow but delighted we won, put a smile on my face after a pretty bad day. Thank you CFC.

Ivanovic is not helping Zouma whatsoever is he. Can't wait for Azpi to get back.

Schurrle - De Bruyne partnership should be an interesting watch tbh.

Willian would be the same if he was given a free roaming, behind the striker role.

Not a chance lol, supporter is actually way better than Woodfurnace.

He is but because of his ball playing skills he sometimes plays on the right. Shouldn't have today though.

If we're selling Schurrle and Salah, Cuadrado makes a good squad player. However, he doesn't fully solve our RW problem though. There will always be players of higher quality available there that'll pop up. We really should've gone for someone like Shaqiri tbh, has a lot more talent than Cuadrado.

Explain why...

Hear, hear. Rationality.

Ivanovic has been poor defensively for a lot of parts this season.

We've already got our Khedira in Ramires.