bluesman2610

So long David.. You will forever be remember for that perfect performance in Munich as well as your desire and passion for the club.. It's sad to see this story end so short but good luck in the future and everyone will see the world class player you can be

How did he do? Is there any match highlights

Costa is the focal point of his teams attack Benzema is not he's secondary in the final 3rd.. That could be why his numbers are as low as they are but I digress I think people who want Benzema would rather him than Costa

Still has 17 goals 9 assists in La Liga 27 goals 15 assists in all competitions... Can see why some wouldn't want him here

Hazard not 100% fit could be rested like Oscar for his countries WC campaign easily explained

So I think Eden starts today and does everything he is asked including creating a few goals all will be forgotten... Can we talk about the talent of Hazard and not about comments made 4 days ago ppl.. The pop shots at Hazard or Mourinho are not needed

Again Eden said what he had to say and so did Mourinho.. Let that be all.. I say we let the manager manage and the player just play they have already gotten over it and you lot 3 days later still making a huge deal of it... At this rate we should sell some of the support the way this thread has been recently

I don't get the issue Mou stated Eden was left wanting on his defensive responsibility in the game and that he was not happy with the mistake also that he wasn't 100% ready to give his all for the team in that regard.. There is nothing bad about that.. It's honest just like Eden honestly took a slight dig whether purposefully or not at the managers tactics... Neither one of them should have said anything different because what they said is what we were saying anyway.. The forum shouldn't be divided on this the media stirred the pot and we have fallen for the BS.. It's not Mourinho or Hazard.. It's Mourinho and Hazard and Chelsea FC.. We just need to get through the rest of the season have all our players come back healthy from WC and we'll be back to the team we were beginning to middle of the season this year attacking defending well and playing a more attractive brand of football

and that's a fair assessment but maybe I'm being overly sensitive as a defender having an attacking player who doesn't follow his assignment was always my biggest pet peeve.. But going back to the root of the manager asks you to complete a task you gotta make sure you do this.. Not saying that the instructions weren't flawed to begin with cause like you had said above having him further up the pitch may have kept juanfran back but as I have been watching Atlético more recently because of Costa and Thibault their fullback get forward to pin you back and if you don't follow them they will hurt you like was done on Wednesday.. It was a lose-lose situation for Eden really probably came up against the wrong opponents at the wrong time.. Matic in that game as the left midfield shield would have made a world of difference to how Eden would have lined up on the defensive side of the ball

Welcome and great first post... And you are so right in terms of the collective play decline we have become to reliant on the counter that it's messed with the team flow as well I feel too much of the attacking responsibility was given to Eden. Looking at the last game almost every attack we tried to start through him and Atlético knew it was going to happen hence two and three players mugging Eden when he got the ball

What game was that cause I saw Arda Turan tracking back kicking the piss out of Hazard and Koke tracking back on Willian.. Listen I get it there was a lot of knee jerk reactions after the game about Hazard and I get why it seems easiest to just write off what happened in the match tactically but face it Atlético wide players did their job the whole match the only time we got loose on the flank was for the goal we scored.. And for the record I didn't say modern football asks most creative player to defend overlap I said modern football asks players to play two ways... When a player becomes bigger then the team that's when we have an issue... And if you watched that match again you would see what I was talking about but I doubt that you will

Sorry, Eden has been great for us this year but on those two goals he fell asleep.. The player who crossed the ball back into the box was his man to mark.. And if you don't believe that look at JT reaction after the third goal went in... Eden is still a brilliant player I don't think anyone is disputing that but modern football has changed you have to be more of a two way player look at how Dortmund or even Atlético AMs played they got back right into their own box to try and harass our players... Why is their commitment any different then what Hazard should be doing Still not blaming him for the goals because even if he loses his man we should have more than enough experience to deal with second ball.. And his cover in the centre let him down.. Goals 1&3 could have been avoided with a little more concentration from everyone that was involved Hazard JT GC Azpi and Cole

Also bar the live match thread the post in hear have been very sensible so far.. There was no need for all the hostility in match thread

Carefree... We just didn't have it to was hopeful after the Torres goal but we gave ourselves to much to do by not scoring in Madrid.. Next year we will be back and I feel we'll make it to the finals

I agree the whole team defending was very poor.. Not to put it all on him I will leave that to match sharpness.. It's alright didn't expect us to win this year with the strike force we have but I expected a better showing at the bridge

The funny thing if it wasn't Hazard but let's say Oscar ppl in here would be calling for his head...

Good first save by Mark

Hazard again on back post

Another one by Thibault.. When will we learn we can't beat them when he plays

Thibaut my god

That's the game I think

Anyone else unable to login via Twitter on a computer.. Been having to only view the site through my cell getting SSL error message

We had Mata arguably the leagues best #10 and we finished 6th and 3rd and we're no where near winning the Premier League.. Oscar gives us balance and while his playmaking abilities are inconsistent they are getting better.. Still only 22 and most AM you are looking to replace him with have 2-3 years age difference and when they were Oscars age you barely heard about them... Patience is key with young Oscar but everyone has this Fifa /FM idea that if you put world's best in form players on a team you will win real life doesn't work that way unfortunately

Still in our hands...