Sir Mikel OBE

Exactly. And that is big Phil's fault. He should carry all the burden. Hulk kept playing despite being awful. Oscar kept starting despite not even being in "ok" form all year. Shakhtar benchwarmer over willian(which I am reluctant to call out since Bernard looked the offensive guy trying out there) Big Phil messed it.

Exactly. Fred sucks ass but he got no service. The creativity was lacking Luiz had to keep bombing forward to try to create some type of spark.

Nobody is blaming him for the defense. They are calling him out for the shit show on offense where he along with Fred and hulk looked worse than shit.

Amazing footballer. So happy he is here.

Some actually said it was building around neymar was the reason he was sucking. You build around neymar any day. Coutinho has a big argument now.

Deserved to start today, and looked good when he came on. Hopefully he brings that form back here.

I actually prayed you would be wrong...but deep inside I knew you wouldn't be If I'm the new brazil manager he,hulk, and Fred are gone.

For a portion of the match Argentina went like 40 minutes between shots. All of this with fellaini pushing up like an idiot and leaving witsel exposed to messi and higuain. They showed up. There were three guys who didn't though. Origi Mirallas(who never disappeared although he was awful) And Hazard(anonymous and passive) Say what you want but they were the ones who let the side down.

What message does it send to the rest of the squad though? He "could" have done a lot of things, but he was awful.

If he were English he would crucified behind this. Lucky for him the Belgium media seems nicer.

You think he'd have learned after the heartbreak against Atletico, unless Wilmots doesnt want him to.

No way he stays in Monaco for too long. No old guy getting a final pay day he's 22 and can own the world if he wants.

He was decent at it today. Just missed a penalty, but that isnt the sum of him as a player any more than Oscar's missed free header against Mexico in the olympic final is his sum as a player.

BBC just said he hasn't had a shot on target this entire tournament :/

I think fabregas coming to take on the creative load will do wonders for his game. Watching him today and it was still clear that he can't provide the creative spark that a traditional 10 will give. It simply isn't a part of his game.

Once again he looks a valuable asset to have. This made me smile in real time

wide open net and he takes an extra touch. The fuck is wrong with this guy?dont bother coming back here.

Put together one of the great individual World Cup performances today.

And most of the people who trash the deal are too young to remember how highly rated he was when we got him.

He had to make Neymar the key playmaker though. That gives Brazil the best chance at winning because Neymar is literally a once in a generation type of talent. Who in that squad can break down an offense like Neymar? Maybe Hernanes when hes in form. Hulk once in a blue moon. Big Phil did what he had to International football usually comes down to that "one pass" or presence. Other than that goal in the panama game he was full of intensity in a game that was lacking it from the brazil side.

If Willian was far from impressive the recent game then Oscar was a trainwreck, and was even worse the friendly before that. If Willian hasnt taken his spot after the croatia match then it will only be because Oscar has drastically turned it around.

It's not an opinion at this point. It's a fact. His heart is probably back home with his wife and new daughter.

It was after he scored a goal so you know it was a long time ago

His daughter being born would explain why twitter is saying he has not been training ahead of the Serbia match.

He played like shit mate what were you watching? Hopefully he's taking it easy for the tournament.