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Don't think I have. You said not more than one player have a free role in the squad and the idea is for everyone to work and release Hazard into space. You're saying as if the likes of Oscar, Willian etc, despite having their own responsibilities within the team, have never got into the final third. They have been given a job by Mourinho by defensively, as with others, but they are also allowed to get forward and when they do, their end product is average. Hazard is similar too with this but hasn't stopped him in making an impact, a difference in the final third for us. Oscar, Willian etc aren't doing it consistently in their own way.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/jose-mourinho-believes-england-can-3211664 If anyone bothers, Mourinho will be the analyst for Yahoo's World Cup coverage this summer and also provide content on a Tumblr account.

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But the performances haven't been all that convincing, no? If Oscar, Willian, Eto'o/Torres, Schurrle etc are performing well and scoring goals + assisting, then there probably wouldn't be any worry at all but since they aren't exactly doing that...

Albeit against 10 men. Only scored 1 when at 11 v 11.

Right...let's all act as if the other players never got to the final third and do anything just because of this defensive responsibilities that is supposedly restricting them..

What I meant by that is there is no one apart from Hazard now that is producing the goals and/or assists, basically having that kind of impact in the team now. Obviously with Hazard, we'll get that and that little bit more, that X-factor in the team. However if someone else is also producing the goals/assists right now, then if anything, it would alleviate some worries that Hazard might miss the game this Saturday (or any generally) because we know we would still have a difference maker in the team.

Lallana is such an underrated player. Good on the ball, good movement, able to play those incisive passes and has a very good workrate off the ball, pretty much like what TorontoChelsea has stated above. Lallana is one of the very few English players who actually has a brain and knows what he's doing and what to do with the ball.

Moaning? Was only stating the fact to begin with. Yes, Hazard is a special player and the most crucial player in the team right now but this situation just highlights we don't have a player that is producing similar impact and/or difference to the team and the fact that the likes of Oscar, Willian etc aren't having the best of form isn't helping either.

FFS! I meant having players like Hazard, NOT same but similar, in having impact and can make a difference to the team.

While we are all cursing and worry about Hazard's injury in the Belgium game, it probably does highlight that we are lacking another player like him that can make and have a huge impact on our team and/or for the fact as well that, none of the players are really on form which makes it worse. And that is quite worrying too.

PISS OFF WITH THESE FRIENDLIES!!! :rant: :rant:

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Cole still has good performances left in him. Just can't play him week in and week out like in previous years. He should certainly be played at times to have Azpi rested though not too sure how much more Mourinho still trusts Cole these days.

Oh my. Bit of a nightmare here from Cech. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdwVi7-jz-M Czech drew 2-2 in the end against Norway because of that.

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http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/jose-mourinho-blocked-kevin-de-bruynes-dortmund-move-after-lewandowski-snub-1439025 Apparently, De Bruyne was supposed to join Dortmund but Mourinho prevented the move after they refused to open discussion for Lewandowski. Find that a bit hard to believe as why would Dortmund not want to open discussion with us as I'm sure they would have preferred to let him go abroad as opposed to a major league rival in Bayern.

No, he's a left winger/wide player that rotates his position and can appear on the RW or central position but he's by no means an out-and-out ST.

The sacking has been coming even though Porto don't normally sack their managers mid-season but really, on his birthday? That is just ouch!

Clearly you are in need of a cat massage.

http://www.esquire.co.uk/culture/features/5832/jose-mourinho-exclusive-interview/ Mourinho's exclusive and extensive interview with Esquire.

Hazard: I'll be the world's best - but I have to double my efforts to beat Ronaldo and Messi