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Never thought Jose chose Oscar over Mata, pure and simply. He chose Oscar over Mata because Eden already enjoyed the only free role any team can afford - as per Andre interview some time back. So, he chose Oscar to do the work Hazard just can't do - neither can Juan. Wouldn't surprise me if Jose played Mata at United since it's a completely different team setup. The problem there is actually rooney who is being fielded in that free role. I am no fan of mata, even after OScar's worse season I just don't see Mata doing much better. And yet, I'd prob start Mata over rooney who's gotten just so fucking heavy and slow lately.

Oh I am aware of these issues, esp the less controversial ones, such as no CL and unattractive style of play. However, we do have money and could, for example go for cheaper and/or younger targets. It's not like we have quality in abundance in the squad right now. We have players who no other top side wants - improving on them isn't that difficult. We haven't even replaced ramires yet... Quite frankly, I just want some options so that when one of our first team players have a bad patch, we have adequate replacement. And then again, that's literally their job.

knowing which targets are attainable is also part of their job, or at least should be. It is difficult for us to know whether they have the funds to complete the deals or not, but if they don't have the funds, and they've known it for a while, they should've gone for more creative and cheaper targets.

Matic business was already stupid. Getting lukaku back for 60m would be fucking hilarious... gotta wonder what the fuck emenalo and cia are paid to do exactly. just seems they can do no wrong.

I think we are fucking up again... Transfers can be worked prior to the window - just have to be finalized then

Which of the ok ish players you list would be picked up by our opponents and played (rotation at least)? a. they are not in the same situation b. They may not be ok ish enough and c. We may not have enough ok ish players in general.

wenger?!?!

Fabregas would make this suicidal indeed. Reckon that even with a second strong CM this would be pretty bad defensively. It's arithmetic as we'd be playing with 3 pure attackers: 2 forwards + hazard. Or from a diff POV, with 3 players who cannot defend to save their lives. I just can't imagine Hazard playing LW.

@Styles Are you new here?:) seriously though, despite oscar having not delivered at Chelsea, which is something anyone can agree with, before he joined us he was one the most promising CAMs in the world - videos and numbers are there. he was a VERY different player then: extremely creative and not hard working at all - ironically people used to say that was his deficiency. Matters not at this point. It would be too risky to wait for him to wake up in the coming seasons - need to try something different. just not coutinho...;)

Don't worry he's gone. we should get the genius coutinho to replace him. Have you seen what he did against Sevilla today?! A joy to behold!

of course it's a different role on different wages... he's current role was key player with wages prob only below Hazard's. Would it be fair to the other players, actually doing the playing, if a guy sitting on the bench makes more money than they do? Only to mention one of the potential issues.

Wondering whether they could offer John some guarantees such that as long as he accepts a reduced role, and compatible wages, he would be getting new deals until, say 2018/2019. With a strong indication of a coaching staff position after that. Yes, he'd prob lose money missing short-term deals, but it would be a far more stable environment to his family. Scholes and Giggs did something like that at United.

Oh I believe that too. Mikel isn't getting any younger and consider he's always been pretty slow, reckon they might be thinking of how to use him in his last year. dont think he's going to go anywhere as no one in their right mind would match his wages.

^^ agree except about mikeI - he's a lot less harmful in defense than in the middle. he has the technique of a very simple CB so he does better there. I mean Cahill has more goals and assists than mikel in his 10 years at the club.

We scored because of Hazard's quality. We did not suck because our midfield worked and we were not dominated in the middle - something that happened way too many times this season.

not many actually http://epl.squawka.com/english-barclays-premier-league/11-05-2016/liverpool-vs-chelsea/matches select Matic on the right and then passing up top - image tells the story.

that was some ridiculous goal keeping to be honest... no excuse to do that. Costed us a win against a big club, if not a team.

Matic is playing very well. Mikel plays better in defense.

Incorrect. He started two games under Jose: Everton and Porto plus cameos. hey if you see mikel as a player capable of driving a turning point, more power to you. personally I don't even think there was a turning point at all. This position is shameful stuff for a squad as expensive as we have. There was a short lived josegone boost, which people read in a number of different ways. Edit: actually more games - very interesting info here: http://www.squawka.com/players/john-obi-mikel/stats#performance-score#chelsea-(current)#english-barclays-premier-league#8#season-2015/2016#165#all-matches#1-37#by-match

Could we recall that didierforever fella just that he could explain to us why he thought Baba was the best thing since sliced bread... And to apologize for writing pages and pages stating that nonsense.

Personally I think every religion should be equality prosecuted in every country... equally. So, they would would just just vanish and leave us alone to think for ourselves. "We are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further."

Even though I agree concerning the problems, you are actually saying Roman is the problem, because he's the one who picks the middle men and the one who can let him or them go. Roman may seem ruthless concerning the managers, but in the end he might be a very loyal person to his staff, which he actually appears to be - at least to his director.

Nope I got your point, but my point was about your Mikel matic comparison. when you criticize matic for his lack of a attacking aptitude, I have no issue even if not necessarily agree. however, when you put Mikel in there, then it's like comparing Oscar to hazard because hazard has poor shooting and finishing compared to other AMs, which makes him similar to Oscar in that only - only being the keyword.

By the same logic Oscar and hazard are just as effective in attack: same shooting ability? the fact hazard is better in all other attacking skill would not matter.

I completely understand that. it did make sense when Mikel rarely played under Jose, but now I cringe when people talk about improving the team without imptoving on him. I have no crystal ball and matic may stink next season too. However, he's more likely to deliver because he has before - unlike others. @The Skipperneither do I but we only deal with probabilities in football.