Belgiannutt

Because Wilmots is a fucking retard.

Seems more annoyed with the lack of movement in front and around him.

The thing is does Mourinho actually feel like the RW position needs fixing ? Based on his actions i'd say no. We've seen Willian (and sometimes even Ramires) been giving the starting spot, on that RW, over more attacking players like Schurrle and Salah. Also when we replaced Schurrle in the squad we didn't go for a goalscoring RW instead we went for a carbon copy of Willian. (different styles ofcourse but still similar) A defensive minded RW with pace and high workrate. The way i see it Mourinho seems happy with how our right side is set up and is going to continue playing that way next season.

No he hasn't. Again just look past the goals. Goals aren't everything. This board wouldn't turn against Oscar if he actually kept performing in the second part of the season...

Kane has 19 goals and 3 assists. Hazard has 11 goals and 6 assists. The difference isn't that big stats wise. Kane is also a striker so it makes sense he'll score more goals. His main job is to score goals. Hazard isn't a striker his main job is to create chances and he's done that plenty this season. Hazard : Keypasses 2.8/game, Dribbles 4.7/game, Fouled 3/game. Kane : Keypasses 0.7/game, Dribbles 1.5/game, Fouled 1.3/game If people look past goals then it's clear Hazard is having a much better season and is the better player. It would be absolutely ridiculous if Hazard didn't win PFTY.

Praising is fine ofcourse but some of the post on here have been more about the the people criticizing Oscar then it has been about praising Oscar. When you take digs at the people criticizing Oscar, label them haters and accuse them of having an agenda, they are gonna come on here and defend their criticism of Oscar. I wouldn't have come on this thread and restated my opinion if i didn't feel like i was being called out.

Yeah he is. It's frustrating to watch one of our most talented generation be managed by such a tactically inept manager.

Hazard playing poorly for Belgium is Belgium's problem not Chelsea's. Wilmots hasn't won anything as a manager and has next to no experience. Couple of months as interim playermanager at Schalke, sacked at a belgian midtable team, and a couple of years as assistent coach for the NT. Compare his resume to that of Mourinho. He's tactically very poor as a manager. Ask any belgian. Mourinho's going to be here for a long while at Chelsea so if Oscar can't consistently perform the role Mourinho wants him to play then Oscar's got a really big problem. The same problem Mata had and we all know how that ended.

If he wants to change peoples minds he can start by actually showing up for our remaining 9 PL games. Oscar's main problem is his inconsistency yet you expect people to change their mind based on 1 fucking game.

I highly doubt any of the "Real Madrid superstars" went missing in the second part of the season, for 3 consecutive seasons.

I wish people woud stop with this "hater" and "they're just out to get him" crap. I can only speak for myself but i don't hate Oscar. I just don't think he should be a starter for us anymore. He's too inconsistent. He's been here for 3 years and everytime he goes missing in the second part of the season. That's just unacceptable for a starter. It's good that he scored a goal for Brazil but that's not gonna suddenly change my opinion. (which i formed based on the three years he's played here)

pic.twitter.com/WM1FWGsEI6” pic.twitter.com/gwUA9k4Rrd” Poor courtois getting bullied by Hazard. :lol:

Disagree. He could have just kicked it to the sidelines. He messed up. It was a poor pass from Ivanovic that put his goalkeeper in a shitty situation but he should have done better. Happy though that he showed mental durabillity after his mistake. You've got goalkeepers that make a mistake and then go on to have absolute stinkers of games because they're doubting themselves and constantly second guessing themselves because of the mistake. He didn't. That's a good trait to have for a goalkeeper. Anyone calling for Cech needs to have a word with themselves as he more then made up for the mistake.

Honestly he should have already gone past the 20 goal barrier this season. In the Maribor games alone he could have gotten 4 more goals. ( penalty he missed, penalty he gave to Drogba, 2 1 on 1 chances with the goalkeeper.) He has 16 goals and 8 assists in all competitions. Good numbers but they don't really accurately depict his performances this season. He should already have been closer to the 25 goal barrier and the 15-20 assists barrier. 2 PK's in the league, Arsenal and QPR. 2 in the CL, Maribor and PSG. 1 in the league cup, Liverpool.

I think Excalibur meant putting Hazard on the 10.

They were the better side in that second half. They had the biggest chance of the game with Cavani that hit the post. For me a season isn't just defined by trophies. How we performed during the season matters. First half of the season was excellent but the second half has been poor. Yes there's been an overreaction after our CL exit but i think that's understandable given our form since new year and the way we went out against PSG. Giving away a lead twice at home. Against 10 men, minutes before the end of extra time. It hurt like hell. Our team is better then it was 2 years ago so it's only logical people have higher expectations. I don't think the criticism has really been about the loss of points. The criticism has been more about our performances . They simply haven't been anywhere near the level we were performing at in the beginning of the season. Well i do agree that some people have indeed crossed the line but ,in the aftermath of our exit, there have also been a lot of good, reasonable, points raised aswell. Lack of rotation, our approach after we take a lead, players starting while they're simply not good enough, players that keep starting even though they've been underperforming for a while. Overreactions have happened but there have also been proper discussions about what people think are the reasons for our slump. Honestly think your being too harsh on our fans. Most of us "spoiled drama-queens fans" just believe this squad can do better (performance wise).

We did get dominated at home. It was a lot more then 10 minutes. They had the better chances. Neither Arsenal nor us were "humiliated". An excellent season ? I'd have to disagree with that. We were having an excellent season until new year. From there on we've only had 1 game where we actually played well for the majority of the game, Swansea. That's it. All the other games we've had to grind out results. Most of the games we've done just enough to get the win but we've been cutting it way too close. If Man City weren't bottling it we'd be in big trouble for the title. Honestly this slump isn't something we should be ignoring or just disregard as the competitiveness of the PL. There are real problems at the root of our slump. Players that aren't good enough to be starters. Lack of rotation ( fatigue and players not getting replaced when they are off form for a while). Also our tactical approach after we take the lead needs to be looked at. I'm sick and tired of us taking the lead and then watch us sit deep, invite pressure and not be able to handle it. Imo one of the worst things we can do is get complacent and think everything is all right just because we've won the PL and the League cup this season. If we want to win the PL, FA cup, League cup and have any hope of winning the CL again, in the seasons to follow then we are going to have to take lessons from our mistakes and shortcomings this season. Instead of pretending like we don't have any.

I think you've got me mixed up with someone else. I never used the word "shameful" About the bolded : You did read the part about us getting dominated by 10 men at home right ? 2-2 might look better then 3-1 but our performance in that 2-2 was absolutely dreadful (apart from the opening 30 minutes). Arsenal were the better team in Monaco and at home they were the better side aswell. Monaco were just very clinical with their chances while Arsenal were very wasteful with theirs. Arsenal performance in both games > Our performance in both games.

Come on. We were very fortunate to get away with a 1-1 from Paris and i wouldn't exactly classify drawing at home against 10 men as "doing something right in managing the game." Sorry but giving our team any kind of credit for almost getting away with 2 narrow leads, against ten men, sounds ridiculous to me. Completely might have been an exaggeration but we were dominated by PSG. First half in PSG we were equal but that second half they dominated us and we were lucky to get away with a draw there. At home we played well for the first 30 minutes and were the better team but after the red card it was all PSG. We didn't create anything and our 2 goals came from a set piece and a penalty. They had the best chances to win. Cavani hitting the post. When you were watching the game it looked like we were the ones that were down a man. It's also not like we won 2-0 away from home.

Ashamed is a strong word but i do think our exit was worse then Arsenal's. Atleast they put up a fight. We were worse then PSG in both games. Especially in the second leg. 11 vs 10 at home and we were completely dominated by PSG. Do agree with you that Arsenal shouldn't be complimented on their performance. They should have always beaten this Monaco side.

What does it matter if we lost or not. Great we didn't lose, still out of the competition. PSG were the better team in both games. Not to mention we played with 11 vs 10 for over an hour yet still looked second best.

I really don't care what people on WAGH think. I've seen every game and for me he's a supporting player. He lacks the quality to actually carry this team as a key player. "He was critical, as Matic, Cesc, Hazard, and Costa." No, no he really wasn't. I don't know why others are saying his potential is overrated." Because he's barely improved since he got here. He's the same inconsistent player he was when he got here. A lot of people were convinced that he had the potential to be just as good as Hazard could be, some even going further and saying he could be better then Hazard. That hasn't really happened now has it ? If anything the gap between Hazard and Oscar has actually gotten bigger and bigger as the seasons went by. Now the gap between Hazard and Oscar is about the size of the Grand Canyon. "If he continued his first season half, he would be up there with Hazard as our POTY." No he wouldn't. Let's not overrate Oscar's first half of the season. He was good but he wasn't as good as you're making him out to be.

Our drop has more to do with Fabregas and Costa dropping form then Oscar imo. In the beginning of the season Costa was banging them in for fun and Fabregas was helping control games for us and upped the tempo. Oscar played his part as a supporting player but i never considered him to be a key player.

It's because we don't have enough players inside the box making runs to the near post or far post making low crosses viable options. This would also drag defenders back towards their own goal leaving space for cutbacks. Poor off the ball movement inside the box is something all our attackers suffer from. They all have the tendency to wait outside the box rather then make a run into the box. Couple of examples of this are : (using the video of Shpendi above your post) 0:41 Both Oscar and Costa at the near post but no one at the far post. One of them should have gone to the back post to try and spread out the defenders. 4:07 Hazard goes past Bertrand and has the opportunity to cross the ball in. Costa and Oscar are in the box but neither one of them is committing themselves to the near post or back post. 5:00 Hazard goes past "Wanyama?" again no one making a run to the near or far post. Costa is the only one in the box and Willian and Oscar arrive far too late to receive the ball. 9:15 Cuadrado in a good position to cross the ball in low but again no one running to the near post. Terry of all people is the one that makes the run to the far post.

Both. Oscar for playing like crap and Jose for continuing to play him. Because that "far younger player" is having his third season in a row where he's had "a dip in form" for most of the second part of the season. Also he's not THAT young anymore. He's gonna be 24 in september. The way you talk about him makes it seem like he some 18 y old kid having his first season of professional football. 3rd season here and he's shown almost no signs of improving even though he's been getting regular playing time. Patience has run out with him. Now personally i'm fine with keeping him as a squad player but he definitely shouldn't be a starter for us next season.