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Oooow Luiz .... Close

Meh Sissoko looking for a card

Hazard looking good ....

Go blues!

We will see how those guys together perform .... don't sell the skin of the bear before you shoot it.

MAZACAR ... Well deserved for Mata! Willian and Schurrle on the bench - that depth ...

Comon blues! 3-1 for the Chels!!

Id rather put Spitfires and Shermans into action

Nice confirmation bias. Try being belgian and having to watch it all. I am sorry, but the knife cuts both ways. There is NO nuance. Also, check the history of the Hazard thread - people saying he is shit, not worth the money, overrated, no creativity, .... , Courtois thread ( idem as Hazard really sometimes but less), KDB (will never for chelsea, has failed after 150 minutes!, is utter dog shite, and don't forget the Lukaku is shit thread( no chelsea material, no link up, just shit, will never do ...) . Besides, a lot of the argumentation outside the non KDB thread is non belgian. Dude. Cause and effect. Chicken or the egg. Think what is first. See through the pages in here. See how it started against Hazard. I agree the counter strike from Belgium is .... Ugh. But the pre-emptive one was a nuclear attack as well. Hell, what players had the same criticism while pkaying good as Hazard, Courtois, now Lukaku ? Oscar last year? Bertrand? Only one! Torres, and that says enough, really. Chicken or the egg ....

Go for it and crack 'em, boys!

Neither then with Neymar, lol. Point proven: he said : if Neymar is there, why not Hazard. He didn't say: Hazard needs to be up there. Yeah.

I agree, hence my like for you. But somehow i keep feeling that it is doing disservice to a good trooper a bit. Oscar has done us well, but Mata has done us well longer, really well. Does that guarantee him (or Oscar for that matter) a future, no... But it does earn him respect (which I think the OP/TOPTB has a lot of) and a viable chance to be in a next generation Chelsea team. The real question imo is how we can do this in a good way and what he is willing to do for it. That will be the matter ethics, vision, identity ... throughout the entire setup - management to players. The true Mourinho challenge. This issue was raised last year and the year before. IMO, is the way we treat our player/subs/loanees/youngsters , while performing. All that will pay huge tribute to what we will become as a club in the future. But I think we can do it, and Mata could be a key figure in that, really.

Exactly. I have one addition I think Mou has as important as well. People who need to perform need a goal they have under their control to be considered motivational and fair. So mediocre could cut it for Mou if you are running your ass off, but lacklustre will never do it. I think this is something we can not dismiss lightly :-) Work hard and ultimately you will play games.

Considering the performances ..... I am sure it will be tactical considerations and training effort that decides for Mou. Another thriller one hour before match to see that line-up really. The constant this season, it seems :-)

Ps: Sorry, pressed post by accident, edited now to make my argument :-)

The calculus isn't that simple. Some of them have played tuesday, some had form recently, others are picking up form . There is training and the fact we had a game on tuesday... So Oscar, Hazard, Schurrle is a good bet.

That seems to me more of a systemic thing, really.

:tophat:

True .... patience is crucial. This isn't a sprint but a marathon, one I hope we win with our entire (beautiful) squad.

The bipolar, extremist, unnuanced thinking is really off the chart in this thread. I am unfollowing and i am belgian. Go figure.

It is passion fruit really .....

Awesome news ... Now for the permit!

Lol !

Nobody said that :-) Certainly, nor has the KDB himself.

Lol.