That is strange, your last premisse completely condradicts your own point. You are lying when you say he is fantastic or else your argument about him being in a losing team - a team that keeps on winning after him gone- is so logically flawed. I have no problem in saying Oscar for example does something for the team. He gives us balance, yes. But I also have no problem in saying we missed out on a very, very good player. Shame to say: a bit better man management could have done the trick. Before you go all off: this is my job. It is simply bad talent management. Well, some say stop it! But he was ours once, a great talent under the pressure of a WC selection. One that had a great season start, then got benched after a motm appearance, then weeks not even on the sheets. We had much lesser players get more chances. Is he a difficult guy? Mou really didnt say that. Is he a talent? Mou said yes. He wanted to play because of the WC and he got the stands treatment. He then got a shot and blew it. Hell, Cuadrado got more shots. There must be a reason why that guy killed man city and looked a different player, same as Salah (you saw his goal today?) or even Cuadrado (he kinda killed man city). Mou simply isn't good on (long term) motivational psychology - he can get them 25-29 year olds fired up, ow yes! But younger ones that need mire nuanced care? Hey, Ferhie did that, you know! If you want academic references, just ask. Start with self determination theory, one of the major paradigms right now. Its a bit better than the pavlovian - do good reward, do bad punish- bullshit from the sixties. I do not think KDB was ever competition for Oscar - as you seem to imply since you began posting. But a lot of people here thought so. So, having your name must scream confirmation bias a bit no? Secondly: this forum was filled with 'Hazard is a overpriced, overrated diva' as well. Look how that went? We all love to go coalitional, don't we? All in the trenches for our players. But we forget it is the team that matters! Im still with KDB, but im belgian, i admit. The guy is even from my hometown and ive seen him play so many times. I will get back to you on the KDB - Oscar thing. Not as a Chelsea fan, but as a belgian and hometownie, also you wear the Oscar name and go through great lengths to prove him right. The proof of the pudding will be in the eating, my friend.
