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Lol at the bolded part. Well he is first choice alright. I hope to see Costa, drogba and lukaku score brilliant headers especially against defensive teams, we haven't had that from our strikers in the torres era.

With costa and Drogba a very big trophy is coming to chelsea this season ala EPL or UCL Trophy. Him and costa in front along with fabregas in midfield will break smaller teams that play 19th century defensive football which was our major problem last season. We've signed the best squad player around.

When courtois gets his chance and if he proves to be better than cech as cech did cudicini then great for him and for the club too but for me cech is still at a level where cudicini never really reached so courtois has the highest ceiling to compete with to be No. 1. I wish them both well.

Coutois has definitely not proved that in Epl or a chelsea shirt so its not true or possible that he is better than cech especially when cech is still very good and courtois hasn't even put on a blue shirt, that's disrespectful. Moreover he played under a different system at athletico with 11 players behind the ball, I don't think he will look so good in his first season especially as he looked at athletico last season, more teams will test us naturally I mean spurs, united, city, liverpool, arsenal, everton and much more this isn't a barca and real madrid plus x team league so i don't think courtois should start at the beginning of this season except when cech fails to deliver then his opportunity arises. Its true that in these forum we like to value new players rather than those we already have but why not be patient then judge objectively. We had the best defense last season with cech in goal so we don't have a problem there for me and for now because cech is still of the highest level(as he showed with game saving saves against city away last season) with invaluable experience. If cech is to be replaced then there should be a very good reason because you can't throw away all his EPL experience out the window when he is still spectacular, courtois simply has to earn his shirt same as cech did with cudicini, courtois must be consistent when given the opportunity because the lesser of the two will be benched.

Courtois isn't better than cech for now until he proves so in the Epl and if he proves so to Jose then fine he becomes no. 1. Looking at errors courtois had his mistakes too in the champions league final. Cech is still a great keeper and still young too. Coutois has to prove he is better all this future shit doesn't cut it for me. Just as costa says he will fight with torres so also courtois with cech.

For me cech is still better than courtois you only have to look at our supercup cup game vs bayern last season to see so. The problem is in the long term where courtois naturally has more years and courtois will loose his spot on belgium NT if he doesn't start unlike cech. The thing is we don't have a goal keeper problem so there is really nothing to fix there but we also have courtois who is really good. Mourinho is a fair coach as he showed with ashley cole and postively for john terry so I feel based on professional counsel from the goal keeping coach he will select who he feels is better because courtois is both present and more future while cech is also present but with less future though. If I were jose, courtois will be understudy for this season and if he proves to be better based on training and in games then he becomes first choice. But it should be done fairly because cech represents a history and is still very reasonably young, I hope he helps us win more trophies like van der sar did for united but if he underperforms or if he is outperformed by courtois then fair game and courtois should be No. 1.

Well ... with the price being quoted for james rodriguez I am glad we got Oscar and hazard in early and at sound prices too. But look what madrid have done to isco's development after such a huge transfer fee.

Yeah based on world cup schurrle was our best player and therefore should replace hazard and costa too. I am not discrediting willian or schurrle I am just letting you know that with the better players we have now oscar will play better than last season of which he had a lot of game time anyway.

True and Hazard was in a less talented team with far better performances than james for me. Madrid are lost to spend such amount on an unproven player in europe.

The reverse is the case i think Oscar is actually underrated and for example Hazard is overrated when people keep mentioning hazard as the star player in a team that now has both fabregas and Diego Costa (laughable). First, oscar was compared with de brynne, then willian (same National team) and now you compare oscar to Baker you must be dreaming. First of all Oscar has won the under 20 fifa world cup, europa league and was a key member of a brasil as they reached the last four of the senior world cup. In his first full season as a no. 10 at chelsea he contributed to the balance of the team where in we reached the semi finals of the champions league and acquired over 80 points the highest we have had for about four seasons since ancelotti's first season in 2009. We lost the league by four points due lack of top strikers not because of oscar as he was one of our top scorers in the league with torres who could not be saved even when mata the great assister was in chelsea. Therefore nothing but torres was broken and nothing but torres and a naturally reduced contribution from an ageing lampard and ashley cole has been fixed. Oscar is likely to be a starter because he has more tactical nous compared to our other attackers which is what mourinho likes and he also works hard for the team. Willian is more threatened because he doesn't score as much as Oscar or schurrle. With the addition of fabregas, luis, and costa it is natural that oscar's talent will manifest more this season but not only him also hazard, shurrle and salah. We lost the league by only four points last season with torres in front, with this new signings especially with costa in front oscar will excel a lot. I rememeber his assists for eto'o against galatasaray and liverpool which shows he is very capable of assisting in important games when there is a reasonable striker in front and diego costa is among the best around now.

As bad as oscar might have been he was definitely better than willian and schurrle that's why he is in there.

I like how we have Diego costa on his shirt Sounds like the spanish/brasilian name or version for Didier Drogba

Courtois/Cech Azpi Cahill Terry Luis Matic Fabregas Oscar Salah Costa Hazard

Courtois/Cech Azpi Cahill Terry Luis Matic Ramires Fabregas Oscar Costa Hazard OR

Rather interested in what he does for the team Hazard can take care of himself moreover costa was brought in to get on the end of things which will be the focus of our team I think, the rest are to create, keep stability and contribute their fair quota of goals. If costa scores as much as he has been scoring the league is totally ours.

Pls transfer this thread to players section already

Contract signed with Chelsea, Diego Costa leaves for London next Tuesday. Before the trip, he spoke with the staff and Sergipe GloboEsporte.com TV, an affiliate of Rede Globo, on his future in the Spanish national team and the dream come true to be able to compete in the Premier League. From d interview with globosport above.

^^^ is there any Translated English version for this?

Who is Josi quintero, metro.co.uk/2014/07/12/chelsea-sign-new-antonio-valencia-josi-quintero-from-barcelona-4795834/

Some just love to critize or love to hate.

I am sure felipe scolari and mourinho will have something to say about this cause they constantly defend him by selecting him first and foremost and constantly in a sensitive position therefore you are calling two of the best coaches in the world "apologists". You need to do some soul searching to figure out your position among the coaches of this world.

He was one of brasils better players today. To some Oscar may lack creativity, vision, flare but definitely not me because I've seen him give world class passes and score world class goals at his still young age. He is into the semi finals of a world cup as a starter for the brasil national team at age 22(Beat that). Clearly scolari knows what oscar brings to his team. Even Neymar has been shit against chile and columbia infact he was about the worst brasilian player on the pitch for me and it just shows how tough it is when neymar is struggling. Oscar adapts to any situation it seems. Pogba, james rodriguez and Co. Who some chelsea fans wish for because of their percieved flare are out, flare has little or no use at this stage when central defenders are scoring the goals unless its a master stroke. I wish him a successful journey and I hope he becomes a world cup winner at 22. Its just like luiz now luiz is no more in chelsea people are saying he is the best defender in the world while when in chelsea he was shit. Oscar along with neymar will be among the youngest starters or first team players in the semifinals(RESPECT).

Why is great speed so important when he can travel with a great pass. I think we finally got our own pirlo because as fabregas gets older and looses more pace he will naturally adapt to DLP just like pirlo and lampard to a lesser extent. He will be here for a long time for sure because of this adaptability. I think he will give oscar adequate competition also in the no. 10 role for a few seasons then settle permanently at DLP later which is what I think he was brought in for. Fabregas- World class vision and passing, scores 10 goals or more, adequate pace, adequate pressing, scores with both feet and head, good midfield technique in general, tactically versatile. Oscar- World class pressing and tactical awareness, Adequate vision and passing, scores 10 goals or more, adequate pace, adequate midfield technique, scores with both feet and head. Matic- World class tackling with feet and head, world class tactical awarewness in front of defense. Adequate passing and vision. Scores 4 or 5 goals a season. I think none of our midfielders is complete in all aspects(but who is anyway) but the three make up a very, very conplete and balanced midfield. I expect our strongest line up to be as below. ---------Cech/courtoise(who cares)---- Ivanovic---Cahill---Terry---Left back -------------------Matic----------- ----------Fabregas----------------- --------------Oscar----------------- Willian------------------------Hazard- --------------Diego Costa-----------

Oscar turned in two great passes for Neymar who missed both opportunities and neymar was so selfish for 120 minutes. On another day we will be saying how good those passes were if neymar had scored. Bearing in mind chile are a really strong, energetic, tactical and well organized side i think for him or any other brasilian player to be spectacular was a tough ask.