dukeman

Like De Bruyne you mean?

Fabregas is so tired of Oscar he ain't even tracking back anymore.

Well, it seems like I'm fooling myself over this every season, thinking it was a day off from the English squad. But it seems to be a consistent occurence, unless Chelsea is parking the bus against them. Which is the only valid tactic for any English squad against the current Barcelona I think. Thanks for the honest answer.

I'm not a City fan, nor a Chelsea fan, but doesn't it somehow feel bad for you Chelsea fans to see a fellow English squad being slaughtered like that? In the eyes of a neutral football fan like myself it feels a bit like English football is highly overrated in any aspect of football. Genuine question.

I hope you are not the average Chelsea fan.

Hazard not involved in any of the four goals?

Steve Clark calling Hazard greedy lmfao.

Hazard has horrible finishing.

Off the ball movement is horrendous.

The girl next to him is Courtois' sister. You can tell by her nose.

Lol, wonder what he will say if Chelsea don't allow him to play then if you take away a Champions League Quarter Final from him. You can not expect him to just take that and act like nothing happened.

As I read it, Cech or Courtois. And we all know who will be picked. Can't see him go on a fourth loan move and sign another contract waiting another 3 years for a chance. He deserves better.

If he was in Mourinho's plans, Lukaku's request was gonna be declined. As it was accepted and he got his loan move, only proves that he was not in Mourinho's plans and he made the right choice. And for Lukaku, he's not consistent enough. Every time you play a bad game in Chelsea, you are sitting on the bench for a consecutive 5 games, that's not what a young player like him needs, not now, and not next season.

Mate, then he will get distributed the role of Demba Ba today. Do you think that will satisfy him if he had another year of 15+ PL goals? I agree with most things that are said about Lukaku around here, and that he might not have been ready for Chelsea this season . But as long as Chelsea keeps buying world class strikers, there is no point for him to stay as technically he gets outclassed by all the names that are coming to your mind now. And we know what Mourinho wants to achieve with the attacking compartiment of his team.

That's what was said last season when he was loaned out. It's in Chelsea's hands to confide in him or not and he clearly doesn't feel any trust in his qualities from the manager. And hearing all the strikers linked to Chelsea getting closer to a new transfer window, next season will be exactly the same as this season. Better for him to leave and find a manager who actually helps him.

Wouldn't surprise me. In Netherlands for Feyenoord they used the same tactics on Leerdam and at PSV on Toivonen. And I'm sure there is a lot more examples.

I can already gamble the bench: Schwarzer, Azpi, Cahill, Essien, Mikel, Willian, Ba.

Spot on. In a team with 6 absolute top attacking midfielders it's only logical he was never gonna be a first XI player. On top of Hazard, Mata and Oscar who were already settled in last season, Willian and Schürrle were buyings from Mourinho himself. And he was the loanie who had a great season at a Bundesliga midtable team. The preseason might have given him false hope that he could claim something, and now the lack of prospects on game time have completely demotivated him. He simply had unreal expectations and Mourinho has guilt on that. Sign that he is not a top player? Maybe, but it was always gonna end like this. A loan is also unnecessary as with the current offensive wealth in the Chelsea team he would not get a consecutive run of games, ever. Leaving is the best solution.

Whatever the decision will be, it better be clear. Starting with Cech and Courtois on equal foot is NOT a decision.

Well, obviously Mourinho likes his 10 to do a lot of defensive work and we are all aware Oscar is the superior one in that compartiment. Schürrle and Willian are more natural wingers then De Bruyne as well. That's why I think De Bruyne will no longer take part into Mourinho's plans and the best solution for Kevin would be to leave on a permanent basis. He can fight as much as he wants, but I just don't think he'll fit in at any point.

You can't be serious about this? It took a month before he was starting against ffs Swindon and now you think he even has a slight chance to start vs Norwich. No, one big fat no. Exactly this. If he's inferior to what you have, its better for him to leave. Especially when you take the age of Oscar into consideration.

I'm not saying he's screwing them. I'm saying that they were both promised gametime when they obviously were not gonna get it. Luckily Lukaku got a last minute move. Would have been better if he moved permanently and the same counts for De Bruyne. Hazard will settle in well, I'm not afraid of that, even with the poor start he made this season. If Mourinho is still here next season, I have no doubts Cech would get preference over Courtois. I have no affinity with Chelsea like the others Belgians here. I'm just expressing my worries for Belgian NT which could cause some frustration here. Sorry about that.

Chelsea ruining Lukaku. Check. Chelsea ruining De Bruyne. Check. Chelsea ruining Courtois. From next season on. GG.