Oscar

I think Vidal would be the only player that could work honestly... Prime Vidal.

Difference really... Lamps never pressed like Oscar did and lamps is about 6 ft and near 200lbs. Also, he was shielded by beasts in essien, maks, ballack, etc. DO you really think its a mental thing with all those players though? If it was just oscar, it would make sense, but all those players have died out since the turn of the year. In jose's third year at madrid, everyone died out too from what i remembered. I've always believed Jose's tactics/playstyle can never be a long term idea. Players, especially attackers will get sick of Jose's tactics, etc.

Real Madrid would destroy hazard career Atletico as griezman replacement would be better

Maybe your right, however, the way I see it similar to hazard, costa and cesc situation is that their all burned out physically. Resting won't cure all those small injuries you accrued playing at that tempo and without proper healing. I think of it as a boxer getting hit in the chin too many times. All the rest in the world won't cure you and eventually, slight punches will knock you out cold. Oscar's injury history is always a secret at Chelsea, which makes it harder to assess him physically

Definitely burned out physically. If anything, he would be pressing high and chasing like a dog, but I think he cannot anymore physically like costa, cesc and matic

Who is still on par this season? Dave and I guess Willian. Costa, oscar, cesc, matic all burned out by the beginning of 2015 imo. Look at them and look at KDB. Can you really think that KDB would not burn out as well, even in lesser time.

Also, regarding Hazard vs Neymar. You see the Neymar without Messi is? Last 3 matches Granted, no Iniesta and Messi, replaced by two la masia cadets in roberto and munir/sandro. The idea that neymar lacked vision compared to hazard was very laughable imo. Neymar's role was to score and not to be the creator, now with both messi and iniesta out, you can see exactly the vision that people in brazil already knows neymar has

At this rate, come summer time and our poor season, hazard to X rumors will become more and more louder.... Keeping Jose is risking keeping hazard.

Did you see KDB play for City? He's good games have only been the games where David Silva did not play in them. Coincidence? Also, KDB, like Cesc would of died out playing in the middle pressing/tackling. If it was a different manager, I guess. However, I'm just talking about Jose Mourinho and Chelsea with Oscar and KDB. Cesc hasn't looked good since the beginning of the year. Coincidence? or maybe he just died out This idea that KDB or Mata could of played the role he envisioned couldn't be anywhere close to reality. Rambo fouls a lot and the current Rambo does not stand his own ground or have good balance anymore.

He's fastest in EPL. Tactically not great, but the reason why he can match up against hazard and costa well is his pace.

Honestly, Oscar isn't really ideal for what Jose envisions imo and his probably dieing out physically from it. Cesc took half a season before he broked down under Jose too. Also, maybe he regrets branding him his n10, but I don't think he would of made Juan mata his n10.

Some guys just don't get bigger.. Rambo never got bigger all these years.

NOPE. Mourinho doesn't regret selling KDB. Only thing he regrets is not getting more money or performance clauses on his deal. No way can KDB play the n10 role Jose wants and envisions. Also, regarding KDB, all those stats he put up are games where david silva was injured/not playing. If Cesc burned out before the beginning of the 2015, no way would KDB last longer, especially in the n10 role. We've seen time and time, how players are going right through Cesc and the same would apply to KDB or in my opinion even worse.

Arsenal parked the bus..........

Depends where he goes.... Juve are cheap as f, but they paid a ton of money for Dybala who never starts. If he stays in the EPL, we should be able to get a good financial deal for him.

Pedro injured?

In the Spain game, I thought Yarmalenko got the better of Dave. Interesting to see how well he matches up today

zouma crosses the ball better than all our fullbacks...

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Crazy. Didn't see the match, however, a lot of folks in brazil thought Willian was going to get benched for Lima or Lucas this game. Good to see him in the scoresheet!

Cesc hasn't been great since the start of 2015. Verratti's attributes is what helps him, unless you think an aging Motta is such a huge upgrade from Matic. Verratti's individual abilities is what makes him able to play in those situations. There is a reason why Marco absolutely took on our team with ease in the champions league and did incredible against barca's midfield.

We won the league when oscar, matic, Costa and cesc fell off the mark in 2015. JT was great, but JT was a product of Jose covering his apparent deficiencies, especially using Dave to compensate on the left side for JT. We would of won the league with Luiz on the team instead of JT or Cahill and probably progressed more in the champions league. He played Barcelona injured if you remembered. Selling Luiz was a mistake, unlike our ams. Luis is and was our only proactive cb and the team last season would of still been one of the best defensive records in England regardless.

His height really helped out vs Dave. However, he doesn't seem particularly fast and not the mold of wingers that Jose has been buying .

Robben is the most important player internationally for his country. Moreso than messi to argentina, Ronaldo to portugal and neymar to brazil. In form Robben is what made Holland a decent team in the world cup in 2014.

Only Jose didn't start him and maybe Carlo at Real wouldn't. There is a good chance Luiz would of started at bayern, city, barcelona, etc. Also, a lot of teams were willing to pay good money for him, just not PSG money. JT weaknesses were there last season as was Cahill. JT didn't just get slow this summer. Once matic, oscar and cesc played subparly in the second half, the cbs weren't as good as you make them out to be.