Kevin de Bruyne

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

De Bruyne is better then Mata defensively. Last season at Bremen De Bruyne ran the most miles of the entire Bundesliga if I'm not mistaken. At Genk he succesfully played the CM role. Ofcourse he still needs to grow to be as good defensively in the Premier League but I'm convinced he's better in tracking back then Mata.

I seriously doubt your stat about the national team. Belgium's national team play with one targetman Benteke and with three players behind him. I seriously doubt De Bruyne averaged being more forward the last three games then Benteke. De Bruyne always plays the part the coach asks of him. In the NT his primary goal is to create chances and be decisive. And that's exactly what he has done this campaign.

Mourinho is just wrong on this one. De Bruyne was part of the most succesfull Chelsea-team this season, which was the team in the first half against Hull. After that game he played at Man Utd where Mourinho chose to be unexistent in attack by playing 4 AM's and no striker. After that he only played one game against Swindon. You can't punish De Bruyne for playing one bad game if you see the number of average games played by Schurrle and mostly Oscar. Mourinho hasn't played the Hull-team in any of the games after the Hull-game. There is no way people can justify this if you see the lack of quality-games played by Chelsea this season.

Ofcourse lots of people will defend Mourinho. But there will come a time when we're looking at De Bruyne the way we look at a player like Sturridge, thinking "if only"... He's got something special, something that ables to always create chances, but at the moment Mourinho's is ruining his career at Chelsea.

Running a lot has nothing to do with being good defensively. De Bruyne is awful because he doesn't tackle, when he tries to tackle he is unsuccessful a ridiculous 75% of the time!!!! As for his positioning, have a look at this, http://espnfc.com/team/fixtures/_/id/459/belgium?cc=5901 click through the individual games and look at "average position".

De Bruyne, even if he leaves (which I think is unlikely anytime soon) will never be like Sturridge. What bothers so many of us about letting Sturridge go is that we desperately needed a striker and that Sturridge never got a chance which he clearly deserved (even after he proved he could score as a RW). Nobody would put De Bruyne over Mata or Oscar for the #10 so if he were to leave, it's because there is no spot for him. Yes, he played well at Hull but even then it was a mixed game. 78% passing, 0/4 in crosses, 3 shots, none on target, nothing defensively). Squawka gave him a gamescore of 16. (Hazard was 54, Lampard 110, Oscar 61, etc...). It was hardly a dominating performance but it led to De Bruyne getting the start at Manchester United where he was awful and once again against Swindon. No, he will never get his game going playing sparingly, but he also has to perform to get playing time and he isn't. He should probably be loaned out in January to get playing time, but a number of people on here have vastly overrated De Bruyne to begin with.

[bushman 2,043]

I'm still amazed how someone can still claim that KDB is better then Oscar.....

Seriously Belgium fans lay of the blow!

May I ask, what blow are you referring to ?

It could be confusing for our Belgium gang, then.

[Fernando 6,585]

May I ask, what blow are you referring to ?

It could be confusing for our Belgium gang, then.

Urban Dictionary:

Blow: A common slang word for cocaine.

Example: I'm going to waste my paycheck on hookers and blow.

[bushman 2,043]

Urban Dictionary:

Blow: A common slang word for cocaine.

Example: I'm going to waste my paycheck on hookers and blow.

Gee thanks. As if I didn´t know it.

Can you look up the other blow in the sex section ?

[Dylan_91 90]

De bruyne not in squad because of his performance against Swindon. Bit harsh of mourinho to say this publicly, especially considering how young he is. I've been more impressed with de bruyne than schurrle this season and he hasn't been dropped from the squad.

[Alan Partridge 1,124]

He's not that good, not yet anyway

Would probably stand out at Liverpool but not here with the attacking players we have.

Some are almost as bad as those Liverpool fans who compared Joe Allen to Xavi, even called him Xoe or something stupid

[ChelseasMessiah 304]

Most of our boys on loan would walk into Liverpool's first 11 with the likes of Henderson in there, the most technically inept player I've ever seen, on par with Andy Carroll.

[Soul Caliber X 27]

I think there will always be moments when one of our attacking 3 behind the striker will be left out of the team for a while, just because we have so much competition for those 3 places. Im sure KDB will be back in the first team very soon.

[Korea 734]

I said this before, KDB would be perfect for Liverpool. He would be an ideal replacement for Gerrard and would be a better back up cam to Coutinho than Moses will ever be..

[Sheva. 5,373]

Mourinho said before the cup game, this is the chance for those that haven't been playing to show him they deserve to.

Torres fought hard, Mata defended all game, Azpi looked good, Essen impressed. And KDB was the worst player on the pitch. So not exactly harsh.

[ANDRECHO 432]

Good job Mourinho, if Kevin or Mata or any player doesn't work well , out .

[Dylan_91 90]

Bit harsh singling him out at a press conference. He might just be trying to motivate him, like he did with mata. Let's hope he responds as well as mata, otherwise it could have the opposite effect

[chelseathebest 150]

De bruyne not in squad because of his performance against Swindon. Bit harsh of mourinho to say this publicly, especially considering how young he is. I've been more impressed with de bruyne than schurrle this season and he hasn't been dropped from the squad.

If we are going that way, it is fair to say that Hazad has had the worst performances so far (of the attacking players).

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

Mourinho said before the cup game, this is the chance for those that haven't been playing to show him they deserve to.

Torres fought hard, Mata defended all game, Azpi looked good, Essen impressed. And KDB was the worst player on the pitch. So not exactly harsh.

It's a little harsh to drop a player based on one game but if you look at Mourinho's quote, it's more than that.

"With Kevin I didn't like the match he played against Swindon, and I didn't like the way he was training."

I don't know what that means. Maybe he isn't fitting in with the team, maybe he's sulking, who knows, but it's clear this decision is not only down to one bad game.

[Dylan_91 90]

To be fair I remember reading he has had attitude problems in the past. Has anybody else heard this or did I dream it?