David Luiz

[nadavTKL 1,787]

Cahill with his usual error today, luckily Bent is still a bit row and it didnt cost us a goal. hmm.. what the media would have said if it was Luiz there...?

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

Cahill with his usual error today, luckily Bent is still a bit row and it didnt cost us a goal. hmm.. what the media would have said if it was Luiz there...?

Drop the sideshow bob!!!

[Jase 43,479]

If anyone missed it earlier, Mourinho said he dropped Luiz today because he wasn't happy with his performance against Basel.

[Jase 43,479]

Benitez on Luiz...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2428278/Rafa-Benitez-feeling-love-Napoli-unwanted-Chelsea.html?ITO=socialnet-twitter-chelseamail&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=socialnet-twitter-chelseamail&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed

Of all those he enjoyed working with at Chelsea, perhaps David Luiz stood out the most. The recent furore over his performance against Everton, and subsequent dropping for last night’s match, leaves Benitez unmoved.

‘He’s one of the best central defenders in the world,’ says Benitez. ‘I was coaching him and I can tell you he’s one of the best in the world, because he has everything. You just have to manage him properly — and then he is one of the best in the world.

‘I could explain exactly what I wanted and tactically he is very clever. He needs just the people who can give him the ideas and the instructions of what to do and then he will do them, because he is very clever.’

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Benitez on Luiz...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2428278/Rafa-Benitez-feeling-love-Napoli-unwanted-Chelsea.html?ITO=socialnet-twitter-chelseamail&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=socialnet-twitter-chelseamail&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed

Well that should end the whole "He should be a midfield player" myth. Hopefully..

[Phil Driver 503]

Untill he learns the basics of defending in the premier League like when to attack the ball and when to drop off ,he cant play at the back, simple.

Cahill and Terry are proper percentage defenders ,Luiz is unpredictable and that makes the whole team nervous.

He could be very good one day ,if he learns the basics of defending.

[robsblubot 3,498]

Untill he learns the basics of defending in the premier League like when to attack the ball and when to drop off ,he cant play at the back, simple.

Cahill and Terry are proper percentage defenders ,Luiz is unpredictable and that makes the whole team nervous.

He could be very good one day ,if he learns the basics of defending.

We will see about that along the season and for the national teams... Proper percentage defenders are good until they face their maker and then you lose.

I'd pay more attention to what the transfer market says, the same way you do when you talk about Mikel.

[zolayes 14,489]

IMO our worst defender so far this season is Ashley Cole but he gets nothing like the criticism Luiz gets .. Could it because he is English

[Phil Driver 503]

He would be brilliant on the continent and for Brazil ,only one problem ,this is England and different questions are asked of defenders . I could see him being brilliant in Spain.

Frank Lebouef learned how to play in England I think Luiz will as well ,he has great ability ,no doubt. Just when to twist and when to stick is his problem . He neeeds to watch videos every night of JT . When you can winthe ball you take evrything cleanly,when you cant you hold your shape and position yourself to block and shepherd.

[robsblubot 3,498]

He would be brilliant on the continent and for Brazil ,only one problem ,this is England and different questions are asked of defenders . I could see him being brilliant in Spain.

Frank Lebouef learned how to play in England I think Luiz will as well ,he has great ability ,no doubt. Just when to twist and when to stick is his problem . He neeeds to watch videos every night of JT . When you can winthe ball you take evrything cleanly,when you cant you hold your shape and position yourself to block and shepherd.

football as everything else has changed. Things are global now and Chelsea ambitions always include Europe. Just saying.

[zolayes 14,489]

He would be brilliant on the continent and for Brazil ,only one problem ,this is England and different questions are asked of defenders . I could see him being brilliant in Spain.

Frank Lebouef learned how to play in England I think Luiz will as well ,he has great ability ,no doubt. Just when to twist and when to stick is his problem . He neeeds to watch videos every night of JT . When you can winthe ball you take evrything cleanly,when you cant you hold your shape and position yourself to block and shepherd.

he needs to watch Marcel by far our best CB in my time

[Phil Driver 503]

True but ,not performing well in our league and he was dropped today ane we looked very good at the back ,will effect his confidence and in turn his performance in European competition ,he needs to be our best defender and when he learns the basics he can be . Just get him to watch Terry videos on how to defend the percentages, where to position yourself . I think he has great talent but it needs work.

[Tomo 21,733]

I find it unbelievable this media propaganda against Luiz, and worse people are still falling for it.

He has some flaws to the game but luckily he isn't as bad as they make out.

I mean, imagine, just imagine if he gave away a cheap corner that led to a goal like Liverpool did today?

Imagine if he threw away a game by slipping like Terry did against Arsenal?

Imagine if it was him and not Ivanovic that thrown that tie against Swansea?

Imagine if he made a mistake like that Italian defender did against Mexico in the CC where he lost the ball in the area then gave away a pen.

Just imagine.

[Tomo 21,733]

I just cannot understand this agenda against him in this country, i really can't. All through the second half the commentators kept talking about his reckless side and how he may be suited better out of defense at every fucking opportunity, it's not just them all of them do it, their paid to have an opinion but their all fucking sheep at the end of the day.

Atleast 4 times they brought up the fact he was at fault for the Everton goal, yes he was, but so were other players, yet it's just Luiz. He's not perfect, ofcourse not, but it's just a tiresome cycle, he does an action that he could have done better in, within seconds its "well, its always been said that he would be more suited to midfield" and not one pundit or commentator has really earned their money by standing up and explaining why that's all a load of bollox, not even Gary Neville. Mat Hummels for example last season made some silly blunders (check Ronaldo's goal in Dortmund) but his name wasn't mentioned once in any form of critique. I have seen defenders make shocking mistake's that Luiz has never done, yet nothing a little 2 second mention that he should have done better than it's over.

Take the game against Arsenal at The Emirates last season prime example, Luiz and Terry both back off Gervinho, yet who does Souness nail at half time? the second half Luiz and Ivan had a mix up, the commentator's words "mix up there by Ivanovic and especially Luiz", then when he got subbed in that second half because of an knock, the commentator was trying to make out he was faking it to hide embarrassment it's cringeworthy. Ofcourse the fact that Arsenal started peppering our goal as soon as he was subbed off was conveniently ignored.

I remember in the confederation's cup, Lawrenson out of the blue brought up Luiz when he was suppose to be previewing Spain vs Uraguay Another time on MOTD (think it was after Wolves away under AVB) Hansen picked out Bosingwa and analysed how he is a liability (fair enough, that was long overdue) and backed his point up with on screen footage, but just before that he couldn't resist a little one liner against Luiz.

The same way they over-reacted when Luiz fouled Ba and should have been sent off, yes because he's the first ever defender in the history of football to take a man down when he's through on goal isn't he? not.

I can accept constructive criticism off our players, but with DL it's gone way beyond at, it's fucking assassination. I might even be able to shut up when they do that if they give him his credit when he has a good game, but even when he does, they still try and pick out odd moments to make it look otherwise. It's getting beyond even creepy now, they can't still be upset because he kicked the fuck out Rooney two and a half years ago, surely?

[ChelseasMessiah 304]

It's a witch hunt because it suits them to continue to push their cowardly xenophobic and biased agenda.

[We Hate Scouse 10,286]

I just cannot understand this agenda against him in this country, i really can't. All through the second half the commentators kept talking about his reckless side and how he may be suited better out of defense at every fucking opportunity, it's not just them all of them do it, their paid to have an opinion but their all fucking sheep at the end of the day.

The only time I can really think of them slagging him off was when he tried that back heel and was the last man which fucked up, which was reckless imo.

They probably slagged him off even more, I tend not to listen to the commentators much they're twats...Unless it's Gary Neville, he's cool.

[ChelseasMessiah 304]

Pat Nevin is probably the most sensible and sane of the all.

[Barbara 15,149]

"It was just one game," told the Evening Standard. "Sometimes when other players go out of the team, people don’t say anything.

"I don’t need to prove anything. Everyone knows who David Luiz is, I want to play football and enjoy myself on the pitch so when I have an opportunity to play, I want to enjoy just that.

"I am just one player in the team. Sometimes the manager can put me in, sometimes not. It’s his choice."

Luiz is not the only Chelsea player to find himself more acquainted with the substitutes' bench, with Juan Mata and Fernando Torres also struggling for game time, but the defender feels it is just the cause of a competition squad.

"This is a big club and we have many, many good players," he added. "If Chelsea just had 11 players we would win nothing.

"We don’t have to prove anything. We just have to show we want to play. Everyone had an opportunity to play against Swindon and show our football.

"Last year you could talk about seven players being on the bench and the next year is the same. Mourinho chooses his 11 players to play, his philosophy and tries to do the best job for Chelsea. That for me is normal."

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/premier-league/2013/09/25/4288472/i-dont-need-to-prove-anything-david-luiz-relaxed-despite-chelsea

see? that's why the other day I said that I don't know about Mata (because I don't know Mata enough), but I was sure Luiz would handle this like a professional (and a man).

Those are quotes from someone that knows this is natural in football and I'm absolutely sure he meant every and each of those words.