Oscar

[Cescy 40]

Seems to be 'ill' often when we play big away games.

Often? I can only think of his ankle issue before the Everton game.

Started at Anfield and Old Trafford.

[Barbara 15,149]

whether he was ill or not, there was no way he would have played today (in a good level at least) after only 2 days since the last match. He doesn't have the physical endurance for that.

Still he was deeply missed. I think if he had started we would have won... we've missed the way he presses and recovers the ball and as only Cesc and Hazard looked somewhat good today, his link up with both (which has been improving even more with time) maybe would have given us more control of the game.

Hopefully he starts against Spurs, but I don't think that's the kind of match Mourinho won't have Mikel in the starting XI. And if Mikel plays, Oscar doesn't, but he was missed today.

[pattieboyd 56]

Why Chelsea missed Oscar’s creativity during the 1-1 draw with Southampton

Blue miss Oscar's invention

[Rom2013 446]

Started his vacations 1 month and a half sooner than last season. He deserves it... he is "increadible".

[Styles 9,790]

We can and should do so much better than Oscar to be honest.

[The Skipper 20,593]

Really passive today. Like he doesn't want to be out there.

[robsblubot 3,502]

Really passive today. Like he doesn't want to be out there.

Or perhaps he couldn't do the things he normally does. Unfortunately we don't have access to fitness level information, obviously. Don't think Ramires was any better as he spent most of the second half on the ground.

[The Skipper 20,593]

Or perhaps he couldn't do the things he normally does. Unfortunately we don't have access to fitness level information, obviously. Don't think Ramires was any better as he spent most of the second half on the ground.

Ramires was certainly better because he actually made things happen in the final third. Oscar was completely anonymous.

[Fernando 6,453]

I hope he doesn't disappear now like in the past 2 seasons.

Ironically this is the same thing Barcelona fans say happens to Fabregas...

[MrBlueGuy 1,552]

If he starts going back to his 2nd half of last season form from here on...I would seriously consider selling him in the summer.

[robsblubot 3,502]

Ramires was certainly better because he actually made things happen in the final third. Oscar was completely anonymous.

Disagree on that one as our first goal came off an Oscar shot, misplaced yes, but he was in the right spot. Was passing well as well,but certainly wasn't doing the hard working part he is known for.

For me the second half performance was worse than the first.

We keep on subbing him on every match he may become delusioned as at 23 he needs games to develop.unless he wasn't 100% which is quite possible.

[The Skipper 20,593]

Disagree on that one as our first goal came off an Oscar shot, misplaced yes, but he was in the right spot. Was passing well as well,but certainly wasn't doing the hard working part he is known for.

For me the second half performance was worse than the first.

Really? We created FAR more in the 2nd than we did in the first. Not even debatable. That first half performance apart from a mini spell was awful.

Ramires certainly did better than Oscar because he influenced the game far more than Oscar IMO. Offensively we were much better in the 2nd half.

[robsblubot 3,502]

Really? We created FAR more in the 2nd than we did in the first. Not even debatable. That first half performance apart from a mini spell was awful.

Ramires certainly did better than Oscar because he influenced the game far more than Oscar IMO. Offensively we were much better in the 2nd half.

This game was never about creating chances. Would have been quite happy with a 1x1. Heh difficult to judge was we were chasing the game and the whole team was going for it. The defense was even more leaky in the second half though. No I did not like Ramires performance as he looked weak (physically).

[Oscar 441]

Didnt think Oscar played bad, but he didnt press well imo. Diego Costa was pressing like a mad dog, but the other 3 not so much.

Chelsea scored all 3 goals from spurs' lapse of concentration.

1st goal. Rose though hazard went out of bounce and was complaining.

2nd goal. fazio lost the ball from an error

3rd goal. vertoghen was complaining and chelsea starting the set peice fast since they were out of position.

[The Skipper 20,593]

This game was never about creating chances. Would have been quite happy with a 1x1. Heh difficult to judge was we were chasing the game and the whole team was going for it. The defense was even more leaky in the second half though. No I did not like Ramires performance as he looked weak (physically).

I agree that Ramires doesn't look at his peak physique but that's because he's been out and because he hasn't been much playing at all over the last month or so. Oscar on the other hand has played enough and just didn't look interested at all today. Just wasn't good enough from Oscar. Didn't look up for it. Ramires, who's clearly nowhere near as match fit as Oscar, still put himself about more than Oscar.

On your previous post where you mentioned that Oscar might be becoming disillusioned with being subbed off all the time... Seriously? He has played enough times. The fact that today was his 100th appearance for Chelsea already should tell you that that would be a pathetic excuse.

[didierforever 7,349]

i dont like oscar much but what the hell, why is he getiing so much stick.

honestly i dont know why we kept a definitely exhausted cesc on the pitch while subbed him off.

[Styles 9,790]

Ramires restored a bit of balance but by then it was too late.

Honestly, Oscar is a pretty pointless player - he is the definition of a 'Jack of all trades, master of none'. What's crazy is that at one point I thought that was fine, and that we could have such a player in the team, but how wrong was I?

Somebody said here recently that he 'provides space' and he did a lot of that today. Unfortunately for us it was for Spurs.

We're supposed to be one of the elite European team. Do you think any of Bayern, Barca, Madrid, Atletico etc would have such a pointless player in their team? He would struggle to even make the bench in all of those teams in my honest opinion.

Like I said, we can and really should do so much better than some lightweight player who has no real talent beyond pressing and 'providing space'.

[The Skipper 20,593]

The reason why I didn't like his performance today is because he wasn't even doing the things he does well - i.e. closing the gaps, pressing extremely well and just rotating the ball well. He wasn't giving us anything. Was absolutely pointless today.