Oscar

[petre.ispirescu 4,928]

On 7/1/2016 at 1:13 PM, petre.ispirescu said:

I know mate, just saying you know.. But let me tell you this -I'm 80-90% sure Conte will have Oscar in his starting line-up. Don't ask me why, I just have this weird feeling. 

For me it's looking quite obvious that Conte will use a midfield three at Chelsea, no matter it's 3-5-2, 3-5-1-1, 4-3-3 etc. At first I was pretty sure he'll go for 4-4-2/4-2-4, but now I have my doubts. Mostly because of Cesc. I think it would be suicidal to go into next season with a midfield two consisting of Cesc and other midfielder. Even if the other midfielder is a box to box monster that can run all day. I simply cannot see Cesc working in a midfield two formation.

Now back to my point -Conte had a pretty decent midfielder in his provisional squad, Jorginho, but opted to send him back home at the expense of Giaccherini. I know they are not the same type of player, but I bet that 9 out of 10 managers would have Jorginho over Giaccherini any given day. 

Thing is Conte likes his midfield three to be composed of one regista (De Rossi) that sits deep and two other midfielders with a good engine that can make forward runs, work the channels and go into the box everytime his team goes forward (Giaccherini, Parolo, Florenzi). 

Oscar is similar to Giaccherini in my view. Energetic midfielder that can run like a rabid dog and cover every blade of the pitch. Plus he goes forward, shoots from outside the box, goes into the box. Really think he is the type of midfielder that Conte prefers. 

Was afraid of this.......

[Chelsea4 1,521]

Oscar was fantastic.

[LemmeBorrowThat 124]

Oscar did well, always felt he would do better away from a #10 role. He's a jack of all trades and master of none so put him in a position where that works best. Still has a ways to go but its a good start for him.

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

Oscar is much better for us when he accepts his role as a system player instead of trying to be one of the stars for this team. 

On another note, I have no idea why he requested to take the penalty vs West Ham instead of Hazard (who I believe is now back on penalty duties). 

[Unionjack 7,531]

On 15/08/2016 at 11:52 PM, Jason said:

Arguably the second best performer against West Ham and not one word on Oscar?

I've been critical of him but to give him his due, at least for this game, he was superb. His workrate, intensity, commitment were all spot on today. He was crucial in helping us to dominate West Ham.

Ive never doubted his work rate, hes like my Jack Russell dog and runs all over the bloody place after the ball,and he is great for us at top third defence. And nobody can doubt that he has given moments of sheer genius.

But the problem is the polar bear blood hes got running thru him. Cause come January hes hibernating.

WTF has he got on his head?

http://www.thesportreview.com/tsr/2016/08/photo-oscar-has-a-message-for-fans-ahead-of-watford-v-chelsea/

 

[Jase 43,479]

And he's reverted to his old self after that good showing against West Ham. We'll be lucky to see another performance like that in 2016.

[Styles 9,790]

Might be controversial but he wasn't that good against West Ham. But it's Oscar and the expectations are so low it's understandable.

[AWorriedChelseaFan 151]

Squad player at best, should never be a starter.

[Parky 739]

Today was the Oscar we know and expect. Don't get me wrong he will give a few good performances against weaker teams but only just enough for his fans to praise and defend this supposed wonder kid.

 

 

[kellzfresh 7,229]

Needs to raise his head when attacking, why does he always look on the ground when he's supposed to create??? Annoyingly average 

[Liuxas 124]

Most overrated player in football history? Agree?. 25mln for a garbage player still can't believe we signed back in 2012. Worst transfer

[Jype 6,398]

1 hour ago, Liuxas said:

Most overrated player in football history? Agree?. 25mln for a garbage player still can't believe we signed back in 2012. Worst transfer

How the hell can it be even jokingly considered "the worst transfer", when the club would easily recoup all of the money spent on him in case he was sold and in fact probably even make a profit. Never in any transfer reports with Oscar has the rumoured fee been less than the £19M Oscar was bought for (that's right £19M and not £25M, confirmed by Internacional in their financial report of that year).

It's true he hasn't been quite what was expected of him when he signed but let's not be ridiculous here.

[communicate 2,703]

He need to ask fabregas for private lesson on how to pass and play as playmaker. 

 

[scargo 75]

Still shit.

[Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067]

Very good game from him. 

Won the ball back high up the pitch plenty of times today. And linked up very well with Hazard/Willian in attack.