Oscar

[The Skipper 20,609]

As I said in the post match thread, they completely owned our midfield and our attack looked like crap after he came off.RDM took him off even though he was our best player out of the 4 forwards.

That had more to do with Liverpool being galvanised because of their equaliser and Rodgers changing the tactics.

I do agree that he was the best forward though, always tried to get us going, unfortunately not everyone was on his wavelength.

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

Have no idea why people were saying he was our best forward. He was our worst player in the first half.(His gamescore on whoscored.com was the worst on our team at that point-under 6) He gave the ball up easily way too often and his lack of physicality meant Liverpool players just took the ball off him a couple of times. He had a fantastic chance and missed the net by 10 feet. He had an excellent 10 minutes in the second half and then disappeared again. He was the right man to take off. Hazard was our most dangerous attacking player and Mata has been our best player all season. Not sure why Oscar's CL excellence hasn't really translated to the Premier League yet. It will happen, but it will take some adjusting.

[Land 331]

He kept our attack flowing,created that chance at the end of the first half when Mata should have scored (or passed to Hazard),completed the midfield when Liverpool were on attack.Not to mention some great dribbling.

He lost the ball just as much as Hazard and Mata if not less.Hazard the most dangerous?I thought this was one of his poorest performance for us, dribbled too much and his decision making in the final third wasn't good enough .

[KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607]

Oscar was pretty classy against Livershite. The best of the 3 Amigos.

[RamiCFC9 258]

Mata should've been subbed not Oscar.Juan had his worst game yesterday.

[bitee 12]

oscar is shit. he works only defensivily otherwise what has he done. he does nothing on the pitch.there are a lot of players like him.

[St Abramovich 175]

oscar is shit. he works only defensivily otherwise what has he done. he does nothing on the pitch.there are a lot of players like him.

This was an extremely dumb post.

[Milan 17,955]

Probably a Spuds fan, still angry that they lost the Champions League place and Oscar to us

[Wiillowhobo 28]

He kept our attack flowing,created that chance at the end of the first half when Mata should have scored (or passed to Hazard),completed the midfield when Liverpool were on attack.Not to mention some great dribbling.

He lost the ball just as much as Hazard and Mata if not less.Hazard the most dangerous?I thought this was one of his poorest performance for us, dribbled too much and his decision making in the final third wasn't good enough .

Not true. According to Whoscored.Com (http://www.whoscored.com/Matches/615017/Live) Oscar was 5 times dispossesed and caused 2 turnovers vs. 4 and 2 for Hazard and 5 and 1 for Mata. All that with 15 minutes less playing time than Hazard and Mata. Hazard had 5 succesfull dribbles, Oscar 2 and Mata 1. Hazard had 4 key passes, Mata 3 and Oscar 2. Besides all those numbers, I saw the game too and I did not find Oscar the best of the 3 maestro's.

[mediator 2,026]

I agree Hazard was the best of the 3 but he was still average

[Blu4Lyf 46]

Oscar and still yet to "wow" me with his distribution and has yet to control the game, which is what Hazard and Mata do when they're in the middle. Some glorious goals he's scored - absolutely, but I believe he has hurt us more than helped us so far. Since he's forced Hazard to the wing, he hasn't replicated any of his pre-Oscar performances.

[bitee 12]

no english fan but i'm serious he's shit.no technique.no vision.no goal.i dont understand what you find like qualities for him.yes his hard work but that's all

[BlueLyon 9,359]

no english fan but i'm serious he's shit.no technique.no vision.no goal.i dont understand what you find like qualities for him.yes his hard work but that's all

Well then buy some glasses, cuz you obviously dont see well...

[Joker10 946]

Oscar and still yet to "wow" me with his distribution and has yet to control the game, which is what Hazard and Mata do when they're in the middle. Some glorious goals he's scored - absolutely, but I believe he has hurt us more than helped us so far. Since he's forced Hazard to the wing, he hasn't replicated any of his pre-Oscar performances.

How did you come to conclusion?

Oscar is our best Maestro when it comes to controlling the game from the no.10 position, he is vital in our midfield and key in taking the possession battle. Just take the Swansea and Liverpool game for example, after he was subbed the opposition enjoyed their most successful moments in possession.

Mata and Hazard both have been better in the final ball and creating goal scoring chances, in this area they have been much better.

I would rank them in this order when comes to distribution and orchestrating the midfield:

1. Oscar

2. Mata

3. Hazard

I hate these Oscar vs Mata vs Hazard discussions and usually don't care to get involved, but what you posted is completely wrong.

Edited November 15, 2012 by Joker10

[bitee 12]

are you serious? oscar first? ahhahaah it's too funny