Oscar

[didierforever 7,349]

some people can't read or are just stupid. Well, the answer is quite easy on this one (about members, not Oscar although that is obvious too). Too stupid for words.

sure my lady... whatever u say!!! all i am saying is i am SHOCKED that he does not start!!! truly shocked!!! i mean i could not have ever predicted oscar not starting today!!!

ps - i read he had a virus as well as did his ankle in training... ooohhhh interesting!!!

[Myself 793]

how suprising that he does not start!!!

are you trying to sound retarded?

[nyikolajevics 2,691]

He is ill, relax.

[didierforever 7,349]

are you trying to sound retarded?

nope, just sarcastic.

[DavidEU 2,023]

TC twitter account said it was a virus. Whats the correct story.

Cundy definitely said he did his ankle yesterday in training. I've heard nothing else on the story.

[Henrique 9,133]

Cundy definitely said he did his ankle yesterday in training. I've heard nothing else on the story.

Whos managing Talk Chelsea twitter account? I've read that story about the virus there.

TalkChelsea @TalkChelsea · 36m

Clarification: Oscar is out with a stomach virus according to Chelsea TV. #CFC

[Barbara 15,149]

sure my lady... whatever u say!!! all i am saying is i am SHOCKED that he does not start!!! truly shocked!!! i mean i could not have ever predicted oscar not starting today!!!

ps - i read he had a virus as well as did his ankle in training... ooohhhh interesting!!!

you came here to brag to have a point, but didn't stop to think that it was weird for him not to be involved in the match at all. Anyone with a little bit of brains would have thought something happened as why else wouldn't he even be in the bench?

But no, you had to be the smart ass you somehow think you are, and posted just after someone posted the report. You were so eager to be proved right, that you didn't even try to get your facts straight... we don't know who would have started, we have City in nearly a month from now, come back then with your gaudy theories, we'll be eager to read it.

I even said in this very thread, in an answer to you it doesn't surprise me if Mourinho changes the system when playing bigger teams and Oscar is the sacrificed part. It doesn't take too much of brains to understand if we play defensively we need pace in the counter and that's not something Oscar can offer while all other options are very pacey (Schurrle, Hazard, Willian, Salah and Ramires). So it doesn't come to a surprise that Oscar is benched in matches we'll mostly defend and will aim to counter. I mean, it can't be that hard to comprehend, can it?

[The only place to be 11,313]

Anyone with a little bit of brains

Think I've found the problem.

[didierforever 7,349]

you came here to brag to have a point, but didn't stop to think that it was weird for him not to be involved in the match at all. Anyone with a little bit of brains would have thought something happened as why else wouldn't he even be in the bench?

But no, you had to be the smart ass you somehow think you are, and posted just after someone posted the report. You were so eager to be proved right, that you didn't even try to get your facts straight... we don't know who would have started, we have City in nearly a month from now, come back then with your gaudy theories, we'll be eager to read it.

I even said in this very thread, in an answer to you it doesn't surprise me if Mourinho changes the system when playing bigger teams and Oscar is the sacrificed part. It doesn't take too much of brains to understand if we play defensively we need pace in the counter and that's not something Oscar can offer while all other options are very pacey (Schurrle, Hazard, Willian, Salah and Ramires). So it doesn't come to a surprise that Oscar is benched in matches we'll mostly defend and will aim to counter. I mean, it can't be that hard to comprehend, can it?

i cant be arsed to answer to this when we are 2-0 up!!!

[hjperdeath 2,226]

Definitely missed today somewhere in the middle. Hopefully recovers soon.

[The only place to be 11,313]

Definitely missed today somewhere in the middle. Hopefully recovers soon.

Without him on the pitch it was far too easy for Everton to isolate Fabregas and we lost any distribution going forward because all we had in the first half was Ramires, and Matic was off-form today.

I think we missed him big-style today.

[Myself 793]

This match.. this is why Oscar is so important to us.

[hjperdeath 2,226]

Wait for the " But Willian took part in the Olympics" to start...

[Joker10 946]

Without him on the pitch it was far too easy for Everton to isolate Fabregas and we lost any distribution going forward because all we had in the first half was Ramires, and Matic was off-form today.

I think we missed him big-style today.

Yep Everton absloutely controlled the tempo and midfield in this game, Oscar distribution ability and droping back in our build up was seriously missed.

[Barbara 15,149]

And to make his absence worse, none of the our midfielders had a good day in the office when pressing, defending and marking.

Yes, they had assists and scored, but they were also poor. I don't know how much of their poor performance is because Oscar wasn't there to provide stability and how much it was just them being bad.

I'll check their passing stats and defensive stats, but sometimes they don't tell the whole story and the starting trio were awfully weak without the possession and even worse trying to recover it. So Oscar was missed helping to dictate the tempo and hold the ball in possession and even more missed harassing the opposition. In both matches this season many times we saw Oscar doubling when someone else was tacking the opposition. So not only he has his own tackles stats, but he supports his teammates tackling and pressing, helping their tackling stats as well.

So we either drill those three that played today better or we play with those three, plus Oscar for Willian (but I'd rather Schurrle in the team tbh)