Oscar

[Chelsea? 892]

I doubt Eden will play on the right. If we sign Oscar we ahouldnt be worried about puting him in the first 11 right of the bat. We should probably play the diamond next year though.

-------FT9

Mata--------Rw/Oscar

------Eden H

Mikel--------Ramirez/Frank

You always want your most skilled player at CAM. Almost every player's best position is CAM, so I suggest we give that to Hazard since according to most, he's our most skilled. We aren't gonna play with too much width but it might work.

The problem with that line up is that we would be weak physically. Barca are the only guys that win ith small players, we need to bring on hulk if its possible.

-------FT9

Mata--------Hulk

------Eden H

Mikel--------Ramirez/Frank

We play enough games to make Oscar a well used sub. But that might mean sending kdb and josh out on loan

[Chelsea? 892]

Simply Mata, Oscar and Hazard can interchange whatever they want, would be a nightmare to defenders.

Interchange will not last for long I think. But if we play with the diamond- which is like a more attacking 4231- we might even be able to play Oscar next to Mikel in the back 2.

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Eventualy we should play 4:3:3 with

------Mikel-------

---Oscar-Mata-----

Hulk-Torres-Hazard

[DDA 9,924]

I hope this deal goes through otherwise all of who basically everyone that is posting formations and team selections with Oscar involved are going to have to start changing them again. Lol.

[Slam Dunk 1,442]

These fantasy formations being posted in every single transfer thread are becoming extremely tedious.

RE: Oscar - I still don't believe this deal is as far along as some seem to think. Frankly, I don't see a need for him at all anyway. You can't buy every talented player that comes onto the market.

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

We play enough games to make Oscar a well used sub. But that might mean sending kdb and josh out on loan

i dont believe kdb will leave, i think he will stay and play wing and cm alon with marin and oscar off bench. meaning rambo starting. do we get that rw maybe so but sadly kdb will be have to go on loan, id rather give kdb that shot too bad it doesnt look like they will.

[Jype 6,398]

Eventualy we should play 4:3:3 with

------Mikel-------

---Oscar-Mata-----

Hulk-Torres-Hazard

Central midfield consisting of Oscar and Mata, are you mad? And including Hulk in those fantasy lineups is also pointless at this time because recently there has been no evidence whatsoever that he's on his way to Chelsea.

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

These fantasy formations being posted in every single transfer thread are becoming extremely tedious.

RE: Oscar - I still don't believe this deal is as far along as some seem to think. Frankly, I don't see a need for him at all anyway. You can't buy every talented player that comes onto the market.

i agee with the point of fantasy when people are including hulk like oscar (buy) represents both! we needed a cm or rw, and pictured the formations mostly with either, but with both is insane!! no way we can will buy both, just need to accepy squad as is. maybe we buy rw but a squad player ok with the fact of being on bench.

no more hulk in startin XI, it was ok when guesing which would come but it seems a cm is on the way so lets stop with the inclusion of hulk.

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Central midfield consisting of Oscar and Mata, are you mad? And including Hulk in those fantasy lineups is also pointless at this time because recently there has been no evidence whatsoever that he's on his way to Chelsea.

Since we are buying Hazard, Oscar, Marin,...I suggest we will play offensive football. And with offensive football we dont need more than four defenders and Mikel. Also in beggining, Lampard will play instad of Oscar more time, but eventualy Oscar will take his role. I expect in 2 years, he will get some weight and defensive abilities (not much, but enough to play there).

And what do you expect; play attacking football, but with 6 defenders + GK? I dont see why would we need more than one CDM anyway. Stop thinking so defensive mate. With possesion of the ball, you dont need to defend so much and if you attack, opponent cant right?

RIght now we would surely play Lamps ahead Oscar in big games, but in two years, Oscar will take that role (hopefully) and at that time he will understand PL game.

In TC transfer talk, more or less everything is pointless, but I count we will get Hulk in the end. It just cant be any other way. He suits us more than any player.

[Jype 6,398]

Since we are buying Hazard, Oscar, Marin,...I suggest we will play offensive football. And with offensive football we dont need more than four defenders and Mikel. Also in beggining, Lampard will play instad of Oscar more time, but eventualy Oscar will take his role. I expect in 2 years, he will get some weight and defensive abilities (not much, but enough to play there).

And what do you expect; play attacking football, but with 6 defenders + GK? I dont see why would we need more than one CDM anyway. Stop thinking so defensive mate. With possesion of the ball, you dont need to defend so much and if you attack, opponent cant right?

RIght now we would surely play Lamps ahead Oscar in big games, but in two years, Oscar will take that role (hopefully) and at that time he will understand PL game.

In TC transfer talk, more or less everything is pointless, but I count we will get Hulk in the end. It just cant be any other way. He suits us more than any player.

Yeah, I'm all for attacking football but Mata still isn't a central midfielder. I honestly believe Di Matteo will continue with the 4-2-3-1 with just small changes to make the team play a bit more offensive football but there's absolutely no point going all-out attack without any balance in the team. On the wings we are not going to need the wingers to defend their lungs out like they did last season at least in the Champions League but imo the midfield should stay pretty much the same tactically. If 4-3-3 was the way to go then Ramires is a certain starter in midfield to bring that balance between defense and attack but that wouldn't mean in the slightest that we would once again be playing defensive football and Ramires' massive contribution in both ends of the pitch should clearly show he's a wonderful asset to have in attack as well as defense.

I'm usually not one to post all those fancy fantasy lineups but here goes:

Torres

Hazard - Mata - Oscar

Mikel - Ramires/Lampard

defensive line + gk

Or

Torres

Hazard/Mata-------------------Oscar/Marin

Lampard/Oscar - Ramires

Mikel

defensive line + gk

If that's not attacking enough then I don't know what is.

And on a side note, I don't feel comfortable discussing these kind of things when the player isn't yet even close to joining the club. Let's get back to this if / when he signs.

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Yeah, I'm all for attacking football but Mata still isn't a central midfielder. I honestly believe Di Matteo will continue with the 4-2-3-1 with just small changes to make the team play a bit more offensive football but there's absolutely no point going all-out attack without any balance in the team. On the wings we are not going to need the wingers to defend their lungs out like they did last season at least in the Champions League but imo the midfield should stay pretty much the same tactically. If 4-3-3 was the way to go then Ramires is a certain starter in midfield to bring that balance between defense and attack but that wouldn't mean in the slightest that we would be playing once again defensive football and Ramires' massive contribution in both ends of the pitch should clearly show he's a wonderful asset to have in attack as well as defense.

I'm usually not one to post all those fancy fantasy lineups but here goes:

Torres

Hazard - Mata - Oscar

Mikel - Ramires/Lampard

defensive line + gk

Or

Torres

Hazard/Mata-------------------Oscar/Marin

Lampard/Oscar - Ramires

Mikel

defensive line + gk

If that's not attacking enough then I don't know what is.

And on a side note, I don't feel comfortable discussing these kind of things when the player isn't yet even close to joining the club. Let's get back to this if / when he signs.

I was thinking about 4:3:3 and Mata would then play like Iniesta along Xavi in Barca. Sure, Mata would be positioned bit further (like Iniesta), Oscar like deep lying playmaker (Xavi) and Mikel like Busquets.

[Jype 6,398]

I was thinking about 4:3:3 and Mata would then play like Iniesta along Xavi in Barca. Sure, Mata would be positioned bit further (like Iniesta), Oscar like deep lying playmaker (Xavi) and Mikel like Busquets.

Oh god, I wish people would stop comparing Chelsea to Barcelona. Mata is not Iniesta, Mikel is not Busquets and whoever we would have playing as the playmaker certainly isn't Xavi so let's just stop it at that. Most top clubs have a lot of great players but so far none of them has been able to emulate what Barcelona are doing and nothing wrong with that imo. We should be looking to play our own style of football and not try to copycat some other team.

[Wise 45]

"We have received by email on Friday a proposal by Chelsea Oscar, the value is not pleased and we refuse. The proposal was lower than we expected, for less than 20 million we do not sell the Oscar," said Luigi.

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Oh god, I wish people would stop comparing Chelsea to Barcelona. Mata is not Iniesta, Mikel is not Busquets and whoever we would have playing as the playmaker certainly isn't Xavi so let's just stop it at that. Most top clubs have a lot of great players but so far none of them has been able to emulate what Barcelona are doing and nothing wrong with that imo. We should be looking to play our own style of football and not try to copycat some other team.

I know, its not possible to compare barca to chelsea, but I used this comparison for interpretation that Mata in my lineup wouldnt be CM, but more like CAM, similar role to Iniesta.

Anyway, lets finish this and continue when we finish with transfers

[Marvin123 527]

"We have received by email on Friday a proposal by Chelsea Oscar, the value is not pleased and we refuse. The proposal was lower than we expected, for less than 20 million we do not sell the Oscar," said Luigi.

This for real?