Oscar

[Daniel1980 1,425]

Yes, he had a bad game, but it's just one game, FFS. I'm not Oscar's biggest fan, but he was wonderful in the previous 4-5 matches. Hopefully it was just a one-off.

[Dion 2,476]

As poor as he was yesterday, we were far poorer without him on the pitch. As soon as he came off we couldn't keep hold of the ball. That said, his passing in the final 3rd really annoys me. I mea even simple passes he was getting wrong.

This one in particular pissed me off. https://mid.vncdn.co/vine/videos/14793D711C1138497838137958400_3ffca1b740e.0.0.10594276347886385080.mp4

Such an easy pass and gets the weight of it woefully wrong and forces Eden away from the goal.

To be fair there were worst passes from him yesterday. I was more annoyed with the one which was intercepted by a Utd defender before it reached Drogba because he didn't put enough power in it. It would have been a great chance.

[Styles 9,790]

As poor as he was yesterday, we were far poorer without him on the pitch. As soon as he came off we couldn't keep hold of the ball. That said, his passing in the final 3rd really annoys me. I mea even simple passes he was getting wrong.

This one in particular pissed me off. https://mid.vncdn.co/vine/videos/14793D711C1138497838137958400_3ffca1b740e.0.0.10594276347886385080.mp4

Such an easy pass and gets the weight of it woefully wrong and forces Eden away from the goal.

That is just so bad; it's even worse than I remembered it. It should be the most simple of simple passes and yet he completely and utterly destroys the chance. That's the kind of pass you expect even average players to make with their eyes closed. Inexcusable stuff really.

[Danny Boyukliev 32]

Time for him to spend another period on the bench. Willian was way more useful than him in my opinion.

[Spike 12,049]

Don't really get the hype for Willian. He beats defenders 3/4 of the time and then crosses the ball into noman's land.

[The Chels 2,502]

Don't really get the hype for Willian. He beats defenders 3/4 of the time and then crosses the ball into noman's land.

3/4 is a generous estimate. If he gets it past them they usually recover anyway before he's decided what to do with the ball.

[DYC. 7,542]

3/4 is a generous estimate. If he gets it past them they usually recover anyway before he's decided what to do with the ball.

True. Seeing pacey players not making use of their speed is always such a shame.

[Myself 793]

True. Seeing pacey players not making use of their speed is always such a shame.

This may sound harsh, but Willian is basically Lennon with a much better work rate.

[laura90 556]

I can't think of any Chelsea player that has been more overrated than Oscar. I don't think I'll ever see great attacking player in him despite some glorious free kicks, goals and assists now and then. He shouldn't be near the final three/ four in the team aspiring to achieve something in Europa against Real, Barca, Bayern, in particular. To be fair, the same can be said about Willian, Schurrle ( maybe even Ramires) but none of these players are nearly as appreciated as Oscar is.

He will come handy against smaller teams, when he can do what he does best, hustling opposition while he has Hazard, Fabregas and Costa to do attacking work and score goals.

But top teams, who find the way to mark Fabregas, will probably expose the real Oscar - the one almost ineffective in attacking sense.

That is if he plays.

[bluesman2610 1,232]

I find it funny when hes playing well creating goals and scoring the people who dislike him have nothing to say as soon as he has a poor game out of the woodwork they come to attack him.. how about we continue to support our players we are still unbeaten in PL and CL so far and hes played a part in that

[robsblubot 3,253]

This Oscar some people around here want, the guy with lots of creativity, great touches, an assist machine... who cannot defend to save his life... well that was Juan Mata!

Yet Oscar stayed and Mata is gone. So, it really comes down to jose's preferences as to how his squad should play and the characteristics of the players in the starting XI.

Reckon that what people dislike about Oscar, that he is too defensive in the AM position, is exactly what Jose wants from him.

Which brings me to my last point: perhaps Oscar cannot do ALL defensive work that Jose asks him to do AND produce as much when going forward; I mean something's gotta give and perhaps Oscar is indeed sacrificing himself for the team.

Whatever it is, it seems to be working.

[iseah100 5,612]

He would be better if we had a creative rw.

Reus-Oscar-Hazard would be a tremendous attacking trio.

[Shakez 755]

He would be better if we had a creative rw.

Reus-Oscar-Hazard would be a tremendous attacking trio.

Yeah having a creative RW will magically erase the bad passing game he had against Man U... people sometimes.

[iseah100 5,612]

Yeah having a creative RW will magically erase the bad passing game he had against Man U... people sometimes.

If we have a creative RW, which Willian isn't, would take pressure of him and Hazard to be creative. It would help, don't be silly.

[Shakez 755]

If we have a creative RW, which Willian isn't, would take pressure of him and Hazard to be creative. It would help, don't be silly.

It goes both way's, Oscar has never been mister creative.

[Styles 9,790]

I've finally figured it out: Oscar = the Brazilian Dirk Kuyt

His offense is purely a bonus and shouldn't be expected. He's a defensive-attacking midfielder.

[Cescy 40]

Decent game from him. Seemed to play pretty deep and helped a lot with build up play. That pass to Willian was nice too.

[Madmax 9,219]

People will appreciate Oscar better if they stop looking for the player he is not and is not being asked to be. Evaluate him as the guy who facilitates a pivot of Matic-Fabregas.