César Azpilicueta

[TheTrueOlympique 2]

Enjoy Azpi...

He was a gift from Olympique de Marseille's president and manager with the will to sell(I don't want to say "sell off" ) Deschamps's players.

This player was the best right back in Ligue 1 (Debuchy ? Jallet, Reveillère ? lel..)

£7m is really a gift. Azpi will be the best right back of BPL and future Roja's right back it's inevitable.

Take care of Azpi (El cohete ) he is a king

[teignman 441]

So glad we got him instead of Debuchy or Maicon. He's still got some rough edges, but he's young and talented.

[Amblève. 4,995]

  On 26/12/2012 at 20:31, Jusek said:

lol, always with the rape face!

He's defo KSI's biggest competitor

[DDA 9,772]

Soo happy we signed this guy rather than Greg VDWank. He has been a fantastic performer for us since arriving.

[DH1988 1,336]

Bad game yesterday for me, struggled.

[Rubber bullets 1,183]

  On 31/12/2012 at 09:33, DH1988 said:

Bad game yesterday for me, struggled.

No worse then Ashley Cole, who I feel has been lackluster the last few games but won't get much call outs about it.

[DH1988 1,336]

Disagree, I think any average football fan can see Ashley has struggled since the contract business came about. I for one have said this a few times already on here. Just pointing out he struggled for the first time really :-)

[gary gordon 1,777]

Has been probably one of the only players that gave a shit today.

[Hamilton 2,120]

With Ba on his way we probably have someone decent at the end of those fine crosses by Azpi..

[Jase 43,479]

Thought he was brilliant today and it's really nice for a change to have a proper RB, who can defend and attack including bombing up and down the flank all day long and whipping the crosses. The fact that he has pace too makes it all the better if we pass into space for him to run into and/or if there is a need to chase opponent.

The one thing he needs to really improve on is his crossing. It was absolutely woeful at times today and arguably, it's even worse than Bosingwa's crosses!

[Heisenberg 1,824]

  On 05/01/2013 at 19:34, BluesMaster said:

Thought he was brilliant today and it's really nice for a change to have a proper RB, who can defend and attack including bombing up and down the flank all day long and whipping the crosses. The fact that he has pace too makes it all the better if we pass into space for him to run into and/or if there is a need to chase opponent.

The one thing he needs to really improve on is his crossing. It was absolutely woeful at times today and arguably, it's even worse than Bosingwa's crosses!

No, Bosingwa crosses are just special ! always too low.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Bosingwa's crossing > Dave's crossing.

In every other aspect: Bosingwa > a three-legged kitten > most other Premier League defenders > Dave > Zabaleta.

[OReillyD36 311]

His crosses from deep are good but for some reason when he overlaps a player and crosses from the by-line they are horrendous. But he's young and (hopefully) will improve as time goes on.

[Corner 456]

  On 05/01/2013 at 19:34, BluesMaster said:

Thought he was brilliant today and it's really nice for a change to have a proper RB, who can defend and attack including bombing up and down the flank all day long and whipping the crosses. The fact that he has pace too makes it all the better if we pass into space for him to run into and/or if there is a need to chase opponent.

The one thing he needs to really improve on is his crossing. It was absolutely woeful at times today and arguably, it's even worse than Bosingwa's crosses!

I agree fully with this. But he usually does have a good cross. He's whipped in some lovely crosses and has a few assists this season so far. But his crossing was woeful today, like you said.

And it really is delightful to have a quality right back. I was never convinced by Ivanovic at right back, I much prefer him at centre-back.

But yeah, Azpi was awesome today.

[Jase 43,479]

  On 05/01/2013 at 19:57, Corner said:

I agree fully with this. But he usually does have a good cross. He's whipped in some lovely crosses and has a few assists this season so far. But his crossing was woeful today, like you said.

Agree with that. It's just that at times he can be a bit hit and miss with his cross. Needs to be more consistent with it.

And also, the fact that he can cross with his left foot is a bonus for us, especially when opponents don't give him the space and chance to cross with his right foot.

[Corner 456]

  On 05/01/2013 at 20:02, BluesMaster said:

And also, the fact that he can cross with his left foot is a bonus for us, especially when opponents don't give him the space and chance to cross with his right foot.

Definitely. That's actually a very under-rated quality in a full-back. IIRC, Azpi assists Hazard's goal against West Brom with a left-footed cross after cutting back from his right.

7 million, is that what he cost? A bargain. It's so hard to find a quality full-back nowadays.

[KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607]

  On 05/01/2013 at 19:43, Alex said:

Bosingwa's crossing > Dave's crossing.

In every other aspect: Bosingwa > a three-legged kitten > most other Premier League defenders > Dave > Zabaleta.

Ummm what?

Anyway Azpi's crossing is a lot better than's Bosingwa's. He just had an off day today.

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Bosingwa after his injury never seemed able to cross well.