Isco

[MefiX19 1,092]

Can he play as a right winger?

Better question is, can he play in cold night at stoke?

[The Mak 4,459]

Isco looks great and all because of his dribbling but, honestly, we had a far better player in Mata and Mourinho couldn't wait to get rid of him. So this makes very little sense to me.

[Pizy 18,849]

Isco looks great and all because of his dribbling but, honestly, we had a far better player in Mata and Mourinho couldn't wait to get rid of him. So this makes very little sense to me.

Isco isn't really anything like Mata at all. He's way stronger on the ball, a MUCH better dribbler, has better work rate, and isn't so light weight that he gets brushed off the ball with ease.

[ulvhedin 525]

Isco looks great and all because of his dribbling but, honestly, we had a far better player in Mata and Mourinho couldn't wait to get rid of him. So this makes very little sense to me.

Isco can track back, he was even playing as double pivot sometimes last season

[The Skipper 20,609]

Isco looks great and all because of his dribbling but, honestly, we had a far better player in Mata and Mourinho couldn't wait to get rid of him. So this makes very little sense to me.

Isco was playing the Modric role at Real last season at times, he's much better than Mata defensively and has really good work rate.

[Unionjack 7,531]

Isco looks great and all because of his dribbling but, honestly, we had a far better player in Mata and Mourinho couldn't wait to get rid of him. So this makes very little sense to me.

Why be stuck in the past?? We got problems NOW and harping on about summet that happened years ago is no help to anyone.

We all know Mata WAS/is? a great player but for WHATEVER reasons he didnt suit our (Mous) playing mentality,styleat the time (Hes not the 1st and wont be the last) so the lad had to go for the benifit of the team as a whole.

We have got BASICALLY the same soddin players as we had at the start of last season. IMHO we played some of the best football I have ever seen a team play, let alone Chelsea. So watching this same group of lads yesterday is like watching a faded shadow of last years team. The team are knackered both phyically and mentally and theres gotta be some reason for it. But at the same time we got some players a year older and 5 years slower. They need replacing.

We also need to bring in young creative,fast,fresh blood and if Isco fits that bill we shouldn't be umming and ahhing about it. We should be out buying 3 or 4 GOOD first XI players.

[Pacquiao 1,834]

Isco looks great and all because of his dribbling but, honestly, we had a far better player in Mata and Mourinho couldn't wait to get rid of him. So this makes very little sense to me.

as much as i dont rate Isco as highly as some on here, he is definitley more of a Mourinho player then Mata.

[DYC. 7,542]

While I would like Isco and support his signing, because I think there is a desperate need for different (better actually) options, I don't think he suits Chelsea tbh. His talents wouldn't be utilized to the maximum and I can already imagine him being called inconsistent, a big game flop and general questioning of his attitude. Even though it's simply because his game is meant for a different type of football. If he were to leave Real, he'd be better off signing for City or Juventus.

[The Skipper 20,609]

While I would like Isco and support his signing, because I think there is a desperate need for different options, I don't think he suits Chelsea tbh. His talents wouldn't be utilized to the maximum and I can already imagine him being called inconsistent, a big game flop and general questioning of his attitude. Even though it's simply because his game is meant for a different type of football. If he were to leave Real, he'd be better off signing for City or Juventus.

Isn't this equivalent to saying that Eden should leave as well because we don't fully utilise his talents either?

[Viper22 2,418]

Why so many posts and people viewing this thread? Please stop getting my hopes up....

If we signed Isco I would be so so happy!!

[iseah100 5,612]

Why would we need him? Can't play a 4-3-3 with him.

[The Mak 4,459]

Isco isn't really anything like Mata at all. He's way stronger on the ball, a MUCH better dribbler, has better work rate, and isn't so light weight that he gets brushed off the ball with ease.

Isco can track back, he was even playing as double pivot sometimes last season

Isco was playing the Modric role at Real last season at times, he's much better than Mata defensively and has really good work rate.

Why be stuck in the past?? We got problems NOW and harping on about summet that happened years ago is no help to anyone.

We all know Mata WAS/is? a great player but for WHATEVER reasons he didnt suit our (Mous) playing mentality,styleat the time (Hes not the 1st and wont be the last) so the lad had to go for the benifit of the team as a whole.

as much as i dont rate Isco as highly as some on here, he is definitley more of a Mourinho player then Mata.

Ok, fair enough. Maybe I didn't make my point fully clear.

If we were singing him for his 'attacking prowess', we had a much better player for that in Mata. That is what I meant there.

As for him being an attacking player, his goals and assists are very similar to Oscar's, so I don't think he is a signing that could really change our dynamics. Yes, he's better at dribbling than Oscar but not really much else. Another Oscar-level signing is not what we need right now.

My real point is that we don't need Real Madrid's outcasts. We need someone who would start for 99% of top teams in the world. Someone like Griezmann, Koké or Pogba. These are the types of player who could really change how we play. Hell, considering the amount of space Cesc was surrendering yesterday and how bad Ramires is with the ball, even an all-around midfielder like Schneiderlin would be of more benefit to us now than an Isco/Oscar type signing.