Willian

[Oscar 441]

It's going to be sad, but I would not be shocked if he stopped all comments on his Facebook page. Even pictures of his daughters now have people attacking him for not passing to salah and being a racist despite the fact that both he and salah have a great understanding between them for just having played 2 or so matches together.

These kids are a disgrace.

You and Lilian player cocky, I've lost because of you, why did not pass the ball to Salah, Salah was in a better position than Ito."

"You should know that you win together and you lose together."

"Why did not you pass to Salah?, I was a little trick in this position, I play for Chelsea, not for yourself, and we now Nkerhec."

"Why do so Aouellean, your selfish you are and what is the Oscar trophy Avqdtna 0.42 minutes did not pass on the ball to Salah!".

"We have lost the league because of your mind as a kid, you're a big fool, are you crazy??, You did not hurt Salah you hurt your team.

Team work . Pass to salah .

you are stupid and selfish player ,we become hate you

your Jealousy from salah will finish the team

don't be selfish and pass to salah

hy didnt pass to salah??? u scare to take your position??play for chelsea not for yourself...it isnt the first time ...now we hate you

you are sooo stupid u made Chelsea lose the chance to win the premier league by being soo selfish...salah is better than you that u cant even be in comparison with him

you have to play and to pass the ball to salah all the Egyptian hate you

fuc willian & oscar they did not pass to salah

[CHOULO19 24,332]

I see Willian is a selfish with salah .. didnt pass to Salah despite good positioning Salah was in

I dont say tha because i'm Egyptian, but I think many many people have noticed that and that costed us a match and may be a title

Yes, it's so obvious that Willian hates Salah. In fact, I bet he only moved to Chelsea because he knew we were interested in signing Salah; so he came here to destroy his career by not passing to him. The fiend!

Seriously, get a grip! The decision making in the final third has been atrocious all season long. And that applies to all of our attackers, not just Willian.

[BloodIsBlue 291]

I see Willian is a selfish with salah .. didnt pass to Salah despite good positioning Salah was in

I dont say tha because i'm Egyptian, but I think many many people have noticed that and that costed us a match and may be a title

Moron.

[Esam 60]

Yes, it's so obvious that Willian hates Salah. In fact, I bet he only moved to Chelsea because he knew we were interested in signing Salah; so he came here to destroy his career by not passing to him. The fiend!

Seriously, get a grip! The decision making in the final third has been atrocious all season long. And that applies to all of our attackers, not just Willian.

Thank you!

[zolayes 14,489]

some of the posts on here make me think the Turks and the Romanians have come back .

Forget the Nationalist pride ,,, Chelsea are now a multinational team ,, put bitter jealousies aside ..

We have a few games left ,, SUPPORT THE TEAM not just your favourite player.

[Mohammed Seif 1,451]

Idd it was his mistake but are you ignoring the fact that he was involved in everything positive and should've had 3 assists on his conto. Besides running free Salah didn't make much of an impact, im not saying he shouldn't have passed to Salah (he should've) but don't put the blame on him for us losing. With Salah's misfiring in the last game there was no guarentee that he would've scored.

Also i don't want to be racist but if you look on Willian's and Oscar's facebook page, it's getting crowded with Egyptians complaining about they're golden boy not getting a pass https://www.facebook.com/willianborges88?fref=ts

Read the comments its sickening, but on the other hand im certain that most Egyptains are not like that. Salah still needs to earn respect in the squad, Hazard had the same problem last year where most players rather passed the ball to Mata than to Hazard.

I really don't blame those kids. They are idiots as far as football is concerned. With all what has been happening in Egypt for the past 3-4 yrs, some Egyptians have been blinded by the conspiracy theories and believe everyone is conspiring on Egypt. This goes into football too!!!. The people I really blame are the press that back up this idea. If you knew Arabic and read the headlines you would be shocked. " Salah does well despite the Brazilian conspiracy by Willian and Oscar". Egyptians are emotional people, going through tough times in many ways and Salah is one of the few bright things in Egypt currently. So you can imagine when you have football idiots feeding off the idiotic press.

Salah was in a better position than Eto, but no when will ever know if he was going to put in in the back of the net or in the stands. Willian should have passed to him, but the fact he didn't doesn't make it anything but just a bad decision. And it is not like Salah was taking great positions in this game either. I assure you, Egyptians are not racist at all ( the high majority anyways ), and this is just nothing but stupid behaviour. They just have VERY HIGH hopes in Salah and want him to succeed badly, but some of them show it in the wrong way.

[Esam 60]

I really don't blame those kids. They are idiots as far as football is concerned. With all what has been happening in Egypt for the past 3-4 yrs, some Egyptians have been blinded by the conspiracy theories and believe everyone is conspiring on Egypt. This goes into football too!!!. The people I really blame are the press that back up this idea. If you knew Arabic and read the headlines you would be shocked. " Salah does well despite the Brazilian conspiracy by Willian and Oscar". Egyptians are emotional people, going through tough times in many ways and Salah is one of the few bright things in Egypt currently. So you can imagine when you have football idiots feeding off the idiotic press.

Salah was in a better position than Eto, but no when will ever know if he was going to put in in the back of the net or in the stands. Willian should have passed to him, but the fact he didn't doesn't make it anything but just a bad decision. And it is not like Salah was taking great positions in this game either. I assure you, Egyptians are not racist at all ( the high majority anyways ), and this is just nothing but stupid behaviour. They just have VERY HIGH hopes in Salah and want him to succeed badly, but some of them show it in the wrong way.

I am another Egyptian who confirms and agrees on those words above .. and I'd like to add :

Like I said before .. many Egyptians support Chelsea just for the sake of Salah .. some don't know the name of Chelsea's stadium , never heard about the shed end or Zola , don't know who is our all time scorer , ........ etc

before Salah wore the blue shirt Chelsea fans were very rare in Egypt .. now alot watch the matches just to cheer for Salah .. even the pool , city , arsenal and united fans in Egypt wish for him to score or assist! they support the player not the team .. it's just since january that ppl started concentrating on Chelsea .. most are like immature semi fans right now .. give them time and eventually they will support the club for the sake of being blue not for a player ..

[The Chels 2,502]

Yes Mata is better than Willian when it comes to the final third, but did you see how many times he got muscled off the ball against Everton on Sunday when they pressed him?! I reckon he'd be pretty screwed against Atletico tomorrow — Willian is much better adapted to the physical side of the game.

[OneMoSalah 8,778]

I see Willian is a selfish with salah .. didnt pass to Salah despite good positioning Salah was in

I dont say tha because i'm Egyptian, but I think many many people have noticed that and that costed us a match and may be a title

Has to be the stupidest thing I've seen posted on here EVER.

Maybe cost us a title by not passing to Salah? Who says Salah would have scored, in fact I would have bet more on Eto'o scoring than Salah tbh.

[DDA 9,690]

I'm not quite sure what the fuck I have been reading in this thread for the last 10 minutes !!!!

Am I still on TalkChelsea.net!??!?!?!

[Jase 43,479]

Yes Mata is better than Willian when it comes to the final third, but did you see how many times he got muscled off the ball against Everton on Sunday when they pressed him?! I reckon he'd be pretty screwed against Atletico tomorrow — Willian is much better adapted to the physical side of the game.

That is not completely wrong but would have like to think that if Mata was still playing under Mourinho, he wouldn't be THAT weak to be musceld off the ball so easily. Would have gone through proper physical training to improve his body strength. It's staggering that since he went to United, you don't really see him putting that kind of same defensive effort that he did while he was still here (as he got better) at United. Goodness knows what Moyes does with him (and the team as a whole).

P.S It's also a bit funny that Mata now finds himself at a club where the manager gets huge pressure and facing the sack etc, again.

[The Chels 2,502]

Would have gone through proper physical training to improve his body strength. It's staggering that since he went to United, you don't really see him putting that kind of same defensive effort that he did while he was still here (as he got better) at United.

I guess if Mata was going to be in Jose's plans then he perhaps would have been told to do more physical training like Schurrle was. Instead I remember Mata saying that Mourinho hadn't spoken to him personally telling him what/where he needs to improve so Juan would probably not have specifically improved his body strength. Having said that, I don't remember him being muscled off the ball that easily when he was here.

[Henrique 9,133]

To be honest I don't even know what those people are talking about, probably just one of the random things that happened during the game, but somehow egypt fans are making it a big deal. Disgusting. I have to admit it makes a bit difficult to have more sympathy for Salah.

About his performance, I think its unbelievable how the british press love the mediocrity, saying William was one of the best on the pitch, or eve brilliant. In tactical terms he was perfect, playing more as a full back than a midfield or winger, but he was just okay, and the team as whole was just okay, I don't think we saw any kind of individual brilliant performance from both sides.

[BloodIsBlue 291]

To be honest I don't even know what those people are talking about, probably just one of the random things that happened during the game, but somehow egypt fans are making it a big deal. Disgusting. I have to admit it makes a bit difficult to have more sympathy for Salah.

It was a massive counter chance wasted while we were 1-1. Willian got caught in the thought of shooting, passing behind a defender to Eto'o or passing infront of the other defender to Salah. The right pass should have can much earlier to Salah. Eto'o is the striker however and Willian being right footed instinctually passed to the guy on his left. Easy for us to criticize from our seats or whatever when the defense isn't closing in around you.

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

Thought Willian worked his ass off today. Didn't offer much going forward but was inch perfect defending and got out on the break with pace. Next year he will have a massive year for sure.

[Special Juan 27,429]

We didn't offer much at all going forward but this guy put in a huge shift. His pace is absolutely electric.

[Shakez 755]

Alongside Hazard Mourinho's most trusted AM atm. Let's cash in that 30 million price tag next week Willi!

[Barbara 15,149]

Just after the match he told that Mourinho asked him to follow their FB and that he felt like he played as one (FB) and that he did as he was asked.

That's one of the great things about Willian. Whatever he's asked to do he'll give his blood doing it.

I'm sure once the system is more stable and we're better in some positions - especially the pivot being made of more physical, stronger and better passing players - Willian will have more freedom to be the player he can be.

I can't forget that Mourinho post-match interview before the Arsenal match I guess, where he admitted that the team wasn't ready for the system to work and he had to take a more defensive approach. He's sacrificing his AMs more than he'd like to. Yes, Oscar and Willian or Schurrle and Salah will always be asked to press and tackle (and the Brazilians are very good on that and it comes almost effortless to them, although it's demanding physically and can wear them down), but they won't be asked to sacrifice their attacking game so much. Oscar still needs to find a balance between both things, he can't do well on both at the same time it seems, but he has time.

But Willian is readier and once he puts his first season here behind him I think he's going to be a great player for us. He's very tactical, he's committed to whatever the managers asks and while he doesn't seem like a brilliant cookie off the pitch (not that I care), he's decently smart to play football as a creative AM.

He has the same commitment, diligence, resilience than Ramires (can't deny those things about Rami), but he isn't prone to losing his head and he's way more technical. I think we need more players with such profile or to develop those things (in the youngsters case). Mourinho demands that from his players which is why I don't see Rami, Luiz, Iva, Azpili, Willian among other ever leaving under Mourinho's management. Some of those guys have too many ups and downs in some aspects of their games, but they have just the right attitude. Willian has a higher ceiling - even if he's 25 already - than most of the rest as well as flair and technique. It only adds to his package and I'm sure we'll be all very proud of him next season.

And could we please let the price tag ever go? Does Bale play like a 100m player? No, because that's only Messi and Ronaldo (price tag), but you don't see Madrid fans saying it. He's playing well for them, he's stepping up when he needs, but he isn't playing as a 100m player. We could take a page or two from their book. Clubs decide price tags, the players don't tell how much they cost.