Nike 373 Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Modric and Cesc are equals in my opinion. Cesc is definitely better than Thiago Alcantara.Mata also WAS better than Silva when at his best for us.Modric and Cesc arent equal...Modric can handle the press, can press and is effective defensively even though he has a small stature. Mata was never better than Silva. Mata score more goals and got more assists, but everyone in Spain new that Silva was always better than Mata. Silva, like Modric can handle man marking/pressing, while both mata and cesc have superior stats to both, but cant handle it. Its funny, Pep was cesc idol growing up, yet Pep never made any bid for Cesc, yet Thiago was always the number 1 player Pep wanted at Munich. Says a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper22 2,418 Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Modric and Cesc arent equal...Modric can handle the press, can press and is effective defensively even though he has a small stature. Mata was never better than Silva. Mata score more goals and got more assists, but everyone in Spain new that Silva was always better than Mata. Silva, like Modric can handle man marking/pressing, while both mata and cesc have superior stats to both, but cant handle it. Its funny, Pep was cesc idol growing up, yet Pep never made any bid for Cesc, yet Thiago was always the number 1 player Pep wanted at Munich. Says a lot.I'm begging you, please, just stop with the Thiago brown nosing. Despiadado.Maleante, jeronimo, iseah100 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmax 9,219 Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Modric has been the better player over the last 18 months or so. I think that has to be acknowledged. Regardless, Cesc fits us like a glove and the difference is not big to begin with.What does Guardiola signing or not signing anyone have to do with anything, though? He told Eto'o to fuck off and the latter immediately won the treble. With Zlatan, he couldn't deal with one of the most outstanding players in 21st century European football. You're going down a dangerous route if you start judging players by who they were wanted or not wanted by. And Thiago, really? First let him do something in the mickey mouse bundesliga, then we'll talk. TheOneChan95, Amblève. and Barbara 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! Atlas Lion 1,223 Posted November 3, 2014 Popular Post! Share Posted November 3, 2014 Its funny, Pep was cesc idol growing up, yet Pep never made any bid for Cesc, yet Thiago was always the number 1 player Pep wanted at Munich. Says a lot.Are you mentally ill? Signing Cesc was Pep and Rosell's biggest prizet/wishlist for going on 2 seasons prior and after the 2010 World cup. He even bloody assigned him the #4 kit out of respect for him, even after the cringeworthy 'Barca DNA' bollocks. Stats, jeronimo, The Skipper and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stats 7,146 Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Are you mentally ill? Signing Cesc was Pep and Rosell's biggest prizet/wishlist for going on 2 seasons prior and after the 2010 World cup. He even bloody assigned him the #4 kit out of respect for him, even after the cringeworthy 'Barca DNA' bollocks. His head is so up Thiago's arse that he cannot see that Barca tried to get Fabregas for 2-3 seasons running. Fabregas committed himself to Arsenal for at least another season and it was inevitabe that he would end up at Barca. Barcelona made so much effort to get back Fabregas. Sometimes Nike just comes out with pure rubbish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanishBlue 426 Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Thiago hasn't done anything yet on the big scene. He has to prove something first and stop being injured. Glass legs. nyikolajevics 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! jmarlow 458 Posted November 5, 2014 Popular Post! Share Posted November 5, 2014 dUMB, Viper22, Madmax and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stats 7,146 Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 Wait for Nike to say "You can the difference between Modric and Fabregas. Modric yesterday dominated Liverpool. Like I was saying when under pressure, Fabregas is not comfortable in possession like Modric and Thiago are. This is why Fabregas was not wanted at Barca as he waste possession too much. Mourinho will soon realise that playing Fabregas against teams who don't give you time on the ball will not work".That being said he was poor tonight. iseah100, Nike and MrExcalibur100 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nike 373 Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 Wait for Nike to say "You can the difference between Modric and Fabregas. Modric yesterday dominated Liverpool. Like I was saying when under pressure, Fabregas is not comfortable in possession like Modric and Thiago are. This is why Fabregas was not wanted at Barca as he waste possession too much. Mourinho will soon realise that playing Fabregas against teams who don't give you time on the ball will not work".That being said he was poor tonight.what he said...But I only watched the second half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisenberg 1,824 Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 How can you find him "poor" tonight ? I found him rather great, doing his job at a position very difficult to play in, against an opposition that made it hard for us, especially mentally, we were sloppy in everything until their goal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stats 7,146 Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 How can you find him "poor" tonight ? I found him rather great, doing his job at a position very difficult to play in, against an opposition that made it hard for us, especially mentally, we were sloppy in everything until their goal.He lost the ball several times. Especially in first half. Was physically poor as well. Second half a bit better and he made a few good long range passes but general performance below par. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilvorak 3,734 Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 He was average today but he still should have gotten a game winning assist if the linesman didn't incorrectly flag him offside. Viper22, Barbara, xPetrCechx and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vybz Kartel 1,613 Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 He needs a rest, its good that we have the international break coming up because he looks knacked already Bir_CFC and chelseafc9010 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisenberg 1,824 Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 He lost the ball several times. Especially in first half. Was physically poor as well. Second half a bit better and he made a few good long range passes but general performance below par.You cant expect from him to play two times a week and produce the same performances everytime, he still had an assist tonight tough, wrongly disallowed goal.Where was Schurrle, Willian in the first half to help him in midfield ? Even Matic wasnt playing at his level, until the Maribor goal, all the team was bad, I think Cesc was the only one who still produced key passes in the opposition half, with Eden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrExcalibur100 7,124 Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 He was a passenger the whole game with and without the ball. He tired badly towards the end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAM09 7,056 Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 Tonight was by far his worse performance in a Chelsea shirt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAM09 7,056 Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 Tonight was by far his worse performance in a Chelsea shirt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrExcalibur100 7,124 Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 Tonight was by far his worse performance in a Chelsea shirt.Man United, he was arguably poorer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stats 7,146 Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 You cant expect from him to play two times a week and produce the same performances everytime, he still had an assist tonight tough, wrongly disallowed goal.Where was Schurrle, Willian in the first half to help him in midfield ? Even Matic wasnt playing at his level, until the Maribor goal, all the team was bad, I think Cesc was the only one who still produced key passes in the opposition half, with Eden.We played on Saturday. 4 days to prepare for this game. That is not a good enough excuse. Especially considering Maribor are much inferior opponents. Yes the majority of the team were below-par except Hazard who was a threat all game long. I agree that he made some key passes but for his standards his performance was below-par. Espeically considering he was outmuscled and dispossessed quite a few times. But yes, generally there was not enough bite in the team tonight.It is just amazing to reflect once again that people think you can completely disregard these type of games and leave out 3+ key players. This the Champions League we are talking about. The Chels, Heisenberg and Bir_CFC 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAM09 7,056 Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 Man United, he was arguably poorer.Possibly, but he was almost invisible tonight, IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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