BlueLion. 21,491 Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Since José went, he's been the best CM in European football. Gilvorak, sriddellx and Muzchap 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 His use of the ball is just absolute magical when he's in this form. Muzchap and sriddellx 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pHaRaOn 2,131 Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 1 hour ago, BlueLion said: Since José went, he's been the best CM in European football. He was pretty good in a few games before Jose was sacked. He created some great chances, like one for Diego Costa against Stoke, but Costa has missed. BlueLion. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MefiX19 1,092 Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 I really like what i see in recent games, he creates chances, make's good passes and even makes tackles, yes Cesc Fabregas can defend!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bababoom 4,478 Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 He makes us play, simple as that. In an attacking sense he's probably our most important player, it's not just his range of passing but how fast he sees things, brilliant player. communicate, Eidur the Spider and Barbara 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pHaRaOn 2,131 Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 39 minutes ago, MefiX19 said: I really like what i see in recent games, he creates chances, make's good passes and even makes tackles, yes Cesc Fabregas can defend!!!! It's only a stats, but Cesc is a our best tackler this PL season: 1. Fabregas: 130 tackles (tackle every 14.62 minutes). 2. Matic: 118 tackles (every 15.32 minutes) 3. Azpilicueta: 118 tackles (every 19.97 minutes) 4. Oscar: 79 tackles (every 16.46 minutes) the wes, Blue Armour, Gilvorak and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the wes 7,212 Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 2 minutes ago, pHaRaOn said: It's only a stats, but Cesc is a our best tackler this PL season: 1. Fabregas: 130 tackles (tackle every 14.62 minutes). 2. Matic: 118 tackles (every 15.32 minutes) 3. Azpilicueta: 118 tackles (every 19.97 minutes) 4. Oscar: 79 tackles (every 16.46 minutes) it just shows ya how bad matic has been this season Muzchap and kellzfresh 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellzfresh 7,229 Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 17 minutes ago, the wes said: it just shows ya how bad matic has been this season That stat looks so bad for Matic, I can't even.... Muzchap 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the wes 7,212 Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 15 minutes ago, kellzfresh said: That stat looks so bad for Matic, I can't even.... its hard to understand why hes been so poor after an amazing season last season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlyHairLikeLuiz 1,625 Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Knew to keep faith with him. Costa and Traore up top would be amazing - especially for him! Â sriddellx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manpe 10,861 Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Such resurgence (not just Fabregas) just reinforces the point that Mourinho took away our creative players' desire. We were so static under him it seemed like the players were scared to leave their positions, options were very limited, but now we are more and more all over the place in a good way (at least in attack) and this improvement in movement is imo one of the reasons why Cesc has found his form again - he has more in front of him, more fluid and expansive movement inspires to create. I was a strong critic of his before, but I'm happy for him now. It's always good to see struggling players rejuvenate, not least because it also rejuvenates the team. Now please may it be Nemanja's turn so that we can go a level further? This is Mikel's peak, but Matic's peak is a whole different story. Miguelito, Muzchap, Stats and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando 6,585 Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 31 minutes ago, manpe said: Such resurgence (not just Fabregas) just reinforces the point that Mourinho took away our creative players' desire. We were so static under him it seemed like the players were scared to leave their positions, options were very limited, but now we are more and more all over the place in a good way (at least in attack) and this improvement in movement is imo one of the reasons why Cesc has found his form again - he has more in front of him, more fluid and expansive movement inspires to create. I was a strong critic of his before, but I'm happy for him now. It's always good to see struggling players rejuvenate, not least because it also rejuvenates the team. Now please may it be Nemanja's turn so that we can go a level further? This is Mikel's peak, but Matic's peak is a whole different story.  lol I remember when under AVB there came a quote that a player said he felt like a robot by all those orders from AVB. I guess AVB learned from the best. Muzchap 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unionjack 7,531 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 I absolutely love the lad and think hes one of the most important players we got. And its looked more obvious IMHO we need that 3 man midfield. Cescy getting more room gives him that time to control our moves. His defendings come on as well. Â Â Beigl 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando 6,585 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Think Fabregas will be the Pirlo for Conte. Obviously not as good as Pirlo, but good enough to do some sort of damage. Just need better CM to give him more cover. And no I don't like Fabregas up in advance role. I like it when he retreats to get the ball and start play from there. kellzfresh, sLOVEnian Blue and The Skipper 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Skipper 20,609 Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 18 minutes ago, Fernando said: Think Fabregas will be the Pirlo for Conte. Obviously not as good as Pirlo, but good enough to do some sort of damage. Just need better CM to give him more cover. And no I don't like Fabregas up in advance role. I like it when he retreats to get the ball and start play from there. Fabregas could actually end up becoming a very very important player if we do end up with Conte. As you said though, it's vital that we get a great B2B midfielder next to him and Matic for it to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelseafan26 293 Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 4 hours ago, The Skipper said: Fabregas could actually end up becoming a very very important player if we do end up with Conte. As you said though, it's vital that we get a great B2B midfielder next to him and Matic for it to work. Radja or Kante? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid Angel 2,130 Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 I just don't see how Matic can be of any use for Conte. Given that he'll mainly use the 3-5-2, Fabregas will be playing in the Regista role. Matic is too immobile and poor on the ball to play in any position other than a pure cdm. If He is going to be play the Pirlo role, he's going to need power and energetic midfielders who also have a decent of bit of quality in them going forward playing in front of him, just like Pirlo did with Marchisio and Vidal or Pogba. He'll also need two complete and energetic full-backs on either side. Not only that, we already to know teams are going to man mark him therefore he will need ball-playing centre-backs playing behind him to carry the ball out. This is surely the end of Ivanovic, Terry, and Cahill. Styles and kellzfresh 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Skipper 20,609 Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 8 hours ago, Hybrid Angel said: I just don't see how Matic can be of any use for Conte. Given that he'll mainly use the 3-5-2, Fabregas will be playing in the Regista role. Matic is too immobile and poor on the ball to play in any position other than a pure cdm. If He is going to be play the Pirlo role, he's going to need power and energetic midfielders who also have a decent of bit of quality in them going forward playing in front of him, just like Pirlo did with Marchisio and Vidal or Pogba. He'll also need two complete and energetic full-backs on either side. Not only that, we already to know teams are going to man mark him therefore he will need ball-playing centre-backs playing behind him to carry the ball out. This is surely the end of Ivanovic, Terry, and Cahill. I disagree on him definitely playing 3-5-2. He doesn't force tactics on players. Based on history, he finds the best tactics for the talent he has. Stats 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwi1691 255 Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 20 hours ago, Hybrid Angel said:  Given that he'll mainly use the 3-5-2, No he won't, he only played 352 because it was the best formation for the players he had at Juventus. It has been said many times his prefered formation is 424 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAM09 7,056 Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 He really is making our team tick once again. Massive turnaround since the turn of the year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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