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Absolutely abysmal "performance". Fabregas is fast becoming a liability these days. On another day, could have cost us the 3 points. Truth is we can't even bench him right now if we wanted to. Alternatives are Ramires and Mikel. Please Roman, bid for Witsel! Why are we wasting time bidding insane money for the overhyped Pogba when we can get Witsel or someone like that for less?

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Absolutely abysmal "performance". Fabregas is fast becoming a liability these days. On another day, could have cost us the 3 points. Truth is we can't even bench him right now if we wanted to. Alternatives are Ramires and Mikel. Please Roman, bid for Witsel! Why are we wasting time bidding insane money for the overhyped Pogba when we can get Witsel or someone like that for less?

Whats with the Witsel hype? He is average player, a safe player ala Mikel. Long are gone his days from Benfica. Joao Moutinho on other hand...

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It seems there is no motivation left in him this season ... he wanted to win the PL which is achieved, wanted to show that he can still be part of winning side which is done.

To up his game at the CM position he will need to up his game... which means putting in defensive efforts & that cant see him doing ... No10 not sure, he not able to dicate play, he will need to really step up ...

Jose need to show him some carrot for which he can fight for else he will soon become a liability for us.

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Whats with the Witsel hype? He is average player, a safe player ala Mikel. Long are gone his days from Benfica. Joao Moutinho on other hand...

There are no easy players in the market to replace Fabregas. You can either go for a strong CM and lose creativity or you can go for a creative player and lose dominance. And all of them are going to cost a lot. What Chelsea needs is Fabregas to get back on form. Even off form he made that two passes to Costa, one was a goal and the other was a near goal. He is that effective. You are just not going to find another player in the market readily available and with that kind of ability.

Also, note that he looks worse in off form than other players because he is constantly making risky passes behind the defense. He is anticipating runs and putting the ball there, so when the run doesn't happen or the ball doesn't have precision, it goes nowhere. If Chelsea is to win the league he needs to be back on top of his game

One way to really transition during his bad form phase could be to play 4-3-3. With straight up Matic-Mikel-Fab midfield. Willian can be sacrificed without losing much

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There are no easy players in the market to replace Fabregas. You can either go for a strong CM and lose creativity or you can go for a creative player and lose dominance. And all of them are going to cost a lot. What Chelsea needs is Fabregas to get back on form. Even off form he made that two passes to Costa, one was a goal and the other was a near goal. He is that effective. You are just not going to find another player in the market readily available and with that kind of ability.

Also, note that he looks worse in off form than other players because he is constantly making risky passes behind the defense. He is anticipating runs and putting the ball there, so when the run doesn't happen or the ball doesn't have precision, it goes nowhere. If Chelsea is to win the league he needs to be back on top of his game

One way to really transition during his bad form phase could be to play 4-3-3. With straight up Matic-Mikel-Fab midfield. Willian can be sacrificed without losing much

Thats exactly why I pointed out Moutinho if Pogba wont be available.

There are deep playmakers who are also absolute workhorses. Cesc isnt. But Modric, Verratti, Moutinho, Koke etc on the other hand are. While Moutinho is not tall, he is twice the player off the ball, he tracks back. You dont need typical DM for that. Matic having Moutinho next instead of Cesc will be revelation.

And Moutinho would do exactly what Cesc is doing (albeit slightly less creative) plus being alot better in defense. Perfect to make Cesc work harder to get back in form.

That said, I just dont see Cesc being our longterm midfielder. I just dont see it. His defensive flaws are too big. Unless we buy Pogba or someone similar and play 4:3:3. But in double pivot (terrible defending) or as #10 (cant hold ball under pressure), I dont see Cesc perform in big games. It has nothing to do with his current form tho. I have been saying that last season when he was making assist nearly every game.

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He's missing that hunger in his game. Way too comfortable atm.

It's almost as if he's become satisfied after winning the Premier League last season.

He's the Mata of CM but Mourinho, funnily, is turning a blind eye on that. If he's going to get away with not doing anything at all defensively, then he needs to really contribute more going forward. Can't have a player who's doing nothing in the starting XI.

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Thats exactly why I pointed out Moutinho if Pogba wont be available.

There are deep playmakers who are also absolute workhorses. Cesc isnt. But Modric, Verratti, Moutinho, Koke etc on the other hand are. While Moutinho is not tall, he is twice the player off the ball, he tracks back. You dont need typical DM for that. Matic having Moutinho next instead of Cesc will be revelation.

And Moutinho would do exactly what Cesc is doing (albeit slightly less creative) plus being alot better in defense. Perfect to make Cesc work harder to get back in form.

That said, I just dont see Cesc being our longterm midfielder. I just dont see it. His defensive flaws are too big. Unless we buy Pogba or someone similar and play 4:3:3. But in double pivot (terrible defending) or as #10 (cant hold ball under pressure), I dont see Cesc perform in big games. It has nothing to do with his current form tho. I have been saying that last season when he was making assist nearly every game.

I do see a long term place for Cesc in Chelsea. Juventus has been pretty successful by fielding a team to cover for Pirlo's limitation. Chelsea is going to buy a big name midfielder, if not this year, but for sure next year. Who knows, Mourinho may switch to 4-3-3. in big games

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I do see a long term place for Cesc in Chelsea. Juventus has been pretty successful by fielding a team to cover for Pirlo's limitation. Chelsea is going to buy a big name midfielder, if not this year, but for sure next year. Who knows, Mourinho may switch to 4-3-3. in big games

Yeah both Pirlo and Cesc have their weaknesses that maybe can be covered. But the difference is in their qualities; Pirlo shows them in big games, Cesc doesnt.

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