Cesc Fàbregas

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Fuck me there are some absolute shitcunts on this forum, I need to log out before I ban someone.

[Daniel1980 1,425]

It's impossible to make any excuses for Fabregas after that perfomance. It's not only he was anonymous, but he was incredibly poor in possession as well. And the corner to Drogba, after many failed attempts, wasn't anything special. It was Drogba who had a great header. I expect more than just a single decent corner for 90 mins from him. He's 27 and supposed to be one of the more mature players out there.

He was anonymous for most of the game due to him being heavily marked, but it opened up spaces for others. He could have definitely done better, but I'm against calling a "bottler" on the basis of one sub-par game. Everyone can have an off-day, especially when you play a striker he has no chemistry with.

It's bloody amazing how quickly people are scapegoating him and calling him a bottler.

You're only as good as your last game and all that.

[Stats 7,140]

He was a bottler at Arsenal, Barca.. is he going to continue the trend over here. Everton, City and now United, all the big PL games thus far and he's gone missing.

We've always had players with the right mentality, Cesc never had it.

At Arsenal he had many games where he performed in the big games. Us for a a start. The game they beat us 3-1. He scored and assisted 2 IIRC. Few seasons back as well he changed the game at OT when he assisted Adebayor for the winner in the last minute. He had many games for Arsenal where he performed in big games. Barcelona was the only team you can say he was not really effective in. Everton is harsh to say he bottled it. Yes, he had lapses of concentration but he made couple excellent passesm one of them being for Diego Costa's goal.

THIAGO ALCANTARA LUKA MODRIC

Stop your rubbish. You are starting to piss people off with your constant bullshit. If you aren't going to post anything sensible just don't bother.

[Vybz Kartel 1,613]

people being unfair on fab, willian was worse than him for starters

[Styles 9,790]

Woeful today. He's 27 and surely he should be able to put up better than that display.Playing him without additional defensive cover in away games is asking for trouble. He is not a midfield controller, more a flat track bully.

Even though I think that's quite harsh it isn't too far from the truth. However, we're top of the table due to his ability to punish the lesser teams - something we didn't have last season.

We missed Ramires' running and energy more than ever today in my opinion.

[Nike 373]

You kids look at stats too much. Modric dominated both liverpool and barca.

Cesc was sold by barca, thiago left. .. huge difference.

[MrBlueGuy 1,552]

Fabregas is not a big game player, he is a great player who can DOMINATE AGAINST SMALLER TEAMS though. Nothing wrong with that, in fact he was brought in to do that as we struggled against small teams last season. If he was that complete midfielder Barca wouldn't have sold him in the 1st place. He is still one of the best midfield in BPL, just that he isn't up to it in big games for some reason. It was the same at Arsenal and Barca, no idea why anyone can debate against that.

It is a negative though and anything negative against one of our best player= abuse immediately

[Styles 9,790]

Fabregas is not a big game player, he is a great player who can DOMINATE AGAINST SMALLER TEAMS though. Nothing wrong with that, in fact he was brought in to do that as we struggled against small teams last season. If he was that complete midfielder Barca wouldn't have sold him in the 1st place. He is still one of the best midfield in BPL, just that he isn't up to it in big games for some reason. It was the same at Arsenal and Barca, no idea why anyone can debate against that.

It is a negative though and anything negative against one of our best player= abuse immediately

Lack of mobility and he's being asked to cover too much ground in a 2-man midfield.

[MrBlueGuy 1,552]

Lack of mobility and he's being asked to cover too much ground in a 2-man midfield.

Yep imo he isn't exactly that much better than Mata or fitter at tracking back. What he is though is FAR SUPERIOR going forward and he is more intelligent imo.

[Stats 7,140]

You kids look at stats too much. Modric dominated both liverpool and barca.

Cesc was sold by barca, thiago left. .. huge difference.

Who gives a fuck? Fabregas bar couple games or so has been an excellent addition to our team. There is a reason why we have scored more goals and we find ourselves top of the league. You do realise that Fabregas in his Arsenal days controlled Liverpool many times right. WOW. Big deal.

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

Fabregas was incredibly poor in this game but please let's not take it too far. He's had a big part to play in our impressive season so far, don't turn this into an attack on the player.

[Styles 9,790]

Yep imo he isn't exactly that much better than Mata or fitter at tracking back. What he is though is FAR SUPERIOR going forward and he is more intelligent imo.

He isn't really, perhaps just a little bit if anything. He is a better player though so is definitely an upgrade.

[edetarod 2,155]

as long as he keeps doing the business against the small teams, i'm fine

[Nike 373]

Who gives a fuck? Fabregas bar couple games or so has been an excellent addition to our team. There is a reason why we have scored more goals and we find ourselves top of the league. You do realise that Fabregas in his Arsenal days controlled Liverpool many times right. WOW. Big deal.

Don't cry mr stat man. Just smoke some ganja.

[Stats 7,140]

LOL like seriously the way some fans change reactions on a player based on one game is utterly ridiculous. If he had consecutive games where he was below-par then it would be understandable but like any normal human being, he has his bad days. Today was one of them even though he recorded an assist. He has been nothing but a revelation to his team and has turned us into genuine title contenders. Messi was poor on Saturday but judging by some of the knee-jerkers on here, that will probably mean he can't perform in big games

Total clowns, some people.