Cesc Fàbregas

[michalcfc 69]

Coutnho 4 goals, 4 assists and he's in TOTY

Fabregas 3 goals, 17 assists - not in the TOTY

[Supermonkey92 1,428]

Coutnho 4 goals, 4 assists and he's in TOTY

Fabregas 3 goals, 17 assists - not in the TOTY

Coutinho's a mystery - it must have been the step-overs which did it.

As for cesc I'm not sure I would have felt right him being there next matic and Sanchez. For me cesc compliments the midfield, he doesn't own it, put his foot down and take control and I mean in the big games not a home game against a minnow. When we played well he was sexy, when we played bad he was a shadow, but hey against 70% of the league he'll have an impact and that wins you titles.

[Sheva. 5,373]

He and Aguero paid for lack of form at the start of the year. But only in PL can the top scorer and top creator not make TOTY

[ShpendZhubi 66]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1pBta9XWNg

[Blue Armour 4,275]

Question: Does he miss any games because of the yellow card he picked up today?

[OhForAGreavsie 5,890]

Question: Does he miss any games because of the yellow card he picked up today?

No he won't. A player needs to reach his 10th yellow by the second Sunday in April in order to suffer a suspension and Cesc only reached that number yesterday. The next checkpoint is 15 yellows by the end of the season.

[Billy. 2,742]

https://twitter.com/TalkOfTheBridge/status/592395385798303745

this song is class

[Ledg 638]

^ Another video:

https://www.facebook.com/SPORTbible/videos/1615216271957232/

[Blue Colored Sky 1,807]

He was poor again yesterday ...

He doesn't help us in that type of matches. He can be put out of the game quite easily, he can't press, can't resist pressing himself and as we're well into the second part of the season there was lots of misplaced passes.

So far we can consider this as a warning but we simply need another 2 quality midfielders so we can bench Fabregas who suffered in every big match and generally in second part of the season.

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

One of the great chants of this era.... Perfect.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5r0OXHL7jw&feature=youtu.be

[Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067]

About time he got a chant, but it was definitely worth the wait! Such a great chant

Think Eden Hazard also needs a better tune chant aswell...but thats just me.

[The Chels 2,502]

There is surely no elite level Premier League player who offers such an uneven contribution. With 16 minutes gone at the Emirates, Fàbregas played the pass of the game, looking up and lifting the ball 40 yards down the inside left channel into the path of Oscar. His shot was dinked just wide of the onrushing David Ospina, who flattened the Brazilian while somehow failing to concede a penalty kick.

Either side of that, Fàbregas was simply himself, a player of great, gossamer gifts, a half-speed craftsman, and a midfielder who manages to be both pilot and passenger on the same flight. With six minutes gone, he was bypassed for the first time in central midfield, Alexis Sánchez and Aaron Ramsey funnelling the ball forward down the flank with Fàbregas a whirling Dalek in their wake. Ten minutes later he was brushed aside not once but twice on Arsenal’s left flank, before finally misplacing a pass to huge gleeful boos. An in-and-out opening 20 minutes ended with a booking for diving in the area, Fàbregas hanging his leg out hopefully as he passed Santi Cazorla but ending up tumbling over thin air.

When something more assertive was needed at Stamford Bridge against Paris Saint-Germain, Chelsea’s midfield was instead outrun and outfought by a team down to 10 men away from home. Too often Fàbregas has been invisible since the new year, or bypassed completely when Chelsea play on the break. Eight minutes before half-time here, Willian, Eden Hazard and Ramires constructed a lovely thrust down the left that led to the Brazilian almost prodding the ball past Ospina. At the time Fàbregas was 40 yards away, chugging gamely upfield like a three-legged dog.

On this evidence it isn’t hard to see why Fàbregas’s peers didn’t vote him into the Professional Footballers’ Association’s team of the year. A midfielder who will only pass the ball on, who has no burst of speed to offer another option is always easier to play against. And so he has become a containable high-class player, a kind of footballing Stephen Hawking, the trundling mega‑brain in need of a supporting entourage to wheel him into place.

Ouch. There's more too: http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2015/apr/26/arsenal-cesc-fabregas-chelsea

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

I am still feeling there is sometimes an 'awkward' moments between Chelsea and Fabregas in his first season. The way he celebrate a goal, between want or holding back to kissed the badge, in the end kissing his shirt. Maybe in 2-3 years from now, he (and we) will get used to it.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

Ouch. There's more too: http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2015/apr/26/arsenal-cesc-fabregas-chelsea

I Just read the article.

And so he has become a containable high-class player, a kind of footballing Stephen Hawking, the trundling mega‑brain in need of a supporting entourage to wheel him into place.

Damn it's harsh...

[Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067]

Dayum! Some harsh truths in that bit there..

I think that's why JM has struggled in the big games, because he knows we need more 'steel' in the CM area, so he can push Cesc upwards, and his defensive contribution (or lack thereof) won't hurt us as much. I think it's clear JM wants another Luiz-Matic pairing (not another DM/CB but a more physical CM).

But nobody can deny his immense contributions to helping us unlock the defenses to the lower teams..and for that we were able to win the league.

[Jase 43,479]

Ouch. There's more too: http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2015/apr/26/arsenal-cesc-fabregas-chelsea

Isn't it a bit cheap for journalists to write such articles at a time like this? Would he have written that say in the first half of the season??

[Barbara 15,149]

yeah, let's put his every single mistake in 90 minutes of football under the microscope so maybe we could be convinced he didn't change our style completely and only when his own form dropped we looked so lost and uninspired. In the same breath let's all agree Coutinho has done much more than Fabregas and has way less deficiencies in his games (assisting seems one of them)... the things those journalists write.

He played better some recent matches, but still not to the level of the first half of the season. His level dropped considerably, it's undeniable. It's also undeniable he led us for months in the competition we're about to be crowded champions. He has his shortcomings, but the improvement and quality his bring is much bigger and makes up for it. Bitter people are just that, bitter.

[Bir_CFC 3,455]

The objective has been cleared explained by Jose. And it's to play a proactive passing fluent football, which we were in the beginning of the season. And in that system, which Jose wants, Cesc shines. Now if we're going to play reactive counter attacking, he isn't the best option. As witnessed by his drop in performances.

Yeah he might be fitting in RIGHT NOW but the objective is not to play this way all the time.

Jose is still building this team. We've played good football for longer periods than last season and I expect it to increase next season and so on.