Cesc Fàbregas

[Despiadado.Maleante 1,046]

Immobile as shit but starting to get into form. Oscar is crucial to his game play. Played some great passes today.

[Pacquiao 1,834]

brilliant again, looks like he is getting back to his best.

[bababoom 4,478]

Brilliant today, arguably our best player.

[CurlyHairLikeLuiz 1,625]

He was fantastically today, from my view at MHL he looked much more comfortable on the ball than he used to, made quite a few dribbles and intercepted quite a few balls.

[Blue Colored Sky 1,807]

Though I think he's gaining some form now.

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,911]

I can't believe this guy...

[didierforever 7,349]

brilliant again?

"controlled the mid" did he?

any pressure and he loses the ball and people were going gung ho about him "controlling the mid" against 9 men.

i honestly dont know how shit he needs to get to be dropped. hopeless.

[Stats 7,046]

Ironically he improved in the second half after Oscar went off.

[kdot 58]

Poor but he really improved toward the end of the game. That one ball he delivered was ridiculous.

[Jase 43,479]

Will just post this tweet from Choo Choo...

[Billy. 2,742]

Sell him, he won his medal now he dont give a shit

[didierforever 7,349]

Sell him, he won his medal now he dont give a shit

but who will "control the midfield" against 9 men then? :lol:

[Jase 43,479]

Ironically he improved in the second half after Oscar went off.

That's probably because he was tasked to sit back and play passes forward from deep. Ask him to get forward and play attacking passes, he will turn into a pussy, just like in the first half or his spineless defending for Newcastle's second goal.

[Billy. 2,742]

but who will "control the midfield" against 9 men then? :lol:

RLC, Rami, Mikel, fuck it Blackman could do a job

[didierforever 7,349]

if only. if only we had bought rakitic instead of him. i said it at that time and i will continue saying this.

what actually baffles me is the fact that he is probably the most un-jose-like CM that could possibly exist in the world. shit in defence. shit attitude. no balls. compare it to some of the midfielders mourinho had. i mean why this guy?

[didierforever 7,349]

RLC, Rami, Mikel, fuck it Blackman could do a job

outrageous.

cesc is the only one who could have played the way he did against 9 men. you know nothing, billy!!!!

[Jase 43,479]

if only. if only we had bought rakitic instead of him. i said it at that time and i will continue saying this.

what actually baffles me is the fact that he is probably the most un-jose-like CM that could possibly exist in the world. shit is defence. shit attitude. no balls. compare it to some of the midfielders mourinho had. i mean why this guy?

He's basically the CM version of Mata. Mourinho tossed him aside but has been persisting with Fabregas. Go figure.

On the other hand, one should ask Mourinho - has he even utilized Fabregas correctly? He worked brilliantly in the pivot last season but as we can see, he's now a major defensive liability playing in that area. So why hasn't JM tried something different, like play the 4-3-3 for example? That way, we'll be less exposed defensively and it allows Fabregas to concentrate on attacking rather than having to focus on both attacking and defending. He will also have another player in midfield to help him and Matic.

[Clockwork 1,794]

Ironically he improved in the second half after Oscar went off.

It was more Newcastle tbh, when they scored 2 they pretty much shut it down and parked the bus. Gave Cesc all the time in the world on the ball.