Cesc Fàbregas

[yuvala 2,167]

Honestly I thought he had a good game

[didierforever 7,349]

the worst chelsea player on the pitch AGAIN. or wait, technically not again cos iva beats him to it. now since there was no iva, cesc happily took what has always been his.

another game full of missed passes, useless in defence etc etc, as his is his norm. eden has been benched as he does not do the "job" and yet this moron keeps on playing.

as for posters saying that we need to change our system for him, i am sorry, BUT NO. the only player for whom we should be changing the way we play is hazard, not cesc. cesc is a CM, a CM who cant defend if his life depended on it. sorry, but no CM should be needing the support of other players to do his dirty work. as barbara mentioned, he cant change games on himself, then why would i want a defensive liability right in the middle of the pitch where the games are won or lost? he is not mata, he is not ozil, he is no where near the hazard we know. those are the players who can turn the match on its head. those are the kind of players who despite being liabilities, can still be the difference in a good way to the team they are playing for. the way villa were dominating us, was shameful and embarassing. honestly, i dont even get why people say cesc controls the "tempo". no he does not. there is a reason why someone as bad defensively as him is a CM and not a CAM. he cant hold the ball, he cant shield the ball, his decision making is slow, he is ponderous on the ball and more often than not, he loses possession when pressed. the only time he can "control the tempo" is when the team is a man or 2 down (arsenal). even the slightest inclination on pressure (newcastle, palace, soton) and he is SHITE. total and utter SHITE.

[CurlyHairLikeLuiz 1,625]

I actually thought Fabregas was okay yesterday tbh but that was probably more down to the fact that Villa were so bad rhan anything else. His pressing vulnerability will always be his achilles heel.

I saw Ramires run up to take a shot in the game and Fabregas took the ball at the last second and then lost it - sums him up tbh...

[BlueLion. 21,491]

I ripped the shit out of him for his first-half performance on Twitter, but the positional shift meant that in the second half, he was far better. Let's not jump to any conclusions, however; I'm fairly certain my local pub team could at least draw against Villa at the minute.

[the wes 7,212]

http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/chelseas-cesc-fabregas-looks-heavy-and-unrecognisable-says-exarsenal-star-emmanuel-petit-a3095591.html

Petit said fabregas looks heavy unrecognisable petit is a hypocrite he was unrecognisable and a tube when he played for chelsea

[LAM09 7,043]

Wasn't great against Kiev, but an improvement. He either needs to play behind the CF or stay on the bench.

[Lapo Blues 21]

fab is not so fab no more.

[Kieran. 6,317]

He's slowly but surely getting there IMO. Hopefully he breaks out today.

[DYC. 7,542]

http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/chelseas-cesc-fabregas-looks-heavy-and-unrecognisable-says-exarsenal-star-emmanuel-petit-a3095591.html

Petit said fabregas looks heavy unrecognisable petit is a hypocrite he was unrecognisable and a tube when he played for chelsea

I wonder what he means by heavy. He definitely isn't out of shape. That's not the problem. But maybe he means slow, especially in his footwork. That I would agree with. He aged quickly. He looks like an old man on the pitch.

[the wes 7,212]

I wonder what he means by heavy. He definitely isn't out of shape. That's not the problem. But maybe he means slow, especially in his footwork. That I would agree with. He aged quickly. He looks like an old man on the pitch.

maybe hes burnt out did fabregas not started his career at a young age??

[kellzfresh 7,229]

I hate him in the AM, I don't know why he doesn't just try to do more linkup passes with hazard like Mata did. He has the ability to play one two's as an intelligent player, the coach won't stop you from linking up play "pass and move"

[DYC. 7,542]

maybe hes burnt out did fabregas not started his career at a young age??

Yeah, that does happen. But then again, the likes of Messi, Ronaldo, Ibrahimovic, Lahm and many others started off young as well. I guess it depends on the player.

[the wes 7,212]

Yeah, that does happen. But then again, the likes of Messi, Ronaldo, Ibrahimovic, Lahm and many others started off young as well. I guess it depends on the player.

Cesc Fàbregas was 16 years, 177 days when he started his 1st team debut for arsenal

[DYC. 7,542]

Cesc Fàbregas was 16 years, 177 days when he started his 1st team debut for arsenal

True but he wasn't a starter until he was 18/19 I think. Correct me if I'm wrong.

And others played very, very early as well. I doubt everyone that started off early dropped off significantly (physically) at the age of 28. Some players played 15 to 20 years of first team football.

EDIT: I had to check. Wiki is admittedly a weak source but still. According to them, he's played 514 games at club level and 139 games for Spain at senior and youth level. I have to say, that's a lot.

[the wes 7,212]

EDIT: I had to check. Wiki is admittedly a weak source but still. According to them, he's played 514 games at club level and 139 games for Spain at senior and youth level. I have to say, that's a lot.

that's a lot of football for a 28 year old