Juan Cuadrado

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

50-50 people who write him off already and whom think he will be a hit. Remind me of Willian signing.

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

Chelsea new boy Juan Cuadrado settling into London life with Arsenal keeper David Ospina's help (despite the club rivalry!)

• Chelsea's Juan Cuadrado took to Instagram to thank Arsenal's David Ospina for helping his settle into London life following his £27million move
• The winger could feature on Saturday against struggling Aston Villa

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2940942/Chelsea-new-boy-Juan-Cuadrado-settling-London-life-help-Arsenal-s-David-Ospina-despite-club-rivalry.html

[Henrique 9,133]

Uh-oh.

Henrique is making yet another baseless prediction, we all know what that means...

I predicted players like Kakuta, Xurli, Salah, Lukaku, Torres and KDB would never make it here.

[Henrique 9,133]

Please enlighten us and guide us to the only truth, oh omniscient one!

I understand your frustration mate. Its not easy when our favorite player leave the club.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

I understand your frustration mate. Its not easy when our favorite player leave the club.

JT is gone?! Damn! I did not see that one coming!

Funny thing, I honestly still don't know what your opinion about Cuadrado is, but I do find your usual blind condescending attitude entertaining

[Bir_CFC 3,455]

Like many here I hadn't really watched him play carefully before. And it's hard to trust people in this forum considering most just look at youtube and/or whoscored and form an opinion.

So instead, I downloaded full matches of Colombia during the world cup and watched them with my eyes solely focused on Cuadrado.

Here's what I think of him:

1. Dribbling - easily the 2nd best dribbler in our team now after Hazard, he can definitely beat a man or more. His dribbling style differs from Hazard as he relies on his quick first dribble, body feints, change of direction and then pace to get by his man. He utilizes a lot of feints when on the ball to get the defender off balance and if successful, utilizes his pace to just blow by them.
2. Pace - lots of pace, and he knows how to use it.
3. Close ball control - better than Schurrle, but not as good as Hazard or Willian. I'd say similar to Oscar, maybe slightly worse. His close ball control in tight spaces is a bit hit and miss, some come off, but he tends to lose possession often due to difficulty keeping the ball under pressure.
4. Passing - his general short passing is nothing special, whenever he gets the ball, his first thought is to take on his man and if he's not confident of getting by him, just a safe pass back or sideways (Hazard does this a lot too)
5. Crossing - good crosser, has great shape on his crosses, reminds me of Filipe's crosses similar how he whips em in
6. Corners/Set-pieces - he's got great corners and set-piece delivery, not as good as Cesc, but definitely better than Willian.
7. Free-kicks - has a very powerful shot, I see him take over the similar types of free-kicks Andre took at times, long distance straight on.
8. Vision - i don't feel comfortable judging this yet, I haven't watched enough to say good or bad here
9. Off-ball movement - good movement, looks to play 1-2s often and is a willing runner on the flanks, doesn't get into the box as much as Oscar or Schurrle but definitely more than Willian
10. Strength - not very strong, goes down too easily for the PL. He gets fouled a lot, but he's going to suffer like Hazard where he'll get those calls in Europe but not in the PL. He'll lose a lot of possession where he'll get slightly fouled, he'll go down and get no call. He'll need to get stronger and stay on his feet cause I see this as his biggest weakness. Hazard, Willian know how to ride a challenge and keep going, Cuadrado isn't on that level. He'll need to learn how to ride challenges and keep going.
11. Shooting - powerful shot, that's all I'm comfortable with right now. Haven't seen enough to say good or bad.
12. Defending - he's very much willing to track his man all the back but he isn't the best 1 on 1 defender, so unlike Willian he'll need Ivan to stay home for cover. But then again, if he's facing fullbacks more often, his main job would be to stop the cross, which he is good at. Overall, much better than Schurrle but not even on the same planet as Willian (no other AM is really).

If there's something I missed, let me know and I can speak to it as well.

Overall, definitely an upgrade on Schurrle imo. Very direct, much more than anyone else in the team. His first thought is always to beat him man and just run into the box to take a shot or get an assist. When he's on, he'll be very dangerous against everyone. We just need to get him 1 on 1 as much as possible because under pressure he is very much prone to losing the ball.

[manpe 10,861]

Like many here I hadn't really watched him play carefully before. And it's hard to trust people in this forum considering most just look at youtube and/or whoscored and form an opinion.

So instead, I downloaded full matches of Colombia during the world cup and watched them with my eyes solely focused on Cuadrado.

Here's what I think of him:

1. Dribbling - easily the 2nd best dribbler in our team now after Hazard, he can definitely beat a man or more. His dribbling style differs from Hazard as he relies on his quick first dribble, body feints, change of direction and then pace to get by his man. He utilizes a lot of feints when on the ball to get the defender off balance and if successful, utilizes his pace to just blow by them.
2. Pace - lots of pace, and he knows how to use it.
3. Close ball control - better than Schurrle, but not as good as Hazard or Willian. I'd say similar to Oscar, maybe slightly worse. His close ball control in tight spaces is a bit hit and miss, some come off, but he tends to lose possession often due to difficulty keeping the ball under pressure.
4. Passing - his general short passing is nothing special, whenever he gets the ball, his first thought is to take on his man and if he's not confident of getting by him, just a safe pass back or sideways (Hazard does this a lot too)
5. Crossing - good crosser, has great shape on his crosses, reminds me of Filipe's crosses similar how he whips em in
6. Corners/Set-pieces - he's got great corners and set-piece delivery, not as good as Cesc, but definitely better than Willian.
7. Free-kicks - has a very powerful shot, I see him take over the similar types of free-kicks Andre took at times, long distance straight on.
8. Vision - i don't feel comfortable judging this yet, I haven't watched enough to say good or bad here
9. Off-ball movement - good movement, looks to play 1-2s often and is a willing runner on the flanks, doesn't get into the box as much as Oscar or Schurrle but definitely more than Willian
10. Strength - not very strong, goes down too easily for the PL. He gets fouled a lot, but he's going to suffer like Hazard where he'll get those calls in Europe but not in the PL. He'll lose a lot of possession where he'll get slightly fouled, he'll go down and get no call. He'll need to get stronger and stay on his feet cause I see this as his biggest weakness. Hazard, Willian know how to ride a challenge and keep going, Cuadrado isn't on that level. He'll need to learn how to ride challenges and keep going.
11. Shooting - powerful shot, that's all I'm comfortable with right now. Haven't seen enough to say good or bad.
12. Defending - he's very much willing to track his man all the back but he isn't the best 1 on 1 defender, so unlike Willian he'll need Ivan to stay home for cover. But then again, if he's facing fullbacks more often, his main job would be to stop the cross, which he is good at. Overall, much better than Schurrle but not even on the same planet as Willian (no other AM is really).

If there's something I missed, let me know and I can speak to it as well.

Overall, definitely an upgrade on Schurrle imo. Very direct, much more than anyone else in the team. His first thought is always to beat him man and just run into the box to take a shot or get an assist. When he's on, he'll be very dangerous against everyone. We just need to get him 1 on 1 as much as possible because under pressure he is very much prone to losing the ball.

TalkChelsea official scout.

[WNDS 502]

Like many here I hadn't really watched him play carefully before. And it's hard to trust people in this forum considering most just look at youtube and/or whoscored and form an opinion.

So instead, I downloaded full matches of Colombia during the world cup and watched them with my eyes solely focused on Cuadrado.

Here's what I think of him:

1. Dribbling - easily the 2nd best dribbler in our team now after Hazard, he can definitely beat a man or more. His dribbling style differs from Hazard as he relies on his quick first dribble, body feints, change of direction and then pace to get by his man. He utilizes a lot of feints when on the ball to get the defender off balance and if successful, utilizes his pace to just blow by them.
2. Pace - lots of pace, and he knows how to use it.
3. Close ball control - better than Schurrle, but not as good as Hazard or Willian. I'd say similar to Oscar, maybe slightly worse. His close ball control in tight spaces is a bit hit and miss, some come off, but he tends to lose possession often due to difficulty keeping the ball under pressure.
4. Passing - his general short passing is nothing special, whenever he gets the ball, his first thought is to take on his man and if he's not confident of getting by him, just a safe pass back or sideways (Hazard does this a lot too)
5. Crossing - good crosser, has great shape on his crosses, reminds me of Filipe's crosses similar how he whips em in
6. Corners/Set-pieces - he's got great corners and set-piece delivery, not as good as Cesc, but definitely better than Willian.
7. Free-kicks - has a very powerful shot, I see him take over the similar types of free-kicks Andre took at times, long distance straight on.
8. Vision - i don't feel comfortable judging this yet, I haven't watched enough to say good or bad here
9. Off-ball movement - good movement, looks to play 1-2s often and is a willing runner on the flanks, doesn't get into the box as much as Oscar or Schurrle but definitely more than Willian
10. Strength - not very strong, goes down too easily for the PL. He gets fouled a lot, but he's going to suffer like Hazard where he'll get those calls in Europe but not in the PL. He'll lose a lot of possession where he'll get slightly fouled, he'll go down and get no call. He'll need to get stronger and stay on his feet cause I see this as his biggest weakness. Hazard, Willian know how to ride a challenge and keep going, Cuadrado isn't on that level. He'll need to learn how to ride challenges and keep going.
11. Shooting - powerful shot, that's all I'm comfortable with right now. Haven't seen enough to say good or bad.
12. Defending - he's very much willing to track his man all the back but he isn't the best 1 on 1 defender, so unlike Willian he'll need Ivan to stay home for cover. But then again, if he's facing fullbacks more often, his main job would be to stop the cross, which he is good at. Overall, much better than Schurrle but not even on the same planet as Willian (no other AM is really).

If there's something I missed, let me know and I can speak to it as well.

Overall, definitely an upgrade on Schurrle imo. Very direct, much more than anyone else in the team. His first thought is always to beat him man and just run into the box to take a shot or get an assist. When he's on, he'll be very dangerous against everyone. We just need to get him 1 on 1 as much as possible because under pressure he is very much prone to losing the ball.

I'd been meaning to make a post like this for some time, but you've beaten me to it. It's great that you have though, because this is pretty much as complete, detailed, and accurate a summary of Cuadrado's qualities, strengths and weaknesses as anyone could provide. The Cuadrado-Willian comparisons are particularly spot-on; Cuadrado is faster and better at dribbling/crossing/shooting, whilst Willian is stronger and better at defending/ball control/short passing.

[Hkibou 622]

Like many here I hadn't really watched him play carefully before. And it's hard to trust people in this forum considering most just look at youtube and/or whoscored and form an opinion.

So instead, I downloaded full matches of Colombia during the world cup and watched them with my eyes solely focused on Cuadrado.

Here's what I think of him:

• Dribbling - easily the 2nd best dribbler in our team now after Hazard, he can definitely beat a man or more. His dribbling style differs from Hazard as he relies on his quick first dribble, body feints, change of direction and then pace to get by his man. He utilizes a lot of feints when on the ball to get the defender off balance and if successful, utilizes his pace to just blow by them.
• Pace - lots of pace, and he knows how to use it.
• Close ball control - better than Schurrle, but not as good as Hazard or Willian. I'd say similar to Oscar, maybe slightly worse. His close ball control in tight spaces is a bit hit and miss, some come off, but he tends to lose possession often due to difficulty keeping the ball under pressure.
• Passing - his general short passing is nothing special, whenever he gets the ball, his first thought is to take on his man and if he's not confident of getting by him, just a safe pass back or sideways (Hazard does this a lot too)
• Crossing - good crosser, has great shape on his crosses, reminds me of Filipe's crosses similar how he whips em in
• Corners/Set-pieces - he's got great corners and set-piece delivery, not as good as Cesc, but definitely better than Willian.
• Free-kicks - has a very powerful shot, I see him take over the similar types of free-kicks Andre took at times, long distance straight on.
• Vision - i don't feel comfortable judging this yet, I haven't watched enough to say good or bad here
• Off-ball movement - good movement, looks to play 1-2s often and is a willing runner on the flanks, doesn't get into the box as much as Oscar or Schurrle but definitely more than Willian
• Strength - not very strong, goes down too easily for the PL. He gets fouled a lot, but he's going to suffer like Hazard where he'll get those calls in Europe but not in the PL. He'll lose a lot of possession where he'll get slightly fouled, he'll go down and get no call. He'll need to get stronger and stay on his feet cause I see this as his biggest weakness. Hazard, Willian know how to ride a challenge and keep going, Cuadrado isn't on that level. He'll need to learn how to ride challenges and keep going.
• Shooting - powerful shot, that's all I'm comfortable with right now. Haven't seen enough to say good or bad.
• Defending - he's very much willing to track his man all the back but he isn't the best 1 on 1 defender, so unlike Willian he'll need Ivan to stay home for cover. But then again, if he's facing fullbacks more often, his main job would be to stop the cross, which he is good at. Overall, much better than Schurrle but not even on the same planet as Willian (no other AM is really).

If there's something I missed, let me know and I can speak to it as well.

Overall, definitely an upgrade on Schurrle imo. Very direct, much more than anyone else in the team. His first thought is always to beat him man and just run into the box to take a shot or get an assist. When he's on, he'll be very dangerous against everyone. We just need to get him 1 on 1 as much as possible because under pressure he is very much prone to losing the ball.

Good initiative, thank you. It is refreshing to see people wanting to actually know what they're talking about before talking. Last time I've checked, it takes millions to put up a properly running recruiting cell, and dozens of highly qualified people working full-time on the scouting. Even then, failure is still a probability for each new recruit.

Knowing that, I really don't get how people feel they know enough to make a judgement of what player he is and will be, based on the few youtube videos and statistics they have seen.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

Like many here I hadn't really watched him play carefully before. And it's hard to trust people in this forum considering most just look at youtube and/or whoscored and form an opinion.

So instead, I downloaded full matches of Colombia during the world cup and watched them with my eyes solely focused on Cuadrado.

Here's what I think of him:

• Dribbling - easily the 2nd best dribbler in our team now after Hazard, he can definitely beat a man or more. His dribbling style differs from Hazard as he relies on his quick first dribble, body feints, change of direction and then pace to get by his man. He utilizes a lot of feints when on the ball to get the defender off balance and if successful, utilizes his pace to just blow by them.
• Pace - lots of pace, and he knows how to use it.
• Close ball control - better than Schurrle, but not as good as Hazard or Willian. I'd say similar to Oscar, maybe slightly worse. His close ball control in tight spaces is a bit hit and miss, some come off, but he tends to lose possession often due to difficulty keeping the ball under pressure.
• Passing - his general short passing is nothing special, whenever he gets the ball, his first thought is to take on his man and if he's not confident of getting by him, just a safe pass back or sideways (Hazard does this a lot too)
• Crossing - good crosser, has great shape on his crosses, reminds me of Filipe's crosses similar how he whips em in
• Corners/Set-pieces - he's got great corners and set-piece delivery, not as good as Cesc, but definitely better than Willian.
• Free-kicks - has a very powerful shot, I see him take over the similar types of free-kicks Andre took at times, long distance straight on.
• Vision - i don't feel comfortable judging this yet, I haven't watched enough to say good or bad here
• Off-ball movement - good movement, looks to play 1-2s often and is a willing runner on the flanks, doesn't get into the box as much as Oscar or Schurrle but definitely more than Willian
• Strength - not very strong, goes down too easily for the PL. He gets fouled a lot, but he's going to suffer like Hazard where he'll get those calls in Europe but not in the PL. He'll lose a lot of possession where he'll get slightly fouled, he'll go down and get no call. He'll need to get stronger and stay on his feet cause I see this as his biggest weakness. Hazard, Willian know how to ride a challenge and keep going, Cuadrado isn't on that level. He'll need to learn how to ride challenges and keep going.
• Shooting - powerful shot, that's all I'm comfortable with right now. Haven't seen enough to say good or bad.
• Defending - he's very much willing to track his man all the back but he isn't the best 1 on 1 defender, so unlike Willian he'll need Ivan to stay home for cover. But then again, if he's facing fullbacks more often, his main job would be to stop the cross, which he is good at. Overall, much better than Schurrle but not even on the same planet as Willian (no other AM is really).

If there's something I missed, let me know and I can speak to it as well.

Overall, definitely an upgrade on Schurrle imo. Very direct, much more than anyone else in the team. His first thought is always to beat him man and just run into the box to take a shot or get an assist. When he's on, he'll be very dangerous against everyone. We just need to get him 1 on 1 as much as possible because under pressure he is very much prone to losing the ball.

Nice analysis, you got it spot on as I also viewed him. He is much more direct than Willian so he's nothing like him in that aspect.

He falls down like hazard used to when he first came to the Epl. His first touch is a little bit better than Oscars, and he mostly tries to win a foul under pressure since he isn't very strong.

What is your opinion on his decision making? Schurlle level, Willian level, Oscar level or hazard level????

[Henrique 9,133]

JT is gone?! Damn! I did not see that one coming!

Funny thing, I honestly still don't know what your opinion about Cuadrado is, but I do find your usual blind condescending attitude entertaining

Just take some minutes in this topic and you will know my opinion about Cuadrado quickly.

I find your overall opinion about football quite depressing.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Like many here I hadn't really watched him play carefully before. And it's hard to trust people in this forum considering most just look at youtube and/or whoscored and form an opinion.

So instead, I downloaded full matches of Colombia during the world cup and watched them with my eyes solely focused on Cuadrado.

Here's what I think of him:

1. Dribbling - easily the 2nd best dribbler in our team now after Hazard, he can definitely beat a man or more. His dribbling style differs from Hazard as he relies on his quick first dribble, body feints, change of direction and then pace to get by his man. He utilizes a lot of feints when on the ball to get the defender off balance and if successful, utilizes his pace to just blow by them.
2. Pace - lots of pace, and he knows how to use it.
3. Close ball control - better than Schurrle, but not as good as Hazard or Willian. I'd say similar to Oscar, maybe slightly worse. His close ball control in tight spaces is a bit hit and miss, some come off, but he tends to lose possession often due to difficulty keeping the ball under pressure.
4. Passing - his general short passing is nothing special, whenever he gets the ball, his first thought is to take on his man and if he's not confident of getting by him, just a safe pass back or sideways (Hazard does this a lot too)
5. Crossing - good crosser, has great shape on his crosses, reminds me of Filipe's crosses similar how he whips em in
6. Corners/Set-pieces - he's got great corners and set-piece delivery, not as good as Cesc, but definitely better than Willian.
7. Free-kicks - has a very powerful shot, I see him take over the similar types of free-kicks Andre took at times, long distance straight on.
8. Vision - i don't feel comfortable judging this yet, I haven't watched enough to say good or bad here
9. Off-ball movement - good movement, looks to play 1-2s often and is a willing runner on the flanks, doesn't get into the box as much as Oscar or Schurrle but definitely more than Willian
10. Strength - not very strong, goes down too easily for the PL. He gets fouled a lot, but he's going to suffer like Hazard where he'll get those calls in Europe but not in the PL. He'll lose a lot of possession where he'll get slightly fouled, he'll go down and get no call. He'll need to get stronger and stay on his feet cause I see this as his biggest weakness. Hazard, Willian know how to ride a challenge and keep going, Cuadrado isn't on that level. He'll need to learn how to ride challenges and keep going.
11. Shooting - powerful shot, that's all I'm comfortable with right now. Haven't seen enough to say good or bad.
12. Defending - he's very much willing to track his man all the back but he isn't the best 1 on 1 defender, so unlike Willian he'll need Ivan to stay home for cover. But then again, if he's facing fullbacks more often, his main job would be to stop the cross, which he is good at. Overall, much better than Schurrle but not even on the same planet as Willian (no other AM is really).

If there's something I missed, let me know and I can speak to it as well.

Overall, definitely an upgrade on Schurrle imo. Very direct, much more than anyone else in the team. His first thought is always to beat him man and just run into the box to take a shot or get an assist. When he's on, he'll be very dangerous against everyone. We just need to get him 1 on 1 as much as possible because under pressure he is very much prone to losing the ball.

Great insight. Serie A bores the hell out of me now! Besides seeing him in the WC (I "supported" Colombia as soon as England went out), I've seen him play four or five matches at most, but I was impressed with what I saw.

[Special Juan 28,133]

Cuadrado; Big Oppurtunity

http://www.chelseafc.com/news/latest-news/2015/02/cuadrado--big-opportunity.html

[stroey 2,525]

The making of Chelsea’s Juan Cuadrado: from struggle and trauma to triumph

http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2015/feb/06/chelsea-juan-cuadrado-trauma-triumph-colombia

[Irakozium257 350]

I gotta a confession to make, I hope u guys won't judge me for it. I hope it doesn't make u wanna burn me at the stake, I hope u don't call for my head. I just wanna say that it was hard to come to the conclusion of having to confess, but okay here it goes..... I'm so stoked to use him in FIFA!!!!!! He's exactly what you need when playing against wingers and defenders, such as Bale, Carvajal, Clichy, Neymar, Marcelo, Lahm, etc... Any FIFA player that knows when the update's due?