Juan Cuadrado

[lito 180]

Aye. In my honest opinion, this is exactly why Salah has been such a great success in Italy and why he failed here. The pace of the game in the PL is just unbelievable. Some highlights I've watched of Salah at Firentina were basically ,,Salah gets the ball, Salah moves the ball, looks for teammates, runs a bit, looks left, then moves a bit, looks right, moves a bit...and makes a pass" and this was all done in the opponent's half...while here it was "Salah gets the ball, BAM, defender(s) make(s) a tackle, attack over, run for to defend the counter".

lol, Salah was man of the match against tottenham in Europa League and had 97% pass accuracy, 5 dribbles.. i think Spurs is strong English team !

[LAM09 6,744]

lol, Salah was man of the match against tottenham in Europa League and had 97% pass accuracy, 5 dribbles.. i think Spurs is strong English team !

Same old English league above the rest shit. Just ignore it!

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

Give him a break.

And then we probably will sell him

[Atholy 1,293]

Guys seriously???

3 substitutions and people are already slating him??! Give him a chance will you.

If your wives/girlfriends would have reacted in the same way you are doing right now... ALL of you guys would be single now !!!!!

[akandeel13 34]

Aye. In my honest opinion, this is exactly why Salah has been such a great success in Italy and why he failed here. The pace of the game in the PL is just unbelievable. Some highlights I've watched of Salah at Firentina were basically ,,Salah gets the ball, Salah moves the ball, looks for teammates, runs a bit, looks left, then moves a bit, looks right, moves a bit...and makes a pass" and this was all done in the opponent's half...while here it was "Salah gets the ball, BAM, defender(s) make(s) a tackle, attack over, run for to defend the counter".

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3003438/All-British-teams-dumped-Europe-EASTER-Sportsmail-s-charts-fall-fall-imperfect-10.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

Need I say more?

[Special Juan 27,424]

Be no harm what so ever starting this lad today looking at what others have produced over the last few games.

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

Cuadrado: Life is good

http://www.chelseafc.com/news/latest-news/2015/03/cuadrado--life-is-good.html

He is on process to settling in, and some in here already writing him off. The ridiculous thing is that it's mostly influenced by some player having a good moment miles away from England.

[MrBlueGuy 1,552]

Meh I would give him until the end of this season before judging. By the time we are champion I hope Jose starts him EVERY SINGLE GAME FROM THEN ON. That is the only way for him to prove himself.

[Jase 43,479]

Cuadrado: Life is good

http://www.chelseafc.com/news/latest-news/2015/03/cuadrado--life-is-good.html

He is on process to settling in, and some in here already writing him off. The ridiculous thing is that it's mostly influenced by some player having a good moment miles away from England.

Life is good...until next December...

[zolayes 14,489]

Meh I would give him until the end of this season before judging. By the time we are champion I hope Jose starts him EVERY SINGLE GAME FROM THEN ON. That is the only way for him to prove himself.

Depends how well he tracks back and covers Brana

[Blue Armour 4,278]

Meh I would give him until the end of this season before judging. By the time we are champion I hope Jose starts him EVERY SINGLE GAME FROM THEN ON. That is the only way for him to prove himself.

I would actually judge him after the next-preseason.

January transfers rarely work well, especially with the player coming from another league altogether. From the looks of it, he has next to zero chemistry with his new teammates

[Muzchap 8,966]

I would actually judge him after the next-preseason.

January transfers rarely work well, especially with the player coming from another league altogether. From the looks of it, he has next to zero chemistry with his new teammates

Especially in the hair department - dude needs to sort that shit out

[Special Juan 27,424]

Looking forward to see how things pan out with him.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Meh I would give him until the end of this season before judging. By the time we are champion I hope Jose starts him EVERY SINGLE GAME FROM THEN ON. That is the only way for him to prove himself.

Really?

I wouldn't even dare judge him until part-way through next season.

[nadavTKL 1,787]

My early conclusions on Cuadrado and the whole AMs saga in January..

There is one connection between Cuadrado, Schurlle and Salah that i think no one can ignore - the ball control / technical abilities / close control of all three are... how to say.... not great. Not ideal for a big team who wants to control possession, wants to move the ball quick, wants to keep the ball and link up in tight spaces. Its also something that they cant improve drastically.

One of the things im sure of right now after the season we had so far, is that Chelsea cant play with a AM like those 3 in their first line up. A big team who wants to be top 4 in the world today, needs to push to have the maximum players who can play the ball quick, can handle ball pressure and all the other things i wrote which are basically the same thing - great technical abilities. Thats football today, look at Bayern, Barcelona and Real - almost 100% of their first eleven are players who can play the ball, even the defenders. And off course its important mostly in midfield. Thats one of the two reasons to why Mourinho likes Willian more than any other AM (after Hazard, and the other reason is off course the work rate), his contribution in the final third is underwhelming, but his technical abilities are great, and way better than those players i mentioned, and even Oscar's.

Some members are angry Salah is gone and doing so well, but like i said he couldnt succeed here. Fiorentina suits his pace and dribble, cause they play on counter attacks with very few players up, so he looks like a little Maradona there trying to do it all and running around. Have him back in Chelsea and it will be the same - he would look like someone who just started playing football. I think Cuadrado is more talented than Salah and Schurrle, so maybe he could at least develop to be a good back up player, unlike Salah and Schurrle (this season).

And last... Douglas Costa. The player everyone here didnt want so bad, in a bizzare way i must say, cause none of them watched him more than a few.

I'll tell you what, now im completely sure the notorious D.Costa was the first name on Jose's list last January, not Cuadrado. And its for the same old reason again - great technical abilities, which he got. And im also sure Costa would have played if he was the player we got and not Cuadrado, he would have played a lot more than a few bench appearances. He speaks the same 'football language' Cesc, Hazard and Willian speaks, and instead we got another AM who speaks different language.

Now while im not saying we should try to sign D.Costa again in the summer, im saying we lack another player who speaks that language. Hopefully we would get him, and hopefully it would be a player who's more decisive and smart on the ball like Cesc/Hazard, rather than another Willian, but the 'great technical abilities' is a MUST and the most important issue.

And about Cuadrado again, he should stay and fight for his place, but the maximum imo is that he'll be a good super sub for a year or two until he feels he needs more game time.

[CurlyHairLikeLuiz 1,625]

My early conclusions on Cuadrado and the whole AMs saga in January..

There is one connection between Cuadrado, Schurlle and Salah that i think no one can ignore - the ball control / technical abilities / close control of all three are... how to say.... not great. Not ideal for a big team who wants to control possession, wants to move the ball quick, wants to keep the ball and link up in tight spaces. Its also something that they cant improve drastically.

One of the things im sure of right now after the season we had so far, is that Chelsea cant play with a AM like those 3 in their first line up. A big team who wants to be top 4 in the world today, needs to push to have the maximum players who can play the ball quick, can handle ball pressure and all the other things i wrote which are basically the same thing - great technical abilities. Thats football today, look at Bayern, Barcelona and Real - almost 100% of their first eleven are players who can play the ball, even the defenders. And off course its important mostly in midfield. Thats one of the two reasons to why Mourinho likes Willian more than any other AM (after Hazard, and the other reason is off course the work rate), his contribution in the final third is underwhelming, but his technical abilities are great, and way better than those players i mentioned, and even Oscar's.

Some members are angry Salah is gone and doing so well, but like i said he couldnt succeed here. Fiorentina suits his pace and dribble, cause they play on counter attacks with very few players up, so he looks like a little Maradona there trying to do it all and running around. Have him back in Chelsea and it will be the same - he would look like someone who just started playing football. I think Cuadrado is more talented than Salah and Schurrle, so maybe he could at least develop to be a good back up player, unlike Salah and Schurrle (this season).

And last... Douglas Costa. The player everyone here didnt want so bad, in a bizzare way i must say, cause none of them watched him more than a few.

I'll tell you what, now im completely sure the notorious D.Costa was the first name on Jose's list last January, not Cuadrado. And its for the same old reason again - great technical abilities, which he got. And im also sure Costa would have played if he was the player we got and not Cuadrado, he would have played a lot more than a few bench appearances. He speaks the same 'football language' Cesc, Hazard and Willian speaks, and instead we got another AM who speaks different language.

Now while im not saying we should try to sign D.Costa again in the summer, im saying we lack another player who speaks that language. Hopefully we would get him, and hopefully it would be a player who's more decisive and smart on the ball like Cesc/Hazard, rather than another Willian, but the 'great technical abilities' is a MUST and the most important issue.

And about Cuadrado again, he should stay and fight for his place, but the maximum imo is that he'll be a good super sub for a year or two until he feels he needs more game time.

I'm pretty sure his ball control was the reason why we wanted him...to help Hazard on the other flank...

[nadavTKL 1,787]

I'm pretty sure his ball control was the reason why we wanted him...to help Hazard on the other flank...

Im pretty sure it wasnt the reason. Everyone who watched Cuadrado in Italy or Colombia 2-3 times can tell you his ball control is far far away from Hazard's and even Willian's. Imo the reason we got him was his explosiveness and pace on the right wing.

[zolayes 14,489]

Im pretty sure it wasnt the reason. Everyone who watched Cuadrado in Italy or Colombia 2-3 times can tell you his ball control is far far away from Hazard's and even Willian's. Imo the reason we got him was his explosiveness and pace on the right wing.

Im pretty sure it wasnt the reason. Everyone who watched Cuadrado in Italy or Colombia 2-3 times can tell you his ball control is far far away from Hazard's and even Willian's. Imo the reason we got him was his explosiveness and pace on the right wing.

Im not convinced that he is better than Willian or Salah .. I DO hope Im wrong