Closed Aston Villa v Chelsea

[CFC888 219]

We will most certainly be seeing Cuadrado in the second half, and fuck that excites me.

[Styles 9,790]

Confirmed: JT has better vision than Oscar.

That was a beautiful pass.

And I would trust Terry to play a through-ball before I would Oscar.

[BlueSunshine 672]

Remy for Drogba, Cuadrado for Oscar and move Willian (or even Eden) in the middle. Please Jose wake the fuck up before it's too late.

[didierforever 7,349]

courtois and DD are having a nightmare out there. people saying that courtois could not hold onto the ball cos there were people touching him are probably watching PL and football for the first fucking time.

DD wont be subbed cos its just a goal advantage. but he has been awful!!!

[Viper22 2,418]

If I see both Drogba and Oscar at the start of the 2nd half i'm gonna be disappointed. Both have been 2/10 at best today.

[chrismada9 1,948]

It's pretty hard to catch a ball when an opposition barrels into you every time you jump. He's being taken out every time he goes up.

Not sure if people are just Cech lovers or are just looking for something to moan about.

Not sounding like a "Cech Lover" here, but as a reviewer of matches Cech has played for us, I've never seen him flail at any cross, and even if he has, it's been on the rare occaision.

I've seen Courtois do it 3 times in the last 2 games, one of which cost us a goal (vs City).

I'm just saying... Tibbo really needs to work on swallowing those crosses.

[bluesman2610 1,226]

Is everyone ignoring Hazards giveaways because he scored.. Is that what it will take for everyone to get off Oscar's back.. I don't get it with some people here

[Eidur the Spider 4,515]

Drogba should not be starting these games. Poor decision.

[Polo7 3,496]

Remy & Cuadrado for Drogba & Oscar.

[Barbara 15,149]

Bad first half with the exception of 2-3 plays.

Oscar is trying hard to top Newcastle as his worst display in a Chelsea shirt. Drogba is all shades of terrible this match.

Wish both would give space for Cuadrado and Remy. Don't see it happening before 70 min. Maybe Oscar is subbed during HT given the many minutes he's been playing in the last couple of weeks, but I doubt José will replace Drogba before 70, if not 80.

Cahill and Drogba were two big mistakes in this match imo. I called it last week, just after City's match that oscar shouldn't play today so I won't go there again. I understand Oscar - as the only sub is Cuadrado who just arrived or playing Ruben - which José won't do either. But Zouma and DD is inexcusable.

[The Skipper 20,593]

Not sounding like a "Cech Lover" here, but as a reviewer of matches Cech has played for us, I've never seen him flail at any cross, and even if he has, it's been on the rare occaision.

I've seen Courtois do it 3 times in the last 2 games, one of which cost us a goal (vs City).

I'm just saying... Tibbo really needs to work on swallowing those crosses.

Must have really bad memory then because Cech's command of the box has massively declined over the last few seasons. Courtois is SO much better in that aspect than Cech, if you don't think so you clearly haven't been watching us regularly this season.

[The Skipper 20,593]

Is everyone ignoring Hazards giveaways because he scored.. Is that what it will take for everyone to get off Oscar's back.. I don't get it with some people here

Go and count how often Eden has lost the ball compared to Oscar then get back to us please. Also notice how Oscar had no pressure on him in most of his bad passes. Please don't try and slate Hazard to justify Oscar's awful passing.

[dUMB 189]

Oscar is not bad, few bad passes, but you could see that even from Hazard today.

[Viper22 2,418]

Not sounding like a "Cech Lover" here, but as a reviewer of matches Cech has played for us, I've never seen him flail at any cross, and even if he has, it's been on the rare occaision.

I've seen Courtois do it 3 times in the last 2 games, one of which cost us a goal (vs City).

I'm just saying... Tibbo really needs to work on swallowing those crosses.

Tibo has been very good under the high ball all season other than a flap in the first game against Burnley and his flap last week which cost us a goal.

I think you'll find that last season a lot of people were saying Cech was being a lot more nervous under the high balls and made more mistakes than in every season he'd had for us before put together.

Tibo isn't perfect, but I challenge anyone to try jumping to catch above your head while someone runs into you, it's bloody difficult.

[Ainsley Harriott 2,732]

Atleast City are losing. We've been really subpar... Changes are necessary.

[CurlyHairLikeLuiz 1,625]

Loftus Cheek or Cuadrado for Oscar please!

[The Skipper 20,593]

Oscar is not bad, few bad passes, but you could see that even from Hazard today.

Hazard's bad passes were mostly difficult, risky passes to make. Oscar however... Let me not even go there.

[Viper22 2,418]

Come on Mou! Give us the SPECIAL JUAN