That flick pass by Fab reminds me of Mata!

Ivanovic!

3-1 up. Pls score moar.

Schurrle, Costa, Hazard, Fab all gooding. Especially Fab. Seems like a deep playing Mata.

Not bad. Skysports pundit counted 25 passes before the goal. Really delicious stuff.

Btw, for our 3rd goal. Just realize we have Cahill, JT, Matic, Costa in the box. All so tall and possess aerial threat. With Fabregas taking corners. Seems like we will be a threat in set piece too.

My captain is Costa le. Pls hat trick la Costa. No Fab in squad. Hazard hat trick pun jadi la. lelelelel

we have the Legend Drogba and the epic Torres.

Btw, I hope at 60 min mark, we'll see Luis in for Iva.

Coz I thot wif Fab around, opposition defense will be stretch, giving more chance for Hazard to shine.

nvm. I sold Nasri for Fab dy. Fab in for action next week.

speak of the devil, the devil (Mikel) warming up and preparing to come in.

Fab to play as AM now?

Dorgba in kambing!

This post has been edited by briantwj: Aug 19 2014, 04:42 AM

I think Mou oso taking the chance to rest the German, Belgium and Brazil boys who had not much rest time after the WC.

This post has been edited by briantwj: Aug 19 2014, 04:43 AM

inb4 parking double decker london bus. lel

Btw, very gud performance by the lads. Fabregas is definitely our missing piece, he is our Pirlo, he is our deep lying playmaker. Costa too, his hunger and always try to create something, gud link up play with our trident. It might still be early, but I do fancy us at least winning 2 trophies this season.

eh...x ambil EL? Thot u using excuse kucing mati?

http://www.footballorgin.com/2014/08/burnl...eague-2014.html

here's the full match. 1st half it was exciting stuff, 2nd half a bit toned down. enjoy!

Btw, I'm very happy with our set up now. With Schurrle winning the WC and giving a gud performance in WC, he is ready to take Willian's place. With Fab in starting 11, we will have less pressure on Hazard and Oscar. With defenders closing down on Costa and Fab, it might just free up players like Hazard and Oscar. Tbh I saw Oscar having a lot of possession and touches in the first half, juz did not perform up to his standard. Maybe still in holiday mood?

Our midfield 5 is all top class. Each complementing each other. Fab with his 1 touch pass and through ball, Schurrle with is running, Hazard dribbling, Matic ball winning, Oscar hard work rate in both attack and defense.

Btw, our passing leading to the Schurrle goal. Almost all of our players touch the ball iinm.

If Drog scored, today v'll be seeing Chelsea thread V29. Coz the current thread sure all Chelsea fans on steroids and post non stop.

such a humble guy. Cesc actually thot of shooting before making the flick to Andre. He saw Andre is in a better position, so he flick the ball to Andre.

A very very gud team goal imo. I oso lo. That goal keep replaying in my mind.

Nid to b kful, dun happy too fast. Later premature ejakulasi. pancit in the middle of the season. *touch wood!*

i think now we have a few reliable playmaker in our squad.

Wif Oscar, Fab and Matic playing. It looks like a 4231. But imo, kinda feel like a 433 too. Oscar and Fab is like taking turn to dictate play. Fab with his passing, Oscar with his position higher on the pitch.

But tbh, I think Oscar indeed was overshadowed by Fab's performance a bit yday. Can't blame Oscar, only can blame Fab being too perfect in his debut match. 2 assist and involve in all goal.

^ ok then, I'll msg Roman to sell Oscar to PSG.

inb4 #Oscarout

It's all about balance. Yes, Oscar natural position is playmaker. But Mou see his other speciality too, his workrate.

Last season, our pivot were not creative enuff. Hence Oscar have to burden the playmaking along with Hazard and Wiliian. But now, we have Fab in pivot who can be a deep lying playmaker. Oscar vs Fab. Who is proven in the PL? Of coz FAb. He had so many season in PL dy, Oscar just had 3 season in the PL. So naturally, Mou will want the more experience player (Fab) to do the playmaking. While Oscar's role for now is similar to Ramires. Tbh, for now I see our playmaking going thru Fab, Hazard. Not Oscar and Schurrle. Oscar's job shud be sumthing like Ramires' job last season. Schurrle's job will be like runner + odd goal.

Btw, let's not be too harsh on Oscar. These brazillians, germans have had a long summer playing the WC. They joined up with the squad quite late in the pre season. Match fitness and form could also be a thing. Let's judge Oscar after 1/3 of the season.

Tldr version. I foresee Oscar playing in a different type of role now that Mou is using Fab as a deep lying playmaker. Imho, Oscar is our best midfielder in pressing the opposition and winning the ball from their DM and defender. Ram does it quite well too, but he always end up with a foul. Oscar's tackle and pressing in the opposition half is second to none in the Chelsea squad.

In our own half, we expect Matic to be a pressing midfielder. But higher up the pitch, it is the presence of Oscar and Costa that is pressing the opposition and winning the ball high up the pitch. Just like what Mou emphasized last season. His philosophy for us, is to win the ball up high in the opposition half, and launch our attack. It is Oscar's work rate and pressing that always wins him a place in Mou's starting 11. imho la.

This post has been edited by briantwj: Aug 20 2014, 10:17 PM

on a side note,

a - Oscar is one of Chelsea's three most successful tacklers last season
b - Oscar was the highest tackler of the World Cup
c - There were games last season when Oscar makes more successful tackles and interceptions on his own than the entire Chelsea backline

This is the type of AM that Mourinho wants, he wants a AM to win balls high up the pitch.

Read this

A very gud read imho. It clearly map out how and what type of football that Chelsea and Mourinho is playing.

Btw, dun watch the highlight. The highlight of our 1st goal didn't show Oscar's contribution. Iinm, it was Oscar's challenge from a header against a Burnley player that launched the attack. So he was also involved in the 1st goal. The highlights onli show starting from Cesc's backheel.

highlight

watch the 3rd video embedded. It showed the determination of Oscar to win the header (loose ball) against a Burnley player and head it to Cesc for his back heel. THat is Oscar's contribution. His contribution might not be as fancy as Fab's beautiful back heel, but it is still a contribution, albeit in an ugly way. This little things is what win games. Work rate. Oscar could choose not to challenge for the header and let Burnley launch an attack, but his work rate at the higher end of the pitch won us the header and leads to the equalizer.

This post has been edited by briantwj: Aug 20 2014, 10:45 PM