...ja606, twitter, Facebook, etc went into meltdown when Cesc Fabregas joined Chelsea.
For many, myself included, it was a dark, painful day to be an Arsenal fan, as even despite the Barca DNA garbage, I always viewed Cesc as one of our own, and always thought one day he would return to the Emirates as an Arsenal player. To see him in a Chelsea shirt under Mourinho's tenure is honestly the last place I could ever have seen him end up and only seeing him linking up with RVP for United would have been harder to stomach.
One year on, though. Am I the only one who really doesn't care? In my opinion, Arsene got it spot on not bringing him back. Yes he has 21 assists or something like that in all competitions but to me he just doesn't look the player that almost carried us by himself at times. Barca have definitely broke him and it doesn't look like Mourinho is able to fix him.
Personally I think Santi Cazorla has had a far better season than Cesc and has been far better in the big games than Cesc, too. I do wonder if Cesc will ever find his way again or end up the sad case that is RVP, who threw away legendary status for that one PL medal and now just seems a shell of the man he used to be, which I find very sad as a football fan.
1 year ago today...
posted on 12/6/15
Willian takes set-pieces more frequently than Alexis does. You're manipulating a lot of chit to suit your point. I also do not give those "per game" stats THAT much credence. They often favour the player who has had the lighter run. Bit like Giroud's scoring record in his injury return which some were trying to use to prove how he was doing better than Costa when anyone being honest would have known he couldn't sustain the record with a longer run-out. Fabregas ran out of gas after a full season and limped over the line. Ozil's 3 months injury lay-off mid-season left him physically far fresher till season's end. In the FA Cup semi alone, he had 9 chances created.
Even more important is the fact you're comparing a no.10 in Ozil with a CM in Cesc who spends a hell of a lot of his games in midfield hustle-bustle rather than having Ozil's tactical freedom. And yet, Cesc is the more prolific creative force.
posted on 12/6/15
Quite surprising really considering he is the main playmaker in the best team in England by a distance.
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No, you don't find it surprising. You're probably one of those who spent so much time deriding Chelsea as a boring team of efficient workhorses and now you're trying to make it out like they're Barcelona.
posted on 13/6/15
How is Cesc a more prolific creator when I have statically proven that Ozil creates more often than him? Your argument makes no sense, if Ozil creates 90 chances in 9 games and Cesc creates 100 in 38 games who is the more creative player? And no I have never derided Chelsea's, style of play nor am I making them out to be Barca, again you are making things up 👍
posted on 13/6/15
This argument about creativity............it is so simplistic when people talk about chance creation only..
There is creativity required in all phases of attack, not just the last phase............For arguments sake let us assume 3 phases (there is quite possibly more).With Fabregas last season he gave Chelsea creativity in all 3 phases of attack and that is why he made the difference, because in the season before that we only had players who could create something in the last phase.
As said before, we would never have won the league without Fabregas....................!
posted on 13/6/15
Fabregas is incredibly creative, far more so than someone like Scholes who had exquisite execution but rarely saw the triangles players like Fabregas and Ozil see.
posted on 13/6/15
Great signing for chelsea but as many stated at the time of it happening (only to be ridiculed) he was definitely not a player we needed.
posted on 13/6/15
comment by The Godfather (U10154)
posted 33 minutes ago
Great signing for chelsea but as many stated at the time of it happening (only to be ridiculed) he was definitely not a player we needed.
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sensible supporters agreed. Sadly, in the end, we didn't buy what we needed though... chelsea won the league and our poor summer meant our season was over by November.
posted on 13/6/15
comment by The Delusion Swatter (U19684)
posted 8 hours, 48 minutes ago
comment by The Godfather (U10154)
posted 33 minutes ago
Great signing for chelsea but as many stated at the time of it happening (only to be ridiculed) he was definitely not a player we needed.
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sensible supporters agreed. Sadly, in the end, we didn't buy what we needed though... chelsea won the league and our poor summer meant our season was over by November.
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This.
posted on 14/6/15
Biggish
As said before, we would never have won the league without Fabregas....................!
YES u would have
posted on 15/6/15
But he won Chelsea the title in those first 6 months
Bollox 1 jan Chelsea were ahead of man city on alphabetical order only