comment by NPE - The New Romantic (U20804)
posted 2 hours, 27 minutes ago
Luiz has been the same as he always was.
Torres won two european trophies and an fa cup and scored 22 goals in the 2012/13 season. He's cool with me.
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Keep telling yourself that if if makes you feel better, but Luiz has said he is a much better and more mature player, but i guess you know him better than him and everyone else
Nothing to add to Lampard's comments, he has it spot on.
“I think David Luiz has matured. He was a very good player before - we won the Champions League with him and Gary Cahill as centre-halves in the final - but the criticism of him at that point could have been 'can he make a mistake and does he try and over-play?'
“Since he's been back, in a role in the middle of a back three, he has shown discipline and quality on the ball. His defensive stuff has been brilliant and I couldn't leave him out.
"For me he's always been a world class defender. I think in his first period at Chelsea he overplayed at times.
"He had such confidence in his own ability. But there would be times when he would make a great defensive tackle and then overplay in dangerous areas.
"The other thing for me was that he was always in a back four. He was getting exposed.
"The main thing that's helped him since he's come back to the club is playing in a back three. He can play central, it gives him a lot of time on the ball where his great range of passing can start attacks.
"On the defensive side, I think it's given him confidence to not worry about being exposed as he was before.
"He can stay central. He knows Azpilicueta and Cahill will defend everything in front of him. He can take up good positions in the box to defend as he's a good reader of the game."
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comment by NPE - The New Romantic (U20804)
posted 3 minutes ago
So he was a very good player before then?
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Absolutely, but he just made too many mistakes to play in that position for Chelsea .....how can a player who was so brilliant for us in the CL agst PSG not be a very good player?
Chelsea, by serendipity have done brilliantly by selling him and buying back a better version
He was a better midfielder then a defender for us during his first stint.
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comment by SWTN - Judas is number 1 (U7916)
posted 2 hours, 29 minutes ago
comment by NPE - The New Romantic (U20804)
posted 3 minutes ago
So he was a very good player before then?
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Absolutely, but he just made too many mistakes to play in that position for Chelsea .....how can a player who was so brilliant for us in the CL agst PSG not be a very good player?
Chelsea, by serendipity have done brilliantly by selling him and buying back a better version
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At a profit as well. .wasn't it
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posted on 29/4/17
comment by NPE - The New Romantic (U20804)
posted 2 hours, 27 minutes ago
Luiz has been the same as he always was.
Torres won two european trophies and an fa cup and scored 22 goals in the 2012/13 season. He's cool with me.
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Keep telling yourself that if if makes you feel better, but Luiz has said he is a much better and more mature player, but i guess you know him better than him and everyone else
posted on 29/4/17
Nothing to add to Lampard's comments, he has it spot on.
“I think David Luiz has matured. He was a very good player before - we won the Champions League with him and Gary Cahill as centre-halves in the final - but the criticism of him at that point could have been 'can he make a mistake and does he try and over-play?'
“Since he's been back, in a role in the middle of a back three, he has shown discipline and quality on the ball. His defensive stuff has been brilliant and I couldn't leave him out.
"For me he's always been a world class defender. I think in his first period at Chelsea he overplayed at times.
"He had such confidence in his own ability. But there would be times when he would make a great defensive tackle and then overplay in dangerous areas.
"The other thing for me was that he was always in a back four. He was getting exposed.
"The main thing that's helped him since he's come back to the club is playing in a back three. He can play central, it gives him a lot of time on the ball where his great range of passing can start attacks.
"On the defensive side, I think it's given him confidence to not worry about being exposed as he was before.
"He can stay central. He knows Azpilicueta and Cahill will defend everything in front of him. He can take up good positions in the box to defend as he's a good reader of the game."
posted on 29/4/17
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posted on 29/4/17
comment by NPE - The New Romantic (U20804)
posted 3 minutes ago
So he was a very good player before then?
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Absolutely, but he just made too many mistakes to play in that position for Chelsea .....how can a player who was so brilliant for us in the CL agst PSG not be a very good player?
Chelsea, by serendipity have done brilliantly by selling him and buying back a better version
posted on 29/4/17
He was a better midfielder then a defender for us during his first stint.
posted on 29/4/17
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posted on 29/4/17
comment by SWTN - Judas is number 1 (U7916)
posted 2 hours, 29 minutes ago
comment by NPE - The New Romantic (U20804)
posted 3 minutes ago
So he was a very good player before then?
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Absolutely, but he just made too many mistakes to play in that position for Chelsea .....how can a player who was so brilliant for us in the CL agst PSG not be a very good player?
Chelsea, by serendipity have done brilliantly by selling him and buying back a better version
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At a profit as well. .wasn't it
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