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Re: Chelsea Have Today Completed The Signing Of Striker Gonzalo Higuain(Pics) by DavIkenna(m): 12:46pm On Jan 24, 2019 |
johnjay4u2u: Afonja |
Re: Chelsea Have Today Completed The Signing Of Striker Gonzalo Higuain(Pics) by Johnpaul01: 1:12pm On Jan 24, 2019 |
TheGoodJoe:If sarri was attacking you would see fabregas, fabregas has shown that he is not average, he has performed at the top top level, that I cannot say of kovacic, kovacic is only doing well because Chelsea are not attacking, they are playing possession game, now tell me, how many assists has kovacic registered this season. Never compare kovacic to king Fabregas, fabregas would play in defensive midfield role and still get more assists than attacking midfielder, more reason why you Chelsea fans dubbed him fabrepass 1 Like |
Re: Chelsea Have Today Completed The Signing Of Striker Gonzalo Higuain(Pics) by oyetpel(m): 1:39pm On Jan 24, 2019 |
Johnpaul01: Fabregas was dubbed fabrepass at Arsenal, and he must have passed his best towards the end of his time at Chelsea. But common Kovacic? Kovacic can't lace Siggurdson's boot. Kova who still can't secure a first team shirt in Croatia NT. |
Re: Chelsea Have Today Completed The Signing Of Striker Gonzalo Higuain(Pics) by TheGoodJoe(m): 1:53pm On Jan 24, 2019 |
Johnpaul01: Kovacic is a far better player than Fabregas. Football is no more about the fantastic play that meets the eyes but intelligence, work rate and reading the plays of the opponents. Wijnaldum, I doubt has any assist this season but is definitely one of the shining lights of the midfield game in football. No top coach will keep Kovacic on the bench for Fabregas. Fabregas is a king in the past. Today, Kovacic is miles ahead of him. 1 Like |
Re: Chelsea Have Today Completed The Signing Of Striker Gonzalo Higuain(Pics) by TheGoodJoe(m): 1:59pm On Jan 24, 2019 |
oyetpel: Will Sigurdsson start in Croatia? We are talking of a midfield with Rakitic and Modric. So the remaining position in the midfield is the defensive one which is not the ideal position of Kovacic. That does not take anything away from the young man's talent. 1 Like |
Re: Chelsea Have Today Completed The Signing Of Striker Gonzalo Higuain(Pics) by TheGoodJoe(m): 2:05pm On Jan 24, 2019 |
Johnpaul01: Is Fabregas the more attacking midfieder? |
Re: Chelsea Have Today Completed The Signing Of Striker Gonzalo Higuain(Pics) by TheGoodJoe(m): 2:19pm On Jan 24, 2019 |
oyetpel: Enjoy a taste of Kovacic on Busquets. ![]() ![]() |
Re: Chelsea Have Today Completed The Signing Of Striker Gonzalo Higuain(Pics) by einsteine(m): 4:30pm On Jan 24, 2019 |
oyetpel: Don't be ridiculous. How many midfielders in the world would start ahead of Modric and Rakitic? Fabregas is old glory |
Re: Chelsea Have Today Completed The Signing Of Striker Gonzalo Higuain(Pics) by Johnpaul01: 4:42pm On Jan 24, 2019 |
TheGoodJoe:Miles ahead of him in what, you talk about intelligence but aside Ozil, I don't know any other midfielder that plays with his brain more than fabregas. You talk about reading the plays of opponents, does kovacic do that better than Fabregas? I can't remember how many times Chelsea were either drawing or losing a match and fabregas just enters and deliver a wonderful pass that turns the game around almost immediately, before you know it he has made a wonderful assist and everyone will be screaming Fabrepass. Kovacic is ahead of Fabregas today because Fabregas left Chelsea while he was there, If Fabregas goes to an all out attacking team like barca, PSG, Liverpool, man city, or even arsenal, he will perform like a King that he is, and that kovacic is performing now doesn't make him a fantastic player, he is still very average and never compare him with someone that has been to the top. I can't believe this kovacic couldn't fight for shirt in Madrid midfield whereas Fabregas became a starter in Barcelona's deadly midfield of 2010/11 1 Like |
Re: Chelsea Have Today Completed The Signing Of Striker Gonzalo Higuain(Pics) by TheGoodJoe(m): 4:53pm On Jan 24, 2019 |
Johnpaul01: You are forgetting Fabregas flopped at Barcelona. By the way, Fabregas in his lifetime would never keep Toni Kroos or Luka Modric on the bench. Fabregas might have the beautiful passes but lacks the kind of workrate required in modern style of play we see at Dortmund, Manchester City, Liverpool and Tottenham. You might be blown by his style of play but Fabregas will never be picked ahead of Kovacic by any top coach. He lacks the work rate and was terribly lazy in lots of games he played for Chelsea. 1 Like |
Re: Chelsea Have Today Completed The Signing Of Striker Gonzalo Higuain(Pics) by TheGoodJoe(m): 5:04pm On Jan 24, 2019 |
Johnpaul01: When I talk about reading plays, it is not about finding defensive weakness of the opposition but their offensive play. Breaking them down with tackles and interceptions. Today's top midfielders like Kevin De Bruyne, Lemar, Benardo Da Silva and Wijnaldum contribute more than just reading weaknesses and passing. It takes a lot of hardwork to get to that level and Fabregas is miles behind in that respect. |
Re: Chelsea Have Today Completed The Signing Of Striker Gonzalo Higuain(Pics) by oyetpel(m): 6:21pm On Jan 24, 2019 |
einsteine: Brozovic started beside Modric and Rakitic and it actually Brozovic that replaced Kovacic at Inter... go figure. And you even think If Croatia have Fabregas at his age during world cup, they will bench him? |
Re: Chelsea Have Today Completed The Signing Of Striker Gonzalo Higuain(Pics) by oyetpel(m): 6:29pm On Jan 24, 2019 |
TheGoodJoe: Brozovic was Croatia third man in midfield during the world cup. FYI, Kovacic played at the base of midfield (in front of center backs) while he always carries the ball forward during his time at Inter. When Inter sold Kovacic to Real, they bought Brozovic as his direct replacement.
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Re: Chelsea Have Today Completed The Signing Of Striker Gonzalo Higuain(Pics) by oyetpel(m): 6:45pm On Jan 24, 2019 |
TheGoodJoe: Who are you please? I am a United fan, but how dare you degrade Fabregas like this man? For What? To stoop so low so as to compare him with Kova? 111 assists for Fabregas in PL. Only Giggs is ahead of him with 162 1 Like |
Re: Chelsea Have Today Completed The Signing Of Striker Gonzalo Higuain(Pics) by Johnpaul01: 8:48pm On Jan 24, 2019 |
TheGoodJoe:The only top midfielder you listed there is de bruyne and he is a top midfielder because he assists, he can't defend, fernandinho does the defending |
Re: Chelsea Have Today Completed The Signing Of Striker Gonzalo Higuain(Pics) by Johnpaul01: 9:03pm On Jan 24, 2019 |
TheGoodJoe:Fabregas flopped at Barcelona, Let me remind you of his stats Chelsea 198 apps, 22 goals and 57 assists Barcelona 153 apps, 48 goals and 51 assists where do you get your stats from? Fabregas cannot bench kroos and modric today because he is off his peak, even iniesta will never bench these two but it doesn't stop him from being a king, Fabregas is a king and Kovacic is an average player. Any manager that does not play Fabregas ahead of kovacic is foolish, and sarri is suffering from it now. Manchester united that defended from August till December already has more goals than Chelsea, how will goals come when the midfielders are just passing the ball around them without moving deep to create good chances, you give the ball to jorginho and he passes immediately to his nearest man and you tell me he has the highest amount of passes, why don't he behave like Pogba who gets the ball and try to send it to attack with a very long pass, that's why Pogba creates the heavy amount of chances he creates and that is how goals will come |
Re: Chelsea Have Today Completed The Signing Of Striker Gonzalo Higuain(Pics) by Johnpaul01: 9:08pm On Jan 24, 2019 |
TheGoodJoe:I just found out 1 thing, you dey watch back of TV |
Re: Chelsea Have Today Completed The Signing Of Striker Gonzalo Higuain(Pics) by einsteine(m): 9:54pm On Jan 24, 2019 |
oyetpel: You are very funny. Of course they will bench him. Brozovich is a specialist DM like Casemiro and Kante. Fabregas can't even make the bench ahead of guys like Koke and Saul. Even Mata is better than him.Fabregas is a spent force, that's why he joined a relegation threatened team while Kovacic would have a permanent deal at Chelsea 1 Like |
Re: Chelsea Have Today Completed The Signing Of Striker Gonzalo Higuain(Pics) by TheGoodJoe(m): 9:55pm On Jan 24, 2019 |
Johnpaul01: You think it is just assist and goals. Xavi and Iniesta were not into the assist and goals but their impact in each game were monumental and created a history that will last for a century. Fabregas might have those stats but he was a total misfit. It was a failed project and cut off because it was not working. |
Re: Chelsea Have Today Completed The Signing Of Striker Gonzalo Higuain(Pics) by einsteine(m): 9:56pm On Jan 24, 2019 |
oyetpel: Kovacic is a box to box midfielder not a defensive midfielder. You play him beside defensive midfielder. |
Re: Chelsea Have Today Completed The Signing Of Striker Gonzalo Higuain(Pics) by TheGoodJoe(m): 9:59pm On Jan 24, 2019 |
Johnpaul01: The possession philosophy is deep and unravels itself with time. Sarri is building something special at Chelsea and with time, they will dominate a lot of teams. |
Re: Chelsea Have Today Completed The Signing Of Striker Gonzalo Higuain(Pics) by oyetpel(m): 10:04pm On Jan 24, 2019 |
einsteine: Please shift, i don't talk with people who doesn't regard facts. Didn't you check the pix i cropped from his wiki page? Better still go watch his clips when he was at inter. |
Re: Chelsea Have Today Completed The Signing Of Striker Gonzalo Higuain(Pics) by oyetpel(m): 10:07pm On Jan 24, 2019 |
TheGoodJoe: Xavi and Iniesta have messi who scores for them. Let me even stop sef, you don't know anything. |
Re: Chelsea Have Today Completed The Signing Of Striker Gonzalo Higuain(Pics) by Johnpaul01: 10:08pm On Jan 24, 2019 |
TheGoodJoe:I just observed you know nothing about football. Xavi was a workaholic midfielder but iniesta was an assist giver, he made close to 150 assists in LA liga |
Re: Chelsea Have Today Completed The Signing Of Striker Gonzalo Higuain(Pics) by TheGoodJoe(m): 10:09pm On Jan 24, 2019 |
Johnpaul01: Barcelona spent years trying to sign Cesc Fabregas from Arsenal. However, when the midfielder finally returned to the club where he had emerged as a talented youngster, things never quite worked out. And in 2014 he left after just three seasons, to be replaced by Ivan Rakitic. There were few tears. A year earlier, Barca had seen the talented Thiago Alcantara depart to join Bayern Munich. He, like Cesc, was one of their own. But Fabregas' relationship with the supporters soured after some disappointing displays back at Camp Nou. So he decided to move on, Barca were happy to sell him and Rakitic has proved much more effective in his place. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.goal.com/en-my/amp/news/barcelona-were-right-to-replace-fabregas-with-rakitic/uxcnamurh4iw1h430cowcf49k The goals and stats you pour, covers the true picture of Fabregas time at Barcelona or why Fabregas was never the kind of player to push Chelsea through the modern football Resolution. Look at the likes of Vidal and Rakitic. They are not raking goals and assists but giving their all to make their teams win. These guys are more crucial than the goals assists you scream of. There is a big part of the team fighting back when the team loses the ball and Fabregas lack the work rate to help the team press or track back to win the ball. If you look from this perspective, you will see Fabregas stands no chance against the likes of Modric, Rakitic, Kovacic, Koke, Lemar, Bernardo Silva and a host of others. Even in his prime, he would fit in to give the kind of electric performance needed in the current wave of play trending. |
Re: Chelsea Have Today Completed The Signing Of Striker Gonzalo Higuain(Pics) by oyetpel(m): 10:10pm On Jan 24, 2019 |
einsteine: Since you don't know about positions in football, go to brozovic wiki page and read his style of play.... Better still screenshot it and post it here. Of course when you are getting old you will start diminishing. Didn't Terry went to championship for peanuts? |
Re: Chelsea Have Today Completed The Signing Of Striker Gonzalo Higuain(Pics) by einsteine(m): 10:11pm On Jan 24, 2019 |
oyetpel: You are the one who should shift. At Inter he was wrongly used as a defensive midfielder the same way Mourinho used Modric wrongly as an attacking midfielder. He has played defensive midfielder role once in a while but every right thinking non Fabregas fan knows that Kovacic is a box to box midfielder and was Modric backup while Llorente was the backup to Casemiro the defensive midfielder. Fabregas is a spent force. The last time he played seriously as a deep lying play maker was at Arsenal. He flopped at Barça and his football was destroyed. They played him as false 9 most of the time and though he scored goals and won some trophies, he was not the world class Fabregas that was in Arsenal in 2006 |
Re: Chelsea Have Today Completed The Signing Of Striker Gonzalo Higuain(Pics) by Johnpaul01: 10:11pm On Jan 24, 2019 |
TheGoodJoe:So why is Chelsea not winning matches with kovacic and jorginho |
Re: Chelsea Have Today Completed The Signing Of Striker Gonzalo Higuain(Pics) by Johnpaul01: 10:13pm On Jan 24, 2019 |
TheGoodJoe:We all know where possession game kept van gaal today |
Re: Chelsea Have Today Completed The Signing Of Striker Gonzalo Higuain(Pics) by einsteine(m): 10:14pm On Jan 24, 2019 |
oyetpel: You keep shouting Wikipedia Wikipedia. I can go there right now and edit what's on that page. We watched Brozovich in the world cup. He is a typical defensive midfielder whose major role is providing cover for the defense. He doesn't move the ball like Modric or Kovacic 1 Like |
Re: Chelsea Have Today Completed The Signing Of Striker Gonzalo Higuain(Pics) by TheGoodJoe(m): 10:14pm On Jan 24, 2019 |
Johnpaul01: Look at the stats you posted of Fabregas and compare the Average to Iniesta. You will see Fabregas contributed more. When it comes to goals, both Xavi and Iniesta did not come close but their contributions were more iconic to Fabregas. It shows the goals assists you scream of was not the key ingredient. |
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