Barbara

just joined it: The Originals FC - Barbara Cavalcanti. Trying to embarrass myself in other leagues :P

thanks

I'm the first one to defend him when people compare his first season to Eden's. The transition from Brazilian football to European is very difficult because there are drastic changes that go from club structure to style and team mates quality. He exceeded my expectations based on how difficult that transition can be and how young he is. I'd rate him as our 4th-5th best player now, but I think he has potential to be our 2nd better (Eden being the one with more potential imo). Still having seen many of great matches by him as a #10 in Inter and Brazil (especially in the youngster teams), I would never move him to a deeper position, but I don't think he'd do bad there. It's just that he would deliver much better results as a CAM or playing more to the flanks. I still think we should sign someone to be our DLP.

I'm my usual babbler, but I'm not going to be as active here, I guess - or come here for the serious stuff, I suppose.

Oscar is very tired, I think that affected his performance in the NT. Yeah, he tackled and intercepted the ball a lot, but he was far from his level at Chelsea - which sort of reinforces the idea that if we want him to play deeper we should expect him to disappear. He has decent passing - short and medium distance, as for long passes, it's hit or miss, but something I think Mourinho could help him develop. I still think the closer to the attack he plays, the better results he brings. It was like that in Internacional and in Brazil u21 NT. Playing him on DLP or DM would be a waste imo, but hey, I'm Brazilian, we think and see the sport forward... (except Scolari, that is)

didn't know you were here too, love. ;) But well, here we go then :P

Hi. I'm new here, and just wanted to say hi. Hope to enjoy my time here :) Name is Bárbara, and as the title hints, from Brazil. Chelsea fan since 2002. That's it :P