What happened to Oscar?

by Pip Sat Apr 30, 2016 3:00 am

I do not watch Chelsea much, so I thought he was injured for much of the season. But he has actually played 38 matches so far. Shocked

He has scored 8 times this season and with 4 assists.

So what is happening with Oscar? I see he is 24 ( Shocked

), what do you think of his progression as a player?

This is from the last thread about Oscar from August 2015:

Gil wrote:Confirmed PoTY & Balon D'or candidate. Best player in the League, I've seen enough. Not even joking, he's the best player at Chelsea not Hazard.

The signs & flashes of brilliance have always been there but I feel this is the year he'll put it together & deliver consistent World Class 90 minute performances. Unlike Cesc, he should make it past December too considering he just had his first summer off since 2010.

Dribbling has drastically improved (more confidence?), spraying diagonals like Kroos, backheeling with ease like Totti in his prime, he's become a set piece specialist, can finally create & will score 20 goals this season.

EDIT: If Mourinho leaves him out of the team in another big game to park the bus at the Etihad I might commit.

by CBarca Sat Apr 30, 2016 3:17 am

He's only 24? Feels like he's been around for a long time.

He's a fraud but he's still young and can improve.

by Donuts Sat Apr 30, 2016 3:18 am

he was dubbed brazil's next biggest thing at a time neymar was bossing it in brazil's league
was even given the #10 for the national team for a good while.

by Socur Toxanarosa Sat Apr 30, 2016 3:42 am

Nothing, that's the problem.

Donuts wrote:he was dubbed brazil's next biggest thing at a time neymar was bossing it in brazil's league
was even given the #10 for the national team for a good while.

lol no

by Donuts Sat Apr 30, 2016 4:11 am

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:Anyway Oscar will be better than Neymar i said it when i saw him play for Brazil in fact he's better than him already.

Also Oscar hasn't really adapted that great to PL his performances in the league have been average at best his best performances have come in Europe

Valkyrja wrote:best young attacking midfielder after Gotze. Incredible player.

Le Samourai wrote:True heir to Socrates

We are not worthy

Ganso wrote:Wow,I didn't realize he had such a good game vs Argentina.future best am

all from like one thread can't say he wasn't overhyped lol

by FalcaoPunch Sat Apr 30, 2016 5:26 am

Not sure where I saw it but it was a quote along the lines of "the most unimaginative #10"

by guest_07 Sat Apr 30, 2016 5:59 am

typical superstar nowadays

stage by stage:
promising youngster > brilliant player > superb player > form decline > vanish on the radar > reappear again
(repeat from stage no.2 in 10 times)

lol

by Art Morte Sat Apr 30, 2016 6:32 am

Another early bloomer. People expect it to happen too often that if a player is really good when he's 18, 19, 20... that they keep on majorly developing. Yet quite a lot of players will not progress that much after 20.

by CBarca Sat Apr 30, 2016 6:38 am

When in his career has Oscar ever been a brilliant player though? He's never really had a period in his career where he put solid, consistently good games week in week out tbh. Unless he did and I missed it.

He has the talent but I think that he'll never be one of the best. He can be a good player and play for a top team but I don't see him ever being a standout player for a top team

by M99 Sat Apr 30, 2016 7:31 am

CBarca wrote:When in his career has Oscar ever been a brilliant player though? He's never really had a period in his career where he put solid, consistently good games week in week out tbh. Unless he did and I missed it.

Yes, first half of 2013-14 , he was Chelsea's best player. He also played well last season. He always seems to drop of at the latter part of the season, I blamed fatigue before. This season he joins Hazard, Costa, Matic and Fabregas on Chelsea players who have been severely disappointing. Next season of his career whether its at Chelsea or elsewhere will be the make or break on whether he is a fraud or not.

I believe in his talent. I can't help but blame Mourinho on sucking out the creativity in him. He almost turned him into a DM very much like Benzema. Hopefully he can rediscover the creativity from which he drew comparisons to Ozil when he first broke out.

by McAgger Sat Apr 30, 2016 7:52 am

He was always a fraud like his buddy Bernard. I just can't believe little Phil had to suffer ostracization because of this fraudulent little pos.

by Kick Mon May 02, 2016 1:44 am

He hasn't improved much since we bought him, he is very inconsistent and has suffered this season as the rest of our team has been poor.

However, he does make other players around him look better, and Fabregas, Hazard and Willian have benefited from that at various points throughout the last 2 seasons.

He could leave, depending on whether Conte wants him or not.

by BarrileteCosmico Mon May 02, 2016 1:56 am

As I see it his main attribute is relentless pressing, which is maybe what Mou requires from his AMs, but for that position you need more to excel. Very hard working but lacking in technical qualities.

by Lex Mon May 02, 2016 9:28 am

Whenever someone is dubbed "Brazil's next big thing" or "the next [insert Brazilian player here], they might as well retire, because they fall hilariously short of the mark. I remember United fans boasting that Anderson was going to be the next Ronaldinho Laughing