I watched every game they played in the Olympics. He played in midfield along with Lucas Moura with Sandro holding. Neymar, Damiao & Hulk were the front three.


And he was fantastic.

Fair enough, I was unaware.

 


Moura was a benchwarmer during the Olympics

No he wasn't. He was rotated with Ganso.

He started 1 match...

And played a lot of the others.

Was a sub in 3 out of 5 of them. Played a total of 33 minutes...

FFS stop changing the point! Okay, okay that was a mix up, if that's what you want to hear.

My point is, Oscar is perfect for 4-3-3.

Second time in a week I got Barry to admit defeat.

Enjoy your season

So who do you think will be the starters in midfield most games?

Mou has always liked to have players in his midfield with big engines regardless of the form he used, ie Essien in a 4-3-3 at Chelsea and Khedira in a 4-2-3-1 at RM. Imo Ramires is a mou type of player, and i think he'll be given the first crack at one of the pivot spots.

Nishank, its hard to say atm, although if i had to take a stab, id say that over the first six weeks of the season we'll see a fair bit of Lampard because mou will want his experience for the big games we have at the start of the season. Also i think Ramires and possibly MVG will see some good minutes early in the season too.

I am worried about Oscar though, hes got bucket loads of talent but no real place in the team

Short of it, we have no clue. All of Mikel, Lampard, Ramires and MVG could be starters.

fatman123 wrote:Mou has always liked to have players in his midfield with big engines regardless of the form he used, ie Essien in a 4-3-3 at Chelsea and Khedira in a 4-2-3-1 at RM. Imo Ramires is a mou type of player, and i think he'll be given the first crack at one of the pivot spots.

Nishank, its hard to say atm, although if i had to take a stab, id say that over the first six weeks of the season we'll see a fair bit of Lampard because mou will want his experience for the big games we have at the start of the season. Also i think Ramires and possibly MVG will see some good minutes early in the season too.

I am worried about Oscar though, hes got bucket loads of talent but no real place in the team

Dont say that about oscar, I still have high hopes that mou has grand plans for oscar- especially after the confederations cup.

Chelsea midfield maestro Ramires tops Real Madrid's wish list:
Chelsea midfielder Ramires to be targeted by Real Madrid this summer according to reports
http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/435723/Chelsea-midfield-maestro-Ramires-tops-Real-Madrid-s-wish-list

No thank you, not unless we can get Modric in return.

He's been pretty good under Mourinho. He's his type of player after all

Exactly, we need someone to partner him.

Barcelona ponder summer move for Chelsea midfielder Ramires:
Blues Brazilian on Spanish giant's summer shopping list as Tata Martino eyes new midfielder
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/chelsea-transfer-news-barcelona-ponder-2809426

Yeah, I very much doubt that.

Same. The most technical team in the world wanting one of the most technically inept players around? Doubt it.

Maybe they're trying to ruin themselves?

Perhaps we could trade Ramires for Busquets

 

Does anyone feel that Ramires may be a liability for the future? Currently and in the past he has been a very important player especially in the "big" games, but he really is a box-to-box midfielder with no technical skill. In a 4-2-3-1 he fits in the central midfield role but I am of the opinion that we could do with a more technically gifted player. If we have someone like Witsel (who I am assuming has a good work rate and is also very technical) paired with Mikel at the CM positions then in my opinion that will be very effective. Mikel sits back while the other guy roams up front. Currently with Ramires and Lampard we are not as solid as I feel we should be. However, Ramires seems undroppable because he is a very good player but perhaps selling him and buying someone else with that money would be good business.

No, I personally don't, Ramires has shown that he can hold when he needs to under Jose, He has done the DM job very well imo.

Witsel isn't the playmaker we need, he is more of a technical DM from what I gather. If we could get someone like Cabaye to put next to Ramires, I think we'd be fine.

Ramires not for sale at any price, says Mourinho:
José Mourinho has declared that speculation linking Ramires with a move away from Chelsea in the next 2 windows is immaterial, saying the Brazilian is not for sale at any price
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2512032/Jose-Mourinho-tells-Barcelona-forget-signing-Chelsea-duo-Thibaut-Courtois-Ramires.html

"No price," he repeated twice.

"There is no price for Ramires in the market. The interest doesn’t annoy me but, on behalf of Chelsea, there’s no price for a club wanting to buy Ramires."

"If it’s true or not (the rumours), it’s not important. There’s no price."