Clockwork

Rudigar has only had few very good months of football in 4 seasons at Chelsea, he is certainly not worth it.

I have seen very little of Tchouameni, he does reminds me of Obi Mikel. His physical stature, how he shields the ball, and sprays passes is very Obi Mikel like.

It amazes me people actually rated Drinkwater, he is a championship level player lol. Which in fact in reality what he is, since he has spent most of his career at that level.

I don’t think it is when you consider CL football money and other revenue lost opportunities. I would say 150-160m should do it.

I think it is not even a question, Dortmund will sell Haaland if they receive a fee that is substantialy more than they could next summer.

Thinking Kounde is very much Azpi successor. Given Silva, Azpi, Rudigar, and Christensen all with uncertainty beyond next season. I think it makes sense.

Out of that group I like RLC, I think at the very least he could be a viable super sub. His physicality and pace can give tired opposition a lot of trouble. I think there is a role for him.

Similar to Conte, Tuchel needs to evolve in his second season if he is going to be successful. Conte couldn’t, after teams found a way to play against his system and it became very clear of it’s weakness by the end of first season. Similarly I think Tuchel faces similar challenge.

Comparing Tuchel few months of football at Chelsea to Conte two seasons doesn’t seem fair. Very impressive start by Tuchel, but Conte first year was incredible too. We will see if Tuchel can sustain it.

No there is evidence to back that up. I can’t imagine watching Chelsea on a regular basis thinking we create a lot of chances. And if you look at the personal out there, where are they coming from. The 5 defenders? 2 defensive midfielders?our non creative attackers? https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/features/2021/5/14/22435783/why-arent-Chelsea-scoring-more-goals-and-how-can-we-fix-that

Hopefully it is sufficient where the club doesn’t regret it too much in case he becomes a great player.

Lamptey can play on the left also.

What exactly is a sell on clause?

Absolutely not, I watched a few games of Drinkwater before he signed, it was quite clear he was level blow a top tier side. From a physical and technical standpoint. It is amazing he is actually worse than the very little I thought of him. I am honestly surprised reading the early pages where people rated him. I stand by it he is the worst signing ever, because he had so little potential. i hated virtually every Conte signing for the exception of Rudigar.

I really don’t care for the loss of academy players, the chances they become great players are rare. Just hope the club has mitigated their risk; you don’t want cases like Salah,KDB, Lukaku(even thought I don’t rate him), etc. where they become fantastic players elsewhere. Wonder what is causing them to all leave in unison.

Drinkwater is probably the worst Chelsea signing ever, we all knew he was utter crap before we signed him. What followed was even worse, completely useless and didn’t provide anything in his Chelsea career. Amazing that someone thought it was a good idea to pay 40m for this guy.

I thought it already came out the allegations is against Gylfi Sigurðsson.

I do not think we will sign Haaland, mainly because of Mino Raiola.

I agree that Dortmund will accept such offer, but I have doubt that we will make such offer.

I wouldn’t bin Mendy, but Donnuruma is much more proven. I hope Mendy can replicate his first season success.

Not in my opinion, I think England has several better players in attack. He is quite average, struggled against better competition.

England has only themselves to blame for their coward football. Top to bottom England are more talented, but they play like shit. I thought Italy overachieved. Their FBs are mediocre, and outside of Chiesa no one in their attack is worth anything. I honestly can’t fathom any criticism of the way Italian football played. This was a side that two years ago didn’t qualify for the World Cup, and now are Champions of Europe.

It was a great save by Pickford, no one scores every penalty. I think he needs to mix it more, like I said no one scores every penalty. Ronaldo doesn’t, Messi doesn’t, Hazard neither, or Lampard.

Mount is only 22, still has time to improve. I don’t think it is harsh to see him similar to Willian who regularly gave you 7/10 performances at his best seasons. He was in his prime, Mount is much younger got time to get better.

Absolute warrior on the pitch, he is mentally on a another level nowdays.