Bernard N Y Burgesson

My issue is that, no matter who the next coach is it will be the same thing because the board are not doing their work properly. We need a project but just hire-win-loose-sack-repeat. To be honest I don't mind not winning a major title for the next three year so long as we stick to one coach who can work with young talent and have a distinct style of play like Tottenham have with Poch. I will be okay.

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We can exchange willian for sanchez. Arsenal will dream for that to happen

We can exchange willian for sanchez. Arsenal will dream for that to happen

We can exchange willian for sanchez. Arsenal will dream for that to happen

Danny seems a bit like Cahill. English, not exactly world class, bought when he is about to peak but a classy guy who really wants to be here and do his best. Wish him all the best.

Part of me wishes he will sort the mess out with Conte and get back into the squad so that we will have enough depth upfront. But that's just a wishful thinking.

Thats thier choice. Sometimes i watch messi and its like he gets fed up with neymar and suarez cause they keep on fuckn up then he unleashes the beast and takes on every human before him even some of his own players. he can do it every time but then its fc Barcelona not fc messi. Because your in a team sometimes you just have to share the responsibility.

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Here's one for the "calm" people not yet overly concerned about Chelsea's so-called problems right now: I propose that without more quality buys in the market, Chelsea are one N'Golo Kante injury from falling down to 10th position or lower. So, contrarians and "calm," "mature" Chelsea fans, how about naming another side in the Prem that with one injury can drop in the table so precipitously.
Hint: you won't come up with one. You're welcome. 
Unless something magical happens in the next 2-3 weeks, Granovskaia needs to fucking leave. Probably Emenalo too.

This wouldn't have been such a big problem if we had retained the likes of Ake, Chalobah and Traore.
If we had kept these players and were integrating them into the squad throughout the summer with a clear intent on giving them opportunities next season, I think a lot of us would have accepted this and given everyone time for the situation. 

The thing about the whole month to go thing..is we've had 2 months before that and yet still so much work to be done. If haven't been able to get it sorted during that time not convinced we can do it now. Especially now it's more of a rush!

The club has no direction, if we had direction we would be talking about 1 player to complete the squad, we are talking about 4-5 with a week to go of the season.
The deluded people will talk about a whole month of the window to go, the realist will tell you we could be a bad start away from being out of the race by 31st August.

"His departure will increase the influence of Roman Abramovich’s adviser Marina Granovskai at a club where the balance of power is continually shifting."

Lol, all the Lukaku never was a Chelsea fan posts in here. You do realise that it's possible to grow up a fan of team A and still sign/play for team B?
Why is it so hard for some people to accept that it's our club that solely fucked up? We dicked around with this Lukaku transfer since June apparently and couldn't manage to close the deal. United, however, come in and make it happen in an instant. Of course Lukaku will feel grateful and appreciated, the club he just signed for showed him that they want him and that the money is only secondary, getting him is what counts.

A taste of our own medicine
http://www.squawka.com/news/the-nine-other-players-chelsea-hijacked-from-their-rivals-as-33m-michy-batshuayi-set-to-pick-blues-over-tottenham/711290#Ci6oviOmj4qJUlLV.97

Keep Costa, sign a good striker to challenge him, hold onto Batshuayi,...that would be ideal. We need a strike-force of 3. Even as good as our potential targets, Aubemeyang,Morata and Mbappe, are as forwards and all round play...we need the goals to come from somewhere. Without Lukaku, Costa is our best bet for now.

Guys you gotta look at this objectively. 

Market prices are way overblown and we were in the need of a quality striker, and that striker market is very limited atm.

Harry Kane - great young striker, clinical, technical, big and gets teammates involved, but Tottenham would never sell him to us and even if they would, it would be the price of their new stadium. 0
Personally be my first choice. 

Alvaro Morata - young, tall, technical and very talented but never led the line all by himself and he's been an impact sub throughout his career. Too much of a gamble for that money. 

Andra Belotti - broke out last season, pacey, clinical with both feet and great arealy but also too big of a risk for that amount of money. Torino already refused 70 million from AC Milan.

Lacazette - quick, clinical, get's teammates involved and consistent in French league, but don't think we were in for him anyway and for all his good performances for the last couple of years he isn't getting called for French NT. Arsenal got him anyway. 

Aubameyang - tall, super quick, not so clinical. Has his eyes set on Madrid and Madrid only apparently. 

Mbappe - 18 years of age, super quick, clinical, talented and great technique. Price would be too high, wants starter spot guaranteed and has his eyes set on Madrid. Too big of a risk for a player that's been here for a single year.

Lukaku - tall, strong, clinical but not technically sound as the rest from this list but he's very consistent, been on the stage for a while and EPL proven. He was the safest pick for the money of all mentioned and that was one of the deciding factors.
 
most intelligent post I've read in the past days!!

Now that would be a brilliant move ... will easily over-shadow the first 2 pointers 

Our board has seen sense at the last moment. Insane to let a player with his level of goalscoring potential join Mourinho and we just sit back and do nothing. Lukaku will easily eclipse Costa's goalscoring peaks for us. Under the guidance of Conte, he can become of one the best strikers in the world. He's just 24 and he's already one of the best in the league and I'm sure Conte will improve his work ethic for the cause. 
I pulled this off the Guardian comments section:
 
From Whoscored (if you feel the statistics presented is not accurate, do crosscheck it yourself): Bad control per game (UnsTCh) index is headed by Zaha with 3.3 per game 
Costa - 3.2 
King - 2.8 
Kane - 2.8 
Januzaj - 2.8 
Shaqiri - 2.7 
Benteke - 2.6 
Pogba - 2.6 
Aguero - 2.5 
Arnautovic - 2.5 
Guess who is number 2. We watch him every week and we know how often he loses the ball with his poor control and the stats just happen to back that up. Lukaku with his "terrible touch" is not even in the top 10. 

nah, lukaku >>> lacazette anyday
there's a reason no one else battled for his signature, he isn't as good as lukaku/belotti/morata/etc

waiting for 1st July

cannot stand him.  Especiallly when he gives foreign fans grief for not going to games.

this pretty much sums up a big part of chelsea fandom right now

So sick of the media making Conte out to be this explosive maniac who does nothing but run around angry and yelling at people all day. As if they have a fucking clue what he's thinking.

Lukaku is a top class striker, no point pretending he isn't because people are butthurt over him potentially signing for Utd. Whether he will or can improve, we will see. I see no reason why he can't improve around other world class players, whether here or at Utd. 

His age, and the amount of goals he has scored in the premier league these past few years, makes him a world class superstar now.