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File this under pure tosh. We now are supposedly letting our best CMF go back to Real Madrid at seasons end, with the lame excuse being posited that Kovacic (who is being sort of played out of position) is somehow blocking our 2 AMFs (RLC and Barkley). So, instead of getting a replacement CMF we are supposed to believe that we are going ro drop around £60m plus on ANOTHER AMF, who freaked out Victimpool so much during his physical that they entirely binned the done deal! BOLLOCKS I say.

fucking amazing

Oh, sorry, I misread, lol

Transfer ban their fucking arses! 2 years. And strip them of Europe for 2. Pep might walk!

You honestly think he is putting in world class performances in his Sarriball role? I love Kante, he is the best pure DMF destroyer in the world by miles, but his performances have been at times downright quotidian in his new position. Seems at times like we are using a half-stone sledgehammer to putt on the golf course at Tunbridge Wells.

SMDH. Unbelievably bad move. He is, at this point, utter shit. Anyone who doubts this, watch the last game v the Derby sheep shaggers. I can see a huge (and bad) pattern developing. I dont think we are bringing anyone in in January and I really dont see us selling anyone atm. Maybe Moses, but we will get fuckall for him. Cahill is obviously going nowhere now, and we soon renew Luiz, Willian, and Cesc (at reduced pay). Bakayoko and Drinkwater at this point are unsaleable due to poor performance (Bakayoko) and/or too high a contract (Donkeywater). I dont even think we make a move for striker, as no truly good targets are going to be available, or if so, they will be at a price the board will never pay. Same for winger, unless we do a move for the £33.8m Suso, which at this point would be very good business. Now, with with it sounding like Kovacic is being allowed to go back to RM, the squad is going to rapidly decline next year, certainly the year after, especially if Hazard leaves for a shit price and the money (plus a lot more net as we seem incapable of selling deadwood) is not well spent on an overhaul. The '6 max on loan' soon come new FIFA rule will finally force us to sell over the next 2 or 3 years, BUT the market will be incredibly flooded with other teams' castaways concurrently, so it's not like we will reap a huge net benefit, as we will also lose the revenue from at least 36 players' loan deals. It is, all in all, like watching a slow motion trainwreck due to another train approaching in the far distance, but at great speed and potential impact. This is not even counting the ongoing Abramovich dilemma, AC probably going full stop wantaway, and CHO contract renewal issues.

He is on verge of being unsaleable. Same for Drinkwater (unless we pay at least half his wages). What a fucking self-inflicted nightmare. £150m or so up in smoke on just those two donkeys counting wages, fees, insurance!

Eden Hazard injury update: Maurizio Sarri gives worrying news on Chelsea star CHELSEA boss Maurizio Sarri has admitted he does to know when Eden Hazard will be fully fit after his back problems. https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/740203/Eden-Hazard-injury-update-Maurizio-Sarri-gives-worrying-news-on-Chelsea-star

And now is officially our bloody captain, meaning he isn't going anywhere. Grrrrrrr FFS, other than our record, we are making some seriously bad fucking moves.

More REALLY bad news I have no idea how this slipped under the radar. The FIFA Council a week ago fully endorsed a reform package that includes a maximum of only SIX players allowed out on loan (originally back a month plus ago some articles said it was eight, so it is even worse.) From what I gather, it will be phased in over a 2 year period following final overall approval. Bye bye loan army. FIFA Council makes key decisions for the future of football development (FIFA.com) 26 Oct 2018 http://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=2018/m=10/news=fifa-council-makes-key-decisions-for-the-future-of-football-development.html snip Football governance The members of the FIFA Council endorsed the reform package of the transfer system recently agreed by the FIFA Football Stakeholders Committee. This document lays out the fundamental principles of what will eventually become a set of concrete regulations to be drafted by the Task Force Transfer System in consultation with representatives from clubs (ECA), leagues (the World Leagues Forum), players (FIFPro) as well as member associations, confederations and the FIFA administration. The task force will provide an update of its work at the next Football Stakeholders Committee meeting in February 2019. Snip Here is the original reporting a month and a half ago FIFA's new loan rules could be disastrous for Chelsea with plans to stop clubs sending out more than eight players… Blues currently have FORTY scattered around the world Fifa to introduce new loan rules to prevent clubs like Chelsea stockpiling young talent as agent reforms fall flat https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/transfers/transfers-fifa-best-loans-chelsea-new-rules-agent-a8554976.html Fifa have suggested that clubs can only send six players on loan. Clearing up the transfer system has been high of Fifa president Gianni Infantino’s to-do list for some time and an end to clubs sending an unlimited number of players out on loan could be coming soon. Fifa have proposed that clubs can send a maximum of six players on loan to prevent sides stockpiling young talent. Snip The reform package will be delivered to the Fifa Council on 26 October during its next meeting and it is hoped that the new regulations are phased in over the next two years. “We have brought everyone to the table and all key actors of the industry have understood that we need to take action, leading today to this reform proposal,” said Infantino. Snip Shit, this looks like it really may go through

GARY CAHILL KEEPS CHELSEA ARMBAND AS SARRI CONFIRMS DECISION https://readchelsea.com/2018/11/02/gary-cahill-keeps-chelsea-armband-as-sarri-confirms-decision/ Jesus fucking christ on a crutch First no Kovacic perm signing, now this shit BAD BAD BAD day so far

He is a right proper cunt, I fucking hate him.

Only way I will not lose my mind is if we are going to not go for Kovacic due to one of these being signed Sergej Milinkovic-Savic Lazio Saul Atletico Madrid Koke Atletico Madrid Marco Verratti PSG Frenkie de Jong Ajax Tanguy Ndombélé Lyon Adrien Rabiot PSG Piotr Zielinski Poison Dwarves Miralem Pjanic Juve Thiago Alcantara Bayern Munich are coming in (and even some of those I still rate Kovacic over) He is fucking on verge of world class level, extraordinarily talented We have NO ONE remotely like him on the team or on loan Mount is an AMF

Chelsea news: Mateo Kovacic transfer decision made by Stamford Bridge chiefs CHELSEA are not planning to sign midfielder Mateo Kovacic on a permanent basis. https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/740149/Chelsea-News-Mateo-Kovacic-Transfer-Real-Madrid-Loan-Rumours-Gossip IF TRUE..... WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!!!! MADNESS

Unfortunately, unlike our shit board, Shitty's put a buyback clause (and also a sell-on clause, so they win either way) into the contract of the 2017 Sancho sale. Shitty will NEVER allow an EPL team to buy him from Borussia Doetmund. Only way we can get him is to buy him after he is sold back to Shitty (will never happen) or buy him from the non EPL team (most likely PSG, Real, or Barca) who would spend so much that even Shitty says 'Fuck it, we will just take our £15 to £20m pure sell-on profit and maybe come back for him in a few years.'

I saw multiple reports both ways. Footie journos are so full of shit, lolol.

Far far too slow to be an AMF anymore.

Barkley. I think.

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Way before my time, but from all I have seen and his stats in a much more striker-hostile game, I would take peak Greaves over any other striker we have ever had, Drogba included. Shame he ended up playing so much for fucking Spuds.

I don't think most presenters grasp what Sarriball when fully executed aims to do in terms of play flow. I watched a tonne of Napoli games and their wingers were usually so one touch and then go go go. When they did dribble it was usually from a running start and they didnt mess around with leg whip-overs and flair attempts like Willian is prone to do after he comes to a grinding halt.

No. Not even close. Especially if Fabregas is sold, which he deffo needs to be, he is spent, not capable of playing to high level in role he needs to be. Let's look at what we would have if Kovacic is pulled back, and not replaced, and no others are brought in: You have ONE DH DMF , Jorginho, with ZERO legit back-up in what is arguably the most important position on the field in Sariball. You have a quite possibly completely maladjusted Kante as your B to B runner CMF hybrid with ZERO backup or competition (he is not adapting well atm IMHO) And you have 3 AMF's Barkley RLC, who I rate but many do not. and a teenager, Mount, with no big league experience playing for a manager who is so far pretty much refusing to play youth. Donkeyoko and Drinkwater are SHIT and need to be sold like yesterday. So, no, not remotely good enough, not even if we keep Kovavcic. We need a true backup DH DMF. Sarri knows which one, and I agree 100000% (ironically he is a teen, lolol) Sandro Tonalli, who has Pirlo 2.0 screaming from his pores. Btw, I already listed prettt muchevery possible AND acceptable Kovacic replacement here http://forum.talkchelsea.net/topic/26645-17-mateo-kovacic/?do=findComment&comment=1376358

Man mark Alonso from behind with a box of Swan Vestas, constantly lighting one up and holding it to his arse to make him speed up beyond his usually pony trot.

He was superb against Burnley, I let my guard down, got my hopes up, as he was, tonight, also in his LW role that is his true position so did my wife, even more than me and he was SHIT again same turd, new side we slows us down so so badly and is a horrid ball hog he didn't hardly do it v Burnley tonight same old same old

thats mainly what I wanted, with some cameos in EPL games NONE of it has happened, except for that 30 minute mini shift v BATE He may not renew, then either we sell him for shit or let him walk on a free that my main concern with his lack of playing time plus, to start a hack converted wing like Moses over him is a slap in the face, as was tonight, starting a MF over him we could have used CHO's pace and dynamism Willian was horrid, as usual, and this time ON HIS GOOD SIDE, LW, FFS I am just reallllly sick of seeing Willian's mug on the pitch for us, same for Cesc and surely for Cahill as well They offer next to nothing almost every game, and they fucking both bore and piss me off, a bad combo CHO is the opposite Also, I am just overall REALLY sick of hearing the same fucking old, tired excuses about us not selling all these cunts we have its the same thing every fucking year ever since the WILFULLY stupid, arrogant, idotic, foolish bollocks move that was the Drinkwater buy, and then the failure to sell off deadwood this summer, I am at wits end with our divvy, fucked up board