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The lad was a BEAST tonight for Torino v CR7 and Juve. Superb all-round performance, had Ronaldo kicking sod! We really need to give him a HARD look next year! Come on Chels, give our youth a shot!

I rate him a FAIL atm. One in a long string. We are going to lose CHO if Sarri doesn't wake up and play him at LW with Eden as false nine and Pedro or Barkley at RW. DONE with Willian. I am bordering on detest with him. Wuthless ball hog. After seeing Ola Aina for Torino tonight basically ice out CR7, I have ZERO patience for not playing young versus SHIT EPL teams.

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It is so funny, we have youngsters going up against a top 4 all-time player ever in football, and a MONSTER overall team (Juve) BUT we cannot play the ones we have on the team against some cunts from Burnley or Huddersfield! SMDH

Aina looked rock solid against CR7, impressed

every one I list at the bottom of this post is a better player, I have seen them all play a lot IF Rugani was worth the £60m Juve set as final price, he would be starting a lot more, I absolutely don't care if it is Juve, 60 million quid is getting close to world record price for a CB (only van Dijk has ever cost more so far) It isnt like Rugani is some freakish 17, 18, 19 yo wunderkind like de Ligt, he turns 25 this coming summer, so what you see is what you get to a large degree some 23-24-25yo CB's for comparison Samuel Umtiti Aymeric Laporte Marquinhos Raphaël Varane John Stones José Giménez Milan Skriniar all are top ten (well you know I do not quite rate Stones) in world, all have been starters FOR YEARS NONE cost £60m, (all would now, lolol) Laporte cost £58.5m last year, and is literally at another level than Rugani, its like comparing us to Burnley Makes ZERO sense to drop more for him than moneybags Shitty did for Laporte Or we could be smart and buy Jean-Clair Todibo before he costs £70m

Ola Aina (our RB) is starting for Torino btw

Days after Man City & Raheem Sterling, Chelsea fans hold a flag with Nazi symbols in Hungary (Headhunters with a Totenkopf which can be argued is not truly Nazi in many instances, but this is a bad look with us under the cosh) https://www.101greatgoals.com/news/days-after-man-city-raheem-sterling-chelsea-fans-hold-a-flag-with-nazi-symbols-in-hungary/ snip Chelsea fans hold a flag with Nazi symbols And now it’s got even worse. The Guardian on Saturday have flagged up a photo which has been sitting on Twitter for several days. The picture carried the following citation: MOL Vidi – Chelsea 13.12.2018. Chelsea Headhunters (In Hungary). As reported by the Guardian: The photographs reveal a group holding a banner, on which is displayed SS death’s head insignia. The banner, a modified flag of Northern Ireland that also mentioned Rangers and bore the Loyalist slogan “No surrender”, featured the SS-Totenkopf skull commonly used by neo-Nazis as a reference to the Third Reich’s units who ran extermination camps throughout Europe and the 3rd SS Panzer division. It’s reported that Chelsea are “aware” of the photo in question. The club also have records of all fans who bought tickets for the Vidi match. The Guardian note “it seems likely the group concerned remained in the city centre, out of the club’s jurisdiction, during the game.” Chelsea are owned by Roman Abramovich, who is not only Jewish but now Israeli. snip

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He wants Rugani still. Would much rather go for Romagnoli. Milan is crashed out of Europe and is in deep shit financially. Time to strike. Juve will just fuck us about like they have done for last 3 or 4 years. They and Napoli are on a destroy CFC mission. There are a tonne of great CB's out there but our board utterly lacks both foresight and ambition. Rugani cannot get a much more than a sniff of playing time at Juve. That should clue us in right there. 5 games, 361 total minutes, 2 of those in CL mop-up action and has not stood out in any.

ahhh, totally agree, sorry I misread! hugz

Aston Villa reignite loan bid for PL 18/yo from top-four side after summer talks https://thisisfutbol.com/2018/12/blogs/championship/villa-look-to-rekindle-ampadu-interest/ VILLA LOOK TO REKINDLE AMPADU INTERESTT The Villains approached Maurizio Sarri’s side over a potential deal during the summer but were rebuffed when the Italian decided he wanted the 18-year-old to stay at Stamford Bridge. The Welsh international has struggled for minutes, however, appearing just twice in the Europa League. Any deal for Ampadu would take the form of a loan, with the Midlands club hoping that their ties to Chelsea could give them an advantage in the transfer window. Villa already have Tammy Abraham on their books and boast Blues’ legend John Terry as a first team coach. It is thought that any deal could be complicated by competition from Frank Lampard’s Derby County, who themselves have a good working relationship with Sarri’s side. Good move for Villa? Ethan Ampadu has a vast potential and could really flourish given a proper run in a senior side. A confident central-defender capable of playing in front of a back four as well, the young man could provide a much needed injection of vitality into an ageing Villa defence. The failure to properly replace the retiring John Terry at the end of last season has been well-documented, and has forced the club into deploying Mile Jedinak in the heart of defence on occasion. As good as the Australian is, he is not a defender, and Ampadu would provide much needed depth in a position that is vital for any club looking to mount a promotion challenge. This is Futbol rating: 9/10 Likely to happen? It’s an absolute no-brainer for Chelsea to send Ampadu out on loan. The 18-year-old is ready to make the step up to senior football, and there are few leagues in world football that could teach him the tricks of his trade as well as the Championship could. You would hope that the Blues see sense and give him a run elsewhere, as they have with Tammy Abraham to great effect. The main stumbling block, however, could prove to be reported interest from Frank Lampard’s Derby County. The Chelsea legend already has Mason Mount on loan at Pride Park, and could hold the advantage in a tussle for Ampadu. snip

CATALONIA CALLING Chelsea transfer news: Barcelona ‘launch formal offer’ for Blues defender Andreas Christensen https://talksport.com/football/461197/chelsea-transfer-news-barcelona-bid-andreas-christensen/ Chelsea defender Andreas Christensen is wanted by Barcelona and they have already made a bid for him, according to reports. The Camp Nou club want cover for Samuel Umtiti who is struggling with a knee injury and have identified the 22-year-old defender as the solution. Last season, the Denmark international was a fixture in the Chelsea defence under Antonio Conte after returning from a two year loan with Borussia Monchengladbach. His performances earned him the Chelsea Young Player of the Year award, but he has been unable to replicate that success under Maurizio Sarri. While he has made nine appearances, only one of those has been in the Premier League and that was in the 2-1 defeat against Wolverhampton Wanderers. snip

Haller or Jovic from Frankfurt look like good options. Or convince Cavani to take a one year contract (and get PSG to sell him in January... GOOD LUCK with that). Piątek has come back down to earth. Maybe an ageing Dzeko? Not sold on him. Icardi is soon off the table. It is a grim situation.

because we are chasing them and also the way they won it isnt rocket science and I expect fuckall to be done in January I will believe it when I see it (good moves) buying Callum Wilson counts as fuckall in my book btw Willian is going nowhere same for Alonso Luiz will hopefully leave in the summer (but again, the board has fucked it up and we will get ZERO for him when we could have had £30m thsi last summer) we need a DoF like Ballack to fix this shit! to be really honest the club needs to be sold before we get seized

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We could have went above them on GD with a win tomorrow if not for them nicking that goal at the death

Wilson did nothing in 35 minutes of play. Wolves completely iced him.

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He has regressed from his breakout year of 2015/16 ( 5 goals, 12 assists as a part timer). I think he can be a decent starter for a 20th to 40th best team in the world, but nowhere near top WC quality. Unless he is coming at a super cut-rate price (£10m or less) I see no reason for him to be purchased by us. If he was smart he would go for a Bundesliga or Ligue 1 team like Hertha Berlin, Eintracht Frankfurt, Lille, Borussia Monchengladbach, Marseille or Hoffenheim. He could thrive there. Maybe Serie A teams like Lazio, Roma, or Fiorentina as well.

I think the huge amounts of minutes played over last 8 years (especially the last 3 and half, where he is averaging way over 4000 minutes per year) are catching up with him. He turns 30 in 8 months, and we all not Vesper's maxim about 30yo and above fullbacks, Look at Marcelo. Hit 30yo and BOOM, has had a huge drop off. Same for DMF's. The only 2 exceptions for ageing FB's and DMF's are both, ironically, Brasilians (who,as a group are the ones who REALLY go downhill fast when the fall comes) Dani Alves and Fernandinho.

City look so vulnerable with Otamendi (I have always hated him, it blew my mind he made 1st team all EPL) at CB and Delph at LB. Pep is going wild. It should be 3 3. Everton have missed 2 sitters. I would be shocked if they don't address those 2 areas soon (and also a true b/u (and then replacement) for Fernandinho

Zouma burnt like toast, lol Sterling scores after being in pitch for 2 minutes, 42 seconds 3 1 Shitty Jesus with a brace

If he was our main CF, I think Sarri could handle his attitude, and surely his pride (to prove Manure wrong) would come into play. Dembele will not be sold by Barca and he will eventually mature. He is an insane talent and worth the gamble for them.