Duppy Conqueror

I read he`s a Man U fan.i know he`s britains richest man and has the clout to get us back on top again.and well Roman didn`t have an interest in us until he flew over Stamford Bridge on the way to supposedly trying to buy one of a few other clubs including Tottenham. if he`s spending big enough money to buy us he will soon become a fan.;) I just read he does infact have a season ticket with us as he lives near here.

I did mention on here about a month or so ago that I wouldn`t be shocked if we were being sold behind the scenes..not saying this is really going to happen but it would make sense with how strange our summer has been with no sense of urgency to get a coach and new players or selling them.

I`d be cool with Jim Radcliffe owning us if Roman continues to want Marina running transfers. more than twice as wealthy as Roman and may sort out the running of the club to include more football people. only downside his age really.

been a one horse race for him all summer and we still may loose...Marina strikes again..

Brazilian footballers don`t have the exotic names they used to have like Pele,Zico,Socrates,Josimar any more...instead they seem to take their names from 70`s british sitcoms..Fred,Bernard..i say we hold out for Bert and Reg. or alternatively rescue Oscar from football wilderness..he may be a good fit for Sarri-ball.

i feel he wanted to join us. but there is only a certain time anyone should wait before getting the impression somebody is not really interested in them. we give out that impression a lot I think with Marina in charge of these matters..taking vacations during the transfer window..the time when she is needed to work most.

just how long will we have to suffer Marina after the nike deal..she`ll end up costing us more through her missed opportunites ,talent pool depleting,less trophies etc.. I`m totally fine with having a woman in the role,if she`s good enough,she`s not..send the split arse packing.

looks more like a rugby player now..

there atleast has been silence in the french press after announcing Monaco had beaten us to his signing about 3 days ago..

Gotta accept that kind of offer for a wantaway player that is worth around 25m now.

I would have been fine rolling with what we got at CM after Jorginho until he seemed in our hands and for such a great deal. we would have swarmed the middle with Kante,Jorginho and Golovin. gonna be a great player,i`m sure of it.

get his replacement in a.s.a.p. even if he then stays is not like we can`t use upgrades in our front 3.the longer we hold on for a higher price the less time we have to replace him in this window..plus teams will over inflate the price once we have that major fee we`ll get for him and less time to spend it. for me if we going to play a 4-3-3 again ,longterm we have CHO but we still need 2 or 3 others for those edges..i`m intrigued by the thought of Pedro under Sarri but he`s only a short term fix for a year or two.

the shortened transfer window,shortened further because of the world cup and in our case shortened further because of the fiasco of taking so long getting Sarri and 2 of our 4 world class players wanting to leave.i think it would be heroic of him if he can get us to 3rd in his first season and probably worthy of manager of the year contention if he can get us any of the 3 cups. I want to see us play with a swagger,every time we lose we go down fighting,,none of that distasteful bending over parting our cheeks and praying they use lube that we saw away to Man City last season.

I wouldn`t be against signing Donnarumma and one of Kasper or Petr.the latter could be a player/GK coach..the former somebody for competition to start until Donnarumma is ready to start the majority of games,which he may be ready but would be good insurance. it`s worth remembering we signed Cech from Rennes and Courtois from Genk..examples of at times arguably the best keepers in the world signed from 2 small clubs a reminder with good scouting we don`t need to make big time splashes in the transfer market to get big time talent..there is probably some gems out there but alas we are short of time and we don`t have a great set up at the moment to find such talent.

I`d straight swap Courtois for Oblak. they get the slightly better keeper with a bigger profile..we get more value than the price that`s rumoured to be what Real are prepared to pay.

it`s sad that we are selling one of the top 3 Keepers in the world (not our fault,i support selling him now rather than go free and have another year with his toxic attitude) and Wolves and Arsenal signing keepers this window who are better than who we will probably end up with.

even if Golovin starts out as our 4th choice CM he could start around 35 games his first season as he could play either of the 3 roles. the more often Kante,Jorginho and Golovin start tho the more probable teams revert back to long ball football against us because they aint gonna boss between the boxes on that trio.

I have never known a goalkeeper be such an annoying arrogant attention seeking media chatty cunt..Grobbelar was close but he had some comedic value..Courtois is as bland as a bowl of white rice. he could have become a legend with us but for my favourite Chelsea keepers of all time he`s well behind Cech,Bonetti,Neidzwiecki,Borota,De Goey,Cudicini..in the bracket with Kharine ,Beasant and Grodas.

should get more than that for him..but not a complete disaster..having him for another year with his tampon tantrums and then leave for free would be.

I don`t see Jorginho taking his spot.he`s taken Bakayoko`s spot. have hopefully Golovin and Barkley compete for the other spot..Cesc if he stays..Golovin could get enough games filling in at all 3 CM positions over the course of the season.

I hope we only start Kante and Jorginho in Premier league and the FA cup games against PL teams. use Europa and Milk cup to develop young and fringe players.challenge as much as possible in the league and FA cup and try to win in other tournaments but at worst give them game time..might still not be enough starts for RLC tho.

I didn`t know they split up. commitment issues maybe..he`s certainly had them with us..

his girlfriend/wife must really love him..a millionaire in west London and she`d rather stay away from him,bringing up their kid/s on her own and shit in a bucket in spain. he can say he wants to move to be closer to her but he should ask her the question why she doesn`t want to join him. is not like they can`t spend plenty of time in Spain..it`s only a few hours away on a plane..

I`m not even gonna judge how good Courtois is if other players are better or not..he wants to leave so it`s a case of transfer fee this year or keep him for one more year and the club loses a hefty transfer fee. the year ahead may very well turn out to be a transition year,keeping him just for the upcoming season may turn out to be a major waste when we could be blooding his successor. Leno was mentioned earlier..for me the best value signing of this window so far. would have been happy with him joining us instead,especially at that price.

only us and LFC in their golden era seem to use 5 as a Midfielders number in England..us with Essien,them with Ronnie Whelan. I don`t mind it..this shirt number on the other hand..will live in infamy.... a defender wearing 9 ..I just couldn`t stomach it..