Duppy Conqueror

I would never put an agreed fee at the end of a loan out.it doesn`t benefit us in any way really.

I liked him and had high hopes but time to move on and it`s the world record fee for a sub.

the other clubs in Germany just seem to part their cheeks and hope Bayern will apply some lube...

it`s premature to think he`s done now but he is certainly somebody who needs to be dropped and fight for his place back into the team,he`s clearly woefully out of form. he helped us win the title so he was never a waste of a buy even if he never plays another good game. but sending out a message to the squad by dropping JT is wasted when Bran,Cesc and Eden are left in the team.nobody should be undropable.

I didn't even know Martin Tyler still did commentating..

I understand Jose initially losing his cool. even tho Eva followed league protocol and did nothing wrong by those rules. he should have been man enough to apologise to her and never have stopped her continuing her role tho. there`s lots to love about Jose as a manager..but there`s also plenty of head scratching things he does and problems that just stupid and counter productive

he reminds me of David Speedie so far this season.with a twist of Doug Rougvie. i did think he went slightly too far today but am fine with him getting under defenders skin. fuck it tho..it`s Arsenal..and Arsene..the way they are outraged about it..i`ll let them be the ones having a stroke over it and keep celebrating the win and 3 points.

I`ve always liked him and rooted for him,perhaps mostly just for the horrific childhood he had. but really,in my heart and mind he`s an ex-Chelsea player already. i wish him well..more than most of our ex-players.even if it`s at west ham. sure he`s one of many players the last 12 years who hasn`t been given a true chance to grow with us but at all great clubs,good players like him don`t make it even if handled better.

If we were a lesser profile team,not having expectations to win multiple trophies every year from an owner and coach with win now and we'll buy when we need depth.i think the same kind of things would be said of us. But certainly they have an impressive record of buying young unknowns or promoting from youth and turning them into good players. It's odd but if football was only played with left feet and they kept who they have sold the last 5 or so years they would be one of the best teams around. Atleast at 5 aside football..

22 league appearances plus cup games in the last 5 football months.one succesful loan,followed by the request from that club to loan him out again isn't what i would class as can't get in the team.i'm aware he didn't start today.I have no expectations of any youngster bought for less than 20m being given a true chance here,even tho one or two have it's never an expectation but only speak from what i would do and Kalas who can offer what Bran can as a RB/CB only with pace enough to track attackers back close enough to prevent crosses and in a lesser role as back up to Azpi who will play all games when healthy or not needing a rest.then i would prefer either Kalas or Kane players whose transfer fee has already been paid,than to spend again on that role/position.

I`d play Blackmon, we are fucked if Begovic takes a knock that puts him out for a few months.rather not risk that in such a game. and Blackmon needs some gametime to sharpen him up incase he needs to come on with goalkeepers getting sent off so easily now compared to how they almost never did. so.. 1.Blackmon 2.Zouma 3.Rahman 4.Papy. 5.Terry 6.Mikel 7.Ramires 8.Loftus-cheek 9.Remy 10.Traore 11 Kenedy. should be enough to see us through.for me progress in this cup is more important to let fringe players get time than for any cup glory.even tho I like us to win as much as possible including Milk Cups.

well..they were in form in August. the European juggernauts Morecombe and Bury brought them down to earth. Should never take any opponent lightly,other than in team selection to give youngsters and understudys some game time.

don`t think I`ve seen him play so.. pros-it would surely mean no more Bran at RB..with him and Rahman at LB. Azpi can go to RB permanently and Kalas or Kane can be his understudy. cons-he`s a young Spaniard and there`s always the risk of him having "that dream" that young Spanish players often have.aswell as those from South America,Portugal sometimes..

The season we had so far i'm not looking for anything to complain about.we need wins more than anything else. Man City lost..some members can stop crowning them champions 8 months before the season ends now. West Ham are looking great on the road..Arsenal,Liverpool and Man City all beaten in their own stadium by them and they lost at home to Bournemouth..mad times for the hammers.

Drogba just did that in the European cup final when we needed all players on the field he chose to bitchslap Vidic.

good day for Chelsea fans. Chels beat Arse..Man City lose and De Bruyne scores. bit for every fan and for Talk Chelsea we can have a break from some members queing up to suck Manc dick and crown them champions 8 months before the end of the season. West Ham should play all games away.on the road they are playing like champions.

we sold the best finisher in world football in 1961 when he was 21,already scored 124 top flight league goals for us (366 top flight league goals overall in his career) and never wanted to leave. we would have to let Pele go at 17 to top that for being the most stupid decision in Chelsea fc history.

nobody is worth anything they are paid in football apart from tea ladies.. he is not the consistently great player/robot it seems ours are expected to be with no room for homsickness,fatigue or any other natural human temporary weakness tho.

I`m just looking at us getting into some good form,the rest will take care of itself. the talk of what silverware we have already supposedly lost is extremely premature tho. I`ve no desire to predict where we will be next month,let alone in 8 months time. back in the day when Forest were putting 7 past us at the city ground..we started singing always look on the bright side of life...football is taken too seriously now...

if he went on loan if we had injuries or further periods of bad form he wouldn`t be around to take the chance to shine..somebody else might and force him further down the pecking order. he`s around if needed..he should get a chance at some point. in the league cup I don`t think we should play too many youngsters,but say 3 or 4..they need to show what they can do with first teamers really.where as if we played with a team full of youth if it doesn`t work we are in danger of throwing the baby out with the bath water and they deemed never to be good enough. I would certainly give him a start tho against Walsall.

I`m mostly just disappointed we were so close to getting rid of Mikel at this point...

I've been saying the same things as you are saying since i joined 5 years ago and before in other places. Just pointing out the fact that those who makes the calls don't have a history of giving youth a chance. At present we have atleast RLC on the fringes. Some Foreign kids with potential too.all we can do is see how it pans out. Wouldn't mind some of the deadweights like ramires,mikel and ivanovich having niggly injury problems.i believe in Oscar.not consistent but a key player when on form,gives us something we lacking.but i'm heading to bed now so leave it at that for tonight.

Owner with a track record of being impatient during lean spells,a coach who is also impatient..they will need to be in a mutual agreement with making an effort to integrate RLC,Solanke,Baker etc... or it's not gonna be so easy and with some english not ready and foreign "homegrowns" more ready in some cases. And Jose possibly fighting to save his job..Fergie and Wenger were safe in their jobs to survive the odd bad year.I think most of the regulars at games would support it, i'd probably take a break from chelsea forums for a few years tho..some fans expect constant success and ,want huge money transfers and see 3 rd or 4th as not ever acceptable and i can't be bothered with that. Stones i think and hope will remain a target,he's more ahead than our own english at this point and he fits the bill as somebody to build around where as some of the other english lads we already have there are still doubts in where to best play them. Josh never really had a defined position for us for an example.even if he had been nurtured properly. RLC the nearest but still a learning curve ahead.

Ask a bayern fan what they would think if there were no german in the team or barcelona,real madrid if no spanish. Jose himself has said every team should have a core from the nation they play in.Stones was targetted above others because he's a good possible future great but also because he's english.

He won back to back league titles with it in the past for us so it's not foreign to him and not much different than the 4-2-3-1. The 10/ false 10 comes from a deeper position,spends more time on build up play than coming back from a higher position,good for counter attacking..Pedro and Hazard play more or less the same as now. Matic DM. Ramires tracking Barkley and peeling off for counter attacks. Oscar setting the pace and feeding the front 3,fullbacks won't need so much secondary help with athletic ability and Everton not having much width.4-3-3 suits more of our players named in that team.