Duppy Conqueror

I`d like him as a matchday squad member but I`m not putting him down as somebody who can replace any regular to the extent that they should be sold. an upgrade over Cuadrado who can actually make an impact and start in certain games on a "horses for courses" basis.

when kids be talking about the most talented kids we`ve ever had....by the time Jimmy Greaves left aged just 21 he had scored 124 of his still standing record and probably never to be broken 357 top flight goals . I`ll hang my hat on him being our greatest young talent ever and among the top 5 young talents in the history of world football. that`s going by the common misguided rule that only attacking players can be described as the best of their time or ever.

If his name is Robert Kenedy,why not have an avatar of Robert " Bobby" Kennedy instead of John Fitzgerald Kennedy. in a side note ..Hasselbaink used to have Jimmy on the back of his jersey when he first came to England and played for Leeds..the F.A made him change it to his real surname. I don`t know how Portuguese speaking players get away with nicknames..they don`t always have the same last name.

I`m probably atleast joint if not our most anti-loan players out member but I agree with him being loaned out for the upcoming season. just don`t think he`s being loaned to the right club for him that would help prepare him for our 1st team squad. I think he will just tread water there. I`d keep 3 or 4 young,yet to establish themselves players around to integrate into the squad but Baker would be outside of those. I would look for him to take Ramires spot in the squad in the next couple of years but not yet.

I think 18m would be a decent price for him and maybe the quoted pounds price is really Euro`s seeing as it`s not from an English source. Pedro I think even if he doesn`t win a regular starter spot could get plenty of game time covering for a couple of positions.and could be our new super sub.

it`s great the number of top players from around the world that play in England now. but i think eventually UEFA will put a limit on how many foreign players clubs can have in an attempt to bring us down and leagues like the French back up. the Homegrown rule needs to be altered to something like atleast half of the 8 needing to have grown up in the country their club plays in anyway. we among other mostly English clubs have exploited the massive loophole in the current rule and we have many enemies in governing bodies around Europe who wouldn`t have a problem with other leagues clubs doing it but will eventually change it because of us. that`s why I feel it`s important among other reasons to have fully English players coming through.

this is a site for fans of the English club Chelsea fc..not for playing the cunt to belittle other fans and members over nothing that matters. his/her English is good enough to be understood anyway.

KDB didn`t have the right attitude at the time to play for a major club,it remains to be seen if he has now or ever will..same as Lukaku..tho KDB is closer to the talent level required. we possibly should have made him honour his contract and forced him to be more patient for his chance but he forced his departure. 3 hours of playing against a Crystal Palace back up keeper and a back 4 made up of Reading,Hull and Swansea defenders without scoring suggests that the Belgium attacking players aren`t as great as they are hyped up to be. contain Eden seems the way to stop them.

Masouda isn`t "one of Jose`s players and never will be" but Sterling who has a price tag of 50m, has a tackle ratio of 1 every 82 minutes of football and shown several character flaws is? I think every great prospect/top player can become one of Jose`s guys..just gotta work hard,be tuned in and willing to follow his instructions. you don`t have to be a tackling machine..just do your part..press players when they have the ball,clog passing lanes etc..

indeed. he`s been with us for what 9 years. anyone else who stayed that long would be loved by most. I loved John Bumstead who stayed for around the same time and yet Mikel has a bucket full of winners medals and he just doesn`t pull the heart strings. he`s been good at times,willing to do whatever is asked of him but when you think his predecessor is Makalele and his successor is Matic. out of the 3 "M`s" Mikel is the weak link between the other two greats at his position.

@Tomo I don`t really recall the don`t sign Neymar because we have Kakuta,nor me ever being a part of that. but i used more than one player being effected by Pogba being signed..and even without the added transfer fee I wouldn`t swap Oscar and RLC`s place in the matchday squad to have Pogba. players who was just used as an example.

Griezmann is one of the few transfer targets/rumours I`m pro us going for..don`t think we have to have him but it would improve our matchday squad.and wouldn`t be a "cock blocker"..like other possible signings.

if Cuadrado leaves I think we should keep Salah (tho i know once a player has been loaned out he needs to win the league in a top European league/and or play in a major European cup final to get another chance with us)

Luis + Salah should be enough without add on money..around 35-40m in value on the market.

no point in loaning him out,if Jose would be happy to keep him only a transfer fee will do to get him away and quite sad if Mikel is content to essentially retire from competitive football at 28 by going to a league of that level of competition.

looking at the big picture. e.g. what it would cost us not only in transfer fee and salary. but subsequent players who would end up leaving either in a package deal or because their path to the 1st team would be blocked..say for example..Oscar leaving in a package deal and RLC leaving eventually and possibly other Midfielders. possible changing of base formation to try and fit him in. I`m not as pro this transfer as most.

Rajkovic was banned from international football for something like 18 months.i think that held back the visa.

his legend status with us is immortal.i will wish him good health but not success with another club when it will come at our expense. I don`t think Arsenal signing him will make them a threat to us in the league title race but it may in domestic cup competitions where they sometimes win if somebody else knocks us out anyway.

he looks good,i`d like us to sign him.but I`ve gone past having any expectations of anyone signed as a teenager making it with us and would be more excited by our teenage signings if I was a Vitesse fan.

unless you are a man hating woman,there`s no reason to read the Daily Mail.

Stones (and Barclay) are two young English talents who impress me but we already have good young talent in their positions who given a chance will impress too.i wouldn`t mind if we got him atall but... we would have to pay a lot to get Stones..the kind of money an established European star would demand. if we sign another defender he is not gonna be replacing anyone from last season apart from if Luis leaves so we are not in a need to strengthen a position that has been weakened.we are just adding strength to depth. something just keeping Kalas or Omeruo would do and save us a lot of money to strengthen elsewhere.

i try not to think about that 3 year nightmare.

they are using the £35m they paid for Andy Carroll as a benchmark for how much Sterling is worth.

can play at RB too I believe..tho so can Kalas and Omeruo. I think when we are in for young players we should look at the big picture do we want him enough that we can say goodbye to other young players at his position.if we aren`t inclined to give Kalas or Omeruo a shot in the first team squad this year but do intend to in the near future we should target a veteran who can come in and do a job until then. we loaning players out to gain experience only to then block their path into the squad with young longterm replacements is shortsighted ,counter productive and costly.

he was shit with us and that's all that matters to me. only Bogarde stayed on our books for aslong as him whilst being as useless to us. tho atleast Bogarde didn`t block us giving gametime to better players.