Duppy Conqueror

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.

Bran always gives 100% and is a player with a huge team first and hates losing mentality.why Jose and I love him. shouldn`t always be our RB but certainly deserves his place as one of our most selected players. his bad games comes in ones rather than for months at a time.

Tevez is the typical Argie mercenary .his reluctance to learn English despite living here for so long speaks volumes for his character.he would never have played in England if it wasn`t for the money and will soon be seen burning union jacks in his homeland with the rest of the surrender monkeys.

I don`t think RLC is ready for long periods in the starting 11 but certainly I want to see him get the "mikel minutes". loaning players out to get extra minutes does not always happen,they are always coached by coaches who coach in a different way than what we would do,surrounded by different class of players in training and during matches,for a team that have their own agenda where his development is hardly considered. Zouma is an established squad player now.we can`t hide behind saying that we are giving our youth a chance just because of him.RLC has been given time at the end of the season and didn`t appear out of his depth.the same as Kalas when he had his chance but although I wanted us to keep him around after that,atleast in midfield there is more rotation for fringe players to get a chance. if we loan RLC out we will need to sign somebody who will either block RLC`s path back into the squad or be a wasted signing.

Umtiti certainly captures a better mental image than Danny Shittu.. I like Kalas and Omerou but their transfer fees have already been paid and they`ve been loaned out more than once so they are probably on the future sales list now.

i still hate Tottenham,Liverpool and Leeds more than Arsenal. always have,i guess i always will. for me i don`t hate clubs and their fans just because they may be our rivals for honours..i`ve always had a good relationship with some Man U fans..the ones i engage with are just like me,hardcore loyal fans who go everywhere with their team. i don`t engage with fans of non CFC teams on the internet. i don`t like Arsenal,their fans are indeed rather wanky and cuntish but Tottenham,Liverpool and Leeds are the evil trinity for me. i hate Arsene Wenger most about Arsenal. i think Arsenal will be stronger with Cech in the short term.they really need to have a stronger spine of their team tho to be title contenders at the business end of the season. i don`t like strengthening them tho. we have always under Roman done the right thing by veteran players instead of dragging our feet when they want to leave but are still under contract when it comes to things like family..Crespo,Deco,etc...even before then when Laudrup suddenly got homesick after 10 years away from Denmark. but not really to a rival for silverwear. he is a legend,one of the greatest keepers we`ve ever had and a few years with a wanky team can`t take that away from us.just wish it was another case of when Gallas left and we got a player like Ashley Cole in return.

the terraces were so much better atmosphere..it`s mad to think that probably atleast 50% of TalkChelsea have never stood on a terrace. we used to get away with a lot when we could lose ourselves in the mass of bodies..the Shed end has lost it`s soul since they seated it.

until somebody plays for us surrounded by our players and coached by our coaches. nothing is certain in if they will make it or not. we over loan players and I don`t think it helps their growth in regard to becoming 1st team squad members. football is football but each coach and team have their own agenda...I can think of plenty of even World class players who unless they are in the right circumstances for them they might not look very good atall. loan moves do sometimes work out but it appears to be the generic remedy for everybody under 21/22. I`ve no real idea who out of our youth teams will make it,i doubt if any,but not based on talent,but due to the lack of effort as a club in integrating them into the 1st team squad. we loan players out and buy young veterans to block their way back in,regardless of how their loans go.

(I still can`t quote on here) if Terry and Cahill were both injured we`d have Zouma and Bran at CB.with Omerou at back up who can play both CB and RB,put Dave at RB and true LB I mentioned earlier at LB (Kalas has already been loaned out I believe or would have kept) ..we can only count for a certain amount of injuries. playing it too safe and having too much insurance in experienced players is not good for the club in the long run. the 2011/12 season has been mentioned in other threads to apparently justify fear of getting some young players involved but we aren`t living in the past when different young players were around,different group of veteran players.

nobody is proven at Chelsea until they play for us. lots of players have proven themselves at other English clubs and not panned out with us.every transfer is risky,slightly less risky if played in England before but still a risk. I`d rather us sign a LB if Luis leaves and promote a CB we already have on our books for the 4th choice CB job. but that would be too long sighted for Jose and the current Chelsea regime.

I don`t want us running the risk of starting a crucial game amongst others with another Turnbull..even tho against Inter at the bridge he was our best player.

our number 2 Goalkeeper job might not seem appealing..but the back up Goalie for us and other top clubs is one injury away from starting in major games like FA and European Cup finals. I think if I was a goalkeeper playing for a team who aren`t likely to feature in those games,especially European Cup finals then I`d join one of those teams atleast for a year or two,which I think for the next decade or so will be what we will see..back ups coming for a year or two. somebody like Begovic could always go back to some team like Stoke in the future.he can start a ton of games elsewhere but he won`t get the chance to be involved in a European Cup run at so many clubs. some moments in life are just priceless and worth more than a lot of lesser ones. especially when he can have both.

would rather the 3rd Striker role be jobshared by Bamford as the primary but when injuries or suspensions occur Solanke with also signing somebody like Schurrle in Greizmann who can play primarily on the wings but also upfront when required. but of course we don`t do what every other top team in England and Europe do.we won`t give our own youth a chance,even when we have arguably the best pool of youth in Europe on our books.