MikeDance

Just want to bring some perspective to yesterday's goings on....We knew the window was short and what annoyed me the most was the fact the deals/players we were going for were not 70/80M players, they were players who both wanted to come here, had relatively low values based on the current market and we still couldn't get it done. Right, so I hear the window opens Monday again..so does that mean our targets are going to go from Gittens and Maignan to Donnuruma and Williams? Not a fucking chance, we went low for players and will remain at that price level and that player level, the pattern over the last two seasons tell you all you need to know.
I'm hearing and reading I maybe unrealistic....nah I have been around Chelsea since the mid 80's, seen the bad times, seen the better times, seen the incredible times and seen the decline again, but what was the most stand out thing about all the times I have supported and followed the club is we always, always had a smattering of young but with experience wrapped around it, whether it be the mid 80's or 2025 you need this, and this is what this board are not getting. An arm round a shoulder is as key as a bit of flair skill, a low moment was where players were judged, where leaders and figure heads came in..years ago it was Bumpstead, Speedie, the baton was then passed to the Zola's and Poyet's, then we had the Terry's and Carvalho's, Coles and Lampards, these were your leaders and the ones that took things on the chin and galvanized the group.
What we are seeing now is Tosin and Bettinelli's (gone) spoken about being the leaders and the characters in the changing room...nah fucking nah, we have a captain that is injured all the time, a dud keeper, mis mash centre backs, wingers that don't work anywhere near as hard as they should and meant to be flair players but offer fuck all and still years on pining for a striker we still have not got. Drogba passed the baton but it was dropped a million times between Torres, Morata, Higuain.. picked up by Giroud, dropped again between Lukaku and so on and so on without any order, Drogba and Hasslebaink with a smattering of Gudjohnsen to add flair.....
The point Im trying to make is sign experience, do not cut corners, do not discard experience and this club deserves to have these calibre of signings which is why I am not having these owners and SD's one bit, they have no clue what they are doing and the direction is non existent. What we seen and witnessed yesterday was shambolic, whether it be only for a few days until the window opens again, this was about, and lets solely focus on the keeper for one second, an experienced and very good shot stopper for a car boot price, someone the manager wanted, forget the briefs, he wanted him because he plays well with his feet and we went in for him with a reason, we failed, we failed the manager because the club is obsessed with penny pinching, yet the graphs and data tell you we are way above the PSR curve, with ease. 
The direction is rotten, the outlook is rotten, the club has lost it's way, I love Chelsea always will but the faith is slowly draining from me because the people in charge are a disgrace.
Seen the good seen the bad, this is really bad, but always Chels
 

eheheh
 

City have had the exact sort of surgically precise week we were sold on us having leading into the CWC. They had clearly identified all their targets some time ago and went out and got each one of them with little to no drama or drawn out sagas. Cherki, Reijnders, Ait Nori in the span of 1 week. Following them doing similar in January. 
Now their new team gets to gel and train together all summer and can hit the ground knowing exactly what Pep wants from them once the PL starts. Meanwhile, our club is penny pinching and gaslighting the fanbase.

Liverpool and ManCity have spent over 500 millions on new players and we don't even want to spend 20 million on a world-class goalkeeper.
WTF is this?
 

He had a few good games towards the end of the season. Are we just going to casually forget he had the most unforced errors in the league… wasn’t it something in the region of 14!!! Are we going to casually forget his constant flapping at corners when trying to claim the ball, his ridiculous decision making with the ball at his feet, his weird sprints out of the box to be caught in no mans land???
He was Brightons 3rd choice GK before we got him for a reason.
Petrovic improved massively at Strasbourg and yea, it could have been a one off season but I’m far more prepared to give him a go than watch that absolute fraud of a GK Sanchez get another season in a Chelsea shirt.
 
 

probably the worst, most dishonest clickbait in my 7 plus years here on TC:
Alex Oakhill deserves a bovver boot to the jacobs

https://www.footballinsider247.com/reece-james-bids-emotional-farewell-after-confirmed-Chelsea-exit/
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and again:

 
but here, FAR down, way deep into the article, is the catch:
 
On Tuesday, James was forced to bid farewell to one of his closest friends at Chelsea, after it was confirmed that Marcus Bettinelli has joined Manchester City.
Taking to Instagram, the defender paid tribute to his friend, posting a photo of the pair together with the caption: “Thank you for all the memories big bro!
“Through every setback, every injury, you were always there to lift me up when I felt like I had nothing left.
“You’ve been more than a teammate, you’ve been a brother from the day you arrived.
“It’s tough to see you go, but I’m forever grateful for everything you’ve done for me and my career.”
 
 
fucking cunts 🤬
 

These owners are fucking pathetic and taking us for retards.

The club briefs are more embarrassing than our transfer activity

Not sure I can take another season of Sanchez in goal
Everytime he passes the ball out from the back I get that feeling you feel when you hear the dentist’s drill start up! 😱

What I mean is the manager wants them so you’d think the club would push a bit beyond what they initially intended to to reward Maresca for achieving his goals this last season. If he wanted Maignan and the only intended to go to £12.5m, would it have really been a big deal to go to £20m?
It just seems like insane logic having seen what they’ve spent on complete rando’s for years now. For literal kids aged 17 or 18 they’re willing to pay whatever is necessary even if that’s £40m+ yet for one the premier keepers who is also a leader in the squad which we badly need, we blow up the deal that would’ve been cheaper than what we paid for Sanchez.

because they are SHIT
no way to spin it otherwise
ALL (except perhaps Penders) are marginal at best
adjusted for inflation (counting Kepa)
we have spent 252m euros on keepers counting Kepa onward
and have fuckall to show for it (other than 1 year wonder Mendy)

City got Cherki for £35m 😂
That club knows how to do business.
Why are we soo inept? 
 
When will this nightmare end.

Chelsea have signed goalkeeper Livia Peng...can she play first team?

Massively overpaying for a winger Dortmund don’t even want but refusing to pay for a top keeper.
Starting the season with Sanchez as our #1 again just confirms that we have no ambition whatsoever from the top of the club to challenge for a title or the UCL. Just happy to be there for a few fun European nights and another fight until the last day for 4th.

Sustaining Champions league football looking likely to be very difficult if Sanchez is still between the sticks. 

I can live with not getting Maignan if it was 100% certain Petrovic is being prioritised as our number 1 for next season but you just know these fucking idiots in charge are tempted to sell him and they actually trust Sanchez. The fact they have publicly said they trust Sanchez is terrifying… anyone backing Sanchez to remain as our number 1 goalkeeper is clinically insane.

Fucking clowns

we refuse to pay 5M for maignan but we will upgrade the offer to 50M for gittens Lul

Bad idea. We need an upgrade as we will be competing in the Champions League next season. Lot of teams that will be pressing high and lot of games where GK needs to be making split second decisions.
Sanchez will be a disaster and despite his good season in Ligue 1, Petrovic for me is not a candidate for first-choice keeper. We need to be in the market  

I even understand the comparison that the directors made with the sale of Pulisic, but then seeing them spend so much money on young players, when we've had so many mistakes from the goalkeepers in the last two seasons... I don't even know what to think.

You’re ok with Sanchez???? 
 
Huh????

its insane that we keep him one more year

But some of you in here don’t mind Sanchez because he had a few decent games at the end of the season right??
Wait until reality smacks you square on the nose and the stupid cunt costs 15 points again next season. 

They should be thanking us for supplying them with Pulisic!

Lol