Pizy

Casadei feels like a pure punt. Has to have been recommended by someone who has extensively scouted him from our youth setup becasue that’s the only plausible explanation. We’re just taking a chance for €15m that he becomes something. But as I said last night I don’t see it from what I’ve watched. When YouTube highlights can make anyone look amazing, this kid’s highlights don’t look impressive at all. And that’s at youth level where you’d expect a “wonderkid” to dominate. Comparing his footage to the lad Carney that we’ve just signed and they look like completely different levels. Feels like a player we won’t see in a first team Chelsea shirt for years, if ever.

So are we sending Cassadei on loan straight away back to Italy? Development squad? I just don’t get it otherwise.

To be honest, this Casadei kid were apparently crazy about getting doesn’t look like anything special at all from what I’m watching. Doesn’t look like some wonderkid or future superstar. Not even remotely as impressive as the other young midfielder we just signed.

Zaha has had like 5 golden opportunities to score literally inside the Liverpool box and a dreadful first touch ruins it every time.

Much as I hate Liverpool, I hope they smash United next weekend just to send the United fans into further meltdown.

Haven’t heard anything about a new Fofana bid lately… 🤔

Why spend money on this Italian kid when we’ve already bought a young super talent for midfield for £20m? Why not use that money towards a ready made, top class midfielder like De Jong who can help us NOW?

Please don’t let us panic and pay anywhere near this in the end.

Thinking about it more, now I’m actually worried that the sudden Anthony Gordon interest is because Fofana is a no-go. That Reece will become the RCB full time and Gordon is being bought as our new starting RWB. 😣😣😣

We’re going to get clowned and laughed at by the entire football world, fans and pundits alike, if we spunk even £40m on Gordon, never mind £50m. So Tuchel better be damned sure he’s going to be a top class player. This is the sort of money you spend on an established PL player who has a couple of seasons of great football. This kid has shown flashes of class but is still raw.

Just watched a 15 minute YouTube video of Gordon. After seeing the footage I can definitely see a quality talent who could be molded into a top wingback. Definitely do not see a Chelsea quality attacking player, though. Much like Cucurella, he’s got that relentless aggression and can run nonstop for a whole match. Price is absolutely silly. If we do this I pray that we still bring in Fofana and a striker and that this deal doesn’t prevent those.

We’d be insane not to spend on these two positions before pissing tens of millions up the wall on a kid from Everton.

Even loads of Everton fans on their forum are gleefully hoping they sell him to us. 😕

Can’t stand Gordon’s face or hair. He just looks like one of those little shits who screams into his mic playing Fortnite.

That Kante injury on top of this robbery makes it sting even more. He was incredible and vintage Kante today. He and Jorgi totally dominated midfield. With Kova also injured it’s time for Conor to really seize his chance. Or maybe we accelerate the potential De Jong move? What if Kante has a torn hammy? That’s months out…

The most disgracefully officiated match I’ve ever seen. And of course all the massive decisions go AGAINST Chelsea. Anthony Taylor should be taken off all future Chelsea matches.

OH NOOOOO KANTE 😩😩😩😩

Not only a foul on Havertz but also a Spuds handball. And of course both go against us with Anthony Taylor.

I think Kai was much more assertive and aggressive today compared to last week. Also actually controlling the ball nicely. It’s just that he’s doing it all from a wide position where he can’t actually get into position to score which is where we need him.

That may just be the best I’ve ever seen this particular group press as a unit. Didn’t really give any Spuds player a sniff all over the pitch. Kane was invisible, Kulu was invisible, and Son was forced to drop extremely deep to get the ball. Only blemishes were that we are only 1 goal up which is hugely dangerous and the Reece yellow card. We probably can’t keep up this super high energy press all 90 minutes with this heat. So we have to be extremely smart and not make silly mistakes on the counter.

What a weird setup if it’s RLC at RWB. I don’t like it. How is he going to hold up against Son in a position that’s not natural to him?

I just said a striker. Don’t specifically mean Auba. Tuchel and the club probably think a striker is MORE of a priority than a midfielder. But that doesn’t mean he doesn’t also want De Jong. Just that it may come down to the last minute after we’ve done more pressing business.

FDJ (or any midfielder) was always going to be a bonus signing. As Tuchel said last weekend, it’s not a priority area. CB and striker quite rightly are.

Yeah, every warning sign is flashing with this potential deal. But then when I try to justify it to myself I think about how Tuchel worked with him before and had a great relationship with him. And also feel like we’d be in serious trouble if we’re relying on Havertz up top all season with only Broja as our only actual striker in the squad. For the reported £20m price it just feels really ill advised. If we were getting him for a tiny fee (like sub £10m) and on a 1 year deal + option for a further year I’d say it’s worth a punt. But £20m plus a huge salary? Hell no. What’s the deal with that gigantic dude from Germany that we were linked with a while ago? Can we not try for him?

I really don’t know how to feel about Auba.