Pizy

They’ve made a lot of good signings, actually. This desire to paint what they’ve done as 100% terrible by so many Chelsea fans is ridiculous to me. They’ve made some idiotic moves and they’ve made some great ones. Just like every other big club.

Thought they were in PSR trouble? Wonder if a monster sale of Isak or Bruno G is on the way if they’re going for Guehi who Palace apparently want £60m for.

The negotiations (if they’re actually happening) are probably hugely complicated with us trying to get Napoli to pay a bit more for Lukaku and them wanting us to either buy Osimhen outright for larger than we’re offering or having a buy obligation rather than just an option. And then there’s Osimhen’s massive wages.

Spot on, @YorkshireBlue. Repeatedly saying “he was one of our best players” in a season in which we were dogshit for much of it isn’t some massive achievement. He thrived is a chaotic, system-less team. Again, he is a good player. He’ll run around nonstop, disrupt play, work his socks off, and chip in with a rare goal or assist. He is a pure “passion player.” Someone who, if you watched him playing for a lesser team, you’d say “yeah, he’s a solid midtable midfielder.”

If Gallagher had the exact same season he just had for West Ham or Everton or Bournemouth and we were linked with him for £50m or even £35m our entire fanbase would be in Chernobyl level meltdown. And if one of our rivals were doing the same we’d be laughing at them for buying him instead of a truly elite level midfielder.

Gallagher has never come close to Mount’s best levels and none of us were all that bothered when we sold Mase. I don’t know why there’s so much uproar about this saga.

These key injuries are why I’m more than slightly worried that we’ve still got another 3 preseason matches. Wish it were just 1 or 2 so the risk is minimized.

I mean, it’s just kind of obvious looking at the personnel we have playing in these games so far that there isn’t really a place for him. With Lavia back and looking great so far and KDH knowing Maresca’s system that’s 2 players right there that he didn’t have to compete with for a place last season. If Caicedo, Enzo, Lavia, and KDH are all fit PLUS the fact that we’ll be playing with an inverted fullback in midfield as well, I don’t see how he gets on the pitch. And then there’s Carney, too. And media reports about wanting to use Palmer more centrally. And Maresca himself last night saying that Nkunku can play “in the pocket.” Every possible position Conor can play in is well stocked currently.

If he goes to a big club like Atleti and is an important player for a CL and league challenging side he can lock down an England place. If he stays here and has a season off basically he’s probably never getting back into the England side.

If the manager came in and told me “mate, you’re a great player and I like you but you’re not in my plans and I’m going a different direction,” I would be really sad and disappointed but then I’d seek out the best destination for myself straight away. Instead, he may just run his contract down and waste an entire season likely not playing at all? In his prime years? I mean, yeah, from a financial POV it’s beneficial for him. But to waste an entire season being a bit part player who will probably only see action in the Conference League is silly. Especially if he wants to stay in the picture for the national team where his place is already tenuous.

Yeah, it definitely seems to me like Gallagher is going to reject everyhting and fuck us over here.

Why are the likes of Broja & Ugo even with the team in here in the US, much less getting valuable preseason minutes that others could use? We know both are off either for good or on loan. Anyways, I didn’t watch but it’s awesome to read that Maresca’s ideas are starting to take hold and the players are starting to understand what he wants. Also great to see Lavia and Nkunku not only got through another match unscathed but also looked sharp. Particularly delighted about Lavia who I’ve said before will be a huge player for us if he stays injury free. He’s got world class talent if he can be coached well. Unrelated to the actual game, I’m still disgusted by this new home kit 🤢🤢🤢 I had hoped that it would look better on the players in game than it did in photos like previous shirts of ours that I wasn’t high on did. But nope. Looks just as horrific.

Feel like we have to wait at least a good 10 matches before we can say with any sort of certainty whether or not Jorgensen is good enough. I’m skeptical but won’t completely write him off yet.

Of all the players we have or will bring in I’m most confident that KDH won’t need too long to settle in. True, he’s playing against much better players now than he was last season but he’ll also be playing with much better players which should hopefully let him show his levels sooner. The thing from watching footage of KDH you can immediately see he’s vastly superior to Conor at is both receiving and carry the ball between the lines. He’s super tidy and technical. Whereas Conor isn’t a quick thinking player on the ball. He isn’t the sort of guy with that silky technical ability and needs a couple of seconds on the ball and some space to operate effectively. If you press him touch tight you can get him to turn the ball over. If we still employed a Poch/Conte/Mourinho who prioritizes athleticism and work rate then Gallagher is your guy. There’s a reason why he is Simeone’s #1 priority target now. He’s tailor made for an aggressive, physical side. He is NOT suited to a team that wants to play Pep/Arteta football.

If we were still playing Pochball with no discernible playing style but instead just ran around like headless chickens then I could understand really wanting Gallagher to stay because he thrived in that system. But if we want to eventually get to a place where we play the sort of football like City & Arse do (which obviously we do because we now have a coach from the same family tree) then he is unsuited to that style.

The massive overrating of Gallagher and complete dismissal of KDH before he’s even kicked a ball for us in the PL is crazy.

He’s a significantly better technical footballer than Gallagher, so I disagree.

We have an absolutely ludicrous number of young talents on or soon to be on our books. Imagine a couple of years from now when everyone shows up to Cobham for preseason. There might be 70 players, ffs 🤣

True. But will he be cool wasting away on our bench for a whole season? By the time next summer rolls around there will be a new batch of exciting midfielders coming off of great seasons that other big PL clubs will fancy and he may not have the ideal place to go.

Sounds like Gallagher to Atleti is far from a sure thing even if we and Atleti agree on a fee. He might not fancy it and then we’re fucked out of getting any fee at all for him when he walks this time next year.

That teenaged goalkeeper we’re linked with Mike Penders from Genk just started following us in IG so that’s clearly a done deal. Most expensive fee ever paid for a Belgian keeper apparently and this dude has only ONE senior appearance I’m reading?! We must genuinely think this kid is Courtois regen.

If Chalobah or Gallagher played for Everton or Southampton right now and Chelsea were linked to them everyone here would be in total meltdown. Because they’re decent players and nothing more. Would Man City/Arse/Liverpool/Real Madrid/Bayern/PSG etc have Gallagher playing for them? Absolutely ZERO chance. Those clubs are playing at the level we should be playing at. You’d think reading some Chelsea fans that were selling De Bruyne or Xavi. Conor is a “energy and hustle” player. That’s it. He doesn’t fit in a team that wants to play highly technical, quick pass and move football. End of.

English, homegrown player to another PL club. Everyone knows there’s an extra tax for that.

Which I think is the only way we get him. No loan, no Osimhen for us.

So we basically watched a big rumor be born and die within a couple of hours.