OneMoSalah

Great yeah lets buy a CB who has made maybe 10 appearances at LB his whole career and use him there. Square peg round hole.

Unfortunately there are a handful on this forum that do. Its quite irritating. Or pathetic. Whatever way you want to look at it.

Again, like Jorginhos situation sort of. Its fair to say hes struggling at times with the lack of movement infront of him but sometimes he is safe when you want him to take a risk yes. Sarri has said our movement can improve and we can attack the box better though so he obviously realizes this. Not related to Ross but noa, Hazard as a 9 is a non option for me, drops far too deep in central areas in the middle of the pitch which is already congested, takes too many touches like all our attackers, rarely in the box because hes that deep to get involved. A 9 would boost this team a lot.

Think its alarming that Luiz is creating more than Willian, Pedro and Hazard in these games.

We must be fucking stupid. If he goes to Bayern and does well why would Bayern sell, a sell on fee is ridiculous. Also a buy back, again if does well why would he consider leaving Bayern who are one of the top 5 clubs on the planet, where they see him as a starter clearly? Daily mail or not, quite believe those demands 😂 idotic as per usual for our club.

Just sign both. Let Barella continue at Cagliari on loan and use Paredes this season.

Player Sarri will know from Serie A, not sure if hes a 8, 10, wide player or a second striker though, has played in all of those positions for Watford and Juventus. Think hes more a wide man at Watford they play 442 a lot.

Again, the priority is the first 11. A top 9, LB, RW should all be top of the list This guy isnt first 11 quality. He probably isnt at the level Morata Batshuayi or Giroud are. Similar case to last January, look at Tosun Cenk who Everton signed from Turkish league with similar or better stats, big fish small pond.

And when he underperforms will you call for his head like Willian? Or Alonso? Or the others? Hes a pointless signing unless its purely to make a profit on which is stupid when we severly lack upfront as it is. We need quality, not squad players, which readibg othet posts on here regarding Willian, Alonso, Ross etc from yourself I thought you understood?

Did you watch him at Napoli? He hit long passes a lot but he had movement in fdrnt of him. Also Luiz hits a lot of the passes you would see Jorginho do at times too because he has that ability where as at Napoli, Albiol and Koulibaly played a lot less penetrating vertical passes. Its the same way Cesc looked ineffective in a deeper role here under Sarri because everyone stands still and wants the ball to feet so they can take a million touches... likes of Barkley, Ruben, Eden, Willian and Morata still all guilty of this in the final third far too often, not quick enough with our combination play, not enough third man runs. Also regarding movement off the ball, Pedro and Kante (huge improvement this season in this regard) are really the only guys who make constant off the ball movements. Where as at Napoli, the likes of Mertens, Callejon, Hamsik and even Allan would make runs off the ball, even if they didnt get it straight away it would to free up spaces and opportunities to play quick combinations with third man runners. For all the doubters of Jorginho, if he played for City you would all be creaming your pants because they have good rotations and good movement off the ball in the final third. Plus their system would mask any defects he has, although defensively he has really come on a lot since his first game for us.

Hardly. Talk about overexageration. Be another poor stop gap average signing, like Remy, like Pato, guys who were never even good enough and a waste of tine.

People complain about average players like Alonso, Willian, Morata, Barkley, Emerson etc in the squad/first 11 but then want us to sign an absolutely bang average player in a position we need to buy geniune quality in. Jesus christ. He is not even better than Giroud by the looks of it. Well who's next Andros Townsend for RW followed by Fabian Delph for LB?

True but my point is we need depth. Hazard, CHO, Pedro and Malcom is good for wings but people just want Willian out and no replacement in, which considering Hazard and CHO will 75% likely be gone next season... and id we continue with Eden as a 9 still leaves us short. Also we might have to be patient with Malcom. Look at the idiots turning on Jorginho already... 6 months in...

Selling Willian for however much, signing no replacement and depening on an 18 year old who probably wont be here come the summer or even the end of the month and Pedro along with Hazard whos played more as a 9 recently, is stupid though. Surely I am not the only one who sees that? I know people dislike Willian but in terms of our squad depth it would be so stupid to just sell Willian. If Malcom comes in and hits the ground running okay fine but if he doesnt at first, which theres a big chance due to the lack of regular minutes hes had this season, are people going to turn on him like Sarri and Jorginho? And if he doesnt come in, we sell Willian, depending on 3 wingers for the rest of the season is crazy, considering all 3 might go in the Sumner. Not counting RLC as a winger either.

Generally dont think its as clear cut as if we dont accept it heads should be called for. The only other teams vastly intested in Malcom are Everton and a Chinese team according to various media sources in Europe. He is talented but hasnt impressed at Barca by any accounts. I mean perhaps Sarri can revitalize him but perhaps not. Perhaps he was a big fish in a small pond at Bordeaux or perhaps just too big a move to soon. If we get decent money and him for Willian, then sure why not but we have to be careful just because Willian is a underperforming player who can be replaced doesnt mean we should turf him out no questions asked regarding the first player thrown at us straight away.

Not 100% sure on Malcolm, Dembele would be better option. I suppose getting him plus money for Willian is still a decent deal though.

Would say thats incredibly harsh in my opinion. He didnt have legs like at Arsenal when he was at Barcelona never mind here but his leadership qualities for me shone through as well as huge commitment especially when Conte basically marginalised him after trying to sign Nainggolan. Even under Sarri he stayed, worked hard, fair enough hes getting a move but Henry is a big swing in him going for me. Terrible under pressure? Again, dont think thats true, he arrived in his first season under huge pressure to prove himself to us Chelsea fans first and foremost and too many people who thought he was never that good at Barcelona either. Under Conte too like I said was basically marginalised, he had limited chances, pressure to always perform to keep his place... ended up with 15 assists or something in a season where he didnt start 20 games. The bad season we had under Jose, Matic was all over the place exposing Cesc more than the opposite way around for me, not that Cesc's defensive game was brilliant but he wasn't signed to be a defensive midfielder. Under Conte in that second season, he was trying thing's but they werent working, our strikers and wingers werent scoring, there was a severe lack of movement infront of him too hard for any midfielder to hit runners when there are no runners. One thing he always has is the courage or confidence to try and play forward even if its a difficult pass. Truely a great PL midfielder in my eyes, maybe not a Scholes, Lampars, Gerrard, Viera sort of level, just below it but hes unfortunate hes only won 2 PL titles but hey he did play for Arsenal at his very best performances.

Andre Silva would be a more high risk high reward option for me. Sevilla are keen on Morata too apparently.

A club doctor isnt going to make a difference in signing or staying 😂 talk about clutching at straws.... Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt was sought out to heal bizzare and long term injuries faster/more efficiently not just by footballers but various other sports atheletes went to him for treatment, including Usain Bolt. Just because Pep threw a wobbler doesnt change anything. The fact Bayern reappointed him after Pep left shows how highly they think of him... but no CHO shouldnt go there because they have this guy as a doctor.

Sell.

Ancelotti wanted Torres. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/football/2010/may/14/carlo-ancelotti-fernando-torres-chelsea Zhirkov and Sheva were Abramovich driven buys though, true, particularly Zhirkov being Russian and all No chance we are signing Icardi in January.

Wont lie regarding CHO. Hypothetically speaking, what manager in the world would come here, where they dont get a lot of time unless they can win trophies and play a 18 year old every week ahead of Willian and Pedro? I think every manager who comes in the door understands how the club works based on history. Theres too much pressure and demand to compete and win trophies sooner rather than later. Not many top clubs in the PL play 18 year olds every week. Maybe Liverpool with Trent Arnold-Alexander, before that United with Rashford (only because of an injury crisis)... City dont even play Phil Foden a lot who is a hugely hugely talented footballer and on par or better than the likes of Sancho in terms of talent.

I assume your hinting at the moment he went to let the ball run out for a corner and it didnt as someone from Spurs ran to prevent it? Entitlement? Again Willian is replaceable, should have been upgraded on but this narrative regarding arrogance, bad attitude, it comes from disgruntled fans who are pushing an agenda to try drive players out of the club. Also regarding the talent weve given up to accomodate him, that is hardly his fault, blame every manager weve had since he came in... or those players for not convincing the managers. What about the moments where there were 2 or 3 misplaced passes towards Hazard, when he just decided to put his arms out, walk around complaining and not apply pressure on the ball although he could have? Attitude issues as well? Arrogance....? Entitlement? Just warping silly situations on the pitch to use as a legitimate reason. Btw. We all know Willian isnt good enough, Morata isnt good enough, Cahill isnt good enough along with countless others but over the last few years some of the reasons and comments regarding anything but their footballing ability really has me questioning why some people actually bother supporting this club, just laughable, I mean "hate" Willian... seriously 😂

Best player on the pitch tonight.

Yes very good offensively, poor defensively but you can't outscore your opponent every match. Rodgers learned that at Liverpool, AVB learned that here, Pep learned it in year one... defensively we have improved under Sarri. We have the foundations just lack a few players in offensive positions to create chances.