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Before the video cuts off “and listen, anything you need” even more proof that JT, regardless of whays happened in the past, is still a top bloke. Pity we couldn’t get JT in an actual coaching position as opposed to this consultancy role he has though.

Whilst Skriniar is a top player, he struggled immensely on the ball under Conte in a back 3 as a wide centre back.

Any word on anyone signing him yet? I’ve seen his and TT’s comments recently, if he feels unhappy maybe he should go back to Germany, be a big fish in a small pond playing for RB Leipzig again, because I don’t see him fitting at any top clubs either. There's been rumours and mumblings of him being unhappy and moaning but really, he has no right to be demanding more playing time based off 75% of his Chelsea career. cut ties get rid of him

Needs to start adding that killer instinct to his game. Like this season is the one where he really has to. Gets into the positions and has everything else but just not clinical enough. Can keep saying perceive with him etc as he gives X, Y and Z but now City and Liverpool have went and brought in proper CFs, who will score goals and with that, it feels like this season will be even harder to close any gap without a proper CF who suits this team.

A lot of players who just thought they could half arse it second half and that it wouldn’t matter because we are Chelsea and they are some American team.

Seen the headline/title. Wow 🤣 We need to sign some sort of striker regardless of if Broja stays or goes. Just has to be the right fit. Jesus Christ. What actually goes on in this Simon Phillips guys head? Not much evidently.

Genuinely excited to see him get going here. Think this is not only a top signing but a very smart signing. Particularly for the first under our new owners (despite the constant greeting and moping on here because we hadn’t signed anyone, which is now why haven’t we signed at least 873 CBs now……). He is someone who is a winner, proven at the top level in the PL, coming into his best years as well as having big game experience and, more importantly when you look at some of the other attackers we’ve gotten in recent times, mentally tough. Personally, I think he will also be itching to show Pep and City that he should of played more there and what their missing.

maybe a bit behind but how is it difficult to understand? I mean to say there were so many high quality options out there? Where have this wealth of top class CBs come from? And even then realistically bar de Ligt and now in turn Koulibaly, what other top CBs are actually attainable/available? de Ligt, Skinriar, Bastoni and Koulibaly are the only top level CBs I’ve read or seen actually linked/talks made with clubs this summer. Thats 4. Is 4 a lot?

700k a week 🤣 no he wasn’t, not even Ronaldo was on that

True but I think he’s a good bit below what we need quality wise if he’s going to be a starter.

Considering the Ake move, like the majority of the others this window with substance, are being driven more by Tuchel (talk he is a fan and wanted him at Dortmund), I would say any criticism should be pointed more to the manager himself than Boehly, seeing as he is getting the definitive final say. Maybe it is not a good look for Boehly but if its Ake TT wants then what can he do? I mean people moaned that we don’t/didn’t back managers, now we are linked with a player TT reportedly wants (I don’t think he’s good enough either as a starter) its a bad look?

Well tbf between him, Ziyech or Werner as long as they are shifted we shouldn’t really be bothered what order. They are not good enough.

Tbf at this rate, I can see us pulling the plug and also Barcelona struggling to raise finances to complete the deal. He could end up still being at Leeds at this rate 😂

Becoming spoiled brats now are we? When a deal is announced it will be announced. I mean I would of thought that people were aware that taking everything you see posted on twitter or in newspaper as gospel would always end up disappointing them. People forget the other stuff that has been going on in the background too, everything that comes with new ownership, Marina and Cech’s departure, new board members being appointed etc. Undoubtedly these things will take time/be prioritised higher than rushing 3 big signings in the first 2 weeks of the market…. I have no doubts that when the season starts we will be much stronger and better prepared, people just need to calm down with the it’s embarrassing and other OTT toys out of pram reactions 🤣

Its not really embarrassing though is it? And I doubt we would be bidding for Raphinha if there wasn’t any interest from his side either, clubs generally know if someone is interested in the move or not. But sometimes some deals just takes a little more persuasion than others. Genuinely concerning that there is a lot of overreacting over Raphinha, who is a pretty good player but again, you’d think he was Mbappe or Haaland based on the reaction that he is going to Barcelona now.

No wonder he wants a 1v1 attacker, he’s spent the best part of 18 months of watching Werner miscontrolling/tripping over the ball when trying to dribble by players 😂

Its not about buying off City, its about the fact Ake is a very average footballer and doesn’t upgrade or replace what we lost in Andreas and Toni. Utility/squad player maybe he’d do that role but is he going to trade one bench for another one potentially?

I dont see it with Ake. Unless he will be a squad player. He was part of one of the leakiest PL defences for 2 or 3 seasons with Bournemouth. How he got a move to City in the first place I will never understand because I don’t think he’s at that level to compete with Dias, Laporte, maybe even Stones. Fair enough he has more chances of playing here but again due to a shortage of numbers and not down to his actual quality if you ask me.

Rabiots not really a holding midfielder though, he’s more box to box although I think he’s likely flexible enough to play as a 6. Not sure how he’s done for Juve but he used to be a very good, well rounder midfielder. Did you just make this up? Or is there a source? I thought it was very well stated Tuchel was impressed by Kounde and wanted him last summer to be our RCB in a back 3. No? There seems to be much more talk re Boehly leaning heavily on Tuchel for his input as opposed to under previous managers with Roman due to the circumstances re Marina and Cech leaving but until we sign a couple of players we won’t truly know. And if this is a long term strategy or temporary to a DoF comes in and they can sort of delegate/pick up some of the slack and maybe allow Tuchel to work more on coaching (although obviously to be on same page and have his opinions taken in as I am sure he did under with Marina) or even to take some of the responsibility off of Boehly so he can focus on other areas too. For me, Tuchel has always said and hinted he is much more at home focusing on coaching as opposed to the politics of the media handling and transfers so we have to see. He has had disputes before regarding transfers when being more involved and he has openly admitted this about his time at Paris and Dortmund so he might not want to be as hands on as he will be this summer (until we get things up and running with regards to the structuring of the club with the changes and a DoF).

Lol 3/4s of the replies to that thread is embarrassing. Little babies crying on twitter because we haven’t signed someone yet despite having to restructure a lot of the upper management/senior positions in the club. Swear half of our fanbase will never learn. Pretty interesting read, lot of good ideas but remains to be seen how it goes. Lot of people skeptical but his background, track record and past experiences are very impressive.

Rumblings Cech wanted the club to keep Lukaku for another season as he felt he showed he was strong in moments towards end of season. Not sure what he saw. Also, talk he felt as if his authority was deteriorating with the new ownership so he felt it was right to go.

If she was a director of football all points would be valid. But she was a chief executive/director of the club. Not a director of football. Two different roles. Michael Emenalo is the closest thing we’ve had to a DoF. Petr Cech’s role too maybe had bits of it. She has final sign off on deals as she was effectively the most important or powerful person on the business side of it barring Roman himself. Undoubtedly. Does that mean she would be abrasive and push her own agenda re signings? I doubt it. Which is usually the narrative and has been for years which is incredibly mind numbing to read as its clear it isn’t. She was also heavily involved with getting and renewing club sponsorships etc so its clear she wasnt a director of football as when has any DoF been involved in thr commercial side of things? For players the managers didnt necessarily want, Most clubs (barring perhaps the City’s, Madrid’s, PSG’s who also have the pulling factor now as well as the vast finances) never have only one target 9\10 times unless its an exceptional circumstances or position, they have a plan B, C or D. Which again it is definitely run by a manager because why spend money on someone who wont bring a return on an investment? Mourinho on Zouma back in the day for instance, Zouma was suggested by someone in scouting and Mourinho OK’d it. Courtois and De Bruyne also scouted heavily by the club and suggested to Villas-Boas who said lets do it. Mata too. Also maybe there has been times when someone’s pushed for a player who financially is difficult to get (Lampard with Rice for instance was a big one) which yes she can pull the plug but I doubt she makes that decision alone as well. Or without other input. I mean good business people and leaders in successful organisations usually don’t make decisions without other input. Scouting of these players you named was a big issue. But again how often barring the exceptional circumstances do clubs get 99% of transfers right? There is a magnitude of things too, some players end up doing well at some teams and then not doing well at others, some aren’t just up to the standard and then theres the circumstances where they just aren’t fancied by managers when coaches change and they end up rotting on the bench. Thats ultimately what has affected our transfers more than anything, player X Y or Z is for manager X Y or Z. Then we change and it goes tits up or they don’t fit or want to leave. No long term stability or plan is ultimately one of our worst enemies in sustaining success (although we’ve still managed to do well).

Hardly 🤣 Talk about throwing a respected and highly successful person under the bus now they are on their way out…. although I am glad she is being asked to stay available for the new owner at present because she is clearly good at her job and can still contribute. Whether or not she picked signings (again I doubt it severely, she was the last person to sign off on deals, that was a given in her role - which prior to her was probably Roman, who also had the final sign off on some horrible signings but don’t see you saying his legacy will be poor or he picked players although he did push heavily for Sheva and Ballack) she wasn’t exactly going and watching players and picking them without input from others. That wasn’t her role and for years to have seen this nonsense branded around here by many users, it is simply moronic to assume she randomly had a brainwave and thought ok lets sign Kepa, Lukaku, Werner, Ziyech (or anyone else who struggled) etc and put these into motion herself. Just an easy target now shes on the way out. In fact, I would go as far as saying, moronic isn’t even the word. This narrative comes from people who are living in some sort of deluded fantasy that previous managers and the scouting department shouldn’t shoulder a lot of the blame. They should. Clearly. In fact I would say 75% of the blame for bad transfers at least lies with them. Easily. I mean to say our transfer record is as bad as Uniteds or Barcelona’s is absolutely mind blowing 🤣 I mean barring Liverpool and City recently every big club has had some shockers but thats the transfer market. Our transfer record over the past 10, 11, 12, 13 years or so has been pretty good and Marina will have had final sign off on a lot. I mean signings like Hazard, Mata, Costa, Courtois, Matic, Kante, Kovacic, Rudiger, Chilwell, Mendy, Silva, Cahill, Jorginho, Fabregas, Giroud, Alonso, Pedro, Willian, Azpilicueta, Ramires off the top of my head have all been successes and contributed to the club in a big way. Even the likes of de Bruyne, Salah, Lukaku (1st time round), Luiz all made the club shedloads of money as well as multiple other loanees to comply with FFP and be reinvested so this narrative that Marina has fucked hundreds of millions is absolutely mind boggling. Plus you look at the recent integration of Mount, James, Chalobah, the money raised by sales of Tomori (FL should of tried harder to play him and never let him go out on loan to Milan because he is a sore miss just now with AC and Rudi away) and Abraham, the academy has also served us well on and off the pitch. Ok she wasn’t the chief executive to 2014 but its widely been reported since 2010 she was Roman’s main representative at the club due to being his chief assistant and was heavily involved in transfers and contracts. I think it shes goes elsewhere and is half as successful and makes an impression like she did here, some of you might start to see her value instead of making daft accusations that she alone is responsible for X, Y or Z. We complained about the board and others beforehand but personally I think with Marina leaving, it is a huge gap to fill. And for your post to say what we won despite her? With despite her in bold. That is absolutely mental 🤣 She was hugely involved in getting Jose back as well as Conte and Tuchel in the door, in fact a lot would say she probably had the most involvement.

This would be a great move. But we must confirm one of Dembele or Sterling first before letting any attackers go (Timo, Ziyech etc) after Lukaku basically being confirmed to go.

Yes but he’s not exactly going to be doing it blindly or chasing League 1 players lol, don’t worry. Someone who has taken over a European super club and runs a hugely successful franchise as it is, I wouldn’t be surprised if he is as shrewd as he’s made out to be. He undoubtedly will have done his homework, as will scouts at the club and he will undoubtedly have huge inputs from Tuchel on preferred targets. Getting jumpy because nothing has happened yet is standard OTT panicking for on here but theres so much other things that need to be done ie. new chairman, someone replacing Marina long term, all the loose ends and structuring/restructuring after the take over, replacing/continuing sponsors who left/suspsended deals after Roman was sanctioned amongst others undoubtedly plus new deals for Reece and Mason will be a top priority. It sure doesn’t happen overnight. Patience is needed for this first month or 2.