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13 minutes ago, Tomo said:
Lukaku is largely getting critisised because he is being played unconditionally when fit and not only is his performances not justifying such an untouchable role his inclusion is totally compromising a system that won us the UCL and almost every single big game.
If he was rotated more adequetely and saved for when a tactical situation required him I doubt they'll be many complaints but I'm personally finding it hugely frustrating seeing such a promising/successful system being ripped up to accommodate him and for such an adjustment he needs to be offering both the performances and numbers to justify such and he simply isn't.
I think it's too early to make such claims.
Lukaku started off with a good scoring record (4 goals in his first 4 games for the club) which in my opinion definitely justified picking him for the next few matches as well. In hindsight he might not have been the best option for some of them (especially City) but at the time his selection was definitely made on merit and not because he cost so much and was somehow 'untouchable' because of the price tag.
Then after a few bad games he got injured so we'll never know if he'd have continued starting games regardless of opponent and form. Tuchel is a smart man and I trust him not to pick Lukaku for certain games forever if he doesn't perform in them.
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3 hours ago, Tomo said:
On another note is it me or is it always the most expensive players that attract people acting almost as lawyers for them? You get some so quick to jump to the defense of the likes of Lukaku and Kepa but I can't remember similar dedication to defend say Kalou and Turnbull. It seems the more someone costs the less expectations they get held to.
I would guess it's because generally speaking the more expensive players are usually the ones who have had better careers / performances elsewhere before joining the club and that makes it "easier" for many people to grant them that little bit of extra credit in the bank to show they can still make it even if they struggle. On the other hand someone who's never shown anything special is "easier" to write off if they continue to be bad.
Obviously for someone like Lukaku the expectations should be sky high due to the transfer fee and wages he's on, but at the same time I think it's ridiculous to write him off already having played only ~10 games, but many people wrote him off even before he signed so I'm not surprised at all. I've seen enough from Lukaku to believe he'll come good with a little bit of time on the training ground to figure out how to get on the same wavelength with his team-mates and get to know what it is the manager want from him, but of course he needs to start performing soon to escape larger criticism.
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22 hours ago, King Kante said:
Juve not qualifying for the CL is the least of their problems at the moment. They're currently under investigation for fraudulent receipts and money laundering through the amount of swap deals they've done.
In particular, they presented these deals on the accounts that they presented investors and the stock markets. If found guilty they're going to be in massive trouble.
Yea I read about that, but unless things progress there's not much point in speculating.
Don't think what they've allegedly done would be a huge problem for a 'regular' private-owned football club (ie. City who have been on the other side of one of the swap deals mentioned) but for a publicly listed company like Juve it has potential to become a huge issue. Just based on the rumors/allegations their stock price has already plummeted by around 25-30% so things could get ugly for them if the allegations are proved.
A lot of this shady balancing of the books could even be considered a direct result of the Ronaldo signing in 2018. They made a net loss of around €90M on the transfer fee and paid him a salary of around €1M per week before tax for three years so overall around €250M for three years of Ronaldo. The first two league titles they'd have won with or without Ronaldo and last season they missed out anyway with him in the team, and didn't have any impact in the UCL in any of the three seasons. They took a huge risk in signing him with the aim of finally going all the way in the UCL and using that to boost their club profile / stock price going forwards but in the end they got fuck all to show for it. What a great way to run a business.
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17 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:
Have there been any reports that Chiesa wants to play anywhere except Italy? Some of the Italian players do not want to play abroad. He is also on loan, so we would we be dealing with two clubs?
Chiesa's loan will turn into a permanent transfer for sure. If I remember correctly the buy option is set at around 40m€ so Juve could activate it and then sell him on for a profit immediately, so no need to deal with Fiorentina.
Juve's finances are not that great so they could even be looking to cash in on Chiesa next summer, especially if they miss out on UCL qualification as seems very much a possibility at the moment.
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40 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:
Ziyech and maybe Werner the only two likely to leave next summer.
Pulisic could be on the brink as well. Next summer he will have only two years left on his contract so ideally at that point the club should either be looking to get him tied on a new deal or sell him while he still has value. In the 2,5 years he's been at the club he's yet to have any consistency in both performances and fitness so I would guess he has the rest of the season to show why he would be worth keeping.
Good player when on form, but so far he's been too unreliable with the constant injuries and lack of form because of them so if the rest of the season is more of the same from him I wouldn't be surprised if the club plan to move him on and look into getting a replacement.
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1 hour ago, Blue Armour said:
Does the telegraph cite the source? I think this bit of news was being circulated by the Sun.
Telegraph / Matt Law is the source, usually one of the most reliable for the club in fact. Of course that doesn't mean it's true Chilwell's done his ACL, as the article only says they are now seriously fearing for it and will know more after the scans.
One thing to consider if Chilwell is indeed out for a prolonged period of time is the possibility of using Saul Niguez as LWB, he played there a lot for Atletico last season and a few times at the start of this season before his move. It's not quite happened for him at Chelsea so far but as a rotation LWB option to give Alonso the occasional rest there are worse ideas, I suppose.
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Horrible news if it's confirmed. He's been in good form this season and one of our better performers so losing him for such a long time would be a devastating blow.
Wouldn't trust Alonso to handle playing two games a week for the next six months without any injuries or dips in form so an ACL for Chilwell would effectively force the club into the market in January, or maybe even recall Emerson from Lyon?
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7 minutes ago, nyikolajevics said:
So.. denying Ziyech's open goal chance or James' free kick / volley were not real saves? What is real save then?
That comment by Allegri was from the first game in September when they won 1-0. Came across a bit arrogant there but got put in his place last night.
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“With all due respect to the Champions of Europe, Wojciech Szczesny didn’t have a real save to make.”
From Allegri's press conference after the first game. Szczcesny certainly had some work to do yesterday and still ended up conceding four. 🤣
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16 minutes ago, Blue Armour said:
But what would it mean for this season though?
Would you keep a player who's on his way ou5 and feeling undervalued by the club, in the starting 11? I wouldn't.
How would that affect the dressing room?
Not too concerned in the long term, but this could really deflate a potentially exciting season for us.
I'm not concerned. I'm very much sure Rüdiger still wants to win trophies this season and make his last season at the club one to remember so why wouldn't he continue to give 100% even if he knows he's leaving? Plenty of teams have players who by January know they're leaving come next summer but only the really unprofessional ones stop playing to their best.
I mean, his contract situation has been more or less the same since last summer but that hasn't stopped him from playing at a very high level so far this season and I don't see why that would change. Starting to play poorly right after his contract is settled would only make things awkward for him once he actually does join his next club, wherever that may be.
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3 hours ago, MoroccanBlue said:
Rudiger will be able to speak to other clubs and will get a better understanding, because at the moment he and his agent believe they can get 300Kpw elsewhere.
Don't believe for a second that him and his agent haven't already been sounding out interest from other clubs and listened to their offers. January only means he can officially sign a pre-contract to join in the summer but it's naive to think negotiations haven't already taken place even if they're not allowed to do it officially yet.
At the moment I don't think there's much hope of Rüdiger staying unless Marina & co improve their offer to match what Toni wants. If the club does offer him a big contract, I can't see why he wouldn't sign it. Under Tuchel he's playing the best football of his whole career and is playing in a team challenging for all trophies out there, and he might not be able to keep up the same level of performance at another club under new management so as far as the actual football is concerned it doesn't make much sense for him to move now, but I definitely understand the reasoning that he wants a huge pay day because his next contract will be the most important one of his career and I won't blame if he wants to make the most of it.
But I'm not worried in the slightest. It was Tuchel who made Rüdiger perform at a world class level he never reached before so I don't see why he couldn't do that with whoever the club get to replace Toni as well.
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On 08/11/2021 at 19:50, nyikolajevics said:
Generally a good and solid player but I don’t see what is the extra he could offer us. Would be reliable squad player imo.
Currently there are no left-footed CBs at the club so there's that.
I suppose he could come in and be a rotation option for Rüdiger's position in the second half of the season. Added bonus would be that Tuchel gets 5 months to train with the guy so by next summer he'd know whether Szalai could take over Rüdiger's place completely (assuming Toni is 99% leaving) or if he'd still be just a squad option and another big name LCB signing was needed.
A price around £20M is not that high these days so might be worth a try if the club feel they've scouted him well enough and found him a good fit.
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Bale's contract is out next year, right? Has Newcastle written all over it, unless he decides to call it a day and focus on golf after his contract at Real Madrid runs out.
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9 minutes ago, Tomo said:
We played a scratch side at home to Krasnador last season and dropped points.
Lose tonight and all of a sudden we have a fight on to get out of the group, especially if Zenit win.
Simply not worth the gamble.
They won't.
Also, Krasnodar were a much better side than Malmö are. The Swedish side are quite probably one of the worst teams to reach the group stages in the last 10 seasons. Also the Krasnodar match was a dead rubber game on GW6 after already securing first place in the group so maybe not even the 'second string' were taking it too seriously (though they should always take any opportunity they get). Now there's still all to play for to secure a place in the knockout stages and the team have got good results even with heavy rotation under Tuchel so I don't see any reason to go with a full strength team today.
For me I'm hoping for something like this: Mendy, Sarr, Christensen, Chalobah, Alonso, RLC, Saul, Azpi, CHO, Ziyech, Havertz
Rest the likes of Silva, Rüdiger, James, Chilwell and Jorginho at least. Up top we don't have that many options given the injuries, unless Tuchel decides to start Barkley, so I'd go with the same front three as against Newcastle.
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2 hours ago, MoroccanBlue said:
Going from Bundesliga to the Prem is a massive change. He'll need time to adapt.
Yep. We've seen it better than most with Werner and Havertz that good/great performances in the Bundesliga don't directly translate to similar performances in the PL, whether the reason is the league itself being higher level or players just needing time to adapt.
I for one was fully expecting Sancho to struggle initially and wasn't that bothered by United getting him. Obviously he can still become a massive player for them in the future but the transition was always going to be difficult and it hasn't been made any easier by having a clueless manager in Ole.
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On 08/10/2021 at 12:07, Mana said:
Such an amazing job that they gave us a transfer ban, which lead to having a rookie coach in charge of a rookie team, wasting a season as we knew we were never going to win anything that season.
Thank God someone snapped Roman out of the "Lampard love" otherwise last season would have been another waste.
Also Man City are doing a better job than us. No CL trophy yes, but that is their ambition and will continue hard to get it. Also while breaking PL records left, right and centre.
The board better put themselves together otherwise Newcastle has the potential to overtake us.
I don't think Marina, Cech etc. can be blamed for the transfer ban. I believe that was more on Michael Emenalo than anyone else.
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41 minutes ago, Warning_Hazard said:
Know what youre saying but to sign a £97m striker to hope he scores against lesser teams when theres 24 points up for grabs against our rivals, Seems like a bit of a joke at this point tbh.
So you're saying is there are 24 points up for grabs against the so called 'rivals' but that also means there's 90 points up for grabs against everyone else in the league. The league title will be decided on how many points the team get from the other 90 rather than results against the rivals.
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5 hours ago, ulvhedin said:
Problem with him is that he hasn't became bambi on ice when you took him out of s spanish team - accroding to even Atletico fans, he was very poor for 2 seasons already.
As far as I know he was only 'poor' when judged by the sky high standards he had previously set for himself, but even then I would think he was still a useful player because he kept starting most games. No way he was that bad for two years and still kept his place as a regular starter in a team that just won the league title in Spain last season and has one of the best squads in the country.
Still early days but not looking promising at all, though it has to be said that Kovacic had an underwhelming first season as well and once he got going he became much better. If it weren't for the transfer ban I doubt the Kovacic deal would have even been made permanent but at the time there weren't any other options. Saul doesn't have the luxury of getting a full season to settle in because if he keeps underperforming it's easy to just send him packing. Having so many question marks over recovering his form is exactly why it only made sense to do the signing as a loan deal.
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Was an isolated figure today but boy did he take his chances well. World class finishing.
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1 hour ago, Pizy said:
Pretty difficult to even think about midfield targets for next summer when we haven’t even seen Saul yet.
Yep. If the buy option for Saul is triggered I don't see much of a need to get any new midfielders next year, unless some of Kante/Jorginho/Kovacic are moved on for some reason. And in any case there's also the likes of Gilmour (and Gallagher) to consider as well.
If Saul turns out to be disappointing and won't be signed permanently at the end of the loan then it's a whole new scenario but guess we'll know more about that in 6 months or so.
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6 minutes ago, Jap Si. said:
Do you know about Tottenham's transfers and have opinion on them.?
Umm, yes?
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17 hours ago, DH1988 said:
Hopefully it’s for experience, he’s been awful when I watched the youth games, nasty injury though.
Would guess he's only training with the first team because most players are out with their international squads and Tuchel needs the numbers to have a team training. I don't think anyone is suggesting he's being permanently promoted to the senior squad, though if he impresses Tuchel in training anything's possible I guess.
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1 hour ago, MoroccanBlue said:
Overall balance +£1.88m Income 21 £97.60m Expenditure 20 £95.72m We didn't get Kounde, but we as fans and especially the club should be very happy how this summer panned out.
That transfer income figure is not even close to being true, which makes it all the more impressive. I've seen the wrong figures reported on pretty much every media out there, which is just lazy from the journalists.
I believe they're checking the numbers from Transfermarkt, but for some reason that site has listed notable sales like Guehi, Livramento, Ugbo under Chelsea U23 and not Chelsea FC.
- Abraham €40M
- Zouma €35M
- Tomori €29.2M
- Guehi €23.3M
- Zappacosta €9M
- Livramento €5.9M
- Moses €5M
- Bate €1.75M
- Simeu €1.75M
- Peart-Harris €1.5M
- Ekwah €1.4M
- Giroud €1M
All that adds up to €155M which in pounds is around £133M. Only incomings were Lukaku at £97.5M and Saul for a £4M loan fee, so overall it's more than £30M in profit for the window, which is a huge difference to the figures listed on most media outlets. And that's only for permanent transfer and not including any loan fees received by the club, which surely amount to millions of pounds as well (Bakayoko alone was around 2M).
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35 minutes ago, Tomo said:
This combined with the Maitland Niles comment and Ozil's tweet makes me wonder just how toxic Arteta is as a boss.
Don't think William Saliba and Matteo Guendouzi have anything nice to say about Arteta either, though it has to be said the latter is a first grade cunt himself as well.
I do hope they stick with Arteta though, because they're going nowhere as a club under him and the longer their demise goes on the harder it will be for them to bounce back.
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🇪🇸 Saul Niguez
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Get him the fuck out of the club and fast, it's getting really embarrassing.
The most wrong I've been with a transfer in a long time. Considered him at the very least a decent squad filler but with the kind of performances he keeps having I wouldn't even trust him to play the Chesterfield match in the FA Cup 3rd round.
Surely the problem has to be a mental one? He's never even had any bad injuries but all of a sudden his ability to play the game of football just seems to have vanished almost overnight. Maybe he wasn't at his best even at Atletico in the last 1-2 years but surely he wasn't this bad either?