BlueLyon

This guy must be realy good since half of bayern squad is injured every season.

Should be Azpi back up next season. Period. Azpi usualy plays entire season by himself anyway, so Reece wouldnt be under massive pressure but still played nice amount of (cup) games. Then we can see how he does etc. Point is we dont need to spend on any rb right now because for all his faults Azpi is still our captain and very important player and Reece can easily be our backup next season. But board wants to buy fucking Hysaj as first choice or back up or whatever they plan to do. If they do that, Reece wont see playtime here anytime soon. And thats why every talented young player we have wants to leave.

People here often have these "grass is greener on the other side" type of opinions when it comes to new players. They like the idea of someone new coming and it blinds how average they actualy are. Once they come here and play bad, people finaly lose those blindfolds and realise how shit player we bought is. I could care less if this dude is going to be our 2nd, 3rd, 4th striker or vitesse loanee. As long the board buys a f*cking top quality striker because we need one damnit. We are absolutely shite at finishing. Every other top team has more quality in attack.

Isnt the rule that they cant buy after 7th, but they can still sell (to any team in any league that still has open window)?

Sarri and the board wont rate him and wont use him until he threatens to leave to get play time. Suddenly the entire club will start licking his ass and say how valuable and important he is.

I see it this way; could Azpi be upgraded considering his attacking contribution? Absolutely. Even more so now that we struggle with creating. We look super shit on both flanks and one might think any upgrade (even Azpi) would benefit us. Thats true. But first, we should replace RW, LB, ST, hell maybe even CB and CM (if Kovacic wont sign permamently). If we were to replace those positions first, meaning ditching Alonso, Willian and get quality players who can attack, our team would become much more dangerous in attack. Even with Azpi. Azpi being the only defensive minded player besides the two CBs wouldnt be a problem at all. In fact his leadership and strong commitment is very important for the team. People underrate his importance to the team and the fact he and Kante are only ones who give their best in every game. Idealy you need one attacking and one more reserved fullback in squad. Now that we have two who cant attack, its more glaring that Azpi is not good in attack. Even more with incompetent Willian ahead. Thats 3 players who dont contribute enough in attack. But if you have someone who can instead of Alonso and Willian, Azpi being defensive is fine because you need balance. Sure we might aswell replace Azpi instead of Alonso BUT hell I hope that never happens.

Every team that put slight pressure on him, he became invisible. The year we won title, he was great against Arsenal, but realy poor against other big teams. Same in CL. He just doesnt have that ability to hold on the ball and carry it. He was absolutely brilliant against small sides who didnt press us because he had all the time in the world to deliver the pass. His leadership was also always lacking against the big teams. He didnt ''lead'' us in those games at all. He didnt motivate etc because he himself wasnt big game player. When he should guide us, he often held his head low and just went with the flow of the game. Never put that never give up attitude in big games. But people have been blinded by his assist numbers. The same year we won title, I remember he was complete disaster vs PSG. Sure he could deliver a pass or two, but generaly speaking he was always completely hidden in such games here with maybe one or two exceptions. That said, he is who he is and he was still great against smaller sides. Perfect small side killer. Im happy we had him because his role was important in 2015 title. But overall I wont miss him too much. We never looked dominant with him in the side, our midfield was slow and had no dynamic and I was screaming since 2015 to bench him and get someone with legs. I almost went balistic when Conte put him back in starting eleven last year after shifting him out perfectly a year before. I would always have him on bench or against small sides, but when it came to top dogs, he would be the first to be benched IMO. Thats why we had such poor showing that year in CL, our midfield was just crap with Cesc. Matic was amazing, but Cesc was total opposite. And long term if you want to win such trophies, you need a player that can deliver in small and big games.

He is good enough to be backup since Azpi rarely gets injured and plays almost every match. It would be perfect to slowly involve him into the squad. But watch Chelsea buy 5 RBs before giving our own one a chance.

He just said everything is bs and he will extend the contract once Inter gives him a proper offer.

My grandmas second cousin is tired of Alonso...

He is bang average and if we are buying him just because Sarri knows him, thats sad. Stop going after the players he "knows". Sign players that are actualy good and have future here, not some average have beens. I wouldnt get him even for backup, never mind first choice. @Unionjack he isnt attacking minded fb at all. Ghoulam was doing all the attacking work at napoli when fit, all went through Ghoulam and then Insigne. Hysaj is super average going forward and isnt good in dribbling or crossing. Not fast either.

People know I was never too fond about Cesc. He didnt have the legs since his second season here and we were badly exposed because of it. When it realy mattered he didnt show his leadership character but went into hiding which was unacceptable for someone like him. Under pressure, he was always terrible here. But he was always a professional and his passing is just out of this world. He played big part in the 2014/15 title. Thank you and good luck magic hat.

The only thing I excpected more from is his long passing. He averages just 2,5 long passes per game. Kroos has 9,5, Thiago has 7, Busquets has 4,5. Sometimes you just need long pass to break the press / create dangerous chance and Jorginho isnt doing it enough.

Birsa has nothing to do with Barella departure. He is #10/rw.

Alonso makes me wanna throw out my parents out of their own house.

Wait wait wait man. I only want to know if the pugs are well and safe.

Yeah man. I miss the days when Ballack, Iva, Terry, Lamps would run half the field and assault entire opponent squad including the ref if teammate like Hazard was constantly fouled.

Lock them in the oven then its not that hard mate Then turn the oven on ever so slightly for a bit and the little shits will remember to worship you like a god forever.

Poor dogos

I dont think Barella is Cesc replacement. He doesnt suit that disciplined DM role Sarri demands. If anyone its going to be Paredes. Or we get both?

Emenalo impact No, seriously they sold half the squad and brought kids instead. Same happend to Lille last year.

Im pretty sure everyone knows whats happening, but it doesnt mean we should be happy about it

Yeah. CFC. Chelsea Finance Company.

Our talent scouting and youth academy might be one of the best out there, but what good is it for us? If anything it looks like we are creating players for other clubs...

At this rate it will become popular for racists to be (pretend to be) chelsea fans. It will put alot of bad publicity on the club.