DustinC

Better Rooney than a lot of the other options.

It's not over yet! It's just time to shit or get off the pot one might say. The club needs to make a firm decision and go with it in the next day or two. PSG I don't think will waste as much time. If they money is equal I think we are by far a superior choice to PSG. They have a good squad, I enjoy watching them and won't take anything away from what they've done. But Chelsea still has a more alluring group of players to play with and a more alluring league to play in.

Well. To be fair, if someone predicts everything they're bound to get at least a few things right.

Perhaps I should have clarified. I am all for our youth system. I love the younger signings we've made in the past few years and have always been very vocal of supporting Oscar in the first team, bringing Lukaku back to The Bridge, and other youth supporting opinions. But I think a smart manager also knows that sometimes you need to plug a gap for the short term. I'm not saying to bet it all on Cavani being the future of the club. I think that can be with players we already have. But our men up front just aren't scoring enough to be at the highest level. As a past, present, and future supporter I think it's important to have a good mixture of respect for the past success, passion and hunger for current success, and vision as to who will help us obtain future success. Look at United bringing RVP in so arguably late in his career. People questioned it and made several of the same arguments we've made against Cavani. But it worked.

There very well could be hidden clauses that we are all unaware of. I just want to see us make a statement signing. An intention to realistically compete for England and Europe again. I know we will get disappointed by not getting players and trophies we want. That's just part of supporting anyone competing for so many things and so many signatures at all times. But I see this decline in attitude from so many that scares me. I'm not saying here persay, as i'm a new and irregular poster. I just don't want to see us wind up as liverpool or even arsenal are now.

I didn't think Cavani had third party ownership. I think Napoli is just keeping the price high because they know they can in today's football wage climate. It's a win win for the club. They figure either Chelsea, City, PSG, or Real will eventually crack and pay the required buyout clause. If not they keep him. I don't know that i'd be happy with Gomez or Soldado. Not that I think they are bad by any means, but they would be obvious last choice picks the same as Ba was. Whilst they could realistically do better than Ba, I think it will just send the wrong message about the club. Regardless of winning back to back European trophies I think many of our supporters and organization need to accept that fact that we have become a bit of a joke with all the insanity and instability in the past few years. I myself don't always mind being hated, it only makes the victories more sweet. But at the same time I think Roman realized we needed a morale boost. BIG TIME. And to send a message that the games are over and we are a serious club and a serious threat in any tournament or league we enter. Bringing back Mourinho was step one, I think the purchase of a world class striker to lead our attack will only reassure the supporters even more. Roman is a Chelsea fan and he'll want to see us win and be taken more seriously.

Monaco is the only one that is avoiding the tax situation over there. And rumors are suggesting they want to add The Zlatan to their already crazy team. I love The Zlatan. But he's kind of a mercenary. He'll go to Monaco if they money is right. And PSG will need to replace him thus the need for Cavani. I understand the mindset of not wanting to get held hostage for extreme wages and big time reservations after the Torres fiasco. But if we wait too long we'll likely miss out on Cavani, Lewandoski, and even Rooney.

You're right. This IS a harder league than La Liga for sure. But i'm still a fighting supporter. I want to be the best by beating the best. We could always have some great matches at the end in various tournaments. But I don't want the easy way out of anything. It's just no fun that way.

I just wish we had a great end of season match against Man United in April or May. I love those matches against them at the end. I can see the merits of having an easy ending to help with UCL and or FA Cup potentially. But I still love the fight.

Cool! Thanks! I guess if not I can try to start my own watching group closer to downtown.

I think we have a Dallas supporters group, but they seem to meet in deep north Dallas. Do know of anyone that watches matches closer to downtown. I go over to Trinity Hall sometimes, but i'm typically the only Chelsea supporter there when i've gone.

So I take it Stingray has a reputation of not being so friendly?

Thanks for the welcome. .... And the joke is pretty accurate. Ha.

Thanks! Yes. I'm excited to get into the different subforums.

Hello forum! My name is Dustin and I live in Dallas Texas. I've been supporting Chelsea for years but only just found this forum on the recommendation of Bluefire. I also enjoy watch the Mexican league a lot as of the last year. But uncommonly for this area I don't care about any of the American sports except for hockey. I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone and getting active on this forum.

I would agree. Not much to lose giving a striker a chance that we've already bought. I think even if we get Cavani or whoever i'd love to see Lukaku get some matches next season.