cosmicway 1,333 Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 17 hours ago, Rhino's Skin said: financially it makes sense. The extra revenue on the increased amount of corporate will be massive. On top of extra corporate, extra supporters through the gates are not just about match ticket sales. There will be extra revenue gained in the club shop, food and drink stalls plus potential revenue from other sports such as boxing, American Football etc etc wanting to hire an iconic stadium Why can't we have boxing now ? There is no lack of space. Back in the sixties we used to have wrestling in Athens football ground. The house across the road belonged to a retired admiral and we used to go there and watch from the balcony. It was Arion versus the monster. My mom said she thought Arion was a Greek-Egyptian a third cousin of ours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino's Skin 972 Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 financially it makes sense. The extra revenue on the increased amount of corporate will be massive. On top of extra corporate, extra supporters through the gates are not just about match ticket sales. There will be extra revenue gained in the club shop, food and drink stalls plus potential revenue from other sports such as boxing, American Football etc etc wanting to hire an iconic stadium Why can't we have boxing now ? There is no lack of space. Back in the sixties we used to have wrestling in Athens football ground. The house across the road belonged to a retired admiral and we used to go there and watch from the balcony. It was Arion versus the monster. My mom said she thought Arion was a Greek-Egyptian a third cousin of ours. We can have other sports now but my point is that a big new shiny stadium with extra capacity is more appealing Muzchap and Sideshow Luiz 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sideshow Luiz 2,310 Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 2 hours ago, Rhino's Skin said: We can have other sports now but my point is that a big new shiny stadium with extra capacity is more appealing It's all about the capacity. Stamford Bridge = 42K The teams we want to compete with in Europe are 60+. 80 and 100K respectively for Madrid and Barcelona. Even in England: Old Trafford = 75K Emirates = 60K Etihad = 60K It's hard to compete with teams whose gate revenues are 50% higher than ours. Muzchap and Rmpr 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddish-Blue 2,503 Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 On 1/21/2016 at 5:30 AM, kmk108 said: Why? They're both cup tied in the CL and we're in a "striker crisis" unless it's an effort for us to pick up Griezmann or Martinez, it makes little sense. Edit: just read that it would be for the summer. Fine by me. I don't like Costa's antics and Pedro hasn't settled. Martinez could be in a swap. I would welcome that, but I'm a bit weary of Martinez's time at Atletico. I don't like Costa's antics either but he's the only 20-goal-a-season striker we have. Martinez is over-rated, he was a big-fish in a small pond at FC Porto. robsblubot 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! The Skipper 20,609 Posted January 23, 2016 Popular Post! Share Posted January 23, 2016 For me, we need to look at these positions, assuming the players that are already in the XI are in top form: Courtois Azpi - Zouma - (a) - (b) Matic - Fabregas - (c) Willian - Costa - Hazard At (a), I'm looking for a classy ball playing centre back, so someone like Stones would be a good fit. If we bring in Christensen in the future as well who's having some great development at Gladbach then we'd have some excellent young centre backs for the future, with someone like Cahill backing them up. At (b), I really want to see Kenedy have a go there, I believe he has massive potential there if he learns the position well. We also gave Ake out on loan so when he's back, those two can fight for the LB spot. At (c), we have the option to let someone like RLC develop or get in a proper CM. Ramires isn't good enough IMO so I would like to see an improvement on him there. We also need to improve our quality in depth. From now till the end of the season, my starting XI would actually be: Courtois Azpi - Zouma - JT - Kenedy RLC - Cesc - Matic Willian - Costa - Hazard Beepu, 11Drogba, The Chels and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beepu 1,714 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 1 hour ago, The Skipper said: For me, we need to look at these positions, assuming the players that are already in the XI are in top form: Courtois Azpi - Zouma - (a) - (b) Matic - Fabregas - (c) Willian - Costa - Hazard At (a), I'm looking for a classy ball playing centre back, so someone like Stones would be a good fit. If we bring in Christensen in the future as well who's having some great development at Gladbach then we'd have some excellent young centre backs for the future, with someone like Cahill backing them up. At (b), I really want to see Kenedy have a go there, I believe he has massive potential there if he learns the position well. We also gave Ake out on loan so when he's back, those two can fight for the LB spot. At (c), we have the option to let someone like RLC develop or get in a proper CM. Ramires isn't good enough IMO so I would like to see an improvement on him there. We also need to improve our quality in depth. From now till the end of the season, my starting XI would actually be: Courtois Azpi - Zouma - JT - Kenedy RLC - Cesc - Matic Willian - Costa - Hazard Do you think Kennedy can be defensively trustworthy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellion 170 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 With the shamble of a transfer committee in Emenalo & co, I fully expect no signings to be completed in this transfer window which would strengthen the first team or even the squad for that matter. At the most, there might be one or two so-called promising youngsters signed for the loan market. Muzchap 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellion 170 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 I fully expect the pathetic transfer dealings of last summer to continue in the summer of 2016 with crocked, has-been players signed for high wages together with a bunch of nobodies and youngsters for the loaner market. Stones and Griezmann are pipe dreams - Emenalo & co won't even be able to sign the likes of second rate players like Teixeira. Meanwhile, Hazard and Costa will leave whilst the likes of Ivanovic, Ramires and Oscar remain and washed outs like Lavezzi joins for the money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blues.bridge 343 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 how much you want for selling of oscar and willian? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif 6,006 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 It'd be criminal not to, and genius to, direct swap Matic for Krychowiak Last Sicarius 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlyHairLikeLuiz 1,625 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 For me, Ivanovic can be a good squad player for us next season; certainly more so than Cahill. John Terry must be here next season and he must play - Christensen stays at Monchengladbach for his second year of his loan. Baba sold; Ake brought back and Kenedy and him rotate that LB position and in central midfield. Loftus Cheek must be trusted with a big, big role in the starting XI. Simeone should be brought in. Fabregas must stay and play in that Mikel-RLC-Cesc midfield. Oscar kept as depth - he can play 4 up front positions. Courtois Azpi Zouma Terry (C) Ake/Kenedy RLC Mikel/Ake Cesc Willian Hazard Costa Bench: Begovic, Ivanovic, Oscar, Mikel/Kenedy, Remy, Traore, Cahill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue_Fox_ 2,086 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 I don't agree with this trend of having both Aké and Kenedy at lb without a first team kind of player in there. Having both in the team? Hell yes. Having them compete for the same spot? No. They're both good prospects at lb, but that's what they are, good prospects and nothing more, id' rather choose between one of them as second choice lb and then have someone already established in there. How i'd choose between them? That's a tough one, as i like them both. Reddish-Blue and stroey 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bethos1 802 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 You guys are writing off Baba way too soon imo. quickpassnmove, Blue_Fox_, Essien19 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddish-Blue 2,503 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 20 hours ago, The Skipper said: For me, we need to look at these positions, assuming the players that are already in the XI are in top form: Courtois Azpi - Zouma - (a) - (b) Matic - Fabregas - (c) Willian - Costa - Hazard At (a), I'm looking for a classy ball playing centre back, so someone like Stones would be a good fit. If we bring in Christensen in the future as well who's having some great development at Gladbach then we'd have some excellent young centre backs for the future, with someone like Cahill backing them up. At (b), I really want to see Kenedy have a go there, I believe he has massive potential there if he learns the position well. We also gave Ake out on loan so when he's back, those two can fight for the LB spot. At (c), we have the option to let someone like RLC develop or get in a proper CM. Ramires isn't good enough IMO so I would like to see an improvement on him there. We also need to improve our quality in depth. From now till the end of the season, my starting XI would actually be: Courtois Azpi - Zouma - JT - Kenedy RLC - Cesc - Matic Willian - Costa - Hazard Matic has been awful this season. If we're going to clear out players in the summer, he should go (along with Ramires). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara 15,149 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 27 minutes ago, Reddish-Blue said: Matic has been awful this season. If we're going to clear out players in the summer, he should go (along with Ramires). He had a flawless season last year, so I think the least he deserves is the benefit of the doubt and another season to prove his worth. There's a long list of players in the current squad I'd sell before considering him. Agree about Ramires though Blue_Fox_, quickpassnmove and The Skipper 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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