Korea 734 Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 How do people watch Witsel here? Like, do you go on shitty streams and watch Zenit play? (Im not saying hes good/bad)However, Im just wondering outside of the belgians how others watch him play.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucio 5,418 Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 How do people watch Witsel here? Like, do you go on shitty streams and watch Zenit play? (Im not saying hes good/bad)However, Im just wondering outside of the belgians how others watch him play..champions league matches and internationals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionsden 4,689 Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 Any wants to bet that we buy another AM/winger in jan or summer?. I wouldn't be surprised one bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsblubot 3,595 Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 If David Luiz goes to Barca, we could get the player he'd be replacing: Mascherano.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quickpassnmove 924 Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 Letting Matic go to Benfica is looking worse by the hour.anyone think a reserves player will get a chance soon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucio 5,418 Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/444347/Chelsea-join-Arsenal-and-Tottenham-in-race-for-PSG-s-unsettled-starlet-Adrien-Rabiotadrien rabiot of psg. anyone seen him before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quickpassnmove 924 Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/444347/Chelsea-join-Arsenal-and-Tottenham-in-race-for-PSG-s-unsettled-starlet-Adrien-Rabiotadrien rabiot of psg. anyone seen him before?I like Rabiot, but my first priority a transfer in at CM would be someone with more experience in the top tier. Chelsea just bought vanGinkel; Rabiot is at a similar level of experience albeit with a bigger club. Rabiot is not really underrated in Paris by fans, but he doesn't get playtime because of Matuidi, Motta, Carlo's urge to play Verratti last season, Lucas, and--could be argued--Pastore (depending on how he is used). admittedly, I have not seen Rabiot play enough and it was only pre-season 2012 when I first watched him. I'm surprised to find out that he used to play with Manchester City reserves/youth. if I were to guess why he doesn't get more opportunities at PSG, I would say it's that Rabiot doesn't have the attacking prowess nor speed of play (or trickery) that makes a difference in the manager's eye.BTW, I know the Rabiot is an interesting prospect for the future but someone running a story with Arsenal, Tottenham and Chelsea connected with Rabiot sounds like more like a story of "watching him" as his contract runs down. Rabiot isn't going to make a huge difference now for Chelsea and probably wouldn't get any playtime at Arsenal nor Tottenham anytime soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChelseasMessiah 304 Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 I wish we signed Verratti, an absolute dream of a player, having said that, I would love Thiago Motta here as well, who worked under Jose at Inter. It all depends on the way Mourinho wants us to play, what we can't continue doing is pretending we have CMs who are good enough to achieve anything. quickpassnmove, Reddish-Blue, We Hate Scouse and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLyon 9,359 Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Joao Moutinho is so underrated CM! What a beast of passer and worker he is. Gustavo-Moutinho sound realy good, but they are too expensive nowdays.. sLOVEnian Blue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChelseasMessiah 304 Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Joao Moutinho is so underrated CM! What a beast of passer and worker he is. Gustavo-Moutinho sound realy good, but they are too expensive nowdays..Gustavo cost Wolfsburg 14 million Euros or so, it was reported he had offers from English clubs, possibly from us as we were reported to have been interested, but he just did not want to gamble not being a definite starter or struggling to adapt to a new league which would cause him to lose his spot in Brazil's first 11.We need someone in centre midfield in January, be it a CM/DM/B2B or whatever. it's a must. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 9,123 Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Joao Moutinho is so underrated CM! What a beast of passer and worker he is. Gustavo-Moutinho sound realy good, but they are too expensive nowdays..That ship along with Falcao passed when AVB didn't try and sign him from Porto in 2011.Gustavo won't leave the Bundesliga but would have been an interesting player to buy, naturally a holding midfield player but was given more freedom under Jupp Heynckes at Bayern when he played next to Bastian. Not big physically but a real grafter and someone who wins a lot of tackles and makes a lot of interceptions. Vital player for Brazil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidzeret 2,257 Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 That ship along with Falcao passed when AVB didn't try and sign him from Porto in 2011.Gustavo won't leave the Bundesliga but would have been an interesting player to buy, naturally a holding midfield player but was given more freedom under Jupp Heynckes at Bayern when he played next to Bastian. Not big physically but a real grafter and someone who wins a lot of tackles and makes a lot of interceptions. Vital player for Brazil. Gustavo would have joined us if we went him last summer. Definitely don't see that happening when we have Mikel around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Skipper 20,609 Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Joao Moutinho is so underrated CM! What a beast of passer and worker he is. Gustavo-Moutinho sound realy good, but they are too expensive nowdays..Why sign Gustavo when we have Ramires... kellzfresh, Chelsea Legend 11 and NiclasCFC 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesman2610 1,431 Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Yohan Cabaye is such a brilliant passer from deep.. would love him to partner Ramires for the next 4 years while other talents in youth team develop more.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 9,123 Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Yohan Cabaye is such a brilliant passer from deep.. would love him to partner Ramires for the next 4 years while other talents in youth team develop more..Cabaye is good but Newcastle will probably want 20m plus for him... and as good as he is, I don't fancy Jose paying that. To think he cost them 4-5 million and no top club really went in for him despite a few successful years at Lille. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesman2610 1,431 Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Cabaye is good but Newcastle will probably want 20m plus for him... and as good as he is, I don't fancy Jose paying that. To think he cost them 4-5 million and no top club really went in for him despite a few successful years at Lille. I would say 20m for him less would be decent for what he could do for the team.. hes rated at about 14m now with 1 yr and half left in his exsisting deal there and was very unsettled in the summer its worth a try testing the waters for him in january Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChelseasMessiah 304 Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Why sign Gustavo when we have Ramires...They are very different players. Mufassir08, Korea and Rmpr 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLyon 9,359 Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 Should we sell Luiz, while Terry is getting old and Cahill doesnt look like being our starter, we will have huge problem considering our defence. Cole is not young anymore and even Iva is in close 30s. That means we would potentialy need three new defenders, two CBs and a LB. Even if we get them all, we will have huge issue in their communication, adopting to league etc. I hope we fix Luiz and get Shaw as our future LB (he knows PL). As for other CB, I would take close look on Caulker among other targets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLyon 9,359 Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 Yohan Cabaye is such a brilliant passer from deep.. would love him to partner Ramires for the next 4 years while other talents in youth team develop more..Sounds good, but neither of the two is good in air and it would be lightweight pivot. While we would fix our midfield creativity, strenght of midfield would still be weak. kellzfresh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesman2610 1,431 Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 Sounds good, but neither of the two is good in air and it would be lightweight pivot. While we would fix our midfield creativity, strenght of midfield would still be weak.I disagree both are combative and tackle quiet often .. Cabaye has 2.4 tackles per game and 2.8 interceptions and only gets dribbled past 1.5 times so if he doesn't win the tackle he fouls.. and Ramires 3.0 tackles per game 1 interception but get dribbled about twice a game... I very much doubt that would be a lightweight pivot, there is a lo of work ethic and heart in that midfield and i think they would compliment each other brilliantly nadavTKL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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