Non-Chelsea Transfer Pub

[didierforever 7,349]

Exact same squad in terms of numbers but lost motel hugely influential figures in Cech and Drogba. Pedro was probably the only upgrade.

Stones wasn't going to cost £50 million until we messed Everton around either. But that's the price of continual success in modern football. It's why City will probably win the league and get Pep next season too.

so now we should have kept cech and DD too? probably call back ballack, lamps, essien and maka. there is a difference between having a dressing room of leaders and dressing room full of pensioners. the point is to replace them well. which jose did not. he replaced a massive character like lamps with a cunt like cesc. he continued with his "he is my favourite and he will play regardless of the circumstances" policy which cost us massively.

jose had as much blame as any for the stones fiasco with constantly belittling everton and martinez.

[Blue_Fox_ 2,086]

so now we should have kept cech and DD too? probably call back ballack, lamps, essien and maka.

I would, they'd perform better than the current bunch.

[didierforever 7,349]

I would, they'd perform better than the current bunch.

fair enough. on second thought, i would too.

[CurlyHairLikeLuiz 1,625]

just 5 minutes before the goal, JT got owned by ighalo only for GC to come in and put a brilliant tackle and save his ass. and it was not just one occassion.

where has his leadership been this whole season? leadership is important when the leader himself is performing and leading from the front.

JT just saved our arses twice in 2 minutes, once by telling pedro to come back and mark and then just now

[Ossie the King 634]

so now we should have kept cech and DD too? probably call back ballack, lamps, essien and maka. there is a difference between having a dressing room of leaders and dressing room full of pensioners. the point is to replace them well. which jose did not. he replaced a massive character like lamps with a cunt like cesc. he continued with his "he is my favourite and he will play regardless of the circumstances" policy which cost us massively.

jose had as much blame as any for the stones fiasco with constantly belittling everton and martinez.

Cech was sold to Arsenal expressly against Joses wishes. If you think strengthening a rival is backing a coach, then I doubt we'll,agree on very much.

[didierforever 7,349]

JT just saved our arses twice in 2 minutes, once by telling pedro to come back and mark and then just now

you can put in GC if you want to play so deep with 2 proper DMs and 11 men behind the ball and he would give you a world class performance.

if this is the way you want us to play, then sure, JT is the way "forward"

[CurlyHairLikeLuiz 1,625]

you can put in GC if you want to play so deep with 2 proper DMs and 11 men behind the ball and he would give you a world class performance.

if this is the way you want us to play, then sure, JT is the way "forward"

We are holding a high line but ok

[didierforever 7,349]

We are holding a high line but ok

i would love to see the amount of time, the ball has been in our last 3rd for it to be called a "high line".

[CurlyHairLikeLuiz 1,625]

i would love to see the amount of time, the ball has been in our last 3rd for it to be called a "high line".

Do you define a high line as just behind the half way line or between the 18yd line and half way line because if it's the first then it's not going to happen.

[didierforever 7,349]

Cech was sold to Arsenal expressly against Joses wishes. If you think strengthening a rival is backing a coach, then I doubt we'll,agree on very much.

did jose need cech? NO.

there is something called loyalty to the loyal.

cech was a brilliant servant to the club, and deserved to go where ever he wanted to without disrupting his family and life.

and we are 16th in the league. cech is not the reason for it. why did not jose fight for the players that could have actually helped us - bertrand, lukaku, kdb, luis.

[didierforever 7,349]

Do you define a high line as just behind the half way line or between the 18yd line and half way line because if it's the first then it's not going to happen.

i would not call it a high line, if the team is "TRYING" to press the opposition in their own half and when they fail (so far 100%), they fall back to defending box (by my guess, 50% of the half).

[Ossie the King 634]

did jose need cech? NO.

there is something called loyalty to the loyal.

cech was a brilliant servant to the club, and deserved to go where ever he wanted to without disrupting his family and life.

and we are 16th in the league. cech is not the reason for it. why did not jose fight for the players that could have actually helped us - bertrand, lukaku, kdb, luis.

There's also backing your coach's wishes. Cech's loyalty was rewarded with millions of pounds but we were within our rights to nit strengthen a rival, especially if Jose said so. He was undermined. I just think we won't agree on much.

[CurlyHairLikeLuiz 1,625]

i would not call it a high line, if the team is "TRYING" to press the opposition in their own half and when they fail (so far 100%), they fall back to defending box (by my guess, 50% of the half).

Sorry but John Terry so far has been MOTM

But that's good defending, to a point. A low line is if you don't step up at all.

[MefiX19 1,092]

There's also backing your coach's wishes. Cech's loyalty was rewarded with millions of pounds but we were within our rights to nit strengthen a rival, especially if Jose said so. He was undermined. I just think we won't agree on much.

We are not Everton to keep players, we let him go where he wanted, to Arsenal. I'm 100% sure that he would go to PSG if not his family who wanted to stay in London

[Ossie the King 634]

We are not Everton to keep players, we let him go where he wanted, to Arsenal. I'm 100% sure that he would go to PSG if not his family who wanted to stay in London

You're right, Everton backed their coachs wishes and fair play to them. If you want to be liked then I understand your viewpoint.