Gary Cahill

[kellzfresh 7,229]

Too slow. No top team in Europe has two slow centerbacks starting together except Chelsea. The mind boggles

[BlueLion. 21,491]

I feel sorry for Cahill having to play CB and RB all the time, I really do.

[DH1988 1,276]

I feel sorry for Cahill having to play CB and RB all the time, I really do.

This.

Please direct all negative comments toward the Branislav thread.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

To be fair, he actually had a decent game after 2-3 mistakes early in the first half. Thought he had a good second half.

[DH1988 1,276]

The amount of abuse Cahill gets and Branislav is shielded from amazes me.

Not Cahill's biggest fan and see him leaving next Jan once we buy Varane but still, good player.

[lucio 5,418]

The amount of abuse Cahill gets and Branislav is shielded from amazes me.

Not Cahill's biggest fan and see him leaving next Jan once we buy Varane but still, good player.

Ivanovic masks his diabolical moments with heroic goals and good attributes. Cahill is just all roun bad.Both should be dropped for zouma and azpi respectively ,but getting Cahill out will probably come first .I wonder if we will see the right defence this season

[LAB 1,030]

I wonder can Azpi make him look better? Or not?

[Jase 43,479]

[Laugh1ngMan 393]

"The plain apparently has lost all forward momentum due to the constant backing off by one of the England players"

Poor Gary, trying so hard not to face any more premier league attackers he is even trying to stall the plane

[CurlyHairLikeLuiz 1,625]

Feel sorry for the geezer. Has to play central right back and then when he has to back off because he can't cover so much ground he gets completely slaughtered for it. Yeah, he's not the best centre half Terry has partnered (surely Ricky) but he's not shite either. If Dave played next to him I guarantee he would look so much more solid.

Zouma does well there because of his pace and impeccable timing/technique of the tackle, and that'll be the cross on which Cahill will be crucified. And rightly - if Zouma is better in the role he should be played there.

[Blue Colored Sky 1,807]

What's with his contract ? Nothing have been reported for months. He was supposedly going to sign the one in the last season but that topic is dead.

I feel that he's off in the summer when Chelsea buy new CB. He can still fetch nice sum for the clubs that are desperate to have "Premier League proven" defender in order to stay up in the Premier League and put their hands on this new TV money bonanza.

[Jase 43,479]

What's with his contract ? Nothing have been reported for months. He was supposedly going to sign the one in the last season but that topic is dead.

I feel that he's off in the summer when Chelsea buy new CB. He can still fetch nice sum for the clubs that are desperate to have "Premier League proven" defender in order to stay up in the Premier League and put their hands on this new TV money bonanza.

I don't get why a player should be sold just because they shouldn't be in the starting XI. In Cahill's case, he can still be a decent squad player and not to mention, he fills the HG quota that we're desperately lacking.

[DYC. 7,542]

I don't get why a player should be sold just because they shouldn't be in the starting XI. In Cahill's case, he can still be a decent squad player and not to mention, he fills the HG quota that we're desperately lacking.

I get the feeling Cahill is the type that wants to play. If he's not a regular, I think he'd want to leave.

[Jase 43,479]

I get the feeling Cahill is the type that wants to play. If he's not a regular, I think he'd want to leave.

If he really wants to leave, then we can't do anything about it. But from the team's perspective, we should keep him for the reasons stated.

[Blue Colored Sky 1,807]

I don't get why a player should be sold just because they shouldn't be in the starting XI. In Cahill's case, he can still be a decent squad player and not to mention, he fills the HG quota that we're desperately lacking.

1) Our 4th CB option is not gonna play much, not under Mourinho. We're now with 6 senior defenders yet Zouma and Filipe number of minutes isn't impressive. So if 5th and 6th option are playing only a chunk of minutes the 7th option will have even worse situation. He can stay, he can go, but situation will be very similar with both outputs.

2) He can still fetch nice sum I can imagine. So let's think that he offset half of the cost of Clyne. It's a very good thought.

3) HG situation isn't bad. You get rid of Cahill and give RLC a full time membership. Also we probably gonna sign an English goalkeeper in the place of Cech so actually the number of HG players will be increased.

[Jase 43,479]

1) Our 4th CB option is not gonna play much, not under Mourinho. We're now with 6 senior defenders yet Zouma and Filipe number of minutes isn't impressive. So if 5th and 6th option are playing only a chunk of minutes the 7th option will have even worse situation. He can stay, he can go, but situation will be very similar with both outputs.

True but we still need depth and we've been very lucky that our defenders haven't suffered any injuries and/or picked up suspensions this season. Not to mention, if we go far in competitions next season, we'll need players as Mourinho is likely to rotate.

[iseah100 5,612]

What's all this talk of selling Cahill? He ain't going nowhere bruh.

[CurlyHairLikeLuiz 1,625]

Incredibly pleased for the lad, had a great game yesterday. He's earned his place back.