Pizy 18,994 Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 Why Mandzukic? It makes absolutely no sense!Signing Costa, keeping Lukaku and selling Luiz to Barcelona for 30mi (or swapping him for Alexis and Song) is waaay better than doing business with Bayern over this okay striker...Yeah, I personally think the keep Lukaku and swap Luiz with Sanchez scenario would be the best outcome. While I think Mandzukic would do a job for us in addition to Costa, I'd rather not lose Lukaku for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rmpr 8,977 Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 Because he offers something different to Lukaku and Costa. He enables us to change the game (as numerous people have already pointed out in this thread).From a tactical perspective it makes perfect sense.He offers things our team doesnt thrive on!And no, from a tactical perspective it doesnt make any sense... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jype 6,398 Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 Kalou???Not that much worse goalscoring ability. I would say Mandzukic is a solid 15-20 league goal a season striker with good link-up play. Physically he is much like Dzeko, maybe a little stronger. Dominant in the air so he would have to be supplied with a lot of crosses to get the best out of him, not sure if at the moment we're set up to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The only place to be 11,313 Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 He offers things our team doesnt thrive on!And no, from a tactical perspective it doesnt make any sense...We're a counter-attacking team. Costa will lead that. If teams sit deep then we tend to pump more crosses into the box - Mandzukic is an excellent aerial threat.Lukaku really isn't necessary next season if we have both these players offering these options. So from a tactical sense it does make perfect sense, although I'd love to see you try and argue that it doesn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidzeret 2,257 Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 Why isn't Luiz- Kroos swap isn't even been pointed out?To me, it makes the most sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea Legend 11 4,062 Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 We're a counter-attacking team. Costa will lead that. If teams sit deep then we tend to pump more crosses into the box - Mandzukic is an excellent aerial threat.Lukaku really isn't necessary next season if we have both these players offering these options. So from a tactical sense it does make perfect sense, although I'd love to see you try and argue that it doesn't. We're gonna need three strikers not two. Lukaku is the young understudy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea Legend 11 4,062 Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 Why isn't Luiz- Kroos swap isn't even been pointed out?To me, it makes the most sense.Maybe because Kroos is going nowhere? Maybe because he doesn't want to come to Chelsea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The only place to be 11,313 Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 We're gonna need three strikers not two. Lukaku is the young understudy.In 2012 Jose used Benzema and Higuain almost exclusively. Look how many minutes Ba got this year behind two average strikers. Lukaku simply won't get enough minutes in my opinion. I'd rather look at Drogba in a player-coach role or even use a youngster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea Legend 11 4,062 Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 In 2012 Jose used Benzema and Higuain almost exclusively. Look how many minutes Ba got this year behind two average strikers. Lukaku simply won't get enough minutes in my opinion. I'd rather look at Drogba in a player-coach role or even use a youngster.I don't know, injuries happen all the time and we have to start getting more out of our own players. I would say he gets more starts then Ba but mainly comes into the game as a change of pace guy. I just can't envision a world where Chelsea yet again loan him out when we're obviously short in that regard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChelseaFanUK 1,014 Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 sport1 in Germany reckon he isn't coming here, and Juventus are very much in the hunt for him. Maybe one of our German users can tell us whether BILD or sport1 are more reliable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Skipper 20,609 Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 Maybe one of our German users can tell us whether BILD or sport1 are more reliableBild aren't bad but from what I can remember, they're a bit hit and miss. From what I can gather though, Bild aren't saying that Mandzukic is 100% coming to us... They're just stating that a deal is potentially being discussed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amblève. 4,995 Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 sport1 in Germany reckon he isn't coming here, and Juventus are very much in the hunt for him. Maybe one of our German users can tell us whether BILD or sport1 are more reliableNone of them are really reliable. Bild likes to make everything seem bigger than it is (like the DailyFail) so I wouldn't put much trust into them. Sport1 basically publish just about every rumor they find, lol. Both of them do have good knowledge about specific rumors sometimes but that's only when they get insider hints (like it happened before the Götze transfer). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChelseaFanUK 1,014 Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 None of them are really reliable. Bild likes to make everything seem bigger than it is (like the DailyFail) so I wouldn't put much trust into them. Sport1 basically publish just about every rumor they find, lol. Both of them do have good knowledge about specific rumors sometimes but that's only when they get insider hints (like it happened before the Götze transfer).I remember seeing one time that with Bayern, BILD have insider knowledge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nike 373 Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 Mario + Costa...Now, we need players that can cross! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterfall 893 Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 Bild is usually shit, but they are pretty good with Bayern-related reports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucio 5,418 Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 Mario + Costa...Now, we need players that can cross!r.rodriguez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAB 1,030 Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 Good if true, but please sell Torres so that this will make some sense! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,188 Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 Mario Mandzukic has already said goodbye to some of his team-mates. [bILD] #CFCAccording to Bild, Mandzukic has cleared out his Bayern Munich locker, and has agreed terms with Chelsea. #CFCHe's been clearing out his locker since Saturday, how fucking big is it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyikolajevics 2,711 Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 Mario Mandzukic has already said goodbye to some of his team-mates. [bILD] #CFCAccording to Bild, Mandzukic has cleared out his Bayern Munich locker, and has agreed terms with Chelsea. #CFCI checked bild.de and they haven't even mentioned our name for days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sovieticus 743 Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 He's been clearing out his locker since Saturday, how fucking big is it.Big enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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