Laylabelle 9,667 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 "Club sources ensure me that their model is to buy potential and grow experience" Which is so flawed! We dont need potential we need experienced players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 19,214 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 21 hours ago, Strike said: Like United showed last summer, it is possible to have a smart window even without European football True. Personnel wise we won’t need too much in the summer, we just need to be smart and not blow huge money on super risky signings like fucking Gittens. Like United, we should actually consider targeting some of the best players within the PL who don’t play for the top teams like they did with Mbuemo and Cunha. Players who wouldn’t care about UCL football and would jump at the shlt to step up to a huge club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,886 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 3 hours ago, Pizy said: we should actually consider targeting some of the best players within the PL who don’t play for the top teams like they did with Mbuemo and Cunha. Players who wouldn’t care about UCL football and would jump at the shlt to step up to a huge club. Micky van de Ven Tottenham Hotspur Murillo Nottingham Forest Malick Thiaw Newcastle United Jan Paul van Hecke Brighton & Hove Albion Marcos Senesi AFC Bournemouth + Fernando 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 9,057 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 (edited) 11 hours ago, Pizy said: True. Personnel wise we won’t need too much in the summer, we just need to be smart and not blow huge money on super risky signings like fucking Gittens. Like United, we should actually consider targeting some of the best players within the PL who don’t play for the top teams like they did with Mbuemo and Cunha. Players who wouldn’t care about UCL football and would jump at the shlt to step up to a huge club. Not too much at all. Just a GK, CB, CM, LW & CF. We need more than just 2 or 3 and they have to be quality signings because everyone else around us will strengthen again. The likes of Arsenal, Liverpool, Man City & Man United will not scrimp on wages if it means getting quality in the door. Be a few pawns sacrificed in the summer too, as usual, to rejig the squad/comply with PSR or FFP/realise we’ve made some more bad signings no doubt. Plus the double signing of Garnacho & Gittens on top of the Sancho loan & Mudryk has really set us back on the left wing. Like thats at least £150m of wasted cash on players that are equally as bad as each other/what we had before. Thankfully we pulled the plug and didn’t sign Sancho despite our best efforts to nearly fuck that up. If Man United wasn’t Man United, Mbuemo & Cunha probably go elsewhere but they are always going to have that pulling power because of the stature of the club. Mentioning PL best & seeing some names up there - United also firmly in driving seat for van der Ven by sounds of it (again, with or without CL, they’ll have that pulling power). Plus Liverpool will be desperate for another CB when Konate goes despite signing Jacquet. Van Dijk cant go on forever. Edited February 27 by OneMoSalah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 19,214 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 17 hours ago, OneMoSalah said: Not too much at all. Just a GK, CB, CM, LW & CF. We need more than just 2 or 3 and they have to be quality signings because everyone else around us will strengthen again. The likes of Arsenal, Liverpool, Man City & Man United will not scrimp on wages if it means getting quality in the door. Be a few pawns sacrificed in the summer too, as usual, to rejig the squad/comply with PSR or FFP/realise we’ve made some more bad signings no doubt. Plus the double signing of Garnacho & Gittens on top of the Sancho loan & Mudryk has really set us back on the left wing. Like thats at least £150m of wasted cash on players that are equally as bad as each other/what we had before. Thankfully we pulled the plug and didn’t sign Sancho despite our best efforts to nearly fuck that up. If Man United wasn’t Man United, Mbuemo & Cunha probably go elsewhere but they are always going to have that pulling power because of the stature of the club. Mentioning PL best & seeing some names up there - United also firmly in driving seat for van der Ven by sounds of it (again, with or without CL, they’ll have that pulling power). Plus Liverpool will be desperate for another CB when Konate goes despite signing Jacquet. Van Dijk cant go on forever. We will almost 100% not be getting a new GK so we can put that to bed. I’d be stunned if we get another CF either with Emegha and maybe even Jackson returning. I maintain that we don’t need much. Or perhaps to better put it, we don’t have THAT many glaring holes in the squad. It’s just that the few we do have are costing us big time. For me we badly need a dominant CB, a top class LW, and another high quality body in CM if Lavia gets injured once again. We don’t need a total rebuild or major surgery like we did a couple of years ago. Fernando 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 9,057 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 (edited) 19 minutes ago, Pizy said: We will almost 100% not be getting a new GK so we can put that to bed. I’d be stunned if we get another CF either with Emegha and maybe even Jackson returning. I maintain that we don’t need much. Or perhaps to better put it, we don’t have THAT many glaring holes in the squad. It’s just that the few we do have are costing us big time. For me we badly need a dominant CB, a top class LW, and another high quality body in CM if Lavia gets injured once again. We don’t need a total rebuild or major surgery like we did a couple of years ago. We do have glaring holes in the squad, maybe not in quantity but in quality 100%. Barring a handful of players, the majority are average. Particularly the signings the last 2/3 seasons. It would be a real mistake if we went another season relying on Sanchez, despite his improvement this season, because he is an accident waiting to happen which has been proven at Brighton & here. Welcoming Jackson back to the fold would also be another mistake given how petulant his attitude and discipline is. Not to mention the whole scenario to push through his move to Bayern - where they’ve basically used him sparingly to not have to sign him. The transfers of Gittens, Garnacho & Delap also poor signings last summer (not an improvement on any of the players we already had in those positions). Would replace all 3 within a heartbeat. Perhaps even Hato too. Given the noise around Gittens, Delap & even Garnacho, I would imagine there is scope for them to leave already. A supposed club with elite ambitions cannot rely on those guys every season. We probably need at 4 good signings to go into the first 11. GK, CB, LW & CF has to happen sooner than later on we risk making no progress at all. Well continue making no progress. Maybe a CM not as desperate for the starting 11 but Lavia wouldn’t be someone we should be counting on either based on his lack of appearances in the past 2 and a half seasons. Again, most clubs would be looking at moving him on based on that (sick of hearing about his “talent” no good if he is crocked 90% of the time). Going into next season with Fernandez (who has played further forward more with Maresca & now Rosenoir), Caicedo, Santos & Essugo (if not loaned?) as our only fit/reliable options would really leave us short. If Caicedo ever got a long term injury we’d be fucked. Edited February 28 by OneMoSalah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,748 Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 I respect the honesty but Todd Boehly summers make a lot of sense now. Cucurella was perhaps the only signing that worked out from that period Blue Armour and Fernando 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando 6,703 Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 9 minutes ago, Strike said: I respect the honesty but Todd Boehly summers make a lot of sense now. Cucurella was perhaps the only signing that worked out from that period I think the other buys came from tuchel. Which I often highlighted as a great manager but not good for building a team. Similar to Conte. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mário César 1,445 Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 22 minutes ago, Strike said: I respect the honesty but Todd Boehly summers make a lot of sense now. Cucurella was perhaps the only signing that worked out from that period This is exactly why the club is in the state it’s in. Decisions were made without clear expertise, structure was dismantled, and massive spending was reactive rather than strategic. The result is a destabilized squad, inconsistent management, and a lack of coherent long-term planning. Until a solid footballing framework is rebuilt, there are few prospects for meaningful success in the near future. Fernando 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 9,057 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Spurs apparently interested in Paul Winstanley. Take him please let him go. Vesper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,886 Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago Matt Law of The Telegraph: ‘With every significant defeat comes a natural reaction to call for change. Change the goalkeeper, change the defenders, change the project. But the best and easiest change Chelsea could make for next season would be to remove the Club World Cup winners’ badge from their shirts. ‘Vice-captain Enzo Ferndandez perfectly highlighted just what the badge stands for when he pointed to it after equalising against Paris St-Germain in the Parc des Princes on Wednesday night. ‘His peacocking celebration was pure arrogance and that is exactly what the badge represents. ‘World champions? You’re having a laugh. The Blues are not even the best team in London right now. ‘For all of the bravado and big talk, Chelsea find themselves in exactly the same position as the club they love to laugh at – Tottenham Hotspur – as they contemplate the prospect of trying to overturn an embarrassing 5-2 deficit in the second leg. ‘There can be no doubt that winning the Club World Cup created an arrogance beyond the sense of achievement that has helped to cultivate a head-loss culture within the club. ‘Players, presumably under the impression that the Club World Cup badge has made them untouchable, have regularly talked their way into trouble with referees and found themselves at the centre of ludicrous incidents, such as Pedro Neto pushing over a ball boy. ‘Even co-owner Jose Feliciano (not the guy who wrote Feliz Navidad) was poking fun at Arsenal ahead of Chelsea’s trip to PSG, reminding them that his club won two trophies last season. Maybe somebody should remind Felicano that Chelsea only qualified for the Club World Cup by winning the Champions League in the Roman Abramovich era. Or that the Chelsea’s route to the final saw them face the might of Los Angeles, Flamengo, El Tunis, Benfica, Palmeiras and Fluminense.’ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,886 Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago What Does Chelsea’s £355m Loss Really Mean? Business of Sport Chelsea have posted the biggest pre-tax loss in English football history - €407M in a single season. We break down what the UEFA numbers really mean, the stadium problem, the commercial failures, and why Clearlake’s private equity model may be heading for a very uncomfortable reality check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,886 Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago 11 minutes ago, Vesper said: What Does Chelsea’s £355m Loss Really Mean? Business of Sport Chelsea have posted the biggest pre-tax loss in English football history - €407M in a single season. We break down what the UEFA numbers really mean, the stadium problem, the commercial failures, and why Clearlake’s private equity model may be heading for a very uncomfortable reality check. a must watch these are financial experts not ranting footie fans Fernando 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whats happening 1,655 Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago 30 minutes ago, Vesper said: Matt Law of The Telegraph: ‘With every significant defeat comes a natural reaction to call for change. Change the goalkeeper, change the defenders, change the project. But the best and easiest change Chelsea could make for next season would be to remove the Club World Cup winners’ badge from their shirts. ‘Vice-captain Enzo Ferndandez perfectly highlighted just what the badge stands for when he pointed to it after equalising against Paris St-Germain in the Parc des Princes on Wednesday night. ‘His peacocking celebration was pure arrogance and that is exactly what the badge represents. ‘World champions? You’re having a laugh. The Blues are not even the best team in London right now. ‘For all of the bravado and big talk, Chelsea find themselves in exactly the same position as the club they love to laugh at – Tottenham Hotspur – as they contemplate the prospect of trying to overturn an embarrassing 5-2 deficit in the second leg. ‘There can be no doubt that winning the Club World Cup created an arrogance beyond the sense of achievement that has helped to cultivate a head-loss culture within the club. ‘Players, presumably under the impression that the Club World Cup badge has made them untouchable, have regularly talked their way into trouble with referees and found themselves at the centre of ludicrous incidents, such as Pedro Neto pushing over a ball boy. ‘Even co-owner Jose Feliciano (not the guy who wrote Feliz Navidad) was poking fun at Arsenal ahead of Chelsea’s trip to PSG, reminding them that his club won two trophies last season. Maybe somebody should remind Felicano that Chelsea only qualified for the Club World Cup by winning the Champions League in the Roman Abramovich era. Or that the Chelsea’s route to the final saw them face the might of Los Angeles, Flamengo, El Tunis, Benfica, Palmeiras and Fluminense.’ dumbass matt law as usual Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,748 Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago 4 minutes ago, whats happening said: dumbass matt law as usual presumably he can't write change the owners because he might lose his limited access at the club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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