Radamel Falcao

[chrismada9 1,948]

I'm just going to state, that the only silver lining to this cloud, is that we have no fucking idea how good or bad Falcao will be unless he puts on a blue shirt and performs!

The fact that he was good for Atletico; the fact that he was bad at United is irrelevant! He won't be playing for any of those, he'll be playing for Chelsea!

Whatever will be, will be.. we as loyal Chelsea supporters just have to roll with the punches.

[didierforever 7,349]

If it's so easy, why isn't anyone even close to him and Aguero? If I'm not mistake the third best ratio is Costa with a goal every 115 minutes IIRC.

"Our manager thinks so" has got to be the laziest most illogical and cowardly excuse anyone can come up with.

did i say easy? or are you you blinded by the falcao hate that you cant understand simple english now?

its EASIER to score 7 goals in 700 minutes than 20 goals in 2000minutes. not rocket science.

oh yes, the best argument is that since it happened to a guy named torres, all strikers who have had a knee injury will go down the same path.

[didierforever 7,349]

Remy has scored goals wherever he has played though. Could he do it at the big clubs? Yes, like he proved last season.

fair enough. remy can. i am not saying he cant. infact i am pretty sure, i have said that he is a must for next season.

[The Skipper 20,593]

did i say easy? or are you you blinded by the falcao hate that you cant understand simple english now?

its EASIER to score 7 goals in 700 minutes than 20 goals in 2000minutes. not rocket science.

oh yes, the best argument is that since it happened to a guy named torres, all strikers who have had a knee injury will go down the same path.

What a pathetic argument, so because he's just scored 7 goals in 700 minutes we shouldn't take Remy's effectiveness in front of goal seriously? Incredible.

[didierforever 7,349]

You were speaking bullshit that can tick people off.

How is that helping the club? LOL

LOLOLOl... dude, if u cant uderstand a joke that stats said or that i said, then why even put your nose into that conversation?

[CHOULO19 24,332]

oh yes, the best argument is that since it happened to a guy named torres, all strikers who have had a knee injury will go down the same path.

did i say easy it happened to a guy named torres? or are you you blinded by the falcao hate fanboyism that you cant understand simple english now?

did i say easy? or are you you blinded by the falcao hate that you cant understand simple english now? its EASIER to score 7 goals in 700 minutes than 20 goals in 2000minutes. not rocket science.

On a serious note that is completely besides the point as I originally said that he was the best backup striker. I'm NOT saying he's better than Costa or Aguero so the point you're trying to make is irrelevant because all that matters from that stat is that no other backup striker is even remotely close to Remy on that list.

[didierforever 7,349]

You said to Choulo that our manager thinks the same too. So I replied and said that is not the case. It was like last season with Lukaku. When Drogba was brought in, it was obvious Lukaku was leaving. I just think I have seen enough from Falcao last season to think he will not be a hit at us. I hope I am proved wrong though but I will be very annoyed to lose Remy who offers something much different and will be a miss.

DD was brought in to replace lukaku. falcao has been brought in to replace DD, not remy. plus we had salah and schurrle last season, this season we have a very questionable cuadrado as our only winger option except for the main 3(hazard-oscar-willian), remy will get plenty of oppurtunities to play.

[didierforever 7,349]

On a serious note that is completely besides the point as I originally said that he was the best backup striker. I'm NOT saying he's better than Costa or Aguero so the point you're trying to make is irrelevant because all that matters from that stat is that no other backup striker is even remotely close to Remy on that list.

a second striker is not supposed to play 700minutes in 38 games. remy is good as a rotation option for a ST or a RW, and even cup games. but i wont trust him as our sole no.2 considering we will be playing 60 games this season and costa will play 35-40 (missing others cos of injuries and suspensions). enter FALCAO.

[didierforever 7,349]

What a pathetic argument, so because he's just scored 7 goals in 700 minutes we shouldn't take Remy's effectiveness in front of goal seriously? Incredible.

talk about making a mountain out of a molehill.

[AndersonBLUE 819]

oh @didierforever, I've agreed with alot if things on my time at talk chelsea but not with falcao...

[The Skipper 20,593]

talk about making a mountain out of a molehill.

What exactly is the point of that statement then? It's pretty nonsensical. What were you trying to get at?

[CHOULO19 24,332]

a second striker is not supposed to play 700minutes in 38 games. remy is good as a rotation option for a ST or a RW, and even cup games. but i wont trust him as our sole no.2 considering we will be playing 60 games this season and costa will play 35-40 (missing others cos of injuries and suspensions). enter FALCAO.

Well that is the main issue, though, isn't it. You don't trust Remy as a second striker while I, and it seems a lot of people on here, disagree and think he is a perfect backup.

Now, I really can't understand how you would trust Falcao and not Remy. Remy was perfect for us last season. His attitude was top and on the pitch he delivered every time he was called upon and came up with pretty crucial goals for us. You may believe that Falcao can return to his best but even you have to admit that is a risk and there is a possibility he won't. So how you could trust Falcao and not Remy I honestly don't get.

I wonder who you think was a better backup striker than Remy in England last season?

As for Remy only plying 700 minutes, there are various reasons for that including injuries and this being Drogba's last season and such. Even Jose himself has admitted that he was unfair towards Remy who deserved a lot more playing time......after all if our manager thinks so, you can't argue against him, can you?!

[chrismada9 1,948]

Well that is the main issue, though, isn't it. You don't trust Remy as a second striker while I, and it seems a lot of people on here, disagree and think he is a perfect backup.

Now, I really can't understand how you would trust Falcao and not Remy. Remy was perfect for us last season. His attitude was top and on the pitch he delivered every time he was called upon and came up with pretty crucial goals for us. You may believe that Falcao can return to his best but even you have to admit that is a risk and there is a possibility he won't. So how you could trust Falcao and not Remy I honestly don't get.

I wonder who you think was a better backup striker than Remy in England last season?

As for Remy only plying 700 minutes, there are various reasons for that including injuries and this being Drogba's last season and such. Even Jose himself has admitted that he was unfair towards Remy who deserved a lot more playing time......after all if our manager thinks so, you can't argue against him, can you?!

Absolutely spot on!!

It all goes down to the phrase of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" ... if Remy is doing the business on the pitch, even as a second choice, and the attitude fits that, why change it? Why try to fork out more money on a bigger ego, when the latter is doing the job perfectly.

Steve posted earlier that Falcao is someone he would have loved to sign some few years ago, and that's fine, but what guys like Didierforever fail to understand, is that this is a financial risk .. dare I say it again, Financial Fair Play needs to be addressed when moves like this at our club happen. £130,000 is a lot of money to be losing every week for a 2nd choice despite the big wage cut.

On the other hand, you have Remy doing a sterling job and not costing us as much, so why make things harder for ourselves financially when there is no need.

[Leif 6,006]

I've seen Diego Costa play for Spain. If you have too, you shouldn't be wetting yourself with sorrowful tears over how Falcao performs with Colombia.

[The Mak 4,459]

@didierforever, man, what age are you? I'm not joking here, because you often debate like a 12 year old. You bring up nonsensical statements and debate common sense - that is why I often do not respond to you. Like 'Remy is nowhere near Falcao'...Jesus, they had the exact same role last season and the difference was night and day, to even say what you said with a straight face is laughable considering the evidence.

[Stats 7,053]

The reason why I will be angry to lose Remy and bring Falcao in as seocnd striker is because of the different style of play the two offers. Remy's pace, movement, ability to run the channels is always effective and useful to have as a game changer however Falcao is not fast and he seems the type of player to me that needs regular starts to get into form. However I don't see him as a gamechanger because of those aforementioned reasons. He was never fast and he obviously has lost some of his pace and movement that he had before. I just hope we do everything to make Remy stay because he is a real valuable player of the squad who proved his worth last season. Just imagine had he not got injured on the day against QPR. He would have added much more goals to his name.

[didierforever 7,349]

Well that is the main issue, though, isn't it. You don't trust Remy as a second striker while I, and it seems a lot of people on here, disagree and think he is a perfect backup.

Now, I really can't understand how you would trust Falcao and not Remy. Remy was perfect for us last season. His attitude was top and on the pitch he delivered every time he was called upon and came up with pretty crucial goals for us. You may believe that Falcao can return to his best but even you have to admit that is a risk and there is a possibility he won't. So how you could trust Falcao and not Remy I honestly don't get.

I wonder who you think was a better backup striker than Remy in England last season?

As for Remy only plying 700 minutes, there are various reasons for that including injuries and this being Drogba's last season and such. Even Jose himself has admitted that he was unfair towards Remy who deserved a lot more playing time......after all if our manager thinks so, you can't argue against him, can you?!

our manager says that he will do a lot of things, like not selling luiz and mata, or playing RLC or playing remy. in the end, i go with what he DOES. and what he has done it is got another striker.

so what you are saying is you dont want a 3rd striker? or would you be fine with costa, remy and bamford? one of the various reasons is "injuries" and by your linear extrapolation, whats going to change that your improve that next season.

i can trust falcao better cos i have watched him play and seen him even rip our defence a new asshole. how dominating he was for ATM. also, by watching both falcao and torres, i can say that the similarities end at the injuries. there playing style is different, their attitude is different, their situations are totally different. while one striker had to carry all the burden on his shoulder, the other has costa and remy to share the workload and getting the pressure off him. as is their situation concering the price tag and the expectations. while torres was supposed to be the second coming of jesus, falcao is suddenly so bad that even a loan spell which makes perfect sense from all views is supposedly going to make us "leeds united" or that he is as shit as "peter crouch".

ps - DD's last season had nothing to do with this. or are u talking about the 30minutes that DD got against sunderland?

[didierforever 7,349]

@didierforever, man, what age are you? I'm not joking here, because you often debate like a 12 year old. You bring up nonsensical statements and debate common sense - that is why I often do not respond to you. Like 'Remy is nowhere near Falcao'...Jesus, they had the exact same role last season and the difference was night and day, to even say what you said with a straight face is laughable considering the evidence.

coming from the genius who is already cribbing about falcao.