11Drogba 2,000 Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Top players cost around 100 or more in todays market. There are exceptions but you will mostly get average players for less than 50. I doubt that our academy players are far worse than Zappa, Bakayoko or Drinkwater. Conte has to give more chance to our youngsters if he wants players like Sandro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riquelme 4 Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Yeah it's been horrendous the squad management these last years, At the end of Benitez, I thought we had quite a good squad with just 3-4 players to add. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimitr 488 Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Bye bye conte he must learn to respect our board. We lost yesterday because of him. He brings rudiger , he sold Diego costa . The players we signed were conte’s choices. Bye bye conte The Chels 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,864 Posted January 25, 2018 Author Share Posted January 25, 2018 Respect HAS to go both ways, in any walk of life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimitr 488 Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 If you see a coach to have caroll as potential transfer target something going wrong. The Chels 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Would happily put money on him walking/getting sacked by the end of the season. Dimitr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 19,374 Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 What I hope happens in an ideal world: We finish in the top 4, Hazard & Courtois extend their contracts, Conte stays and is given at least a couple of his first choice signings this summer. What will probably happen: We may scrape into the top 4, Conte's relationship deteriorates further with the club and he walks, we appoint a manager that will be very devisive, Hazard & Tibo go, and we start the whole rebuilding process again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimitr 488 Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Rudiger , Zappa,morata ,naigolan,Sandro. Alonso,Palmieri,dzeko ,koulibaly these players are conte’s choice. And our board don’t support him? Hahah ok we didn’t signed koulibaly,Sandro but we tried . All the players are from Italy . Be careful conte... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riquelme 4 Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 15 minutes ago, BlueLion. said: Would happily put money on him walking/getting sacked by the end of the season. Seeing his comments lately, he will leave. Seeing how we didn't sign any decent wing backs and a midfielder with all-around qualities in Vidal mould. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tautvix 1,321 Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 7 minutes ago, Dimitr said: Rudiger , Zappa,morata ,naigolan,Sandro. Alonso,Palmieri,dzeko ,koulibaly these players are conte’s choice. And our board don’t support him? Hahah ok we didn’t signed koulibaly,Sandro but we tried . All the players are from Italy . Be careful conte... The problem is players like Zappa, Alonso, Dzeko and a few more even if they are Conte's... they are like 3rd 4th 5th choices... We got them only because we didn't get our main targets. But in all honesty Conte can't blame it all on board yesterday... We cannot compete with Man Utd and Man City but Arsenal is a different thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimitr 488 Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 3 minutes ago, Tautvix said: The problem is players like Zappa, Alonso, Dzeko and a few more even if they are Conte's... they are like 3rd 4th 5th choices... We got them only because we didn't get our main targets. But in all honesty Conte can't blame it all on board yesterday... We cannot compete with Man Utd and Man City but Arsenal is a different thing. Ok we didn’t sign Sandro etc but board support him and we signed players again from Italy . We spend 200millions for his choices haha . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimitr 488 Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 He sold Diego costa end of conversation Vybzkartel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manpe 10,861 Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Bye bye conte he must learn to respect our board. We lost yesterday because of him. He brings rudiger , he sold Diego costa . The players we signed were conte’s choices. Bye bye conte Prove it.Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! Barbara 15,149 Posted January 25, 2018 Popular Post! Share Posted January 25, 2018 Seriously though... People complaining about him insisting on the 3-man defense. Who are our available FBs to play a 4-man defense? I know Azpili is super, but not even him can play both left and right at the same time You want your criticism to be taken seriously, then at least think before sprouting BS that makes no sense. Also, people are advocating we should start Bats because he didn't embarrass himself (much) against the Almighty Brighton? I'd give you something if he had actually done anything at all after he came in. I wouldn't complain if he had started and I didn't complain he hadn't. That's the bloody problem here. Give this squad to whoever you want. Enrique, Pep, Klopp, Heynckes, Simeone and all nice and stupid names I read here. Maybe one of those would do as well as Conte, maybe one of them slightly better, most likely they'd do worse because that's the fucking problem we don't have high level players. People are discussing some choices such as bringing Ross or not, starting Bats as if that would suddenly bring us to another level. It won't!!!!!! Look, I hate we won't sign the top players like the Mancs do. I don't like to be confronted by my own manager about what level we really are. I don't like the truths about our club now, but they will never be enough to send me away from Chelsea. People are pissed or frustrated because they are having trouble accepting our reality. Then they blame the coach, or this or that player, or this or that director. That IS our level now, Conte was just being honest, people - fans and club staff and executives - can be upset as much as they want about it, but it doesn't change the fact that what Conte said is true and it wasn't legitimated by him saying. It's been there for everyone to see for a while, some (most?) are just in denial. This is our level, it's okay to moan and vent against whoever you feel like, just don't pretend one sub, or starting XI choice or a new manager will change that level. Well, it won't. El P., Miki-Liki, kc_blue and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FabHazard 655 Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 16 minutes ago, Tautvix said: The problem is players like Zappa, Alonso, Dzeko and a few more even if they are Conte's... they are like 3rd 4th 5th choices... We got them only because we didn't get our main targets. But in all honesty Conte can't blame it all on board yesterday... We cannot compete with Man Utd and Man City but Arsenal is a different thing. If Conte's first choice is Harry Kane then we will never get him..Cannot blame it on board enitrely...We spent 200 million even though we sold players for the same money.....200 M is lot of money....We bought shit with that money....So much money wasted on drinkwater and bakayoko....Morata is not showing any promise...Both board and conte are at fault...Conte needs to stop moaning..Instead of taking digs at board he has to coach this team some attacking play..Board also needs to buckle up and spend money on quality players with proper scouting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimitr 488 Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 7 minutes ago, manpe said: Prove it. Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk Matt law. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara 15,149 Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 We may have lost to 2 stupid deflected goals but Conte really made some stupid decisions tonight: 1. Why bring Barkley on for Willian when he hasn't played for 6-7 months? Did his best tonight but looked a little lost. Why not just bring Batshuayi on? 2. Wenger may have switched his formation in the second half but why oh why, did we switch to 3-5-2? Think that system has worked only against Atletico this season and it's been awful otherwise. 3. Why did we stick with the back 3/5 all the way till the end? Doesn't even matter if we lose 2-1 or 3-1 since we were already losing at that point! 4. Why the hell did Conte, again, bring a RWB for a RWB? (Benitez would be so proud of that!) Were already 2-1 down by then. Why not bring Bats on for Moses instead and put Pedro to WB or something? I remember Conte used to be flexible with his formation in games last season. This season, he has stubbornly persisted with the same formation. It's always 3-4-3 or 3-5-2. Why not play with a back 4 when we're chasing games?Ross did as okay as Bats did, we don't have personnel for leaving the 3-man defense behind us, Pedro was absolutely useless after the first 10 minutes, we never switched to 3-5-2. don't know if you noticed, but our main problem yesterday was actually having attacking players... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FabHazard 655 Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 @Matt_Law_DT Conte of course has reason to be frustrated but the idea he is not having any input into transfers is hard to believe - zappacosta, Morata, Alonso, rudiger, and now palmieri and dzeko all players he would know a lot about. Carroll was also his suggestion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara 15,149 Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Conte needs to utilise our young players more to make up the squad. I think RLC and Barkley are basically the same player, Chalobah would do as well as Drinkwater. Ake could've developed into a left sided Azpilicueta. Musonda could do more. By not making those signings that's £65/70m that could've then been spent on someone who'd instantly improve the first 11. But the club seem obsessed with inflating the squad with average players, ending up with a squad where it's the same one or two players responsible for creating and scoring goals. We used to have high level young players, Mourinho sold most of them. The players you mention are as mediocre as the ones we signed. So if your point is saving money, then yeah, you're right and you might have a chance to land a job under Marina. But if you mean by doing that we'd be improving, no we won't. We have average players everywhere with few exceptions, none of them mentioned by you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manpe 10,861 Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Matt law. Matt Lawl. He works for the newspaper that made up the story about Crouch.Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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