Tomo 21,751 Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 On 3/22/2018 at 2:18 PM, manpe said: Ace team if you change Carvalho for Ivan. Might be an unpopular opinion, but I think I would prefer prime Ivan over Azpi at RB. Azpi hasn't really played RB for us, he has excelled mainly at LB and RCB. If we are going by the form/consistency from their time at the club, then i would probably choose Azpi over Cole. Ash had two great years (08/09 and 09/10) but his first two were very hit and miss and he was well past his best in the last four. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manpe 10,861 Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 1 minute ago, Tomo said: If we are going by the form/consistency from their time at the club, then i would probably choose Azpi over Cole. Ash had two great years (08/09 and 09/10) but his first two were very hit and miss and he was well past his best in the last four. I prefer a left-footed player there with some attacking prowess and pace, so Ash any day for me. Especially considering the rest of the team is strong enough defensively that Azpi's defensive expertise won't be that needed. Cole was once pretty much unanimously considered the best LB in the world, Azpi never reached such heights. But ain't it nice to have such options  I would be happy with either anyway. bigbluewillie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Skipper 20,609 Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 On 19/03/2018 at 6:17 AM, manpe said: His development in last 2 years has been immense. He is a much more complete player now. I feel like he’ll still improve. He’s not confident in his own game in the final third and that hinders him a lot. But he has genuine football ability. He should back himself more and take some risks. That’s what all attackers do anyway. That’s the next step in his development. manpe and yuvala 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the wes 7,212 Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 Matt Le Tissier believes that Chelsea FC star N'Golo Kante is the best holding midfielder in the world https://www.thesportreview.com/2018/03/chelsea-fc-news-ngolo-kante-le-tissuer/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! Igi26 346 Posted April 1, 2018 Popular Post! Share Posted April 1, 2018 Best player on this team. He is even better than Fabregas going forward. Let that sink in. Alabama, El P., kellzfresh and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zakhov 253 Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 We can count our lucky stars we have someone like him on the team. Never lack of effort and always puts tremendous amount of shift (especially when Cesc is around). Beigl and Igi26 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Mikel OBE 4,920 Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 Just now, zakhov said: We can count our lucky stars we have someone like him on the team. Never lack of effort and always puts tremendous amount of shift (especially when Cesc is around). And even more importantly he doesnt openly flirt with the idea of playing for other teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alabama 1,992 Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 build d squad around him and azpi... ship out the rest.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zakhov 253 Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 6 minutes ago, Sir Mikel OBE said: And even more importantly he doesnt openly flirt with the idea of playing for other teams. That's his character and that's why there's hope for the seasons to come. But defense is an utter mess right now, no leadership and no commitment. Midfield is fine as long as someone competent is next to Kante. Alli's 2nd goal is a prime example. JT (and perhaps Cahill for all his faults) would be throwing themselves to stop that. And of course, Conte just keeps playing Moses as a joke to the board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLyon 9,359 Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 3 minutes ago, zakhov said: That's his character and that's why there's hope for the seasons to come. But defense is an utter mess right now, no leadership and no commitment. Midfield is fine as long as someone competent is next to Kante. Alli's 2nd goal is a prime example. JT (and perhaps Cahill for all his faults) would be throwing themselves to stop that. And of course, Conte just keeps playing Moses as a joke to the board. And Alonso. Conte was screaming for backups, but how many times did he field Emerson ? Alonso for all his qualities fails the main quality and thats pace in PL, so that you can keep up with tempo. He is 2 gears bellow in every game, just take a look when Eden tried to play to the left and Alonso was miles behind. Put Alba, Alaba, Marcelo,...they would all be there already to support and it would turn in very dangerous chance at goal. kellzfresh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLyon 9,359 Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 About a year ago in summer 2017, I was confident that we have Tibo, Azpi, Kante, Hazard as our indisputable core that actualy gives a shit and will do their best in every game. Not just that, but I was expecting we will bring 1-2 players in summer who would join those 4 in couple seasons and form a very strong core of this team. Year later, I only feel positive about Kante and Azpi. Maybe Christensen, who turned up to be a surprise, but its way too soon to tell. However there is a big chance Eden will leave, Tibo too on free next summer, and neither of summer signings has proven to be a strong, long term candidate of character and leader at Chelsea. All these contract negotiations leading nowhere, buying shit players, selling world class players,... Fuck off with this shit, Chelsea board, we are sick of it. Johnnyeye and bigbluewillie 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDA 9,938 Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 45 minutes ago, BlueLyon said: About a year ago in summer 2017, I was confident that we have Tibo, Azpi, Kante, Hazard as our indisputable core that actualy gives a shit and will do their best in every game. Not just that, but I was expecting we will bring 1-2 players in summer who would join those 4 in couple seasons and form a very strong core of this team. Year later, I only feel positive about Kante and Azpi. Maybe Christensen, who turned up to be a surprise, but its way too soon to tell. However there is a big chance Eden will leave, Tibo too on free next summer, and neither of summer signings has proven to be a strong, long term candidate of character and leader at Chelsea. All these contract negotiations leading nowhere, buying shit players, selling world class players,... Fuck off with this shit, Chelsea board, we are sick of it. Who is to blame? Does Roman give a shit? Will we ever get an explination?  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beigl 1,387 Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 Him and Azpi were the only players who fought until the end and never gave up. OneMoSalah and Johnnyeye 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 8,886 Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 4 hours ago, Beigl said: Him and Azpi were the only players who fought until the end and never gave up. Pretty embarrasing that in modern day football we are having to praise players for fighting and never giving up. These guys do this for a living they should be like that every week. Both Dave and Kante should be shining examples to any young player starting out in football, 100% application every week. Beigl and Johnnyeye 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!Hazard! 3,394 Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 The club has to make a decision. Either we buy a handful of new top players or we sell Kante because frankly, he deserves to be playing with better teammates. Johnnyeye and Sir Mikel OBE 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAM09 7,054 Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 The club has to make a decision. Either we buy a handful of new top players or we sell Kante because frankly, he deserves to be playing with better teammates. Not even better players at this point but ones that actually show the same effort he does. Just look at how he bailed out Cahill today kellzfresh, Sir Mikel OBE, !Hazard! and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 That tackle in the box though...He is absolute top class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zakhov 253 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Dare I say he's probably the most consistent world class player that we have? Blusan Alamb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manpe 10,861 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 1 hour ago, zakhov said: Dare I say he's probably the most consistent world class player that we have? No doubt about it. Blusan Alamb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieran. 6,317 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 On 4/1/2018 at 1:19 PM, BlueLyon said: About a year ago in summer 2017, I was confident that we have Tibo, Azpi, Kante, Hazard as our indisputable core that actualy gives a shit and will do their best in every game. Not just that, but I was expecting we will bring 1-2 players in summer who would join those 4 in couple seasons and form a very strong core of this team. Year later, I only feel positive about Kante and Azpi. Maybe Christensen, who turned up to be a surprise, but its way too soon to tell. However there is a big chance Eden will leave, Tibo too on free next summer, and neither of summer signings has proven to be a strong, long term candidate of character and leader at Chelsea. All these contract negotiations leading nowhere, buying shit players, selling world class players,... Fuck off with this shit, Chelsea board, we are sick of it. I think we'll sell him this summer if he refuses a new deal. Can't let him go for free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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