mccg 1,528 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 “All good, thanks to God.” -Álvaro Morata; Source: Marca He and CHO must have been at the same church . Johnnyeye, !Hazard!, xPetrCechx and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccg 1,528 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Gonzalo Higuaín is the 19th centre-forward signed by Chelsea since 2006. Will he succeed where many others have failed? https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/jan/27/shevchenko-morata-higuain-chelsea-strikers-failed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,571 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Adios!Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk Johnnyeye and Vesper 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,178 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 14 minutes ago, mccg said: Gonzalo Higuaín is the 19th centre-forward signed by Chelsea since 2006. Will he succeed where many others have failed? https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/jan/27/shevchenko-morata-higuain-chelsea-strikers-failed I like the number 10 better Mana, mccg, Johnnyeye and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,178 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 24 minutes ago, mccg said: Gonzalo Higuaín is the 19th centre-forward signed by Chelsea since 2006. Will he succeed where many others have failed? https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/jan/27/shevchenko-morata-higuain-chelsea-strikers-failed the ones I liked Nicolas Anelka (£15m, 2008-12) Demba Ba (£7m, 2013-14) Samuel Eto’o (free, 2013-14) Diego Costa (£32m, 2014-17) Didier Drogba (free, 2014-2015) also, Andriy Shevchenko is a player who I loooooved, BUT NOT with us ffs (one of my worst disappointments) Same, to a lesser extent with Radamel Falcao mccg and Johnnyeye 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Thank fuck he's gone. DDA, Johnnyeye and xPetrCechx 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccg 1,528 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 1 hour ago, Vesper said: the ones I liked Nicolas Anelka (£15m, 2008-12) Demba Ba (£7m, 2013-14) Samuel Eto’o (free, 2013-14) Diego Costa (£32m, 2014-17) Didier Drogba (free, 2014-2015) also, Andriy Shevchenko is a player who I loooooved, BUT NOT with us ffs (one of my worst disappointments) Same, to a lesser extent with Radamel Falcao Anelka somehow dodges the Champions League bullet with John Terry slipping and missing his to win it for Chelsea?! U might like this...https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2557/news/2010/05/15/1925463/chelsea-star-nicolas-anelka-blames-his-2008-champions-league I liked Sturridge and what he went onto with Liverpool showed what we missed , Falcao i remember him ripping us a new 1 in the super cup final and going wow, another ruined by the knee job! I can't wait until we have a real wc striker in his prime and some speed would be nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccg 1,528 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Chelsea have changed their minds over Alvaro Morata to Atletico Madrid deal - Balague https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/756003/Chelsea-transfer-news-Alvaro-Morata-Atletico-Madrid-Premier-League-La-Liga-Guillem-Balague?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+daily-star-football+(Daily+Star+%3A%3A+Football+Feed) wait wha....t hope he is not talking Balagues Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLyon 9,359 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Johnnyeye, Alabama and xPetrCechx 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhForAGreavsie 6,075 Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 17 hours ago, Vesper said: also, Andriy Shevchenko is a player who I loooooved, BUT NOT with us ffs (one of my worst disappointments) After watching him at the 2006 World Cup I was certain Andriy had nothing to offer us and should not be signed. I posted, elsewhere, to say so but included another opinion. I felt then, and still feel now, that because signing a player he loved was a part of Roman's motivation for being here in the first place, that transfer should be acceptable to all Chelsea fans, even if it didn't work out. To be fair to Roman he seems more wiling to back others judgement than I would have been. I make no bones about the fact that, in his position, I would have made all of the transfer decisions myself, every one of them. That isn't to say that a manager might not have persuaded me to back his judgement if I felt he was right, but I don't think anyone would have sold me on Andriy. If that seems like I'm being a bit boastful with the benefit of hindsight, then let me balance the record by saying that I also doubt anyone would have convinced me to sign Didier Drogba. Even I'm not perfect. Vesper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,320 Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 17 hours ago, mccg said: He know replies to the media " just the thumb was used" or thumbs up if you are lol this photo is so accurate. Right where he belongs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,178 Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 29 minutes ago, OhForAGreavsie said: After watching him at the 2006 World Cup I was certain Andriy had nothing to offer us and should not be signed. I posted, elsewhere, to say so but included another opinion. I felt then, and still feel now, that because signing a player he loved was a part of Roman's motivation for being here in the first place, that transfer should be acceptable to all Chelsea fans, even if it didn't work out. To be fair to Roman he seems more wiling to back others judgement than I would have been. I make no bones about the fact that, in his position, I would have made all of the transfer decisions myself, every one of them. That isn't to say that a manager might not have persuaded me to back his judgement if I felt he was right. Don't think anyone would have sold me on Andriy though. If that seems like I'm being a bit boastful with the benefit of hindsight, then let me balance the record by saying that I also doubt anyone would have convinced me to sign Didier Drogba either. Even I'm not perfect. Andriy was an archetypal example of my 30yo and off the cliff paradigm. Turned 30 a month into the first season with us, and a combination of a much harder league, ageing process, and massive minutes for most of the previous 11 seasons did him in. The Vesper of 2018/19 would have been warning about the buy. At the time all a much younger me saw was the striker with the superb 1999-2006 Milan record. We all live and learn, lolol. Johnnyeye 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhForAGreavsie 6,075 Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 26 minutes ago, Vesper said: The Vesper of 2018/19 would have been warning about the buy. At the time all a much younger me saw was the striker with the superb 1999-2006 Milan record. We all live and learn, lolol. Funny you should say this. There are always people with different opinions and, when I argued against buying Sheva, someone countered with his Milan statistics. I answered that by saying that I preferred the evidence of my own eyes over the stats. To which the other person replied with even more stats. More interstingly though, what you say has a bearing on probably my strangest football opinion. Without the merest speck of evidence to support it, I believe that Arkaidy Abramovich plays a part in selecting transfer targets. In fact it was what I saw as the immaturity of one our signings which first gave me the idea that Arkaidy might be involved. Signing Marko Marin was so ridiculous that even Bremen fans laughed when we bought him. I can see how Marko's talent could have looked impressive to a young mind which was able to recognise ability, but was not yet mature enough to take proper account of the negatives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unionjack 7,531 Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 I do hope that the AM fans take to him Ive got a feeling ya know that he is going to come good and we will look silly AGAIN. Its those 9 goals in half a season and 1200 minutes that I keep remembering Johnnyeye 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyeye 7,509 Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 20 hours ago, mccg said: “All good, thanks to God.” -Álvaro Morata; Source: Marca He and CHO must have been at the same church . lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,178 Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 2 hours ago, OhForAGreavsie said: Funny you should say this. There are always people with different opinions and, when I argued against buying Sheva, someone countered with his Milan statistics. I answered that by saying that I preferred the evidence of my own eyes over the stats. To which the other person replied with even more stats. More interstingly though, what you say has a bearing on probably my strangest football opinion. Without the merest speck of evidence to support it, I believe that Arkaidy Abramovich plays a part in selecting transfer targets. In fact it was what I saw as the immaturity of one our signings which first gave me the idea that Arkaidy might be involved. Signing Marko Marin was so ridiculous that even Bremen fans laughed when we bought him. I can see how Marko's talent could have looked impressive to a young mind which was able to recognise ability, but was not yet mature enough to take proper account of the negatives. Arkadiy had less of an excuse age wise to know better. I was 14 when Sheva came in. He turned 19 a few weeks after Marin came in. Lolol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyeye 7,509 Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 2 hours ago, Vesper said: Andriy was an archetypal example of my 30yo and off the cliff paradigm. Turned 30 a month into the first season with us, and a combination of a much harder league, ageing process, and massive minutes for most of the previous 11 seasons did him in. The Vesper of 2018/19 would have been warning about the buy. At the time all a much younger me saw was the striker with the superb 1999-2006 Milan record. We all live and learn, lolol. i know it didnt work out for him here, but this sweet goal in the FA Cup replay against Spurs in 2007 showed his class, prime Sheva goal. Cheers 11Drogba and Vesper 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,571 Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 Why no official notice on website?!Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,320 Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 6 minutes ago, xPetrCechx said: Why no official notice on website?! Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk And when is party at Mana's? Johnnyeye and xPetrCechx 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 Confirmed, he's gone on loan. Get in Johnnyeye and Fernando 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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