Chelsea banned for TWO transfer windows

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37 minutes ago, Unionjack said:

Well if anyone but us is going to ........

And will keep them away from CHO - MAYBE.

Thats the main reason, plus, ffs, do NOT want Pepe in EPL unless he is wearing Chels Blue.

Pepe at Manure terrifies me. At Shitty too as they can then slot Bernardo Silva back to MF to replace the soon 34yo David Silva. Spuds or Arse and Pepe would be a nightmare too.

Toss him into Wolves and our discussion on them is even more tilted in my favour.

And to really think out of the box, place him as RW and Richarlson as LW and add a decent striker (say Haller or Plea) to Everton, add in some back 4 upgrades, and even they are now a much larger threat to our depleted, non-restocked squad. Especially if they get a better manager.

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3 minutes ago, Vesper said:

Thats the main reason, plus, ffs, do NOT want Pepe in EPL unless he is wearing Chels Blue.

Pepe at Manure terrifies me. At Shitty too as they can then slot Bernardo Silva back to MF to replace the soon 34yo David Silva. Spuds or Arse and Pepe would be a nightmare too.

Toss him into Wolves and our discussion on them is even more tilted in my favour.

And to really think out of the box, place him as RW and Richarlson as LW and add a decent striker (say Haller or Plea) to Everton, add in some back 4 upgrades, and even they are now a much larger threat to our depleted, nin restocked squad. Especially if they get a better manager.

This ban couldn't have come at a worse time. Our player quality is already at its lowest for many years. It would have been difficult to inspire our board to upgrade in the amount we need to even without the ban.

I admit I'm very worried.

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Just now, Unionjack said:

This ban couldn't have come at a worse time. Our player quality is already at its lowest for many years. It would have been difficult to inspire our board to upgrade in the amount we need to even without the ban.

I admit I'm very worried.

I have been warning of an utter lack of future forward thinking since I joined here. Now we will truly pay the price. I HATE reactivity as opposed to a pro-active stance.

One does NOT have to be a footie professional to have seen this trainwreck well in advance. Not just the bans either.

[Laylabelle 9,534]

Considering Sarri was hoping to sign new players to implement his vision... Less chance of that now. Work with what he's got... Hurrah lucky man. 

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Who is going to be Jorginho's backup, as now we cannot buy Kovacic (or anyone else)??

here is every option I can think of

 

Kante? (we know that isnt going to happen as long as Sarri is here)

Drinkwater?, lolololol, but then again, maybe I shouldn't laugh

Barkley? I cannot see thsi at all, plus his passing is dodgy under pressure

RLC? nope, cannot see thsi either, plus he may be a winger AND AMF if we sell CHO and Eden

Bakayoko recalled? and Sarri has already written him off

Luiz? He is going to walk if we do not offer a multiyear contract (which we damn well better NOT do, as then the goddamn floodgates will open)

Ampadu? seems the most likely, BUT if Luiz walks we really need him at CB

Marco van Ginkel? IF he is recovered from that horrid injury he needs to be sold to PSV

 

 

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6 minutes ago, Vesper said:

Who is going to be Jorginho's backup, as now we cannot buy Kovacic (or anyone else)??

here is every option I can think of

 

Kante? (we know that isnt going to happen as long as Sarri is here)

Drinkwater?, lolololol, but then again, maybe I shouldn't laugh

Barkley? I cannot see thsi at all, plus his passing is dodgy under pressure

RLC? nope, cannot see thsi either, plus he may be a winger AND AMF if we sell CHO and Eden

Bakayoko recalled? and Sarri has already written him off

Luiz? He is going to walk if we do not offer a multiyear contract (which we damn well better NOT do, as then the goddamn floodgates will open)

Ampadu? seems the most likely, BUT if Luiz walks we really need him at CB

Marco van Ginkel? IF he is recovered from that horrid injury he needs to be sold to PSV

 

 

I think drinkwater  

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5 minutes ago, Antonio8 said:

I think drinkwater  

this why Sarri's refusal to play youth is fucking us every which way now

Ampadu should have been also given much more minutes than he has been

fucking nightmare

Drinkwater will be a disaster

I have little faith Bakayoko can handle it either, very little

it is madness we have NO holding MFers in our major youth players we can call up

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3 minutes ago, Vesper said:

this why Sarri's refusal to play youth is fucking us every which way now

Ampadu should have been also given much more minutes than he has been

fucking nightmare

Drinkwater will be a disaster

I have little faith Bakayoko can handle it either, very little

it is madness we have NO holding MFers in our major youth players we can call up

I think that sarri needs to make results now, and can't worry about to play youth or not. 

bakayoko and drink are more suitable to play in a 2-line midfield, so we will see 

 

this transfer ban is a huge problem, but I think it is also an opportunity to improve squad's spirit and to introduce in the first squad some good youth

 

 

 

[NikkiCFC 8,286]

44 minutes ago, Vesper said:

Who is going to be Jorginho's backup, as now we cannot buy Kovacic (or anyone else)??

here is every option I can think of

 

Kante? (we know that isnt going to happen as long as Sarri is here)

Drinkwater?, lolololol, but then again, maybe I shouldn't laugh

Barkley? I cannot see thsi at all, plus his passing is dodgy under pressure

RLC? nope, cannot see thsi either, plus he may be a winger AND AMF if we sell CHO and Eden

Bakayoko recalled? and Sarri has already written him off

Luiz? He is going to walk if we do not offer a multiyear contract (which we damn well better NOT do, as then the goddamn floodgates will open)

Ampadu? seems the most likely, BUT if Luiz walks we really need him at CB

Marco van Ginkel? IF he is recovered from that horrid injury he needs to be sold to PSV

 

 

My pick is Van Ginkel. Not sure on which position but I think he's going to be important player for us next season. Too bad he's injury prone. He had amazing last season for PSV as captain scored around 15 goals and they won title over Ajax. I think he may surprise some of us. 

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12 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

My pick is Van Ginkel. Not sure on which position but I think he's going to be important player for us next season. Too bad he's injury prone. He had amazing last season for PSV as captain scored around 15 goals and they won title over Ajax. I think he may surprise some of us. 

Until his injury, I thought if he was not sold he would get more than a little minutes for us. He is a pretty class player when (a huge problem) healthy.

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So does this mean that there is absolutely nothing we can do so they postpone the ban and we can buy in the summer?

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16 minutes ago, chelsea_4_eva said:

So does this mean that there is absolutely nothing we can do so they postpone the ban and we can buy in the summer?

yes, summer 2019 is now a no go

only thing we can do is sell until summer 2020 (unless CAS reduces the ban to just summer 2019, and allows us to buy in January 2020, and even that may not happen in time, as FIFA can take a full 6 months to answer our appeal (so early September) and CAS will take a long time probably to look at our appeal, which kicks it past the winter window opening (hopefully not, but is a chance, and that also assumes CAS rules in our favour, which is not likely)

we can buy players and loan them back for the year, but that is a huge risk and also doesn't help unfuck us for the 2019-2020 season