Chelsea banned for TWO transfer windows

[Vesper 30,085]

1 minute ago, Superblue_1986 said:

The biggest question mark is where the goals are going to come from.

Not saying this is going to work out but

my best guess

is the following

Mario Pašalić (translated to a full season he would have had 14 goals and 14 assists for Atalanta this season past) we need to promote him

Kante

RLC

Barkley

Pulisic

CHO (when he is fully recovered, ie the 2nd half of the season hopefully)

Willian

Pedro

Morata (if we recall him)

Giroud

Tammy (maybe) or Bats (if we recall him)

that group should yield 85-100 goals all comps

then toss in randomness from Zouma (headers) Rudiger, AC, Reece James, Alonso, maybe Moses (if we recall him) etc

should get us to approximately the total we have had this year (1.7 per game) if most have similar years to what they had this season (some reallllly need to step up, especially Morata, Pulisic, RLC, Barkley, Kante, Willian, hopefully Pašalić, Tammy, who had 25  (maybe more due to playoffs) for Villa) Bats (IF we recal him)

 

Higuain needs to go bye-bye, he is NOT worth the £29m (loan fee and one year salary) it would cost to keep him until June 2020

 

 

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28 minutes ago, milka said:

Mason Mount , Christian Pulisic , Kurt Zouma and Reece  James .

That quote is out of context.

 

 

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[Magic Lamps 11,692]

4 minutes ago, Vesper said:

Not saying this is going to work out but

my best guess

is the following

Mario Pašalić (translated to a full season he would have had 14 goals and 14 assists for Atalanta this season past) we need to promote him

Kante

RLC

Barkley

Pulisic

CHO (when he is fully recovered, ie the 2nd half of the season hopefully)

Willian

Pedro

Morata (if we recall him)

Giroud

Tammy (maybe) or Bats (if we recall him)

that group should yield 85-100 goals all comps

then toss in randomness from Zouma (headers) Rudiger, AC, Reece James, Alonso, maybe Moses (if we recall him) etc

should get us to approximately the total we have had this year (1.7 per game) if most have similar years to what they had this season (some reallllly need to step up, especially Morata, Pulisic, RLC, Barkley, Kante, Willian, hopefully Pašalić, Tammy, who had 25  (maybe more due to playoffs) for Villa) Bats (IF we recal him)

 

Higuain needs to go bye-bye, he is NOT worth the £29m (loan fee and one year salary) it would cost to keep him until June 2020

 

 

what do you mean by half season?Pasalic played 30 of 35 league games for Atalanta this season. And i figure they will be pulling their buy clause but if not i think he should be in contention with mount, barkley in pre season but i dont expect him to convince Sarri.

If we keep Sarri, we should also keep Higuain so he has no reason to moan about his shit tactics dont work. Also I do not think our other strikers can handle the pressure of leadin gthe line so we will be in need to switch them around like in 2013/14. But I am obviously in favour of getting rid of both, bot not only one of Sarri,Higs. Either keep both or fire both.

I think the only way to increase number of goals from within the squad is more effective playr managment and change our offensive tactics. we need to score more easy goals. finish our chances better and win the ball higher up the pitch. This requires effective pressing, IMO many of our players are capable of this and with Hazard gone it is not necessary any more to have one position reserved for a luxury player. go all out hard workers. i am sure tammy/bats still can learn pressing. pedro has done so effectively, Willian obviously needs to be sold, CHO can learn pressing, Pusilic is already good at it, as is  RLC. Klopp showed how you can teach a group of ageing, average players his heavy metal football. I think a  competent coach should be able to instill a bit of this in our squad.

[Laylabelle 9,534]

If if if the ban is lifted for this window then we better make it one to remember. Not a shit storm and set up for a year or so of scraping by. 

[Johnnyeye 7,501]

2 minutes ago, Laylabelle said:

If if if the ban is lifted for this window then we better make it one to remember. Not a shit storm and set up for a year or so of scraping by. 

do we have a competent board for that? unfortunately no

[Laylabelle 9,534]

7 minutes ago, Johnnyeye said:

do we have a competent board for that? unfortunately no

 No but knowing this is it for 2 windows you'd hope they would be.  For once. 

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2 hours ago, Nicco said:

So why is City not banned as well? Fucking joke.

Arab money and friends.....will get you very far.

2 hours ago, Vesper said:

Their time in the barrel will come.

Same for PSG.

Patience is the order of the day.

The wheels of justice are abrasive and grind slowly at times.

Nahh dont think so. They may say they are looking at it but nothing will be done. Cuz both fifa and UEFA did their best to not undermine them.

1 hour ago, Superblue_1986 said:

If the ban remains despite the CAS appeal, I'm interested to know how the loans of Higuain and Kovacic are affected.

I've read from a few sources that this may be a bit of a loophole and that extensions to their loans could be allowed as they already have registrations at the club.

There's obviously a lot of debate surrounding the usefulness of both but considering the situation, if the opportunity arises that both can be extended I would say this is a matter of necessity.

Ban or no ban, these 2 have no business in Chelsea.

1 hour ago, Jason said:

That quote is out of context.

 

 

WTF man? He wants 1 or 2 players only? Im sure we will rip CL apart.

[MoroccanBlue 5,375]

A quality RW and a ST would improve us immensely. 

Maybe he sees something in our loan players as well. 

[Laylabelle 9,534]

Thing is even if city do get a ban they've brought so well over the years probably take a while to have effect. Whereas we're in need of a fair few now. 

[Supermonkey92 1,428]

I hope sarri wants a left back. 

 

And a rb. Plus a striker.

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27 minutes ago, Supermonkey92 said:

I hope sarri wants a left back. 

 

And a rb. Plus a striker.

We need a whole lot. Out with DL, Cahil, Alonso, Zappa, Kova, Pedro, Willy, Higs,Giroud....thats 9 either old or average players we could do without. So yeah if the club has any vision then need to sort this out first, gather the revenu and go after young quality targets. Not second or third choices cuz Marina is nicle and dimming.

[Tomo 21,751]

40 minutes ago, Laylabelle said:

Thing is even if city do get a ban they've brought so well over the years probably take a while to have effect. Whereas we're in need of a fair few now. 

City lowkey need to do quite a bit of business this summer. D. Silva's declining rapidly and Aguero's not that far behind, they need a new set of fullbacks (Walker's losing his pace a bit, Danillo's been a disappointment and Mendy's always injured) and a new DLP.

[Vesper 30,085]

2 hours ago, Magic Lamps said:

what do you mean by half season?Pasalic played 30 of 35 league games for Atalanta this season.

I said half a full seasons MINUTES

he only played a total of 1933

compared that, for instance to

Bruno Fernandes (who broke Lampard's MF goals in season of 27, Bruno has 31 and still 3 games left) at 4390 (and will top out at over 4600) minutes

or

Christian Eriksen (will have over 4000)

or

Frenkie de Jong (will end up with 4400 to 4500)

or

Kante (4300 to 4400)

or

Houssem Aouar (will end up close to 4000)

 

etc etc

 

and also, Higs is NOT worth almost 30m quid for 12 months of tubby struggle

fuck that