Olivier Giroud

[Jype 6,398]

5 minutes ago, Mana said:

They lost Coutinho, but they got VVD. While VVD has a slow start, he is a solid defender that will actually grow and strengthen that Liverpool defense that has been so weak for years. Liverpool still got Salah, Firmino and Mane...and these players WILL hurt Chelsea when we play them.

Arsenal lost Sanchez, but they are getting in return a much better unified strikeforce. Lazarette, Aubameyang, Mkhitaryan, Ozil, Bellerin, Wilshere...nah man. They have strengthened. It's better to have a unified team then a 1 man team. Like us with Hazard.

Yeah, it's all doom and gloom. Chelsea will get relegated to the Championship next season, okey mate.

For starters you're really overrating Liverpool there. Mane's been shit this season, no better than Pedro or Willian really. Firmino is not a world class forward and the jury is still out on whether Salah can replicate this season's form for the years to come. And either way bar their forward line Liverpool are mediocre as fuck, and are always gonna keep dropping silly points if they don't upgrade the remaining of their back four and goalkeeper, VVD alone is not going to take them anywhere. Keita coming in next summer is a good addition for their midfield tho. 

[El P. 1,354]

Just now, Mana said:

You've never seen Giroud fall down? Yep, you haven't watched enough Arsenal games. He falls down A LOT. He even moans a lot too crying at the ref.

I've seen Drogba and Costa down a lot of times, too. But that doesn't mean they cannot hold their ground when it matters.

[the wes 7,212]

1 minute ago, Mana said:

He falls down A LOT. He even moans a lot too crying at the ref.

Morata doesn't that alot too 

[Pizy 18,852]

Okay, what in the fuck is this!?

First of, why the fuck would we be after Llorente again when he's been abysmal for Spuds? Secondly, why would we even entertain the idea of sending Batshuayi to Spuds!? Lastly, Giroud clearly isn't as close to joining us as was reported.

Clearly a lot more twists and turns before the deadline. My money is still on Bats staying and us signing no other forwards.

[Tomo 21,751]

1 minute ago, Jype said:

Yeah, it's all doom and gloom. Chelsea will get relegated to the Championship next season, okey mate.

 

Championship? I thought we have been relegated to the conference while Liverpool, Arsenal and United have all sealed the quadruple.

[Jype 6,398]

1 minute ago, Mana said:

Feck off. Where did I imply we are getting relegated?

Also at least I'm seeing that Liverpool are trying to improve their team and strengthen.

It's sarcasm, ever heard of it?

And Liverpool have a funny way going about strengthening their team, selling their best player and all.

[ChelseaFanUK 1,014]

2 minutes ago, Pizy said:

Okay, what in the fuck is this!?

First of, why the fuck would we be after Llorente again when he's been abysmal for Spuds? Secondly, why would we even entertain the idea of sending Batshuayi to Spuds!? Lastly, Giroud clearly isn't as close to joining us as was reported.

Clearly a lot more twists and turns before the deadline. My money is still on Bats staying and us signing no other forwards.

Llorente is cup tied again for CL and FA cup, id fail to see the appeal for him. Plus he has not performed for Spurs.   Plus fuck letting Spurs have Batshuayi.   Giroud to Dortmund now has potential again

[El P. 1,354]

2 minutes ago, Mana said:

Difference between Drogba/Costa and Giroud is that two of them are world class strikers. The other is not.

That's rather ad-hominem, and has nothing to with solely their strength. Heskey is nowhere near being a top striker, but is stronger than both Drogba and Costa.

[Vybzkartel 284]

I swear Conte loves Donkeys. Giroud is better than Llorente but he still wants that donkey Llorente are u fucking kidding me? 

[El P. 1,354]

Also, no need to mention - Giroud should win most of the headers in our link up play, something Morata isn't very good at. He is not just tall, he can jump sky-high.

[Tomo 21,751]

3 minutes ago, Mana said:

Feck off. Where did I imply we are getting relegated?

Also at least I'm seeing that Liverpool are trying to improve their team and strengthen.

Liverpool the ultra ambitious club that has sold there best player without replacing him, has Mingolet on his 5th season as keeper and Henderson as captain. To put it another way, if we sell Hazard, make Willy number 1 keeper and Drinkwater captain, would you be raving about how well were doing strengthening the squad? I can get pointing to City or United, but Liverpool?

[the wes 7,212]

Arsenal enquired about the availability of Chelsea star David Luiz during talks with the Blues for forward Olivier Giroud

 

http://metro.co.uk/2018/01/29/arsenal-enquire-chelsea-star-david-luiz-negotiations-olivier-giroud-7271339/?ito=cbshare

[Tomo 21,751]

Just now, Mana said:

Where are you going with this. I don't care about strength. As you said Heskey has strength but he's a donkey. Giroud is more of a Heskey than Costa/Drogba.

 

Oh God though. I can't believe some fans here are happy with Giroud. He is not a godsend for crying out loud. He's another bang average player looking to play World Cup this season, that's why he's happy to play for us.

I don't think you can compare that...

Liverpool are very unbalanced, because their defense is a shambles. But going forward is a different story. And you know it.

Oh and when did we last beat Liverpool before we laugh at them? Ever since Klopp arrived we have failed to beat them. Just like with Arsenal, 1 win in like 10 encounters. We should be beating these guys, but we are going to Anfield soon again, expecting a spanking. 

1. We are not going to Anfield again this season bar a CL draw.

2. Even if we were, we haven't lost there since 2012.

As for there defense being a shambles, that has been the case for years so surely if they were as ambitious as you are trying to make out, they would have sorted it by now?

[BlueLyon 9,359]

3 minutes ago, Tomo said:

Championship? I thought we have been relegated to the conference while Liverpool, Arsenal and United have all sealed the quadruple.

Lol I think people as always overexaggerate, we will bounce back, but honestly everyone can see we have been doing quite poor over past few transfer windows. Yes we won title last year, but the shape of our team right now is quite bad. We paid around 200m this season and there is very little improvement. 

Bakayoko, Morata and others will have to step up big big time if you ask me. 

Plus if we lose Hazard I honestly believe we are done for two seasons at least. Even with all the money we would get, board is simply not capable of bringing top quality players. Be it lack of money or simply shit scouting/poor attraction, we sold Matic,  bought Baka and Drinkwater for 80m. Says pretty much all. And since Oscar sale for 70m, we still didnt manage to bring quality attacking midfielder/winger to the squad.

As for others, City is clearly doing big steps, we are lucky United has Mou still but they will have more and more quality. Liverpool just lost Coutinho, but held their own against City and IMO while they are not yet title material, especialy under Klopp, they have best balanced squad in years. 

They are all making small steps forward, we go backwards.

We play boring/proactive football for ages now, with some sparks of realy great runs between, but generaly still very proactive against top teams. However difference was we came on top in the end against 80% of epl opponents. If there was cup game or decisive match against Spuds, Arsenal, even City, we just won the game in the end usualy. Now our football isnt ANY better, could say we play worse than last season, but now we dont even win the likes of Arsenal. Its clear we lost that edge that made us a team in past years known for playing defensive, but we could kill them if they gave us some space. Take Eden out of this team and we are dead in attack. Our transfers have been awful recently, and while we havent spend half as city, we could have got some better players in our team by now.

[Tomo 21,751]

1 minute ago, Mana said:

1. Oh okay. I'll edit that with Stamford Bridge. Like that'll make things better am I right?  

2. Alright. But most of Anfield encounters were draws. With a shambolic defense of Liverpool's, I'm shocked we only beaten them once in Anfield since 2012.

3. They are looking it to it now, starting with VVD.

Lets see how that goes, they still have to provide him with a decent partner, get in a quality full back and atleast a PL standard of keeper, and it won't come cheap.