Matías Vecino

[Sideshow Luiz 2,310]

If Youtube clips make a player look way better than he actually is, then he's in trouble.  Is he even an upgrade to Bakayoko?  Rather just keep Drinkwater, at least he's HG and we've already paid for him.

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17 minutes ago, Sideshow Luiz said:

If Youtube clips make a player look way better than he actually is, then he's in trouble.  Is he even an upgrade to Bakayoko?  Rather just keep Drinkwater, at least he's HG and we've already paid for him.

Well, Vecino can control a football and seems to be able to complete simple passes so he's certainly an upgrade on Bakayoko. 😂

This just doesn't make sense, though. Unless Baka & DD are both off which seems unlikely. At this point if we are indeed after another midfielder it would need to be one who is clearly head and shoulders above Barkley/Cesc/RLC like SMS/Pjanic/Thiago. Vecino feels like a player we'll be looking to sell on in a couple of windows. 

[LAM09 7,043]

We need to put an end to these stop gap signings. How do we go from SMS, Thiago or Pjanic to him?

 

 

[Sideshow Luiz 2,310]

2 minutes ago, LAM09 said:

We need to put an end to these stop gap signings. How do we go from SMS, Thiago or Pjanic to him?

 

 

Because we were never in for SMS, Thiago, or Pjanic. 

[LAM09 7,043]

Because we were never in for SMS, Thiago, or Pjanic. 

So we've spent almost two months after an average Inter player?

Think this has the signs of Marina's last minute shopping spree all over it

[Sideshow Luiz 2,310]

1 minute ago, LAM09 said:

So we've spent almost two months after an average Inter player?

Think this has the signs of Marina's last minute shopping spree all over it

I'm not sure we've been after Vecino for 2 months.  But, I highly doubt that we were anywhere near SMS, Thiago, Pjanic.  We possibly asked "how much?".

[LAM09 7,043]

I'm not sure we've been after Vecino for 2 months.  But, I highly doubt that we were anywhere near SMS, Thiago, Pjanic.  We possibly asked "how much?".

I'd be surprised if we didn't show some interest in at least 1 of the 3. 

 

 

Just saying if that is the case, the drop down in quality is staggering.

[Sideshow Luiz 2,310]

1 minute ago, LAM09 said:

I'd be surprised if we didn't show any interest in at least 1 of the 3.

Just saying if that is the case, the drop down in quality is staggering.

I guess it depends on your definition of "interest".  By Chelsea standards, we have "interest" in lots of players.  Players that we have been monitoring for years.

I'm of the mind that more that most of the stories are out there to incite a bidding war (SMS), or a new contract (Thiago & Pjanic).  The Pjanic one made no sense.  He's a DLP, he replaced Pirlo at Juve.  We were linked with him right after signing Jorginho.  

I think we were really close to Alisson, but got beaten by Liverpool which would have seen Courtois out.  I think they've been working on alternatives since then.  Vecino seems to have come up because Sarri's had more time to see Bakayoko and he knows Vecino.  

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8 minutes ago, LAM09 said:

I'd be surprised if we didn't show any interest in at least 1 of the 3.

Just saying if that is the case, the drop down in quality is staggering.

And you are surprised WHY MATE? You know what she does. A manager tells her or her peon that he need a ACM, lets say he tells her Savic She trotts off finds out what he actually does and falls on her arse at his value. When sge get her head together she goes to Whoscored and finds a cheap replacement for him.  But  in her non footballing head they have the same strengths and she thinks shes the dogs bollox cause shes saved £70mill and got the same position player.

And it wont change any time soon till our whole transfer system does and we get a DOF that understands the crack.

WTF happened to Ballack?

[LAM09 7,043]

And you are surprised WHY MATE? You know what she does. A manager tells her or her peon that he need a ACM, lets say he tells her Savic She trotts off finds out what he actually does and falls on her arse at his value. When sge get her head together she goes to Whoscored and finds a cheap replacement for him.  But  in her non footballing head they have the same strengths and she thinks shes the dogs bollox cause shes saved £70mill and got the same position player. And it wont change any time soon till our whole transfer system does and we get a DOF that understands the crack. WTF happened to Ballack?

 

 

I live in hope that after 4+ windows, she might have learnt a thing or two. Roman needs to decide sooner rather than later what he wants from the club. 

 

Are we just another business venture now or a club wanting to be amongst the best once again. You can't have it all, even though our two league titles have masked that.

 

 

 

 

 

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1 minute ago, LAM09 said:

I would live in hope that after 4+ windows, she might have learned a thing or two. Roman needs to decide sooner rather than later what he wants from the club.

I think she has to show to the business world shes tough. She seems to need to squeeze every penny out of any deal at all even for the sake of losing good players. If he is so pissed off and he cant be arsed any more he should pass us on. We should be a going concern.

[LAM09 7,043]

I think she has to show to the business world shes tough. She seems to need to squeeze every penny out of any deal at all even for the sake of losing good players. If he is so pissed off and he cant be arsed any more he should pass us on. We should be a going concern.

There has been a decent amount of noise in the last few weeks about a potential 2bn takeover.

Whether it's more nonsense or not, is another story

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Just now, LAM09 said:

There has been a decent amount of noise in the last few weeks about a potential 2bn takeover.

Whether it's more nonsense or not, is another story

Least Jim would get a better seat. I wonder who uses his ticket when he doesnt go to a game?

[Strike 7,474]

1 hour ago, LAM09 said:

We need to put an end to these stop gap signings. How do we go from SMS, Thiago or Pjanic to him?

 

 

actually went from Seri to Golovin to him

 I would rather stick with RLC and Barkley. But I get Sarri's view. We may need cover in this position especially if he is offloading Drinkwater and Baka

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9 minutes ago, Strike said:

actually went from Seri to Golovin to him

 I would rather stick with RLC and Barkley. But I get Sarri's view. We may need cover in this position especially if he is offloading Drinkwater and Baka

your conflating positions

Golovin is an AMF or even can play winger but also can be really hard-nosed at trackbacks

Seri is a very good dribbling pure CMF with oki but not great defensive skills

Vecino is like a less offensive CMF with DMF tendencies and is not a great passer (I can confirm, however, he is better on the ball than Bakayoko, but then again so is my wife (she played girls footie in public school) lolol

 

they are not at all similar players (Golovin and Seri are closer in type than vecino to either).

Only Golovin will get you a few goals (and then not enough IMHO) , Seri 2 years ago (7) was a fluke, he is more like a 1, 2,3 a year goal scorer

he also has never really played on a pressing club

I will be honest, I dont TRULY rate any of them

if forced, I would take Golovin, because he is only 22 (b day was 2 months ago) 

5 years from now, Seri is 32, same for Vecino (he turns 27 in August)