🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ben Chilwell

[Alabama 1,992]

The negativity here is astonishing....

[Pizy 18,909]

Remember, even the very best fullbacks in world football look shaky at times against great attackers. That's just a fact of modern football. Robertson, TAA, Kyle Walker. All can be got at defensively. Look at that CL semi between Bayern and Barca. Some of the world's best fullbacks on display and both teams were wide fucking open in the wide defensive areas.

So any opposition fans saying Chilwell is a joke defensively can pipe down. He's average defensively just like every class fullback.

[xPetrCechx 13,571]

[ulsterchelsea 3,221]

44 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

The same FL who has developed Mason Mount for the last few seasons, why can't he do it with Chilwell? Or are we just just writing him off already....damn I'm asking the wrong certain group of fans here aren't I?

Think he'll do well for us tbh

[ulsterchelsea 3,221]

Lol gotta love this place. Never happy with anything. I'm buzzing so far. Timo Werner, Ziyech, chillwell and havertz close, Silva as a stop gap. Possibly more... How can anyone not be happy? 

[Supermonkey92 1,428]

It sounds like Lampard is the one who is playing FM more than us, everyone with two eyes can tell he isn't so good, we've been here before with Drinkwater and Bakayoko. Hope I'm wrong though.

Hes not drinkwater level lol. Hes a defensive liability in my eyes, I think hes about as good as alonso defensively. In fact, when we are sitting deep and there's little space to get burnt in race, Alonso is pretty decent even against the top 6. Chilwell Will improve on alonso where the game is stretched, hes quite the athlete.

His speed Will help with stopping counter attacks and hes a better dribbler. Its the consistent day dreaming to look out for

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[Tomo 21,751]

1 minute ago, Pizy said:

Remember, even the very best fullbacks in world football look shaky at times against great attackers. That's just a fact of modern football. Robertson, TAA, Kyle Walker. All can be got at defensively. Look at that CL semi between Bayern and Barca. Some of the world's best fullbacks on display and both teams were wide fucking open in the wide defensive areas.

So any opposition fans saying Chilwell is a joke defensively can pipe down. He's average defensively just like every class fullback.

It's not defensively i'm really worried about him, as you say very few FB's are rock solid these days it's more going forward, he often lacks the aggression, movement and quality decision making you see from the likes Robertson, Telles, Grimaldo, pre injury Mendy or even Tierney.

[Supermonkey92 1,428]

Stick around we need you for when havertz is announced

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[Fernando 6,585]

35 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

Ziyech

Werner

Havertz

Chilwell

Silva

Well done!!! Best transfer window in the history!

Only GK left.

Second or third, I still think Mourinho Mark 1 was the best ever. 

[Supermonkey92 1,428]

Remember, even the very best fullbacks in world football look shaky at times against great attackers. That's just a fact of modern football. Robertson, TAA, Kyle Walker. All can be got at defensively. Look at that CL semi between Bayern and Barca. Some of the world's best fullbacks on display and both teams were wide fucking open in the wide defensive areas.
So any opposition fans saying Chilwell is a joke defensively can pipe down. He's average defensively just like every class fullback.

Makes me proud of Azpi

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[Rekin 835]

Excellent price, the only concern is how fast he will be back in form following his injury. 

There is nothing indicating that Reguilon, Tagliafico, Gosens or Telles would have been a better signing. Furthermore, the board is never going to spend 50m+ on a player just because Frank fancies him, there is certainly a lot more belief in the player than from one person. 

We should be happy to be honest. The worst outcome is when you have a coach with a specific idea of how to play, but then go and buy players who don't necessarily fit (Gosens or Tagliafico for example). 50m is also not a fortune in this day and age for an English national player who also has a long contract at a rival team. 

[Supermonkey92 1,428]

Second or third, I still think Mourinho Mark 1 was the best ever. 

Drogba
Robben
Cech
Thiago
Carvalho
Paulo F
Kezman


Ridiculous

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[YorkshireBlue 3,277]

from what I can make out , is you guys are never happy when we sign a young English player lol.

[Hutcho 8,443]

Much better than a window where we don't at least try to address our problems.
Big sign that the club is backing FL (if these are his guys which it would appear so at least in part).

Going forward is gonna be exciting. May take a few years off your life defensively but damn we will have some exciting games next season (hopefully)

[Fernando 6,585]

2 minutes ago, BluesMadLad said:

from what I can make out , is you guys are never happy when we sign a young English player lol.

First half of the season everyone was creaming their pants over chillwell. 

Second half of the season Lecister drop in form and now he is the worst there is. 

Over the top. 

Chilwell is a great buy, worth the price for a young top English players who can be with us for nearly a decade! 

[Pizy 18,909]

9 minutes ago, Tomo said:

It's not defensively i'm really worried about him, as you say very few FB's are rock solid these days it's more going forward, he often lacks the aggression, movement and quality decision making you see from the likes Robertson, Telles, Grimaldo, pre injury Mendy or even Tierney.

Mate, he was the best LB in the PL until the whole Leicester team collapsed. Great carry the ball and much, much more mobile than Alonso. While he's not world class going forward (yet) but he's more than adequate and can only get better.

Theres a reason most of the biggest clubs in the league (ourselves and both Manc clubs) have been linked with buying him for a huge fee. The talent is there. We just have to trust Frank to bring the best out of him.

Plus, £50m isn't a massive fee in 2020. City have paid that for like 3-4 different fullbacks. At least it's not £80m as was speculated because if he didn't work out with that sort of fee we'd be fucked.

[Jase 43,479]

 

[ulsterchelsea 3,221]

 

[Supermonkey92 1,428]

Much better than a window where we don't at least try to address our problems.
Big sign that the club is backing FL (if these are his guys which it would appear so at least in part).

Going forward is gonna be exciting. May take a few years off your life defensively but damn we will have some exciting games next season (hopefully)

Definitely looks like it will be hell raising at both ends

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[Jase 43,479]

46 minutes ago, Blue Armour said:

Not sure of what to make of this.

While he won't fix problems in defense, he will most certainly improve it in other ways.

It would be almost like us having Marcel Desaiily back in the 2000's, when he had strong influence on the growth of JT as a defender. Could really help out some of our younger defenders, in terms of mentality.

The question is,...is that what Frank really wants for next season?

We don't have much of a choice, do we? There is no market for a CB right now and even Rice, Lampard's no.1 target, will cost a fortune. We don't have a bottomless pit of cash.