21. Ben Chilwell

[MoroccanBlue 5,296]

No guarantee Chilwell comes back the same player. 

[chelsea_4_eva 1,157]

Loan swap with Everton with Barkley and Digne

[Blues Forever 1,232]

Law suggested Dest and Digne could be an options in January.

Edited December 28, 2021 by Blues Forever

[MoroccanBlue 5,296]

6 minutes ago, Blues Forever said:

Law suggested Dest and Digne could be an options in January.

Prefer Dest. 

[Blues Forever 1,232]

3 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Prefer Dest. 

I personally avoid Dest, decent going forward but an absolute disaster when defending.

[Vesper 28,772]

2 hours ago, Strike said:

 

 

fuck

but knew it was coming

🤬

[MoroccanBlue 5,296]

10 minutes ago, Blues Forever said:

I personally avoid Dest, decent going forward but an absolute disaster when defending.

And yet this system demands attacking fullbacks over defensive ones. Makes no sense we spent the majority of last summer going after Hakimi when he is bang average defensively. 

I'd prefer Dest for the simple fact he has a good attacking output and can play either LWB or RWB. 

[MoroccanBlue 5,296]

1 hour ago, Tomo said:

Everton who are historically a nightmare to deal with are happy to hand him to us on loan?

Red flag right there.

 

1 hour ago, Blues Forever said:

Yes, apparently according to few Everton fans Digne hasn't been the same since his last injury.

Everton still need to comply with FFP. Digne is their joint highest earner on 120kpw. 

[Blues Forever 1,232]

6 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

And yet this system demands attacking fullbacks over defensive ones. Makes no sense we spent the majority of last summer going after Hakimi when he is bang average defensively. 

I'd prefer Dest for the simple fact he has a good attacking output and can play either LWB or RWB. 

Dest won't be bad if he isn't a starter, but now with Chilwell out we need a starter material or our season could be over.

[Blue Armour 4,278]

58 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

No guarantee Chilwell comes back the same player. 

After the nightmares we endured with an injured Essien getting injured again following surgery., I'm inclined to agree.

Club should probably consider going all out on a good left back sooner rather than later. Else we'll be taking next season for a gamble as well just hoping he returns to good physical form as well as good footballing form.

[MoroccanBlue 5,296]

27 minutes ago, Blues Forever said:

Dest won't be bad if he isn't a starter, but now with Chilwell out we need a starter material or our season could be over.

Who available in January is starter material? If the club does have someone in mind then we are best recalling either Maatsen or Emerson for the rest of the season. 

[Laylabelle 9,351]

Ahh pissing hell

[Jase 43,479]

On 24/12/2021 at 03:35, Mário César said:

Expected to return against Tottenham.

 

On 24/12/2021 at 05:19, Mário César said:

"Chelsea medical staff are hoping that Ben Chilwell could return for the Tottenham match on January 23 after responding well to ACL physiotherapy,"

Great source...

[Jase 43,479]

3 hours ago, Tomo said:

Everton who are historically a nightmare to deal with are happy to hand him to us on loan?

Red flag right there.

Everton reportedly want Barkley on loan. So...

2 hours ago, MoroccanBlue said:

No guarantee Chilwell comes back the same player. 

Maybe but Azpi and Rudiger, for example, had ACL injury before in their career and they bounced back strongly. 

1 hour ago, Blue Armour said:

After the nightmares we endured with an injured Essien getting injured again following surgery., I'm inclined to agree.

But didn't Essien have multiple ACL injuries which effectively ruined him? This is only one with Chilwell and I believe he'll still be fine after surgery. 

[Mário César 975]

5 minutes ago, Jase said:

 

Great source...

sadly

[Jase 43,479]

2 hours ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Prefer Dest. 

Do we need another American in the team? 🤣

[nyikolajevics 2,573]

Why is Dest considered an option? As I checked, he seldom played in the left side for Barca, hardly ever for Ajax.

 

Emerson and Digne are OK options, but maybe we should take the risk and try out Maatsen who can step up and turn out to be a real deal, like James or Mount did coming from Champo.

[Jase 43,479]

Will be hilarious if we get Tagliafico after all the LB debates last year.