whats happening 1,615 Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 hudson-odoi should get sold. he will never be a difference maker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superblue 6,372 Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 To be fair to Leipzig they seem to understand their position in the football pyramid and know that their top players will leave at some point but they help to facilitate that in exchange for a bit more loyalty. I think Nkunku and Gvardiol will both end up being tied to new terms that gives the club another year, maybe two in Gvardiol's case, out of them but also means they'll have release clauses which appear more than reasonable on the open market. I'm not sure either will move this summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,896 Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 Also on Skriniar, he has lots of traits that would suit us and English football well but also has some things that I’d worry about against certain opponents. He is a no-nonsense, no frills, old school central defender who seems to enjoy bullying and getting physical. That will come in handy against smaller teams or teams that try to knock us off our rhythm. But I’d be concerned about his lack of pace and lateral quickness against a City or a Liverpool. Even Arse who have lots of quick, intricate footballers in their attack. He has a strange looking running gate that makes him look as though he’s running through quicksand 🤣 I’d be all for us going after him if we signed up Rice or some other super DM who helps out the CB’s a lot. Could mask some of his deficiencies. But with only Jorginho and a rarely fit Kante I think he’s a risky signing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Blues Forever 1,232 Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 3 minutes ago, Pizy said: Also on Skriniar, he has lots of traits that would suit us and English football well but also has some things that I’d worry about against certain opponents. He is a no-nonsense, no frills, old school central defender who seems to enjoy bullying and getting physical. That will come in handy against smaller teams or teams that try to knock us off our rhythm. But I’d be concerned about his lack of pace and lateral quickness against a City or a Liverpool. Even Arse who have lots of quick, intricate footballers in their attack. He has a strange looking running gate that makes him look as though he’s running through quicksand 🤣 I’d be all for us going after him if we signed up Rice or some other super DM who helps out the CB’s a lot. Could mask some of his deficiencies. But with only Jorginho and a rarely fit Kante I think he’s a risky signing. This is my main issue with him, especially if both him and Silva starting at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoroccanBlue 5,380 Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 Skriniar can actually play anywhere across the back 3 which is a bonus. Would allow him to play sweeper with Colwill at LCB at times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whats happening 1,615 Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 (edited) tuchel wants konte and jorginho to stay. with incoming gallagher, no wonder we were not in on bissouma or any other midfielder. Edited June 17, 2022 by whats happening Blue Armour and Fernando 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Lamps 11,692 Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 32 minutes ago, Blues Forever said: This is my main issue with him, especially if both him and Silva starting at the same time. I think it is a bit unfair to Skriniar. Sure, there has to be a Serie A discount. players there are slower and weaker than in PL on average, so Lukaku and Tammy look lightning there while Alonso looked reasonably quick. Skriniar definitely does not have Rüdigers absurd speed (Ironically, Skriniar is as the quicker one at Fifa which is absolute BS) But I have seen Skriniar outpace Tammy, Osimhen, Moise Kean and Morata in a sprint duells off the ball and at least hold up vs Vinicius, diaz, mane, salah and even Theo on the ball. So I would say he is capable in that regard. Definitely faster than de vrij and bastoni. He also does not need to go into sprint duels that often bc he tackles players early. I particularly like how cleanly he tackles while also putting a lot of force into it to knock the opposition players off their feet quite often. He surely makes this on purpose to give himself more time on the ball. Also I saw him do full splits on a slide tackle so he sure is mobile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando 6,585 Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 So it's going to be a player swap? I hope we push for that because a plain loan with no obligation to buy is stupid. And since some people are against Bastoni, then Skriniar it is. Let's do it Chelsea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea_4_eva 1,182 Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 Hopefully we can pull off the Skriniar, Lukaku deal.. the whole birds with one stone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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