DDA 10,239 Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 What's annoying is that we were looking at Cucurella before he went to Brighton. We never get ahead do we. Superblue, bigbluewillie, turgi and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo 21,751 Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 17 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said: Isn’t cucurella too defensive? Only works as wb in a lopsided system like brightons. his only assist ever in PL was against us ofc obv too short and weak for lcb not completely against buying him but 50m is too much. I usually prefer us looking at the XA and chances created metrics anyway but even more so in this case. Brighton make us look ice cold in the final 3rd. Anyone got Cucurella's stats on that regard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blues Forever 1,232 Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Just now, Stats said: Now Barcelona will come in and hijack the move. Watch this space… Cucurella was their former youth player, even if Barca won't hijack now they could come back in the future. Won't be too hard to use their usual tactic (tapping-up). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea_4_eva 1,186 Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Barca did just pull their 3rd lever 👀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoroccanBlue 5,399 Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 6 minutes ago, Tomo said: I usually prefer us looking at the XA and chances created metrics anyway but even more so in this case. Brighton make us look ice cold in the final 3rd. Anyone got Cucurella's stats on that regard? 42 Chances created in the Prem. (ranked 32nd). 2.8 xA (ranked 73rd) https://www.fotmob.com/players/873289/marc-cucurella Tomo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YorkshireBlue 3,345 Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 41 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said: Isn’t cucurella too defensive? Only works as wb in a lopsided system like brightons. his only assist ever in PL was against us ofc obv too short and weak for lcb not completely against buying him but 50m is too much. Assists as a stat is irrelevant in most cases. Although the Assist gets you the goal it's not the whole picture more often than not the Assist to the Assist is far more crucial than the actual Assist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blues Forever 1,232 Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,765 Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 One of my favourite players to watch last season Cucurella, work rate is insane, covers so much ground and is very good on the ball. Massively impressed if we get this done. bigbluewillie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 19,280 Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 10 minutes ago, Blues Forever said: Think we should hold off on this sentiment until the transfer is done, tbh. If City come back in and nick him at the last moment it’s chaos and negativity again. Fernando 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blues Forever 1,232 Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 1 minute ago, Pizy said: Think we should hold off on this sentiment until the transfer is done, tbh. If City come back in and nick him at the last moment it’s chaos and negativity again. Tbh i don't mind if they do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoroccanBlue 5,399 Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 His performance against us at LCB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,598 Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 🚨🚨| FC Barcelona are interested in resigning Marc Cucurella; talks have begun with him in recent weeks & the club wants to be in the pole position, as Xavi wants a top LB this summer. @fansjavimiguel [🥇] 😶 guddy69 and bigbluewillie 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,792 Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Cucurella signing suggests to me Tuchel is not planning to switch to 4 at the back anytime soon. Hope Colwill the other way is only a loan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blues Forever 1,232 Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 3 minutes ago, xPetrCechx said: 🚨🚨| FC Barcelona are interested in resigning Marc Cucurella; talks have begun with him in recent weeks & the club wants to be in the pole position, as Xavi wants a top LB this summer. @fansjavimiguel [🥇] 😶 Well if Barcelona does enter the race then it's over. bigbluewillie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhForAGreavsie 6,127 Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, manpe said: Unless the injury seriously wrecked Chilwell, My opinion is that, like hundreds of players before, Ben has been boosted by his injury. Boosted in the sense that his reputation was enhanced in the eyes of many while the team struggled in his absence. Because Ben's injury came during a spell of mostly good form, people forgot and forgive his long spell of indifferent form in a Chelsea shirt. The truth is our high league place in the winter belied the way we were playing and was never going to last even if the wingbacks had stayed fit. What looked like falling off a cliff because Ben and Reece were missing was in fact mostly about our results catching up with our performances. I've said all along that if we sign a LB/LWB it needs to be an upgrade to Ben, not a backup. Edited August 1, 2022 by OhForAGreavsie manpe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Last Sicarius 610 Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Thats weird. Last week after Kounde deal fucks up, Ornstein was really quite and now he jumps with some info. Interesting what club was doing whole week 🤔 Imo Cucu and Fofana could be nice combo but we would need still back up for James. Maybe Dest for low money? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAM09 7,091 Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 21 minutes ago, Blues Forever said: Well if Barcelona does enter the race then it's over. And we're stuck with Alonso for another season.. bigbluewillie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superblue 6,372 Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 27 minutes ago, OhForAGreavsie said: My opinion is that, like hundreds of players before, Ben has been boosted by his injury. Boosted in the sense that his reputation was enhanced in the eyes of many while the team struggled in his absence. Because Ben's injury came during a spell of mostly good form, people forgot and forgive his long spell of indifferent form in a Chelsea shirt. The truth is our high league place in the winter belied the way we were playing and was never going to last. I've said all along that if we sign a LB/LWB it needs to be an upgrade to Ben, not a backup. So what would your thoughts be on Cucurella? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Last Sicarius 610 Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Omg it's happening! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,792 Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 2 hours ago, Magic Lamps said: Isn’t cucurella too defensive? Only works as wb in a lopsided system like brightons. his only assist ever in PL was against us ofc obv too short and weak for lcb not completely against buying him but 50m is too much. I don't worry about his assist numbers. He aces the technical requirement we should be considering before making any signing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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