Chelsea Transfers

[DDA 9,689]

2 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

You can see why we need another CB. I am still sceptical about RJ there, he had couple of mistakes such as playing Kane onside for that chance the moron missed and also being in no man's land for the late goal. He did shut down Son completely tho.

But I think our constant positional changes were not optimal for our rhythm. When TT first came here, we hardly ever conceded and usually a one goal lead would be enough for us to see a game out. this almost as much as our inability to finish off chances is what is holding us back.

If we had a serious number 9.. this team would be hailed as the best in England.

[Superblue 6,370]

27 minutes ago, DDA said:

If we had a serious number 9.. this team would be hailed as the best in England.

The problem for us is striking the balance between someone more clinical but also able to bring other strengths to the teams all round game.

Lukaku could easily be classed as a 'serious number 9' but his inabilities to press hard and high up the pitch and offer link up to the rest of the team was detrimental.

If we knew that Havertz could get 12 - 15 goals a season, I'd rather have him than someone like Lukaku or Ronaldo who offer little else to the team even if they were getting 18-20 goals a season.

The problem is so far in his 2 seasons Havertz hasn't shown he's capable of this. But a bigger problem for me, is that there isn't much available on the market this summer.

[Magic Lamps 11,649]

1 minute ago, DDA said:

If we had a serious number 9.. this team would be hailed as the best in England.

Yup but we tried tons of players who looked decent elsewhere and all failed. I do not think it is that easy here simply bc playing with just 2 more attackers, the CF has to to a lot of stuff on his own, hold the ball up, link up well and still be there in the middle to finish off the chances. Ironically, the only striker who somewhat worked for us in the last 5 years was Giroud. Sterling is just terrible as F9. Broja does not look ready. The type of striker we need is not even available. Someone like prime Kane, prime Rooney or prime Etoo. ppl who are technically apt, can play with ball to feet and run in behind and are reasonably prolific in front of goal. Basically complete strikers. The jury is still out but we might have missed a trick not competing for Nunez or Vlahovic.... Osimhen is similar but i am not sure on that one either.

[DDA 9,689]

6 minutes ago, Superblue_1986 said:

The problem for us is striking the balance between someone more clinical but also able to bring other strengths to the teams all round game.

Lukaku could easily be classed as a 'serious number 9' but his inabilities to press hard and high up the pitch and offer link up to the rest of the team was detrimental.

If we knew that Havertz could get 12 - 15 goals a season, I'd rather have him than someone like Lukaku or Ronaldo who offer little else to the team even if they were getting 18-20 goals a season.

The problem is so far in his 2 seasons Havertz hasn't shown he's capable of this. But a bigger problem for me, is that there isn't much available on the market this summer.

I know what you're saying. That miss by Havertz today summed up the exact problem we knew that we would be facing this year without a proper 9. Jesus would have been perfect for us. He can finish and works his ass off. 

Edited August 14, 2022 by DDA

[Superblue 6,370]

1 minute ago, Magic Lamps said:

Yup but we tried tons of players who looked decent elsewhere and all failed. I do not think it is that easy here simply bc playing with just 2 more attackers, the CF has to to a lot of stuff on his own, hold the ball up, link up well and still be there in the middle to finish off the chances. Ironically, the only striker who somewhat worked for us in the last 5 years was Giroud. Sterling is just terrible as F9. Broja does not look ready. The type of striker we need is not even available. Someone like prime Kane, prime Rooney or prime Etoo. ppl who are technically apt, can play with ball to feet and run in behind and are reasonably prolific in front of goal. Basically complete strikers. The jury is still out but we might have missed a trick not competing for Nunez or Vlahovic.... Osimhen is similar but i am not sure on that one either.

He's only played about a combined 20 minutes over the first two games so difficult to say whether he looks ready. I was actually pleased with his cameo against Everton and whilst he's obviously still raw at his age and with only one Premier League season under his belt, he does offer a lot of the traits we're looking for in a front man for our system.

He's filled out a bit since last summer and looks like he'll be able to handle himself against opposition defenders but is also deceptively quick, willing to run the channels and press from the front. He's also, unlike Havertz, a natural number 9.

Obviously he falls into the same bracket of we'd be taking a punt on him being able to score the goals we need from him but we'd be doing the same now with most striker options out there.

I do think that our current squad is very capable of making the top 4 this season. What may stop us from competing for the title is a goal scorer but I'd rather wait for an opportunity to open up next summer than panic buy one this. 

[whats happening 1,525]

1 hour ago, Maravel21 said:

relax guys he is for second choice rwb .

altenrtive to raphinha 

he might not be a bad buy, but totally unnecessary

[bluesman2610 1,340]

Ronaldo buries that Havertz chance 🤷🏿‍♂️ May not be a terrible stop gap on 2-3 year deal

[Nero 1,838]

 

[Last Sicarius 610]

Gordon is really weird move. He dont have great stats that we need in attack. And for James cover, nah for over 40mln. We have RLC there.

[Marvin123 484]

38 minutes ago, whats happening said:

he might not be a bad buy, but totally unnecessary

He's to come interchange in the front 3. We are binning off Cho and pulisic for sure

[Alabama 1,992]

Why not Pedro Neto...

[Magic Lamps 11,649]

I don't even think Everton will sell us Anthony Gordon. They have an injury crisis, are short on players and do not need the money. Why should they sell their one promising youngster.

[YorkshireBlue 3,122]

If we sign this gordan fella that's football this season over for me. 40 million for this guy? Wtf are we thinking. Seriously!!!!!

[Pizy 18,360]

Just watched a 15 minute YouTube video of Gordon. After seeing the footage I can definitely see a quality talent who could be molded into a top wingback. Definitely do not see a Chelsea quality attacking player, though. Much like Cucurella, he’s got that relentless aggression and can run nonstop for a whole match.

Price is absolutely silly. If we do this I pray that we still bring in Fofana and a striker and that this deal doesn’t prevent those.

[JDY 1,290]

Actually quite like Gordon, reminds me a bit of Son in style except he doesn't have any end product, yet. £40m is for sure too much for what he is at the moment though. I assume we're after him because Hudson-Odoi has asked to leave, Ziyech is likely to leave, and we've already sold Timo? Makes sense to me, someone who can cover multiple positions.

[ZAPHOD2319 4,465]

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[LAM09 6,732]

1 hour ago, Magic Lamps said:

I don't even think Everton will sell us Anthony Gordon. They have an injury crisis, are short on players and do not need the money. Why should they sell their one promising youngster.

They have had financial issues for a number of seasons, so to say they don't need the money couldn't be further from the truth.

A sizeable fee would probably reluctantly force their hand. I just hope it isn't us that are stupid enough to do it.

[Magic Lamps 11,649]

23 minutes ago, LAM09 said:

They have had financial issues for a number of seasons, so to say they don't need the money couldn't be further from the truth.

A sizeable fee would probably reluctantly force their hand. I just hope it isn't us that are stupid enough to do it.

I see. thougth they had this billionaire pumping money into the club plus they have already made a decent profit this window

Anyway, we do not need Gordon. I do not think he is the level we should be looking for.