Pizy 19,280 Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 At this point I’m well past caring about the rest of this season. I’m already looking towards next season with positivity. If we can bring in someone in January that helps us in the rest of our Champions League run then great. If not, whatever. Top 4 is long gone. May as well start Chukwameka & Hutchinson the rest of the way to get them experience. They might be impressive enough given regular starts that they’ll save us money come the summer. lucio and ulsterchelsea 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDA 10,238 Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 2 hours ago, TheHulk said: It's the hope that kills you, don't do this to yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 9,104 Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 Its not happening. Jesus Christ. No way we get other players in by paying €120mn for 1 player. There is no wriggle room after the last kamikaze negotiations done by Boehly & co. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamilton 2,120 Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 According to Belgian newspaper nieuwsblad are we after 18y old Noah Mbemba of Club Bruges. The defensive midfielder is not going to sign a new contract that ends in June. City and Barcelona also showing interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkh 759 Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 reports @marcoconterio .Celtic full-back Josip Juranovic is now edging closer to moving to Serie A newboys Monza this month. It was reported recently that Monza made contact with the entourage of Juranovic recently and Celtic’s asking price of about €8 million was also revealed. https:upo//www.getfootballnewsitaly.com/2023/celtics-josip-juranovic-inches-towards-serie-a-switch/ an RV alternative then falls away. so there is only: Malo Gusto unfortunately still injured until mid/end of Jan. Pedro Porro is only available for 45 million (AK) and Spurs are also very keen on him. Dumfries not my choice, too expensive, Inter wants 50 million euros. Frimpong would be the best option available at the moment and would help us immediately. 25-35 million euros Maehle wants to move to Juventus, which could happen in the winter or summer at the latest. Walker-Peters no thanks Wildcard option Iván Fresneda has had a great season in LaLiga so far. Translated with DeepL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 9,104 Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 2 hours ago, Pizy said: At this point I’m well past caring about the rest of this season. I’m already looking towards next season with positivity. If we can bring in someone in January that helps us in the rest of our Champions League run then great. If not, whatever. Top 4 is long gone. May as well start Chukwameka & Hutchinson the rest of the way to get them experience. They might be impressive enough given regular starts that they’ll save us money come the summer. Not going to lie just abandoning the second half of the season just because top 4 is highly unlikely would be stupid as fuck. It would also ultimately seal GPs fate as he will undoubtedly get sacked if we don’t make a push for European football of some sort ie. top 6/7 (can’t believe I am typing this as top 4 should be the realistic target). With another coach of a higher experience at this level I think the season could be salvaged but with GP, unfortunately, I think it’s incredibly unlikely. He is far too naive. The pressure is on him and I think that last presser where he said ‘the presses questions were stupid but he has to answer them’ shows how incredibly naive he is at this level. Not to mention the players mentality and work ethic under him in games. If Mourinho, Conte, Tuchel, Ancelotti or any other manager got asked those same set of questions, I guarantee they wouldn’t of come out with such a babyish response. He cannot just afford to go ok lets play the kids every week and not try and establish his philosophy and tactics with the first team players he likes because whatever he’s been doing so far, it hasn’t really worked and I am not fully buying this injuries being the only reason. Plus recruiting is going to be a disaster with no European football and a manager who is looking more and more out of his depth. Plus putting too much responsibility or pressure on Hutchison and Chukwameka so soon and expecting them to “save us money in the summer” would also be idiotic. They’re still young and highly inexperienced as professional footballers. They haven’t accumulated the experience Mount, James, Tammy, Tomori etc did at lower levels/playing games. We’ve all seen how boys like McEachran and even Hudson-Odoi have played out in recent times. Personally, although it may not of seemed that way in the past, Foden at City in recent times has been the best example of a player from an academy going straight into their first 11 without a loan. He played sporadically then built up, and now he is 1) experienced enough and 2) mentally ready to be relied on heavily. Vegetable 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laylabelle 9,727 Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 Good luck whoever is going to convince signings we are worth it. Vesper and Johnnyeye 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyeye 7,581 Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 (edited) no top player in their right mind will want to join this mess of a club right now Edited January 8, 2023 by Johnnyeye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren 41 Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 17 minutes ago, Johnnyeye said: no top player in their right mind will want to join this mess of a club right now Yup. It seems to me that the only players who end up coming here only do so for the massive contract and what I'm assuming is a relaxed atmosphere at Cobham where a player can kick back and play a little table tennis or foosball followed by a leisurely swim or round of football-basketball. Players with real sporting ambition don't go to Chelsea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo 21,751 Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 35 minutes ago, Johnnyeye said: no top player in their right mind will want to join this mess of a club right now People said the same about Casemiro going to United when they were in an even worse state. mkh and Strike 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegetable 830 Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 I wouldn't be so worried about the players; Salary sweetens the deal and let's be clear - players nowadays are not ambitious types, who are willing to fight for the place in their new club. The dumpster fire here may actually be an advantage, as they will be quite certain they are getting game time. If only we had some player figure or a manager who people want to work with, I wouldn't worry at all, even for top targets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoroccanBlue 5,399 Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 Declan Rice is the answer. Vesper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddish-Blue 2,674 Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 6 hours ago, OneMoSalah said: Not going to lie just abandoning the second half of the season just because top 4 is highly unlikely would be stupid as fuck. It would also ultimately seal GPs fate as he will undoubtedly get sacked if we don’t make a push for European football of some sort ie. top 6/7 (can’t believe I am typing this as top 4 should be the realistic target). With another coach of a higher experience at this level I think the season could be salvaged but with GP, unfortunately, I think it’s incredibly unlikely. He is far too naive. The pressure is on him and I think that last presser where he said ‘the presses questions were stupid but he has to answer them’ shows how incredibly naive he is at this level. Not to mention the players mentality and work ethic under him in games. If Mourinho, Conte, Tuchel, Ancelotti or any other manager got asked those same set of questions, I guarantee they wouldn’t of come out with such a babyish response. He cannot just afford to go ok lets play the kids every week and not try and establish his philosophy and tactics with the first team players he likes because whatever he’s been doing so far, it hasn’t really worked and I am not fully buying this injuries being the only reason. Plus recruiting is going to be a disaster with no European football and a manager who is looking more and more out of his depth. Plus putting too much responsibility or pressure on Hutchison and Chukwameka so soon and expecting them to “save us money in the summer” would also be idiotic. They’re still young and highly inexperienced as professional footballers. They haven’t accumulated the experience Mount, James, Tammy, Tomori etc did at lower levels/playing games. We’ve all seen how boys like McEachran and even Hudson-Odoi have played out in recent times. Personally, although it may not of seemed that way in the past, Foden at City in recent times has been the best example of a player from an academy going straight into their first 11 without a loan. He played sporadically then built up, and now he is 1) experienced enough and 2) mentally ready to be relied on heavily. That's a bad example, Foden was given time to develop as they had class players in midfield controlling the tempo and dictating play in KdB, Gundogan and Bernardo. Not every youngster will get a chance to walk into a side with that much technical talent. It's a shame about Hudson-Odoi at Chelsea as he was making that break through before that achilles injury and then his development went out the window, we changed managers a few times and we sent him out on loan 2 seasons too late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,516 Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 2 hours ago, MoroccanBlue said: Declan Rice is the answer. Depends what's the question 🤔 Vesper and bigbluewillie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,516 Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 Maguire to Aston Villa. Good for United. We also have some players in starting lineup that want 300k per week but in reality if we put them on market best they could hope for is exactly teams like AV, Everton coming for them. So they have nothing to back their demands. Let's see if we are ruthless like United. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mhsc 1,146 Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 Curious if this run of form drives up our transfer budget and likelihood to just go and buy an Enzo for too much money… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turgi 71 Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 On 02/01/2023 at 13:27, turgi said: This squad needs a complete overhaul. I haven’t got one position that I feel safe with. Today even more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hashishi 148 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 2 hours ago, NikkiCFC said: Depends what's the question 🤔 Who is the most delusional 100m signing we are going to make this summer? Vesper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoroccanBlue 5,399 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 2 hours ago, Mhsc said: Curious if this run of form drives up our transfer budget and likelihood to just go and buy an Enzo for too much money… Ship has sailed. He’ll be at City whilst we are signing our 23rd 18 year old Laylabelle and Vesper 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,105 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 3 hours ago, NikkiCFC said: Maguire to Aston Villa. Good for United. We also have some players in starting lineup that want 300k per week but in reality if we put them on market best they could hope for is exactly teams like AV, Everton coming for them. So they have nothing to back their demands. Let's see if we are ruthless like United. nope Harry Maguire is NOT close to joining Aston Villa despite Twitter rumours - with the Man United captain pictured in a restaurant near Villans' Bodymoor Heath training ground because he was playing GOLF at The Belfry https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11612475/Harry-Maguire-NOT-close-joining-Aston-Villa-despite-pictured-near-training-ground.html Manchester United laugh off Harry Maguire transfer speculation https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/manchester-united-harry-maguire-transfer-25925796 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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