Chelsea Transfers

[robsblubot 3,502]

5 minutes ago, Pizy said:

I know the game isn’t played on paper, but with De Bruyne now out injured again long term I’d say we have the best midfield in the league on paper. 

 

I think you meant CM pairing, because the midfield bit is a bit funny. 😉 

[Nero 1,838]

It's so unreal. THIS IS WHAT I CALL A REBUILD

[Mário César 975]

we only need one more attacking player with ability to score goals and that's it. I think we are ready to fight for top4

[Gundalf 804]

3 minutes ago, Mário César said:

we only need one more attacking player with ability to score goals and that's it. I think we are ready to fight for top4

I would take top 5 tbh

[Fernando 6,454]

40 minutes ago, TheHulk said:

 

Is that the new shirt sponsor? 

[Pizy 18,368]

This is all happening so fast that it’s hard to really appreciate just how unprecedented it is to completely and totally rebuild an entire midfield in the span of 6 months. And not just any rebuild but one that sees us signing 3 of the best young midfield talents in Europe.

Imagine telling a Chelsea fan a year ago that J5, Kante, Kova, and RLC would all go in such a short period and we’d replace them all nearly instantly.

[Vegetable 830]

2 minutes ago, Fernando said:

Is that the new shirt sponsor? 

Supposedly

[NikkiCFC 7,942]

7 minutes ago, Mário César said:

we only need one more attacking player with ability to score goals and that's it. I think we are ready to fight for top4

 

3 minutes ago, Gundalf said:

I would take top 5 tbh

Are you guys for real? We finished 12th last season. Palace lost best players, we already won Premier summer series with 5 PL clubs that finish over us. And respectively we are definitely better side then them. Spurs lost Kane. Only 4 teams left. Looking at Liverpool and United pre season and first round and their transfers we must be ahead of them. Imagine finishing behind team that have Mount in starting lineup and team that have Swiss cheese defence and no DM. Ok City and Arsenal can finish over us but if City is going in sleep mode after treble and have injury problems plus Arsenal added Rice who will hurt their attacking pattern and Kai will miss everything they are potentially not out of reach. 

[NikkiCFC 7,942]

32 minutes ago, robsblubot said:

I think you meant CM pairing, because the midfield bit is a bit funny. 😉 

Name better MF. City only one comparable on our level. 

[Magic Lamps 11,653]

I think we are getting ahead of ourselves here. Lavia and Caicedo are alright, but they are still super young and kinda raw with less than 2 full seasons worth of minutes in PL. They may have world class potential but we should not believe the hype and call them world class yet. Also without a goalscorer this is all worth nothing. Top5 is a reasonable goal. Can see us dominating teams in midfield, blitzing them with our pace but when it comes to scoring our attackers will remain profligate and our goalkeeper is not exactly someone who inspires absolute confidence either.

[cfccrost 22]

If we buy mamardashville and kudus, top 4 is a must for me

[ZAPHOD2319 4,477]

We have 5 matches against bottom teams. If we don’t put it together against them. It will be a long season. These are the type of players Poch does his best work with. Young and talented but a bit raw.

[mkh 273]

Lavia is set to have his medical at Anfield and be unveil as a new Chelsea player at Stamford bridge.

Here We Go confirmed 🤝

[robsblubot 3,502]

5 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

Name better MF. City only one comparable on our level. 

What's the midfield? or are you too talking about the CM pairing?

Now if you say the CM pairing *is* the midfield, then perhaps we see the game very differently. Balanced teams always have 5 midfield players at all times. They move a lot, in and out of position. Always thought Mount was particularly good at being more of a CM, and also moving out wide when possible. The very BEST teams pack the midfield with even more players: Guardiola's system is basically the art of having almost the entire team in midfield. 

"on paper" the 2 CMs seem to have the potential to become the best pairing in the league... silly to say that until they actually perform both individually and teamwork. They may do well individually, for ex, and still not work so well with the rest of the players--not unheard of.

[ZAPHOD2319 4,477]

 

[Gundalf 804]

13 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

 

Are you guys for real? We finished 12th last season. Palace lost best players, we already won Premier summer series with 5 PL clubs that finish over us. And respectively we are definitely better side then them. Spurs lost Kane. Only 4 teams left. Looking at Liverpool and United pre season and first round and their transfers we must be ahead of them. Imagine finishing behind team that have Mount in starting lineup and team that have Swiss cheese defence and no DM. Ok City and Arsenal can finish over us but if City is going in sleep mode after treble and have injury problems plus Arsenal added Rice who will hurt their attacking pattern and Kai will miss everything they are potentially not out of reach. 

We shouldnt overhype our signings tho and not lose our heads and not put too much pressure on these kids. We still have the youngest team in the entire league. Thats kinda crazy to think about it.
Lavia had 1 good season in a team that got relegated by a mile. Caicedo had 1 good season for Brighton. Dont get me wrong, these players we have have enormous potential, and they will deliver over time, but we have a completely new team and right now they are still kinda raw and need to build up a good chemistry. And this takes time, especially with your best attacker being injured from the start. These young players will make a lot of mistakes, there will be up and downs, some brilliant performances and some dull draws and losses. Thats just natural for such a young team. And since P5 will give us CL football, I would take that tbh bc in the end it doesnt really make a difference if your 3rd, 4th or 5th.  

[mkh 273]

Proche de Chelsea, Elye Wahi s’interroge désormais sur le projet des Blues
➡️Chelsea a fait une 1ere offre au MHSC de 30M€ avec bonus
🔹Francfort attend le départ de Kolo Muani pour accélérer 
🔹West Ham propose 35M€
🔹Le PSG s’est renseigné. Pas d’avancée depuis

 

via@FabriceHawkins

[OneMoSalah 8,776]

5 hours ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Noni more of a dribbler whereas Olise more of a creator. 

Sterling could be off to Saudi this time next summer. 

Sterling will be going nowhere for a few seasons I would think. Olise and Noni both young enough but questionable marks over both their fitnesses. I am surprised we aren’t going for a more left sided attacking player though. Sterling and Noni then Mudryk and someone for 2 wide roles would be good.

I know it was only one game but felt Raheem and James were very good v combining on that right side and I’d hope that Poch builds on that to get more out of the pair of them. Plus he has shown at City under Pep, in teams with clear defined attacking patterns, he is a very good option to have so lets hope he can get in amongst the goals this season.

Plus Saudi? Really I don’t think so. IIRC he wanted to move back to London specifically for his family. He doesn’t strike me as the sort of person who’s going to trade London for Saudi, or someone who’s going to have his head turned by mind blowing money given the wages he got at City and now gets here. 

Edited August 15, 2023 by OneMoSalah