Vesper 30,195 Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 19 minutes ago, Thor said: Is he staying with us or off to France? Loan to France I fully assume Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAPHOD2319 4,819 Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 19 minutes ago, Thor said: Is he staying with us or off to France? I’m not sure? We were trying to get the serial masterbaiter for RC, but he is headed to West Ham. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,928 Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 When Jackson is already a young and relatively unproven striker I’m can’t imagine Poch would want to keep this kid Washington here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,492 Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 Got both the main CDM targets that Liverpool were also targeting...after we finished 12th in the league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,492 Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 1 hour ago, NikkiCFC said: Looks like burned bridges with Palace because of Olise. This may collapse as well. Thankful he signed a 6 year deal. I'd prefer he goes to Palace because gametime looks more secure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mário César 1,278 Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 1 hour ago, NikkiCFC said: Where did you find another buy and only 2 slots? Mudryk, Sterling LW Olise, Madueke RW nkunku will play also as a winger he played and he played well in that position in our pre season I read that poch want 2 more players to our attack if olise is one, we will buy another and there are too many players for 2 positions ( ok nkunku will and can play behind jackson but still...) its too much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,928 Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 Is there a 30+ year old striker out there somewhere who is still clinical and hungry to challenge themselves at a top club? We could do with that even if it’s a loan. That way we can have a stopgap and then reassess the striker market a year from now. bigbluewillie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAPHOD2319 4,819 Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 14 minutes ago, Pizy said: Is there a 30+ year old striker out there somewhere who is still clinical and hungry to challenge themselves at a top club? We could do with that even if it’s a loan. That way we can have a stopgap and then reassess the striker market a year from now. I Know this handsome Frenchman that Lampard 1.0 needlessly cast to the side until he finally left. Vegetable 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,928 Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 19 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said: I Know this handsome Frenchman that Lampard 1.0 needlessly cast to the side until he finally left. Yeah, Oli would be perfect if he was 3-4 years younger. There’s gotta be someone similar to him when we bought him out there for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsblubot 3,595 Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 1 hour ago, Tomo said: For all their flaws in their overall game both Sterling and Auba have an excellent scoring record down the years. On paper those two alone should have added 30-40 goals but we barely got to that figure as a team, which is why I laugh when I see comments like "get in a number 9 and some proven PL players" like we haven't already tried it to disastrous results (hopefully 'so far' in Sterling's case). That goes down to personal preference, and age too: never rated Auba--way too lazy for the PL--and had already lost some of hit pace when he left Arsenal. I was 100% against signing him from day 1. Sterling made some sense, and I still expect him to deliver in a working system. He already took his much needed break from Pep's demanding system. With Nkunku playing on the left, Sterling would need to close down and do what Mount used to do. My issue is cover. I think the alternatives are either (so far) complete flops or complete unknowns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAPHOD2319 4,819 Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 Vesper and Reddish-Blue 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,195 Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 scouser scum going WILD in poutrage over this lol bigbluewillie, Norfolkblue1961 and Muzchap 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,195 Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 they can put lipstick on the pig, but bottom line: Binderdipperville is a shithole city especially compared to West London and all the rest of the posh areas in and around London Norfolkblue1961 and bigbluewillie 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,195 Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 6 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said: huge potential upside 💙💙💙💙 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Lamps 11,692 Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 6 hours ago, Tomo said: Last summer we signed two elite goalscorers and ended up with our worst scoring season in nearly a century. Sort the system and the goalscoring will take care of itself. Granted there will be good days where everything is clicking and we will blow teams off the park. But then there will be one of these days where we look like drawing to Burnley and you need a natural finisher to somehow shin one in at the death for a scrappy undeserved 1-0. And the latter are the days that win you titles . Without this ability of a good goalscorer to paper over the below par performances that will surely come down the line you can forget about ever winning the title. 5 hours ago, Tomo said: For all their flaws in their overall game both Sterling and Auba have an excellent scoring record down the years. On paper those two alone should have added 30-40 goals but we barely got to that figure as a team, which is why I laugh when I see comments like "get in a number 9 and some proven PL players" like we haven't already tried it to disastrous results (hopefully 'so far' in Sterling's case). Sterling is apparently washed up and Auba was already past that. 99% on here had called that he was guaranteed to fail. I did not say we should get a proven PL player or no. 9. It is a terrible market for strikers. Only 10 players last season scored more than 20 goals - in all European leagues. Absolutely crazy. we should accept there are no elite goal scorers available that would bring us forward right now. We should stick with what we have and hope for some of our attackers to discover their goalscoring instincts. My point is we should not expect anything extraordinary from this young squad as they are yet to demonstrate any meaningful scoring impact. We have to be patient. It will be 3-5 years till we can challenge for the league title again. But we might be able to nick top5 and a few cups here and there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddish-Blue 2,509 Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 1 hour ago, Magic Lamps said: Granted there will be good days where everything is clicking and we will blow teams off the park. But then there will be one of these days where we look like drawing to Burnley and you need a natural finisher to somehow shin one in at the death for a scrappy undeserved 1-0. And the latter are the days that win you titles . Without this ability of a good goalscorer to paper over the below par performances that will surely come down the line you can forget about ever winning the title. Sterling is apparently washed up and Auba was already past that. 99% on here had called that he was guaranteed to fail. I did not say we should get a proven PL player or no. 9. It is a terrible market for strikers. Only 10 players last season scored more than 20 goals - in all European leagues. Absolutely crazy. we should accept there are no elite goal scorers available that would bring us forward right now. We should stick with what we have and hope for some of our attackers to discover their goalscoring instincts. My point is we should not expect anything extraordinary from this young squad as they are yet to demonstrate any meaningful scoring impact. We have to be patient. It will be 3-5 years till we can challenge for the league title again. But we might be able to nick top5 and a few cups here and there. The funniest thing is, we have a striker sitting in the reserves/training alone who in an ideal situation would fill that no.9 role. People say 'proven record'....well that's what he has during his previous stints in the PL and in Serie A. People say 'experienced'...well, he's definitely experienced. Such a shame that we're now left with a 97 million dollar hole in the first team squad thanks to Tuchel and the previous management. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mhsc 1,097 Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 Lukaku doesn’t need bad management to turn into a giant useless cunt that downs tools, we should never have bought him in the first place, guarantee we wouldn’t have under PW/LS. Muzchap and enzoforever 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,571 Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 Chelsea have reached verbal agreement in principle with Galatasaray for Hakim Ziyech transfer 🚨🟡🔴 #Galatasaray Deal subject to further details and also medical tests — as Chelsea are careful after twists with PSG and Al Nassr. Fernando, Muzchap and bigbluewillie 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulvhedin 526 Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 Just in case anyone missed, Casadei oficially loaned to Leicester, and Harvey Vale to Bristol Rovers (shame Chelsea twitter didn't even mention it, he played for senior team few times). Good loan for Casadei, disappointing for Vale as Bristol is in League One, however there are no excuses for him now not to perform. nyikolajevics and Muzchap 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFKvsNixon 55 Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 1 hour ago, Reddish-Blue said: The funniest thing is, we have a striker sitting in the reserves/training alone who in an ideal situation would fill that no.9 role. People say 'proven record'....well that's what he has during his previous stints in the PL and in Serie A. People say 'experienced'...well, he's definitely experienced. Such a shame that we're now left with a 97 million dollar hole in the first team squad thanks to Tuchel and the previous management. The only way I'd even begin to think about integrating Lukaku back into the first team squad was if he hit his target weight that was worked out with the sports scientists. I'd also tell him we'd be regularly checking him for PEDs to make sure he's not taking short cuts with his weight loss. For me that would prove he's regained his motivation. Unfortunately, I don't think that he has it in him to do it any more. Muzchap 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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