Chelsea Transfers

[Thor 2,693]

22 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

It's a massive issue

It isn’t. We scored a tonne of goals and have a good up and coming striker. As well as a SS that was hot shit before getting injured. 
 

 

[Pizy 18,888]

On the striker front, I do wonder if the search for another one now slides down the priority list for the time being and we revisit it later in the window after getting a look at Guiu for a few preseason games.

If he looks really comfortable straight away and doesn’t seem out of his depth then I can see us going into the season with Nico and Guiu as our two strikers and Nkunku as the emergency false 9.

We are playing against a few really big clubs in preseason, right? So we should get an idea pretty quickly if Guiu is up for it.

[King Kante 1,643]

55 minutes ago, Pizy said:

On the striker front, I do wonder if the search for another one now slides down the priority list for the time being and we revisit it later in the window after getting a look at Guiu for a few preseason games.

If he looks really comfortable straight away and doesn’t seem out of his depth then I can see us going into the season with Nico and Guiu as our two strikers and Nkunku as the emergency false 9.

We are playing against a few really big clubs in preseason, right? So we should get an idea pretty quickly if Guiu is up for it.

Problem with the CF market is the lack of quality and rarity of CF's. People seem to have a hard on for David but for me he is a mid-table PL striker in that he is an OK finisher but he is woeful in the air and isn't clinical in the most important moments. 

Jackson for me, is also someone who deserves time. If we were playing in the CL maybe I could see the argument but if he shows the development that he did last season, next season, he will be fine as a CF1, even if not WC. 

Biggest single issue for me is GK, that is the area I would sort first, with Sanchez and Kepa being binned off. 

After that the quality and experience at CB concerns me. Fofana is probably perma injured, Disaster is, well, a Disaster, Tosin by the accounts of Fulham fans isn't that great at actually defending, Trevor looks like he is being pushed out, despite being our best RCB, imo and Badman is very inconsistent. Colwill is the only one I am confident can actually step up to the challenge if he stays fit and doesn't get played out of position again. 

Edited July 4, 2024 by King Kante

[Pizy 18,888]

6 minutes ago, King Kante said:

Problem with the CF market is the lack of quality and rarity of CF's. People seem to have a hard on for David but for me he is a mid-table PL striker in that he is an OK finisher but he is woeful in the air and isn't clinical in the most important moments. 

Jackson for me, is also someone who deserves time. If we were playing in the CL maybe I could see the argument but if he shows the development that he did last season, next season, he will be fine as a CF1, even if not WC. 

Biggest single issue for me is GK, that is the area I would sort first, with Sanchez and Kepa being binned off. 

After that the quality and experience at CB concerns me. Fofana is probably perma injured, Disaster is, well, a Disaster, Tosin by the accounts of Fulham fans isn't that great at actually defending, Trevor looks like he is being pushed out, despite being our best RCB, imo and Badman is very inconsistent. Colwill is the only one I am confident can actually step up to the challenge if he stays fit and doesn't get played out of position again. 

I’m actually relatively relaxed about our defense for the time being. Getting Reece back and hopefully fit will help. Cucu seems to have made big progress. Colwill I expect to excel under Maresca. And despite what Fulham fans are saying about him being suspect at times, I think Tosin will also fit the way Maresca wants to play like a glove.

Plus, playing with 3 midfielders in the center of the pitch instead of 2 should be a massive help to our defense. Especially since we’ll likely have 2 of the 3 being super mobile and hard working at all times assuming Enzo is always a starter. Having Caicedo and Lavia or Caicedo and KDH in there should be huge.

Then we have to hope that our squad takes to this system and play style quickly. If Maresca is able to implement it smoothly we’ll have so much of the ball and our midfielders & attacking players will be hunting the ball so aggressively that our defense won’t be exposed as often. It was a hallmark of his Leicester team. Dominate the play with the ball and press aggressively to win it back when out of possession. This is what we need from our players.

[ZAPHOD2319 4,812]

 

[Superblue 6,372]

5 hours ago, Strike said:

The real story is why they walked.

Especially when we are on the verge of closing the deals for some of the top 50 teenagers on the planet - Paez, Estevao, Anselmino, 

 

It's being suggested that Fraser has been forced out, and as a result Neil Bath felt his position untenable.

[ulvhedin 525]

1 hour ago, King Kante said:

After that the quality and experience at CB concerns me. Fofana is probably perma injured, Disaster is, well, a Disaster, Tosin by the accounts of Fulham fans isn't that great at actually defending, Trevor looks like he is being pushed out, despite being our best RCB, imo and Badman is very inconsistent. Colwill is the only one I am confident can actually step up to the challenge if he stays fit and doesn't get played out of position again. 

CB position is very concercing, Badman last season was consistent - consistently terrible. And puting so much fate in Colwill, who showed nothing that guarantee he can be great CB this season is very risky.

[King Kante 1,643]

6 minutes ago, ulvhedin said:

CB position is very concercing, Badman last season was consistent - consistently terrible. And puting so much fate in Colwill, who showed nothing that guarantee he can be great CB this season is very risky.

I did say CB was a concern. 

[mkh 578]

Masseur Manoel Marcelo Ribeiro is leaving Chelsea to join Arsenal.

(@Matt_Law_DT)

[nyikolajevics 2,691]

4 hours ago, mkh said:

Chelsea have looked at Bournemouth's Milos Kerkez and Ajax's Jorrel Hato for the left-sided defender's role, reveals @JacobsBen 👀

Been following Kerkez's carreer, I believe he would be a good signing. At AZ, he scored and assisted quite a lot, az Bournemouth he has had more defensive role, and his numbers were great in the PL. However, he tends to have bad games where he completely loses the plot and seems distructed after making 1-2 small mistakes. Both in Bournemouth or and NT he was supped off in such games. Quite similar to Cucurella.

[ZAPHOD2319 4,812]

 

[TheHulk 2,426]

 

[Pizy 18,888]

All gone a bit quiet on the first team targets following the KDH transfer. With Calafiori looking Arse bound there isn’t really a concrete name that were after from the top insiders.

[mkh 578]

Mitoma is liked internally at Chelsea. (@JacobsBen)

[OneMoSalah 8,886]

17 hours ago, Pizy said:

I think the Clearlake slander should wait until the window closes personally. If we enter the season without the last 2-3 pieces we need and still have dogshit wage wasters like Lukaku, Kepa etc on our books then by all means slander away.

For me they’ve been a mixed bag. I’m in wait and see mode with our new ownership and don’t think they’ve been the unmitigated disaster so many of our supporters cry about. 

They’ve had some REALLY bad mistakes but also signed us a bunch of really good players who I think will be fantastic in the long run.

Wait? To further slander Clearlake? Why wait to the end of the window, their level of signings this window alone are arguably some of the most questionable of the lot so far.

And that says a lot when you look at some of the guys like Mudryk, Sanchez, Disasi, Ugochuwku, Washington etc.

How many more years of mediocrity do you want to let them get away with 😂 

I mean people are repeatedly saying on here now what a mess the club is in. It has been in free fall from the first full season these cunts took over basically - everyones late to the party on that front. I have been saying it since the Tuchel summer squabble and sacking/Potter appointment, these idiots were bluffing their way through everything then finally appointed 2 footballing people with 0 knowledge's of working at a top top club and its just getting worse and worse. 

Edited July 4, 2024 by OneMoSalah