Chelsea Transfers

[King Kante 1,643]

1 minute ago, Strike said:

Because of what Maresca needs from the keeper, it makes sense to offload Petrovic.

Just out of interest what element of Sanchez's game do you think makes it better for the system?

[Fulham Broadway 17,319]

13 minutes ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

I sometimes ask people what makes a professional footballer and, when I do, I mean it as a trick question. The answer is that it takes a contract with a club which people are prepared to pay to watch play. That's it. We are the ones who make the people who work in football professionals. It's hard to imagine Lionel Messi playing on a random local authority park somewhere, but that's where he'd be without us.

Good way of looking at it OFAG. Messi has escalators for his 100m car collection into his apartment -thanks to fans. The lure of fame and money is crazy to the point more than 15 000 children are trafficked into Europe every year with false promise of a trial at PL clubs. Modern day slavery to all intents and purposes

[Mhsc 1,097]

1 minute ago, Fulham Broadway said:

We should keep Madueke. 

Just an opinion, like arseholes, we all have them

We definitely should keep him and I'd be baffled if we didn't. Also this season could see his value peak because he will be playing in a system that suits him perfectly.

Personally I'd take all of Sterling, Mudryk, Madueke and Neto into the season, 2 players for each position, with plenty of inevitable injuries between them. Next season we should clear some out to make space for the young superstars we've got arriving, but not now.

We have a LOT of other players to clear out before we look at Noni Madueke.

[Fulham Broadway 17,319]

Just now, Mhsc said:

We definitely should keep him and I'd be baffled if we didn't. Also this season could see his value peak because he will be playing in a system that suits him perfectly.

Personally I'd take all of Sterling, Mudryk, Madueke and Neto into the season, 2 players for each position, with plenty of inevitable injuries between them. Next season we should clear some out to make space for the young superstars we've got arriving, but not now.

We have a LOT of other players to clear out before we look at Noni Madueke.

Agree with that - apart from Sterling

[MoroccanBlue 5,383]

5 minutes ago, Strike said:

Could use a slimmer squad. There are about 50 players now lol

Right but this time we won't have a bench of 80% U21 players. 

[OneMoSalah 8,886]

11 minutes ago, King Kante said:

Not praising him. I also think he is average. I was just pointing out that Sanchez is worse and should be the first one sold but for some reason he is being spoken about as our No.1. 

Petrovic probably was only brought in because he came from MLS though, well maybe. I mean it looks more and more like it.

Like I don’t see the footballing logic as to why he would have been signed from what he showed on the pitch. He isn’t a more modern ball playing GK as such, has a half decent penalty record fair and had some decent enough games last season but never a number 1. 

Certainly wouldn’t want him anywhere near first 11 if we had a reliable solid first choice who got injured for a prolonged period.

Like imagine having a Courtois or Alisson and they got a 4 month injury and we had to put Petrovic in. Sanchez is the same though too, seen as we recruited half of Brighton’s transfer gurus and he is ex Brighton, the data wankers at the club will love him irrespective of if he is conceding 90 goals a game or 0 goal a game.

[OhForAGreavsie 6,076]

6 minutes ago, Fulham Broadway said:

Good way of looking at it OFAG. Messi has escalators for his 100m car collection into his apartment -thanks to fans. The lure of fame and money is crazy to the point more than 15 000 children are trafficked into Europe every year with false promise of a trial at PL clubs. Modern day slavery to all intents and purposes

I had never seen that stat. It's shocking.

[Mário César 1,278]

The guy that need to be sold is mudryk 

[LAM09 7,056]

Neto is a great signing (slightly on the expensive side, tbh), but it leaves us with more wide options than needed & doesn't solve our goal scoring issues either. Sterling should be one of the names shipped off to make space.

I can't help but feel the board is purposely ignoring the real issues within this squad (reliable CB & CF).

Edited August 9, 2024 by LAM09

[Nero 1,874]

This Neto signing gives me Cole Palmer vibes. Palmer also came as a surprise and out of nowhere.

[King Kante 1,643]

19 minutes ago, OneMoSalah said:

Petrovic probably was only brought in because he came from MLS though, well maybe. I mean it looks more and more like it.

Like I don’t see the footballing logic as to why he would have been signed from what he showed on the pitch. He isn’t a more modern ball playing GK as such, has a half decent penalty record fair and had some decent enough games last season but never a number 1. 

Certainly wouldn’t want him anywhere near first 11 if we had a reliable solid first choice who got injured for a prolonged period.

Like imagine having a Courtois or Alisson and they got a 4 month injury and we had to put Petrovic in. Sanchez is the same though too, seen as we recruited half of Brighton’s transfer gurus and he is ex Brighton, the data wankers at the club will love him irrespective of if he is conceding 90 goals a game or 0 goal a game.

I don't disagree. I just rather we sell Sanchez than Petro. For sure, maybe sell both but it should go in order that is all. 

6 minutes ago, Nero said:

This Neto signing gives me Cole Palmer vibes. Palmer also came as a surprise and out of nowhere.

Was Palmer really that much of a surprise to people. I saw him a bit in the back end of City the season prior and thought he looked quality - ok not 30+ g&a straight away - but a good signing. 

Neto will live and die by his availability. However, I am happy with him as he was actually one of the players I had on my list as a buy if possible. 

As for the AM's hopefully this is the end of one of the current LW'ers. 

[Strike 7,492]

29 minutes ago, King Kante said:

Just out of interest what element of Sanchez's game do you think makes it better for the system?

You can't implement a possession game with keepers like Petrovic. No denying Sanchez has made mistakes but he's the keeper to keep around between the two if we hope to have a progressive keeper.

[erinblue 27]

Did none of the great ITK's not see this one coming??.....😕

[OneMoSalah 8,886]

17 minutes ago, King Kante said:

I don't disagree. I just rather we sell Sanchez than Petro. For sure, maybe sell both but it should go in order that is all. 

I think Sanchez maybe being that bit more experienced, home grown and by looks of it more comfortable on the ball/willing to take the risk (I know scary given how de Zebri turfed him out the team so quickly) puts him above Petrovic irrespective.

[Nero 1,874]

16 minutes ago, King Kante said:

Was Palmer really that much of a surprise to people. I saw him a bit in the back end of City the season prior and thought he looked quality - ok not 30+ g&a straight away - but a good signing. 

 

I mean, we all knew who Cole Palmer was. But nobody expected him to move to Chelsea. Nobody reported it, not even Fabrizio.

That came out of nowhere. Like now with Neto

[Pizy 18,928]

I agree with everyone who is being cautious. It’s definitely a wait and hope for the best sort of signing before getting too excited. 

His qualities if he can stay fit are exactly what you want from a PL wide player, though. The most important of which is his aggression and desire to get on the ball and just run at defenders. Much like Madueke but much quicker.

Cautiously optimistic. What we should have here that Wolves didn’t is quality depth options to rotate Neto. Perhaps we can protect him from injury risk by not putting massive minutes in his legs.

[Special Juan 28,141]

13 minutes ago, erinblue said:

Did none of the great ITK's not see this one coming??.....😕

Romano claims he knew but was told to stay quiet by us and Mendes

[Duppy Conqueror 1,539]

In recent years he's been one of the players that has tormented us the most.

Injury history is a concern but without it he would have been out of our range,pretty much all the big clubs in Prem been interested in him this window.

As for what side he would play on i'm thinking LW. With Enzo wanting to go heavy on cutbacks, players out wide using their inside foot isnt so desired. Plus as mentioned Neto is good with both feet.

[King Kante 1,643]

35 minutes ago, Strike said:

You can't implement a possession game with keepers like Petrovic. No denying Sanchez has made mistakes but he's the keeper to keep around between the two if we hope to have a progressive keeper.

See I don't see Sanchez as a progressive GK. For sure, he attempts to be however he gives the ball away too much and doesn't have the passing capability to do it. Sure, Petro doesn't either but at least he knows his limitations. 

Edited August 9, 2024 by King Kante

[King Kante 1,643]

20 minutes ago, OneMoSalah said:

I think Sanchez maybe being that bit more experienced, home grown and by looks of it more comfortable on the ball/willing to take the risk (I know scary given how de Zebri turfed him out the team so quickly) puts him above Petrovic irrespective.

I give the HG thing, however as I mention to @Strike. His 'progressive' aspect is just smoke and mirrors, he is awful on the ball but looks better than he is because he looks more confident. Personally, I trust Petro to actually find his man more often than Sanchez and also not provide as many hospital balls.