Chelsea Transfers

[Mário César 1,233]

10 minutes ago, laura90 said:

Hope and pray those are not the same guys who watched Kepa at Bilbao and admired his talent for a long time before we signed him.

It is the Premier League where they should have watched him. In case many of you haven't watch him there either , here is a little reminder.

I really really hope  I'm wrong about this one.

 

 

[Tomo 21,751]

11 minutes ago, laura90 said:

Hope and pray those are not the same guys who watched Kepa at Bilbao and admired his talent for a long time before we signed him.

It is the Premier League where they should have watched him. In case many of you haven't watch him there either , here is a little reminder.

I really really hope  I'm wrong about this one.

Wasn't word of the grapevine re Kepa that Sarri picked him via a recommendation by Pepe Reina (initially as the latters succesor at Naples but then targeted him again here)?

I'd like to think we haven't deffered to Reina for this one.

[laura90 556]

1 hour ago, Tomo said:

Wasn't word of the grapevine re Kepa that Sarri picked him via a recommendation by Pepe Reina (initially as the latters succesor at Naples but then targeted him again here)?

I'd like to think we haven't deffered to Reina for this one.

It's irrelevant how we signed Kepa. What matters is someone should have watched him playing. And it's obvious nobody haven't. It was probably what you said anyway.

About Lukaku. I firmly believe his sudden form was due to easier league and easier opponents. He found his match after six unsuccessful years in the Premier League where he has shown plenty of awful first touches and lack of decent ball control. Many good CBs could easily pocked him. Two years later and he is world class striker worth 130 mill that will  bring us title? He is so like Kepa, panic second choice buy. 

Nowhere good enough to deliver title but costs as he is.

I really don't care how good he was in Italy. He scored fair share of penalties in that goal compilation. If Chelsea was part of Scudetto or Bundesliga we would have had much lethal players on our hands and wouldn't even have to waste 130 mil on Lukaku.

[LAM09 7,043]

Seems like everything is in motion - Lukaku coming back & Tammy off to Atalanta. Not sure which one is more surprising. 

Edited August 5, 2021 by LAM09

[Simon1991 233]

1 hour ago, laura90 said:

It's irrelevant how we signed Kepa. What matters is someone should have watched him playing. And it's obvious nobody haven't. It was probably what you said anyway.

About Lukaku. I firmly believe his sudden form was due to easier league and easier opponents. He found his match after six unsuccessful years in the Premier League where he has shown plenty of awful first touches and lack of decent ball control. Many good CBs could easily pocked him. Two years later and he is world class striker worth 130 mill that will  bring us title? He is so like Kepa, panic second choice buy. 

Nowhere good enough to deliver title but costs as he is.

I really don't care how good he was in Italy. He scored fair share of penalties in that goal compilation. If Chelsea was part of Scudetto or Bundesliga we would have had much lethal players on our hands and wouldn't even have to waste 130 mil on Lukaku.

Ah, ok then.

[Syltherin 25]

3 hours ago, laura90 said:

It's irrelevant how we signed Kepa. What matters is someone should have watched him playing. And it's obvious nobody haven't. It was probably what you said anyway.

About Lukaku. I firmly believe his sudden form was due to easier league and easier opponents. He found his match after six unsuccessful years in the Premier League where he has shown plenty of awful first touches and lack of decent ball control. Many good CBs could easily pocked him. Two years later and he is world class striker worth 130 mill that will  bring us title? He is so like Kepa, panic second choice buy. 

Nowhere good enough to deliver title but costs as he is.

I really don't care how good he was in Italy. He scored fair share of penalties in that goal compilation. If Chelsea was part of Scudetto or Bundesliga we would have had much lethal players on our hands and wouldn't even have to waste 130 mil on Lukaku.

let's just pray,,hope he can score over 25 goals/assist especially in first 2 years and deliver PL Thropy at least once in his 3/4 years contract...

oh,,and i get a silly fact about him when at united :

1. Romelu Lukaku leaked Manchester United's training data on social media

2. Went to Belgium and refused to return to the club on time

3. Seemed uninterested in training and asked to leave

4. Aimed a dig at Luke Shaw & tried to humiliate him

Edited August 5, 2021 by Syltherin

[Blue Armour 4,436]

4 hours ago, Tomo said:

I'd like to think we haven't deffered to Reina for this one.

There's a cabal of goalkeepers pulling the strings behind all European club transfer activities and our own Petr Cech is conspiring with Reina on this. The society of gloved hands.

Edited August 5, 2021 by Blue Armour

[robsblubot 3,595]

 

[Stats 7,140]

I have no doubt Lukaku will be a success here. I mean when you look at all the attributes Haaland has, Lukaku has also. One part of Haaland's game that needs developing for his frame, similar to Tammy is his aerial ability. Does not score enough headers. Lukaku is more accomplished in the air. He is up there with one of the best pure no.9 out there and is a reliable player for goals and staying fit. Sometimes having that no.9 that scares the life out of defenders is needed and Lukaku is one of them. With the chances we create, I have no doubt he will be weighing in with goals. I will actually put money on it that he will be within the top 3 goalscorers next season.

He has worked under one of the best coaches around for the last 2 seasons and you can see has been transformed with work on the training field and hard work. He is as it gets for a pure no.9 out there right now and suits the way Tuchel wants to play perfectly.

Edited August 5, 2021 by Stats

[DDA 9,924]

26 minutes ago, Stats said:

I have no doubt Lukaku will be a success here. I mean when you look at all the attributes Haaland has, Lukaku has also. One part of Haaland's game that needs developing for his frame, similar to Tammy is his aerial ability. Does not score enough headers. Lukaku is more accomplished in the air. He is up there with one of the best pure no.9 out there and is a reliable player for goals and staying fit. Sometimes having that no.9 that scares the life out of defenders is needed and Lukaku is one of them. With the chances we create, I have no doubt he will be weighing in with goals. I will actually put money on it that he will be within the top 3 goalscorers next season.

He has worked under one of the best coaches around for the last 2 seasons and you can see has been transformed with work on the training field and hard work. He is as it gets for a pure no.9 out there right now and suits the way Tuchel wants to play perfectly.

But yet some say Havertz on the false 9 role would be a better option 🤔 

 

[killer1257 3,282]

14 minutes ago, Stats said:

I have no doubt Lukaku will be a success here. I mean when you look at all the attributes Haaland has, Lukaku has also. One part of Haaland's game that needs developing for his frame, similar to Tammy is his aerial ability. Does not score enough headers. Lukaku is more accomplished in the air. He is up there with one of the best pure no.9 out there and is a reliable player for goals and staying fit. Sometimes having that no.9 that scares the life out of defenders is needed and Lukaku is one of them. With the chances we create, I have no doubt he will be weighing in with goals. I will actually put money on it that he will be within the top 3 goalscorers next season.

He has worked under one of the best coaches around for the last 2 seasons and you can see has been transformed with work on the training field and hard work. He is as it gets for a pure no.9 out there right now and suits the way Tuchel wants to play perfectly.

Actually, Lukaku is horrible in the air. 

[Alabama 1,992]

10 minutes ago, killer1257 said:

Actually, Lukaku is horrible in the air. 

That's not true...

[YorkshireBlue 3,264]

18 minutes ago, Hermione said:

Tell me you're a Lukaku fanboy without actually telling me you're a Lukaku fanboy.

I hope he comes here and makes u look like a right idiot, then again he could come n score 30 league goals and it still wouldn't please you.

[killer1257 3,282]

42 minutes ago, Alabama said:

That's not true...

He has scored two headers last season. His jumping abilitiy is not even that great

[Jype 6,398]

36 minutes ago, killer1257 said:

He has scored two headers last season. His jumping abilitiy is not even that great

I believe Conte's team were set up so the majority of crosses from the wing-backs were low crosses played to Lukaku's feet instead of in the air. And that's pretty much how Guardiola's teams also spam crosses into the box, it's just the way the game is played these days.

Some guy analyzing the data in their basement has probably figured out that low crosses have a higher probability of ending up in the back of the net than high crosses which are cleared by the defenders quite easily most of the time. Even in the Euros we saw a record high amount of own goals, because clearing those low crosses quite often ends up as an own goal, as opposed to heading the ball out of play in a high cross.

Lukakus' record of headed goals is not bad really. Last season he only got two (partly for the reasons mentioned above) but the previous season at Inter he scored 6 headers and during his time in England he regularly got 4-6 headers a season. Overall he has scored 45 headed goals in his club career according to Transfermarkt.com. According to the same website Drogba scored 45 headers in his whole career when not counting his last adventures in Murica.