Magic Lamps 11,692 Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Cucurella played lb whenever Brighton played back four and has his played both lcb and lwb in a back 5 quite a number of times. But when he played lcb he interpreted the role quite wide and had 2 huge cbs behind him. We can only afford those shenanigans with one fun sized cb and have to compensate at set pieces etc by playing taller players elsewhere. Having lost mostly tall players this window I hope if we buy another CB and/or rwb they are tall like fofana and Dumfries Maravel21 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maravel21 36 Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 33 minutes ago, Special Juan said: Fab keeps his here we go, Colwill join Brighton and Cucu will join Chelsea Of course keeps his here we go because this is true obviously Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YorkshireBlue 3,348 Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 2 hours ago, DDA said: Me too. Alot of the old school posters who were dedicated to posting daily here are dwelling in The Shed End forum I think. One thing is for sure... some of us will remain here for as long as this forum is running.. I personally feel we should get a loyalty bonus for doing so. 😏 Yeah I'm banned from that forum lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blues Forever 1,232 Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 (edited) Barcelona won't sign Azpilicueta, who will extend for 2 more seasons at Chelsea. Azpilicueta wanted to have his future sorted before the start of PL. Barcelona asked him to wait a bit so they can solve the FFP issue with La Liga. In the end, he decided to extend at Chelsea. He has informed Xavi about it this morning. Edited August 4, 2022 by Blues Forever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! chelsea_4_eva 1,186 Posted August 4, 2022 Popular Post! Share Posted August 4, 2022 I actually dont mind Azpi staying. Maravel21, Blue Armour, manpe and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamilton 2,120 Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Still useful as backup, leader for the youngsters I guess? bigbluewillie and oldportblue 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Lamps 11,692 Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Azpi runs the danger of damaging his legacy if stays here and performs poorly but he should definitely be allowed. He has been a great servant and deserves to see out his career here under the right conditions I.e. reduced role and salary. In no way should he ever play rwb again tho . And also not a back 3 with Thiago and Cucurella mkh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 19,321 Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 So that’s probably Azpi starting as the right sided CB for the foreseeable future until we sign another CB, then. Someone who has looked past it for 18 months now. 😒 Never would’ve imagined we’d be starting the new PL season with Azpi or Chalobah as first choice players still. I guess Azpi playing at CB is slightly better than him playing wingback… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucio 5,418 Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 He shouldn’t be playing . Hasn’t been up to it for a while. He hurts our buildup too much also mkh and bigbluewillie 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blues Forever 1,232 Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Well we can finally put the end of Dumfries, Maehle, and Walker-Peters. bigbluewillie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! King Kante 1,643 Posted August 4, 2022 Popular Post! Share Posted August 4, 2022 People complaining about Dave staying need to get a grip. He will fall into the Milner type role where he is a bench player and comes on for 20 mins in tough games where we need to grind out results. Dave is a top, top professional, can play multiple positions and is experienced. Players like that are always valuable. Superblue, Strike, Maravel21 and 12 others 11 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 19,321 Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 5 minutes ago, Blues Forever said: Well we can finally put the end of Dumfries, Maehle, and Walker-Peters. Yeah, if Reece gets injured we’re in trouble once again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoroccanBlue 5,407 Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Just now, Pizy said: Yeah, if Reece gets injured we’re in trouble once again. Ruben at RWB probably. oldportblue 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 19,321 Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 4 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said: Ruben at RWB probably. Yuck. One of Ruben’s most annoying traits is his awareness (or lack thereof). In midfield he gets caught napping or just slowly jogging around nonchalantly. Having him do that as a wingback for any extended length of time sounds terrible. It was always probably unrealistic to expect us to sign another super expensive LWB in Cucurella as well as a new RWB. But it leaves us pretty short of quality if James does a hammy or something again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maravel21 36 Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Who cares is we sign fofana ? Boycie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maravel21 36 Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 2 minutes ago, Pizy said: Yuck. One of Ruben’s most annoying traits is his awareness (or lack thereof). In midfield he gets caught napping or just slowly jogging around nonchalantly. Having him do that as a wingback for any extended length of time sounds terrible. It was always probably unrealistic to expect us to sign another super expensive LWB in Cucurella as well as a new RWB. But it leaves us pretty short of quality if James does a hammy or something again. You can’t have two world class players for one position 🤣 if Haaland does a hammy ,city must sign a new haaland ? This is football you should have and luck in your team Boycie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo 21,754 Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 1 minute ago, Maravel21 said: You can’t have two world class players for one position 🤣 if Haaland does a hammy ,city must sign a new haaland ? This is football you should have and luck in your team Actually from what i've seen and heard Haaland's 'back up' is a lot more suited to Pep's style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maravel21 36 Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 (edited) If we sign fofana actually I don’t care about azpi he will be benchwarmer. If Reece James gets injured we have and challobah for Rwb position . Chalobah is a good second choice he is a good defender not perfect but ok Edited August 4, 2022 by Maravel21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 19,321 Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 2 minutes ago, Maravel21 said: You can’t have two world class players for one position 🤣 if Haaland does a hammy ,city must sign a new haaland ? This is football you should have and luck in your team If Haaland does his hammy they also bought Alvarez who some think will eventually be even better. But anyways, we didn’t need to sign some top class new RWB to backup James. Just someone who can actually run, contribute a little to the attack, and not get ripped apart in open space defensively. Azpi has looked really poor for a while now. He’s still capable of the odd class performance, yes. Maravel21 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mário César 1,502 Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 If we sign fofana, I guess its okey Chilwell (Cucurella) Thiago, KK, Forfana (Chalobah/Azpi/Cucurella) Reece (Azpi) I think its okay lets see if we sign both cucu and forfana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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