Chelsea Transfers

[Beigl 1,387]

23 minutes ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

First, I said all along I wanted an upgrade to Chilly, not a backup to him, so I was happy to see the club targeting a top level  LB/LWB.

What do I have against Cucurella? His one footedness irritates me. I knew it would happen but between him and Anthony Taylor, yesterday was all I could take. Cucu will do until we find a player who does everything our new boy can PLUS use his weaker foot more confidently. I think we are going to have a sewsaw situation where the coach will switch between the two LWB's looking for something that neither can quite give him.

This one got on my nerves too, actually bothered me really with A. Cole years ago too. I will always fail to understand how so many (and in some cases even word-class) players are this one-footed, when even a half-decent weaker foot can add a new dimension to ones game. Bad coaching at youth level, I guess.

Edited August 15, 2022 by Beigl

[Mário César 1,506]

anthony gordon is for out right back or wing back?

[OhForAGreavsie 6,128]

24 minutes ago, Beigl said:

actually bothered me really with A. Cole years ago too

Boy did it! I managed, just, to forgive him because he was arguably the best defender in the world.

[Blues Forever 1,232]

 

[Blues Forever 1,232]

 

[OhForAGreavsie 6,128]

42 minutes ago, Beigl said:

I will always fail to understand how so many (and in some cases even word-class) players are this one-footed, when even a half-decent weaker foot can add a new dimension to ones game.

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42 minutes ago, Beigl said:

Bad coaching at youth level [is to blame for one footed professional footballers], I guess.

Different topic but I question the way academies are used to give apprentice coaches their first look at a coaching job. I know young coaches need to start somewhere but at elite academy level we should be employing specialist 'teachers'. Instead of the kids being coached by people who are themselves learning their trade, they should benefit from working with experienced men and women who are world class teachers.

P.S. I taught myself to use my left foot in the school playground simply by deciding that I wasn't going to use my right at all. From memory it only took about a week. I think I was probably eight when I did this and I'm sure that I learned so quickly, and so well, because of the age at which I did this. From then until the end of my playing days, anything I could do with my right foot I could also do with my left. Except for dribbling. 

Edited August 15, 2022 by OhForAGreavsie

[Pizy 19,335]

Please don’t let us panic and pay anywhere near this in the end. 

[Marvin123 541]

.@RJPJournalism reports that Chelsea’s bid for Anthony Gordon is £25m plus a lot of add-ons to bring it up to £42m.

 

Players from Chelsea to Everton could be involved in separate deals, possibly Michy Batshuayi. 

 

More on Gordon on @SiandDanTalkCFC here: 

 

https://t.co/RuE0bYBjpR

[Superblue 6,372]

6 minutes ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

P.S. I taught myself to use my left foot in the school playground simply by deciding that I wasn't going to use my right at all. From memory it only took about a week. I think I was probably eight when I did this and I'm sure that I learned so quickly, and so well, because of the age at which I did this. From then until the end of my playing days, anything I could do with my right foot I could also do with my left. Except for dribbling. 

I did very similar, decided from a fairly young age that I wanted to be comfortable with both feet and taught myself at home literally kicking a ball against a wall. It wasn't something that was encouraged or coached into me which I've always found baffling. Probably the only thing I could never quite get was that my left foot was always that little more stronger for brute force or power if say, shooting from distance, but everything else I was just as comfortable on my right foot.

My boy is 8 years old and just really getting into football in the last 6-12 months and due to join a local team when they start back up later this month. However he is coached by them is their prerogative but when he's at the park or in the garden kicking a football around with me he's made to use both feet, and he's been made fully aware the quicker he becomes comfortable using both feet, he'll be a significantly better and more useful player as a result.

[MoroccanBlue 5,407]

16 minutes ago, Pizy said:

Please don’t let us panic and pay anywhere near this in the end. 

It was inevitable the moment Havertz missed that open change. 

[Marvin123 541]

I am also told that James Garner from Manchester United is a player that the club like & we scouted him heavily last season.

 

- @siphillipssport https://t.co/Xuq57rXk7l

[Maravel21 36]

let’s go 

[Blues Forever 1,232]

Wolves is preparing a new offer for Matheus Nunes. A meeting is expected in England this week. Sporting doesn't want to sell for less than €45m.

[DDA 10,274]

So now we know that Frenkie De Jong is pretty much out of the question, will this Chukwuemeka fella get a chance at all?

[Gundalf 806]

With the Gordon bid, it seems that we can't really get Fofana, so Reece will probably be RCB most of the times, with Gordon and RLC as RWB?

Also: saying we don't really need De Jong bc of our packed midfield turned out to be wrong after only 2 games. Our midfield is injury prone af, so a midfielder should be a priority imo, also considering that Kante and Jorhingo would probably leave next summer.

If I could choose between Fofana or De Jong, I would take De Jong 100%. De Jong, or another midfielder, should be priority #2 (after striker^^) 

[Blues Forever 1,232]

 

[Jype 6,398]

13 minutes ago, Gundalf said:

With the Gordon bid, it seems that we can't really get Fofana, so Reece will probably be RCB most of the times, with Gordon and RLC as RWB?

Nothing is suggesting the Fofana pursuit is being abandoned. Lots of credible sources (Fabrizio Romano, Ben Jacobs) have just today said the club are expected to go back in with an improved bid this week.

[lucio 5,418]

21 minutes ago, Gundalf said:

With the Gordon bid, it seems that we can't really get Fofana, so Reece will probably be RCB most of the times, with Gordon and RLC as RWB?

Also: saying we don't really need De Jong bc of our packed midfield turned out to be wrong after only 2 games. Our midfield is injury prone af, so a midfielder should be a priority imo, also considering that Kante and Jorhingo would probably leave next summer.

If I could choose between Fofana or De Jong, I would take De Jong 100%. De Jong, or another midfielder, should be priority #2 (after striker^^) 

Maybe the guy from Aston Villa or inter Milan will play 

[Mário César 1,506]

what is gordon position?

reece james back up? 

[MoroccanBlue 5,407]

Can only imagine 2 of CHO, Pulisic, and Ziyech are gone.