Vesper 30,308 Posted June 25, 2023 Share Posted June 25, 2023 2 minutes ago, whats happening said: shame we did not buy him 3 years ago. his last 2 years with Napoli were up and down (I pulled him off my lists 2 years ago due to age and price) plus the shit year with us so no Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Lamps 11,692 Posted June 25, 2023 Share Posted June 25, 2023 Koulibaly I was always concerned about his age and fitness. You could see the ability was still there but he just was not able to play his athleticism-reliant game in PL which made him an absolute downgrade compared to Rüdiger who despite only 2 years younger is still in his prime. 17 minutes ago, Vesper said: us buying him was one of the low points along with CuCu when we buy players I vehemently say NO on, they are always disasters Donkeykaku, Drinkwater, Pulisic and Ziyech also come to mind Cucu was almost on a level with Lukaku, which I detailed in his thread before. Pulisic, Ziyech and even Drinkwater I would say those were just gambles that did not pay off. Drinkwater would have been ok as squad player had he been able to just maintain his Leicester form. We just gave wages too high to shift him as his fitness went downhill. Ziyech was always a 50:50. If he were better at dribbling he might have compensated for his lack of pace like Mata did but he was just too one-dimensional. Pulisic always had the talent but was just made of glass. Don't think he would have ever become the world beater the US wanted him to be but without the injuries he surely would have at least reached consistent international class. On a side note, happy for Kepa to tie the knot. Apparently his self-confidence is very reliant on his private life, so hopefully this makes him come back stronger next season. Granted, his arms wont grow any longer but if he just cuts the stupid errors he should not the main obstacle to top 4 if he just maintains the level of last season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,308 Posted June 25, 2023 Share Posted June 25, 2023 Johnnyeye and Mhsc 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calculatingInfinity 1,478 Posted June 25, 2023 Share Posted June 25, 2023 1 hour ago, Vesper said: his last 2 years with Napoli were up and down (I pulled him off my lists 2 years ago due to age and price) plus the shit year with us so no Absolutely agree. It puzzled me, why Chelsea would sign him. Might not have been extremely old, but he was extremely over the hill. But that said, I also never thought he was even close to warrant the hype he was receiving in serie a. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duppy Conqueror 1,557 Posted June 25, 2023 Share Posted June 25, 2023 1 hour ago, Magic Lamps said: On a side note, happy for Kepa to tie the knot. Apparently his self-confidence is very reliant on his private life, so hopefully this makes him come back stronger next season. Granted, his arms wont grow any longer but if he just cuts the stupid errors he should not the main obstacle to top 4 if he just maintains the level of last season. All married mens arms grow,it's all the shopping we carry whilst our wives and children are free roaming what else to buy and she will have access to his millions so there's some hope.. bigbluewillie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kante 1,643 Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, Magic Lamps said: On a side note, happy for Kepa to tie the knot. Apparently his self-confidence is very reliant on his private life, so hopefully this makes him come back stronger next season. Granted, his arms wont grow any longer but if he just cuts the stupid errors he should not the main obstacle to top 4 if he just maintains the level of last season. Kepa isn't a good GK. Saying stuff like this is just nonsense. Sure he may be someone who is better with confidence, but who isn't? Additionally, if he is so reliant on his performance in the work place on what is happening at home. I really fear. I mean, who hasn't been in an adult relationship, and one member has got upset with the other over slight grievance and given them the ol' slient treatment/made them to believe they aren't good enough/fulling the needs of the other? If he is so relaint on that, marriage isn't going to save him past the honeymoon period (so let's say 6 months if they've not been together for very long.) That aside, Kepa is no way being saved from his limitations by being in a stable relationship. Just look at the stats of the guy. Even in his 'good periods' he is far too liable to being beaten by long shots to his corners and he is additionally poor in his ability to stop one on one's and deal with aerial balls if you take away his performances in La Liga were such things aren't played so much. Sure he is good at 'springing up' - so he can do multi-save in the box - but that comes with most small GK's as there isn't so much of them to have to pick up. Kepa has been a bust since the day we brought him. The fact that people think he can become a GK that even teams in the 10-15 range in the PL think they can get by with is frankly laughable. Edited June 26, 2023 by King Kante Vesper, Johnnyeye and Vegetable 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhForAGreavsie 6,094 Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 (edited) 9 hours ago, NikkiCFC said: Why we have this double standards? What happened to our ambition? 600m in last 12 months spent and surely we will spend another 200m now. Imagine Guardiola spending 800m in 14 months. That would be walk in the park title if not everyone would make fun of him. Yet we are here, everyone is like top4 would be amazing success after spending so much money never seen before. Sorry but with that money top4 should never be in question and title push is must. We are where we are and contemplating unrealistic goals can't help. No question, our squad should be a lot better considering the money spent. It isn't however, so we have to reconstruct. Soundly. Edited June 26, 2023 by OhForAGreavsie Vesper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Armour 4,477 Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 10 hours ago, Pizy said: Mount really does seem intent on destroying all the good will he built up with Chelsea supporters here. Yep. Really pathetic if true. Johnnyeye and Vesper 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kante 1,643 Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 9 hours ago, Vesper said: I love the irony of the sponsor here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TheHulk 2,510 Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 Sell him for 30m. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pizy 18,994 Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 This is going to be a crazy week for outgoings. Let’s hope it’s got a couple of incomings as well. Jackson is a given obviously, but can we get a midfielder in this week? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YorkshireBlue 3,300 Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 15 minutes ago, Pizy said: This is going to be a crazy week for outgoings. Let’s hope it’s got a couple of incomings as well. Jackson is a given obviously, but can we get a midfielder in this week? I can see the midfielder been the saga of the window, we always have one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costa19 858 Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 45 minutes ago, TheHulk said: Urgh… just sell Money Mase already. For me he is in the same category as Lukaku now 🤮 OneMoSalah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TheHulk 2,510 Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 15 minutes ago, Costa19 said: Urgh… just sell Money Mase already. For me he is in the same category as Lukaku now 🤮 We're hanging around on incomings because of Mickey Mouse, unreal. Sell him already. Costa19 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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