ZAPHOD2319 4,942 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 My favorite headline is.....Lampard instructed to acquire ____________ this month. I dont think that is how it is done. Muzchap and Johnnyeye 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 6 hours ago, Vesper said: If Pep says at Shitty, our chances on Chilwell are shitty indeed, as he has publicly said he has always wanted to play for Guardiola, who is very unhappy with his LB's, all 3 of them. When did Chilwell publicly say he wants to play for Guardiola? oldportblue 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,075 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 15 minutes ago, Jason said: When did Chilwell publicly say he wants to play for Guardiola? I posted it before one of my replies was even to you , plus iTV said Chilwell was waiting to see if Pep stayed I also saw a video interview with him and he said he would love to play for him in the future if it ever broke that way but right now he was 100% thinking only of Leicester Here is another link, it also refers to it Chelsea target Ben Chilwell to delay transfer decision because of Pep Guardiola Chelsea and Manchester City are set to compete for the signature of Leicester ace Ben Chilwell as a transfer battle threatens to break out https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/chelsea-target-ben-chilwell-delay-21190062 snip The Catalan coach is rumoured to leave the Etihad at the end of the season and Chilwell is keen on being coached by the former Barcelona boss. That does not rule the Blues out, though, as Frank Lampard’s strong affiliation to young, English players has intrigued Chilwell. snip plus Pep tapped him up last season (there are a tonne of articles about it) https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ben-chilwell-pep-guardiola-told-me-i-am-really-talented-kb32vv265 https://talksport.com/football/552922/pep-guardiola-told-ben-chilwell-hes-a-really-talented-player-after-manchester-citys-dramatic-win-over-leicester-foxes-full-back-reveals/ I absolutely think that if Pep stays and it is a battle between us and Shitty, we are in deep trouble, especially if they have CL and we do not you of course are free to disagree and think we have a clear run at him I hope, if that is what you truly think, that you are right and I am wrong, as so far I see 100% of our future LB eggs in the Chilwell basket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 1 minute ago, Vesper said: I posted it before one of my replies was even to you , plus iTV said Chilwell was waiting to see if Pep stayed I also saw a video interview with him and he said he would love to play for him in the future if it ever broke that way but right now he was 100% thinking only of Leicester Here is another link, it also refers to it Chelsea target Ben Chilwell to delay transfer decision because of Pep Guardiola Chelsea and Manchester City are set to compete for the signature of Leicester ace Ben Chilwell as a transfer battle threatens to break out https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/chelsea-target-ben-chilwell-delay-21190062 snip The Catalan coach is rumoured to leave the Etihad at the end of the season and Chilwell is keen on being coached by the former Barcelona boss. That does not rule the Blues out, though, as Frank Lampard’s strong affiliation to young, English players has intrigued Chilwell. snip plus Pep tapped him up last season (there are a tonne of articles about it) https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ben-chilwell-pep-guardiola-told-me-i-am-really-talented-kb32vv265 https://talksport.com/football/552922/pep-guardiola-told-ben-chilwell-hes-a-really-talented-player-after-manchester-citys-dramatic-win-over-leicester-foxes-full-back-reveals/ I absolutely think that if Pep stays and it is a battle between us and Shitty, we are in deep trouble, especially if they have CL and we do not you of course are free to disagree and think we have a clear run at him I hope, if that is what you truly think, that you are right and I am wrong, as so far I see 100% of our future LB eggs in the Chilwell basket Not disagreeing or anything, just want proof because I haven't seen him explicitly say what you claimed. Of course it may not work out the same way again but if you're worried about City getting him especially if we don't have CL football, think Jorginho and maybe even Kante. Vesper and Muzchap 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDA 10,215 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 8 hours ago, Special Juan said: I'd rather buy the singer Lemar than the Atletico one. What about now, it's 50/50!? We Hate Scouse 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,075 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 7 minutes ago, Jason said: Not disagreeing or anything, just want proof because I haven't seen him explicitly say what you claimed. Of course it may not work out the same way again but if you're worried about City getting him especially if we don't have CL football, think Jorginho and maybe even Kante. Sarri was a large factor with Jorginho I would think Kante was indeed a coup after that disaster of a 2015-16 season I really want Pep gone, lol Barca are a mess atm (ironically Real Madrid and ZZ have righted themselves) Even Messi is in a bit of a funk I do not think Valverde makes it through the year at the rate he is going What's wrong with Lionel Messi? His struggles expose how flawed Barcelona have become https://www.espn.com/soccer/barcelona/story/4028577/whats-wrong-with-lionel-messi-his-struggles-expose-how-flawed-barcelona-have-become Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
We Hate Scouse 10,352 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 9 minutes ago, DDA said: What about now, it's 50/50!? Probably the best post I've ever read. DDA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 19,270 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 Maybe we'll get a journalist asking the questions in a clever enough way to get some clues out of Frank at the presser tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 5 minutes ago, Pizy said: Maybe we'll get a journalist asking the questions in a clever enough way to get some clues out of Frank at the presser tomorrow. Lampard is too smart to give anything away. Johnnyeye and Muzchap 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 19,270 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 21 minutes ago, Jason said: Lampard is too smart to give anything away. He'll never name names but that's what I mean about clever questions. Maybe we can learn what specific areas of the team he and the club are looking at. I doubt it, but worth a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 Muzchap 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 4 minutes ago, Pizy said: He'll never name names but that's what I mean about clever questions. Maybe we can learn what specific areas of the team he and the club are looking at. I doubt it, but worth a try. Isn't that obvious by now? Muzchap, Johnnyeye and NikkiCFC 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,516 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 4 minutes ago, Pizy said: He'll never name names but that's what I mean about clever questions. Maybe we can learn what specific areas of the team he and the club are looking at. I doubt it, but worth a try. We already know that. He said we need to replace Eden's goals, assists and creativity. Our purchase of Dembele is real. Also what we do in January will determine what we'll do in the summer. If we don't sign LB now it's quite clear we wait for Chilwell /Alaba who'll be available in the summer. Same for winger. No Zaha or other winger now means we wait for Sancho. Also signing Dembele means bye bye Werner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superblue 6,372 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 10 minutes ago, Pizy said: He'll never name names but that's what I mean about clever questions. Maybe we can learn what specific areas of the team he and the club are looking at. I doubt it, but worth a try. I think it's what we all expect. Lampard has already stressed the need to be more clinical in attack so an offensive player is clearly on his wishlist and his contact changing at left back also has to be taken as an indicator that he's not happy there either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,516 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 5 minutes ago, Jason said: Bakayoko /Drinkwater level signing. What the fuck is wrong with this club??? How can someone with two brain cells think this is good idea!? Muzchap 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 Just now, NikkiCFC said: Bakayoko /Drinkwater level signing. What the fuck is wrong with this club??? How can someone with two brain cells think this is good idea!? It's only on loan. He hasn't been great but could at least give us options till the summer and then we go for the big targets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! Superblue 6,372 Posted January 9, 2020 Popular Post! Share Posted January 9, 2020 1 minute ago, NikkiCFC said: Bakayoko /Drinkwater level signing. What the fuck is wrong with this club??? How can someone with two brain cells think this is good idea!? On loan according to the article. I would far rather we take a risk with something like this on loan and gives us chance to assess properly in the summer than just buying a third or fourth choice simply because they're available now. We've made too many mistakes along similar lines in recent years. Strike, NikkiCFC, Johnnyeye and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldportblue 547 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 lemar? ewww even on loan wouldn't want him... for what, so that he can take minutes away from development of CHO, pulisic and mount and then leave in the summer? Is he even better than pedro in any case? I don't think so... would be a horrible signing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,516 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 2 minutes ago, Superblue_1986 said: On loan according to the article. I would far rather we take a risk with something like this on loan and gives us chance to assess properly in the summer than just buying a third or fourth choice simply because they're available now. We've made too many mistakes along similar lines in recent years. I agree. But still with CHO, Pulisic and Willian here he'll basically be just Pedro's replacement and won't play much. Vesper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superblue 6,372 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 Just now, oldportblue said: lemar? ewww even on loan wouldn't want him... for what, so that he can take minutes away from development of CHO, pulisic and mount and then leave in the summer? Is he even better than pedro in any case? I don't think so... would be a horrible signing It completely depends on if Lampard fancies having him. If he does then I'm fine with it because it probably means that Chelsea will allow Pedro to leave and still keep us with 4 wide players. At the moment Lampard clearly doesn't fancy Pedro and it's stretching our options with just 3 wide players. You ideally need 4 to be able to rotate and have attacking options on the bench that the manager trusts to use when the first choice ones aren't working out. The alternative would probably be to drop £80m on Zaha this January and then not be in the race for Sancho in the summer. This way we suddenly open our options up for the summer - we could still buy Zaha, we could make a move for Sancho or we could even look to buy Lemar if he blew up. It makes a lot of sense as a cheap, risk free way to freshen things up a little. January is such a difficult time to make key signings and that's exactly what we need to do to add to the talented group of young talent we have. Muzchap 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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