Chelsea Transfers

[Vesper 29,409]

4 minutes ago, TheHulk said:

because Courtois fucked us

no

that was basically all on us

we stupidly loaned him three staright years to Atletico

so he put down roots in Madrid

and then

the year before his transfer year

Marina foolishly said he would renew with us, so we turned down insane (think it was like £90m or so) money from Real that window, so we were forced to sell him for shit money the next summer

that lead to us meeting Oblak's crazy 90m plus release clause, but he told us to sod off, so we panic-bought shit Kepa

[Mhsc 984]

So many decent keepers have been available since Courtois left, we've briefly had an in form Mendy thanks to Cech's recommendation, but otherwise its basically all been dross. I can barely even remember the relaxed feeling you have when you know you will very likely only concede goals that are unstoppable shots.

Quite remarkable how bad we are as a club at picking them. And at overspending on the ones we do sign, fighting absolutely no one for their overpriced signatures, but paying top dollar anyway.

[mkh 381]

Breaking News Understand Chelsea defender Wesley Fofana will miss the rest of the season through injury.

via@Matt_Law

 

[TheHulk 2,039]

14 minutes ago, mkh said:

Breaking News Understand Chelsea defender Wesley Fofana will miss the rest of the season through injury.

via@Matt_Law

 

Get rid of him to Marseille in the summer.

[Vesper 29,409]

13 minutes ago, mkh said:

Breaking News Understand Chelsea defender Wesley Fofana will miss the rest of the season through injury.

via@Matt_Law

 

disasterclass buy

I said it from day one

as soon as he horrifically broke his leg with Leicester I permanently removed him from all my lists

 

[LAM09 6,880]

5 minutes ago, Vesper said:

disasterclass buy

I said it from day one

as soon as he horrifically broke his leg with Leicester I permanently removed him from all my lists

 

You could add Nkunku & most likely Lavia to that list as well. Around £200m down the drain.

[Vesper 29,409]

NONE of these are good enough

  
Levi Colwill  
Wesley Fofana  
Benoît Badiashile 
Axel Disasi    
Bashir Humphreys   
Alfie Gilchrist  

maybe ok (barely) as back-ups

Tosin Adarabioyo   
Trevoh Chalobah

[Vesper 29,409]

3 minutes ago, LAM09 said:

Lavia

most shocking of all the perma injured

NO idea how or why

insanely frustrating

[LAM09 6,880]

53 minutes ago, Mhsc said:

So many decent keepers have been available since Courtois left, we've briefly had an in form Mendy thanks to Cech's recommendation, but otherwise its basically all been dross. I can barely even remember the relaxed feeling you have when you know you will very likely only concede goals that are unstoppable shots.

Quite remarkable how bad we are as a club at picking them. And at overspending on the ones we do sign, fighting absolutely no one for their overpriced signatures, but paying top dollar anyway.

We've gone after keepers that are quite young or lack serious experience (Kepa, Petrovic, Jorgensen, etc). It's just one position that you rarely see players in their teens thrive in. Donnarumma is the only one that comes to mind in recent years.

If Thibo had come straight from Genk into our team, he probably would have never been given a chance.

Edited 17 hours ago by LAM09

[LAM09 6,880]

2 minutes ago, Vesper said:

most shocking of all the perma injured

NO idea how or why

insanely frustrating

It's like they didn't want to accept defeat after Southampton rejected our initial approach weeks after they signed him. There's no reasonable explanation behind most of the awful moves we've made since the new ownership arrived.

Edited 17 hours ago by LAM09

[Vesper 29,409]

9 minutes ago, LAM09 said:

It's like they didn't want to expect defeat after Southampton originally rejected approach weeks after signing him. There's no reasonable explanation behind most of the awful moves we've made since the new ownership arrived.

I meant his injury record

I can see why we bought him

[mkh 381]

Chelsea Football Club has today released the following update regarding Wesley Fofana…

The club can confirm that defender Wesley Fofana has today undergone successful hamstring surgery.

Wesley was assessed by specialists this week after the 24-year-old suffered an injury of the muscle. Following that assessment, it was concluded that an operation would be required.

[LAM09 6,880]

13 minutes ago, Vesper said:

I meant his injury record

I can see why we bought him

I know. I'm saying they persevered because of the reason I mentioned. He did play 29 league games for Southampton (only out injured early on for a stretch of 8 games), so there wasn't much indication of his woes.

At the end of the day, we should have been cautious no matter given his age.

 

Edited 17 hours ago by LAM09

[Pizy 18,545]

Fofana is too often injured to depend on and too often injured to sell. Who would buy a player who will be seemingly nailed on to miss huge chunks of every season? Nobody unless it’s back to France on loan with us covering his whole salary. Such a fucking shame too I was so excited about his signing. He looked nailed on to go to the very top before that catastrophic knee injury at Leicester. 

An experienced CB is an absolute must this summer. 

[mkh 381]

Fofana expected to miss club world cup in the summer as well as the rest of this season. (@JacobsBen)

[Pizy 18,545]

7 hours ago, Reddish-Blue said:

Why is Werner's name alongside the two flops?   At least Werner can say he was part of the side that won the UCL with Tuchel. 

Gittens would suit Liverpool/Arsenal way more and where would he play with the likes of the Brazilian and Portuguese attackers joining us next season. 

I’m just mentioning him because of the expectation vs what we actually got. Yes, he played a key part in an important stretch for us but when he was bought he was one of the most lethal finishers in Europe and we hoped we’d get a 15-20 goal per season forward. Instead he never lived up to that final Leipzig season he had and still hasn’t come close since.

[Thor 2,488]

7 hours ago, Vesper said:

J David is NOT 'bang average'

he just turned 25yo two and a half months ago

and already has 237 total topflight goals produced for club and country

176 goals, 61 assists

I was keen on David at one point and the more and more I watched him play... no thanks. 

He doesn't have anything special to his game. He floats. He actually hurts link up a lot. He is horrendous for Canada. 

 

I'd take Rogers from Villa, but they'd never sell. 

[Thor 2,488]

5 hours ago, mkh said:

Breaking News Understand Chelsea defender Wesley Fofana will miss the rest of the season through injury.

via@Matt_Law

 

Might be time to get rid. 

Shame since he is our best CB when he plays.