Chelsea Transfers

[Tomo 21,754]

21 minutes ago, TheHulk said:

We've got the worst situation possible, our targets and signings are all over the place so you can't rely on these idiots to go for absolute class talents or top players while we've also we got a Championship manager who obviously doesn't make the most of the players he has in his squad.

In the last two players alone you've claimed most of the players we've signed are shit and now that the manager isn't PL level.

So how did we finish 4th?

Edited June 19, 2025 by Tomo

[TheHulk 2,656]

9 minutes ago, Tomo said:

In the last two players alone you've claimed most of the players we've signed are shit and now that the manager isn't PL level.

So how did we finish 4th?

Weak season where many teams failed to maintain advantage or were playing in multiple competitions and they couldn't have the luxury of resting the first team and compete with the 2nd like we did in Conference League.

Edited June 19, 2025 by TheHulk

[TheHulk 2,656]

Wouldn't mind for 68m and getting rid of Jackson.

[Tomo 21,754]

12 minutes ago, TheHulk said:

Weak season where many teams failed to maintain advantage or were playing in multiple competitions and they couldn't have the luxury of resting the first team and compete with the 2nd like we did in Conference League.

So I'm guessing you think Eddie Howe and/or the Newcastle squad are terrible then? As they finished below us with no Europe.

Either way, a squad and manager as bad as you say they are won't finish 4th, weak season or not.

[Pizy 19,320]

Just thinking a bit more about João Pedro. Maresca has had both Nkunku and Felix, two players who don’t have natural positions and can shift all across the attack, and was completely unable to utilize either of them. What exactly would change with Pedro, I wonder? He’s very similar in that isolated up top as a #9 he’s underwhelming and out wide he can be effective but not natural.

Or is the reason he didn’t fancy those two because they are lazy and don’t work hard enough off the ball?

[LAM09 7,098]

17 minutes ago, Tomo said:

In the last two players alone you've claimed most of the players we've signed are shit and now that the manager isn't PL level.

So how did we finish 4th?

To be fair, City finished three points behind Arsenal in second place after losing seven of their fifteen league games from November to the beginning of February, winning only one-third of them.

As with recent seasons, we have others to thank for our league finishes. 

[Tomo 21,754]

3 minutes ago, LAM09 said:

To be fair, City finished three points behind Arsenal in second place after losing seven of their fifteen league games from November to the beginning of February, winning only one-third of them.

As with recent seasons, we have others to thank for our league finishes. 

Unless you win the title you always spin it as "having others to thank" to some degree for achieving an objective. Teams in the top 4 race are always going to be inconsistent/erratic.

However this logic can be spun both ways, could just as easily say if it weren't for Jorgenson moment of madness at Villa Park it wouldn't have ended up so tight.

[LAM09 7,098]

8 minutes ago, Tomo said:

Unless you win the title you always spin it as "having others to thank" to some degree for achieving an objective. Teams in the top 4 race are always going to be inconsistent/erratic.

However this logic can be spun both ways, could just as easily say if it weren't for Jorgenson moment of madness at Villa Park it wouldn't have ended up so tight.

I was just answering the question you posed. I won't even mention Newcastle or Villa for a sec. If Nottingham Forest had kept their good form going when it really mattered, we'd have probably missed out on CL football.

Going on runs like Chelsea & City did and still finishing in the top fourth sums the season up.

[King Kante 1,643]

27 minutes ago, Tomo said:

Unless you win the title you always spin it as "having others to thank" to some degree for achieving an objective. Teams in the top 4 race are always going to be inconsistent/erratic.

However this logic can be spun both ways, could just as easily say if it weren't for Jorgenson moment of madness at Villa Park it wouldn't have ended up so tight.

Could also say if the manager didn't implement his full style from November on wards we could've qualified easily for the CL and maybe even given Liverpool something to think about. 

The change in our playstyle from Aug-Oct to Nov-May was a large reason why CL qualification became of fraught. How a team that got one point from 6 against Ipswich still qualified for the CL sums up last season. That is also before you get to playing for draws at best against teams like City and Arsenal away. 

Edited June 19, 2025 by King Kante

[Mário César 1,502]

65M pounds and he can go

If we sold him to a direct rival, I hope board dont make easy to arsenal

[Strike 7,822]

6 hours ago, Pizy said:

I was thinking Nkunku, too. I had extremely high hopes for both he and Felix.

I'd say Cucurella too - and he worked out. 

[mkh 779]

6 hours ago, Special Juan said:

Palace in talks with Sporting for Diomande

👌Correct as a replacement for Guehi who is moving to Liverpool

[Strike 7,822]

3 hours ago, Mário César said:

65M pounds and he can go

If we sold him to a direct rival, I hope board dont make easy to arsenal

They have Saka and Nwaneri for the right wing. Wonder why they are interested in a left footed right winger who skips down the byline?

I'd keep Noni in any case and add a left winger 

[TheHulk 2,656]

4 hours ago, Mário César said:

65M pounds and he can go

If we sold him to a direct rival, I hope board dont make easy to arsenal

Sell him to Arsenal, he isn't a top player and will never be.

[Vesper 31,142]

8 hours ago, Thor said:

Regardless - people here binned him off for the most part. 

not true, at least as far as I am concerned

[YorkshireBlue 3,348]

11 minutes ago, Vesper said:

not true, at least as far as I am concerned

Some times you think is this person actually a woman on a forum, but your 100% a woman 😂 not only does she disagree with something she brings multiple forms of evidence 😂

[Thor 2,832]

1 hour ago, Vesper said:

not true, at least as far as I am concerned

I clearly remember this and you were one of the few - and actually posted so much about him to convince others. Most were not for him though. 
 

I can remember Raphina as well and him getting trashed on here as well. 
 

 

[Vesper 31,142]

 Jair Cunha shut down KK, Doue, Barcola, and Nuno Mendes in Botafogo's nil 1 upset of PSG just now

[NikkiCFC 8,524]

7 minutes ago, Vesper said:

 Jair Cunha shut down KK, Doue, Barcola, and Nuno Mendes in Botafogo's nil 1 upset of PSG just now

Nottingham in for him and Igor Jesus. 

[Vesper 31,142]

6 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

Nottingham in for him and Igor Jesus. 

and Cuiabano