Blue Armour 4,745 Posted June 27, 2025 Share Posted June 27, 2025 2 hours ago, bigbluewillie said: Three of the top four are doing their business early, while the fourth [us] fucking flounder about, not knowing what the fuck to do. Where's the CB? we need, where's the GK? we need, where's the established CF? we need Looking doubtful that they will go in for a quality, experienced CB. I think they still view Fofana to be the club's number 1 CB, and are banking on his return from injury. And recent quotes in the media only seem to support that. bigbluewillie, Strike and Vesper 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulvhedin 526 Posted June 27, 2025 Share Posted June 27, 2025 6 hours ago, Thor said: So much this. People were willing to see the club spend more on Nico Williams who is statistically worse in every category compared to Gittens. All this while Gittens has had a pretty intrerupted season all around. I'd love to see us get Fofana done as well, but lets see. Need a LW and a CB imo. A budget LB would be nice too. People would also like to drop us 15m more on Rogers than on Gittens. Rogers who had one good season (being two years older) while not even playing as typical LW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin123 541 Posted June 27, 2025 Share Posted June 27, 2025 See maresca has asked for martinez from villa. Wow what a keeper! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,827 Posted June 27, 2025 Share Posted June 27, 2025 Mentioned Martinez yesterday, really like him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mário César 1,502 Posted June 27, 2025 Share Posted June 27, 2025 martinez was very poor last season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,142 Posted June 27, 2025 Share Posted June 27, 2025 How to lose fans and alienate supporters What are they doing? https://siphillipstalkschelsea.substack.com/p/how-to-lose-fans-and-alienate-supporters I wrote yesterday that I don’t have a lot of confidence in Chelsea’s decision makers and sporting directors to do what is needed this summer in what is a pivotal moment under this ownership. And then just a few hours after that, Matt Law sends the Chelsea fan base into a full on meltdown that sees the majority of them absolutely fuming. In fact, I don’t think I’ve seen such a collective angry reaction about anything in the last three years under the new ownership, and believe me, there’s been a lot of angry reactions to stupid things they’ve done. It’s important to mention, because I do always encourage balance, that at the moment, all the reports are saying that Chelsea are just considering a move to sign Alejandro Garnacho still and no negotiations are taking place yet. However, it fits in with what our sources heard and what we reported through a couple of articles last week, that the Garnacho noise was increasing and things were happening there. And then look at that, things do seem to be happening there. Maybe Chelsea are just putting it out to see how bad the reaction would be before they make the move? Well, playing on the title of a 2008 film featuring one of my favourite actors, Simon Pegg, Chelsea are full on playing out ‘how to lose friends and alienate people’ right now with this clear Garnacho interest. I think most fans aren’t even looking at the player on the pitch, I don’t even think that debate is coming into at this point. He’s a decent winger but is inconsistent and young still (literally I write that about every single target we go for these days). But the fans are more raging about this due to his attitude and his character, which we can all clearly see is a problem. We don’t even need to mention the drama that his brother would bring either. Fans are so annoyed with this link because the club have seemingly spent three years moving on players who had been causing issues within the camp, players with big egos, and we have consistently been told that character and attitude is one of the biggest traits that we are looking at when targeting new players now. Is it? Is it REALLLLLLLY!!?? Because if it is, you might want to do some further checks on this target. Speak to any Manchester United fan, anyone involved at the club, and they will all tell you the same - that at the very least, Garnacho’s attitude and character is questionable. None of us personally know Garnacho, granted. So no, we can’t tell you what his character is like. So speak to those who can. Do some homework. At the very least, it doesn’t look good at all, does it? Garnacho might be a decent player, and I actually don’t think he gets enough credit on that front. But just look at the reaction from Chelsea fans and the footballing world and it paints your picture for you here. Fans might not always know best, but when it is 95% of them all saying the same thing and reacting in the same way, it says a lot. Some hopium if anyone wants it because I do also like balance? Maybe his attitude isn’t as bad as everyone says, maybe we just get him on a loan deal like we did with Jadon Sancho if we give them a fair deal on Christopher Nkunku, and maybe we sign two new left wingers IF Noni Madueke is sold so Garnacho wont be a guaranteed starter anyway. Maybe… If all of that happened then I don’t think it would be the end of the world. However, this isn’t balance from me at this point, this is straw clutching!! Anyway, Chelsea haven’t signed him yet or even entered talks to, so maybe it just all quietly goes away…. Although I’m afraid that all this noise I’ve been hearing in the last 7 days on Garnacho does not bode well. Simon Phillips Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,827 Posted June 27, 2025 Share Posted June 27, 2025 21 minutes ago, Mário César said: martinez was very poor last season I think we all know we aren't paying 50/60/70M or even 30/40M for a keeper, we wouldn't cough up 3/4M for Maignan, that for me says exactly where we are in terms of getting a keeper and where it stands in our thoughts. Martinez wasn't perfect last season but his far from perfect is much better than Sanchez in my opinion. The age thing for a keeper doesn't come into it for me, these owners though want a certain age profile, but we need more experienced heads in this team and an experienced good keeper would get a massive thumbs up from me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceboy 1,051 Posted June 27, 2025 Share Posted June 27, 2025 Any concrete news on Martinez? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milka 3,407 Posted June 27, 2025 Share Posted June 27, 2025 You won't spend 20 millions for top GK like Maignan or 60 for Osimhen but you like to spend almost 50 to another kid like Gittens because is ''opportunity signing'' , perfect fit in the clownlake low wage structure we are not looking to strength the squad we are cares for pound notes again .We needs lions in the squad but clownlake loves kittens . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulham Broadway 17,787 Posted June 27, 2025 Share Posted June 27, 2025 Martinez no chance - so much BS being spouted, sports journos desperately trying to keep their jobs, its called the 'silly season' for a reason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laylabelle 9,743 Posted June 27, 2025 Share Posted June 27, 2025 8 hours ago, bigbluewillie said: Three of the top four are doing their business early, while the fourth [us] fucking flounder about, not knowing what the fuck to do. Where's the CB? we need, where's the GK? we need, where's the established CF? we need Shows the way the club has gone...no awareness or ambition really atm... bigbluewillie, Reddish-Blue and Vesper 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,827 Posted June 27, 2025 Share Posted June 27, 2025 I'm not having a pop here but you can see what the club are doing and they are being very cute about, all the eggs right now are in the Delap basket. 30M for a striker is nothing now a days, they will be praying he can be what we need so it doesn't force them to go into the market again for another forward. We know the way this board and owners think by now, and I really like what I see with Delap already but behind him or alongside him however you want to look at it is Jackson, and with his temperament and the fact he's not very good anyway they look at this big picture as pure money saving. They want to be the ones that tell us they nailed it with Delap, and I hope to god he is and they prove us wrong, but it's their jobs to see the big picture and right now I'd move Jackson on and bring in another striker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddish-Blue 2,693 Posted June 27, 2025 Share Posted June 27, 2025 26 minutes ago, Laylabelle said: Shows the way the club has gone...no awareness or ambition really atm... Exactly, it's clear that we need a proper CB, GK and backup LB heading into next season and yet there are no serious links to any of those positions. I'm surprised that the club hasn't bid on Guehi at Palace (hope he doesn't get signed by Liverpool). bigbluewillie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,822 Posted June 27, 2025 Share Posted June 27, 2025 2 hours ago, iceboy said: Any concrete news on Martinez? Just an unfamiliar source : Christian Martin from DSports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,822 Posted June 27, 2025 Share Posted June 27, 2025 Emi Martinez is a wonderful shithouse. Villa are looking to sell him too for PSR reasons Not sure about his ball playing but I'd take him for a cheap fee and give Penders a good loan and ready him for a future transition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,827 Posted June 27, 2025 Share Posted June 27, 2025 Chelsea and United have both received encouragement from Martinez's camp Vesper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 19,320 Posted June 27, 2025 Share Posted June 27, 2025 Think he’ll end up at United if they can find some sucker to take Onana off their hands. But I’d 100% take Emi Martinez. At his age he can be the perfect bridge to Penders eventually taking over as #1. Vesper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,827 Posted June 27, 2025 Share Posted June 27, 2025 Kinsella is reporting that we want two attackers this summer. One being Gittens and another versatile attacker to replace Nkunku if he leaves mkh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 19,320 Posted June 27, 2025 Share Posted June 27, 2025 Well, that Emi Martinez rumor was born and killed within one morning lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,827 Posted June 27, 2025 Share Posted June 27, 2025 Santos attracting loads of interest from lots of other clubs....he's going to be sold I keep saying it Fernando and Vesper 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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