Topic: Chelsea FC

[MonsLibpool]

Tuchel bemoaning his team's lack of killer instinct with chances is quite funny.  Has he ever watched Sterling play before?  Great movement, great dribbling, great pace, great strength... kicks the ball like his boots are on the wrong feet.

How many attackers have progressed under him anyway?

[latortuga]

Did Chelsea only sign Cucurella because Man City wanted him and they weren't sure who else to buy?!  Seems like Chelsea and Man Utd's recruitment departments are all just blindly following us and City.  He's a competent enough defender and can get forward, but he was hardly lighting it up at Brighton to suggest he was worth anywhere near the money Chelsea have spent on him and that's before you consider that Chelsea aren't operating with a blank cheque book any more.  They need goals and if Cucurella's awful attempts at goal from good positions against Leeds is anything to go by, he won't be providing any of them.  Comical stuff.

[thaddeus]

Did Chelsea only sign Cucurella because Man City wanted him and they weren't sure who else to buy?!  Seems like Chelsea and Man Utd's recruitment departments are all just blindly following us and City.  He's a competent enough defender and can get forward, but he was hardly lighting it up at Brighton to suggest he was worth anywhere near the money Chelsea have spent on him and that's before you consider that Chelsea aren't operating with a blank cheque book any more.  They need goals and if Cucurella's awful attempts at goal from good positions against Leeds is anything to go by, he won't be providing any of them.  Comical stuff.

Right now they are.  I think when the dust settles and they bring in somebody competent to run their recruitment they're going to be left nursing one hell of a hangover from this transfer window.  The unknown is whether being so wasteful will have any long-term ramifications or if the owners just take it on the chin and pour more money in.

As was outlined on an earlier page it's very difficult for Chelsea to breach FFP so the only constraint is sense and that's something Boehly seems short of.

[newterp]

Wow these morons are signing 33 yr old Aubamayeng for 22m!

[Linudden]

Wow these morons are signing 33 yr old Aubamayeng for 22m!

Not a bad deal if he replicates the Barca numbers for a couple of years rather than the sorry state of his latter Arsenal career. It's a gamble, that has to be said. If his goals make the difference between top four and vanishing into the EL doldrums this season he'll be worth the transfer fee for sure. Not sure about how much they'll pay him either way.

[cdav]

Jammy as fuck today (again)

[Flaccido Dongingo]

Wow these morons are signing 33 yr old Aubamayeng for 22m!

Didn't Arsenal give him away for free?, what is it these days with teams paying way over the odds for veteran strikers?, genuinely no logic to it.

[MonsLibpool]

Didn't Arsenal give him away for free?, what is it these days with teams paying way over the odds for veteran strikers?, genuinely no logic to it.

Pure strikers are scarce these days.

[MonsLibpool]

Jammy as fuck today (again)

That's how they started last season. I think they are currently overperforming with respect to their underlying numbers.

[darragh85]

I wonder how many more players these awful c*nts will sign by the end of the transfer window

[gazzalfc]

Callum Hudson-Odoi has joined Leverkusen on loan

Going to be interesting to see what Swiss Ramble posts the next time Chelsea post their financials if they buy Gordon, Fofana and Aubameyang

[newterp]

Callum Hudson-Odoi has joined Leverkusen on loan

Going to be interesting to see what Swiss Ramble posts the next time Chelsea post their financials if they buy Gordon, Fofana and Aubameyang

"Chelsea received a windfall when they sold Eden Hazard, Romelu Lukaku, and Timo Werner for vast sums of money allowing them to made expenditures within the bounds of FFP"

[KillieRed]

Lukaku hasn’t been resold.

FFP is obviously not a real thing.

[newterp]

Lukaku hasn’t been resold.

FFP is obviously not a real thing.

Yes - I know.

[rafathegaffa83]

Is there a fanbase that elevates/praises their players and technical personnel so quickly only to tear them down just as fast?

[Samie]

man utd. 

[rafathegaffa83]

man utd. 

I don't even think they do it to the extent Chelsea fans do. It extends right down to the executive level with them: the 180 Chelsea fans have done on Marina Granovskaia in a few weeks for instance is something

[SamLad]

Is there a fanbase that elevates/praises their players and technical personnel so quickly only to tear them down just as fast?

the Bitters.

[Samie]

In advanced negotiations to sign Gvardiol now. 

[PatriotScouser]

In advanced negotiations to sign Gvardiol now. 

Damn I wanted him to replace Matip next year or could allow us to sell Kostas for a huge profit as he's equally amazing at LB.

[Dim Glas]

Damn I wanted him to replace Matip next year or could allow us to sell Kostas for a huge profit as he's equally amazing at LB.

You jest, I hope, otherwise I can never get over how fans do these permutations in their heads, imagening scenarios of who they can sell and what other teams’ players they prefer to have in place of their own teams’ players.

[elsewhere]

In advanced negotiations to sign Gvardiol now. 

i dont think he will leave city

[Terry de Niro]

Arf !!! 

[Fabulous_aurelio]

What's happening with Havertz? This guy was suppose to be incredible. Wasn't the fee in the region of £100 million? I remember us being priced out of a move.

I hardly watch Chelsea games so not quite sure why he hasn't progressed there. System? Playing out of position?

Also, I look through their team and still this Klopp and Co could get an absolute tune out of some of the players they are throwing under the bus. Pulisic especially.

[decosabute]

What's happening with Havertz? This guy was suppose to be incredible. Wasn't the fee in the region of £100 million? I remember us being priced out of a move.

I hardly watch Chelsea games so not quite sure why he hasn't progressed there. System? Playing out of position?

Also, I look through their team and still this Klopp and Co could get an absolute tune out of some of the players they are throwing under the bus. Pulisic especially.

Havertz would definitely have been much more successful under Klopp. Werner too, but Havertz especially could've been a great succession plan for Firmino aging. I feel like Chelsea sometimes just buy players so that we don't get them. Think those aforementioned two are recent examples, but they've done it years - Salah back when we first wanted to buy him in Jan 2014 is another classic example.

Delighted to see the original financial dopers all over the show right now.

[Fromola]

Tuchel will be quickly under pressure there if they don't sort themselves out. Like with Tory Boy in 2020 you can't spend what he's spent there this summer and not get the results as a manager.

It doesn't look like the players have been playing for him for a while.

[Corrie Nick]

They’ll sack him, bring in someone like Eddie Newton as interim manager and win the European Cup.

[The North Bank]

Todd wont care, as long as they make the play offs, weve seen wild card teams win the super bowl before. He might need a new defensive coordinator but their roster aint bad.

[wampa1]

Havertz would definitely have been much more successful under Klopp. Werner too

It's weird that so many 'good' players have floundered as soon as they go to Chelsea, United etc.  Has Klopp ever had a player of decent rep fail here? The only ones I can think of are due to injury as opposed to performances.

[skipper757]

Gvardiol is a Liverpool supporter and talked about eventually signing for Liverpool after arriving in Leipzig. (Well, he did go to the right club to try to get the Anfield move).

Hopefully he doesn't go to Chelsea.

[MBL?]

Watched a bit of their game tonight. They look shite. Southampton we’re far better.

[SamLad]

Watched a bit of their game tonight. They look shite. Southampton we’re far better.

Yeah but Tuchel does have a point. They have three - 3! - players out injured. 

I mean, what's a man supposed to do in the face of a challenge like that?

[MonsLibpool]

Yeah but Tuchel does have a point. They have three - 3! - players out injured. 

I mean, what's a man supposed to do in the face of a challenge like that?

Throw money at the problem. The poor sod hasn't been backed in the transfer market.

[ScouserAtHeart]

They're spending 78 million on Gvardiol and leaving him with RBL for the season

[-Willo-]

Can't see them getting top 4, Arsenal and Spurs both better it feels so far, early doors I know though.

[MonsLibpool]

Can't see them getting top 4, Arsenal and Spurs both better it feels so far, early doors I know though.

They are a top 4 side at best. They won't win the league with Tuchel as their manager.

[ScouserAtHeart]

He's the German Di Matteo

[thaddeus]

He's the German Di Matteo

That CL win aside I thought he'd do better.  He inherited a really strong squad and has been heavily backed since but not much to show for it.

Boehly seems to be the polar opposite to FSG in the transfer market.  While it feels like FSG agonise over every transfer - arguably correctly with the amounts involved - Boehly is very impulsive.  I guess Boehly's approach is fine if you're willing and able to keep throwing money in with a relatively low hit rate on transfers.

[plura]

Koulibaly sure looks a bit shite, or out of place. Mishandling the ball, making the wrong pass, making a rush challenge and missing his opponent.

[So… Howard Philips]

Koulibaly sure looks a bit shite, or out of place. Mishandling the ball, making the wrong pass, making a rush challenge and missing his opponent.

Scored a good goal though.