Chelsea Banter Archive December 11 2018

11 Dec 2018 21:17:23
Oh boy, is Koulibaly a beast of a center back. Yes, he did get wrecked by Salah, but that can happen to anyone when Salah's on this level. Just imagine Rudiger and Koulibaly together, would be such a strong, fast pairing, where both are capable of passing well. Know that he'd cost more than a fortune, and that dealing with de Laurentiis is near impossible. But what an addition he would be to any team in the world.

12 Dec 2018 01:28:53
I agree i think we need a top CB as well as Striker and RW Koulibaly or Skriniar would be perfect.

{Ed0333's Note - Koulibaly is an absolute beast. He would strengthen any defense in the world, or even Upamecano from Leipzig would be great for you guys.

12 Dec 2018 04:41:42
Koulibaly is quality. Never heard of upamecano ed0333, I’ll have to try watch a few of his games.

{Ed001's Note - you will be impressed, Upamecano is incredible.}

12 Dec 2018 04:57:40
I’ve heard of him but never watched him. Think De Ligt will be the future best defender though. Unreal that boy and already a leader.

{Ed001's Note - you really think he is that good? He has been dreadful every time I see him. No positional sense at all.}

12 Dec 2018 07:02:31
Tbh I don’t watch him every week I’ve only followed him in the champions league but I’ve been impressed. I’d still obviously rather Koulibaly or Skriniar to partner Rudiger though we’d be next level then.

{Ed001's Note - do you not think Koulibaly is too similar to Rudiger? They are both all physical power and pace, surely you need a Luiz/Ampadu ball player alongside him?}

12 Dec 2018 07:56:04
How is Upamecano on the ball? Is he 'just' a beast or also a good ball player?

{Ed001's Note - he is actually very decent on the ball, but not at the level of Ampadu or Luiz. But a level or two above Rudiger.}

12 Dec 2018 08:34:23
He sounds like a very good signing then. What I don't get, however, is how you seem to not rate Rudiger at all on the ball? I actually think he makes very few mistakes, and every once in a while, he makes passes like the one David Luiz made in the weekend. At least, I think he's quite decent on the ball!

12 Dec 2018 09:57:40
What do you think of Benjamin Pavard, Jonathan Tah and Niklas Stark, Ed001?
Would they be good signings for Chelsea at CB?

{Ed001's Note - Pavard I like, doesn't hurt that he is good enough on the ball to not look out of place at full back in the World Cup. Looks like he could be a good ball playing centre back.

Tah is excellent too, not sure he is quite good enough on the ball, but he is certainly close to being good enough. He is one of those players that could play alongside a ball player or a powerhouse and fit together with them.

I can't comment on Stark as I have only seen him play midfield.}

12 Dec 2018 10:15:29
I think these are some plausible options to go for. Getting Rugani or Romagnoli is a hassle in itself.

12 Dec 2018 21:19:29
We’ve Ampadu there already just use him more like Ed said he’d complement Rudiger or Zouma very well imo.

11 Dec 2018 09:08:27
I love watching Hazard and he is one of my all time Chelsea favourites. I desperately want him to sign a new contract.

There often comes a time howeve, when someone continues to make the same continuous comments and it becomes irksome.

There is nothing new in his comments, "he loves London, his family are settled but I also love RM" bla bla bla.

The old adage of "s••t or get of the pot" springs to mind.

11 Dec 2018 16:07:45
I’m getting bored of it and I love Hazard. I do think there’s players out there who can replace it’s just solid they want to sign for us? I’d like a left footed player if he left like Griezmann or Dybala but I doubt they’d come and then Hudson-Odoi on the left in his proper position.

11 Dec 2018 21:20:19
It's not just hazard, coutinho, suarez, bale, Beckham, the others. don't bother me I couldn't careless that they went. I just don't get why they think it's so amazing premier league best league in world Chelsea, man united, man City, Liverpool, spurs recently and even arsenal are as good as them on any given day yes they have won European cups recently Barcelona hardly won any until Messi and aren't likely to do so anytime soon with the emergence of City, psg us and other big European teams I just don't get the hype of going to spain.

11 Dec 2018 22:03:07
Yep you are spot on with the comparison of the other boorish players Franco and my guess is that a significant amount of those clubs fans got cheesed off with it as well.

12 Dec 2018 04:42:49
What's funny to me is it seems that Madrid have never been interested in him to begin with. Their eyes have been elsewhere and it's Hazard that keeps trying to jump in Madrids field of vision and get their attention. "What about me guys, I'm making myself available, hello?, Madrid? ". I get that he's being asked these questions and it's clear he wants the move, but there are ways to go about it and it's just become annoying having to listen to it. Hope he stays of course but we've been able to move on from the likes of Drogba, Lampard, Cole, Terry and still be competitive so i won't lose sleep over it anymore.

12 Dec 2018 15:11:52
If he wants Madrid to come in for him, Hazard has to start performing again as he was in August.