Chelsea Banter Archive July 16 2012

16 Jul 2012 22:18:44
Do you think Chelsea would ever be interested in Santi Cazorla and he could leave Malaga?

16 Jul 2012 21:53:43
Does any1 know how soon after renewing your membership you can buy tickets? Done it this afternoon and when i go buy tickets it still says need to renew membership
Carefree

Took my a day to work

LF07

Cheers mate il have ago tomorrow hopfuly be tickets left
Carefree

16 Jul 2012 21:09:06
Anyone else slightly concerned that we are becoming a bit lightweight, really hoping Essien will come back to form. Dont get me wrong its good buying all these small flair players but we will need strong box to box players to challenge in the League, step overs arent worth much away at Stoke on a Tuesday night! Id rather push Piazon through rather than this Oscar and spend the money on another Essien type player, got a feeling this will come back to bite us again and again in the league.

SHED END

Was thinking same thing loosing all our power houses strong players made us what we r today!but a change might be good would prefrer a mix though
Carefree

Fellaini is my shout or obvs move David Luiz further up the pitch
ChelseaL

Not necessarily so, we still have a tall defence though i realise this is not uncommon. Also our midfield is not small when you factor in romeu and mikel, furthermore players that have been considered small, such as Ramires, are often quite muscular and able to outmuscle opposition; Hazard is considered fairly stocky. Also our youth and reserve teams have some notably tall players, such as chalobah and lukaku. I do not see it as an issue especially as the areas in which we are less physical is the attacking third not defensive and, as we all know, physicality in the league is decreasing and fouls more readily given for tackles which would of been considered fair in the past. Our style of play is likely to change as well; previously our attack was focused on a target man, Drogba, now it will be more about quick movement and passing.

Rowan

I pointed this out a couple of weeks ago. We built an unbelievable team with powerful players, which is now being dismantled for small attacking players. I think you have to get the blend perfect, look at Man City, they have Aguero and Silva, but have a massive powerhouse like Yaya Toure making sure they win the midfield! SHED END youre bang on with what you say, I'm not his biggest fan but maybe Fellaini is worth a shout, amazing ball winner and never loses a physical battle! I think we should play Ivanovic RB, forget this Marseille kid! If we're going to play with small attackers, we need big defenders!

Chelsea Nick

Completely agree 100 percent. Look at city they have silva nasri aguero and tevez who are all tiny but they have toure and Barry/de Jong. I can't see what Oscar would bring that piazon doesn't besides being a couple years or less further along. That being said I want another Ramires type as when he played he was a completely different side than when he wasn't and idk of we can rely on essien to turn back the clock or close. Spot on entire post mate!

Tk

16 Jul 2012 20:10:39
What a day!

Oscar's agent claims we ended talks but now apparently we've been successful with a bid of £25 million!
He'll be in England tomorrow with the Brazil olympic team so hopefully this deal can be wrapped up quicker than originally thought.
Still a lot to do for the deal to be complete but it's on the right tracks at least!

16 Jul 2012 18:56:39
I wonder if people will still add Oscar and Schurrle to their 'fantasy teams' as the deals for those 2 have taken a step back today

Yet again more reason to wait for a contract to be signed before fans on here start getting ahead of themselves

I havent seen schurrle in any ones team?

16 Jul 2012 18:01:55
Ed, do you know what the plans for Delac, is he to stay as a number two, or is he being send out on loan or sold?

PR! {Ed002's Note - He needs to go on loan somewhere where he will get some experience.}

16 Jul 2012 16:10:02
Chelsea to sign Oscar, Hulk, schurel, And Erickson.

RB? Cahill Terry Cole

Erickson Ramieres

Hulk Mata. Hazard

Torres

Subs: schurel, Lampard, Oscar, Marin, Ivanovic, De Byrne, Mickle and Luiz

Don't believe we need any new keepers a we already have a good set up there. Would like to see McEachran, Lakaku and roumeo all go out on loan to premier league

Exspensive but Red hot team!
Jonesie

I disagree with you saying we are fine for keepers, i think we need a new back-up, someone like John Ruddy (doubtful tho) would be perfect

Have you ever heard of jamal blackman ? ross turnbull ? hilario ?

Courtois? We don't need another GK.

IB.

Why the hell would we want christian eriksen when we have mceachran & de bruyne who can play thr. plus if we had eriksen, ramires, mata, hazard, marin. we need atleast a big central player like ballack in the squad more than eriksen or modric

16 Jul 2012 15:49:27
can anyone give me their opinion on hulk, i've seen him play 2 times, an unflattering performance against barcelona in the super cup and a friendly for brazil in which he scored so i'm not sure about him, if anyone can tell me anything about him it would be much appreciated

trueblue012

I think his name defines his positives. Body balance, stamina, Raw strength ( his left foot is a Rocket launcher), has an eye for a pass, quick off and on the ball . That's pretty much it , but then again like every super hero Hulk has his weeknessess. He doesn't track back, has a horrible Right foot, can go missen in big games ( like you pointed out ), for a big guy he goes down far too often and moans about it when the foul isn't given.
Just my opinion mate hope it helps.

ELI

Exactly what eli said. BLUEBOY1

16 Jul 2012 13:55:26
a genuine question - Has curt been transferred?

Puzzled {Ed018's Note - He has been quiet this past week}

Maybe he got the message

I sort of miss him in a strange way

Joking aside I am getting worried now - can someone nip round to Curt's and make sure everything is ok?

Puzzled

16 Jul 2012 12:55:30
Just signed up to Chelsea tv (just online not sky) and got the discount for paying for it with direct debit but first bill isnt until the 27th.
I got it to watch the american tour, so I'll get to my point and ask if I'll be able to watch before that date. I am unable to watch it yet but only signed up yesterday so does it take 24 hours or the like or will I be not be able to watch until the first payment is payed?

Im just gonna watch the highlights which im hoping will be on the youtube channel.
ChelseaL

Try myp2p.eu, chelsea tv is on there

trueblue012

I've got a subscription and they don't air much that you can't access whenever you want so no worries mate. I can't remember how long it took for mine to activate though.

Tk

16 Jul 2012 06:40:25
Don't understand why we are dragging on signing likes of Moses, Debouchy / Maicon, Schurle. Seems we are wasting time on a million here or there when we are likely to spend somewhere around 100 million plus in transfer window, we want them so sign them!!

Well ,a million isn't a small amount.
roan

What's with all the recent moaning. I think we are doing well in the transfer market. We are not gonna be paying over the top for anyone. We do need at least 2- 3 more signings and I'm sure the board is looking for not just the right players but the right price as well. Still a month and half left in the window. So mate chill.

ELI

Say for example Maicon wants a 4 year deal at 60k a week, and Chelsea want to give him a 2 year deal at 60k a week.

That's a £6 million pound difference.

CFC is a business, not a charity.

IB.

At the end of the day none of us know whats going on behind the scenes. plus we aint getting mugged off with transfer fees. BLUEBOY1

16 Jul 2012 01:04:38
Michael essien sadly isn't good enough anymore

Discuss...

Jm10

Judge him in preseason and if you decide he's not worth his wage value then you look to move him on. That being said you're gonna get pennies for transfer compensation. In my opinion he's gotta be really poor because I think he can help a lot as a teacher and he could provide an extra body in the midfield.

Tk

U gotta remember he was brought back early from injury last season. he might have his best season ever this year. im 50 50 weather he should stay BLUEBOY1

I can't remember the last time he had a full pre-season training? He undoubtably was poor at the tail end of last year and looked a shadow of his former self - but he may come back this season after a full pre-season!

Surewould