Chelsea Banter Archive July 17 2011

17 Jul 2011 17:40:47
I swear I am a genuine Chelsea fan and have posted on here many times before...
Today is the first time I have thought that we are going to fall behind BOTH Manchester teams this year.
MC are going to strengthen with real quality and MU will do the same especially with Sneider.
If AVB's comments today are true about Evolution and not Revolution then we are in trouble...
You can't play free flowing attacking beautiful football with players use to winning by brute force..
I fear unless we strengthen with some real quality were in serious trouble...
I hope I'm wrong...

No, don't think that you're wrong and I feel the same way. I know that AVB has to be diplomatic, but some of the things that he's saying is mind blowing. I hope that he's just letting some of the old timers down easily, but if he really believes the stuff we're in trouble. It's almost like he's a puppet of a board who doesn't want to spend and is hoping that our "legends" still have enough gas in their systems to see us through to another CL spot...

Some people will say that it's still early in the season, but watching the same lackluster performances from certain players that we saw most of last season is troubling.

The club spent 75 mill in January. They're in the process of adding a brilliant young keeper to the books and will add a few more players as well. Keep the faith. Utd have moved really well in he window though, whoever chelsea buy, its going to be some task to win the league this year.

"They're in the process of adding a brilliant young keeper to the books"

Great example... is the guy even going to play for us this season? I heard that he may get loaned back to Genk. Hilario just signed an extension and unless Turnbull is sold I wager that the same 3 keepers from last season will be just that: the same 3 keepers from last season.

So we paid £75M for 2 players last January. Big deal. The guy who we paid the most for (£50M) gets next to no service from greedy players who are well past it. Unless we get some creative people around him he could be the biggest waste of £50M ever.

Now tell me something that will help us NOW.

17 Jul 2011 15:08:22
What is AVB playing it? Still evaluating the squad, sturridge going out on loan & bosingwa first choice right back? Looks like a very long season and painful season for Chelsea.

17 Jul 2011 13:41:07
Ok let's start from a negative situation: We do not get Pastore, Aguero, Neymar, Sanchez, Modric, Di Maria, VDW. Who else is out there that would be of interest? What do people think?

De rossi, santon, fernando, rolando, subotic, lukaku, de bruyne, sneijder.

17 Jul 2011 13:16:55
What a mess this transfer window is. On one hand you have opportunistic agents who manipulate clubs and media and on the other disollutioned players who just say what their agents advise them. I say we make what offers we need to make and stand back watching this madness from a distance.

Is this your first transfer window experience? It's been this way for years...

17 Jul 2011 12:51:22
Neymar's representative, Wagner Ribeiro, says Barcelona are the more attractive option for his current club.

Ribeiro claims Barca are prepared to wait until after they and Copa Libertadores winners Santos have competed in the Club World Cup in December, which would enable Santos president Luis Alvaro De Oliveira to honour a pledge he made that Neymar would lead the team at the tournament in Japan before moving to Europe.

Ribeiro told www.as.com: "The exact situation is as follows: Barcelona want him next year and will pay next year, Madrid want him now and are prepared to pay now.

"The main problem is that the kid (Neymar) wants to play in the Club World Cup against Barcelona, and Santos are using their force to make him choose Barca.

"The numbers being talked about by both clubs (Madrid and Barcelona) are good, but Neymar would prefer a move to Madrid."

Ribeiro insists Neymar will make a final decision once Brazil's involvement in the Copa America is at an end.