Chelsea Banter Archive January 23 2018
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23 Jan 2018 21:26:59
just watched the under 21s out play Oxford winning 3-0. Stand out was our young Left back CASTILLO, BRILLIANT Litte player. scored a cracker too.
Scott looked decent too.
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24 Jan 2018 08:00:00
I’m surprised Scott hasn’t had a chance this season.
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24 Jan 2018 10:50:05
Fantastic competition to blood our youngsters and we have done well as many others of the same age have fallen by the wayside.
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23 Jan 2018 17:54:42
Who would you rather be: The man that has V. Moses, Zapacosta, M. Alonso and E. Palmieri OR the man that has K. Walker, B. Mendy, and Danilo?
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23 Jan 2018 19:18:48
I'd rather be the man that brings out the best in his players, and last season Conte showed that's the most important thing. As much as I'd like one or two more top players beside Hazard, Kante, Courtois, Azpi, Christensen. We have to remember that stellar names don't win nothing.
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23 Jan 2018 20:19:13
True ELI.
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23 Jan 2018 21:09:57
Dont need a team of superstars to win trophies mate, just look at Leicester! I'm happy with what we've got, but think we do need a BIG summer in terms of transfers to keep up with City.
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23 Jan 2018 23:50:14
“Stellar names don’t win nothing”, what’re you smoking?
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24 Jan 2018 07:32:19
Without good management I forgot to add, and I don't smoke, heard it was bad for me.
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24 Jan 2018 10:54:09
Good players with on and off field management win things not necessarily big name signings BUT many, not all, get the big name as they bring something special to a team and we need two such players to bring something special and they are NOT Slimani, Crouch, Carroll, Palmieri and 32 year old Dzeko.
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25 Jan 2018 00:48:36
Eli, that's a bit ironic since all our success since 2003 has been brought.
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23 Jan 2018 15:49:43
Today's press conferences : dzeko starting tomorrow v sampdoria, cesc out morata out, Cahill drinkwater Courtois 50/ 50, hinted at 352,
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23 Jan 2018 13:53:10
Hey ed01, a little out of the box
How is that the Italian journalists Di Marzio, Romani, Palmeri always are the first to report the reliable news? I mean what's wrong with the English journos ( the only one who seems reliable is Matt Law ) any ideas how these work and how they get their information?
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{Ed001's Note - I don't know them, so could not possibly comment.}
23 Jan 2018 17:24:21
Matt Law sounds like ed02 when he speaks.
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{Ed033's Note - Obviously Matt Law is so in awe of Ed002 that he tries to copy Ed002's voice.
23 Jan 2018 18:47:20
Nobody’s seen Ed002 or Matt law in same room., seems a lot like Clark Kent and superman and Bruce Wayne and batman. by day twitter journo and by night his a man trying to inform and get abused by Chelsea fans.
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23 Jan 2018 20:28:15
Are you saying that they are or could be the same person Matt martin? Cos I rep and like Matt Law a lot, though he doesn't know me. I used to like Ed002 a lot until he scolded me.
U can't help but love what they (Matt Law and Ed002) produce though.
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{Ed001's Note - they defo are not the same person. No one else can match Ed002's sartorial elegance.}
24 Jan 2018 08:52:06
The word 'sartorial' in quote.
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{Ed001's Note - you haven't seen his shirts....}
24 Jan 2018 09:49:22
Hahahaha.
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23 Jan 2018 13:33:14
Dzeko to start Roma's game tomorrow against Sampdoria: AS Roma confirms.
What does this mean?
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23 Jan 2018 14:48:57
Put it this way, it's not good.
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23 Jan 2018 16:27:15
I think ed on European page basically said we aren't interested in both.
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23 Jan 2018 20:42:22
Ed probably didn't include us, because he isn't divulging any information about Chelsea.
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23 Jan 2018 11:28:20
Don't get me wrong Dzeko is a decent player and he will score goals. But I really don't see the sense in this signing, he can't play in the Champions League for us this season as he'll be cup tied, he'll soon be 32, and to top it off he's been on just as bad a goal scoring run as Morata in recent months.
We would honestly be better off with someone like Vardy, who offers us pure pace in the striker position. Vardy would have been a great option for us, especially on the counter.
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23 Jan 2018 11:43:48
Vardy would only be able to use his pace if defenses pushed up on Chelsea, the problem is, teams we face usually park the bus.
No point in having pace if there's no space behind to use it.
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23 Jan 2018 13:52:31
you can't talk about age if stating we should sign Vardy as he is of simliar age.
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23 Jan 2018 14:05:25
I would take Vardy in a heartbeat rather than Dzeko who scores but is one paced relying on the ball coming to him. Our problem is a dreadfully slow build up with short passing, tripping over ourselves in front of packed defences never thinking of going over the top to draw that defence. We were at our best when we countered with pace something we rarely do now. Brighton gave us a lot of space and we showed what we could do with longer passes (Musonda) and runs through the middle (Hazard) .
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23 Jan 2018 15:11:49
I’d rather sign neither Vardy or Dzeko. Bring Tammy back if needed and wait till end of season. Same with Emerson. 2 ways of seeing the Sandro situation, 1. We got annoyed with Juve/ Sandro last summer, so decided enough was enough. 2. Chelsea know that PSG also want the player and we no longer have the finances to battle against them.
If that’s not the case, I would have waited and carried on with same team and then a big change in summer. Gone all out on Sandro (upgrade on Alonso, rather then Emerson, who the club view as a back up) and then gone all out on a striker to HELP Morata rather then play second fiddle to him. United, City, PSG etc have fantastic benches each match. We don’t and we lack quality in depth all over the park. We need new investment from Somewhere it seems, if Roman has decided to tighten the purse strings a little.
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23 Jan 2018 09:07:50
we were a team who wouodnt give players over 30 more dan a 1 year contract now were trying to pay 44 million for 31 year old dzeko what in heavens name is going on at stamford bridge. between andy caroll and peter crouch to ashley barnes and now dzeko the club are losing all ambition.
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23 Jan 2018 09:21:33
have you watched dzeko play at all?
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23 Jan 2018 10:27:36
44m for dzeko AND Emerson,
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23 Jan 2018 10:29:49
Ideally Dortmund want replacement in before auba leaves, then want michy and dzeko decides not to come due to playing time so chelsea loan michy and steal auba and to make it even better we get giroud in on loan with option to buy as contes target man, or. we get crouch.
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23 Jan 2018 12:08:33
I think Dzeko would be a brilliant signing. 31 and probably has another 2 years at top level. Couldn't ask for a better back up to moratta.
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23 Jan 2018 15:14:46
I think you’re happy with Dzeko Shak only because of the names that were being thrown around. I’d rather stick with what we got and then either get someone else in at the end of season or promote Tammy (now) and bring another young striker in. Belotti, the young boy from Genoa. We shouldn’t be handing a 3 year deal to a 31/ 32 year old I’m afraid.
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23 Jan 2018 20:33:29
True to an extent. But i've always rated Dzeko even at Man City.
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23 Jan 2018 09:03:34
Wonder how much Courtois would go for, a bidding war between psg and Madrid would be great, love Courtois and he is world class, but wonder if we could get oblak who is maybe on par / maybe not quite as good we could make huge profit.
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23 Jan 2018 09:08:18
surely 100 million at least.
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23 Jan 2018 10:30:26
Oblak for 45m ya reckon, could be good business.
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23 Jan 2018 08:17:25
Would Chelsea's policy of- not giving 30yr olds more than a year contract have any effect on Dzeko's deal?
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23 Jan 2018 09:08:38
i was thinking the same its crazy what's going on.
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23 Jan 2018 03:58:59
{Ed's Note - we have posted a new article entitled, Review Of The Day 23rd January 2018
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