Chelsea Banter Archive July 13 2011

13 Jul 2011 19:23:43
Your awfully quiet today Ed(s). {Ed018's Note - Ed002 is traveling and i just got off work}

13 Jul 2011 16:14:03
Hi Ed,
I've been led to believe that 32m + Sturridge will be the last offer made by Chelsea. Personally we should bite the bullet and just pay 35m. (Sturridge could make an impact next season). That i think would release Modric, cause according to sources Rednapp only has limited funds available but Levy wants money for the stadium. And they are already looking at a replacement.

Come on... no way is Modric worth £35M, nor is Sturridge only worth £3M. You sound like a bloody Spuds supporter.

13 Jul 2011 14:41:52
Drogba + 25m for Modric
Alex + 10m for nasri
De Rossi 20m
Cahill 16m + Sturridge on loan
Falcao 26m
Parker in on loan
Hulk 40m
All deals that could be done instead of wasting time on neymar and pastore

No way would I want to see feigns and Alex at a rival teams, on his day drogba is unplayable and Alex is solid,

Correction.. Drogba and Alex

1. So basically Drogba is only worth a few million pounds?

2. You are aware of Hulks escape clause triggers at approx. £90M?

To the second guy - you realise that "unplayable" means that he's not capable of or suitable for being played haha... if you don't want to see him at a rival team we would have to sell him to a non UEFA club, because there is always a chance that we'll meet one in the CL.

Lol on his day drogba is world class and a match winner and by rival teams I mean English premier league team.. I.e spurs, utd, city etc, if he were to let him go a part exchange with R.Madrid for di Maria or possibly kaka Would be better option Also any chance or intreats in young Eriksson from Ajax?cheers ED'S

I know what you meant by "rival teams". But aren't top sides from the other top UEFA leagues rivals as well? We have to play someone in the CL other than Prrm. clubs.

On his day Drogba WAS world class. It's not healthy to be in denial. He's not the player that he once was. He couldn't even score one v one against a League One keeper yesterday.

I just feel that out of drogba, Anelka and kalou, drogba is far the better player and if we start unloading to many player like drog we will have problem we had last season when we got rid of deco, cole belleti carvelho, we lacked te depth, And it was first Game of pre season give bloke s chance, anyway that's just my humble opinion lol {Ed018's Note - dont forget ballack}

Exactly, as much as we need players in we need a big squad with some quality, think last season would have been alot better with ballack etc still there {Ed018's Note - i hated to see ballack go, i know he struggled with injuries last year at Leverkusen but if he'd been at chelsea and been fit he would have made a difference}

I was sad to see Ballack go. He did much more than just score goals.

I wouldn't shed a tear if some of our current squad were to leave though, Drogba included. Thank you very much, but your time as come and gone. Time for some new blood.

How can you even list Kalou with Anelka and Drogba without laughing?

Are you a Chelsea fan? I feel Anelka and kalou should be sold on or used as a bargaining make weight but I wouldn't say they are laughable, drogba is still a quality player and is something different up top, if AVB wants to change from fast players he can use drog up top, any team in europe would have him in there squad, yeah ballack was underrated at us for a while but missed when he was gone, also deco Awesome player but we signed him one or two years late. So what's your realistic starting 11 for nxt season?,

No, I said how can you list Kalou with the other 2. I happen to like Anelka. On the other hand, I think that Kalou is useless. He'd probably shine in a lesser league, but his glowing moments in a blue shirt are too few for my liking, although he does show up for the big matches unlike Malouda...

Of course I'm a Chelsea supporter; long time. In fact, my favorite all-time Chelsea players are not on the current squad, with only a few of them being from the past decade.

I'm just not one of those blue coloured lens supporters who tries to hold onto past accomplishments. I see the need for constant improvement every season. All of the top clubs in the world aren't scared of change for the greater good, why shouldn't we be? It was obvious to see that our long term plan backfired last season.

Selling Drogba would be good financially imho. I'm tired of letting players go on free transfer or for next to nothing. It's time that Chelsea was proactive and recognised when certain players had slipped in form, but were still marketable.

13 Jul 2011 06:40:45
13 Jul 2011 00:02:38
If spurs are demanding a large fee for modric why don't Chelsea move for Sneijder Ed?thanks {Ed018's Note - Sneijder wouldnt be any cheaper}


Indeed he wouldnt, but he is a better player. Maybe not with the future career that Modric has, but still a better deal all round i feel...

If your to spend big money on modric or sneijder I would rather go for Modric simple reasons hes younger then Sneijder proven in the epl and is cheaper and wants to join Sneijder will only move to manu only if nani is part of the deal thats why the 35m got rejected
(ace05)

What kind of rationale is that, "younger and cheaper"? Sniejder is bette, r hands down. If they are going for the same price, buy the better player.

13 Jul 2011 00:37:49
Cahill
Parker
Modric
Di Maria
and Hulk

Malouda will not leave

Anelka, Alex, Zhirkov and Kalou to leave

You may have earned a few "agree" votes had you not dropped the "Malouda will not leave" line...