Chelsea Banter Archive August 16 2017

16 Aug 2017 23:00:48
Evening Ed002, any updates on any movement for players? I've read Cancelo is off to Inter in a swap deal with Kondogbia?

Thanks Ed.

Appreciate any input.

16 Aug 2017 20:51:11
Hi Ed. With the recent comments from the Southampton board regarding VVD. Do you think he will be sold and this is a tatic to higher the price etc.

16 Aug 2017 21:08:44
Boga is going to surprise spurs and burst onto the scene, morata is going to grab headlines with being superb and pain in the arse for Toby and Jan with movement, azpi in midfield also going to do a job on delle too,

16 Aug 2017 17:10:42
Taking a sabbatical from the page till post-transfer window. A great community ruined by negativity and incessant trolling from usual suspects.

16 Aug 2017 17:28:19
the most of new names will vanish from the page. That's what it is. If one supports the one will continue no matter what.

16 Aug 2017 17:33:57
People are entitled to express their opinion. Some of us are a too negative and others too positive. Some of us are naive, some have good insights and some are misguided. Does it matter? It is up to the reader to read or ignore.

16 Aug 2017 18:00:55
That's fair enough Byrrab but you must admit the site has really gone down hill this transfer window. The standard of posts is dreadful and the negativity and naivety of some posters is quite embarrassing. I have been using this site for many years and have never seen it this bad before. No wonder the eds tend to stay clear most of the time.

16 Aug 2017 18:08:13
You could say some only stick around when everything is nice and rosy with which things are not right now. Everyone is entitled to an opinion, be that positive or negative and to be honest at this moment in time there is not much to be positive about with our club right now. However football is fickle and this time next month things could be completely different and full of positivity. I'll support Chelsea through everything but people have a right to express themselves whether that be positive or negative.

16 Aug 2017 18:16:47
Well when you can't read a single post without coming across the same thing over and over again, it's hard to simply not read it or ignore it.

16 Aug 2017 19:12:05
I agree with you Byrrab.

16 Aug 2017 20:26:54
Well said Byrabb. wise perspective.

16 Aug 2017 22:21:25
Criticism is fine as long as it's constructive!

17 Aug 2017 12:34:15
Sadly, what is constructive to one is seen as destructive by someone else because there are obsessives on here that do not like their club criticised, players or favourite player criticised. Chelsea are not perfect and never will be and if they were winning every game, rightly, there should be criticism/ observations about improvements. Every year we get a raft of players the media have linked us with and those liked by contributors and usually we might buy one or two if that and it causes the 'banter' that makes the site interesting; everyone should be entitled to express an opinion and then it will either be liked or disliked and you move on. Sometimes people forget that a site like this has a vast age range contributing.

16 Aug 2017 15:18:29
Matuidi 20m. drinkwater 40m 😂😂 these are reported fee's being branded about. This is what happens when clubs know your desperate.

16 Aug 2017 16:32:49
Matuidi is 30, drinkwater 27, Chelsea aren't in the habit of signing 30+ players anymore. I think that's where the club and conte are clashing heads, conte wants older more experienced players with no resale value where as the club want younger hungry players who could possibly make the club some cash in the event of resale.
30m is a fair price for drinkwater, 3 year deal is like adding a 10m player each year and tbh I think drinkwater will shut a few up on here with his ability. If he was called daneilo beber agua I'm sure people on here would want him.

16 Aug 2017 16:39:42
Absolute bargain from Juventus.
Wonder if they'll ship any midfielders away now? They've perhaps got the best central midfield in the world now, in my opinion.

16 Aug 2017 17:15:36
Drinkwater is a proven partner to Kante, homegrown and 27 y. o. Matuidi is 30.

16 Aug 2017 20:33:55
We don't want someone who Kante has to cover and be the legs for like cesc and drinkwater and matic to some degree. Wenneed soneone who can carry themselves. Imo.

16 Aug 2017 22:52:00
Have you ever watched drinkwater play?
Obviously not after that reply.
I'm guessing you're about 16 years old.

16 Aug 2017 12:27:36
Bored now with 'transfers' and 'upset Conte' - has anyone been watching the sad demise of JT at Villa? Last weekend he was being run ragged by a free-transfer from Rochdale!

Let it go, Johnny T, and come back home - we need you (probably as manager by Christmas! ) .

16 Aug 2017 14:15:19
Totally agree. It is heading for Conte leaving after Spurs game. Left it too late to do any meaningful transfers. Now clubs will ask for ridiculus money.

16 Aug 2017 15:59:15
Some of you might be better off supporting Arsenal! Give the board a break.

16 Aug 2017 16:04:21
Maybe not after the Spurs game but we appear to be heading that way by Christmas. His whole body language is not what you would expect and there are similarities with Mourinho's fallout. Mourinho was transfers and the Doctor, Conte, again transfers and Conte. Better get prepared for Leonid Slutsky to step in!

16 Aug 2017 17:05:12
In the world of Business the board are responsible for everything. In this case, we have people detached from what the team needs in order to compete sucessefully in all fronts. Not talking about spending money left right and centre. It is all about having a plan and execute it.

16 Aug 2017 22:34:31
The owner and the board have one clear mission and that is to continue with on the pitch success.
The club can't sign players if a club doesn't want to sell and would be financial madness to pay bonkers transfer fees way above the clubs upper valuation.
We have an OWNER and BOARD who have given us fans everything we could have dreamed of and they deserve nothing but a full support.
I've been a season ticket holder for 55 years and this without doubt this best time ever to be a Chelsea supporter!

16 Aug 2017 06:26:13
{Ed's Note - We have posted a new article entitled, Hoffenheim v Liverpool Match Review - A Liverpool Perspective