Chelsea Banter Archive July 19 2017

19 Jul 2017 20:25:12
Alvaro Moratta. Welcome!

Very satisfied with the agreement. He has the potential to be one of the best in the world.

I will not insult Diego Costa at all even though his recent actions towards the club have been quite selfish. For me the guy was an absolute man mountain and he will not be forgotten for the goals he scored for us in winning the 2 league. Respect to the guv'nor.

19 Jul 2017 22:19:04
Well said CFC. Totally agree.

19 Jul 2017 18:27:07
if Danilo goes City he is a fool.

19 Jul 2017 18:48:39
money money money.

19 Jul 2017 16:58:50
Everybody seems to believe Morata is closing in. I will be 100% satisfied with that and I see it as an upgrade to a cyclothymic, unreliable and a liability of a man Costa. He will fit in the system well.

19 Jul 2017 18:03:34
Bit of respect mate, he's led us to 2 titles in 3 years!

19 Jul 2017 18:19:09
How is he an upgrade? Costa is world class, Morata is not.

19 Jul 2017 20:12:25
Costa is only world class on his day and the man has too many off days and throw in poor discipline and I think we will be an all round better team with him gone.

19 Jul 2017 20:27:32
Of course Costa can be infuriating, but when focusing on playing is exceptionally good. Have just been looking again at some of his goals, and the number of points he gained us last season, often with nigh solo efforts. He will be missed. NOw to have had Morata as an addition to Costa in a season with CL and EPL would have been fantastic. Want MB in squad too, and with more game time, but surely nowhere near Costa (or Morata) as yet.

19 Jul 2017 21:09:01
Let's not write him off yet!

19 Jul 2017 21:27:38
Byrrab your comments are rather silly.

I'm sure all Chelsea fans will agree Diego Costa was more than reliable and brilliant striker. I think your forgetting his goals that won us the league on 2 occasions. Morata is a brill piece of business but he is not an upgrade to Diego Costa yet. Hopefully he has the potential to be an upgrade.

19 Jul 2017 21:35:32
World class? I don't think so.

19 Jul 2017 22:11:37
Costa wasn't world class when he joined neither. I'm sure Antonio knows what he's doing and who he wants. Plus I'd take his choice of players over anyone else's opinions.

19 Jul 2017 23:27:51
Is costa world class? Terrible attitude, terrible temperament, misses some sitters, always pulling out wide, falls over too easily. Not a professional we need at our club I'm afraid.

20 Jul 2017 00:31:59
Fundamentally, Costa was bad for both the image of the club (let's face it, it doesn't take much for clubs to dislike us! ) AND the squad.
Those images of him kicking the crap out of the training ground still disturb me and they appeared to disturb the rest of the players too!
In any case, I remain convinced he played a part in Mourinho's change in attitude (besides of course, the ahem, antics* of John Obi Mikel and B. Ivanovic) .

19 Jul 2017 06:16:15
Am sorry to be negative but I just can't be positive at the moment! Anyone see the group picture of the players as they set off for preseason? What a shambolic squad that is. 24 days till we kick off the new season and we are massively short especially in attack. We are 6/7 players short!

We fighting in 4 different comps this year and we are in this state! We going to be in a mad rush to get deals done and we going to end up with players that are not good enough with the likes of llorente. This is mad am thinking to the point do we ask if we can get Adam Johnson on day release to make up numbers.

I suppose I got to trust the club but leaving it this late and not getting a preseason together is risky! Like I said sorry for negative post.

19 Jul 2017 14:09:11
1000% agree,

19 Jul 2017 14:30:55
You do surprise me Matt!

19 Jul 2017 14:45:41
Add Morata, Hernandes, and Danilo to that squad and then get back to us!

19 Jul 2017 16:15:57
Who is hernandes?

19 Jul 2017 16:15:58
Miss Darren Wood. Danilo gone City. Morata apparently close to signing now.

19 Jul 2017 17:10:48
we will take morata with open arms.

19 Jul 2017 13:54:13
If rumours are true we're close to getting morata in gutted, I know few you guys wil be pleased but not sure what he offers except good link up play. not a goal scorer not big strong striker yet not small and tricky and not the fastest of players. Huge downgrade from Diego IMO,

19 Jul 2017 16:01:15
Totally disagree. But fair play for having an opinion.

Costa had only one decent season prior to Chelsea, and he turned out very well, apart from his discipline.

Moratta is really complete, but don't listen to me. Just about every decent journo rates him ahead of Lukaku.

I guess if he comes you'll be delighted if you're wrong.

19 Jul 2017 17:03:23
I think if he does sign we will get a very good player. At 6'2" he is not small, he is quick enough to play on either wing, with good control and shot in both feet and he his also creative; what is not to like. He has 33 goals in 46 games at various international levels and given the minutes on the pitch his scoring ratio at RM is excellent. He also takes away the constant threat of being booked or sent-off which I found irritating with Costa who was never a favourite of mine. Personally, I think a good buy and superior to Lukaku.

19 Jul 2017 18:51:15
Agree 1955.

19 Jul 2017 07:50:03
Hey ed, with sandro not leaving Juventus, will Chelsea be signing any other left back or sticking with Kenedy?

Is Chelsea really serious about signing Danilo?

19 Jul 2017 08:27:56
Right gents, interesting piece of information from Ed2 on Alvaro Moratta who says that 'he is expected to leave this summer but right now he is not the first choice for anyone'. I thought he may have been first choice for Chelsea.