Chelsea Banter Archive February 01 2013

01 Feb 2013 17:13:02
With the players we have out on loan to come back next season I feel we only need 3 major signings.

1) With Torres looking to never regain his top form it is obvious we need a 'marquee' world class striker signing. With Ba also taken to the team well and with Lukaku on loan our strike force is looking promising.

Players we have been linked with:

Falcao, Cavani, Gomez, Higuain, Gomis, Negredo

My preference: FALCAO

Yes I would choose Falcao out of all of them has he has impressed me the most literally taking Atletico to 2nd in La Liga. Also proved it in the Portuguese league too.

2) Another position which also needs strengthening is the defensive midfield position. There has been a lot of talk about Fellaini I think he's a great player but I don't think he would fit into our system well.

Players we've been linked with:

Fellaini, Fernando, Capoue, Paulinho

My preference: FERNANDO

With David Luiz taking one spot of the pivot I think Fernando would be the ideal physical presence we need in the centre of midfield which with two strong defensively minded players in Luiz and Fernando we would be able to play our attacking trio of Hazard, Oscar and Mata in front. His transitional play in getting the ball to the forwards is another fantastic attribute if his. Would like to see McEachran back if Lamps leaves and hope to see Chalobah on loan at a premier league side.

3) With John Terry getting more injury prone later on in his career we cannot rely on Ivanovic and Cahill to play 2 games a week all the time. That's why I think we need another centre back.

Players we've been linked with:

Hummels, Subotic, N'Koulou

My preference: SUBOTIC

Seen as we've been linked with Subotic I would love to see him at the bridge was greatly impressed with him in the champions league, would also be cheaper than Hummels.

So there you have it I think with our current squad and these three players we have a fantastic squad which can challenge for every trophy.

Players hoping to see back from loans:

Courtois - we can't let this one slip away, world class.
Kalas - been fantastic at Vitesse Arnhem.
McEachran - Only if Lampard leaves if not then would like to see him on loan at a lower premier league club.

Out -

Hilario
Turnball
Ferreira
Mikel - still don't miss him with our thin squad.
Malouda
Marin
Benayoun
Torres

CfcBenWxm

Kevin De Bruyne will become Lampards natural successor in my opinion. he's out on loan at Werder Bremen atm and will be back in the summer.

PB

Why marin out?is he so bad?i didn't watch last game he played. if i'm not mistaken against brentford.

Great post agree with you on most of them I would love to see him at the bridge the presence we need in the middle would only fit into a 4-3-3 system though which brought us success would like to see us play it again:

Cech

Azpilicueta Cahill Subotic A. Cole

Oscar Luiz Fellaini

Mata Falcao Hazard

SUBS: Courtois, Ivanovic, Terry, Ramires, Lampard, Moses, Ba

I agree PB. Your views are spot on pal

No marin is a quality player, he's just being isolated at Chelsea, had he started ten Ames already he would actually might enjoy his football and show some passion. BLUEBOY1

Mikel out? Do you even watch football or just enjoy riding the bandwagon?

01 Feb 2013 11:00:21
It's clear that Chelsea are going to buy in summer as we will
Have new manager but I will be really annoyed if players like de bruyne courtios lukaku kalas van aarnolt kakuta are on loan. If they at not good enough sell them make some money. If not let's have a big squad and give them a chance!
Matt

Give them a chance! everyone of the lads you mentioned plus challobah & mceachran are doing exceptionally well. players like davilla & bruma should be sold, they look nothing more than average. i'd rather josh played than another rush signing like meirelles was. BLUEBOY1

01 Feb 2013 06:54:47
Well that was a bit of a quiet Deadline day for us, I was hoping for one or two additions, with the squad being quite thin, I guess the summer may well be a rather busy one for us this year. Albeit we have a lot of Lonnie's they could well break into the squad, qualifying for the CL and the Additions made in the summer will be huge now to keep us has a top European threat.

Ed apart from the Bid made for Butland did we make any other offers for anyone else?

And seeing has it is now Feb ill be the first to ask Are you aware of anything regarding the future manager of us because the FSW clearly won't be staying on, Has talks been had with Jose?

Thanks for all the work leading up to and on Deadline day as usual ed much appreciated.

BlueBen {Ed002's Note - I am not aware of an actual bid for Butland and I am not aware of anything happening on the final day. There were discussions about a couple of players and their availability earlier in the week as discussed.}

01 Feb 2013 00:22:04
Ed002, are the club looking at loaning some more of the youth out (Lalkovic, Clifford etc. )? Do you have any idea of destinations, if so?

Cheers

Melbourne CFC {Ed002's Note - I am not sure what the plans are with the kids but you must remember that the reserve team has commitments in terms of games as well.}

01 Feb 2013 01:28:24
Hi ed018 who's your favourite chelsea player past and present delboy(34) {Ed018's Note - I've only followed Chelsea for 8-9 years now so there are a lot of great players I didn't get to see play. Past player has to be Drogba and present player is Oscar. I did always enjoy watching a healthy Essien play}

01 Feb 2013 06:01:32
Lamps, Drogs, Oscar for me.

I answered this several months ago, have you got a memory problem?

Chopper Harris

Puzzled

Ed 18 that explains so much, who did you follow before?
Danny {Ed002's Note - He's only 11, give him a break.}

Ha ha ha, ok whatever you say slick. I think we should play 3 at the back with Bertrand and Ramirez on wings play hazard and mata in cam with Ba and Torres up front what does everyone think?
Danny

Dixon, petrescu, wise

01 Feb 2013 01:05:47
Well can't say i'm not suprised that we didn't sign anyone today, I would have thought at least Man City would have gone all out for the likes of Cavani after floggin Balotelli to AC Milan. Got to look at a bigger picture though, we have many great young talented players out on loan till summer that will be pushing for 1st team next season, Lukaku doing well at WBA, Courtois ever brilliant at Atletico, De Bruyne finding good form at Werder Bremen, Wallace to join in June/July. Last season AVB was supposedly going to get a massive transfer war chest (as they put it) but you just knew Roman didn't want him at the club and didn't trust him to bring any players in. can't see Rafa lasting after the season has ended, just praying we get Jose back, not only will he get the best out of the team but he will attract some of the big talent out there, wouldn't mind Guus Hiddink either but i'm not too sure of the talk about Poyet been manager, don't think that would be a clever move but its probably a load of BS. Scott M.

31 Jan 2013 23:56:31
I did dare not look at this page once the past 24 hours, and I'm glad I didn't, it's quite funny just scrolling down even and reading some of the things that are asked and questioned, I just think this window will help us understand that it's not all about buy, buy, buy. even Chelsea has their limit.

Devon.