27 Aug 2012 23:43:09
im excited for friday. it will be good to see the new signings (hopefully) and courtios play. because the game is late would that effect any late signings?
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27 Aug 2012 22:48:56
More reason why we won get falcao as he just got a hatrick and still 30 min left, amazing player why would they sell. I think and hope to god in wrong that man city only team could afford him or would pay the annount needed
They may be forced to sell because of their huge debts. They are also still struggling to pay Porto the money due over him, and if they fail to pay uefa would implode serious consequences; so it may be more likely than u think!
27 Aug 2012 22:22:04
And Falcao has scored another hat trick...... This guy is simply unbelievable. Prefer to keep Sturridge instead of buying a Schurrle, Cavani or Hulk. Only striker I'd like to see come in is Falcao!
27 Aug 2012 22:19:46
That falcao chap doesn't seem to shabby
Jm10
27 Aug 2012 21:41:00
why does everyone want miereles to go, i think he is a top squad player i would have him all day long over mikel raul and lamps in dmf position is ok i think.
Plus cfc please get rid of malouda never warmed to him , benyoun please , essien it pains me to say this but he is done [cant believe i said that] the bison is a true legend but his pins have gone .Ferreira time is a bitch my friend but thanks for the memorys . sturridge i might be mad but i get the impression he is bad for morale through the rest of the team, sell him and spend the money on shurrie or falcao i think you would get 12 to 15 mill for sturridge, i just dont see his input anymore.
we know who we are we know who we are champions of europe we know who we are
gareth 1973
At the end of the day even with malouda, meirelles, ferreira still here we still have 2 open spaces for international over 21 spaces. so they aint really hurting apart from wages. BLUEBOY1
How can you disagree its true! BLUEBOY1
Mikel has been very good in the last two games, better than his midfield partner. Against Wigan he was poor, but he has upped his game.
I was in support of views that he should be replaced, but now i am not so sure.
27 Aug 2012 21:34:57
Boys and girls and even curt do u think we will spend big in the remaining days left of the transfer window! And who would u like to come in
KevinCFC
I would say chelsea, tottenham and man city will all spend big in the coming days... its going to be an exciting end to the window..
Yes, cavani and m'vila
Hasn't Cavani just signed a new contract. M'vila is a great shout and I think he is some one we should be looking at
Me personally would like jovetic or schurrle or hulk. would love iker muniain but not really a place for him. maybe a dm like tiote would be ideal. but to be honest im quite happy with what we got. apart from the 3rd striker. more will happen next summer ie leaving the club. BLUEBOY1
If we do sign someone big it will be a striker and nothing else, don't know who it will be though..have to wait and see if any movement does happen.
Wild
I'd take hulk in a heartbeat. That allows rami to slot deep. That being said I would be happy with anyone that's been said.
Tk
Falcao and tiote carPetman
27 Aug 2012 21:19:10
the last 3 times weve won our first 3 league matches guess what,,,,,,, weve won the league! saw it on some chelsea bloggers webite.
2010/11 I'm pretty sure we won at least the first 3, we didn't win the league.
AK
27 Aug 2012 20:18:04
some very dodgy website linking us with rooney any truth to it or likely not?
thanks
matt
Think you answered it yourself when you added the word dodgey mate
curt
27 Aug 2012 17:24:17
Ed002 A French website -
http://www.francebleu.fr/Sports-Montpellier/Montpellier-Chelsea-lorgne-Yanga-Mbiwa-89103-2012-08-27
Reporting that we are interested in a CB from Montpelier.
Is there any truth in this and if so who would he replace?
Thanks.
Luiz i expect. would love subotic to join though. or replace JT 1 day. BLUEBOY1
I think its more to do with the club believing that jt is more likely to be suspended because of that racism charge.
more likely a cover cb.
we are also interested in a 19yr old serbian cb from fiorentina
It may be that Ivanovic wants to leave. There was talk at the beginning of the transfer window that he would not want to stay if he was only ever going to play RB, if that was the case and he left we would need another defender in the mix.
27 Aug 2012 19:28:06
tbh Chelsea have looked the best team so far in the league. Cast your minds back to opening day of the season. Chelsea dominated Wigan. Scored 2 early goals and then closed the game out. Reading 4-2. Showed great determination, champions determination, to score 3 in the last 20 mins. Dominated, what is a decent side, Newcastle 2-0.
City on the other hand looks to be struggling. Nearly beaten by Southampton if it weren't for some bad defence on their behalf. Then nearly beaten by Liverpoop (not a typo) if it wasn't for Skrtels brilliant assist.
United got beat by Everton then struggled to cope with Foolham in the second half.
Bad, shaky starts for the Manchester clubs then
Don't even get me started on Liverpool and the Gooners. They could be staring at relegation lol.
Chelsea with all the young talent and a brilliant manager behind us look like a team with title tendencies.
I have also heard a lot of people saying the teams Chelsea have beaten so far were 'easy' and 'walkovers'. Yeah as if a team who nearly made it into the Champions league are 'pushovers'. City had Southampton (new boys) and Liverpool (who what, didn't even finish in the top 8 last season). United played Everton (the never-spenders) and Fulham (the play-a-drawers). If those teams weren't 'walkovers' then I don't know who is. We played Wigan (beat United) and Newcastle (5th place last season). Chelsea have made the most promising start and will hopefully go all the way this season.
COME ON YOU BLUES
RT
As much as I like see Chelsea playing well, it's only been 2-3 games in, hardly a start to summarize upon. Plus Swansea have showed a little bit to them if we are going to argue the best starts, not saying they will win the league, but a start is a start.
Devon.
Chelsea did not dominate Wigan, it was a good win, but not a particularly convincing one, the end of the first half and the beginning of the second Wigan were the better team, some shocking finishing saved us a bit.
27 Aug 2012 18:23:41
We don't need another striker. Sturridge is a great number 2 and if by some really bad bit of luck both Sturridge and Torres are injured or out of form then we have Moses or Paizon/Oscar In the "false 9" hate that term? Thoughts?
Chelsea Pro's
Deffinately need a striker
curt
100% need a striker. look at city,utd both have like 5 good strikers
Agree Curt we need a striker
God forbid but what if Nando breaks a leg.
Battersea Boy
I hope Piazon gets some game time.
roan
A versatile striker/winger would be good. Hulk at the right price fits the bill. Danny wants his chance up there and hopefully Lukaku will come back next season with a good amount of experience so with 1 more addition we should be all good up top for years to come.
Marley
City play with 3 strikers sometime and united 2. but we do need one more, otherwise it is a gamble. BLUEBOY1
27 Aug 2012 18:17:27
Cech
Brana, Cahill/Luiz/JT, Ash
Lamps, Mikel
Ramires, Mata, Hazard
Nando
Squad (worth mentioning): Cesar, Bertrand, Essien, Romeu, Mereiles, Moses, Studge, Oscar, Marin
Man City
Hart
Zabaleta, Lescott, Kompany, Clichy
De Jong, Toure
Nasri, Silva, Tevez
Balotelli
Squad (worth mentioning): Richards, Kolarov, Toure, Savic, Barry, Milner, Rodwell, Dzeko, Aguero
Man Utd
De Gea
Rafael, Vidic, Evans, Evra
Carrick, Cleverly
Valencia, Rooney, Kagawa
RVP
Squad (worth mentioning): Ferdinand, Smalling, Jones, Buttner, Scholes, Anderson, Fletcher, Giggs, Nani, Young, Hernandez, Welbeck
I'm baffled as to why we're not seen as serious title contenders?? Because we're young and a lot of the squad haven't been there and done it? That's rubbish, if you're good enough you're old enough. Don't get me wrong i'm happy we're not being mentioned as serious title contenders, less pressure for the boys and RDM to deal with. Just baffles me when looking at the squads and how equal they are that pundits are so quick to write us off.
Would love to hear peoples views on this because out of the 3 squads i'd sum them up as follows.
Chelsea have the youngest and most talented squad. If Robbie can get the tactics spot on, man-manage the players right like last season, and handle the expectations, then there's no reason why we can't win the league. The rotation of the players needs to be spot on this season as we have so many games to play. City have the biggest and most physical squad. They are set up a lot like Chelsea were in the early Jose days. They have also kept the same group of players together as last season so know what it takes to go all the way and win the league. Strong favorites again. Man Utd have the weakest squad out of the 3. They have more players to call on than City and us, but their squad seems to be filled with largely average players i.e. Evans, Raphael, Giggs (nowadays), Anderson, Jones, Carrick, Smalling, Buttner, Fletcher etc. There biggest asset is Ferguson and his ability to get the maximum out of an average squad/player.
Overall i don't think we have anything to fear whatsoever.
Also, no team has retained the Champions League Trophy since it began? That's fine because we're not the same team. Same club, different team. I do have a sneaky feeling we could be the first guys.
OsgoodIsKing
The only players i would take from united and city are vidic and kagawa from united and hart, toure, kompany and augero from city (maybe silva if we hadnt of signed who we did)
curt
Rooney n Hernandez!
Good shout Osgood! I do fear the experience city gained last season might be the difference though.
Melbourne CFC
Rooney, van persie,
27 Aug 2012 18:14:19
Anyone else think Karim Benzema would suit our style of play up front with Torres? Could he be the deadline day deal?
Wishful thinking
curt
Would love to see him come but i dont think its gonna happen
Should keep away from french players.
Yeah keep away from french players i mean we didnt keep away from desailly and we all know how much of a failure that was he only taught JT how to defend i mean we dont want that sort of thing happening again
Yeah the French, what have they given us? Only desailly, Gallas, makelele, malouda, in his prime and Anelka? Pshtt..
Devon.
27 Aug 2012 18:14:17
iv found pinky all !!!!!!
i think hes become a spud :S hes posting on there now went on there to see what they are saying about sturridge and merieles.
curt
Does anybody care
pinky
When you come to think of it actually no none of us do care
spuds can keep you
curt
Lets send curt off to the spuds!! chelsearumours.co.uk revolution!
27 Aug 2012 16:19:56
i wish ppl will learn how to watch a game of football b4 doing ur match ratings! ppl saying merieles was poor! watch the game again and learn its not just bout amazings runs buy hazard and mata! watch merieles work rate his pressering of the ball, important little nicks to win the ball back simple passing letting others to shape up for a attack! his control of the middle was good
kevinCFC
Have you let a friend post for you kevin
you forgot your negativity which i thought naturally come with your posts
curt
Kevin your a fine one to talk with all you BS. BLUEBOY1
27 Aug 2012 15:09:36
I am a fan of mikel...haters gunna hate, so be it...his job may not be pretty, but he played a big part in winning the CL in munich, and im seeing glimpses of the attacking midfielder mikel!
Peds
To be honest ive slated him but give credit were its due he playing well
kevinCFC
27 Aug 2012 11:24:57
do u think moses and azpilicueta will be starters?
Moses yes azpilicueta no
Other way round
Both will add to the squad and provide competion for places.
MB
^^^^ easiest way of putting it
curt
27 Aug 2012 11:21:41
Hulk cavani or Hernandez I'd like cavani myself what about u guys?
Same cavani. carPetman
Andre schurlle :D
curt
Hernandez
TcBlue.
Hulk, more versatile.
If im building a new team I say cavani. With our current team I say hulk.
Tk
27 Aug 2012 11:00:22
Hi guys my ratings for the game against the Geordies
Cech8/10brilliant save to deny ba
Ivan5/10he was ok
Cahill7/10some good tackles he was solid
Bertrand6/10very promising young talent some good runs needs to improve defensive game though
Ramires7/10sped past the tired Geordie legs his pace is unreal
Meireles6/10some intelligent passes but lacked pace
Mikel7/10big improvement he had some good runs and passed well
Hazard9/10emaculate performance good penalty and a brilliant backheel to set up Torres.
Torres8/10epic finish he looked fresh aswell.
Mata7/10he has been amazing for us what a legend
Man of the match:Eden hazard
Thanks carPetman
Couldn't agree more
Didn't realise we played with 10 and ivanovic was better than a five. Shows how much u took notices mr 100 percent agree. Blueboy1
Luiz?
O Soz luiz5/10ahis defensive run nearly a cost us
Ivaqnovic and merieles bit slow ratings dont you think ?
your reason cant be because merieles lacks pace considering hes never had pace
curt
Merieles bossed the midfield! and u give him a 6!
kevinCFC
He did alright after a shaky start but "bossed" is a tad of an exaggeration.
Sev
Yer bossed is a bit extreme but he done better than 6 out of 10 and ivanovic was deffinately better than 5 out of 10
curt
You forgot cole
27 Aug 2012 10:49:45
This isnt about Chelsea, but we should all give a round of applause to Gignac who scored yesterday. He a period a lot like Torres except he went to a italian fat camp.
Your easily pleased arent you
curt
Hey, he had to go to an italian fat camp. give him some credit. (maybe we should of sent Torres there he's looking a little porky)
Scruffy
If torres is porky what does that make david seaman these days
curt
27 Aug 2012 09:45:18
Hey guys, havent posted in ages but just wanted to run a though past. Although its probably been discussed before i reckon that we should play 4231 against big teams like man u, city etc and then when we play small teams like qpr, norwich, liverpool etc we should play a sort of 4132 formation with 2 strikers hands 1 holding midfielder. I know this would be frail but it would let us tear apart small teams and then let us take off a striker and add a holding mid. What do you guys think of this formation idea
Jono
I think its a good idea personally especially if we sign a new striker
love how you put liverpool as a small team haha well played
curt
Liverpool a small club!18league titles is a small club haha very funny
Your 8 league titles mean nothing right now and if liverpool is a big team how did they lose to westbrom 3-0?
Jono
18 league titles ?? not one of those is a premiership title though
jog on
curt
Fact is scousers your club these days is average at best and will remain that way your in a bracket with the likes of villa, fulham, west brom,sunderland etc middle size club my scouse friends. cfc4life.
Apart from posting in the chelsea page i think i misses giving it to liverpool supporters
We beat ye home and away for the last 2years
We beat ya at our second ground in FA cup final, when I mattered! No point beating big teams then losing to qpr Norwich fulham Swansea Sunderland etc
27 Aug 2012 08:29:08
I reckon we should try and tempt Raheem Sterling back to London (originally with QPR) with Champions League football. Cant wait to see him and Oxlade-Chamberlain on the wings for England.
ChelseaL
No need ,I do not think they would fit into our future team as we require players who are not only quick but also very very clever players that can play all over the pitch in atleast two or three positions.Because all the players we have signed so far have those attributes.While Sterling and Ox are very quick(like Walcott) and have decent crossing ability(unlike Walcott) ,they are pretty one dimensional and lack the finesse.I know they are young and will develop ,but I doubt they will ever be the type of player ,that we ate looking for.
In my opinion as those players are British a lot of buzz is surrounding them and they are being a bit overestimated.They will good players ,probably not great players.
He never said to sign chamberlin, he said sterling.
One game and he's amazing, he played a team with 3 at the back, which is easy for wingers to attack against. let alone he was up against Kolo Toure.
Scruffy
27 Aug 2012 07:51:22
I for one definitely feel Chelsea need another striker but don't think we should spend big money. Don't know why we didn't go after aderbayor or ba.
We don't need cavani. But we do need another striker.
Adebayor had his heart set on tottenham and ba wants to stay with Newcastle. carPeptman
Adebayor is not up to our standard and Ba is a walking time bomb.So both are a no go.
roan
27 Aug 2012 05:36:38
Eds, I remember before the Hazard bid was made 1 of the boardmembers needed to be convinced before hand. Curious as to what his current feelings are towards Hazard?
MB11 {Ed002's Note - It was not a board member. The issue was not his ability tut his attitude.}
Wasn't sure about the boardmember title, but this is obviously someone they listen to. Is the attitude still a concern and have they spoken to him about that? Cheers.
MB11 {Ed002's Note - He was spoken to about it before he joined - Chelsea would not have bought the player without this person agreeing it was OK.}
27 Aug 2012 01:37:32
I really hope we make this crucial final signing. We so desperately need another top class striker. Heading into 6 comps with only one would be madness. Cavani pleaseeee. James13
6comps?.....?
League, league cup, fa cup, champions league, super cup and world club cup
honestly that shouldnt need working out for you
curt
27 Aug 2012 00:17:48
I just have a few things to say about my beloved Chelsea:
1) When RDM was appointed there were a lot of doubters and haters saying that he was going to 'park the bus' and he has a 'boring' brand of football. Bet all of them are willing to take it back now. I put all my faith in RDM and so far he has delivered. He has an unbelievably smart game plan. Pushing for a goal in the first 25-30 mins and then trying to get a second to have some insurance. Then keeping his defence very tight and trying to grab another on the break from Eden, Nando, Juan etc.
2) The play between the three front players Hazard, Torres and Mata is so refreshing and brilliant to watch. The 32mil man looks like quite a signing. What 5 or 6 assists in three games. Everyone was saying he wouldn't cope in the prem with all the hard challenges coming in. But so far he has given the defences a nightmare. He loves running to the left or right of the defenders rather than taking it straight on. Very impressive young lad. Messi-esque in a way.
3) Torres seems to have found a new lease of life. 3 goals in 4 games and his link up play is absolutely superb. Hopefully he can keep it up.
4) The defense so far has been top notch. Luiz, Terry, Cahill have been brilliant at CB and Ivanovic has been, IMO, the best defender in the league so far. He is gonna give Azpil a run for his money all season. We look like a tough team to break down.
5) Everybody was righting us off at the beginning of the season saying that one of the Manchester clubs was going to win the title but with our good young players coming in and a superb manager behind us I think we could go all the way.
So that sums it up. All of my points could change through the course of the season because it is still very early days but I will stand by my statements till the end of the season because I am a Chelsea faithful......... COME ON YOU BLUES
RT
Good post mate, i for one doubted the tactical competencies of RDM but our first three games showed me he has some tricks up his sleeve. I just hope that we can be consistant throughout the season especially during the winter games where we've been struggling for the past couple of seasons. All in all the future is certainly looking bright for us.
On a side note, watching the pool game yesterday it seems that their own players don't like the club hence Skrtel passing the ball to tevez, what an assist
aL
I agree with this 100%. Anyone who slated RDM before we even kicked a ball this season, there was no point in that negativity. We are all one club, carefree since 1905.
CFCFOREVER!
Another side to the story is we've only played 3 teams who we should of beaten no matter what. Well see what he comes up with against, pool, arse, utd, rubbishty, spurs. Their the games we gotta do better. But I do agree he's done well so far. BLUEBOY1