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27 Jul 2012 20:52:09
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27 Jul 2012 19:36:48
Is anything new going to happen to this Website in the future?,. {Ed018's Note - like what}
Wheres melbourne and shed end gone these days, we need em back
I think curt scared them off, ( only a joke curt). The whole transfer window Bs puts them off I believe.
Marley
:O how dare you marley lol
melbourne posted the other day i believe hes busy with work at the moment
curt
27 Jul 2012 21:06:16
Comment yes if you agree and no if you disagree Chelseas team next season gk Cech rb azpilicueta cb terry cb luiz lb cole rm Ramires cm oscar LM meireles rw hazard cf Torres lw mata?
Mereiles is, for lack of a better word, gash
trueblue012
Are you serious about merieles left mid ? hes not even that great in his preferred position you should be ashamed
curt
I doubt i will be 4-3-3 next season, most likely to be 4-2-3-1 as everyone expects
ChelseaL
27 Jul 2012 19:33:02
Oscar been give the number 11 shirt. Big boots to fill!
AK
How do you know? It is not on the CFC site
Yer id have to agree drogba was what 6 ft 4 with id say size 13 feet ?
there probably be a bit loose on oscar
On the CFC website (not USA megastore) it gives you the option to have Oscar 11 on the new third kit.
AK
Yes it is pick a name for back of ur shirt, bottom of list is OSCAR11
27 Jul 2012 19:32:00
This is the issue with a striker replacement for Drogba.
With Drogba leaving a massive hole has been created in attack. This has been mostly filled with the arrival of a couple new and exciting attacking midfielders. However, we still need a pure striker man to back up Torres. The issue with Torres being our main man is a different matter but what we are looking for is a solid striker to lead a very competant Chelsea attack.
Obviously Torres is first choice however with we have no confidence in our current strikers of choice. Torres has had a very iffy season and Sturridge has as well, because of an attitude problem or something. Lukaku looks a good prospect however it is safe to say we're not particularly confident in him being a replacement for Drogba. It is also fair to say that Drogba is 'irreplacable'. But, these are the potential signings we have been linked with and we could make.
-Hulk- I think we all know the situation with this man as it has been a hot topic of discussion over the past weeks and months. At first I thought he would play in a striker position then I thought on the right wing, however, he is very capable of adopting either position. It does seem less and less likely we are going to sign him after Porto's clear intentions of keeping.
-Jovetic- It is the same story here as well, his club have expressed there interests in keeping him. We will probably have to wait until later.
-Cavani- This again would be one we will have to negotiate particularly hard for and we can't expect this deal to go through anytime soon. Perhaps having to push past the £40million mark.
-Shurrle- This is like not dissimilar from all the others as he too wants to be kept by his club.
All these strikers are very capable and young talents. Personally, i'd love to see any of these signed. However, Cavani would be the oone for us, despite being the most expensive.
Falcao should be the one for us!
Get over it, Falcao is not available, not this season anyway and if he was we would have to pay stupid money to get him.
Falcao is not available and is not versatile for us. With Hulk and Cavani there is a lot of versatility, they can both play away from the Striker position, and both work harder than Falcao who is to much like Torres.
Falcao is available in the region of £37.5-£40m due to Atletico huge debt. A source tells me that he is Chelseas preferred option for a new striker and is certainly Abramovics preferred choice.
Hulk is versatile but cavani isnt!
Falcao stupid money!!! Just look at Cavani !!!
Lol agreed mate cavani and falcao will cost around the same amount
Falcao only joined Atletico last summer, no chance of him leaving so soon and after winning the UEFA cup with them. That would be like us selling Hazard to Barca next summer after having a great season for us, not going to happen so stop carping on about it.
Why isnt it going to happen if barca bid for hazard next year and he wanted to play there he would be going
people rarely say no to barcalona or madrid
players can play for the first half of the season and sold in january just because they signed one summer doesnt mean they wont move next summer
There is such thing as contracts, if you sign a 5 year contract you wont be going anywhere after the 1st year and not for cheap and deffo not if your the clubs star player and asset, get real.
Atletico in the Europa league.
Chelsea in the champions league.
Simple....
These world class players (Falcao) are ambitious u know!
No you need to get real most players will go for the right place however many years they have left on a contract
No they dont and it looks bad on their reputation and loyalty, why would any club want to sign a player like that? Even Tevez isnt that low. Falcao will not leave Atletico this summer and I will even put money on it.
27 Jul 2012 19:30:52
Come on!Cut it out guys. What's with all the random and repeated questions. I sure miss the banter on the site and as much as I like the transfer window I can't wait till it ends, so we can banter and share opinions like old times.
I love this site its the only place I get to talk about my beloved chelsea with a lot of chelsea fans, but all I get now is "Hey Ed are we interested in Modric or Bale or Messi".
I'm not saying we shouldn't ask Ed questions but at least RTFP before you post, that way it not only makes a good and different read but also, it stands a good chance of not annoying fellow posters and ED who just read and answered a similar question 2 posts below. So guys let's cut the BS . Thanks
P.S. Sorry for the rant, I just miss the banter :).
ELI
Absolutely
trueblue012
27 Jul 2012 19:17:28
Oscar is supposedly going to be number 11. On the Chelsea Megastore USA website, they are selling shirts with Oscar and the number 11 on the back.
Are you kidding me?
trueblue012
Surprised me was looking at the 3rd kit and saw oscar 11
I'm not seeing it mate.
Tk
27 Jul 2012 17:05:24
Victor moses plays for nigeria but was born in england , would he be considered an english home grown player in uefa,s eyes ?
The national team he plays for is irrelevant.
IB.
You sound like ed there
27 Jul 2012 18:01:31
Ed,if u were rdm who would you sign for rb and cf? {Ed018's Note -Azpilicueta. and either Falcao or Cavani would be my first choice for a striker}
27 Jul 2012 15:49:32
Ed What Striker would you buy for chelsea and why? {Ed018's Note - Falcao or Cavani. Simply put they are two of the best strikers out there.}
27 Jul 2012 13:33:01
Hi ed I just saw rdm say hulk deal is officially off
Good we dont need him now overated, much prefer a bid for iker muniain. BLUEBOY1
Oh behave urself hes not overrrated his record speaks for itself
Record in tokyo and porto!
He is over priced there is no doubt about that.
No disrespect, but the portuguese league and japanese league aren't the best
trueblue012
Yeah his record tells us he was good in Japan and average at Porto. Never seen him have a good game in the Champs League or UEFA Cup, well over priced and over-hyped.
Average at porto lol ......
in that case falcao is overrated i bet you soon disagree with that but he was at porto and the spanish league isnt hard
No question, falcao is a good player, but hulk is nothing like him from what i've seen, all he does is fall over and take shots from outrageous positions
trueblue012
But have you seen his left foot trueblue
im not saying falcao isnt good because he is i just find it confusing u slate hulk for his skill at porto yet falcao's been at porto and one season in lets face it an easy spanish league
I must say i haven't seen a great deal of hulk, but when i have it has been in big games and he has shown nothing that makes me believe he is worth even 25 mil, let alone what porto are asking for. you say falcao played in porto the same as hulk, but he (falcao) has a much better record in europe.
trueblue012
Easy Spanish league...... 2nd best league in the world mate!
Haha, don't embarrass yourself, the spamish league has messi and ronaldo, the stadiums are only full when real or barca are playing, in germany it is amazing, the stadiums are always packed even if it is the two worst teams playing.
trueblue012
2nd best league in the world lool
they have 2 good teams please dont comment on stuff you dont know
you make a point trueblue i think hulk would be good at us though and remember falcaos record is better than hulk because hes a striker
however im not going against you saying i dont want him at chelsea i wouldnt complain if he was here lol
curt
I'd agree that the Spanish league is the 2nd best in the world.
Which two teams competed in the Europa League final?
Which country had two teams in the Champions League semis?
Not rocket science.
IB.
That doesnt mean nothing IB
europa league is such an easy cup and barca and madrid are the only 2 teams that are ever getting very far in the champions league from spain
werent it a german team we beat in the final though ;)
germany and italy have better competitive leagues
Spain not conceding in 10 competive knockout matches shows the muppets who say the defences are poor in Spain.
Plus Bilbao dismantled united in Europa league and finished like sixth or something.
Dude you kind of made my point with that sentence
the spain starting squad consists of barca and madrid players .......
just face facts la liga is like 4th best league
fancyist league in the world for skill and that but no way 2nd best
It's difficult to compare leagues. But how are you suggesting that the German and Italian leagues are better?
What evidence is there?
IB.
For a start, the support for teams in germany is level, if not better, than in england. in italy you get a different team winning the scudetto each year, obviously the competition is better
trueblue012
Are we judging the leagues on how good the support is or the players. I'm lost....?
If you're talking about how 'competitive' the teams are within the league, then yes, the Italian and German leagues are more competitive.
IB.
Were judging the leagues on how competitive they are and quite frankly la liga has no competition
english then german then italian then spanish league is how it goes
Okay let me put it this way, the standard of football being played in italy and germany is better than in spain, because, there are more than just two good teams.
trueblue012
But if Cavani played in la liga he wouldnt score as many goals..
Which is why there were two spanish teams in the Europa league final, one of which beat two Italian teams to get there. Three Spanish teams in the semi-finals
Anyway, we're all entitled to an opinion. I just think that if you look at the simple facts over the last few seasons Spanish football has completely outstripped the Grrman and Italian leagues.
IB.
Just no
trueblue012
So you are saying 'just no' to a factual statement.
IB.
Inter have one the Scudetto 5 out of the last 7 years I think. Different team every year indeed.
IB.
I agree with the facts, it's your opinion i disagree with.
lets break it down, since 2000 teams that have won titles in their respective league's
la liga
barcelona 5
real madrid 5
valencia 2
serie a
inter 4
juventus 3
milan 3
roma 1
bundesliga
bayern munich 7
borrussia dortmund 3
werder bremen 1
stuttgart 1
wolfsburg 1
trueblue012
Lol trueblue to think this started out with me and you disagreeing on hulk and falcao now were agreeing
put it this way most people will only watch barca or madrid in germany or italy theres much more competition
quite frankly france has a more competitive league than spain
We aren't discussing the competitive of the league anymore.
It's the quality of football.
Anyway, think we can agree to disagree!
IB.
27 Jul 2012 11:41:33
Hi ed do we have an interest in Gareth bale ?
I love the way ED ignored this question. As usual, class act ED :) .
ELI
He signed a new contract earlier this summer.
People asking about bale modric just F off seriously! BLUEBOY1
I know where has it come has someone put something in the water
27 Jul 2012 10:29:37
Hi ed are Chelsea still interested in Luke modric
Why? Just why would we be interested in him now we have Mata, Hazard, Oscar, Marin, Piazon and KDB.
Because modric can act as a deep playmaker whereas the others you mention cannot. thats why
Oscar can and probably will be used as a deeper playmaker.
IB.
Yes oscar can play their he dropped and played thr for brazil when ganso came on! and he was brilliant and disiplined for defensive duties. BLUEBOY1
For the people disagreeing with my previous comment, can I just ask where you are expecting Oscar to play?
IB.
In the attacking trio.
Adding to what IB said who would you drop to play oscar then mata, hazard or marin?
Oscar ain't going to go straight into the starting 11. He ll need time to adapt both on and off the pitch. For the first 6 month expect him to be rotated in and out of the trio behind the striker. MB
Its ideal he come mata looked tired half way through last year, marin hasnt had an injury free career so far BLUEBOY1
Maybe mata was looking tired because he had to do most of the work himself last year
27 Jul 2012 10:07:23
Hi ed have Chelsea made a bid for falcao yet? {Ed002's Note - Chelsea have spoken with his club and he is not available at this time. If he becomes available Chelsea may well be interewsted at the right price.}
Surely every player is available at the right price Ed? {Ed002's Note - Try not to be an idiot, it was talking about the buying of a player.}
Basically if we offer £40m they will accept it. {Ed002's Note - You are struggling to grasp this.}
Honestly some people
curt
CURT - there you are - not been on this page for a few days because I thought you had been transferred. Trust you are well?
Puzzled
I know i saw it
im good thanks cant complain urself
All the better for seeing you back in print (IF that was you curt)
Puzzled
Yer its me sometimes i dont bother signing my posts it saves arguments with the very few immature people left on this site
27 Jul 2012 09:43:22
Hi ed could elaborate a little bit more what you mean by saying financial issues? Are we going bust after the signings we have done or is the player Simply to expensive after our valuation.
Duke of Chelsea {Ed002's Note - The statement was clear - Porto want more than Chelsea will pay.}
There is always 1...
No - very often there are several
Puzzled
27 Jul 2012 09:15:48
Hi ed do you think this is a possible team for next season rb azpilicueta cb terry cb luiz lb cole rm hazard cm Oscar LM mata rw Torres cf cavani lw lewandowski.thats the team I would pick if I were RDM {Ed002's Note - No, Cavani and Lewandowski will not both arrive.}
We wont be good enough to play without a goalkeeper
Plus, lewandowski and Torres aren't wingers, and there are no midfielders that can tackle in whatever formation that you're suggesting we play (like a really, really, really wide open 4-3-3) so it would never work. In short, that's why you aren't RDM...
Roweycfc
Well naah
27 Jul 2012 09:07:01
Hi ed I think we should buy hulk,he is so strong and he has such powerful shots are we still interested in him? {Ed002's Note - Not at anything like the price Porto now want.}
27 Jul 2012 08:49:22
We are going to buy azpilicueta in the next 24 hours
Can't see it happening during the olympics
Oscar.....
Erm if you check your facts that was before the olympics.
Erm was he or was he not joined up playing games for the olympic brazil squad?
That doesnt make sense?
Yes it does has he been playing games for the brazil olympic squad while he was signing honestly go back to school
Erm it is the 6 weeks mate and FYI what i meant was i DOUBT he would sign DURING the OFFICIAL tournament. Oscar signed BEFORE the OFFICIAL tournament, maybe you need to go to a summer school, just a thought...
Well that was a truly pointless argument really wasn't it!!
Or maybe you should check the agrees and disagrees on our comments then answer back ?? he was still with the olympic squad playing football dont mug urself off
curt
27 Jul 2012 08:45:00
Hi ed do you think Chelsea will Let Lucas moura go to man utd or will we make a last minute bid? {Ed002's Note - I rather doubt either would happen.}
Let moura go?? hes not our player we cant let him do anything
27 Jul 2012 05:59:32
I think that Victor Moses and Azpilicueta will be our only other signings this summer wrapping up an awesome spending spree with hazard, marin, hazard, oscar all coming in. I must say that i am totally against buying another player like cavani or falcao right now. If torres is playing like s*** then sell him and buy one of them... but for now we have torres, sturridge, lukaku, moses(possibly), piazon, Or even hazard as a sort of false 9 like messi. For those who say "ya well kalou, drogba, anelka all left so we need more players.." we have effectively replaced all them except the irreplaceable drogba. Plus buying another striker angers the youth players, torres, lukaku, sturridge. give them some time and lets see how it works, look at man u they have 4 strikers competing for 2 spots in the XI berbatov and chicharito are unhappy there. if moses signs we will be totally fine with the amount of matches being played next season.
so my team sheet would goes like this-
sell- malouda/benayoun, paulo ferrera, kakuta
loan- kalas, van anholt, bruma, McEchran, KDB
GK- Cech Turnbull Hilario Blackman
Rb- Ivanovic Azpilicueta Hutch
Cb- Terry Cahill Luiz Ivan Chalobah
Lb- Cole Bertrand
CDM- Mikel Essien Lamps Romeu Meireles Ramires (oscar)
CAM's- Hazard, Mata, Oscar, Marin, Moses (ramires) (Lampard) (Piazon)
ST- Torres Sturridge Lukaku (moses) (Piazon)
XI
-------------cech----------
Ivan--cahill-terry----cole
------rami-mikel/(lamps)
oscar----mata----hazard
--------TORRES----------
XI
------------turnbull----------
azpil-----ivan--luiz----bertrand
-------essien-meireles/(romeu)
moses---piazon----marin
-----sturridge/lukaku--------
Thats ALL
Cali
At least it you gave valid reasons for not buying a striker unlike those who say that " it might upset Torres".
Good post. Agree with everything you just said except for one thing. Lukaku should be loaned out. And instead of buying Moses we should try and get a player who can play on the wing or upfront; hulk and schurrle are not really options anymore but IMO that is vital. Lukau staying at chelsea will just stump his growth. We need a versatile striker/winger IMO.
27 Jul 2012 05:56:32
Lately I've proposed that Ferreira and hilario should be moved on to much disdain by some individuals. I am in no way debating that they have been fantastic servants of the club I just feel everyone has an expiration date and theyve reached theirs. Many people say you need them for their experience but I would argue that you have Ashley cole and John terry, two of the most senior defenders in the world to learn from. And at goal you have petr Cech whose been one of the best keepers in the world over the last 7 years. I just can't justify them taking up a squad place when you have better players in their position and better players fighting for their club spot. I also understand the club has had discussions with both about moving on.
Tk
Ferreira deserves to finish his contract here
IMO his career died a while ago. Now he is just picking up his wages here
Ferreira has been a great servant id rather let him pick up wages from us than hilario atleast paulo still gets game time
With some players it is not just about what they do on the pitch, but also off it, like in the dressing room and training ground, they are good people to have around and one of the reasons, i feel, why ramires and david luiz settled so quickly
trueblue012
Spot on trueblue ferreira would be an insparation to any defender coming through at chelsea
glad he was here to win the champions league with us
also glad we won it when the likes of lamps, terry, cech, cole and drogba were still there they all deserved it just a shame makele couldnt of been here when we won it or joe cole
I agree with u trueblue. People don't seen to understand the concept of players being important off the pitch. MB
Ferriera does a lot of work behind the scenes in almost an ambassadorial role for the club...look at the publicity photo shoots from the tour - you'll see him in most of them.
Plus he is a good go between, for want of a better phrase, for the young Portuguese speaking players at the club...deffo a role model for them.
I have no doubt his playing career is at an end however he deffo still has a role to play at the club.
Surewould
Coach maybe when he retires
27 Jul 2012 04:04:33
Hi eds just wanna tell you that you are doing a great job especially with thw guys that keep asking the same question over and over with out readin the other posts
27 Jul 2012 00:11:48
Ed,
I know this question may sound a bit shrewd, but do you think with Cavani's recent and unfortunate troubles (his wife getting mugged, home raided before that) he might consider a move elsewhere or possibly increase Chelsea's chances of acquiring him? I don't mean to sound selfish or anything of the sort, just food for thought though I am sorry to hear that happen.
Thanks. {Ed002's Note - I have no interest in speculating on such things.}
26 Jul 2012 23:09:18
my team would be
cech
ivanovich/azpill luiz terry/cahill cole/bertrand
ramires essien/lampard
marin/moses oscar/hazard mata/hazard
TORRES/TORRES
any of the above over lapping positions can be subs if not starting
thanks gareth 1973
So torres starts and sits on the bench? we only have one torres