Chelsea Banter Archive February 03 2015

 

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03 Feb 2015 21:46:59
Anyone know the extent of Willian's injury btw? Haven't read anything about it since Saturday. We need our players back to full fitness!

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Don't know, don't think it will be to serious and I expect him to only miss the villa game, if he misses any at all.

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Minor it means we will definitely see cuadrado start against villa! and probably see some young guns like ake and loftus cheek on the bench! looking forward to it

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03 Feb 2015 19:49:00
Now we have to find left footed Cuadrado so we may move Hazard to his natural position number ten.

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That's the most interesting post I've read from you MN, hazard can imo play anywhere in attack and is or 2nd best passer in the final 3rd and combined with his pace and the pace of Willian and Cuadrado that would be scary

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If we played a different system and didn't have Mourinho or oscar. It would be this I bet.

Schurrle Hazard Willian

As the front three. I agree that hazard is best in the centre.

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I think Hazard in the centre and Willian on the left with Cuadrado on the right would be interesting. I always wonder if the reason Mourinho didn't go with Hazard in the centre is because he didn't believe he would work hard enough without the ball. I think he has shown that he is a harder worker than most expect.

As much as I would like Willian to come back from injury asap, I think the Villa game is the perfect chance to see what Cuadrado can do.

Ill say one more thing, good player or not, Icardi (would there seemed to be lots of talk about during january and december) i'm really glad we didn't throw 30 mil or whatever it would be. While douglas costa has talent, i'm also glad we didn't get him because it just seemed like a panic buy. I don't see the point in spending millions when we have players in the youth team who could do a job. Just need to give them a chance.

It also will free up the chance to spend when needed, e.g. Varane, Pogba etc etc. I like this model we are following. You look at who we have sold and bought and we are undoubtably a better team. I think the only player I would have liked to keep is de bruyne. I always liked him, but he just took a bit of a huff and in the end wanted to go. To be honest, I would have been happier if we sold Mata first and tried to give KDB a bit more time. but alas, what is done is done.

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04 Feb 2015 22:54:43
I think having a winger that can genuinely scare teams is worth a lot more than a guy behind the striker. How many times have we seen hazard pull the full back and centrehalf over to him to open space for diego score? I also think that mourinho requires the person in the middle to absolutely put in a shift and sacrifice attacking threats at time which isn't what you want to do with one of the best 5 attackers in the world. I would be interested to see willian in the hole though.

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03 Feb 2015 19:45:41
Izzy brown into our first team squad get in there! It's about time! and in to the a list for the champions league, great news. It's about time a youngster with great ability became 5th choice attacker I'm glad they've done it to replace Salah. Baker, Boga, Brown all have the quality to do so.

Loftus-Cheek also added which is what we expected he is the one who will come the closest for me if not he'll make it he has the power and pace for it.

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Let's hope they can contribute a bit as well :)

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It's all good being named in the first team. let's hope Mourinho gives them Minutes. They do deserve it. Our under 21s are quailty!
All have different qualities. :))

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03 Feb 2015 21:57:52
You see the likes of Coquelin at arsenal, Wilson at United and especially Harry Kane our players can be just as good if not better.

Christensen still needs to bulk up for me I'm not convinced with him as of yet.

Ake, Chalobah, Loftus-Cheek, Baker, Brown, Boga and Bamford are very much the names I think could impress in the first team.

I'd feel better seeing Chalobah next to Matic in big away games instead of Mikel.

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Chalobah is a bit strange super cesc.

Since his brilliant loan at Watford, where we should have brought him back and some stage, was loaned to another team and flopped. We need more care.

Ake is the player that should be in place for Mikel if Mikel was to be sold. He has played well whenever he gets the chance

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04 Feb 2015 16:28:23
Another thing that shocked me about Chalobah is he is only one year (almost exactly) older than RLC. the only thing that sucks is he plays in a similar fashion to RLC but I could see them making Chalobah into a holding mid as he's very developed defensively b

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03 Feb 2015 12:10:55
{Ed001's Note - We have posted a new article entitled, Manchester United; Have our UCL rivals moved ahead of us this winter?

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03 Feb 2015 11:00:06
Thanks Eds, especially our favorite 002 for all the input which made another window so much fun :). Just wondered Ed what's your favorite football club?

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{Ed002's Note - Of those I recall:
Ed001 - Liverpool
Ed002 - UCB California Golden Bears Women's Soccer Team
Ed003 - Blackpool
Ed004 - Manchester Utd
Ed007 - Celtic, Manchester Utd and many others
Ed008 - I have never figured it out
Ed018 - Chelsea
Ed025 - Everton with a soft spot for Arsenal
Ed033 - Liverpool but he thinks there is a Conspiracy against them.

Haha thanks :). Would be fun to listen to a convo between Ed033 and Jose Mourinho.

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03 Feb 2015 14:20:52
Berkeleys team has some lookers Ed. Good shout.

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Lol about ed003, and poor ed003! Must be a nightmare for him

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{Ed003's Note - I'm glad you find it funny - lol.}

Was meant to be lol at ed33 because he's the conspiracy guy.

Shame about Blackpool becuase I do like them. I left England when I was 7 so I don't follow the 'rivalries' as much as other football fans do. I know chelsea and Blackpool aren't rivals but I think it's Blackpool that everyone hates? Lol

Followed you when you guys played well in the league, I like hull a lot and Wolves too, so maybe it's just the orange kits :P

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{Ed002's Note - Chelsea had a major "incident" in Blackpool once - it ended up leading to the captain leaving the club.}

Really? What happened? I probably have that memory lodged in the back of my brain lol

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{Ed002's Note - Go and look it up - I don't have time.}

Yep no worries, trying right now :)

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03 Feb 2015 10:54:30
Alright lads, transfer window's closed and we've got a small squad. I for one am not necessarily worried about a lack of depth.
I sincerely hope that our young players can get some opportunities though, and hopefully they make the most of it if and when those opportunities come. I'm especially thinking of Ake, RLC and Brown.
Brown obviously because he's an attacking player and we've only got 4 true attacking midfielders for 3 position. So if an injury occurs he might be needed.
Ake and RLC might get some minutes if Ramires is used as depth for the attacking mid positions.
Up the Blues, this can be our year!

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{Ed002's Note - Chelsea does not have a small squad.}

My mistake then, Ed :)

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Fabregas could always play in a more advanced role.

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03 Feb 2015 09:16:10
{Ed001's Note - We have posted a new article entitled, Deadline day damp squib

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03 Feb 2015 08:23:42
Is it safe to say Varane is no.1 target for the summer ed?

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{Ed002's Note - I am not going to answer ridiculous questions like that.}

03 Feb 2015 06:11:09
Very happy in this window! got rid of dead wood. Salah and schurrle not up to standards!
Leaves us a bit short but hopefully for the remainder of the season we might see a few more youngsters!

In the summer I am hoping we can off deals for POGBA, VARANE.

Thanks ed's for everything in the JAN window!

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Pull off***

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There's no such thing as dead wood in a football club, there are players that are not good enough though. Calling them them dead wood is just disrespectful

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Not disrespectful at all! it's a figure of speech!

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{Ed002's Note - Please avoid using it.}

The only player I wouldn't mind calling dead wood is mikel. I don't care what you guys I just don't like him he's been chilling in our squad for too long man needs to leave asap!

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03 Feb 2015 00:01:51
well pleased with this window, 3 out 1 WORLD CLASS player in who will definitely add more strength to our squad, we lead others follow, londons finest

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