Chelsea Banter Archive July 03 2016

 

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03 Jul 2016 23:23:19
Ed is it true were interested in pelle
Thanks.

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{Ed018's Note - no}

04 Jul 2016 09:54:44
Luckily.

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03 Jul 2016 16:38:17
Grzegorz Krychowiak has joined PSG from Sevilla - this Kante signing really could happen! What a transfer week this could be for Chelsea!

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03 Jul 2016 20:32:17
Kante won't be joining Chelsea that I can garentee! Don't matter if PSG signed someone. PSG or juventus bound!

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03 Jul 2016 21:34:35
Why not Pinky? He wants to stay in the Prem. So why would he not want to come to us?

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03 Jul 2016 22:21:07
Where would he fit in at psg? They have veratti, motta, matuidi, rabiot, pastore and now krychowiak? You're so negative mate it's unbelievable! Have a bit of faith for once.

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03 Jul 2016 22:21:16
Optimistic as ever Pinky! I think we'll get him.

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03 Jul 2016 22:25:28
The pessimist in me says we won't get him either. Don't get me wrong i'd love him at the club he's exactly what we need but I wouldn't be surprised if he went elsewhere or even stayed put.

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04 Jul 2016 05:44:22
How do you know he wants to stay in the prem you got him on what's app or something. PSG can move other players on you know!

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04 Jul 2016 08:15:39
How do you know he doesn't want to stay in the prem? You got him on whatsapp also? Be patient bro, Conte has strengthened he's image at the euro's taking an average team to the brink of knocking out the best in the world and shown how passionate he is stalking the technical area for 90 minutes demanding the maximum from he's players! That's only helping Chelsea attract these players as they want to be managed by the best. Exciting times for Chelsea, Batshuayi, probably Koulibaly and another striker to add into the mix, the player himself has said he's interested in moving to Chelsea so just be patient and see how this one unfolds.

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04 Jul 2016 09:56:08
If Kante moves to PSG we will probably sign. Matuidi . But strikers are our main focus ATM .1or2 depending on Costa .

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04 Jul 2016 12:13:46
I've got him on whatsapp, he says he hasn't decided yet.

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04 Jul 2016 18:53:38
Really? He just sent me a winking emoji - cheeky!

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03 Jul 2016 15:14:16
Batshuayi done, if Kante signs next I'll be over the moon.

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{Ed018's Note - as will I}

03 Jul 2016 12:51:07
Kante, Batshuayi, Koulibaly, Lopez, Morata and Florenzi would be an incredible summer.

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03 Jul 2016 13:30:57
Agreed, I'm not so convinced by Morata, would prefer someone light on their feet like Paco Alcacer or Jese Rodríguez. Maybe if Costa goes to Athletico we could cut a deal for Vietto or dare I dream Griezmann :D.

Other than that I'll happily take those signings all day long.

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03 Jul 2016 13:32:18
I do like the look of Florenzi although I don't think we need him if Cuadrado's coming back.

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03 Jul 2016 13:58:12
Totally agree with Florenzi, he can also play midfield. Leave Dave LB. having said this I would like conte to at least try the 3-5-2 formation as I believe with the addition of a pacey centre half we have the players to do this.

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03 Jul 2016 15:55:39
Whoever disagreed, care to say why? 😂.

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03 Jul 2016 17:03:41
I think a lot of people on here just disagree with posts to wind people up CFC Forever but then again it's the same people who have enough time to like their own posts too.

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03 Jul 2016 17:16:29
I agree to an extent, but I was more asking to try and stimulate debate/ argument as to whether anyone thinks there are better obtainable options for any positions?

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03 Jul 2016 19:34:46
I have a sneaky feeling that Morata might be a problem when it comes to his temper and would be an easy target for the premiership defenders. He was losing his cool and ended up being taken off in Spain's penultimate match, and he was sent off twice last season.

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03 Jul 2016 19:51:53
I'm still not convinced we'll play 3 at the back unless we see Oscar and Pedro leave. We have far too many AM's/ Wingers to go in that direction currently. I don't think we need Florenzi even if we don't keep Cuadrado as I'd prefer to keep Dave on the right as he doesn't have what it takes imo to be a LWB in a 3-5-2. Then finally assuming we keep Costa then I don't really see how we'd keep him, Morata and Batshuayi all happy since we aren't in Europe this season.

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04 Jul 2016 13:45:42
We have Dave and Willian we can afford to sell Cuadrado. Conte is playing 3142 (352) for last six years. Why he wouldn't play 3 in the back? Chelsea has Terry, Ivanovic, Cahill, Zouma plus Clarke Salter and Djilobodji coming back from loan (who got no chance under Mourinho but had excellent loan at Bremen) . Oscar is able to play as n10 or as offensive CM . It seems that he has no intention of leaving Chelsea. If Mikel leaves Chelsea will have to find another back up for Matic . It makes every sense to play 352, it would be much more difficult to with back four since we don't have true left back.

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04 Jul 2016 16:39:49
If we were to play a 3-5-2 with the players we currently have plus the ones it currently seems like we're most likely to sign then this is what I think it would look like.

Courtois/ Begovic
Koulibaly/ Cahill Terry/ Ivanovic Zouma/?
Dave/ Willian Baba/ Kenedy
Matic/ RLC Fabregas/ Oscar Kante/ Mikel
Costa/ Batshuayi Morata/ Hazard

On paper it doesn't seem too bad, however I don't think Kenedy, Oscar or Hazard are particularly suited to any of the positions. Playing Hazard upfront in a sort of Griezmann role, would leave almost £80m worth of strikers on the bench if we signed Morata too, and in the end he might not even thrive in the unfamiliar role. I also doubt that Batsuahyi has joined for £30m to become 4th choice ST.
It would almost certainly require that Pedro leaves as he doesn't fit in any of the positions either.

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04 Jul 2016 21:47:39
I would love Conte to play 3-5-2. I see Cuadrado definitely taking the RWB position. Not sure Dave is cut out to be a LWB, but could be a decent centre half like Ben Davies has been for Wales. Conte seems to have a real skill for man management and can draw blood from stone. I think we're going to be a force in the champions league season after next.

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03 Jul 2016 11:17:09
I've been reading this site for a while but only just registerd myself, I just googled kalidou-koulibaly to Chelsea and there's literally 5/ 6 different newspapers claiming we've won the race to sign him, now I know YouTube is not the best scouting system in the world but I've been watching him all morning, and omg he's 25 years old 6'5, fast athletic, powerful, and really good passer of the ball, it's like if you could mix together deasilly and yaya toure this guy would come out the other side, absolute beast, I know it's not a done deal but it looks very very likely at this stage, and like I said I have been watching him on YouTube, so I was wondering if any of you guys have seen him regularly in 90 mins, how good is he? / can be? , how is he thought of in serie A? , and do other Chelsea fans want to sign him?

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03 Jul 2016 12:25:45
Hello cat welcome to the page! Yeah koulibaly looks good just to me but you could say that about a whole host of players on YouTube, but what surprised me was the length of the packages they are quite long, from what I've read his main weakness can be he is lacking tactically sometimes and prone to needless errors and lots of stupid yellows, but I feel that conte is a great manager to improve this just look what he did with the Juve back three, he is very athletic can step out of defence to make a tackle, dribble pass and stay composed on the ball which are all important attributes in a conte system. He has also come on leaps and bounds this season in terms of his ability so I think there is a lot of development ha can make too which is always nice. I would have preferred bonucci for his experience and the fact I don't think he would block the academy players route to the first team quite so much but if we signed koulibaly I would be happy.

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03 Jul 2016 13:06:58
I just think with him and zouma in the same defence really excites me.

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