Chelsea Rumours Archive February 22 2012

22 Feb 2012 21:55:30
AVB clearly did not get the player's he wanted in the summer im sure he wanted Fernando of Porto and Perreira Modric he got Mata but instead of the player's he wanted he got Meireles Lakaku and now KDB in the summer will he be allowed to have some player's he wants ED002? or will other people also have a say for this so called 'Project'

BLUEBLOOD {Ed002's Note - Nothing will be his decision alone I doubt - although he pushed for Meeireles. Fernando was a target previously.}

It's unbelievable that he pushed for Mereiles. If thats his choice I hope other people at the club have more of a say

22 Feb 2012 18:43:09
Any chance of Chelsea being intrested in hulk again ed?
Thnks! {Ed002's Note - I have no idea, but it seems unlikely to me.}

Seems a shame really, looks a gd player which has the build for the prem

22 Feb 2012 17:28:52
Ed what do you think best possible 11 for rest of the season.. And when will the new manager come in {Ed002's Note - I am afraid I have no interest in guessing teams, and what new manager are you referring to?}

22 Feb 2012 10:22:29
Good to see Chelsea are at last sticking with a manager... just a shame it’s not one of the good ones...

Some thoughts... Take note AVB:
1. We need a true holding midfielder to screen our back 4 for the full 90 minutes. That has to be Oriol, Mikel or perhaps Essien. Mereiles is not good enough in that role. Ramires would be wasted there.
2. Substitutions. Our best performers need to run out the 90 more often (Mata, Sturridge, Lampard).
3. Youth. I think most fans would like to see the lads have a run off the bench. Bertrand, Lukaku, Chalobah, Piazon etc are all worth some time (I still can't believe McEachran was so short on game time when Mereiles gets a game most weeks!? What a criminal waste of talent!).

One last thing that puzzles me; if AVB was hired to overhaul our squad, why has he waited so long to do it? There was an opportunity to buy and sell in the summer and again in January. I wouldn’t define either window as particularly busy. If he survives, will he make the big calls this summer?

Thoughts are welcome.

J22

AVB probably decided to see how much he could take out of the existing squad but he has invested significantly in youth. Next season AVB or the new manager will have Kevin De Bruyne, Thibaut Courtouis McEachran back with some valuable experience and this might be useful. De Bruyne is just the player we are lacking now and Cech is almost past it and so Thibaut should be ready to stand in. In the summer I still expect significant investment in proven talent (De Bruyne and Courtouis) are along those lines. AVB should stay because Roman's trackrecord shows that if he wanted AVB out, he would have been sacked after the Napoli game immediately. {Ed002's Note - The plan at present is that neither Courtouis nor De Bruyne will be at Chelsea next season.}

AVB was hired way too late in the summer to be able to make an impact with overhauling the swuad (bearing in mind the tour of Asia too). January is never a good time to try and make the amount of changes needed (they will come this summer). With regards to the holding midfielder, that statement would make sense had we not played a a 4-2-3-1 formation last night...no space for a holding midfielder until later on when we switched to the usual formation.

The rules with chelsea fans tend to be, whoever isn't playing becomes a god over night without even kicking a ball. Lampard hasn't been our top performer, Ramires, Mata and Sturridge have been by a long way. Most football managers will tell you it isn't a good idea to blood youngsters when a team is stuck in a rut, so Chalobah and Piaozon is out of the question, we are likely to do more harm than good if we did. Lukaku has looked ok til it came to kicking a ball, truth be told, he's a poor buy from Chelsea yet again. Bertrand - what performances are you basing on that he should start ahead of the season pros, i've followed him closely and all i can say is he's an ok player, will he be able to hold down a starting berth at a club like Chelsea? I really doubt it.

All Chelsea actually needs is a good coach, the last manager was Jose.

I don't believe for a minute that the coach has enough weight alone to bring in any players. All the players that have been arriving have been scouted prior to their purchases, AVB is only in charge of either playing them, or not, which be has done. As has been pointed out, none of the coaches have been confident enough to play youth and none have been able to build relationships with the older players as they are not around long enough. There's also no manager / player respect as none of these players are bought by the coaches. The key is consistency and a manager who is allowed to manager the players. Jose walked when he was undermined, what has happened since then? This is the very reason it's going to be difficult for experienced players to want a move to the bridge, there's too much at steak for them.

Avb said everyone has a chance to prove themselves

21 Feb 2012 23:06:24
Im Guessing Ashley Cole was the player who questioned AVB's tactics then ed002? {Ed002's Note - You are worrying too much about an open and frank discussion. The reason Cole did not start was because he is coming back from injury.}

Pretty impressive that he played 78 mins, while thrown in at the deep end and made a very good clearance off the line and ran his ass off for those 78 mins, he is one if not the best left back in the world....just saying........

Shame he's Mensa be attacking and muffin for us his crossing is s**t his passing is slow and he runs in to marked areas

Absolute rubbish did Cole not play because he was coming back from injury, he trained well the night before and was quite frankly not far off 100% fit (thats only if he wasn't actually 100%). Even if he was coming back from injury, Graeme Souness hit the nail on the head when he said a 90% fit Asley Cole is better than 100% Bosingwa being played out of position. Even my mum would know that! {Ed002's Note - Would she know why he needed the mediacal at lunchtime as well?}

Ha ha, no she probably didn't. But even if he hadn't have needed a medical at lunchtime to prove his fitness I doubt he would have started. That's just putting a smoke sceen over the real issues that are surrounding the morale of the dressing room and coaching staff which is obviously affecting team selelctions, performances and ultimately results. I do feel for AVB and I hope we don't sack him but he has created his own downfall in his handling of big players. Also Meireles had a stinker last nite, absolutely pathetic! {Ed002's Note - Last night was Ramires' worst game - want him out as well?}

Ed I didn't say I wanted Meireles out or that I would like anyone out for that fact, it was merely an observational comment in relation to last nights game. He won't feature in the return fixture anyway as he is suspended. As for Ramires, yes it wasn't his best either I have to agree, but we'll see if AVB has learned any lessons from it because if he does, there still is hope!

21 Feb 2012 22:26:12
Was AVB telling the truth ED002? that even if Napoli knocked us out it would have no impact on him being sacked? {Ed002's Note - As I have said on numerous occasions, I would skip right over anything he says to the press.}