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17 Aug 2023 16:51:12
HI Ed002 many thanks for all your great work supplying info in this v busy window.
Given Olise is now staying at Palace some paper talk now that we may be interested in Brennan Johnson. Do you know if there is any truth in this and whether there may also be other attacking/ striker options being considered?
{Ed002's Note - Not that I am aware.}
1.) 17 Aug 2023 17:17:35
Many thanks for quick reply.
{Ed002's Note - You are welcome.}
06 Jan 2023 09:37:25
Hi Ed002 in Zakaria's loan deal was there an option for CFC to buy? Having got fit he is beginning to look like a player who would make us stronger in the long term. Happy New Year to you!
{Ed002's Note - Yes there is an option to buy.}
1.) 06 Jan 2023 11:07:48
At the time 30 million Euro was reported.
2.) 06 Jan 2023 14:29:22
Thanks Ed00 and Nathswindon, good to know.
16 Dec 2022 11:23:05
Ed do you have any update on possibe Zakharyan to CFC situation?
{Ed002's Note - there are issues to be resolved but the club want it to happen.}
1.) 17 Dec 2022 11:01:59
Many thanks for this Ed, good to know that the club are still wanting it to happen so hope those issues can be resolved.
28 Nov 2022 20:09:02
Hugely hope ed002 that rumour about Pulisic to Man United is only paper talk? Hecwas the outstanding player on pitchbin England v USA game and someone who I'd hope we'd keep.
{Ed002's Note - We will see.}
1.) 28 Nov 2022 20:49:13
OK thanks for your response Ed. It seems to suggest Pulisic leaving is a possibility not definite. Would no like to see him go if especially not to a rival.
{Ed002's Note - There is no agreement with any other club.}
2.) 29 Nov 2022 11:56:41
Thanks for further info, appreciated.
08 Oct 2022 12:11:09
Hi Ed002 does the seemingly strong possibility of Nkunku coming to CFC in the summer mean that we no longer have any interest in Victor Osimhen? Giben that we were interested him during last transfer window.
{Ed002's Note - Chelsea interest has gone for now.}
1.) 08 Oct 2022 13:05:50
OK many thanks for update.
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28 Jun 2024 15:31:54
So it seems we have bought the young striker Guiu from Barcelona for what seems like a very reasonable fee of 5 million pounds and on a 6 yr contract. Pretty low risk in relative terms and he may just prove to be an extraordinary bargain.
Of course many of us would have liked a more experienced and track-record impressive striker to have come in and perhaps one still will. But Guiu has at least already played and scored for Barcelona and he will provide stiff competition for ecxisting youngsters Washington and DD Fofana plus potential apprentice back up for Jackson.
All in all I'm pretty pleased about this Guiu guy's transfer to us.
1.) 28 Jun 2024 15:49:18
JBS, I’ve only looked at him in clips and as always they make every player look brilliant but I think he could well be an upgrade on Broja.
That seems a bit speculative but I like sticking my very old neck out.
01 Jun 2024 12:59:16
Tomorrow 2 June marks the 20th anniversdary of another young manager coming to Stamford Briidge. He had not been well know for playng the game and only did so at a much lower level than the mutli-club Maresca who did play for Italy under 21s. But Jose Mourinho had won both the Portuguese league and almost miraculously the Champions Lreague with Porto. I will quietly raise a glass tomorrow to the memory of the Special One's arrival at the Bridge in 2004.
1.) 01 Jun 2024 14:49:07
On this day in 2009 we appointed King Carlo and tonight he might just win his 5th Champions League as a Manager.
2.) 01 Jun 2024 21:22:19
I know he’s 6’5 great in the air and ranked S the fastest clocked CB in the league last season at just under 35 Kph just ahead of Saliba. I’ve also heard he’s fantastic on the ball but I haven’t seen him play as much as I’d have liked. When I did he looked very solid.
3.) 01 Jun 2024 21:58:16
Surely Carlo isn't that quick or tall. though his one eyebrow can reach quite a height?
4.) 01 Jun 2024 22:00:11
Just wish we hadn't sacked King Carlo.
5.) 01 Jun 2024 22:31:19
I read how Chelsea fans adore Roman and wish for those times back, but a reminder he sacked king Carlo in the tunnel after 2 seasons ( league and fa cup and community shield ) to replace with AVB
we won with Jose and Carlo but sticking with them could of been a Man City like dominance.
6.) 02 Jun 2024 12:18:16
Matt, Roman brought us continued success so any failings are always forgotten.
25 May 2024 15:46:31
City dreadful v United in FA Cup final who have played in v disciplined plus high pressing way. Looks like the dreaded Conference League for us at this stage and Uefa League for United. Depressing.
1.) 25 May 2024 16:01:54
If City get an early goal anything can happen. However, just shows you can’t rely on other teams, you have to do the job yourselves.
2.) 25 May 2024 16:10:04
That wasn’t in th plan but we will just have to win it because we can then legitimately claim “we’ve won it all. ”.
3.) 25 May 2024 16:27:50
True Tom but might be better to. make Top 4 the priority
And what a pity Coventry were robbed by Ref/ VAR in semi-final
Still 20 mins to go but City well below best . perhaps partying a bit too. much after title win.
4.) 25 May 2024 17:15:28
The city defence was absolutely rubbish, they believed their hype that they only had to turn up to win, only one teM wanted to win and it was mot City.
5.) 25 May 2024 17:53:52
It will be a good competition for our under 17/ 18's to gain more experience.
I would not play any of the 1st team squad unless they need match practice coming back from injury.
6.) 25 May 2024 18:22:37
Completely agree Bill1955 let's give the youngsters and those in squad in general not getting much time starting in EPL the Thursday night games. Perhaps playing strong team only if we get to final.
7.) 25 May 2024 21:14:53
I don’t think it will work that way. We will have to play some first teamers. This competition is a distraction and hindrance to next season: we may possibly lose money. More Sunday games at inconvenient times. In any event, UEFA’s financial regulations are more stringent than the PL, we will have to meet those to compete.
8.) 25 May 2024 22:05:29
Poch fecked up so badly we miss out on a Cup Final win and the Europa league yet fans moan we lost him. let's move forward. Jose please or a young winning manager not a serial loser.
9.) 26 May 2024 08:51:00
Think that the Ref snd VAR that missed the completely blatant Grealish hand ball for a penalty v City in semi final had shall we say a hand in our loss.
Thought we played better than City amd dederved to win but same old problem of missing chances
Did think Poch got subs wrong in Carabao Cup final plus we were so flat in extra time. That was down to him.
But still think Poch was getting the side to gell well in last part of season and despite the injury problems. Squad behind him and plsying exciting football. But no choice but to move on now.
10.) 26 May 2024 11:50:56
Poch coached a winnable semi, not his fault Jackson couldn’t finish 2-3 chances and chilwell couldn’t square an easy ball,
I forget, winning team it’s down to individuals when we lose it’s the manager.
11.) 26 May 2024 21:11:06
Matt, he picked the team.
23 May 2024 09:38:32
All this talk about appointing a young manager and giving an example of Arteta assumes - sutrely wrongly given CFC track record - that they would be given the same amount of time to prove themselves and get the team up to challenging for the EPL again as Arteta wass given at SAFC. Leave aside that Artyeta was also an understudy for maestro Pep at City plus had played for AFC and was a pretty decent player at that.
If we appoint one of these relatively inexperienced players and the team struggles how patient do you think our owners are likely to be? As patient as they were with Potter? How patient will us fans be given we know that Poch had improved the players, they wanted him to stay, and he had got us pretty close to Top 4 with high expectations he would get us there next season? And if Conor G is sold this summer (to Sours?! ) perhaps along with TC?
I have to assume the Sporting Directors and owners had a plan B if Poch left - and many are saying it was over playing style and/ or because he wanted to keep CG - band perhaps it is Amorim, I don't know. We can only pray so and that whatever it is it can work.
1.) 23 May 2024 10:30:47
JBS, we have seen managers with premiership experience appointed by the club not reaching the fan or owner’s expectations. I think we just have to except that regardless of who our next manager is, if he isn’t deemed to be successful he will be sacked and that’s the same at most clubs.
I’m probably wide of the mark but I wonder if Arteta had been manager of Arsenal outside of the pandemic with no home fans in the stadiums if he would have got more stick from fans. We will never know I guess.
2.) 23 May 2024 11:09:43
Good point about Arteta possibly given additional time cos of epidemic plus bare stadiums, of course that didn't save Lamps from being sacked at CFC.
3.) 23 May 2024 11:20:41
JBS, good point about Lamps and his previous season management success under difficult circumstances didn’t carry much away with our previous owners.
It would appear that our new owners are setting out expectations in line with our previous owner. Failure (whatever that means) is not exceptable.
4.) 23 May 2024 11:30:40
Mind you Lamps was only appointed as interim manager so I suppose he wasn't sacked just not made less interim!
5.) 23 May 2024 11:53:43
You want as near to nailed on top 4? Unai Emery.
6.) 23 May 2024 12:39:05
Indeed JBS, the other name often brought up is Xabi Alonso, and trying to find the Chelsea version.
Alonso's immense success this season was, similarly to Chelsea, built upon a foundation of young players. However last summer Leverkusen also brought in Xhaka, Hofmann, Iglesias and Grimaldo to give them steel and experience. Which is exactly what, according to media reports, what our ownership are unwilling to do.
7.) 23 May 2024 13:00:19
RBD, we did have Silva, Chilly, James Sterling, Sanchez, Caicedo, Cucarella and Chalaboa all of whom are Premiership experienced.
The idea that we have got a complete squad of untested premiership players isn’t accurate.
The “steel” and maybe leaders debate would be interesting.
8.) 23 May 2024 13:07:36
Good points RBD and Unai Emery would be a v good option if available though presumably isn't.
9.) 23 May 2024 17:29:11
What is actually going on in this “project” . Clearlake have spent over a billion quid. They’ve now bumped the coach after losing 1 from 9 and landing European football. Their latest raid in the market is not to sign a CF but to splash £27m on a diminutive Brazilian schoolboy who plays winger, having blooded Madueke and Murdyke, they are about to sell the club captain and the best CB at the club, and possibly appoint the manager from Ipswich Town or Brentford!
10.) 23 May 2024 17:53:52
The club spend a nett £600m ish building a very young and exciting squad.
They reach a mutual agreement to part ways with a manager.
They sign a very exciting young Brazilian for the future.
The club captain is James.
Whoever our next manager is he had better get the beat out of our talented squad but he will my support.
Maybe that’s what is going on with our new owners.
11.) 23 May 2024 20:09:46
London Scot, they ‘dumped’ a manager who didn’t want to stay. They might sell a player who hasn’t signed a contract extension and they don’t want to lose them for free. They might also sell a CB who wants guaranteed starts, there’s only about 5-6 players in the world who I’d guarantee starts too. The owners have bought the ‘next Messi’ for a bargain £27m.
12.) 23 May 2024 18:16:47
Why didn’t they do this before last season started.
13.) 23 May 2024 20:48:13
BLUEBOY, just maybe certain players were not available last year.
Other than that I’m not sure what your question refers too.
14.) 23 May 2024 21:25:24
The question is why the manager felt he couldn't stay.
15.) 23 May 2024 22:09:43
Or, maybe the question is why the club didn’t think he should stay.
16.) 24 May 2024 08:55:17
Fuser, good points. We don’t know the circumstances but it is clear that the owners and Poch were at odds with each other as to how the club would move forward next season. That is a situation that couldn’t continue therefore it was inevitable that Poch had to leave. We have to move on.
22 May 2024 14:10:50
I think we need to know more about how 'the structure' actaully works and perhaps only Ed002 would be able to tell us.
What my worst fears include is that the 'structure' seems, albeit understnadbly given football is a business, an inbuilt majority to those decision makers who have necer managed a football team, worked with players day by day, can get to know who best to play - once they've had a good look at all in the squad (nopt injured) over a couple of months at training and by giving them game time - what ever the price tag attached to them.
I would have trusted Poch much more than I wdo Winstanley or Stewart let alone Eghbali or Boehly to be best placed to get this right this summer in terms of who leaves or doesn't. Slightly different matter with incomings where perha[ps none of those involved would have had personal experience of any on the list and where all have to depend on likes of scouyting reports or videos or stats.
So I am very concerned that the 'structure' does not give nearly enough weight to then manager/ head coach input and in not doing so is frankly structurally defficient. Any head coach worth there salt would think they are in a better position at least to judge the quality of players under them and be rightly wanting to leave if their judgment not taken very seriousl indeed and counted far more than those not dealing with the players day by day. Seems to me that Poch was also trusted and liked by his players and that there would have been great optimism going into next season. Now there's just more uncertainty. yet again.
If he wsn't taken seriously enough in terms about his opinion of payers Poch is absolutely right to walk away of course and there is nothing we can do about it now. But Winstanley, Dtewatr, Boehly and Eghbaliu and whoever else may have been involved in what seems to be a batty, shooting ourselves in foot decision just better appoint the best ever, more Special than the Special One, next, Oh no, accept they will still probably think they know better come next summer.
Well I may completely misunderstand how the structure works or what the precise dynamic was between Poch and the rest, and if so doubtless Ed002 will put me right, but these are my concerns as I write this.
{Ed002's Note - You are absolutely right, you don't know how the structure works.}
1.) 22 May 2024 15:10:11
It would be great if you could give us more insight Ed002?
{Ed002's Note - It is difficult as it leads to problems. We need to try and avoid that.}
2.) 22 May 2024 16:32:49
OK I can understand that it might as am sure you can that it is hard for us fans to quite know what to make at times quite what is goung on/ went on. But thanks for all the insights you can and do give of course.
3.) 22 May 2024 19:03:13
What I would say is, from when poch was appointed to now, has the structure, whatever we think it is, has it changed? It seems the same then as it is now,
Regardless of what we perceive as right way or wrong way, I’m not sure the goalposts have been moved,
I would like to think any and all managers have an input or opinion, after all they have the coaching badges and amongst the players, my fear is boehly and co said that they aren’t experts in owning a football club and so the plan is to hire those who are the best, the mistakes seem to be those appointed on behalf and advisors? But this is guess work, obviously,
4.) 22 May 2024 23:07:13
The structure is 'we have no f****** clue'
5.) 22 May 2024 23:32:34
Only time will tell but I’m happy with the majority of signings, just want a manager that stays at the club for obvious reasons.
6.) 22 May 2024 23:41:04
Todd, i agree it’s hard to imagine that the goal posts moved during the season.
28 Jun 2024 12:56:39
Interesting to get your comment Chelsea Canada particularly as you seen and coached against JD.
27 Jun 2024 12:58:55
Always so hard to know though whether good stats for Ligue 1 - not the strongest in Europe but which has produced some wonderful strikers like Didier D and Thierry H- can be replicated in the Premiership. Truth is that I haven't watched enough of JD to have a properly informed opinion.
22 Jun 2024 18:08:50
Perhaps it was wage demand as much as or more than a factor than transfer fee?
23 Jun 2024 10:09:21
Tend to agree withabove comments though also have not seen a great deal of JD.
22 Jun 2024 18:07:23
Watched quite a few leeds games as was not as impressed by Summerville as pundits are but perhaps I just caught him on off days?
24 Jul 2024 16:18:27
Samu surely can't be a top target for us, or at least not for the first team surely? Samu hasn't yet scored a single goal for Atletico -- though did get 8 from c 35 apearances out on loan I think.
24 Jul 2024 16:12:52
Chalobah myh current number 1 as well. Hard to tell what squad Fofana would get into given he has been injured for so long while at CFc and was hardly faultless = particularly in terms of positional play - when did make appearances. But does or did have pace and might turn out to be great who knows.
20 Jul 2024 17:26:06
Agree with you Jimbo re both GK and Striker. to go back to Sanchez seems bizarre and though Jackson did pretty well for a first season we need a back up and/ or someone who could play centrally if NJ moves to more of a winger position. Neither NJ nor Nkunku out and out strikers and suppose one of them broke dwon and was out for much of the season as happened with Nkunku last season. Guiu v promising but very inexpefrienced: albeit an exciting longer term prospect perhaps, like so many we have been buying recently and I sahre your excitement about many of them G8
But we surely do need to get Top 4 for this coming season?
20 Jul 2024 11:05:41
A striker?
15 Jul 2024 09:19:06
Nicole Williams simply sensational in all he did last night. Spain so. much better as a team than us plus great individual ability. Yet fact that we could still have taken it into extra time right at end a tribute to never say die attitude. But yes just not enough possession or tactical nouse against superb opposition.