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14 Jul 2023 17:18:09
Hi Ed has anything changed with colwill everyday liverpool and especially klopp want him
Is klopp up to his nonsense again with levi taping up
And do you see levi staying
Thanks in advance.
{Ed002's Note - They and the two other interested sides have been told he is not for sale.}
1.) 14 Jul 2023 23:39:01
Brilliant thank you do you think he will sign a contract extension
On challah you said he has been affected by someone else staying another year is that silva not colwill I take it
With colwill chalobah baddishille and fofana silva isn't that enough for this season.
2.) 14 Jul 2023 23:41:59
Two other interested sides being. I shall guess Brighton and Newcastle.
03 Jul 2023 22:05:42
Saw this on euro page
Could you imagine this
{Ed002's Note - Kylian Mbappe (S) Wants to move to Real Madrid but for them the financial outlay could be too much this summer unless they included Rodrygo and perhaps another in any deal. Madrid would like wait for another year until his contract runs down but know that PSG have a plan to renew, give him a lump sum signing on fee and have an obligation to sell next summer - that may suit everybody. Newcastle would not be in a position to buy him. Realistically, Madrid, Middle East, Manchester United, perhaps Bayern and Chelsea if they could clear significant wages from the books. Chelsea could look to striking a deal including players. Bayern Munich will likely not get involved. }.
1.) 04 Jul 2023 09:25:59
Oh that's so cruel! Never going to happen.
03 Jul 2023 21:58:25
Hi Ed is tiago silva staying for next season.
{Ed002's Note - Probably but it would be his last.-}
1.) 04 Jul 2023 00:28:57
Cheers.
2.) 04 Jul 2023 04:23:13
Last season at Chelsea or last season in his career?
{Ed002's Note - At Chelsea.}
20 Jun 2023 07:09:51
Ed on the utd page interesting reading
Ed002's Note - Moises Caicedo (DM/ CM) Arsenal have enquired after his availability and been told he is not for sale. Prior interest of Manchester United, dating back before he joined Brighton, remains. Liverpool have not made any approach to Brighton although they may have an interest in taking the player. West Ham and Newcastle have an interest - but with the departure of Potter Chelsea will take their interest to Kone and Ugarte but will return if they cannot both be signed - don't lose sight of them as they won't be signing either and are looking for two DM/ CM players. A representative of the player says Brighton will demand a very significant fee after the player signed a new contract. Expect Arsenal to return in the summer - but I expect MU to focus on other players. Player wants to move to Real Madrid but they have no interes.
1.) 20 Jun 2023 07:46:11
So no ugarte, kone and caicedo wants elsewhere. If there was only a childhood xhelsea fan who's best freinds with one of our players and would love to come back.
2.) 20 Jun 2023 08:44:54
Personally I think we will sign caicedo, lavia, Jackson, gk, and possibly a AM if Mount and Havertz leave.
Most players want to play for Real or Barca, I don't blame them, why not
I think the club are doing very well in moving players on.
Have more faith.
3.) 20 Jun 2023 10:01:05
Standard I have to agree with you mate just give mount what he wants and get rice the bond is great do wonders to unite the team both class both English I don’t see a down side to it then all that’s needed is a top class striker. I think we’d have a very good season but it doesn’t appear to be heading that way still they must have a solid plan in place so keeep the faith.
4.) 20 Jun 2023 10:50:07
If only elite level football was that easy! ED02 has stated numerous times that the club have offered Mount a very lucrative contract and want him to stay! If the player wants to leave what can the club do?
Likewise Rice, if he has his heart set on Champions League football what can we do? What will be will be.
5.) 20 Jun 2023 12:45:57
G8, if your mount, a 2time player of the season, you want to be paid accordingly. When you see haverts and sterling on 300k a week you can understand why he wants to be paid accordingly.
Rice is interested in coming to us, but for God knows what reason, we're not going for him.
6.) 21 Jun 2023 08:29:47
You've summed it up perfectly G8. Havertz (according to reports) is not on 300k a week, but wants to leave, and it appears we may get a substantial fee for him. Unfortunately I feel if it's Arsenal he will do great there as he'll be played in his proper position.
Ed002 has intimated Sterling is viewed by the club as a "mistake" buy along with Aubamuyinyang and Koulibaly, the latter 2 who will be gone this window. Sterling will get limited time under Poch I feel. Pressing and headless chicken running are 2 completely different things (Conner falls into same category) so I expect CG to go for a good fee to a mid table side (where he will excel) and Sterling (hopefully) will move in winter window to Saudi where, tbf, he will be great. Lukaku is the conundrum, he don't want to be here, he wants Milan. Milan don't want to buy back, only want loan, Chelsea want to sell not loan, so there remains an impasse despite "conversations". He has turned down Saudi offer, and will "expect" to be targeted by clubs, dream on brother, you have, and never have had a "first touch" worthy of anything near top level, and your input, professionally, is not good enough.
So, if we can move (the deadwood) Lukaku, Sterling, Kante has gone (much to my disappointment) our top earner is Reece James at around 250k per week, so our wage structure will get a sense of reality moving forward.
Nobody is bigger than the/ a club!
7.) 21 Jun 2023 18:30:09
Kiwi enjoyed your post. I think Sterling will be very difficult to get rid of because of his wages and that he wanted to return to London. As for CG going to a mid table club- he’s already at one. Lol.
02 Jun 2023 18:22:49
Ed Marc cucerella
Is he for sale or would the club take a loan
And who is interested
And do you invisage him leaving this window
Thanks.
{Ed002's Note - He is for sale.}
1.) 02 Jun 2023 18:44:48
Thanks sorry for annoying you but any interest.
{Ed002's Note - Yes.}
2.) 02 Jun 2023 20:08:32
Thanks ed.
3.) 03 Jun 2023 00:23:37
Oof hope we don't lose to much on the transfer. I have a feeling we'd be lucky to get £20 million.
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17 Jun 2024 09:02:11
Can someone explain to me why jared bowen played instead of cole palmer
When will the F A wake up to sothgates incompetence.
1.) 17 Jun 2024 10:08:05
We have an England manager who generally make like for like substitutions.
2.) 17 Jun 2024 10:46:11
It was a physical game, and we needed some grit down that side. Bowen played well, some excellent defending to see the game out. We won. They can't replace the manager mid-tournament. Just support the team.
3.) 17 Jun 2024 16:42:40
It is fanciful to think that England are joint favourites with France to win the tournament having watched Germany, Spain and Italy with France and Portugal still to play. Southgate did a Poch by using his halftime team talk to make England worse in the second half. He should have brought on subs to get control of the game rather than to defend the lead which is always a dangerous approach. The problem is he is stubborn and has too much belief in his limited abilities. Hence, taking a huge gamble in hoping Shaw will be half fit in some stage of the tournament. Trippier is so right-footed which creates an obvious weakness on the left flank which the better teams will exploit.
4.) 17 Jun 2024 19:08:38
I agree Jimbo. The bookies' odds pre-tournament seemed fantastical to me just based on squads. Germany were coming into form, Portugal have an amazing team. Spain and Italy very strong. As far as England have come in terms of producing players and team mentality we still don't match those sides. I'm similarly baffled that Southgate didn't take another left back – Tyrick Mitchell from Palace is a great player and would have surely been better there than Trippier.
5.) 17 Jun 2024 20:33:31
Play Bellingham mode field next to rice. Play palmer behind the striker all sorted.
6.) 17 Jun 2024 21:50:47
Edw, I agree Mitchell has been consistently good for his club, probably better than Shaw anyway. There is no way Shaw will be match fit during this tournament. As for TAA there is no way he should be anywhere near midfield: he is a fish out of water.
03 Jun 2024 22:16:52
Probably not the right place to post
Can someome explain to me why southgate is experimenting players 2 weeks b4 a major tournament
Other than pickford not 1 of these players will start for england even tho i think palmer should.
Every other team tends to stick to their best 11 always even other top countries
I don't get the point of this match at all.
1.) 03 Jun 2024 23:38:31
Gola, some of the likely starters aren’t fit and some haven’t joined the squad yet. However, it is clear that a lot of the team who played are not of international standard. Also, Southgate is clueless.
2.) 04 Jun 2024 08:16:42
I remember Southgate playing 3 at the back, with wing backs, and left chillwell and James on the bench. Who knows what the clown thinks.
3.) 04 Jun 2024 08:45:10
How else do you expect him to choose between the squad members who are on the fringes?
Also if you have an injury in the tournament, you need to have seen players play with one another in game.
4.) 04 Jun 2024 18:04:50
I really don't understand the abuse of Southgate, apart from the fact that he seemed to stand up and be counted on social issues like racism which rubbed a lot of people up the wrong way. If it's supposedly about the football I can only think that people have short memories – goldfish short. Yes, the current crop of players are undoubtedly excellent now, but that wasn't obviously the case when we went to the semis of the 2018 World Cup, nor the final of the Euros. Think about the years that preceded that – the Sven years, McClaren, the Capello years, Roy, (Big Sam), the wags, the egos, the whole depressing circus. England fans basically thought the team was useless, while the players themselves, generally excellent players in the PL, looked like they were playing with lead boots when they put on an England shirt. The team was often exceptionally boring to watch, unable to break down small sides. It was a chore. The whole outlook has changed under his management – ironically, fans have now have gone back to the entitlement of expecting – to the point of saying the manager is useless! But crucially, the England players also seem to expect now. That's his work. Yes, he's not tactically very astute, but pulling on an England shirt no longer looks like it robs the players of all their skill, vitality or will to live. That is some achievement.
5.) 04 Jun 2024 19:10:08
Edw, yes he’s not tactically astute nor has he sound judgement. His continued selection of Maguire is a prime example he will probably make the cut despite his lack of game time and fitness as will Shaw who hasn’t played since February: he has no idea of forward planning. His biggest failure was the 2021 Euros; getting to the final and not being able to see off one of the weakest Italian teams for years was a clear indication of his lack of ability as a coach. Also was peeved about his public criticism of Palmer after yesterday’s bore fest: true he didn’t have a great game but no need to single him out.
6.) 05 Jun 2024 12:07:34
You've conveniently swerved the body of what I said, which was about what the England team were like when he took over and what they're like now. What English players used to look like playing for England versus now. Would anyone have expected the England team he took over to reach a World Cup semi, then a Euro final? Not in a million years.
Talking about now, I agree that Maguire should have been phased out, but really, let's be honest, quality English CB options are pretty thin on the ground, as are LB options. So how do you forward plan for there being no standout players in such a crucial position? Every other big team has at least one absolute beast in there – France have Saliba. Germany have two CL finalists in Rudiger and Schlotterbeck. Netherlands have van Dijk, de Ligt, de Vrij – though arguably van de Ven is currently their best. Portugal have Ruben Dias.
Calling that Italy team weak is disrespectful – they had two of the greatest defenders of our generation (including the dark-arts master Chiellini, who might easily have been sent off two or three times in that game anyway), an ultra-experienced midfield that could have bossed ours for days (Veratti versus a 22-year-old Declan Rice – come on), and Chiesa, Immobile and Insigne in attack. Tournament games are often won on a tight defence, and England simply don't have, and haven't had, world-class players in the CB position since the Ferdinand/ Terry days (and Ferdinand always had a big lapse of concentration in him, so arguably back to Adams/ Sol Campbell for a proper pair of CBs) . Perhaps England managers will always be a lightning rod for the country's lack of self-esteem – big entitlement, but a secret fear that, actually, we're kind of rubbish. We have a capable team now, but do we have the players, say, France do? No. Look at their olympics squad. The depth is insane. Olise would be playing for England at the Euros. Yoro is being tracked by most of Europe's biggest clubs. Both of them are effectively in an U23s squad.
Southgate may well have come to the end of where he's capable of taking this team, but the fact that there's some serious weight to English expectations at this tournament, for once rather than it being fantasy and self-delusion, and that the team themselves seem to actually believe that too, shows what a job he's done.
25 Mar 2024 20:15:44
Hi ed
Would tiago motta be on the list of managers chelsea are lookimg at
Seems a good up and coming manager.
{Ed002's Note - No.}
1.) 27 Mar 2024 16:08:21
Ok thanks.
10 Mar 2024 08:47:10
------------------There is no point discussing this - particularly given you don't understand.----------
29 Feb 2024 09:20:06
Hi ed002 its increasingly obvious according to the media poch possibly won't be our manager next year which is a shame i like the guy and did really want him to workout
If the reports are true we are looking at possible replcements already
My question is do you think the new owners would consider jose mourinho
Imo i think the fans would instantly take to the new owners and forgive last 2 years if they did
But would he suit this new project and set up
Sorry for long drawn out questiom.
{Ed002's Note - You don't need to apologise for the long post but for the abuse of the English language in the first sentence.
Jose Mourinho (C) I would not totally rule out a return to Barcelona for Jose Mourinho. There will be a bitterness from some of the fans for what he achieved in 2011/12 but he will certainly be in the mix. Has turned down offers from the Middle East but further attempts are being made to take him to Al-Shabab. The owners of Chelsea have broken most links to the previous regimes, although they did try to get a couple of folks to stay longer, but a move for Mr Mourinho would be a significant change of direction although he has support from a senior advisor to Chelsea and his representatives are offering him back to the club. The advisor feels if Rui Faria were to come as well, it would be a good move. Possible, but wildcard at best. Bayern Munich may offer an interesting option and should not be discounted. Napoli offer an option, but it seems unlikely.}
1.) 29 Feb 2024 10:40:18
Get the band back together!
Thanks Ed.
2.) 29 Feb 2024 13:30:07
As I've said. It's a no brainer and the primary move we can make to turn the tide. Chelsea cannot make the same mistake they did with rice.
3.) 29 Feb 2024 14:31:55
I wouldn’t have Jose back under any circumstances.
The player who decided he wanted to play for the gooners has been done to death.
4.) 29 Feb 2024 14:36:28
Jose not for me, great first time round, second time around didn't really work out need to look to the future, if Poch is replaced is difficult to find a decent candidate among those linked to us possibly Alonso but he's off to Liverpool I wouldn't mind Howe or Frank from Brentford or a left field choice of Clarke from Scotland but really hard to knpw who would work out, if I was in charge would give Poch another season
Rice went to Arsenal for Champions league football something that we couldn't offer.
5.) 29 Feb 2024 15:01:38
Thanks for reply and sorry for my abuse of english language ??.
6.) 29 Feb 2024 15:09:52
I also would not want Mourhino back, it did not work the second time.
What we need a progressive coach (whoever that is) to take thus young team forward. I thought Poch would be the coach to do this but sadly I seem to be wrong.
Two things to take in to consideration is the fact that Due to our terrible injury record, he has not been able to fiels his strongest 11 in one game never mind the majority of the season.
Secondly, there will be a lot of clubs looking for new coaches in the summer.
gianfranco gola's rumour replies
24 May 2024 08:38:40
De zerbi will be our next manager.
30 Apr 2024 07:53:36
Not many to choose from lower prem teams.
01 Apr 2024 11:51:24
Im just glad we all recognise gusto as a great player and i personally would cash in on james he is injured every season
Gusto is a great signing only 21 i think so his potential is huge.
18 Mar 2024 09:29:20
Agree tom i like cucerella id would sell chillwell and buy a left back like gusto young and full of potential or keep maatsen if we can.
12 Mar 2024 07:43:36
I sort of agree with you pete but you are a bit scathing on yhe fella
If lavia ugo and chuky were fit i suspect he would of played less gamrs but he has done everything he has been asked whilst playing
I think our team would play 4 3 3 if lsvia was fit
Caicedo and enzo as 8s.
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17 Jul 2024 07:37:26
I thought the spanish goalie was good
Some of his passing was like prime pirlo in that final.
05 Jul 2024 09:26:42
Very rock and roll tomb.
21 Jun 2024 09:54:09
Gareth southgate is the David Brent of football managers and has been getting away with it for years
Foden out of position
Bellingham out of position
Bowen ahead of palmer
Is in my eyes a sackable offence gross misconduct of the highest order
And that's b4 we mention TAA.
12 Jun 2024 07:41:28
Always like to help mate
It will give you something to do whilst sitting on tropical beach
I always liked the 82 england team mainly because of the kit but they did have some great players in that team.
{Ed001's Note - beach? I wish.}
11 Jun 2024 18:38:07
I think a top 10 england teams would be a good read 66 70 obviously top the bill get on it ed??.