Skimpledawg: Lol. Na new season we wan enter so, try change
They wouldn't let us hear word about Fraudiola that doesn't know how to organise his defence.
I just pray we sign quality players to fix the team's weaknesses. We should do a double on the Apari next season and also dump his team out of first 4.
raumdeuter: What about Chelseas coaches since that time, Cuntay, Sarri and Lampard what percetage of Chelsea budget did Klopp spend to win while Chelsea can barely make top 4
"At the beginning, it was not easy for him because he was only 17 when he came into the squad and he was a little kid, very thin, but now, over time, I think he went to the gym because he is bigger!
"Each year you see how good his statistics are. Every year he scored more than the last and his qualities are in scoring goals. I hope he can do that for us but the most important thing is that he stays healthy and he adapts to many different things.
"I was one of the people who helped convince him to come here so it is also my job to help him [settle in]. Of course, we speak the same language but he does speak very good English too. The thing is, with this job, and as a team, we all have to help him. We will do that for him.".
CapitalCee: You nailed it. That's what we fail to understand about Matic. My God, that guy called Matic is a baller, apart from sitting at the DM base, he is able to find defence splitting passes and intercept opposition attack attack without breaking a sweat. That's the kind of CDM we should be looking at not just the running and running and tackling type. Our play needs a DM in the mould of Matic, Busquet and Carrick.
BlueMann: Not just your eyes. Soyuncu has been one of the best in the division, even better than the person he replaced.
Yes o, we need a great CB to lead us. If a team like Leicester sold Maguire and still got a solid replacement, Chelsea should not be contented with a mediocre.
Ibime: So you are just catching Ginter highlights now? Ginter was always good for Dortmund but he had a bad season and they sold him for the low. That was the same year we bought Rudiger. You for recommend am then when his price was cheap, not now him done recover himself.
Greatihex: okay nah. Well, no be we for here dey sign players. I believe that those in charge should know what is right. If they get it right, fine. If they don't, na them sabi.
My own is that, the devil you know is better than the angel that you don't know.
Not in all cases.
I don't need any babalawo to tell me what to look for in a world class CB, that is lacking in Rudiger, Christensen and co. We should start thinking like we are Chelsea of Terry's era, and not thinking like we are Watford or Leicester. Soyuncu is even better than Rudiger in my eyes.
Ginter is benching Rudiger in the national team, he should come and bench him in Chelsea too. We need high quality players, not mediocres dropping us in 3rd or 4th every season.
Greatihex: That was how you thought that Kovacic should not be signed permanently until your views changed.
This was me below, when the rumour of signing Kova on loan was muted. I didn't support his permanent deal because i was looking for midfielders who would give more and i remember i even mentioned Man utd's Fernandes that time.
Trust me, i know how to distinguish a brilliant CB from average one, no matter how good they edit their best moments. I did same for Rudiger and i knew he would never be as impressive as VVD back then. I can't be deceived.
German national team player of the year 2019. Sign him.
BlueMann: New report: Chelsea have identified Mathias Ginter as their new centre back target.
This list don dey long...but we seem to be falling in love with Germans.
The guy looks decent and not a kponkpon defender like Rudiger, who doesn't know the appropriate leg to use under pressure. No wonder Conte wants him.
I watched 10 mins of his highlights and i can say he will give us the calmness, solidity and leadership, our central defence lack. No wonder the German team bundled Boathand out of the team.
Greatihex: we have seen his best before and his best was and is good enough.
If we could win championship with ageing cahill, Luiz, and azpi as CB, we could win anything with them. Chris, Zouma, and Rudiger's bests are as good as the above mentioned.
Lampard should look for a way to get his defenders to return to their best forms and also a system that will help his players. If they need a defenders coach, he should get it.
We should stick with the good ones we have than going to look for what we think is good outside.
This best forms you are even talking about, i don't understand. Do you think the level of competition in epl when Cahill and co won epl, is still what we have now? Fraudiola will tell you you go hard or go home next season.
Don't blame Lampard for school boy's errors Rudiger had been making since he was in Roma. We should be thinking about rubbing shoulders with the big boys in europe and not getting buoyed because we are having clean sheets against Aston Villa and co.
Cavalho left Chelsea and joined Madrid, can same happen to any of our CBs right now? Lampard is obviously getting better legs in that joke of a defence that leaked things like bursted pipe.
In all sincerity, who will Rudiger bench in Madrid or Psg or Liverpool, with his kponkpon defending?
Greatihex: It amuses me when I continue to see us talk about buying and selling of these players here.
For me, nothing is wrong with all our CB. If I have a say, I will tell the club not to sell any of them. They are not the best in the world, but they are enough to win a team the championship. We have all seen their best and worst days. And we have all seen them sustain a level of consistency. The grass is always greener on the other side until you get closer. Let us stick with what we have in terms of CB while the manager works on getting them to the levels they used to be at. {Although, we don't even have say).
The only major issue I have with Kepa is his physical disadvantage and his Laziness. While he can work on his laziness and improve, it is impossible to work on his stature. Because of that, it will be right for the club to sell him if there is any club willing to buy.
In terms of his replacement, the club can go to the championship, bundesliga, etc and get any goalkeeper with height, agility, good footwork to replace him.
If I were to own a club, the goalkeeping department will be less of a concern for me. I will always go for unproven cheap ones.
Las Las, no us go talk wetin go happen. Anything dem like make dem do. My own na to support or yab.
Oga Ibime, I am still praying for Abraham to make it at Chelsea. Because if he does not, be ready for me to drag you for his matter.
BlueRayDick: Just wear both traditional and modern bulletproof while at it o. I hear say na better English arms and ammunition egbon dey carry waka o...Always guding
hensben: Klopp is the best coach in the world. He used unknown and average players at Dortmund to reach ucl final and won Bayern Liga, he turned most of them into quality players. Came to Liverpool, signed unknown full backs. He sold his best player as at then to acquire a promising CB and a goalkeeper, the rest was history.