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RUMOURS: Chelsea plan Hazard swap deal for Bonucci

Desperate to shore up his new defence, the Blues coach is planning a raid on his former club and will use the Belgium star as bait
Chelsea manager Antonio Conte is planning to use Eden Hazard as a makeweight in his efforts to bring Leonardo Bonucci to Stamford Bridge, according to theSun.
The defender was the cornerstone of Conte's Juventus team that lifted three consecutive Serie A titles under his tenure before he left for Italy in 2014.
And with the Blues looking far from convincing in defence, he would be prepared to dispense with the Belgium star in order to convince Juve to sell their lynchpin.
The Bianconeri are keen on a big cash deal plus Cesc Fabregas, but Conte believes he can save transfer funds by sending Hazard to Turin instead of the midfielder.

timbros:
Yea, it makes no sense. I think that's an indirect way of telling us that Bonucci is not for sale or sensing our desperation for a solid CB, they want to make as much money as possible off us.

Football has really gone crazy.

DonOms:
Introversion and Extroversion traits are not exactly distinct hence the idea of Introversion-Extroversion continuum. Just think of a PH Scale. So one can only SLIGHTLY slide along the scale but never make an abrupt change.

What you can overcome is shyness, fear of public speaking, level of difficulty of engaging in small talks e.t.c. These are common in Introverts but doesn't define introversion. So there can't actually be a CHANGE but only management of social skills.

For example, introverts react highly to dopamine and can easily get worn out from small talks and crowded places, thereby often needing a recharge moment (alone time). Now, that's something you can't change by flipping a switch.

So if you think you changed abruptly, you may have been very close to the midpoint on the continuum, so making certain lifestyle choices enabled you to keep a certain "balance." This balance is very beneficial as you mentioned but the ease of attaining it varies from introvert to introvert.

hmm. Interesting.

Olarewajub:
@ Greatihex I hope you know the difference between Shyness and Introversion. How can you do away with introversion, can Temperament be change?

overcoming introversion is by determing to get out of the box. The determination will lead to adventure. Just free yourselve and do what your first thoughts tell you sometimes without thinking it through.

For temperament, it can only be controlled not changed.

Bimffo:
Who NFF help?

Make them leave Moses joor.

na wetin you talk?

Used to be a complete introvert, but changed overnight, because of my love for football and reasonable arguments. Though, I still have the traits of an introvert, but I am trying to change some while still keeping some.

Being an introvert has its advantages and disadvantages. The advantages are that you will rarely get into trouble and you will not get to meet bad characters.
The disadvantages is that you will not be well connected, as knowing more people gives you more connection. Another one is that you will not be able to know different characters of humans, which is not ideal for surviving in a place like Nigeria. You have to study people to know how to deal with them, especially in business.

Another thing is that, being an introvert makes you a deep thinker. This is a trait which has its advantages and disadvantages. Thinking deep will make you think through everything before making decisions, which is time consuming and is not needed in some professions in a way e.g engineering. But, on the other hand, it ensures sound decision making with little or no flaws.

freakcin:
9th November in the house! Holla back!

same date with me

donjazet:
Moses, Success Face NFF Bans Over Zambia ‘Snub’

The Nigeria Football Federation are not happy with the duo of Victor Moses and Isaac Success for excusing themselves from Sunday's World Cup qualifier against Zambia in Ndola on the grounds of being injured.
Feelers from the Glass House revealed that the NFF doubt the authenticity of the duo's claim of being injured and have resolved to investigate their claims and if found to be false, will discipline them and this may even lead to their being banned from future invitations.
Both players put up excellent performances in their respective games in the Premier League in England over the last weekend and won the man of the match prizes. Success, a second half substitute, scored the equaliser for Watford against Bournemouth while Moses who started his first league game for Chelsea in three years was substituted late in the game against Hull.
"We know the two players had good games and there was no sign of injury on the duo during or after the game," an NFF source told Completesportsnigeria.com. "It came as a surprise to hear later that Moses was injured and that he would not be available for the game and Success finished his team's game before claiming injury.
"Honestly, they won't go unpunished if our investigation turns out as we are suspecting. In fact, we are considering writing a protest to FIFA if we find out that they connived with their respective clubs to feign injuries and stay away from the matches.


Read more at http://www.completesportsnigeria.com/moses-success-face-nff-bans-zambia-snub/#DCCp0i71KLOqzfGm.99

whoever is found guilty should be punished.

raumdeuter:
So you dont know that Arsenal fans no dey take eye see online polls? Do you expect to beat Arsenal fans in online polls?

Ask who is better Welbeck or Messi and see what Arsenal fans would do to the polls

What they cant win in real life they win online

hehe

raumdeuter:
If its for the month of September, I think Debruyne should win the Player version and Klopp/Pep should win the coach version

iirc they all had a 100% winning record in that time frame

Walcott is leading for the fans vote

raumdeuter:
If its for the month of September, I think Debruyne should win the Player version and Klopp/Pep should win the coach version

iirc they all had a 100% winning record in that time frame

so far, Walcott is the one leading in the one for fans.

https://www.premierleague.com/news/116944
Vote for ea sports epl player of the month.
Our dear lukaku is yet to get a vote as at the time I voted.
https://www.premierleague.com/news/116952

Vote for the manager of the month

landinfo:
Why are pple toooo obsessed with Pep, his footie & success/failure
It is as if his failure is a RELIEF for other club fans' woes week in week out.......their greatest regret would be "should he lifts or goes on to dominate the epl" but for me, the UCL is greater than all the leagues put together so that is where I would rate him not even the league

it is the same thing for Mourinho.
They are the two greatest now.
You should know that success has a lot of enemies.

Bimffo:
We are not having a Bad season though.

Barca has the same number of points in a Less competitive league with the same number of matches..

So, we are still on the right path.

Calm down, my fellow comarades. Conte is here to steady the Ship.


In other News, How did we Win the Double when Roberto Di Matteo was here?

My guess.. it was Drogba, Lampard and Terry that were the real managers. Di Matteo was just a figure head.

We need those 3 Ninjas back as soon as possible.






But on a serious Note, How did we cope with Roberto Di Matteo.? . Aston Villa has sacked the guy after 124 days or so?

seriously, we need those Lampard outside box volleys. Niangollan would given us that somehow, but we couldn't push too hard for him.

Man city tire to play ball for ground, them come follow dey play long balls.
Pep go put bravo for trouble with this him passing madness. This is the premier league, he should pull out when necessary.

Mehn! Manchester city have been soundly beaten. I just love the way Tottenham played. Every one of them was ready to win.


The last time I really enjoyed Chelsea match was last season when we ended Tottenham's hope of winning the title. We really played with intensity and passion. That is how I want Chelsea to be playing.

patrickmuf:
The other clubs refused to deal as simple as that and Chelsea weren't willing to force their hands as was the case with Man Utd.

the reason is that, both the club and the manager were not really willing.

nateevs:
Excel going forward you say.

ManCity - Sterling, Aguero, Molito, Toure, Gundogan, Silva, DeBRyune, Sane, Ihenacho . . . .
Arsenal - Carzola, Xhaka, Ozil, Ramsey, Perez, Chamberlain, Sanchez, Iwobi,
Liverpool - Lallana, Wijnaldum, Coutinho, Firminio, Mane, Surridge, Origi. . .


Have you seen those players? Please tell me what is common with these players? Brilliant technical ability on the ball, passing ability way above average, vision and football intelligence. Tell me if this doesn't immediately half the work of the manager.

Please tell me what we have at Chelsea. I mean, Ramires was being paraded as one of the starting 11 of Chelsea this time last year by Mr Defensive football, while the likes of DeBruyne, Mata, Luiz and other ball holding players were being sold. Rami-fucking-res in our midfield for Bleep's sake - only because he could run.

For 3 seasons, I complained about the same deficiencies - Hazard being our only creative outlet. I complained about Willian being of average output, about our 'method of attack' amongst many others. Now these issues we consciously condoned are coming back to bite us in the ass.

Let's have perspective for heaven's sake.


This problem did not start today. When we were busy spending billions arranging a mechanical team and hailing the system that created it, I was stating for years that you cannot build a dynasty when your first approach to football is preventing others from playing.

Over a billion spent and we are back where we started - mid-table.



This is not Conte's fault. Let the man some space and let us for once, accept that we need time to build anything long-lasting.

even if i should agree with you, what stopped conte from getting the kind of players he wants during the summer transfer window?

nateevs:
His Italian team really pleased you. How do you think that came about? Because he got to choose his own freaking players. You know he can do a good job; indeed you have been pleased by one of his teams but you are unwilling to give him time to choose his own players, build his own team and get a chance to please you.

You guys are spoilt.

we all saw how an article pointed out that the coach only asked for kante and few other players. While Batshayi is an emenalo signing. If he was really serious about signing players, he would have gotten at least 2/3 of them. Well, let us just wait and see.

donjazet:
If you SINCERELY believe that chelsea can win the title this season, I think you should wake up from that dream. As it stands, this squad can only dream of the 4th position. Anything above that, defies logic and is a miracle.

no, not the title, but we should stay close.

timbros:
I think it's the players that is letting him down. On the drawing board, Conte has a winning team but on the pitch, the players are letting him down big time. Maybe if there will be an overhaul, he will get players who can implement his ideologies on the pitch.

i hope so.

Nihilist:
Maybe so.

The thing is that I cannot see anything in this play to suggest that patience will be rewarded.

Remember when Baba said Conte wants defensive football. I've seen enough now to not expect any attacking flair during this regime. It's alright beating the Hulls and Leicesters of this world. But it's the Liverpools and Arsenals and their likes that we should contesting with, and that's where Conte's lack of nous becomes apparent.

I'm not Anti Conte in the sense of vociferous rejection. I'm open to be won over. I just don't think it will happen.

exactly my sentiments. His Italian team really pleased me. That is what I want.

timbros:
So are you saying that criticising the players publicly is the best way to go about the whole thing? How did Mourinho fare when he publicly criticised this same set of players last season?

i never said he should criticize the players. But, he should say that they played well when the didn't. He should say they didn't play as they are supposed to, but they won and would still work to improve.

Well, I will still give conte the benefit of the doubt. But, still, there is no time. We all know that this is the premier league.

timbros:
Nihilist Greatihex

Isn't it too early for this Conte out talk?

i will never be happy if Chelsea does not qualify for ucl next season. As other teams dey play ucl Chelsea no dey play. E no dey give me joy at all.

timbros:
Greatihex calm down. Do you expect Conte to castigate the players in the interview? Is he Mourinho?

he is supposed to say that the team didn't play very well, but the managed to win and that they still have work to do. Not the nonsense that he is saying. I don't like the way Chelsea played today at all. No free flowing football. Imagine, no single shot on target in the first half against fucking hull. Chelsea don pass that kind thing nah.

Cahill and Luiz have silenced their critics for now but Branislav Ivanovic may find himself sidelined after being dropped out of a Chelsea league team for the first time since Andre Villas-Boas' spell in charge.
Imagine ivanovic, since Avb time. Hmm.

"He has scored 6 goals for us, but I think
that Diego has the opportunity in every game
to score goals, but it is important not only
that he scored a goal, but also that he
worked for the team."
"For me, this is the most important
thing, together with Willian and Hazard. It
is important to work very hard and when
you work very hard you have the opportunity
to score goals.
"I am pleased not only for him, but for
Willian and Hazard, they played a good
game, a good performance, the right
intensity. They tried to do what I want.
"I am pleased for all the players because we
finished with a clean sheet. It is not normality
to concede three or four goals. To finish with
a clean sheet is very important."

How can conte say that Willian and hazard did what he wants when they did an unsatisfying job. He must be the one telling them to play rubbish! Abi which kind talk be that.

donjazet:
Calm down!!
Its a gradual process.

incase you haven't noticed, we are already 8 points behind in the title race.

Oasis007:


Too early nah!
He's one of the best Tactician ATM! He needs more time to understand his PLAYERS - United gave LVG 2 Years to prove his tactical prowess but he failed!

Conte is a Fighter, he won't ever give up and he's definitely gonna prove the Doubters WRONG!

he should do it quick. There is no time. I won't be happy not to qualify for champions league next season.

Chelseafan1:
I think our dear Hazard has lost form.

seriously.

Nihilist:
Conte out abeg.

seconded. Chelsea does not have an attacking pattern. They are afraid to attack. Nobody wants to run inside the box. We are not fucking throwing bodies forward like a top team against a fucking hull city. God forbid!