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Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by kingBolton: 1:26am On Sep 01, 2022
airmark:
We should pay Sangare's release clause.
That sangare dey somehow remind me of bakayoko o.
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Ibime(m): 1:32am On Sep 01, 2022
kingBolton:
That sangare dey somehow remind me of bakayoko o.
One video I watched was Bakayokoesque (too many loose dribbles through the middle of midfield) but I saw highlights of all his touches against Leicester in Europa and he looked much better. We will see if and when he lands
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by airmark(m): 1:56am On Sep 01, 2022
Griffon:
Are we negotiating a deal?
That's what I learnt but Psv don't want to sell both him and Gakpo this window. Since Eredivisie's window has closed they can't get replacement registered.
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by airmark(m): 1:58am On Sep 01, 2022
kingBolton:
That sangare dey somehow remind me of bakayoko o.
grin
He is an upgrade to Jorginho defensively.
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by donstan18: 2:25am On Sep 01, 2022
God abeg oo!!

Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by eph12(m): 3:02am On Sep 01, 2022
Kloppo:
Alright One eye Ruger,no team in epl can ever ever beat being awarded a PK after the ref blew the final whistle for a 1-1 draw
Blowing the final whistle is like every other decion the ref takes, and blow for. The VAR box is there for the ref to asses his decision and change his mind if necessary. Why does it feel like I'm explaining football to a 15years old?
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by raumdeuter: 3:08am On Sep 01, 2022
Ibime:
I don't count any expenditure at PSG cos Leonardo and Sheikh would do what they want regardless, those may not be manager signings

But the guy has really shown his nyash at Chelsea. This is one of the most disgusting transfer window performance I've seen. Let's not forget he blew all of last season budget on one player also (Lukaku)
I don't think Leonardo will want to buy players and be going for obscure mediocre Bundesliga players. Kehrer and Diallo. I doubt Leonardo will know about those guys if not for Tuchel recommendations

Kehrer has now found his level
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by eph12(m): 3:08am On Sep 01, 2022
airmark:
Chelsea's scouts and board no get eyes and sense. Wanted him since 3yrs ago.
Well he's currently in a champions league team playing attacking football like you wanted
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by airmark(m): 3:21am On Sep 01, 2022
eph12:
Well he's currently in a champions league team playing attacking football like you wanted
Werey. grin
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by BlueRayDick: 4:37am On Sep 01, 2022
Unlimited22:
Nick Pope.
Are u saying Nick pope and Joelinton wasted as much as 3 mins ? The ref no try at all, he should’ve ended the match the moment the ball was within Loserpool’s half and they wanted to start the attack moves .

Anyways sha, na only him know the interest he has in the game other than to perform his officiating duties

Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Android22: 5:00am On Sep 01, 2022
Follow man wey know road.

Follow man wey sabi.

Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Nobody: 5:17am On Sep 01, 2022
Who has Baba lowo bought so far recently

#Chelsea have offered €7.5M plus Marcos Alonso for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Barcelona will accept €13M plus Alonso.
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by PDPGuy: 5:43am On Sep 01, 2022
BlueRayDick:
Are u saying Nick pope and Joelinton wasted as much as 3 mins ? The ref no try at all, he should’ve ended the match the moment the ball was within Loserpool’s half and they wanted to start the attack moves .

Anyways sha, na only him know the interest he has in the game other than to perform his officiating duties
We definitely need more accurate time-keeping in soccer. It’s an area where the 4th official would be useful in- he/she should, among other things, keep track of the minutes lost due to stoppages for injuries and/or time-wasting
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by BlueRayDick: 6:16am On Sep 01, 2022
PDPGuy:
We definitely need more accurate time-keeping in soccer. It’s an area where the 4th official would be useful in- he/she should, among other things, keep track of the minutes lost due to stoppages for injuries and/or time-wasting
Surely we do. It’s unfair for refs to always refer to stuff like “ Minimum of 4 minutes “ , which leaves them enough time to decide the outcome of a match . It makes them centre of attraction and the final outcome of games is always about them and them alone.
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by lordfalcao(m): 7:06am On Sep 01, 2022
kingBolton:
Is this Alvarez not slow? who knows more about this Alvarez? We had all summer to get a defensive Midfielder but "Tuku" deemed it not necessary. The likes of palhinha were available and we didn't go for them only to now end up making panic bids.
how can you ask if Alvarez is not slow, and mention palhinha who is not pacy.
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Amoto94(m): 7:41am On Sep 01, 2022
Chelsea register an interest in Douglas Luiz.

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@SkySportsNews
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by 6ixT8: 8:12am On Sep 01, 2022
New month motivation: "in life, always count your blessings. Cos you never know what you got till it no more."~ Marina Granovskaia
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by BlueMann: 8:29am On Sep 01, 2022
€7.5 plus Alonso? I find that hard to believe
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by andrewbaba44: 8:32am On Sep 01, 2022
raumdeuter:
ibime when you complain about Tuchel spending

Have you seen his transfers while at PSG?

Thilo Kehrer 40M, Paredes 40m, Sarabia20m, Icardi for 50M, Abdou Diallo 35M, Gueye 35M
All those players would have been signed at half the price at the time they were bought
When I saw that a coach spent 40M on Thilo Kehrer, and 35M on Diallo German forums were laughing at that deal .
It was as if Tuchel was helping to fleece PSG to boost German club finances
Icardi should never be half that price sir
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by BlueMann: 8:46am On Sep 01, 2022
For us to see "Here we go" at least two times today

Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by zeusis(m): 8:53am On Sep 01, 2022
Amoto94:
Chelsea register an interest in Douglas Luiz.

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@SkySportsNews
I have been an admirer of this guy for the past 2 seasons
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Astrid4(m): 9:06am On Sep 01, 2022
Fireside

4-2-2-2 / 3-5-2 / 3-4-3 Good Ideas wrong time

If you have been keen on chelsea formations in recent games, you'd discern base formations being played by chelsea. The said formations have been interchanged between games to an extend that people have been mistaking roles played by players during games.

Following two consective losses against lower table opponents, the argument amongst chelsea fans has been whether its the formation , the tactics or the players that are to blame. The truth is, all of this things are to blame.

Be it 4-2-2-2 Or 3-4-3 or 3-5-2, These formations are mostly good ideas but deployed in a wrong way and a wrong time.

With the current profile of players chelsea has, I'd say the 4-2-2-2 Could bring the best of the chelsea fast paced attacking unit of Sterling, Broja & maybe Havertz because of the spaces it opens upfront. It could also give players like Pulisic and Mount room to flourish in supportive roles behind them. For creative players, it gives them room to practice their wizardry in most one vs one senarios created through out.

But...
The challenge with this formation is it needs two outright ball winning midfielders as I had pointed before in an ealier post. Having people like Jorginho, Gallagher and even Kovacic just infront of the defensive line is comical and tragic. This guys have specialities in other aspect of midfield but not all out defensive duties. People hate it but the truth is, the only almost like to like replacement we have for Ngolo is Gallagher. And its only him, Kante and Ampadu in the current squad that can play this role. James and Koulibaly can also slot in this role seamlessly, but the deficiency in defence may never allow that.

But its not just been about the 4-2-2-2 Alone. Its also been about how we have been using it. The effectiveness of this formation is when a team is playing fast, precise passes and the fullback interchanges to create depth and overloads in wing areas. The complete opposite of how we have been playing.

3-4-3 is only effective if sterling is given free role upfront to run wings and cut inside and score like the first Leicester goal. Otherwise it renders useless essence of his purchase.

With the current player profile, 3-5-2 is however what we need to deploy consistently now that both Gallagher and Kante are sceptible to cards and Injuries. Disaster with this formation is having Mount, RLC and either of J5 or Kovacic in that midfield 3 besides the wingbacks. RLC unless deployed as a false wingback, is too lazy in both defensive phase and attacking face as his work rate and positioning plus his speed in releasing the ball and passing creates formation cracks everytime he looses balls or dribbled past.

Challenge for Tuchel now is finding team integration and cohesion flow. Find the right formation, right players, right motivation. Currently Chelsea has been all over with our style of play

Most importantly all these players must stand up and be counted. The way most of them have been playing like sissies has been disgusting.

�️@ChelseaAnalysis
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Astrid4(m): 9:07am On Sep 01, 2022
BlueMann:
For us to see "Here we go" at least two times today
E be like nah 3 times we go hear "here we go" today

� “Chelsea are looking to try and sign both Edson Alvarez and Ibrahim Sangare. It would require though, both Billy Gilmour (permanent) and Conor Gallagher (likely loan) both to leave. Seems unlikely at this stage.”


(RJPJournalism)
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by drisham(m): 9:08am On Sep 01, 2022
And we are no where near top4 contenders


Tuchelout

Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Astrid4(m): 9:11am On Sep 01, 2022
Chelsea's owners are reluctant to sanction Billy Gilmour's proposed permanent move to Brighton due to the club's midfield injury problems.

Thomas Tuchel is open to letting Billy Gilmour leave Chelsea on Deadline Day. Gilmour remains hopeful that the ownership can be persuaded to soften their stance.

� Liam Twomey - The Athletic

� @CFC_ChelseaFC

Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by zeusis(m): 9:14am On Sep 01, 2022
Astrid4:
Chelsea's owners are reluctant to sanction Billy Gilmour's proposed permanent move to Brighton due to the club's midfield injury problems.

Thomas Tuchel is open to letting Billy Gilmour leave Chelsea on Deadline Day. Gilmour remains hopeful that the ownership can be persuaded to soften their stance.

� Liam Twomey - The Athletic


� @CFC_ChelseaFC
I hate to see this lad leave
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Astrid4(m): 9:17am On Sep 01, 2022
Pierre Emerick Aubameyang is ready and ready to travel to London after conversations between #Barcelona and #Chelsea have come to fruition and are only waiting for some details to close completely, after consulting sources close to the player.

(via martinezferran)

#DeadlineDay | @chelsea_247_news

Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Astrid4(m): 9:21am On Sep 01, 2022
Douglas Luiz will not be allowed to leave Aston Villa this summer. #DeadlineDay

� Sky Sports

� @CFC_ChelseaFC

We're left with sangare and Alvarez now

Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Astrid4(m): 9:23am On Sep 01, 2022
#Chelsea ownership currently reluctant to sanction Gilmour’s permanent move to #Brighton due to central midfield shortage. Tuchel open to letting him go. Situation could change if a midfielder is signed today.

(via liam_twomey)

Todd already making good decision than Tuchel


#DeadlineDay | @Chelsea_247_news
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by DanieleLorenzo: 9:27am On Sep 01, 2022
New Lampard 'bout to move.
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by dostr4(m): 9:29am On Sep 01, 2022
Ibime:
I don't count any expenditure at PSG cos Leonardo and Sheikh would do what they want regardless, those may not be manager signings

But the guy has really shown his nyash at Chelsea. This is one of the most disgusting transfer window performance I've seen. Let's not forget he blew all of last season budget on one player also (Lukaku)[
I share the same sentiment, what we needed last season was a cover in middle(Aurélien Tchouameni) would have been ideal and back up for both the wing backs but no lakaka is a must buy.
This season taking bissouma + pogba that's after strengthening with Sterling and aligning the defense would have been better. Let me wait till season ends if it will top Marina's 2017 signings ( drinkwater, bakayoko etc)
Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by zeusis(m): 9:32am On Sep 01, 2022
its a shame it took this long for tuchel to identify our midfield problems. I hope we don't 3nd up buying another mediocre
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