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Nihilist:
I can't even pretend that I'm surprised at such foolish transfers- the Batshuayi deal was the harbinger of the madness to come....

When Batshuayi costs more than Benteke, then you know that the people upstairs must be smoking something prepared by method and red.

David Luiz transfer makes no sense at all. Marcos Alonso for 20m makes no sense at all especially after sending Baba Rahman away.

Then again, Chelsea are not the only ones exhibiting madness in this transfer window, and that's the only thing I am slightly pleased about - no be only us pull cloth waka for market.

Yea you are correct but we come pull cloth come pull pants join our our madness self. David Luiz for that matter at that price for this harsh economy

atebesunny:
Yes

How possible? Luiz's game is about being unthinkingly enthusiastic whilst Conte's approach is being conservative.

A40:
Lmao I think you can now see where the give "Yoots a chance" people are coming from. If you had held on to say a Bertrand you woulda saved more than £40m on the LB position alone

LOL

Bertrand is crap and should have been sold. That decision is not in question. It's the recruitment fiasco that is causing me to scratch my head. It's not as if there are not better left backs available on the market. I heard rumours of Ricardo Rodriguez or even that Hector guy from Germany. How we ended up with a former Bolton and Sunderland ex player for 20m is beyond me.

Griffon:
Well that up there isn't even a question. The biggest unanswered question in the universe right now is, where in Lagos would Mark Zuckerberg have his first Nigerian Jollof rice?

Me think the young man should kuku wait till Saturday, then he'd get a chance to gate-crash a Yoruba wedding.

He has already had jollof rice and even amala. Check his FB page

I think in that koulibaly deal, napoli didn't want to sell to us. we started negotiating with napoli right from the beginning of transfer upto a week before the deadline day, submitted series of deals even up-to 50 MIL £ yet napoli refused to sell even when koulibaly made it clear he wants to leave.. yet they refuse conte had to look for other options. maybe that's why we went for Luiz. koulibaly failed move was caused by napoli

A40:
3 year loan for Cuadrado

£57m for Marcos Alonso and David Lulz

Bizarre is the only word that comes to my mind rn

The loan is just a way of easing the loss on Cuadrado until the end of his contract. The loan is £4.2m a year over 3 years = £12.6m loan fees.

Add the £1.5m loan fee from last year, then we have recouped £14m from him.


We spent £26.3m on him, plus he has cost us £2.7m in wages in his time with Chelsea. Total Cost is £29m.

That is a £15m loss over 4.5 years.

Ibime:
He has already had jollof rice and even amala. Check his FB page

Hehe. That's good. A positive to take home after all.

Nihilist:
LOL

Bertrand is crap and should have been sold. That decision is not in question. It's the recruitment fiasco that is causing me to scratch my head. It's not as if there are not better left backs available on the market. I heard rumours of Ricardo Rodriguez or even that Hector guy from Germany. How we ended up with a former Bolton and Sunderland ex player for 20m is beyond me.

Whether he was crap and had to be sold is open for debate. Its not like his replacements have been better. Even you cannot justify the players that have been bought in his stead

You woulda needed probably £35-40m to buy Rodriguez. Assuming Wolfsburg even wanted to sell.

Hector is already 26. Another short term pickup most probably

Na the T.V deal give una wiggle room to keep up this riotous spending. Almost £60m in 3 seasons at LB when keeping your youth woulda been the better option, any other business go done fold up

Aside my disappointment over the crazy fee spent on Luiz, I would say we have had an above average transfer window by our standards.

We all identified LB, CB, CM and CF as our needs for the season and that is exactly what we got.

We got a great CM and Striker in Kante and Batsuayi

And I would say a serviceable LB and CB in Alonso and Luiz, although the price is highly questionable.

This makes a great change from previous seasons when one Aba made clown was running things. This is the first window in a long time when Chelsea were not even linked with a single winger expect maybe Gabigol.

We did not hear of any interest in Talisca, Taison, Bruma, Kenedy, Adrian, Willian, Atsu, and hundred other wingers like the Aba-made TD likes to do every season.

Even though we did not get our first choice LB and CB, we still bought in the positions we needed. That is a good transfer window in my opinion considering.

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lordfalcao:
I think in that koulibaly deal, napoli didn't want to sell to us. we started negotiating with napoli right from the beginning of transfer upto a week before the deadline day, submitted series of deals even up-to 50 MIL £ yet napoli refused to sell even when koulibaly made it clear he wants to leave.. yet they refuse conte had to look for other options. maybe that's why we went for Luiz. koulibaly failed move was caused by napoli

No, we made a final bid at £40m. Napoli wanted £50m.

I supported drawing the line at £40m. . . . but to go and buy Luiz for £34m is even crazier than refusing to pay £50m for Koulibaly.

A40:
Whether he was crap and had to be sold is open for debate. Its not like his replacements have been better. Even you cannot justify the players that have been bought in his stead

You woulda needed probably £35-40m to buy Rodriguez. Assuming Wolfsburg even wanted to sell.

Hector is already 26. Another short term pickup most probably

Na the T.V deal give una wiggle room to keep up this riotous spending. Almost £60m in 3 seasons at LB when keeping your youth woulda been the better option, any other business go done fold up

I think Ake is at least comparable to Alonso

lordfalcao:
I think in that koulibaly deal, napoli didn't want to sell to us. we started negotiating with napoli right from the beginning of transfer upto a week before the deadline day, submitted series of deals even up-to 50 MIL £ yet napoli refused to sell even when koulibaly made it clear he wants to leave.. yet they refuse conte had to look for other options. maybe that's why we went for Luiz. koulibaly failed move was caused by napoli

To be honest, I don't even care about Koulibaly.

Splashing 40m+ on a centreback is just a waste. Splashing 40m+ on a good but not great centreback like Koulibaly who will still go to AFCON at a crucial time of the season would have been folly.

It's the panic buying of Luiz that is the problem. We could have grabbed Mustafi from Arsenal. Heck even Ashley Williams would have done as a short term fix. I would have even taken Mangala on loan. Instead we went and bout Luiz for over 30m.

I just need to know who to blame for this - Emenalo or Conte...

Ibime:
The loan is just a way of easing the loss on Cuadrado until the end of his contract. The loan is £4.2m a year over 3 years = £12.6m loan fees.

Add the £1.5m loan fee from last year, then we have recouped £14m from him.


We spent £26.3m on him, plus he has cost us £2.7m in wages in his time with Chelsea. Total Cost is £29m.

That is a £15m loss over 4.5 years.

Oshey Accountant

The baffling part is anyone who don watch Cuadrado go know say he was an accident waiting to happen yet una still go buy am

The margin for error EPL clubs enjoy is amazing. I follow a lot of other sports and no other GM, Sports franchise would survive making these consistently stoopid deals

Ibime:
I think Ake is at least comparable to Alonso

I agree. And that was why I brought up the Youth thing. I have not really seen Ake play but Alonso I have seen and I strongly doubt Bertrand + Ake can do a significantly worse job

A40:
Whether he was crap and had to be sold is open for debate. Its not like his replacements have been better. Even you cannot justify the players that have been bought in his stead

Azpilicueta is his replacement and is clearly better IMO. What we are looking for is something/someone better than Azpi..not Bertrand.

You woulda needed probably £35-40m to buy Rodriguez. Assuming Wolfsburg even wanted to sell.

Hector is already 26. Another short term pickup most probably

26 is the prime football age so I don't think he would have been a short term fix at all. 35m for Rodriguez or 23m for Marcos Alonso....
I don't know if you watched that boy, but I remember him from Sunderland mehn...time will tell, but somehow I doubt that Alonso is going to dislodge Azpi.

Na the T.V deal give una wiggle room to keep up this riotous spending. Almost £60m in 3 seasons at LB when keeping your youth woulda been the better option, any other business go done fold up

You could argue that keeping Baba would have been a better option to signing Alonso as well. Then you could also argue that keeping Bertrand, Ake could have been better. Maybe even Ashley Cole.

The reason for the riotous spending is just reckless folly. The same club that refused to splash out on Luke Shaw is the one that spent 23m on freaking Alonso. Now the same Jose that refused to sign Shaw is enjoying his services...and we are managing a Bolton and Sunderland Alumni.

The only way you can justify keeping the youth on the bench is hindsight. It will be a shame if we have to hang on to dross because we have no faith that the club can recruit better....

Nihilist:
To be honest, I don't even care about Koulibaly.

Splashing 40m+ on a centreback is just a waste. Splashing 40m+ on a good but not great centreback like Koulibaly who will still go to AFCON at a crucial time of the season would have been folly.

It's the panic buying of Luiz that is the problem. We could have grabbed Mustafi from Arsenal. Heck even Ashley Williams would have done as a short term fix. I would have even taken Mangala on loan. Instead we went and bout Luiz for over 30m.

I just need to know who to blame for this - Emenalo or Conte...

Conte is chilling off somewhere in Italy. Before he left, he had already instructed the Stamford Bridge hierarchy to land him a decent CB and of course a good LB. He must have also instructed them to chase targets that would suit his conservative approach (Romagnalio, Koulibaly et al).

He is chilling off in Italy because it's the international week. Oh Jesus! He's chilling off in Italy, seriously nyanshing the wife and spending some time at the beach while. . . while these evils get committed.

Seun don't tell me you don't know who the usual suspect is? Well, they say pictures don't lie brah.

Griffon:
Conte is chilling off somewhere in Italy. Before he left, he had already instructed the Stamford Bridge hierarchy to land him a decent CB and of course a good LB. He must have also instructed them to chase targets that would suit his conservative approach (Romagnalio, Koulibaly et al).

He is chilling off in Italy because it's the international week. Oh Jesus! He's chilling off in Italy, seriously nyanshing the wife and spending some time at the beach while. . . while these evils get committed.

Seun don't tell me you don't know who the usual suspect is? Well, they say pictures don't lie brah.

So Emenalo is responsible these guys huh?

bigkesh:
That should be year 2020

Its easy to just pick any branch and say you want it @ pre clinical level just to lose interest later on when you realize what it's actually all about
When the clinical part starts then I will decide

Neuro is tempting though....I like it

Lmao!!! One posting there is enough to change your mind. BTW, neurosurgery residency takes 8 years. And their residents work like (well-paid) slaves.

Nihilist:
I can't even pretend that I'm surprised at such foolish transfers- the Batshuayi deal was the harbinger of the madness to come....

When Batshuayi costs more than Benteke, then you know that the people upstairs must be smoking something prepared by method and red.
David Luiz transfer makes no sense at all. Marcos Alonso for 20m makes no sense at all especially after sending Baba Rahman away.

Then again, Chelsea are not the only ones exhibiting madness in this transfer window, and that's the only thing I am slightly pleased about - no be only us pull cloth waka for market.

Nihilist:
Azpilicueta is his replacement and is clearly better IMO. What we are looking for is something/someone better than Azpi..not Bertrand.

Azpi is not a LB not an optimal one at least. You are merely abusing his versatility and it has hurt your team both at LB and at RB. Azpi coulda been a great RB he is now a middling LB while you have a 32 y.o at the other side of the park

Chelsea know this too that is why they have spent almost £60m trying to rectify that problem

Nihilist:
26 is the prime football age so I don't think he would have been a short term fix at all. 35m for Rodriguez or 23m for Marcos Alonso....
I don't know if you watched that boy, but I remember him from Sunderland mehn...time will tell, but somehow I doubt that Alonso is going to dislodge Azpi.

Did you know Hector prior to the Euros? Aren't you curious that none of the big clubs in Germany went after him? He's a solid LB anyway but its not a given he would adjust to a new league.
Similar case with Rodriguez and I doubt Wolfsburg were going to sell, they already told Draxler point blank he was not going anywhere. They have made almost €95m on De Bruyne and Schürrle alone so money isn't their problem rn

Alonso should not cost more than £5-8m. He is not better than Bertrand or the PvA you offloaded

Nihilist:
You could argue that keeping Baba would have been a better option to signing Alonso as well. Then you could also argue that keeping Bertrand, Ake could have been better. Maybe even Ashley Cole.

Bertrand has made P.F.A team of the year since he left Chelsea, only player from Southampton to do so. He was a serviceable full back and couldn't have done worse than his replacements have. I am not even talking about just Bertrand alone I'm saying if you are going to keep buying the likes David Lulz, Baba Rahman, Marcos Alonso, Cuadrado then you might as well give your PVA's, Ake's, Bertrand's etc a shot.

Nihilist:
The reason for the riotous spending is just reckless folly. The same club that refused to splash out on Luke Shaw is the one that spent 23m on freaking Alonso. Now the same Jose that refused to sign Shaw is enjoying his services...and we are managing a Bolton and Sunderland Alumni.

You have to realize that part of that reckless folly is not giving your yoots a shot. Especially in a position that merely requires competent personnel not exceptional ones

Nihilist:
The only way you can justify keeping the youth on the bench is hindsight. It will be a shame if we have to hang on to dross because we have no faith that the club can recruit better....

Lol what am I justifying? You are on your 3rd LB, blown through almost £60m and your starting LB is actually a RB. So it is apparent that the club cannot recruit better. Football is the only sport you can get away with that kind of recklessness

Liiz?? Seriously?? Luiz??. Wau!!

Anyways from a rival fan PoV, u gotta love Ememalo. This transfer has his signature written all over it. Dude doing his utmost best to fûck Chelsea up

bigkesh:
I don pass MB oooooooo



Emenalo better sign Luiz,Alonso and James or am gonna make it my only life goal to practice at Cobham and assassinate that bastard...

Nice one man. Seems i'm not the only one saying goodbye and good riddance to UI this year

Beta move go ABH sharply and leave UI and their wahala for them.

Nihilist:
So Emenalo is responsible these guys huh?

I see one man shaking every ninja's hand. One man.

A40:
Azpi is not a LB not an optimal one at least. You are merely abusing his versatility and it has hurt your team both at LB and at RB. Azpi coulda been a great RB he is now a middling LB while you have a 32 y.o at the other side of the park

You're not saying anything new. Azpi is still better than all the options we've had since the footballing demise of Ashley Cole...and he is a very good if slightly limited left back

Did you know Hector prior to the Euros? Aren't you curious that none of the big clubs in Germany went after him? He's a solid LB anyway but its not a given he would adjust to a new league.
Similar case with Rodriguez and I doubt Wolfsburg were going to sell, they already told Draxler point blank he was not going anywhere. They have made almost €95m on De Bruyne and Schürrle alone so money isn't their problem rn

Alonso should not cost more than £5-8m. He is not better than Bertrand or the PvA you offloaded

Don't get hung up on Hector and RicRod. Those were just examples, I could have also mentioned Lucas Digne or Jose Gaya or even Zuniga.

Bertrand has made P.F.A team of the year since he left Chelsea, only player from Southampton to do so. He was a serviceable full back and couldn't have done worse than his replacements have. I am not even talking about just Bertrand alone I'm saying if you are going to keep buying the likes David Lulz, Baba Rahman, Marcos Alonso, Cuadrado then you might as well give your PVA's, Ake's, Bertrand's etc a shot.

Bertrand is crap. He made TOTY in Southampton's best EPL season ever under their best manager ever. That was anomaly. That entire backline has now left Southampton except for Fonte and Bertrand. Wanyama and Schneiderlin that protected the back 4 that year have also left. Even the manager has left sef. The good always leave Southampton. Only the dross stays behind.

You have to realize that part of that reckless folly is not giving your yoots a shot. Especially in a position that merely requires competent personnel not exceptional ones

Oh please. How many Bayern Yoots dey una first team? This is not about youth. We would not be having this discussion if the club had recruited better. The youth we had are either crap or not ready yet. Like I said, whatever leftback we get has to be better than Azpilicueta....and so far 6 players have tried to displace and failed Azpi under 3 managers. Your suggestion reeks of "at all, at all" and that's clearly not a sustainable way for thinking for the club.

Lol what am I justifying? You are on your 3rd LB, blown through almost £60m and your starting LB is actually a RB. So it is apparent that the club cannot recruit better. Football is the only sport you can get away with that kind of recklessness

There's a difference between 'cannot' and 'has not', and clearly the club CAN recruit better. The fact they HAVE not does not imply that they CANNOT. Correlation does not equal Causation.

Please I dont like hearing Bertrand's name. That fellow is crap.

Griffon:
I see one man shaking every ninja's hand. One man.

Oga o...

I hail you. Just out of curiosity, can you please tell me who Conte has definitely signed this season? Cos I haven't seen him shaking anybody's hand...

TBH, we actually signed three players who are to play champions league football dis season...... Bats,rat and geezer

Nihilist:
Oga o...

I hail you. Just out of curiosity, can you please tell me who Conte has definitely signed this season? Cos I haven't seen him shaking anybody's hand...

Inasmuch as I've been towing the path of sarcasm, I still believe most of these 'shady' deals are being sanctioned by Emenalo. Believe me, I am not doing that over-flogged debate of who signs who and who doesn't sign who, but we all know that it is the TD who sanctions transfers, abi the role got re-defined in Emenalo's case?

Chestar5:
TBH, we actually signed three players who are to play champions league football dis season...... Bats,rat and geezer

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raumdeuter:
That one na small thing na and you no talk all these days

I sabi one guy na failed pro dancer he can pole-dance, do cultural dance, salsa, and even twerk for a small fee. He would test-dance your music if its danceable and let you know. You probably have seen him around

His name is pataki

Weyrey ni bobo yi sha!