Bimffo:


Who NFF help?

Make them leave Moses joor.

na wetin you talk?

Chestar5:


you and airmark sha...

Why did you mention my moniker? Definitely, he was not referring to me. Dont give attention to someone who have been deservedly battered. he does n't even know the number of champions league trophies his team won. Today 5 ucls , tomorrow 2 ucls. He can go on and state that bayern never won any champions league to drive home his point. He is already frustrated. Just ignore him my dear.

airmark:


Why did you mention my moniker? Definitely, he was not referring to me. Dont give attention to someone who have been deservedly battered. he does n't even know the number of champions league trophies his team won. Today 5 ucls , tomorrow 2 ucls. He can go on and state that bayern never won any champions league to drive home his point. He is already frustrated. Just ignore him my dear.

ok

Funjosh:
We are finishing in top 4

Amii o

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

True that.....

Bonucci Or Thiago Silva? Two good centre-halves who aren't just getting any younger.

Signing either of them would be for a short term fix, so i'm wondering who fits the bill more?

Griffon:
Bonucci Or Thiago Silva? Two good centre-halves who aren't just getting any younger.

Signing either of them would be for a short term fix, so i'm wondering who fits the bill more?

Bonucci will seamlessly fit into Conte’s system. He has worked with him before both in club and NT level so he will easily know what his coach needs from him.

If both players are readily available for Conte right now, Bonucci is the man.

The price being quoted is too exorbitant.

donjazet:
The price being quoted is too exorbitant.

It is too cheap !! Infact theY should give them 60mil + oscar+ matic + ivanovic for bonucci

As we can see, it is always too easy to bash someone and rain insults on the board for not doing things right. Many times, the real position is that we don't have access to the right information. As it turns out, David Luiz is a very good deal, considering £51m pounds was offered for Koulibally and it was rejected. There's no knowing how much was demanded. £60m?

Perhaps I am just stuck in old times but for all his abilities and his age, ain't no way I am supporting sanctioning £60m for Koulibally.

Lordabas:

It is too cheap !! Infact theY should give them 60mil + oscar+ matic + ivanovic for bonucci

Bonucci is 29 years. That means there wouldn't be any resale value and more so he is not really a commercial cash cow, his image rights will yield nothing. There simply is no way chelsea will recoup some of the money.

If the rumour mill is correct, that we are really interested in him. It shouldn't be for 60 million pounds.

ANTONIO CONTE told Roman Abramovich to sack two key officials before taking the Chelsea job, according to reports.

Conte was appointed as Jose Mourinho's permanent successor back in April, replacing interim boss Guus Hiddink in the summer.
The report states that Conte wanted to bring Roma chief Walter Sabatini to England with him.
However, Sabatini opted to remain in the Italian capital instead - though quit yesterday and was replaced by Frederic Massara.

Conte wanted technical director Michael Emenalo out given the way he had mercilessly criticised Mourinho back in December.
Emenalo gave an infamous interview to Chelsea TV where he referred to Mourinho as 'the individual' - a move that upset many of the Blues supporters.
He has been at the club since Avram Grant replaced Mourinho the first time the Portuguese was sacked back in 2007 - and has been working as the club's Technical Director since 2011.

Conte also reportedly wanted Abramovich's right-hand woman Marina Granovskaia to be shown the door.
Granovskaia was brought to the club in 2010 after spending 12 years as one of Abramovich's advisors.
She is in charge of player transfers but has been criticised in recent years after bringing in flops such as Radamel Falcao, Pedro and Baba Rahman.
Granovskaia also helped strike deals for the likes of David Luiz, N'Golo Kante, Michy Batshuayi and Marcos Alonso this summer.

http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/718634/Chelsea-Antonio-Conte-Premier-League-Michael-Emenalo-Marina-Granovskaia-Roman-Abramovich

CHELSEA LOAN HOTSHOTS


We look at a handful of Chelsea players impressing on loan across the leagues
Chelsea have got a remarkable 38 players out on loan, but who are the ones that have stood out so far this season?

Tammy Abraham has hit the headlines for Bristol City while Lewis Baker and Bertrand Traore have impressed in the Netherlands.

Here's a look at our pick of the six best Chelsea loanees so far this season.

Tammy Abraham (Bristol City)

Of all the Chelsea loanees it is Abraham who has caught the eye the most this season. The 19-year-old forward has scored 11 goals for Bristol City, including winners in all three rounds of the EFL Cup.
His form earned him his first call-up to the England Under-21s for matches against Kazakhstan and Bosnia & Herzegovina and also the Sky Bet Championship Player of the Month award for August and September.
Abraham scored in Bristol City's win over Nottingham Forest before the international break
Bristol City boss Lee Johnson says Abraham is "top class" and thinks he could get into Chelsea's first team.

"If he continues this in his career, the world is his oyster," he said. "He is top class. He could get into Chelsea's team now. He's a poacher. His movement is very sharp and when he's energised and got the buzz he's a handful."

Lewis Baker (Vitesse)

After winning the Golden Boot as England Under-21s won the Toulon Tournament in the summer, Baker is spending a second successive season with Vitesse, where he has continued to impress.
He has scored four goals in the Eredivisie this season, including a brilliant long-range strike against Twente and a fantastic free-kick against Groningen. The 21-year-old hopes his experience will help him eventually become a Chelsea regular.
"It's just the start of the season but I need to keep doing my best every day and keep improving so I can get back to Chelsea, where I'd like to be," he commented.
There are also a lot of players who have played out here and moved on to the Premier League. If I keep going the way I'm going that's one of my dreams I want to make come true."

Bertrand Traore(Ajax)

Traore, who scored four goals in 16 games for Chelsea last season, has returned to the Netherlands having also spent time with Vitesse in 2014/15.

He recently scored a fine solo goal against PEC Zwolle and is enjoying being played on the right by head coach Peter Bosz.
"On the right I can reach the same level as I have in past and also do things at a high pace," he said. "Here, attacking football is the focus. That's why I wanted to come to Ajax, and work with this coach."
Like Baker, Traore's long-term aim is still to return to Stamford Bridge. "The key is to develop so I can return to Chelsea."

Christian Atsu (Newcastle)

Goal on debut? Check. Man-of-the-match award? Check. Praise from the manager? Check. Christian Atsu certainly took his chance after getting in the Newcastle starting line-up ahead of Matt Ritchie against Rotherham.

"It was a special goal for me and for the team - I gave all my heart for Newcastle," he said afterwards. "I have waited for my opportunity. I've kept focused and kept fit. Rafa Benitez is a great man and I knew he would give me my chance if I worked hard."
Atsu scored the winner as Newcastle beat Rotherham
Before starting against Rotherham, Atsu had only appeared for the Magpies from the bench this season.
But Benitez said: "It was what we were expecting from him, a player who can beat players and make a difference."

Kasey Palmer (Huddersfield)

He might be playing in a senior team for the first time, but Palmer has hit the ground running for Championship leaders Huddersfield.

From scoring the winner against Brentford on the opening day with his first touch, to being named in the EFL Team of the Week after netting against QPR, it's been a promising start to life on loan for the 19-year-old.
Palmer scored on the opening day against Brentford
"He has some unbelievably good skills," says Terriers boss David Wagner. "We will try to develop them and I am very happy we have him in our squad."
After starting the season on the bench, the forward has been in the starting line-up for the last three games.

Andreas Christensen (Borussia Monchengladbach)

Now in his second season on loan with Gladbach, the young defender has established himself as a key first-team player. He made 39 appearances for the Bundesliga side in 2015/16 and has been a regular again this season.
With John Terry out of contract at the end of the season and Gary Cahill nearly 31, Christensen could be the future for Chelsea.
But he recently said: "I have not spoken with Chelsea about my situation. It is a difficult decision, which I have not thought about Coming to the Bundesliga as a reserve player at Chelsea was a huge step for me, but I have to say I found my feet really quickly after that testing period."

http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/10607316/chelseas-top-loanees-lewis-baker-tammy-abraham-bertrand-traore

American TV think new Swansea boss Bob Bradley has taken over at CHELSEA


We have absolutely no idea how they got this so wrong...
On Monday, Swansea City sacked manager Francesco Guidolin and immediately replaced the Italian with former USA national coach Bob Bradley .

Brutal world, isn't it?
As you'd expect, Bradley becoming the first American to manage a team in the Premier League was big news on the other side of the Atlantic.

The video below shows one broadcaster talking about Bradley's appointment on the 'News at 6' - except she gets one very important fact wrong: the club he's going to be managing.
"Oh dear."
Remarkably, the news network announces that Bob Bradley is the new manager of, wait for it... CHELSEA.

You can't even blame the presenter for reading the teleprompter wrong because the network has put it as text on the screen.
What we want to know is: why, how, what?!
Chelsea!
Chelsea and Swansea are not even in close - they don't even have similar kits. It's not even like Conte's job is at risk.
Even the dog watching the TV barks in disgust at the news.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnmTUTQxnJ4

BEGOVIC SPEAKS.

Begovic says Chelsea are having "teething problems" after finishing 10th as champions last season
“We had a good start, first four games we played really well, everything was going our way and then we had a couple of bad results with Arsenal and Liverpool.

Every manager is different and it’s educational in many ways to understand a different way of football, a new philosophy of footballWe are into a period of transition, mistakes will happen and it will take time. But I think we will be very strong moving forward in the future.
"I think it is teething problems. You have to go through a process before it becomes a success. It takes a bit of time. As time goes on, we know more what to expect and what he expects from us.

“Absolutely we can make the top four. That’s the main goal. Of course we want to win the title but getting back in the Champions League is crucial. I think it’s one of the best squads I’ve ever been a part of because we’ve got strength in depth everywhere.”

TILTLE CONTENDERS REPORT.
CHELSEA.

Jose Mourinho's presence at Manchester United must feel like the gift that keeps on giving for Antonio Conte.
While the minutiae of what is unfolding at Old Trafford is reported on a minute-by-minute basis via the type of investigative vigour last seen when the Watergate scandal broke, Conte and Chelsea seem able to go about their business with barely a twitched curtain in comparison.

That said, perhaps it's better to have a cast of millions peering in at you than Roman Abramovich's all-seeing eye.

Somehow it seems an aeon ago since Chelsea were last champions, despite it being only the season before last. What the world is trying to work out is whether the class of 2014/15 were simply the best of an admittedly mediocre bunch that year. Are they now in need of a widely spoken of overhaul, or do they still have a good enough spine of a side to be straightened out under Conte's never-less-than-engaging stewardship?
Conte seems to have drawn a conclusion more in line with the former diagnosis. It has been widely reported after a three-day bunker meeting between the Italian and Abramovich, per the Daily Mail's Danny Gallagher, Chelsea's owner has agreed for his coffers to be relieved considerably over the next few transfer windows.

Nonetheless it still seems far too premature to cast this season as being one of the transitional variety. With Chelsea just five points shy of Manchester City at the Premier League summit, there's no need to sound the death knell in west London just yet.
Position at this stage last season: 14th, with eight points from seven matches.

Results so far: West Ham home - won 2-1, Watford away - won 1-2, Burnley at home - won 3-0, Swansea City away - drew 2-2, Liverpool at home - lost 1-2, Arsenal away - lost 3-0, Hull City away - won 0-2.

Next six Premier League fixtures: [/b]Leicester City (h), Manchester United (h), Southampton (a), Everton (h), Middlesbrough (a), Tottenham (h)

[b]What's Gone Right?
Diego Costa is back to his glorious belligerent best for Chelsea.
It's good to have Diego Costa back. Having spent the majority of last season marauding around the field with the wild eyes of a dog you'd cross the street to avoid, it was no surprise when speculation emerged that the striker could return to Spain and Atletico Madrid over the summer.

Conte's Vesuvius-like eruptions were legendary at Juventus, and while a betting man would more likely put money on the Italian and Costa coming to blows than enjoying a fruitful relationship, it's often the case that comradeship is found between kindred (wild) spirits. Think Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Mourinho, Richard Burton and Richard Harris.
Costa tops the scoring charts with six goals already and is back to his horrible-bastard best. For all his pantomime villainy—and for the most part, that's all it is—Costa is a magnificent centre forward.
An antithesis to the modern game's obsession with false nines, he's unapologetically a proper nine. Forget the theatrics, he's as hard as nails and enjoying his football again.
In patches Eden Hazard, too, has shown improvement, even if he has not scaled the heights of 2014/15 when he was named PFA Player of the Year.

The Belgium international remains Chelsea's most talented player, but in terms of the defensive responsibilities a coach like Conte will want him to embrace, it's hard to get past the old adage "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink."

To minimise the burden of tracking a full-back, Conte may elect to use him just off Costa, though this negates a little the threat the Belgian poses when cutting inside from the left.

Of better cheer is the form of N'Golo Kante, with the Frenchman having shown already last season's magnificent campaign for Leicester will not necessarily define his career, as it may well others.
What Needs Work, and Can They Win it?

If the first three league games of the season papered over the cracks, the next three were the equivalent of using a wallpaper stripper to reveal just what Conte has to play with. A draw at Swansea City could have been a bad day at the office, but defeats to Liverpool and in particular Arsenal made it seem more the office is on fire.
Football is rarely kind enough to leave elephants in the room without comment for long. In the case of Chelsea's defence, Conte laid his cards on the table from the moment he arrived in west London.
John Terry was awarded a one-year contract when previously he had announced with a trumpet that he was being cold-shouldered by the club, while much of the summer was preoccupied with trying to bring in some of the world's finest defenders to shore up a porous back line that shipped 53 Premier League goals last season.
Conte wanted Napoli's Kalidou Koulibaly and Juventus warhorse Leonardo Bonucci, according to Matt Law of the Telegraph. Chelsea's hierarchy gifted him David Luiz and Marcos Alonso, wrapped up in a neat little blue bow. It brings to mind the tale of Mario Balotelli's mum sending him out to buy an ironing board when he was at Manchester City, and he came back with a quad bike and a giant trampoline.

With Thibaut Courtois struggling for anything like his best form, Branislav Ivanovic getting neither younger nor better, Gary Cahill enduring a miserable campaign riddled with individual errors, Terry injured and David Luiz still David Luiz, Conte is under no illusion a major rebuilding job at the back is more than likely required.

It is expected Chelsea will go back in for Bonucci in January. Call me old-fashioned, but it might have been an idea for the Stamford Bridge hierarchy to have bought the players Conte wanted over the summer when they spent £120 million.
Employing a deeper defensive line or even a back three, as he tried in the second half with the game already dead at Arsenal, have been mooted as possible short-term solutions to a problem unlikely to go away of its own accord.

[b]Where to play Cesc Fabregas, [/b]or even whether to play him at all, remains a conundrum for Conte. Doubts persists over whether the Spaniard, for all his exquisite passing, is defensively disciplined enough to be trusted in a midfield two. At times when he plays alongside Nemanja Matic it can look like two men sharing a parachute.

If Chelsea ever play three at the back, it seems unlikely Fabregas would start in a 3-4-3. While it's hard to watch the 29-year-old at the moment and not pine for the player he was, he's still capable of being a wonderful playmaker in the right system. Conte's job is to pinpoint just exactly what that system is.
Another mystery for Chelsea is their inability to start games with any kind of momentum. Remarkably they led at half-time in just 13 of 38 matches last season. Again this term, just two of Chelsea's 12 goals have arrived in the first period.

Given that in their heyday they were notoriously adept at taking control of games from the first minute and rendering them lifeless by the interval, courtesy of a commanding lead, it's a sluggish habit to have fallen into.
As for the bigger question of whether Chelsea can win the title, at this juncture it seems the tallest of asks—if far from impossible.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2667942-health-check-for-premier-league-contenders-arsenal-chelsea-leicester-city

Chelsea duo Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Nathaniel Chalobah heading in opposite directions under Antonio Conte.

Rising star: Nathaniel chalobah
They may have travelled thousands of miles together on England Under-21 duty this week but Chelsea’s Nathaniel Chalobah and Ruben Loftus-Cheek are heading in different directions at the moment.

Anyone tuning in to watch England secure the 1-0 win they needed in Kazakhstan on Thursday night to qualify for the European Championships next summer, will have noticed their contrasting moods.

While Chalobah was calm and confident as he bossed the midfield, Loftus-Cheek looked demoralised and frustrated.

These things can happen in any match, yet it was a reflection of what is happening in their careers at Chelsea right now.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek: Chelsea game time is key to my England aspirations
Chalobah’s is on the up under former Italy coach Antonio Conte, although it has taken a lot longer to make an impact at the club than he would have hoped.

The 21-year-old was on Chelsea’s substitute’s bench as a 15-year-old but had to wait until a League Cup tie at Leicester last month before finally making his senior debut.
There have been many before and since but Chalobah was earmarked from a very early age to buck the trend at Stamford Bridge and make the step from Academy graduate to first team regular.
The customary tactic of using loans to enhance his development have garnered mixed results.
Of the six clubs Chalobah played for, only the season he spent at Watford in 2012-13 was a total success.

Strangely, it was his limited role at Napoli last term, when he started just two matches and made only nine appearances overall, that has made the difference.
As Chelsea’s loan player technical coach Eddie Newton explained: “Nathaniel learnt a lot tactically from going over there. It was a different way to train, a lot of tactical information was given to him.
“Fortunately, the manager [Conte] is of that culture and trains in a very similar vain, therefore it’s not alien to him.
“Nathaniel has got into the training and dealt with it really well. He is mentally more focused, more driven and grown up a lot. He is at that stage of his career where he is ready to stake a claim.”
Conte obviously likes what he sees and significantly added to Chalobah’s cameo in the EFL Cup, by giving the defensive midfielder his first outing for Chelsea in the Premier League at Hull last Saturday.

England Under-21s were the ones to benefit from such a show of faith. Chalobah passed the ball impressively in Kazakhstan, constantly providing an outlet for the back four or his more advanced team-mates.
Loftus-Cheek, however, was disappointing and was substituted with just under 20 minutes to go.
The timing could not have been worse.

No Chelsea youth product has had more chances to impress for their senior side in the last few seasons but as the performance for England showed, his progress is starting to stagnate.
Loftus-Cheek’s Chelsea debut came at the age of 18 in 2014, three years younger than Chalobah is now.
He has added another 22 appearances since then, including being handed two starts by Conte in the EFL Cup.
While that still means he’s had more minutes on the pitch for Chelsea than Chalobah has this term, one gets the impression he wanted far more and it’s getting to him.

Conte does not seem quite sure where is best to play the 20-year-old. Since the friendlies in pre-season, he has been picked in midfield, as a No 10 and even a striker.
Under-21 coach Aidy Boothroyd played him at No 10 last night and a weak attempt to score after being put clean through summed up his unconvincing display.
And if you struggle to make an impression against Kazakhstan’s junior outfit, then Conte is hardly going to pick him for the Premier League any time soon.

Conversely, Chalobah may have a lot more to look forward to.

Please how does one post a Gif?? It is always converted to a jpeg file format when being posted.

JayKayMaybachz:
"A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes."

#SMh
#DisLifeSef

This would make for a good read.

http://m.bleacherreport.com/articles/2667994-pl-season-of-mega-manager-no-soap-opera-and-a-lot-of-fascinating-football

Reports suggest Chelsea FC are closing in on signing Juventus Leonardo Bonucci.




http://eneprom..com.ng/2016/10/premier-league-reports-suggest-chelsea.html?m=1

Anyone saw Hazard's goal against Begovic?

Bimffo:
Anyone saw Hazard's goal against Begovic?

Raumdeuter saw it, ask him.

Chelseafan1:


Ra*mdeuter saw it, ask him.

Why did you mention Dayo for goodness sake?

I know you have beef with Dayo on Hazard, please don't bring me into it. There a lot of things we could learn than Hazard this, Hazard that.


Now, did you see Hazard's goal VS Begovic?

See how he ridiculed Begovic. Didn't even have any chills on him.

Chelseafan1:
Rumdeuter saw it, ask him.

I saw it he was left one on one vs a keeper and he rounded the keeper. Kanu Nwankwo does that for fun

timbros:


Bonucci will seamlessly fit into Conte’s system. He has worked with him before both in club and NT level so he will easily know what his coach needs from him.

If both players are readily available for Conte right now, Bonucci is the man.

60 million pounds is being quoted for him, and we know he's already 30.

Imo that doesn't make sense

raumdeuter:


I saw it he was left one on one vs a keeper and he rounded the keeper. Kanu Nwankwo does that for fun

raumdeuter:


I saw it he was left one on one vs a keeper and he rounded the keeper. Kanu Nwankwo does that for fun

Oga eeh ....
u are evil, u know?

Griffon:

60 million pounds is being quoted for him, and we know he's already 30.
Imo that doesn't make sense

Juve Even Wanting Fabregas as part of the deal.. Football's gone Crazy..

donjazet:
ANTONIO CONTE told Roman Abramovich to sack two key officials before taking the Chelsea job, according to reports.

Conte was appointed as Jose Mourinho's permanent successor back in April, replacing interim boss Guus Hiddink in the summer.
The report states that Conte wanted to bring Roma chief Walter Sabatini to England with him.
However, Sabatini opted to remain in the Italian capital instead - though quit yesterday and was replaced by Frederic Massara.

Conte wanted technical director Michael Emenalo out given the way he had mercilessly criticised Mourinho back in December.
Emenalo gave an infamous interview to Chelsea TV where he referred to Mourinho as 'the individual' - a move that upset many of the Blues supporters.
He has been at the club since Avram Grant replaced Mourinho the first time the Portuguese was sacked back in 2007 - and has been working as the club's Technical Director since 2011.

Conte also reportedly wanted Abramovich's right-hand woman Marina Granovskaia to be shown the door.
Granovskaia was brought to the club in 2010 after spending 12 years as one of Abramovich's advisors.
She is in charge of player transfers but has been criticised in recent years after bringing in flops such as Radamel Falcao, Pedro and Baba Rahman.
Granovskaia also helped strike deals for the likes of David Luiz, N'Golo Kante, Michy Batshuayi and Marcos Alonso this summer.

http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/718634/Chelsea-Antonio-Conte-Premier-League-Michael-Emenalo-Marina-Granovskaia-Roman-Abramovich

It's "The Express", Really unreliable.

Griffon:


60 million pounds is being quoted for him, and we know he's already 30.

Imo that doesn't make sense

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.