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Old 09-07-2013, 09:33
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Yes, me too. We couldn't keep them both happy, both young and similar types of player. From the glimpses I've seen, Lukaku has got that something extra, my money would be on Romelu becoming the class player of the two.

Actually, forgetting all his problems, Suarez would be the perfect capture for us. He can play a lone strikers role if necessary, or play as the the support striker. He wouldn't hamper Lukaku's development, and could also work with Torres or Ba (if they are staying)
Same goes for Rooney of course (but I'd be a bit worried about his fitness and dramatic dip in form last season)
Give me Rooney anytime, We can not forget about Suarez's problems as they will follow him where ever he goes. I would not care if he was willing to play for free,pay his fee out of his own pocket and get a Chelsea tat I would rather see us play in the Championship then have him play in a Chelsea shirt. Rooney's issues can all be fixed Suarez's issues will never be fixed as they are part of him. Plus it sends out a much bigger message about our intentions then buying someone from a midtable team.
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Old 09-07-2013, 09:34
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Lets hope that Benteke is not joining us.

We already have a big strong guy to go up front, who actually seems genuinely likable and wants to play for us.

It would be money down the drain.
I agree. Benteke is more of a Belgian Emile Heskey than a Belgian Didier Drogba. I was chatting to a Villa fan on holiday, he was naturally grateful for all the goals Benteke has scored, but didn't rate his technical abilities very highly. That was before any talks of him leaving.
Let's not kid ourselves, this would be a big step down from the likes of Falcao, Cavani etc.
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Old 09-07-2013, 10:00
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Surez at the bridge would just be explosive.

We would be front page headlines for all the wrong reasons, and the most hated club in the UK.

Chelsea need a season of good publicity. We seemingly have a team of well behaved good young players and a living legend in Frank Lampard, we should be building on it.
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Old 09-07-2013, 10:14
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I rate Benteke, he scores goals which is what you want in a striker. If we didn't have Lukaku, he would be a great buy for us. I expect him to have another good season and cement his place in the Belgian squad. I also expect Rooney to stay at Utd and Suarez to go to Real once they've shifted Higuain.
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Old 09-07-2013, 10:47
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Surez at the bridge would just be explosive.

We would be front page headlines for all the wrong reasons, and the most hated club in the UK.

Chelsea need a season of good publicity. We seemingly have a team of well behaved good young players and a living legend in Frank Lampard, we should be building on it.
We are all those things without Surez and i dont think anyone can say we are a bunch of role models (nor should footballers be). Personally I dont care who the players shag or if they fire air guns at people but my issues with Surez is that all his issues are on the pitch. Its all football related where as with players like JT and Ash it has very rarely affected the team in a negative way, For all his abilty as a player a team will suffer with him because of the amount of time he wont be there due to his issues.
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Old 09-07-2013, 10:58
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What happens next time he bites someone on the pitch, banned for 6 months?

For a fee of Ł35m to Ł40m, its just not worth the risk.

As for our reputation, i think it will be helped by Jose's apparent mellowing and hopefully the stability of the managerial position.

The problem players, JT and Cole are in their twilight and will be gone in 2 years.

We suddenly have very likable young players who play football in the 'right way' like Mata, Hazard, Oscar, Lukaku etc
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Old 09-07-2013, 11:27
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What happens next time he bites someone on the pitch, banned for 6 months?

For a fee of Ł35m to Ł40m, its just not worth the risk.

As for our reputation, i think it will be helped by Jose's apparent mellowing and hopefully the stability of the managerial position.

The problem players, JT and Cole are in their twilight and will be gone in 2 years.

We suddenly have very likable young players who play football in the 'right way' like Mata, Hazard, Oscar, Lukaku etc
Lets just see if Jose has mellowed and if our sacking managers mentality has changed. I have serious doubts either has happened but one lives in hope, Oh look a text has just come though on my mobile, Kelly Brook wants to go out for a drink tonight so maybe you are right
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Old 09-07-2013, 11:33
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What happens next time he bites someone on the pitch, banned for 6 months?

For a fee of Ł35m to Ł40m, its just not worth the risk.

As for our reputation, i think it will be helped by Jose's apparent mellowing and hopefully the stability of the managerial position.

The problem players, JT and Cole are in their twilight and will be gone in 2 years.

We suddenly have very likable young players who play football in the 'right way' like Mata, Hazard, Oscar, Lukaku etc
From an outside perspective, Hazard is not 'likable'.

The other players you mention are fine, but Hazard's petulance with the ball-boy and the egotistical shenanigans of last summer were not the actions of a 'likable' player.
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Old 09-07-2013, 18:30
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I wouldnt gamble on Suarez personally, too big of a risk that he will do something stupid and get a big ban, even though he is a good player.

Hazard and the ball boy wasnt great but i find him similar to Ronaldo. There was no malice in what happened, it was fairly innocent and he was genuinely just trying to get the ball back late in the game when we were losing, infact it showed that he really does care about the club, if anything. Ofcourse i dont condone kicking ball boys though. A lot of people hate him for being very good and seeming a bit egotistical, i dont see much difference in Hazard really(Man Utd fans love Ronaldo but everyone else hates him pretty much). I dont think its an issue as long as his attitude and work ethic on the pitch and at training is fine.
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Old 09-07-2013, 20:06
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We've signed Mark Schwarzer on a free transfer:

http://www.chelseafc.com/news-articl...mark-schwarzer

It's a one year deal. Seems a reasonable stop-gap signing whilst Courtois is out on loan. An upgrade on Turnbull and Hilario, that's for sure.
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Old 09-07-2013, 20:10
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Said we should months ago. Good back-up, at last
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Old 09-07-2013, 20:19
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We've signed Mark Schwarzer on a free transfer:

http://www.chelseafc.com/news-articl...mark-schwarzer

It's a one year deal. Seems a reasonable stop-gap signing whilst Courtois is out on loan. An upgrade on Turnbull and Hilario, that's for sure.
Excellent appointment, just what we needed. I didn't really see the sense in going for Ruddy when we currently only need a short term back-up. Schwarzer was still putting in some great performances for Fulham, so he'll do us nicely.
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Old 09-07-2013, 21:08
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Said we should months ago. Good back-up, at last
You deserve a cookie.

I love out of the blue transfers like these!

Finally a no.2 keeper who won't make us crap our pants. It would be good to see Cech given a rest once a while.
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Old 09-07-2013, 21:44
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I wouldnt gamble on Suarez personally, too big of a risk that he will do something stupid and get a big ban, even though he is a good player.

Hazard and the ball boy wasnt great but i find him similar to Ronaldo. There was no malice in what happened, it was fairly innocent and he was genuinely just trying to get the ball back late in the game when we were losing, infact it showed that he really does care about the club, if anything. Ofcourse i dont condone kicking ball boys though. A lot of people hate him for being very good and seeming a bit egotistical, i dont see much difference in Hazard really(Man Utd fans love Ronaldo but everyone else hates him pretty much). I dont think its an issue as long as his attitude and work ethic on the pitch and at training is fine.
It's not an issue at all, for Chelsea fans. The post that I replied to was intimating that Hazard was likable in general, like Mata is.

He's not.
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Old 09-07-2013, 21:52
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We've signed Mark Schwarzer on a free transfer:

http://www.chelseafc.com/news-articl...mark-schwarzer

It's a one year deal. Seems a reasonable stop-gap signing whilst Courtois is out on loan. An upgrade on Turnbull and Hilario, that's for sure.
Very good signing for you as back up.

My mate was very surprised tho as it almost certainly kills his hopes of starting for Australia at the World Cup so don't get why he's joined when he left Fulham for first team football ahead of Brazil
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Old 09-07-2013, 22:03
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Very good signing for you as back up.

My mate was very surprised tho as it almost certainly kills his hopes of starting for Australia at the World Cup so don't get why he's joined when he left Fulham for first team football ahead of Brazil
Yep, i'm surprised too that he seems prepared to be a back-up keeper in the season leading up to the World Cup. Not sure what wages he'll be on but perhaps it was too good to turn down in the twilight of his career? Good for us though.
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Old 09-07-2013, 22:10
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A decent number two at last !!
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Old 09-07-2013, 22:20
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Schwarzer's a great signing. Still a keeper who can play when required and will provide good cover for Cech.

Also it means we don't spend a relatively huge amount on Ruddy who would have been a backup and it may have caused a few issues when Courtois returned to the club.

Again, a good signing. Welcome to the Bridge Mark.
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Old 09-07-2013, 23:06
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Have to say this is probably our most sensible and logical signing since Roman bought the club, it's so sensible I can not believe we have made it. It sounds too sensible to be true, have the people who run Chelsea finally learnt how to do their jobs?
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Old 09-07-2013, 23:27
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If Ross Turnbull is reading this we've probably made him cry by now.


So, now he knows how we felt every time he played for us.
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Old 09-07-2013, 23:41
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Yep, i'm surprised too that he seems prepared to be a back-up keeper in the season leading up to the World Cup. Not sure what wages he'll be on but perhaps it was too good to turn down in the twilight of his career? Good for us though.
He would have been in the same position with Fulham. Fulham have already signed Maarten Stekelenburg from AS Roma. Another very good keeper with 54 caps for The Netherlands. You have to give them their due, they have a knack for finding very good keepers.
At 40 years old he wasn't going to find a better option than No 2 at Chelsea, with the possibility of Champions League football.
He'll certainly get some games with us and may still retain his place for Australia in the WC, I don't know much about their keeper situation?
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Old 09-07-2013, 23:52
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He would have been in the same position with Fulham. Fulham have already signed Maarten Stekelenburg from AS Roma. Another very good keeper with 54 caps for The Netherlands. You have to give them their due, they have a knack for finding very good keepers.
At 40 years old he wasn't going to find a better option than No 2 at Chelsea, with the possibility of Champions League football.
He'll certainly get some games with us and may still retain his place for Australia in the WC, I don't know much about their keeper situation?
Being back-up for us is certainly more preferable to being a bench warmer for Fulham. I'm sure he would have found first team football somewhere, although it may have meant dropping out of the Premier League and taking a drop in wages to do so. The perfect thing of course with joining us is that he doesn't even have to move home.

So.... now awaiting news on a striker and a DM.
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Old 10-07-2013, 00:21
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Yes, it seems a long time ago now, those cold winter days when we were all talking about signing Falcao and Fellaini. We had Chelsea's team for next season all worked out, but at least we got Mourinho back, and that's probably the most important thing.
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Old 10-07-2013, 01:34
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Now Mata is being linked with a contract extension. Hope this is one we can believe in.
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Old 10-07-2013, 07:42
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"However, Chelsea are also in the frame and would be Villa’s choice — though not Benteke’s — if their demands were met as there would be the possibility of a player-plus-cash deal with Romelu Lukaku an obvious make-weight in any transfer."

The Mail have clearly gone mad. Why would we even think of offering Lukaku and a wedge of cash for Benteke?

Utterly terrible "journalism"
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