Chelsea Banter

25 Apr 2024 09:52:13
ED025 must be well pleased after that result last night. I certainly didn't see that coming. Just shows what a difficult and competitive league this is and sometimes that is lost on people! 7th is needed for a European place and with Newcastle also losing that is still a possibility and might just be a good competition for our young squad? Or are we best off missing Thursday night football?

{Ed025's Note - i want to know what happened when we visited the Bridge G8, you whacked us mate yet we went out last night and deservedly beat Liverpool who i see as a better side than Chelsea, yes no game is easy but like you we seem to go from the sublime to the ridiculous in a very small time frame, you have to ask yourselves are our players taking the piss or what?..

25 Apr 2024 13:14:16
I think it just shows what a top class brilliant team Everton are. The manager is also ahead of the game tactically?

But, can we play you every week.

Hope things improve for you next season Ed.

{Ed025's Note - cheers Tom, we are far from a good team mate and Dyche is a dinosaur imo, but i might just take him over Poch, not many teams give us a good hiding though like you did but you are so inconsistent that you never know which Chelsea will turn up..

25 Apr 2024 16:15:41
My god football fans are fickle read the Liverpool pages you would think they are about to get relegated.

25 Apr 2024 16:48:50
Unbelievable isn't it seymns. Almost as bad as the 2 or 3 on here who get out of bed the wrong way every day. 😁.

25 Apr 2024 15:24:04
Ed025, I applaud your response on the Liverpool site to someone who suggested the players were physically done. That excuse by players, coaches and some fans makes me angry. My late father worked on building sites six days a week into his seventies: no sick pay etc. He never complained about being tired at home only my long hair and music. Tired: what a load of tosh.

{Ed025's Note - absolutely Jimbo, i done 50 years in all kinds of weather mate and extra work of a weekend and nobody called for me to have a rest, me and your dad were probably two peas in a pod and these pampered prima-donna footballers want a rest for playing 1 game a week on average!, and i suspect they were on a bit more than us wages wise as well...but you do need a haircut.. :)

25 Apr 2024 17:03:59
G8, do you come on here just to dig people out? Respect that other people have a different opinion to you

25 Apr 2024 18:03:39
Horans, I haven’t got a clue why you would respond in the way you have to G8 but surely the reverse of your comment must also be true?

Who cares who is positive or negative about the club, owners, manager or any player. We all just give our opinions and if we are honest most of our opinions are in some way biased.

By the way, I generally enjoy your posts.

25 Apr 2024 07:39:10
{Ed's Note - Nevada has posted a new article entitled, Is Arne Slot A Good Fit For Liverpool?

24 Apr 2024 21:51:23
If osimhen does go to PSG who would be everyone's striker target? That is the main position we need I think rest will depend on sales. Hopefully a new keeper if we can offload Kepa and Sanchez.

But who would everyone sign upfront and why. I've stated I like Isak but he's injury prone and unlikely so probs best to stay away as good as he is. Toney is a risk seems to have a big ego and baggage. It's down to Sesko or Gyokeres for me. Gyokeres is the better goal scorer but older and in a poorer league. Sesko has massive potential but still very raw. He's been slowly introduced to the first team and has 10 goals in 27 but a lot of them games have been 20 minutes off the bench so I'm not sure. But down to Gyokeres and Sesko for me.

24 Apr 2024 22:02:29
I suppose I will have to admit defeat and except Osimhen moving to PSG.

So Barnet, I have a mate who says a forward at Lille is good but I would go for Kane. I also like the Lad from Juve but apparently that deal looks unlikely.

24 Apr 2024 23:51:30
Hard to know who to buy not many out there who are better than what we have Kane top drawer but can't see him at Chelsea would prefer a player with prem experience not convinced by Toney, always like DCL at Everton but like Issak has fitness issues of ready made prem players would go for Watkins at Villa

Sims at Coventry scores goals as does the lad at Blackburn but who knows if they are good enough for the prem but goalscorers instincts don't change . Fondly remember the days of Kerry Dixon.

25 Apr 2024 00:12:58
I would love Kane Tom but with this new ownership anyone over 25 is a no go never mind 30. Although I think he’d love to come back and break the goal scoring record in the prem.

25 Apr 2024 09:39:48
I love the idea of kane but Gyokeres is more likely. For epl experience, I prefer Watkins to toney. Like his clever ways. think he's underrated.

24 Apr 2024 16:23:42
There is a lot of heat and animosity on here which is very understandable given how we're being run. Can I ask one of the Ed's for their professional verdict on all this?

Basically what type of players we need to sign and what they would do? From what I've read Osimhen is now heading for PSG but not 100%. Gyökeres, Sesko and Toney are the names that spring to mind but every signing you make is always a risky one. Toney IMO isn't as good as people make out and has baggage. Gyökeres is putting up number in a poor league and would he replicate it here. Sesko has been bedding in with limited minutes but has a very good goals to games ratio but he would also be raw.

I honestly have no idea where we go from here in truth. I would like Maignan and Isak but have read they both have injury troubles and are expensive.

We've wasted a lot of money on bang average players like Mudryk, Madueke, Badiashile and Disasi. There is still something there for me watching Jackson play especially off the wing but he can't keep missing easy chances as it's not good enough.

Just like one of the Ed's opinion as to what they think is best. Thanks.

{Ed001's Note - you just need some experience and offload some of the players that haven't worked out, rather than this nonsense idea of selling players from the academy for 'pure profit'. It is simply not true as it is not cheap to run an academy and so each player coming through costs money. There is not really a lot needed, you are not far off really, just a few of the overpriced junk and injury prone players that need offloading. I know you lot somehow have gained the impression that James is the best right-back in the world, despite him being utterly unable to defend even when he can stay fit. It also takes him a long time to get up to speed after an injury, then he will play well for 3 games and go missing again. He should be first out the door, followed quickly by Chilwell and Sterling and particularly Fofana that you even signed injured. He is not even a good defender anyway.

Settle the team down with a solid keeper. Then it is just about trimming the fat before it is worth considering buying anyone else. You need to stop buying players to loan out, it might seem good business but good business is winning trophies and having so much money tied up in players that never play for you is just a waste.}

24 Apr 2024 19:21:49
Ed, I agree good business is winning trophies.

24 Apr 2024 19:33:46
Quite surprised you’d sell Fofana and James Ed but I do understand. As fans when we’ve seen players do well in the past we hold onto that memory and expect it to come back but we can’t wait forever for players to get fit and up to speed.

Is there any change on Osimhen Ed? Few months ago you posted he was almost certainly heading to Chelsea but recently I’ve read he is now swaying towards a PSG move maybe due to champions league. I am not a big fan of him I’ve seen him miss a lot of chance which Jackson gets crucified for. In truth I have no confidence in any striker we sign.

{Ed001's Note - I do mean Fofana the defender, so I am surprised you are surprised as I don't rate him and have been very open about that even when he was at Leicester. He was awful there.

I have never said he almost certainly headed to Chelsea, I assume it must have been Ed02 maybe? I have no idea where Osimhen is going.}

24 Apr 2024 20:24:57
Yeah Fofana the defender I did like him at Leicester but his injuries are depressing it may be time to cut ties but not many teams will want an injury prone defender.

Think it was Ed02 but not 100% it was definitely on one page it may have been the arsenal one. I wouldn’t pay the money mentioned for him regardless as he suffers with niggles and that’s the last thing we need. I like the look of Gyokeres but a lot of Chelsea accounts I follow who are quite good at rating players don’t like him in not sure why.

Thanks for your time and insight anyway Ed. Much appreciated.

{Ed001's Note - very welcome mate.}

24 Apr 2024 23:05:39
Ed001, I entirely concur with your views. I certainly am not someone who believes James is world class for the reasons I mentioned in my earlier post. It’s the same old cycle with James: returns from injury; 5 games with his minutes managed: starts fro 3 games and is ineffective: plays another 3 games and is 6/ 10 gets injured again. As for transfers whether fans moan or other clubs are in for players is totally irrelevant. The recruitment team should be focusing on players we need to strengthen the squad not who appears to be flavour of the month. There is no doubt in my mind that we have overpaid for players the exceptions being, Palmer, Gusto and Petrovic ( as a No2). I would be surprised if most supporters believed that we did not overspend on Caicedo and Enzo. When you are paying that sort of money you should be getting the finished article not a player with potential.

24 Apr 2024 23:34:02
Nigel it was ed2 and things change quickly in football.

Regarding eds reply, agree with almost everything other than the Reece James part. For that part in time he was the best RB in football (taa still a better player but James a better right back, if that makes sense) . I'd stick by him, unless we recieve huge compensation; I do think we can get past his injury troubles.

Striker for me is Osimhen, but it has to be someone affordable.

Lastly, massively agree with the 'pure profit' rubbish. I'm sure it works in FFP when used effectively because of amortisation but we've spent a billion pounds. In no way is that good business, we've sold players that are better than the ones we brought In and it has been an utter disaster.

We have brought in a few quality players and they will make our spine. I think we still need a lot of work however.

24 Apr 2024 13:30:58
Does any of the Ed's know what's going off with the Americans and Poch do they still have faith.

{Ed002's Note - A decision will be made at the end of the season and perhaps July 1 will prove to be an important day.}

24 Apr 2024 16:39:01
Apologies if this is a stupid question, but why July 1st.

{Ed002's Note - It is the start of the new year.}

24 Apr 2024 16:43:57
Thank you Ed,

Much appreciated.

24 Apr 2024 17:25:25
Thanks for the info ed002.

25 Apr 2024 07:27:38
Ed I will not push you to speculate the outcome of the possible decision on the manager but I think will July 1 not late for a prospective new manager to fully assess the squad for suitable new signings. My concern is that we should not repeat the same mistakes of rushing things as the selling clubs might perceive us being desperate and request for more money.
Again I really don't know who but who do you reckon we get if poch is moved on. I'm impressed with emery at villa.

{Ed002's Note - Emery will not be moving to Chelsea.}