Chelsea Rumours 18009

18 Jan 2015 23:47:58
Reading through this page, I'm seeing sometimes people are of the mindset we should just sell a player based on current play, the likes of Oscar and Willian come to mind. I know Chelsea are a world class team and that we are constantly linked with world class players, that could 'displace' players who may make a mistake or two. I do also acknowledge there are fans who appreciate and stick up for these players, but then there are people who fail to realise that they haven't even hit their prime. Oscar is still very young and Willian is only 26, exceptional talents that will only improve. what's to say we should sell these players and see them thrive element with maturity and experience. Matic comes to mind in recent history, hardly a look in on the field, and Robben probably highlighting this even more. Yes we want to build the best team possible, that's fantasy football for you, but realistically the long term is what we should be looking at. It's just a shame sometimes about our loan policies and the reality that most young talent just won't cut it. but that's a different matter altogether

Devon.

Regarding Willian, let's not forget that Drogba was inconsistent when he first came to the Bridge - his first season was full of failures to control the ball and his link-up play was not the best. Look what he became

Dempsey

Good post. As fans we seem to think we know more about football than the club do, which is entirely wrong. (Whereas Liverpool fans on there page have more clue about it than Rodgers and them clowns have).

We are in a fantastic position, I've said it a lot, we have stunning coaches, manager and owner, as well as a top 3 team worldwide in my opinion

It is fun to speculate though, and any opinions should be posted before being shot down by people thinking the poster is moaning ect

Aron

My point as well Aron, yes it's nice to think that things work in a fantasy football style and we have to admit quite a few of these become reality. But we are far from experts with somewhat a limited knoweldge, with no real affiliation to the club other than being fans and research of news stories and rumours. This website is the best thing we have, for that I am glad, but let appreciate what we have and the talent across the whole club.

Devon.

I believe when Matic left he was more of an AM. A position we had an abundance of current stars, Mata, Hazard, Oscar etc and lots of upcoming talent on loan. He only made the switch to CM/DM after 6 months or so, I think, at Benfica. If he hadn't moved on I doubt he'd have made the switch of positions and he wouldn't be the player we have today. So yes while a lot of poeple/pundits look at it and can't believe we let him go, he simply wasn't anywhere near the player we let go in the first place.

But I do see your point though.

fuser

19 Jan 2015 16:50:49
I am very guilty of this especially about Oscar. That said I think much of my though goes down to two things; balancing the books and player expectations. It's very clear that the club will be balancing the books and if we're bringing in high price players then we have to get the money from somewhere. The second part is player preferences which is something I speculate on but have absolutely no idea in reality. For me I question wether Oscar would settle for not being an automatic selection when he can go to another top 10 club in the world like PSG and be a regular. So for me I think this is kind of adding 1&1 to get 2 but as others have said my perception could be very off.

Tk

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