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09 Jan 2015 03:20:48
Hi Eds and everyone, any truth in the offer made by Wolfsburg for Schurrle? I just read it in a Chelsea blog and haven't read the sources but I thought I would float it out there.
If anything its a new rumour and one I haven't heard before
Thanks in advance
{Ed002's Note - Chelsea has no intention of selling Schurrle in January but are aware of interest in him from Wolfsburg, Shalke 04 and from Dortmund - who are looking for a replacement for Marco Reus. However, if an acceptable offer is made and the player desires to move on then the club will not stand in his way.}
31 Dec 2014 12:21:58
Hi Eds, hope you are all having a good year.
Just thought I would ask, but I take it Wilfred Bony being linked to Chelsea is just wild conjecture?
I think he is a great player but we have other positions I would try to improve first.
Thought I would ask any way. It probably just the Times being ridiculous.
Thanks in advance
{Ed002's Note - I know nothing of it. Chelsea showed an interest a couple of years ago but were messed about.}
1.) If we already have remy and look soon to be signing kramaric (all be it loaning him out) I can't see how bony will be needed. I would like the rumour to be true as I see bony as a decent replacement for drogba, but I don't see it being true.
2.) That's what I thought. There are all the reports of Man City, so Chelsea must have been thrown in there from recycled news or to drum up interest/price.
Thanks anyway
3.) 31 Dec 2014 16:45:51
I could see this happening with Remy going in opposite direction. A real Jose type of player.
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16 Jan 2016 12:12:24
I think we missed a step not going for Charlie Austin. Cheap, homegrown and would hsve score goals. Like I'm not saying "world beater". But honestly, be an upgrade to Falcao and he would be injured less than Remy, most likely. Just I thought.
1.) 16 Jan 2016 13:04:27
I think he's at his best when he's first choice! Can't see him being any upgrade if he plays once a month! But I suppose you can say that about any striker.
17 Dec 2015 16:28:20
I haven't been as outspoken recently as I was just saying the same things and I didn't want to just keep repeating myself.
I am sad to see Mourinho go. Brilliant manager but I think in the end it was getting very frustrating watch the same thing over and over. Ultimately the players must shoulder the blame but Mourniho also for not changing things. We keep talking about our young players and people are divided (some think they are going to be world beaters already and others think they weren't ready and we were being deluded into thinking they are better than they are) . In all likely hood it was somewhere in between. and 2 further simple points must be stated - firstly, they do have talent and they couldn't do any worse than the players he played e. g. anyone who thought RLC couldn't do a job instead of Fabregas needs their head examined. Secondly, they would have shown a bit of desire and heart. that was my frustration. people can agree or disagree. and that's what its all about but seriously, some players didn't deserve to be on the picture and it was crying out to just give our youth a chance. its like, season was ruined within the first month, no pressure, show us what you can do.
04 Nov 2015 01:25:37
So I have commented on a few different things but I guess I tried to take a back seat on everything until I thought it through. The seems to be a lot of snap judgements about getting Mourinho out or blinding following him and neither of those options helps. So here are my thoughts.
I do believe Mourinho is one of the best, if not the best managers in the world. He has shown how he can adapt to different countries and leagues, different players and systems. He has done it over and over. I also don't believe there is anyone else out there who I would want more.
I do have a couple of problems though. Everything is not right. The way Costa and Hazard came back this season, the way Mourinho seems to have been taken in by his own ego a bit. What I mean by that is, whether he believes it or realises he is doing it, I get the sense that he believes he is bigger than the club; the way he is acting etc.
He has refused to take any cristism, he refuses to change the system. We have small quick talented creative players. They need to be allowed to express themselves. I read a post before about all the players we have sold in the last few seasons and how they are doing - do bruyne, mate, lukaku. They didn't fit into his system, he believes his system is best and in a way I agree. But I also believe that if you don't adapt, you get left behind. He is playing the same tactics he has used essential for the last 10 years and he refuses to adapt or change. This is where my problem lies. I honestly wish I could sit down with him and ask for straight answers. Why does he persist with ivanovic at rb and our best rb at lb, throwing off the balance of the team, why does he not allow our creative players to be more expressive. We have played boring football from last Xmas, and I know someone is going to say that no-one complained when we were winning the league but at that time boring football got us over the line so it was easier to stomach. Now we are playing dreadful boring football (what other team would shut up shop with over 80 mins to go against Liverpool at home. I'm not saying throw everything forward, just assert a bit of dominance. Show why we are champions. It was stupid to do that and we deserved to get beat. We can also moan about the ref but I wish more people would come out and accept that on that day, and too many days this season, our team was not good enough and our manager was not good Enough) .
So I rambled but I'll get to the point. I believe Mourinho could well get sacked. This is simply because he will not change the way he sets the team up to play, he will not adapt. He will not play to our strengths. His behaviour has gone too far and is damaging the football club. I want to get behind him but it's insane to watch him make the same choices, mistakes, and expect different outcomes. I really do hope he will change things and adapt because he is the best but I'm afraid he is stuck, whether it be his ego or pride, nothing will change and he will go.
Just my thoughts, don't be too harsh on me with what I have said. See who agrees and who doesn't. How do we get out of this mess. Hopefully it becomes clearer over the next week.
1.) 04 Nov 2015 01:55:09
And sorry about the spelling mistakes, was typing it on my fruit bat.
2.) 04 Nov 2015 02:38:15
I totally agree with most of what your saying I would just like to no who's the ones causing the problems behind the scenes and it's no coincidence everything started to go bad to worse with the Eva incident, weather the players thought he was wrong in the way he went off hazard seems to be the name that's getting thrown about as the one who playing up (rumours) yet he was the one she ran on for is he upset the way she was treated 'I don't know'. But again like you said I can't keep backing him as much as I love the bloke when he keeps playing ivanovic Cahill and terry together are best rb at lb. A interviewer said it correctly the other day it's ok Jose saying I know we will turn it around and am the right man and the players are really trying every day in games and training but nothing is changing getting worse if anything SO how long do you give someone to change things round? Roman is standing by him now because any other manager would of been gone. #thespecial1#.
3.) 04 Nov 2015 06:56:08
@Goergebest - either its language problem or otherwise, how can you say his the best manager and then say he has failed to adopt and plays defensive/boring football, I find it contradictory.
For me I have always said it Jose is not kind of manager to develop an appealing brand/football club. He is short term kind of manager. A manager with a future in mind does not buy 25+yrs most of the time. Also you need very good PR to build a brand. You may say am pestimistic but champions league next season is very much in doubt.
He has no record in developing kids that's why I find it funny when some of you talk about RCL and rest succeeding under Jose, though I think the 3 player we have in RLC, Kennedy and Traore are hugely talented and with right coaching and gudance could be world beaters (not under Jose) .
4.) 04 Nov 2015 09:58:30
Jose has played a variety of different formations of the years. Also I struggle with the idea that JM has played this exact same style of football for the last 10 years. We certainly weren't playing this way at the start of last season, we didn't play this way in his first spell here and he didn't play this way at Madrid as far as I'm aware. Also I doubt JM instructed the team to try and defend a 1-0 lead with 80 mins to go.
I believe that JM reverted to boring football after the spuds defeat last season, not because we lost but because players were already dropping off form/suspensions. The reason he has persisted with Azpi at LB was/is because he provided greater security which allowed Hazard more freedom. Luis last year and Rahman haven't yet showed they're defensively solid enough to start. Which leads to Ivanovic starting at RB despite his alarming drop off. Our defence needs some major work. Without Terry starting, there is a distinct lack of leadership but with him, unfortunately we're constantly caught out for pace and the gap between defence and attack is too large for our DM/CM's to cover.
We were also extremely poor before the Eva Carneiro incident, so whilst it might be having an effect, I doubt it's what has caused the current decline in form.
5.) 04 Nov 2015 12:29:56
@robben - not a language problem, I'm from ulster, I guess I was just throwing ideas out there. So many different things that I wanted to say and touch upon so I guess it got jumbled. When I say he has been the best manager in the last ten years I am talking purely about the results and trophies.
@fuser - He has changed his system but I guess by saying he has used similar tactics I mean he is a defence first coach. But I should have elaborated further.
I agree with what was said about youth.
And if anyone was wondering, I wasn't typing on my fruit bat. I typed phone and autocorrect killed me haha.
6.) 04 Nov 2015 15:48:39
I wish people would stop beating Jose with the Lukaku and De Bruyne stick. Neither player was sold because they didn't fit the system or because JM didn't like them. Both wanted to be automatic starters and neither were at that level when they left.
31 Oct 2015 13:45:19
In all seriousness, the coutinho goal before half time doesn't surprise me. Ever since we scored we had treated the game like we were playing a cup final with 5 minutes to go. Problem is it was after 7 minutes and we are at home! We haven't been assertive, we haven't tried to dominate. We sat Back; Liverpool have been the better team and deserve their goal. To concede is exactly what we deserve. Let's see if we can show a little heart or fight because it has been massively lacking this season!
19 Sep 2015 11:50:34
Just saw the line up. Ivanovic somehow gets in again. Seriously! Perhaps, hoping the midweek rest did him him good. More likely we will undo all that confidence from midweek and be back to square 1
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25 Aug 2016 16:44:11
He is a defender.
02 Feb 2015 12:35:24
You are entitled to your opinion on anything, just as anyone is but here is my opinion but
all you do by coming off with bold statements like this is you get people into a frenzy for no reason. Hazard is a central part to a very good team, one that is getting better. He will sign a new contract when it suits him and the team. People speculating is just pretty pointless because we don't know the ins and outs of everything. If you also read the little information on the issue, he was so close to signing and now if you listen to the tabloids he is moving on somewhere at the next opportunity. That just doesn't happen, the contract wouldn't have got as close as it did and Mourinho wouldn't have talked about it if it wasnt going to be sign it. Speculation on tactics and results great. But have a bit of tact when speculating about transfers. You just seem to turn up on transfer deadline day just to piss people off and scare up a bit of action lol, that what I have seen over the last few years, just my opinion.
That's what I thought. There are all the reports of Man City, so Chelsea must have been thrown in there from recycled news or to drum up interest/price.
Thanks anyway
Think I agree with Jackson on this one. I could imagine Isco in the centre and Oscar on the right, or youth as mentioned.
Not that it will happen, but it will be interesting to see what happens over the next month
I can't remember who said it yesterday, maybe mn, but the more I think about it the more I think we do need something else on the right wing. Like I think CB and CM are positions we should be looking at, with regards to anything coming up but RW is something we should be actively seeking to fix. We are stocked with a number of options but these seem to prefer the centre or left. You could see it the other night, we were dangerous down the left but when it got shifted to the right, ivanovic would have no choice but to send it back (this could be in part due to tactics focusing down that wing) but even when we tried to switch it there was not joy.
So I don't know really, do we target someone like Reus, Draxler or any other names you can think of or do we really take a chance with youth. I just know we need to do something. I think with Reus there are concerns with his fitness, and a lot of the reports I read suggest he wants to go to Spain. But if we can convince him to come to Chelsea we would be getting a world class player at a fraction of his true value.
He would obviously have to work hard but you can see that with chelsea, the RW spot is up for grabs to a certain extent. If he went to Real, he would be competing with the 1st and 2nd most expensive players in the world, the star of the world cup and Isco who has looked a lot better plus Jese etc etc. At Barcelona he would be competing with Messi and Neymar etc etc.
It would just be the thing seeing him go to one of those teams then not get a game.
Not really a question in there, more just sharing thoughts
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04 Nov 2015 12:29:56
@robben - not a language problem, I'm from ulster, I guess I was just throwing ideas out there. So many different things that I wanted to say and touch upon so I guess it got jumbled. When I say he has been the best manager in the last ten years I am talking purely about the results and trophies.
@fuser - He has changed his system but I guess by saying he has used similar tactics I mean he is a defence first coach. But I should have elaborated further.
I agree with what was said about youth.
And if anyone was wondering, I wasn't typing on my fruit bat. I typed phone and autocorrect killed me haha.
04 Nov 2015 01:55:09
And sorry about the spelling mistakes, was typing it on my fruit bat.
31 Oct 2015 14:37:18
Thursday night football of we are lucky!
31 Oct 2015 13:59:35
But again, that is discisions you are saying would affect the game and change it to our favour. If we are half the team we are meant to be we should be able to affect the game on our own. That's my problem with this.
17 Sep 2015 22:02:13
I'd go with magicaleden and Jackson on this one