Chelsea Banter

11 May 2024 11:15:10
Question for the Ed, s
Whats your thoughts on Fabregas as a manager so far, huge fan favourite at chelsea a real gem of a player, great to see him doing well as a coach, he was 1 of those players who u always felt knew were d ball was going before he even took a touch.

{Ed002's Note - He hasn't had a coaching career yet. A few months as the coach of a second tier Italian youth team and four or five games as a caretaker which he had to leave as he did not have the appropriate coaching qualifications. And he is a real jerk.}

11 May 2024 04:29:30
Hey Ed any truth in the chelsea x air Jordan sponsorship?

{Ed002's Note - Nike provide Chelsea shirts.}

10 May 2024 21:28:22
We should keep Gallagher and chalobah;

If they want to leave, we haven't ever and shouldn't keep players who don't want to be here

If Gallagher won't sign deal, we are forced to cash in, same as Mount situation, it's lose lose, he walks for £0 the owners get called morons and if we sell him they get slated for cashing in,

For the fee's they'd fetch I don't think you can get squad players for that money, someone should give a little and compromise to stay and accept a contract

IF, they are sold, as exciting as it is for unknown players and potentia, we need some proven talent, palmer, nkunku can play 10/ or wide, sudokov looks exciting but we've only seen highlights and that's in Ukrainian league, look at mudryk's adaption to prem,

11 May 2024 02:07:54
I’d prefer Gallagher to sign an extension and stay but if he A) do we really need to replace him and B) what sort of midfielder do we go for?

A) we have Lavia, Ugochukwa, Caicedo and Enzo as deeper CM’s and DM’s, not to mention Casadei and Santos, both of which are extremely highly rated. Casadei has only gotten a few mins since coming back from Leicester but I’ve liked what I’ve seen and Santos, apparently Barcelona potentially want to take him on loan. So there’s a lot of competition already. Even have Chucky too but he’s more of an AM imo.

B) I do think if we were to sign a replacement given the depth we have at CM/ DM id be more inclined to go for an AM player. Never seen him play but Sudakov who we’ve been linked to fits the bill. Doubt he’d come but I’d go for Musiala as he can also play out wide. Also been linked with Xavi Simons, he’d be expensive though and not sure what his defensive side of the game is like tbf. Ed001, have you seen much of Xavi or done a profile of him?

{Ed001's Note - I have only seen a little of Xavi Simons and he was playing more of a wide role in those few games. Musiala seems a lot better than him from what I saw though. I did like the workrate though, even though it was not going well for him, Xavi kept going and tracking back too.}

09 May 2024 12:58:48
Back from a two week trip for work and so pleased with the progress I've seen from Chelsea while abroad. Wasn't able to watch the Villa game but managed to catch all of Spurs and the first half of West Ham. Maybe I should move away from London?

Some interesting questions raised from these three games. Firstly, should Chalobah really be the CB we are marking for a sale? Since coming back from injury I think he has shown what many of us think, that he is a better player than Disasi. Personally, I'd be more comfortable with moving on one of Badishile or Disasi than Trev.

Secondly, how much of an impact was the hernia having on Enzo? It's clear for all to see that having a more mobile partner next to Caicedo has really enabled him to show what he is about rather than constantly plugging holes and trying to figure out the least worst decision to make from a list of terrible options. I think we are all old enough to know that Enzo will be first name on the team sheet next season, but on this evidence, should he be? I notice Todd Boehly was reported saying that 'things have come together over the last 3 games', maybe so, but it's not much of a victory lap when your 105m CM isn't playing and two of the best players are so openly for sale.

Finally, the battle between Madueke and Mudryk. For me there is only space in the squad for one and while I think Mudyrk has more of a special, unquantifiable talent, Madueke seems far more capable of actually sticking to a game plan and understanding what is required. Who will win out? I would also add that while it is good to see Madueke's development, Olise showed everyone who is boss vs United. That's the type of player and performance we need to see from our wide players.

Also it was great to see Nkunku back. My how we need him to stay fit and be back ready for the start of next season. I would imagine he will be picked for France, a good tournament would be a fantastic reminder of his talent and hopefully enable him to hit the ground running for Chels.

09 May 2024 15:59:17
RBD, I hope your work trip went well.

I can see no reason why Mudryk and Noni shouldn’t remain in the squad. One right and one left footed seems good to me.

09 May 2024 16:46:55
Not only that Tom, you also now need 2 players in each position throughout the squad if you want to compete at the top table.

09 May 2024 16:49:13
Agree Tom nothing wrong with both of them in the squad, in a couple of years would be interesting to see how they develop.

Mudryk is really infuriating but I see a top player in there in a year or two.

09 May 2024 17:48:26
I quite like both players Tom, but I don't know how we progress with both occupying the wings week in week out. They need time to develop and we're at a point now where they're going to struggle to reach 20 premiership goals and assists combined.

We need more, the likelihood is that Palmer won't score another 25 goals next season. I think you can keep one, continue to bed them in and bring them along. It would be a pretty unlikely outcome for both to take a huge leap forwards next season.

Mudryk for instance, has 0 goals and 0 assists in 6-0 and 5-0 wins where he played almost 180 mins.

09 May 2024 19:10:49
RBD, if we play both the likelihood is we play 433 and that probably means our FB’s have to be defenders first and foremost.

Obviously that shape wouldn’t be set in stone but I can see us wanting to keep opposing defenders out wide to create gaps. Poch has recently got Mudryk playing with white dust on his boots and that has allowed Cucarella to play as an inverted FB because the opposition FB can’t go forward.

Anyway, this window will be interesting. Particularly on the sales side.

10 May 2024 10:06:16
just purely out of interest- aside from being quick. what is it that people see in mudryk. he's not shown much. i can't remember him having a decent game in his whole time here. forget the price tag. he looks way off being prem standard forget about a club that should be pushing up the table.

10 May 2024 11:27:13
Kaz, the lad has apparently had some personal/ family issues over the last year or so. Since he has been getting a run of games he has been offering the club a bit more game by game.
Also, for some strange reason teams are now doubling up on him and that helps the team generally.

10 May 2024 13:12:36
G8, agree you need two players in each position, but they need to be good players.

I think I've said my piece on Mudryk and don't want to bore everyone so I'll leave it at this:

6 goals in 18 months.

10 May 2024 19:18:58
kazblue re Mudryk if this makes sense and it probably doesn't I see something in Mudryk but I have no idea what it is I just feel he has something and will be a top player,

being from the Ukraine at the moment can't be easy.

11 May 2024 08:48:19
Best corner taker we’ve had in a long while. And when he’s deep he’s got a really good range of passing.

09 May 2024 09:22:01
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