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19 Jan 2024 12:01:54
Hi Ed, hope you're well. Just wondered if Chelsea held any interest in Gonçalo Ramos?
Lots of "rumours" flying around that PSG might look to loan or sell this month.
Cheers.
{Ed002's Note - What, as an Nkunku replacement?}
1.) 19 Jan 2024 12:16:08
Hell no! Just in general.
13 Aug 2023 07:41:30
With Kepa going. Do we know if that makes Sanchez our No.1 and we'll look for a backup? or will it be a case of adding another keeper to be first choice?
{Ed002's Note - Another GK will be added.}
1.) 13 Aug 2023 12:42:04
Strange that we would let Kepa go on a loan, since the season has already started.
Do we have a list of replacement GK's?
Is Jan Oblak on the list?
{Ed002's Note - Yes, there is a long list the club has, and no Oblak is not rhere.}
2.) 14 Aug 2023 13:14:48
Anybody have any thoughts on WHO? which GK we can and should sign?
01 Sep 2022 18:59:38
Well we finally have a defensive midfielder in Zakaria. not seen him play since he was in Germany.
Anyone or the Eds know much about him?
{Ed002's Note - Denis Zakaria (DM/CM) Juventus have used him sparingly since he moved in January due to nigling injuries and all parties would be happy to move on after only joining in January for a low fee. Juventus now have their DM target in Paredes joing at some point this summer. Juventus are happy to sell and Spurs enquired about his availability but opted for Bissouma. An enquiry from Newcastle as a Hayden replacement was met with the standard response of "not interested" as sthey struggle to sell their project. Recommended to Chelsea by an ex-player who is doing scouting but their are perhaps three ahead of him on the list. In the final days of the transfer window his name was raised again during discussions over another player. A loan has now been agreed. He is very much a solid DM player.
1.) 01 Sep 2022 20:03:35
So the Alvarez deal completely off then, with Ajax losing slot of players and not being able to bring anyone in,
2.) 01 Sep 2022 20:02:08
Thanks Ed much appreciated and thanks for putting up with us all. Hope you get a break now!
{Ed002's Note - Thanks.}
3.) 01 Sep 2022 20:12:28
Thanks Ed. I hope he is successful at Chelsea.
4.) 01 Sep 2022 20:12:33
Thanks for that summary Ed.
5.) 01 Sep 2022 21:11:59
I imagine you have had an incredible stressful time recently, Ed.
Lucky for you, it's almost done.
Thanks for all the nice information you have given on this site and the others. I will go to sleep now!
{Ed002's Note - There is no stress but thanks.}
6.) 01 Sep 2022 21:37:39
Zakaria eh? Obinna will be happy.
7.) 01 Sep 2022 22:29:15
Hahahahahahahahahahaha ????? EdW; wow so good you remembered, I used to be crazy about Zakaria- he was one hell of a player at B. Monchengladbach. If he can give us what he gave to B. Monchengladbach, we will be more than fine. Cheers man much ?.
8.) 01 Sep 2022 22:38:54
Zakaria is Obinna's player haha. Solid DM tho.
9.) 01 Sep 2022 22:53:00
LOL; Come on Shak; I remember you liked Zakaria too (maybe not as much as I did) when he was at B. Monchengladbach. The lengthy injury that Zakaria suffered at B. Monchengladbach really did him a disservice.
01 Sep 2022 16:00:34
Reports now saying Depay deal is being talked about and he could follow Auba.
Still no sign of a midfielder, forget Depay and get us Frenkie.
1.) 01 Sep 2022 16:43:47
Depay over a midfielder would sum up the window,
2.) 01 Sep 2022 19:10:18
Still maybe both Matt.
3.) 01 Sep 2022 19:43:31
Looks like TT has got his way. PEA 10M plus Alonso; a player Barcelona got for free who they wanted off their books and who won’t be be fit for weeks- terrible business, we are so weak in the transfer market negotiations. Possibly Zaharia on loan, a player who has flopped at Juve, maybe he can play RWB as we have loaned out Dijon Sterling- crazy.
4.) 01 Sep 2022 19:52:03
Im annoyed with myself for not being ecstatic over spending £270m, feels like we’ve got in an injury prone dm after missing out on an apparent excellent one in Alvarez, auba is out for 3/ 4 weeks. Worries for the next month with the smoking of games and teams we have.
5.) 01 Sep 2022 20:00:40
In terms of summing up the window.
Maybe my brain’s turned to mush, but while we might not have everything we hoped for, the (potential) quality of what we have bought is excellent, both for now and for the future.
If at the beginning of any other window you’d said:
IN:
KK, Cucurella, Fofana, Sterling, [Zakaria? ], [Auba? ] (for now) ; Chukwuemeka, Slonina, Hutchinson, Sturge (for the future)
OUT:
Drinkwater, Werner, Palmeri, Barkley etc.
I think we’d have taken it, especially given where we were 6 months ago.
6.) 01 Sep 2022 20:15:42
It was always going to take more than a window to solve all the problems we have in our squad.
Or preferred targets for midfield and forward positions aren't available and we have not been able to sell or loan the players we have.
We have mended the defence but I think we need to take a good look at our forward and midfield in the next windows.
Hopefully we can turn things around with our current squad. c.
7.) 01 Sep 2022 20:44:45
Sometimes we don’t get what we desire.
I think the club have done better than I expected.
I should be shocked that some don’t think we have had a good window.
None of our signings are guaranteed to be a success but I will judge them in the weeks and months ahead.
8.) 01 Sep 2022 23:12:31
not a bad window but that forward position still hasn't been filled and it was an issue we knew about going into the window
on the players we have signed im happy with all, unsure on zakaria as its a vital position and although he's a solid player from what i've seen he also struggles with injury which is never a good sign.
02 Jun 2022 23:15:31
According to various sources, Dembele to Chelsea is a done deal? Personally, I don't believe it yet.
1.) 03 Jun 2022 08:02:26
What’s your take on this ed? You said some time ago that our chances of signing Dembele are very slim. Has it changed?
{Ed002's Note - The "done deal" obviously passed me by.}
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28 Sep 2024 20:36:44
How Palmer didn't start for England is scandalous. The form of last season and he's picked up right where he left off.
I've been Chels 40 years. We've had lots of talented players. Hazard for the x-factor being my favourite. Biggest compliment I can give Palmer is if he carries on he'll surpass all of them.
What a special lad he is and not even in a great team yet. Wow!
1.) 28 Sep 2024 21:42:30
Dan couldn’t agree more he is quality. When he gets the ball he just seems to create so much time for himself and makes football look effortless. Might just go down as one of the biggest bargains ever at 40 mil.
2.) 28 Sep 2024 21:48:51
Dan, don’t ask me, I have no idea. Palmer is better than Foden.
3.) 28 Sep 2024 22:03:07
Totally agree with that Dan.
4.) 28 Sep 2024 22:58:16
Before I get any stick. I'm not putting us down, I mean where still building a great team not quite there just yet.
The thing I love most about him is his constant will to punish teams. He's not there to play simple or safe. If he thinks there's a chance of a goal he'll play the killer ball or have a shot. That's a rare trait, especially in someone so young. Fearless and effortless!
31 Aug 2024 07:19:20
I don't know the ins and outs of the Oshimen deal so can't say too much but if the issue was wages then he obviously didn't want to join us for the right reasons. As good as he is at least we have players that want to play for Chelsea. I dunno, just trying to think about the positives.
We have Nico, Nkunku can play there, Guiu, Felix can play false nine. So we do have a few options. Looks like majority of our goals will come from wide or other attacking areas anyway.
Arsenal seemed to have a good season without a proper striker. Don't see why we can't with what we have. From what I've seen so far we just need to sort out the defensive transitions, drop Sanchez and we should be around top 6.
I'm more annoyed at loaning Trev out but keeping Disasi and Benoit who are both worse in my opinion.
1.) 31 Aug 2024 09:29:17
We have a striker in Jackson. I can’t be bothered to check but his goals to game ratio must be ok and a lot better than most.
I will stick with 3rd-5th place this season. Out of interest is it possible that the Premiership can get the extra place for Champions League qualification this season? Or is now gone forever?
{Ed002's Note - It depends on success in Europe.}
2.) 31 Aug 2024 09:55:54
Tom, I don’t regard Jackson as a striker, why did we push so hard for Oshimen. I’d be very surprised if we finish in the top 5 but it early days yet- I am just trying to be realistic rather than hopeful.
3.) 31 Aug 2024 10:05:52
Ed02 thanks for the clarification and it’s interesting that the extra space is open to the various leagues again this season.
{Ed002's Note - It will be each season until the format changes.}
4.) 31 Aug 2024 10:16:24
The fact that a player can play in multiple positions can be a hindrance to his success or how a player is viewed.
I consider him as a striker and the most improved player in our squad last season. In fact I can’t remember him playing anywhere else but as a striker for us but I’m sure he must have switched out wide at some stage.
5.) 31 Aug 2024 10:38:14
Thanks again Ed for this information and your patience in dealing with us Chelsea fans and all other clubs fans with endless and often repeated questions. You were brilliant.
{Ed002's Note - You are welcome.}
6.) 31 Aug 2024 20:11:43
Tom, generally top class players play in their natural position: in our heyday our players had fixed positions. Just because a player is played as a striker doesn’t make them a striker: hence our pursuit of Oshisem. False nines are like false boobs, they’re okay if you haven’t got the real thing.
7.) 31 Aug 2024 16:40:26
Ed002, I just want to add my thanks for your great work throughout the window. Personally, I am glad that it’s over and we can now concentrate on the football.
8.) 31 Aug 2024 22:08:20
Jimbo, if you see Jackson as a false nine or a false boob that’s up to you but as I say he has played as a CF in every game I can remember for Chelsea.
If he stays fit and carries on improving he will get over twenty goals this season as a CF.
18 Aug 2024 20:36:50
Anyone else think Carney should play ahead of Enzo and not be sold or loaned out.
1.) 19 Aug 2024 06:08:32
I do not want Chuka loaned out but I was surprised with the way Enzo was asked to play yesterday.
2.) 19 Aug 2024 06:58:49
Madueke has some goals in him as phydical presence and progressed well under Poch so. likely to be sold I suppose.
05 Aug 2024 16:46:42
More rumors of Omorodion from A. Madrid for £35m. So technically with the Gallagher deal that's £70m for a 20 year old who got 8 goals last season. Transfer policy is baffling to say the least.
Our squad is awful. I thought this might be the window where we sort out the majority of issues and also bring in some experience.
Realistically, our starting Xl is that or a top 10 team not top 4. I don't know who is calling the shots on these transfers but it's beyond a joke. Going to be a long season.
1.) 05 Aug 2024 17:37:52
Again I disagree. I think we have a good squad that will be challenging for a Champions League spot. I think City and the gooners are in front of the rest so we have two spots to aim for.
2.) 05 Aug 2024 18:17:34
think its separate to the Gallagher deal will cost us 30-40 million. I have no idea if he is any good or not
Our squad is not awful
Keeper, Colwill Gusto James, Cucarella, Lavia Cacaido Fernandez Dewsbury- Hall Palmer Jackson are the foundations of a top 4 side
My biggest worry is that it takes the manager a while to settle on his best 11.
3.) 05 Aug 2024 18:39:35
Am also baffled Dan as though Omorodien may develop into a prolific striker he has indeed only scored 8 goals in 34 outings on loan at Alaves (sp? ) While picking up 6 yellow cards. A big gamble again surely?
4.) 05 Aug 2024 19:13:39
another unproven un prolific signing, can it get any worse these days
12 months time wel be back crying out for a striker and a top keeper and wel be blue in the face from looking at badiashille, fofana and disasi making mistakes while chalobah will probably be bossing it at a PL rival or a champions league club.
5.) 05 Aug 2024 19:18:29
Tom, once again I agree with you. We have a talented squad which is more than capable than challenging for top four. It’s down to the coach and the players.
6.) 05 Aug 2024 19:21:13
How is that £70m?
I disagree. Our squad is good enough. Lavia and Nkunku are pretty much new additions and Fofana would be a good addition to our defence especially if he finds his former form.
Also Jackson adding 20 goals as a winger or shadow striker would also help a lot.
7.) 05 Aug 2024 19:41:30
How does your maths work we buy him from AM for £35 mil and sell CG for £33-35 MIL and it's costing us £70 million ?
Maybe this is why eds say forget about the financial side of things.
8.) 05 Aug 2024 20:03:58
Because they wanted £70m and although the deals are separate we're giving them Gallagher for peanuts essentially plus £35m on top.
Aside from Palmer, Caicedo and Nkunku where's the quality to finish top 4? This is the same team that ALL of us hammered last season at times for being terrible. You're not telling me a 19 Lavia and a guy from Leicester, a championship side are enough to get us challenging.
James can't stay fit. Enzo isn't as good as we thought, Gusto is class at right back but we won't play him there. Apart from Tosin who is new, the rest of the backline had some shocking performances last season and in pre season. The rest of our wingers, strikers blow hot and cold.
3 average keepers and again, another unproven kid in Jorgensen.
We've done nothing to address any of the holes in our squad. Just spent about another £100m on kids.
9.) 05 Aug 2024 20:47:28
Dan, to say “ALL of us hammered last season” I think is an exaggeration. I had us to finish between 6th-7th so they were at the top end of my expectations.
Lavia and Nkunku are like new signings and in my opinion are class. I can only see us being more competitive than last season if our players/ squad stay injury free.
10.) 05 Aug 2024 21:04:40
Dan23 so the how much are you valuing Connor at then £70 million ?
Last year of his contract doesn't want to sign the 2 year plus 1 year extension giving him the pay increase to be in line with MC and enzo.
But again it's the clubs fault ?♂️.
So if we spend £35 on the striker and sell Connor to them for £33 we get a new striker for £2 million.
Basically for a player that the manager doesn't want.
11.) 05 Aug 2024 21:09:18
Put it this way if I went to buy a new house that is up for £70 million and they say ok. We will sell it to you for £35 million and buy your house for £33million. How much would you be spending ?.
Am pretty sure am winning by getting the new house I want for half the price. And getting rid of the house I don't want.
12.) 05 Aug 2024 22:43:18
Tom, at one point or another, I would say 99% of us came on here and had a rant about how bad we were. We still have the same squad, no real quality added so what's changed this time around ??
Finchy, AM wanted £70m, don't you think it's a bit suss that we wouldn't pay that but now they're willing to accept £35m? Kinda stinks of they get CG for free and we pay £35m on top. Will we actually see the money for CG or does it turn out, in a few months time that we didn't receive a penny so they basically got the £70m deal in the end anyway.
You're seeing 2 figures of similar amounts quoted online for each player. I'm seeing 2 sets of owners finding a creative solution to get around those figures. Also, I understand how math works, I don't need a patronising lesson or analogy.
And once again, have an opinion on a banter page, one that I didn't say people had to agree with, just me speaking my mind about the club and you get sarky responses from certain members who think their opinions are above the majority on social media. That's not how it works and it's why forums dry up.
13.) 06 Aug 2024 00:18:46
I thought you said we were going to win the league last season tom? Or was that the season before?
14.) 06 Aug 2024 03:05:00
Dan23, don’t you think it’s kinda sus that we wanted £50m for Gallagher but are only selling him for £35m? If Atletico have changed their mind and are willing to sell Omorodion for £35m I’d imagine it’s more to do with them probably signing Alvarez. Also just because a paper claims Atletico wanted £70m initially doesn’t mean that they did. If papers were correct all the time we’d have some players signing for multiple different clubs at the same time and clubs having 70+ first team players.
Also pretty sure if Atletico agree to pay £35m for Gallagher and then don’t pay us a penny they’ll end up in court ??♂️.
15.) 06 Aug 2024 03:38:07
Dan, it’s one thing talking about opinions etc - but you’ve completely made up your own form of mathematics. Gallagher was going to go somewhere - that was basically a fact. By your logic we’ve just sold him for almost £70 million which in my opinion would be a great bit of business from the club as he’s in the final year of his contract and also we’ve avoided selling him to a PL rival.
Another way to look at this would be that we’ve pretty much arranged a swap deal (bar a couple million) for a player we’ve been actively trying to buy, alongside a player we’ve been actively trying to offload before his contract gets run down. Again, a fantastic bit of business.
Will the transfer work out? Only time will tell. But the club have gotten what they wanted for less money (by your mathematical logic), and so they should be ecstatic with the result.
16.) 06 Aug 2024 05:26:56
Standard, I think us winning the Premiership was the season after we I predicted we would win the Champions League under TT. Last season was 6th-8th and this season is 3rd-5th. It’s all good fun and makes me feel positive.
I forget who Ona said “every supporter should believe his team should win something before the season starts, otherwise what’s the point” i think it was Stelling talking about Hartlepool.
17.) 06 Aug 2024 07:05:49
Dan, fans having a rant from game to game particularly after a poor result is to be expected from all sets of supporters at every club and is not a summary of the club’s overall performance. I always want us to win everything but we pretty much did what I expected. I would also say that a significant amount of posters we happy to see progress, so much so that a lot didn’t want Poch sacked.!
We have signed players who may well turn out to stars for our club and fingers crossed Lavia and Nkunku stay fit because for me they are like a further two new signings.
18.) 06 Aug 2024 11:19:25
Dan no condescending from me.
It's just plain and simple your maths don't add up. That's not an opinion that is facts.
{Ed002's Note - You are right - he is a halfwit. I don't know why all of this rubbish is being posted.}
19.) 06 Aug 2024 14:36:20
Apologies Tom, my mistake.
20.) 06 Aug 2024 15:42:39
Standard, never any need to apologise.
24 Jul 2024 10:41:35
Any update on the new shirt sponsor? Seems to be dragging on again.
1.) 24 Jul 2024 15:42:15
Safe to say, Dan, no news is bad news. We will get told things are happening behind the scenes (like the SB development) rinse and repeat.
2.) 24 Jul 2024 16:11:00
Bill. I thought I was a cynic. Come on mate they will find a sponsor and if it helps I think it will either be a Saudi company or BoA.
3.) 24 Jul 2024 18:15:49
Tom
This ownership has probably turned most fans into cynics.
The old ownership, despite bringing us a great deal of success, did make mistakes themselves but you always had the confidence they would get things right more often than not.
Like you, I knew that the new owners would need to strip out most of the old squad and in bringing in talented youngsters have definitely freshened up the squad.
However, we all know some experience is needed in certain areas and all I keep seeing is more youngsters arriving with the exception of Tosin.
Some of the talented youngsters are either been sold or again loaned out due to our bloated squad without being given a first yean chance.
Each season we seem ti have a great deal of trouble obtaining a shirt sponser and once again the new kit (which is awful by the way) is on sale without a front of shirt sponser.
All this without even a peep on where we are with SB.
I will say they have made changes to the medical department however the jury is still out on that one until the season gets underway.
4.) 24 Jul 2024 19:37:18
Bill, the SB situation has been briefly mentioned in two sets of board mins. One was the FAB meeting in April. Virtually no real update was given other than what we already know. We have purchased some additional land and a review is taking place. I doubt very much if RA would be any further down the track on this issue than our current owners
We will have a young squad but we do have some experience within it. The likes of James, Chilly, Sterling, Fofana are all old premiership hands.
5.) 24 Jul 2024 20:44:29
Tom
Due to injury chilly, James and Fofana hardly kicked a ball for us and Sterling's minutes last season were far and few between.
6.) 24 Jul 2024 23:01:04
Bill, injuries happen to all ages but let’s try and be positive about next season’s injury issues.
Enzo is a World Cup winner and Caicedo is now an experienced professional. Palmer is an International and Colwill will be playing his thirst season in the top tier of football.
We have young squad but there is plenty of experience within it. There is no need to make it an excuse before the season starts.
22 Aug 2024 08:02:59
Agreed Tom. That's all I was getting at with the recruitment rant above. Perhaps I just didn't word it very well ?.
20 Aug 2024 11:57:00
My original post Tom clearly says world class centre mid. You've got on your high horse about a DM. I've just stated that Caicedo had his better games as a 6 box to box, not a traditional 4 (DM) .
Do you and cech come as a double act? Seems anything said on here, that isn't of the same opinion as you, is challenged by one of you in close succession.
Cech nobody is taking away his potential. But I'm talking here and now, the guy can't possibly be proven after one season and he is very young. Big Pete was relatively unknown and unproven, turned out to be the best we've had, took him a few seasons to be proven though. Again, I just said in my original post, instead of spending money on 1 world class keeper we've signed someone else. Actually, we've signed 4 keepers instead one.
I think you take people's opinions on our recruitment as personal attacks on players which it isn't.
20 Aug 2024 07:47:39
I don't think it's disrespectful. He's only played one season of football and wasn't even in the top 10 keepers in the league stats wise, so I'm not trying to be harsh, just facts.
Colwill played half the season as a left back under Poch. Doesn't mean he is one or that's his best position. Same goes for Caicedo as a DM.
19 Aug 2024 21:53:40
I'm all for positivity but you can't seriously back them based on the players we've signed since they've been in place. They haven't addressed a single issue. It's literally there for the world to see.
We've got Lavia. Caicedo isn't a DM, he's more effective further forward where he played for Brighton.
Jorgensen, I see another young unproven kid. Sanchez seems to be our number 1 again which is laughable. If we'd bothered to sign a better keeper it would be problem solved.
19 Aug 2024 20:20:15
Still haven't got a world class keeper, centre back, centre mid or centre forward yet we go out and get another attacking mid. Do the sporting directors and owners even care, have they not seen our spine.
28 Sep 2024 22:58:16
Before I get any stick. I'm not putting us down, I mean where still building a great team not quite there just yet.
The thing I love most about him is his constant will to punish teams. He's not there to play simple or safe. If he thinks there's a chance of a goal he'll play the killer ball or have a shot. That's a rare trait, especially in someone so young. Fearless and effortless!
19 Aug 2024 07:30:50
In an ideal world I'd keep Carney and sell Enzo. The others can all go.
12 Aug 2024 09:30:26
I suppose one positive is everyone at the club currently is in agreement over Felix. If you believe what Fab Romano says. Apparently, we would have signed him sooner but Poch wasn't a fan.
12 Aug 2024 07:39:44
Felix deal only makes sense if we're planning to move on Sterling and one other.
I know the manager has said he wants a big squad due to Europe etc. but I think we're up to around 41 players now and rising.
I was really hoping the SO deal being off meant Oshimen was inbound.
05 Aug 2024 22:43:18
Tom, at one point or another, I would say 99% of us came on here and had a rant about how bad we were. We still have the same squad, no real quality added so what's changed this time around ??
Finchy, AM wanted £70m, don't you think it's a bit suss that we wouldn't pay that but now they're willing to accept £35m? Kinda stinks of they get CG for free and we pay £35m on top. Will we actually see the money for CG or does it turn out, in a few months time that we didn't receive a penny so they basically got the £70m deal in the end anyway.
You're seeing 2 figures of similar amounts quoted online for each player. I'm seeing 2 sets of owners finding a creative solution to get around those figures. Also, I understand how math works, I don't need a patronising lesson or analogy.
And once again, have an opinion on a banter page, one that I didn't say people had to agree with, just me speaking my mind about the club and you get sarky responses from certain members who think their opinions are above the majority on social media. That's not how it works and it's why forums dry up.