Plus you'd have the Costa ridiculous fee if he goes.
Chelsea 2016/17 - Very Content
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Plus you'd have the Costa ridiculous fee if he goes.
We should just recall Tammy Abraham and use the Oscar & Diego cash to buy me a nice gift.
Well as long as you take it seriously when you're having to play upfront for Chelsea
Really can't see who you can bring in now if the Costa situation is irretrievable - even with all the China money added to Roman's usual bank balance.They can't afford to lose Costa. Even if they got big money for him there wouldn't be any good replacement for him in january. Their season is about to go tits up.
This is very concerning for me. Costa is the most important part of 3-4-3. I doubt any other player in the world can do it so perfectly which Costa does. Him posting it on Instagram could only be his PR team. I wouldn't mind him sitting out the next 2 games. But sure as hell need him back for the Pool and Arsenal games. We can function well with a false 9 vs the smaller teams. But really need a big centre forward to bully pool and arse.
Chelsea need him. It could make the title race a lot closer if his season takes a dip or he's dropped for a prolonged period.
Ironic that at the same time Costa is having lower back troubles, his manager is experiencing an acute pain in his arse.
This could be the chance for the rest of the top 6 to catch Chelsea. I can see Leicester beating Chelsea without Costa.
You've just been on an unbelievable winning streak but still the bastards are only 5 points behind you, with you yet to play at Anfield, and with a difficult fixture at Goodison still to come at some point whilst they have 3 guaranteed points when Everton surrender at Anfield again this season - any disruption to your locker-room could let them back in, and then before you know it we're all having to spend the summer offline and avoiding any sort of media. The stakes are high here man!!
The league isn't a 2 horse race, far from it, there are still 6 teams with a decent chance.
Spurs badly exposed a lot of deficiencies in this Chelsea side. The WB's aren't very good, the CB's can get pulled about when the WB's are exposed. The midfield 2 can be physically dominated by stronger and more physical opponents. Push those WB's back and they might struggle to find passing lanes and meaningful possession.
It will be interesting to see what teams, especially the better ones do against them now. That said I have very little hope in Leicester putting up any sort of show against them.
They are still good favourites but they have a lot of work left to do.
I see he posted a picture of him and Pedro celebrating on Instagram. Is he "apologizing" for his behaviour?
dont think he controls his social media stuff tbh. no chance he leaves in Jan though
Good call!
Nothing about this Chelsea side would scare me as an opponent. But they are so well drilled. I am quite amazed how quickly Conte has got them to play this way.
Train has fully come off the rails as expected after that demolishment by Spurs. Conte the fraud!
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Chelsea now have more points than they did all of last season.
Chelsea the club in crisis and meltdown might increase their lead at the top of the premier league after this round of matches
Lol... Nice...
Hazard, Willian, Pedro, and Costa(hopefully) wouldn't scare you? What would, then?
Tonight confirmed it for me, they aren't going to allow us back in from 10 points behind.
We're chasing top four.
I hope they or Spurs win it.
We're chasing top four.
I hope they or Spurs win it.
Nothing is confirmed, still a long way to go and I'm sure many twists and turns yet.
I was specifically talking about the team you were playing today so yea there was no Costa. And no Willian and Pedro aren't the type of players who strike fear in opposition fans. Hazard at his best is scary though.
I doubt they put fear into opposition fans' minds but I can guarnetee they do for opposing managers and players...
Pedro has been one of the best wide players in the league this season.
It's a bit generous to say Pedro has been the best wide player in the league. But that might be somewhere close to being true on technicality that Sanchez, Ozil, De Bryune, Mane, Firmino and Hazard himself are all more or less the type of players who aren't necessarily considered "wide players". But they've all been at least as good, if not a lot better than Pedro.
The last title winning Chelsea side with the same players looked more ominous but it doesn't matter because you'll still walk this one.
I wish people noted how on and off Hazard is/can be. He is not a consistent player.
Thought he was awful today but still, a cracking/smart assist for the first which really set the game up for them.
This is what gets under my skin. He's fabulous in some matches and looks absolutely ordinary many.
Agreed. Replace him with Zaha & you wouldn't notice the difference. In fact, we'd be 9 points better off.
Actually going for Zaha is not a bad idea to sub in for Haz/ Pedro/ Willian as he does have the tricks and the pace. He has added finishing to it too this season.He is right. Hazard has gone down a level or two after his fantastic star to the season.
I'd like to see what our results would be without him since he's apparently playing so poorly.
Good one. This entire affair has been a bit weird.That's the thing a lot of fans don't seem to get - in a league campaign you don't have to be brilliant all the time, just brilliant often enough and at the right times. No one can keep up 100% all the time. Ask yourself if you can do the same at work. Mentally there will be times when you will go slower just to catch a breath, figuratively speaking. Hazard's doing well enough to help Chelsea maintain this winning run.
What's this, a Man Utd fan talking us up? In case you haven't noticed, we're kinda having a blip here...You've just been on an unbelievable winning streak but still the bastards are only 5 points behind you, with you yet to play at Anfield, and with a difficult fixture at Goodison still to come at some point whilst they have 3 guaranteed points when Everton surrender at Anfield again this season - any disruption to your locker-room could let them back in, and then before you know it we're all having to spend the summer offline and avoiding any sort of media. The stakes are high here man!!
Some blip - second in the Premier League, five points behind the leaders (
) and will be in the league cup final (Southampton have no chance at Anfield with only a one goal lead). I feared that this would be one of those seasons that seem to happen every few years or so when Liverpool suddenly challenge for the title, and so it's proven. Hopefully obviously it ends the same way as those challenges usually do for you guys, but I rate Klopp disgustingly highly, so I do fear that it won't fall apart again like under Benitez and Rodgers - I think Klopp elevates Liverpool massively and at this point there's a real danger this season.Not only are you clueless about football. You cant understand simple language either can you.
The days of Chelsea splurging on big name signings are over. That was a thing of the past. They have become almost as miserly as Arsenal and seem to now be a selling club (along with their policy of hoarding youngsters).
Instead of signing proven reinforcements to their shaky defence, they have chosen to recall Nathan Ake who wasn't even a regular first team player at Bournemouth - he was only starting to break into the team.
They have also been signing mediocre dross like Djilobodji, Miazga and Michael Hector only to not use them and send them immediately out on loan.
I would not be surprised if Matic fancies a reunion with Jose at UTD and Fabregas is the next big name to move to China for a monster payday. And before you know it, Hazard will fancy a move to Real Madrid or Barcelona. Who will they sign then?
Who is benefitting from these huge profits if it isn't reinvested into players? Is Roman paying out dividends to get back the money he invested 10 years ago?
While it's true that lately we haven't been going mad in the transfer window by splashing ridiculous money like £50m or more, we've still signed about 5 players at £30m or more in the past couple of years. That's still a ton of money.
Remember that just last summer we were well prepared to spend £40m on John Stones and had the bid rejected. We also wanted Lukaku and Morata and were prepared to pay massive fees.
It seems that we've learned our lesson and are just trying to be smarter now. We want to avoid another Torres. We also now have a manager who can bring the best out of players which means we don't necessarily need Galacticos like Mourinho does. We can bring in players like Moses, Alonso, or Ake and still perform well.
As for a potential mass exodus, zero chance Chelsea would sell a major part of our team to a direct rival. Fabregas would be somewhat easy to replace as well. Hazard will only go for a world record fee and that is a very real possibility I guess, though the only two clubs that could pay that sort of fee are loaded in his position.
I think it's a bit disingenuous to call Chelsea's defence shaky, it's one of the most solid in the league.
I agree with regards to the youth, but Chelsea have never been that reliant on youth to be honest. Chelsea can attract big players, they just have to manage their finances correctly to do so. Ultimately though the biggest proof that Chelsea aren't a selling club I think is that no one significant left the club last year despite an abysmal season. Sure there's many other factors that come into play, but Chelsea actually have a strong record when holding on to their players. They've got the OScar money, they've got a new sponsorship deal coming soon... Let's wait and see what they do in the summer. They will very likely be buying from a position of strength (Champions + CL footy).
While it's true that lately we haven't been going mad in the transfer window by splashing ridiculous money like £50m or more, we've still signed about 5 players at £30m or more in the past couple of years. That's still a ton of money.
Remember that just last summer we were well prepared to spend £40m on John Stones and had the bid rejected. We also wanted Lukaku and Morata and were prepared to pay massive fees.
As for a potential mass exodus, zero chance Chelsea would sell a major part of our team to a direct rival. Fabregas would be somewhat easy to replace as well. Hazard will only go for a world record fee and that is a very real possibility I guess, though the only two clubs that could pay that sort of fee are loaded in his position.
Lukaku? I thought you made a profit on him? Was I mistaken?
As for selling to rivals - you sold Mata (he was your best player for several seasons running) to us and Cech (legendary player) to Arsenal.
I think that you guys are more driven by money and profit now, it's not at all like the old days. I would say Chelsea have become almost like Arsenal in relation to their financial policies.
Funny when you compare us with Arsenal when we are still leading the table. We have signed a lot of good players around 30mn region in past 2 seasons. It's just that the players that are truly a level above ( as per everyone) like Pogba, Lukaku, Griezmann are just highly priced out by other clubs. We do not have to spend insane amounts of money now like Utd do of course but we can still spend 100mn every transfer window. Like this time we spent 100mn on Kante, Alonso and Luiz to improve our first 11 rather than getting a Pogba for 90mn alone.
It never ceases to amaze me how you manage to fit so many nonsensical delusional things into each post. So the team currently leading the PL comfortably are in your world actually a selling team with a shaky defense who are just in it for the money? Ok then..
Like I said, we won't sell vital, important players to rivals. Neither Mata nor Cech were even in our XI when they were sold, they were sitting on our bench. No chance we sell Matic, who has started nearly every game for us this season, to you.
I'd be shocked if we don't spend a huge amount of cash in the summer. We haven't been Arsenal'd yet.