This lot won't challenge for top four. Obviously.
I look forward to seeing how long this new long-term approach to managers will last.
I look forward to seeing how long this new long-term approach to managers will last.
Chelsea 2022/2023 | THIS IS LAST YEARS THREAD YOU NUMPTIES
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They’re really bad.
600m spent and they still look terrible. Loving this Clearlake project.
Wait: you think Arteta is a flop?
It's going to take them time to play as a proper team. Lacked intensity and goal threat. Potter is a good manager it's the raised expectations that will speed up his time to implement changes. I somewhat agree with what Carragher said in the pre match interview he's (Potter) in a harder position now compared to just after the summer.
That point gets sees them leapfrog Liverpool. They are making their money back already!
Sorry, what I meant was that Arteta is an outlier and I was referring to Potter as the flop.
Bahely is the Avrem Glazer of Chelsea. They've spent boatloads of cash now on an entirely unbalanced squad. As I said, Enzo is a good midfielder but for that price no way in dantes inferno, absolutely no way! There is a reason literally no one else wanted to pay that clause. It is one of the grossest overvaluations I've ever seen, Benfica took baoehly's pants down, completely rinsed him and then tore him a new one!
Other signings like Badiashille & Nkunku are more understandable but this guy has the typical yank owner mentality of spending without a plan. Car crash of a team.
Other signings like Badiashille & Nkunku are more understandable but this guy has the typical yank owner mentality of spending without a plan. Car crash of a team.
Back to being apathetic about Chelsea. Christ we are dull.
They spent that much for that! Fulham should have won.
Still yet to beat a team in the top half of the table in 10 games, with only 5 goals scored. Woeful.
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Is Boehly leveraging hundreds of millions of pounds worth of debt onto the club and taking out dividends for himself?
Absolutely agree. They desperately needed a proven striker, spent over 500m and didn’t buy one. Bonkers
Honestly Chelsea fans rate these signings out of 10
Pulisic
Ziyech
Havertz
Koulibaly
Sterling
Cucurella
Unfortunately as they've already left I can't ask for your ratings for Werner or Lukaku
Pulisic
Ziyech
Havertz
Koulibaly
Sterling
Cucurella
Unfortunately as they've already left I can't ask for your ratings for Werner or Lukaku
And I must add. Something I am very surprised about is the demise of Kai Havertz. This player looked an immense talent and helped them win the CL. Now he looks like Scott MocTominay in blue!
The set up is all wrong. These manic spending sprees were paying over the odds is a given, combined with a soft touch manager who doesn't take authority of the squad and allows his chairmen to recruit via scattergun is not something any serious club should worry about
They look boring as feck.
Zero intensity.
A better team then Fulham will tear them to pieces.
Zero intensity.
A better team then Fulham will tear them to pieces.
10 out of 10. If you combine all six of them that is.
£100M on Lukaku, surely, oh wait
Anyway, he was from a previous orgy of spending.
Was he part of Lampard's quarter billion, or someone else's?
Surely they have the most expensively assembled strike force of all time? Strikers alone would be touching others total squad fees.
Win tomorrow and we’re 12 clear and there’s no way Chelsea are catching us up. They looked far too disjoined with only two of their new signings starting.
Win tomorrow and we’re 12 clear and there’s no way Chelsea are catching us up. They looked far too disjoined with only two of their new signings starting.
They lack leaders and players who care
Buying a completely new team obviously means it will take time for it to click so today's result is no surprise. Question is if they can afford to wait until it clicks. In the meantime it's enjoyable for the rest of us.
Lukaku is 100 odd millionMost expensive strike force that doesn’t have any actual strikers?
Havertz was what? 80m?
Pulisic was 70 odd million
Musryk 100 odd million
Nkunku for next season is 60 odd million
Sterling almost 50m
Ziyech 33m
Fofana 10m
it’s mind boggling
Genuinely one of the worst teams I’ve watched in years, somehow they’re even worse to watch than Spurs
What in the feck has Boehly done? Splashed loads of cash on random players and wages on long contracts. Not going to be much left for the so called infrastructure/stadium redevelopment.
All that money and they are still only the 5th best team in London.
Madueke and Fofana both looked quite dangerous when they came on. Oddly enough two of their least expensive signings.
They're clearly still missing a top level no.9 to finish their chances though. Nkunku could maybe be that next season I guess.
They're clearly still missing a top level no.9 to finish their chances though. Nkunku could maybe be that next season I guess.
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It's funny because it's true. You couldn't make it up.
they've signed some exciting and talented players, but that doesn't make a great team. They've signed, what, 13 players or so since the summer? With 2 more incoming already in the upcoming summer (Gusto and Nkunku). That's just not how you build a team ... even if most of their transfers don't flop, it's going to take a while until you see a cohesive team on the pitch.
Pretty much sums up the season.
Spend £300 million more and they might actually match Fulham
Makes me laugh that when Woodward splashed the cash it was seen a stupid/panic buying and frivolous. When Chad Boehly does it he's seen as some sort of god.
Especially problematic for a team that creates so few big chances - Chelsea don't have a player in the top 20 in the Premier League for big chances created.
Fofana and Maudeke seemed decent. Mudryk did show something in the game against Liverpool. Fernandez did alright too. I do think they have a decent squad now, just not sure if Potter is the one to take them forward.
He might be like arteta, you never know. I didn’t rate arteta at all but he has completely changed my opinion of him this season.
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