Chelsea Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2011/2012

LanceStorm

RichT wrote: »

Subs: Turnbull, Bertrand, Hutchinson, Essien, Malouda, Lukaku, Sturridge[/B]

Essien on the subs bench???

After 75mins of a reserve game thats bit quick no?? Id be worried about him doing himself another injury... Great to see him back tho, wonder if he will ever be the same player after his third knee injury!!

McEachran not on the bench so im assuming he's gone to Swansea which is good, no point in him hanging on here if he could be training with them and getting himself in the team!

MUSEIST

Danny on the bench, wtf

What formation is that, I assume ramires is on the right then?

smuckers

Reckon easing Danny back in after injury, Rambo did well against Wolves on the right.:)

smuckers

an also Danny was not on top form prior to injury.

V9

Any links knocking around for the match?

ShoulderChip

I'm very excited about today's match

Today is the day we turn our hopes around.

In Luiz we trust

MUSEIST

hhmmmm, well I'm nervous about this one tbh, bad things are a comin, bad things :pac:

Masked Man

Bos with Luiz is just an accident waiting to happen. He needs Ivanovic and Terry either side of him.

Caveman1

Is there a match thread lads?

smuckers

any link firstrow sports isn't working.

Masked Man

sop://broker.sopcast.com:3912/111686

http://www.wiziwig.tv/broadcast.php?matchid=138097&part=sports

Rhys Essien

Good link here

http://www8.livetv.ru/webplayer2.php?t=megom&c=gng3nht&lang=en&eid=100726&lid=24903&ci=1&si=1

Think Trapp is at the match.

RichT

Yellow card already for side show dave.

MUSEIST

torres is so unlucky

smuckers

yep fantastic overhead kick from Torres.

smuckers

Rhys Essien wrote: »

Good link here

http://www8.livetv.ru/webplayer2.php?t=megom&c=gng3nht&lang=en&eid=100726&lid=24903&ci=1&si=1

Think Trapp is at the match.

I've lost that link

Rhys Essien

Another one here

http://lsh.lshunter.tv/static/popups/7776002348950.html

Think commentary is south American,get ready for Goallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll.

InTheTrees

Half time. almost.

Poor old Torres....

Millions of fans all over the world willing him to score a goal.

but he's been pivotal with the set ups so he's not going to waste.

homer simpson

What is Dowd doing he has been terrible today! The referee situation needs to be looked at every other game the Ref is terrible.

RichT

Should re-name this The Poor Ol Torres Thread.

Gets taken down for a blatent peno......... gets booked for simulation:eek:

Essien

It was dodgy towards the end but a win is a win.

Torres doing ok but just not getting the breaks.

And how good is it to see the bison back in action

Barr

Essien wrote: »

It was dodgy towards the end but a win is a win.

Torres doing ok but just not getting the breaks.

And how good is it to see the bison back in action

How long did he play for today ?

smuckers

A tough victory but boy were we very poor in second half.

Torres doing well but he can't do it all himself, was making runs just not being picked out.

Rambo Romeu and Mata were poor, Essien did very well when he came on.

Merieles was dreadful yet again!

Sgt Pepper 64

smuckers wrote: »

A tough victory but boy were we very poor in second half.

Torres doing well but he can't do it all himself, was making runs just not being picked out.

Rambo Romeu and Mata were poor, Essien did very well when he came on.

Merieles was dreadful yet again!

It just backs up what we and (hopefully) AVB knows

GET HAZARD!!!!!

MUSEIST

Sgt Pepper 64 wrote: »

It just backs up what we and (hopefully) AVB knows

GET HAZARD!!!!!

I have been saying this since last summer but AVB just won't listen.

If we want a player in demand like hazard then we need to move for him now, in the summer all the top clubs will be lining up for him and we won't have a chance when madrid come calling.

Sgt Pepper 64

MUSEIST wrote: »

I have been saying this since last summer but AVB just won't listen.

If we want a player in demand like hazard then we need to move for him now, in the summer all the top clubs will be lining up for him and we won't have a chance when madrid come calling.

Exactly. Aguero and Silva, both basically said "come and get me" and Chelsea sat on its hands.
Sounds like Hazards agent is sounding out which clubs want him.
Hell, I'd even sign him now and let him stay till the summer!

Imagine, Hazard

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Mata

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Danny
Not since Robben and Duff would have such attacking flair - plus setting us up for years

Cruel to dream though, but if we did do a Mata, I'd be impressed

willmunny1990

Great result today, at this stage i don't care how we play once we pick up the 3 points. We need strengthening but players like Hazard and Modric etc..are to expensive and will demand massive wages. It would be to dangerous to spend that money on Hazard anyway, doing his stuff in the French league doesn't mean he will do it in the PL, to big a risk for me.

We need to get away from throwing massive amounts of money about for marquee signings and start looking for value in the market at cheaper prices.

The_Hustler

Does it really matter to us what Roman spends?

willmunny1990

The_Hustler wrote: »

Does it really matter to us what Roman spends?

With the FFP rules coming in, yes it does.

Sgt Pepper 64

willmunny1990 wrote: »

With the FFP rules coming in, yes it does.

We're actually doing quite well, its only Torres that distorts the figures.
Several players and their high wages will soon be off the books and that will help.

Hazard wouldnt hurt us that much, in fact it will hurt more if we dont get players like him who could make a difference - remember prizes = CASH

willmunny1990

Sgt Pepper 64 wrote: »

We're actually doing quite well, its only Torres that distorts the figures.
Several players and their high wages will soon be off the books and that will help.

Hazard wouldnt hurt us that much, in fact it will hurt more if we dont get players like him who could make a difference - remember prizes = CASH

I no we are doing well, but i still don't want money wasted on marquee signing to often anymore.

Look at Man United...Hernandez, Smalling, Jones were all signed for a reasonable amount and were great additions. We need to be looking to do good business like this on a regular basis.

Not just throwing 35 million here and 50 million their on marquee players like Hazard, Torres or the latest over hyped young star. We also have to start bringing the youth through more often as well.

jcf

Once againLamps saves the day !!

pistolpetes11

jcf wrote: »

Once againLamps saves the day !!

Nando Made it , ball landed at his feet , couldn't miss , rite place , rite time ,

what an effort by nado in the first place

Sgt Pepper 64

willmunny1990 wrote: »

I no we are doing well, but i still don't want money wasted on marquee signing to often anymore.

Look at Man United...Hernandez, Smalling, Jones were all signed for a reasonable amount and were great additions. We need to be looking to do good business like this on a regular basis.

Not just throwing 35 million here and 50 million their on marquee players like Hazard, Torres or the latest over hyped young star. We also have to start bringing the youth through more often as well.

Pop into the Utd thread - they are begging Fergie to sign a marquee player!
They almost wet themselves over Sneijder, and still are, but all that got was a warmed up Scholes!

Utd have had the luxury of a long term manager, and one benefit of that is one mans vision and long term scouting.

We are moving in the right direction, but have to keep faith with AVB, he's already made a few Utd type signings, Romeu and TC, but as Utd are finding, young cheap and talented will only get you so far, you still need a sprinkling of established or truly up and coming stars.
We have some very promising youth coming up but we just cant wait.
You know the history of the club, older players, not being properly replaced etc etc
It will come, but we need a quality creative playmaker or a winger to take us that extra step and one that can play in the first team right now

Professional Griefer

Who do ye reckon will be the defence pairing now?

Terry and Cahill?

Thats what I reckon it'll be, but last few Chelsea games I've seen, except for the Spurs game he's been poor, but Luiz has been much worse.

willmunny1990

Sgt Pepper 64 wrote: »

Pop into the Utd thread - they are begging Fergie to sign a marquee player!
They almost wet themselves over Sneijder, and still are, but all that got was a warmed up Scholes!

Utd have had the luxury of a long term manager, and one benefit of that is one mans vision and long term scouting.

We are moving in the right direction, but have to keep faith with AVB, he's already made a few Utd type signings, Romeu and TC, but as Utd are finding, young cheap and talented will only get you so far, you still need a sprinkling of established or truly up and coming stars.
We have some very promising youth coming up but we just cant wait.
You know the history of the club, older players, not being properly replaced etc etc
It will come, but we need a quality creative playmaker or a winger to take us that extra step and one that can play in the first team right now

Big signings are fine don't get me wrong, i would just rather we strengthen our squad as a whole. I still think Torres could do it, he showed flashes today, he still has it in him. Danny is great and still very young, Romeu is going to be world class, not a long term option IMO but still a fantastic talent.

Throwing Hazard up front with Danny/Torres is going to solve our problems at the moment. We need to be looking at getting Josh game time in order to take a role up in midfield. Lukaku the same thing. I would rather we try to buy smart and not just to appease the fans by buying the next big thing.

Our team is very lackluster at the moment and it will take time, i am willing to wait and would rather AVB buy the right options that will fit rather than just throwing 30 odd million for Hazard or Cavani or who ever.

I just don't think they are the answer. We are not going to be able to buy the title anymore, we have to stop throwing money around and start looking at other, cheaper options.

willmunny1990

Ix Deadmau5 wrote: »

Who do ye reckon will be the defence pairing now?

Terry and Cahill?

Thats what I reckon it'll be, but last few Chelsea games I've seen, except for the Spurs game he's been poor, but Luiz has been much worse.

I hope so, i was never a big fan of Luiz, he has potential but he was back to his old erratic self today. It is always dangerous playing Luiz IMO.

Masked Man

Ix Deadmau5 wrote: »

Who do ye reckon will be the defence pairing now?

Terry and Cahill?

Thats what I reckon it'll be, but last few Chelsea games I've seen, except for the Spurs game he's been poor, but Luiz has been much worse.

Hope not, Iva - Luiz - JT - Ashley is what I want to see the most.

InTheTrees

pistolpetes11 wrote: »

Nando Made it , ball landed at his feet , couldn't miss , rite place , rite time ,

what an effort by nado in the first place

It bounced off him really, did he even move?

pistolpetes11

InTheTrees wrote: »

It bounced off him really, did he even move?

Actually slotted it in but landed onto his foot , the technique in Torres scissors kick was top notch , actually had a great game , even got a good review on MOTD

tommyhaas

Sgt Pepper 64 wrote: »

We're actually doing quite well, its only Torres that distorts the figures.
Several players and their high wages will soon be off the books and that will help.

Hazard wouldnt hurt us that much, in fact it will hurt more if we dont get players like him who could make a difference - remember prizes = CASH

What? You spent about £130m net in the last calender year, despite making a loss of something like £70m the previous year. How does that constitute as doing quiet well?

Sgt Pepper 64

Great results for us, only 8 points off Utd and City, caught up some on Spuds and gained 3 points on the Arse and 2 on Pool

Cahill coming in to help - looking good!

Masked Man

tommyhaas wrote: »

What? You spent about £130m net in the last calender year, despite making a loss of something like £70m the previous year. How does that constitute as doing quiet well?

He's talking about FFP. I don't really understand FFP but isn't this season the first that counts?

tommyhaas

Masked Man wrote: »

He's talking about FFP. I don't really understand FFP but isn't this season the first that counts?

Yea it is, but your wage bill has obviously increased considerably since the last reported figures, coupled with spending £60m since the monitoring period began. Chelsea are no where near making even respectable losses

Sgt Pepper 64

tommyhaas wrote: »

Yea it is, but your wage bill has obviously increased considerably since the last reported figures, coupled with spending £60m since the monitoring period began. Chelsea are no where near making even respectable losses

It is a high wire act, but the FPP rules are rather, relaxed?

A number of hig earners would have moved on by next year and some have gone already
Zhirkov
Anelka
Alex

And likely to go
Ferreira
Alex
Bose
Kalou
Mikel

Maybe even Drogba

Clubs can lose up to 45 mill over the first 2 years.

Sponsership and Global sales are up. Probably naming rights as well. In fatc we have the 3rd highest income in the league

Of course we arent that close, but we can show we have vastly improved, and are miles ahead of City

The FPP rules might even help AVB stay in a job without silverware, but he MUST stay in the CL places

Its a balancing act for many clubs, including spanish and italian ones, and another reason why we are looking to move to a bigger stadium

LanceStorm

this is what worries me lads - http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11668/7434283/Lukaku-considers-loan-move

with Drogba off at the ACN we need to be playing this fella or else he's had a pretty much wasted year, once drogs is back he wont play, simple as that and I dont want him going off on loan, he was good enough for Anderlect and for the champions league he's good enough to get some sub appearances with us!

It worries me a little bit that AVB only really signed him as we wanted to secure him incase someone else bought him, I dont actually think he wanted him or rates him much...

sell the Drog and play Lukaku, Chelseas future!

Sgt Pepper 64

And a transfer tit-bit for you good folk too. Swansea boss Brendan Rodgers has just confirmed that highly-rated Chelsea teenager Josh McEachran is joining the Welsh club on loan for the rest of the season. I think he will fit in nicely too. Rodgers, a former youth-team coach at Stamford Bridge, is clearly making use of his contacts at his old club.

G.K.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMx7zgi9JyM

PARKHEAD67

Sgt Pepper 64 wrote: »

Great results for us, only 8 points off Utd and City, caught up some on Spuds and gained 3 points on the Arse and 2 on Pool

Cahill coming in to help - looking good!

Ya. looking good for the BNP Chelsea brigade. Looking good.Disgrace of a club.

Meglamonia

PARKHEAD67 wrote: »

Ya. looking good for the BNP Chelsea brigade. Looking good.Disgrace of a club.

Haha a Celtic fan :pac: