Chelsea Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2012/2013

kingtubby

Just had a look at PaddyPower and Hazard is the early favourite for PFA player of the year.
The boy is certainly after making an impression!

MaroonAndGreen

kingtubby wrote: »

Just had a look at PaddyPower and Hazard is the early favourite for PFA player of the year.
The boy is certainly after making an impression!

If he keeps up this kind of form and Chelsea have a good season then he will surely be nominated at least.

Early days yet tho, alot can happen still.

Caveman1

I wouldnt go putting money on that type of bet, as we all know its a long season, although isn't it the case that the nominees are chosen at Xmas? I'm open to correction on that but I could of sworn I read something about that a while back

MaroonAndGreen

Caveman1 wrote: »

I wouldnt go putting money on that type of bet, as we all know its a long season, although isn't it the case that the nominees are chosen at Xmas? I'm open to correction on that but I could of sworn I read something about that a while back

The voting is done in February I think... Madness really!

Caveman1

MaroonAndGreen wrote: »

The voting is done in February I think... Madness really!

Ye I knew it was very early, just out of curiosity what price is hazard?

DARK-KNIGHT

GavRedKing wrote: »

As its my birthday today, I wanna share this with you all.

Dig in, have a slice. :pac:

Doesn't look too appealing tbh!! happy birthday though

DARK-KNIGHT

GavRedKing wrote: »

As its my birthday today, I wanna share this with you all.

Dig in, have a slice. :pac:

Doesn't look too appealing tbh!! happy birthday though

GavRedKing

DARK-KNIGHT wrote: »

Doesn't look too appealing tbh!! happy birthday though

So unappealing you posted twice ha :pac:

Panthro

Just watching the season review, Raul's goal against Benfica was some belter altogether.
That is all!

Gonzovision

Wigan have accepted Chelsea's offer for Victor Moses who now has permission to speak to Chelsea

darego

where will moses fit into the chelsea squad? no way he will be a regular starter will he?

Caveman1

darego wrote: »

where will moses fit into the chelsea squad? no way he will be a regular starter will he?

Well considering we have no right sided midfielder I think he will go straight into the team after a bit of training

Meglamonia

darego wrote: »

where will moses fit into the chelsea squad? no way he will be a regular starter will he?

Can't see him starting but certainly one of the first fellas to be looked at when making a sub,if he improves on his potential and we don't sign Hulk there's no reason why he can't start on the right wing!

Whatever happens tho it's what we needed balance to our right hand side and he can also interchange.Hopefully he can improve on his final ball too.

Concerned about it being our 5th bid tho,could have stepped over the 10 million mark?

Caveman1

Meglamonia wrote: »

Concerned about it being our 5th bid tho,could have stepped over the 10 million mark?

Reports on twitter that the fee was £9 million, for a player of his ability and age I think its good value, I know it was he was in his last year of his contract but I'm happy with the deal

Techless

Caveman1 wrote: »

Reports on twitter that the fee was £9 million, for a player of his ability and age I think its good value, I know it was he was in his last year of his contract but I'm happy with the deal

Very good business IMO, still a bit raw but only 21 and already proved that he is a good premiership player. Will give us width on either side and will only improve playing with the likes of hazard, mata etc.

Sgt Pepper 64

Caveman1 wrote: »

Well considering we have no right sided midfielder I think he will go straight into the team after a bit of training

He has played most of his games as a LEFT winger, and he's a bit rubbish on the right, but yes welcome to the CHAMPIONS OF EUROPE

Cant help feeling that we are struggling to get our real targerts and that he is a bit of an insurance policy

Techless

Sgt Pepper 64 wrote: »

He has played most of his games as a LEFT winger, and he's a bit rubbish on the right, but yes welcome to the CHAMPIONS OF EUROPE

Cant help feeling that we are struggling to get our real targerts and that he is a bit of an insurance policy

He gave cole a tough time last Sunday

GavRedKing

Bit of a meh signing if he does sign but good to be adding to the squad.

Now for the love of all things holy start f**king selling people.
*cough* Malouda *cough*

Crann na Beatha

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GavRedKing

Malouda mlre so then the rest. But Kakuta can go now we will get moses, Yossi, P.ferriera, Hilario or Turnbull.

Gonzovision

GavRedKing wrote: »

Malouda mlre so then the rest. But Kakuta can go now we will get moses, Yossi, P.ferriera, Hilario or Turnbull.

I'd keep Ferriera, just for his experience around the club, great for the youngsters. For example, him giving instructions to Oscar before the Wigan game. These things are often overlooked, but are vitally important.

willmunny1990

Can't understand the Moses signing at all. We don't need him, we need a striker and a RB.

He's a bit of a headless chicken who gets himself into good positions then f..ks it up.

Gonzovision

willmunny1990 wrote: »

Can't understand the Moses signing at all. We don't need him, we need a striker and a RB.

He's a bit of a headless chicken who gets himself into good positions then f..ks it up.

He's 21.....proven EPL player with a fair bit of experience, plenty of talent and we have needed a proper RW player for ages. Plus he's versatile. I think it'll turn out to be good business.

Sgt Pepper 64

BBC says Chelsea have offered £7m up front, with a further £2m in add-ons

pistolpetes11

Premier League News ‏@FootballDave01
#Chelsea have 100% had a bid accepted for Brazilian striker #Hulk. DONE DEAL!!

Could we get both Hulk and Cavani ??? I doubt it , more than likely rubbish

Gonzovision

pistolpetes11 wrote: »

Premier League News ‏@FootballDave01
#Chelsea have 100% had a bid accepted for Brazilian striker #Hulk. DONE DEAL!!

Could we get both Hulk and Cavani ??? I doubt it , more than likely rubbish

Football Dave eh.........

kingtubby

willmunny1990 wrote: »

Can't understand the Moses signing at all. We don't need him, we need a striker and a RB.

He's a bit of a headless chicken who gets himself into good positions then f..ks it up.

I think he represents decent value at 7m plus 2m add ons.

Even he does not work out well I could see Chelsea only making a small loss if they sold him on in 2 years.

pistolpetes11

gonzovision wrote: »

Football Dave eh.........

Couple of boys on twitter claiming to be agents in the know , Im going to gauge there reliability for now on how the Hulk/Cavani deals go ,

Ive a funny feeling il be calling the fraud card in a few days

MaroonAndGreen

not sure id welcome the signing of Hulk (yet).. want to see Torres get a right go at being our no.1 striker.

V9

MaroonAndGreen wrote: »

not sure id welcome the signing of Hulk (yet).. want to see Torres get a right go at being our no.1 striker.

Hulk would play wide right if he came in, Torres would still start up top.

kessler182

Please please please, sell Meireles, Malouda, Kakuta, Yossi, Paulo, Hilario, Turnbull and as much as I love him, Essien. Blackman is good enough to fill the no.2 spot until Courtois comes back from Athletico next season to challenge Cech. We have more than enough depth in midfield to cover every position and Josh and De Bruyne will be back next season to take their place in the first team squad. Lets not for get that Piazon needs games too, so the deadwood have to go.

TheStook

Whatever about the others, I agree that Ferreira should stay. One of the longest serving players in the team along with Terry,Lamps and Cech, 8 years I believe. I've always liked him and he seems to have the right attitude about him and may indeed stay in football following his retirement.

hots

TheStook wrote: »

I agree that Ferreira should stay.

:eek:

GavRedKing

Daily Mail and a few others are saying Barca have also bid for Luiz.

Unless were going to bring in Hummels I see no reason to sell him.

Gonzovision

hobbit of the shire wrote: »

:eek:

What is so shocking about this statement? Paulo is very experienced and brings a lot to the club besides playing. How do you think these Portuguese speaking youngster i.e Oscar get settled without experienced players speaking in their native tongue. Also think of the experience he adds on the training ground.....

GavRedKing

What do we reckon for the weekend? Can we get some revenge on Newcastle for that 2-0 game last year and P.Cisse's wonder goal?

hots

gonzovision wrote: »

What is so shocking about this statement? Paulo is very experienced and brings a lot to the club besides playing. How do you think these Portuguese speaking youngster i.e Oscar get settled without experienced players speaking in their native tongue. Also think of the experience he adds on the training ground.....

He's a player that even at his prime was a weak point in our defense imo. And holding onto someone for their language abilities is madness I think, when we sign Cesaer Az...a he'll be number 4 in the pecking order for right back (behind him Ivanovic and Hutch). For me he's been wasted wages for a number of seasons.

As for helping players settle in, we don't hold onto seniors for every language in the world why make an exception with Paulo?

the_doctor199

Hail Cesar! Azpiliqueta signs for Chelsea, according to Olympique Marseille.

Link

GavRedKing

Daily Mail running with the story too.

I'll wait for the club to come and say hes signed before I believe it.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2192964/Cesar-Azpilicueta-Chelsea-complete.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

Cesar Azpilicueta will train with his new Chelsea team-mates on Friday morning after completing his move from Marseille.

The Spanish right-back moves to Stamford Bridge for a fee of round £7million after a summer-long chase.

Caveman1

GavRedKing wrote: »

Daily Mail and a few others are saying Barca have also bid for Luiz.

Unless were going to bring in Hummels I see no reason to sell him.

Luiz posted a pic on twitter yesterday saying he was flying to Barcelona, for what reason I don't know, but I'm sure thats where the story came from.

On Moses I think we got a great deal, as has already been mentioned he's 21, PL proven and will only get better, West Ham are supposedly paying £11 million for Jarvis, who would you rather?

I thought we'd either get Moses or Hulk cant really see us getting both

GavRedKing

Caveman1 wrote: »

Luiz posted a pic on twitter yesterday saying he was flying to Barcelona, for what reason I don't know, but I'm sure thats where the story came from.

On Moses I think we got a great deal, as has already been mentioned he's 21, PL proven and will only get better, West Ham are supposedly paying £11 million for Jarvis, who would you rather?

I thought we'd either get Moses or Hulk cant really see us getting both

Could have been going to see the Barca v Real game, I'd highly doubt we'll sell him though, unless they want to give us an option to buy Deulofeu. :pac:

Given Moses age, him over Jarvis every day of the week. I agree though, I cant see nobody else coming in if we've Moses and Azpilicueta done.

what a day

I agree, Paulo as much as i like him his time has long passed with us. We have other Portugese speaking staff and more expeirenced people giving advice to our youngsters. Chop Chop Chop, our squad needs trimming big time!

I hope these mini rumours of Hulks fee been agreed are true, he is the exact type of player we need. Moses and Azpilicueta should be signed this weekend and then we can focus on Hulk.

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Sturridge

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Mata

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Oscar

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Moses-

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Lampard

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Ramires

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Oriol

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Mikel

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Cole

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Terry

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Luiz

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Ceasar
Bertrand----Cahill

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Chalobha

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Ivan

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Cech

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Hilario

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Thats a quality squad with dept youth experience skill speed power all in the right areas. For me if we can sign a good right back and Hulk this squad will be as good as Joses squad in 2005. Totally different of course but just as good ability wise.

PVA, Bruma, Kalas, McEachran, Courtios, Lukaku,De Bruyne, Hutchinson, Davila, and Delac all to come back from loan and reviewed. Plenty to posibbly add to the squad next season or sell on/loan again.

If Robbie can keep our style of play growing and master his tactics and theory we should be a force to deal with not only this season but the coming decade. Our future is looking bright lads!

Caveman1

GavRedKing wrote: »

What do we reckon for the weekend? Can we get some revenge on Newcastle for that 2-0 game last year and P.Cisse's wonder goal?

I actually think this is a very big game for us, as was mentioned yesterday we win this and we should really go on and get maximum points from our next 2 fixtures.

I really fancy us to get a result, having watched Newcastle last week against Spurs they were lucky not to go in at half time a couple of goals down, I'm gonna say 3-1 :pac:

Is Pardew suspended for this game?

GavRedKing

Caveman1 wrote: »

I actually think this is a very big game for us, as was mentioned yesterday we win this and we should really go on and get maximum points from our next 2 fixtures.

I really fancy us to get a result, having watched Newcastle last week against Spurs they were lucky not to go in at half time a couple of goals down, I'm gonna say 3-1 :pac:

Is Pardew suspended for this game?

One thing we have to do is beat the teams in the top half of the table reguarly.

For instance when Carlo won his double, we won home and away against Arsenal, Utd, Liverpool, the old top 4 and that was key to winning the league, we have to return to those days and RDM has to take a scalp because I'm struggling to think has he beaten a team higher then mid tble since he took us over, in the league mind you.

Edit : I dont know if Pardew is suspended, he apologised publicily and privately to the official but I dont know if the FA have charged him.

Crann na Beatha

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GavRedKing

Aquila wrote: »

Has anyone regularly watched Cesar?is he all hype?

No idea, but it seems to be great business for £7 Million, he'll certainly push Ivanovic for a start.

solarith

Ivanovic to CB!

Sgt Pepper 64

So since last summer:

Lukaku
(Piazon)
(Feruz)
Courtois
Juan Mata
Meireles
De Bruyne
Gary Cahill
Marko Marin
Eden Hazard
Oscar
Azpilicueta
Victor Moses
(Musonda's)
(Thorgen Hazard)

And brought Bertrand through.
And appointed RDM

Thats one hell of a haul!

(Have I missed anybody?)

Sgt Pepper 64

Congrats to Victor BTW, living the dream - he's come a long way!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2005/may/20/football.immigration

Johner

GavRedKing wrote: »

What do we reckon for the weekend? Can we get some revenge on Newcastle for that 2-0 game last year and P.Cisse's wonder goal?

I'm quite worried about this game! Newcastle caused us real problems last season at the Bridge and we need to tighten up at the back if we are to win this game. Hopefully Hazard continues in the form he has shown in the first two games.