Chelsea Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2015/16

the_monkey

I got woken up numerous times by the Forza app .... notifying me of Chelsea conceding must change the settings..

duploelabs

falcao trains

GavRedKing

He'd have buried all those chances last night and we'd have won 7-4 :pac:

the_monkey

duploelabs wrote: »

falcao trains

Yes!!!

Can't wait for his 2 or 3 goals in the whole coming season ...

Sgt Pepper 64

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GavRedKing

the_monkey wrote: »

Yes!!!

Can't wait for his 2 or 3 goals in the whole coming season ...

He'll never be Falcao at his devasting best but if he doesnt improve on his 4 goals from his Utd days I'd be shocked.

I'm going to say 7-10 league goals for Falcao.

GavRedKing

Sgt Pepper 64 wrote: »

Pedro

Yes

Stones

Yes

Witsel

No, Pogba

Lacazette

No

Griezmann

Yes

Sorted

duploelabs

GavRedKing wrote: »

He'll never be Falcao at his devasting best but if he doesnt improve on his 4 goals from his Utd days I'd be shocked.

I'm going to say 7-10 league goals for Falcao.

If he tops Drogba's tally from last year I'll be happy

GavRedKing

duploelabs wrote: »

If he tops Drogba's tally from last year I'll be happy

Well I'd hope himself and Remy get clost to 7-10 league goals but what I really want is Costa to be injury free and he should be pushing 20 league goals again, there is however no way Costa will remain suspension free.

the_monkey

I thought Pogs to Barca was a done deal ?

GavRedKing

the_monkey wrote: »

I thought Pogs to Barca was a done deal ?

Nothing official yet.

Its more of a fantasy signing anyway, his cost would be huge and you'd be going up against at least 1 bigger club than ours that would offer more money in Barca.

rottie 11

Mourinho criticising RLC again saying he's not going out on loan because he's no where near ready to play for us and the best place he can learn is with the first team

GavRedKing

rottie 11 wrote: »

Mourinho criticising RLC again saying he's not going out on loan because he's no where near ready to play for us and the best place he can learn is with the first team

He praised Traore. I can only imagine hes nagging RLC because he knows the talent is there.

rottie 11

GavRedKing wrote: »

He praised Traore. I can only imagine hes nagging RLC because he knows the talent is there.

He praised moses aswel. I think moses and traore will be with us next season

Lukker-

Look like Salah to Roma will finally be completed soon.

rottie 11

Lukker- wrote: »

Look like Salah to Roma will finally be completed soon.

Is that a loan deal ?

Lukker-

rottie 11 wrote: »

Is that a loan deal ?

Yep €2m loan fee with an obligation to buy next season for €20m.

GavRedKing

rottie 11 wrote: »

He praised moses aswel. I think moses and traore will be with us next season

I'd be surprised if we kept Moses TBH. Traore will hopefully be kept around.

I suppose it depends on what happens with Cuadrado.

the_monkey

GavRedKing wrote: »

Nothing official yet.

Its more of a fantasy signing anyway, his cost would be huge and you'd be going up against at least 1 bigger club than ours that would offer more money in Barca.

Needs to be balance in football though ffs !!

Imagine him going to Barça .... it would be ridicolous , they allready are gulfs ahead of their nearest rivals ..

Killinator

the_monkey wrote: »

Needs to be balance in football though ffs !!

Should we be more balanced with the likes of Burnley or Norwich?

Thought not.

kev1.3s

Killinator wrote: »

Should we be more balanced with the likes of Burnley or Norwich?

Thought not.

To be fair all teams in the premier league are closer than in la liga. Did almeria get a result at the new camp last season?
Burnley did a number on us at the bridge before being the first to go down.

Killinator

kev1.3s wrote: »

To be fair all teams in the premier league are closer than in la liga. Did almeria get a result at the new camp last season?
Burnley did a number on us at the bridge before being the first to go down.

It's still a surprise if the 'bottom' teams beat us, we're expected to beat Burnley like Barca would be expected to beat almeria or PSG beating le mans.
And the tone of monkeys post, to me, suggests that Barca should be more balanced to Chelsea's level so we can compete. But where would that stop, do Madrid balance aswell to Chelsea's level or do we all balance to more like Galatasarys level or below, it could never work in the real world.

Turtwig

One significant difference between la liga and the epl is the goal difference rule. In la liga a drubbing doesn't impact your overall table position. In the Epl it could mean relegation. In Spain teams are culturally inclined "to have a go" (Especially because superior head to heads can mean European football.). Sometimes this means easier points for the top teams sometimes it means the opposite. Iirc Barcelona won the league this season because they only dropped 5 points against the top six. Most of their dropped points came against the the lower teams.

Valencia took a whopping 12 points against the top four.

Real Madrid took a paltry 4.

the_monkey

Arse it, don't think I'll bother watching any european football this season anyway, the competition is a joke

hots

Nice goal from Van Ginkel for stoke last night, really hope he nails down a place with them.

GavRedKing

hots wrote: »

Nice goal from Van Ginkel for stoke last night, really hope he nails down a place with them.

I hate Stoke though, all harks back to Tony Pulis time with the club I suppose.

hots

GavRedKing wrote: »

I hate Stoke though, all harks back to Tony Pulis time with the club I suppose.

Ah they play decent-ish stuff now, the day Bojan signed was a bit of a change in style anyway!

GavRedKing

hots wrote: »

Ah they play decent-ish stuff now, the day Bojan signed was a bit of a change in style anyway!

Oh I agree with ya, theyre much better now than under Pulis but as long as Charlie Adam plays for them I'll despise them.

That also applies to any club he plays for in the future.The fact he only got booked for a forearm smash that broke Cescs nose at the Bridge doesnt help and a few minutes later he scored probably the goal of the season.

the_monkey

GavRedKing wrote: »

I hate Stoke though, all harks back to Tony Pulis time with the club I suppose.

GavRedKing

I wonder will we go back in for Stones? We know there was a bid, Martinez flipped the lid, said Chelsea were told in writing that under no circumstances Stones was for sale.

No improved bid has been tabled anyway, this is one that could drag on, its not a huge issue anyway as the guy has some EPL experience so it wouldnt be like signing a foreginer for the team in late August with no pre-season to prove himself and get up to speed.

Even though the price tag will be big, Stones will have no pressure, he wont be expected to play straight away but he'll get league cup and Champs League games to see how he does.

kev1.3s

Just seen there that the PSG and barća games are on sky for anyone who's interested.

Sheepy99

Such a boring week for any sort of football-related news..

Hopefully things pick up next week

GavRedKing

After the Red Bulls game the PSG and Barca games could be interesting :pac:

kev1.3s

GavRedKing wrote: »

After the Red Bulls game the PSG and Barca games could be interesting :pac:

No love lost with either of those teams so I can't see them being dull either way.
I'll miss PSG because I have to go see some ginger tosser sing tonight with the misses.

Dozen Wicked Words

kev1.3s wrote: »

No love lost with either of those teams so I can't see them being dull either way.
I'll miss PSG because I have to go see some ginger tosser sing tonight with the misses.

Looking forward to hearing their duets.

rottie 11

Is ko at 11?

hots

rottie 11 wrote: »

Is ko at 11?

Yup yup, on sky too

duploelabs

And the team is....
Begovic, Dave, JT, Cahill, Ivan, Matic, Mikel, Moses, Cesc, Hazard, Costa

rottie 11

2 strong teams out

Bret Hart

Is Falcao on the bench ?

rottie 11

Bret Hart wrote: »

Is Falcao on the bench ?

Ya he is

Johner

Mikel. :rolleyes:

Bret Hart

Good finish by Zlatan on his weaker foot.

ShaneU

https://vine.co/v/egHPbDxArtE

Jaysus

Meglamonia

ShaneU wrote: »

https://vine.co/v/egHPbDxArtE

Jaysus

The Internet would be in meltdown now if that was Costa.

Johner

Meglamonia wrote: »

The Internet would be in meltdown now if that was Costa.

Zlatan does what he wants. :rolleyes:

Johner

Another awful pre-season half from us.

rottie 11

Horrible performance

LightningBlue

Really poor half of football. The only real positive was Begovic making a few good saves to keep it at 1-0.

Matic and Mikel look way off the pace with only 2 weeks till the start of the season.

Fabregas also never seems to have the same impact as a No. 10.

LightningBlue

Fabregas butchered that chance.