Chelsea Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2016

grumpymunster

hullaballoo wrote: »

Here it is in full:

Seems fair comment really, Savage was always a player that could chip a good winger as they say. No more though.

peteeeed

i always loved robbie savage when the world cup was in south africa

“I had a 30-minute jog on the beach this morning, the altitude didn’t affect me.”

GavRedKing

If only he threw Redknapp under the bus too.

peteeeed

GavRedKing wrote: »

If only he threw Redknapp under the bus too.

franks uncle , never

duploelabs

peteeeed wrote: »

franks uncle , never

or frank's cousin. Top top player

Turtwig

I still think he's kind of wrong. Regardless of the quality footballer you were, it doesn't mean you're a good pundit. That said, Robbie Savage could easily have been replaced by my grandmother and you'd struggle to tell who was who. Gary Neville and Carragher I've a lot of time for. Rio, not so much.

efb

@IrishTimes: John Terry: I’ll take criticism , but not from Robbie Savage https://t.co/UKN4NGml0P via @IrishTimesSport https://t.co/s1aBAqPY86

peteeeed

https://twitter.com/SoccerSt_/status/661549874018693120

Dozen Wicked Words

Turtwig wrote: »

I still think he's kind of wrong. Regardless of the quality footballer you were, it doesn't mean you're a good pundit. That said, Robbie Savage could easily have been replaced by my grandmother and you'd struggle to tell who was who. Gary Neville and Carragher I've a lot of time for. Rio, not so much.

I don't mind Savage as a pundit, he knew his limitations as a footballer, and one professional belittling another isn't my cup of tea, easy point scoring from Terry really. Henry was a world class footballer, Owen a fantastic footballer, neither of them are any good as pundits imo.

GavRedKing

Oh....and I meant Jamie Redknapp, I cant stand him at all.

Same can be said about 'Arry but for different reasons.

hots

peteeeed wrote: »

https://twitter.com/SoccerSt_/status/661549874018693120

Haha hilarious, Savage wasn't even mentioned in the question was he?

GavRedKing

hots wrote: »

Haha hilarious, Savage wasn't even mentioned in the question was he?

nope but he must have had a pop at JT recently (who hasnt).

GavRedKing

Fee for Cuadrado is meant to be £16m which is a £10m pound loss in under 12months.

GavRedKing

Robbie Savage

Thx for the name check John good to know your watching I look forward to analysing tomorrow's performance Saturday morning.

Dozen Wicked Words

GavRedKing wrote: »

Robbie Savage

Thx for the name check John good to know your watching I look forward to analysing tomorrow's performance Saturday morning.

No such thing as bad publicity for young Robbie.

GavRedKing

Dozen Wicked Words wrote: »

No such thing as bad publicity for young Robbie.

If JT has a mare hes gonna be blasted with both barrels not that he'll care.

grumpymunster

Must have better watches for CL games Clattenberg blows half time on the second. It's a shame Jose is so outspoken as he is right on so many things.

grumpymunster

Well if this is true there will be no change of Chelsea manager in the foreseeable future

http://www.offthepost.info/blog/2015/11/monaco-shareholder-makes-e50m-bid-for-chelsea-boss-jose-mourinho/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+offthepost%2FTLAa+%28Off+The+Post%29

Fingers crossed

GavRedKing

grumpymunster wrote: »

Must have better watches for CL games Clattenberg blows half time on the second. It's a shame Jose is so outspoken as he is right on so many things.

He done the same at full time the cheeky monkey.

GavRedKing

Utd and City both won last night, can ourselves and Arsenal make it a good week for English football tonight?

Now, Utd and City are top of their respective groups, this is good for the UEFA co-effecient points for keeping the 4th UCL spot.

Neither ourselves or Arsenal can top the group tonight though, wins for both teams could see us go joint top but remain in 2nd due to inferior head to head records with the side above us. Actually if Arsenal win it will really throw open their group.

grumpymunster

GavRedKing wrote: »

Utd and City both won last night, can ourselves and Arsenal make it a good week for English football tonight?

Now, Utd and City are top of their respective groups, this is good for the UEFA co-effecient points for keeping the 4th UCL spot.

Neither ourselves or Arsenal can top the group tonight though, wins for both teams could see us go joint top but remain in 2nd due to inferior head to head records with the side above us. Actually if Arsenal win it will really throw open their group.

I really hope Arsenal get beaten out the door but 3 teams out of the group stage should help the English coefficient as all 3 are capable of going further. I will be very surprised if City don't at least make the semi as Aguero will have had a nice rest come the business end of the season (providing he stays fit of course).

grumpymunster

GavRedKing wrote: »

He done the same at full time the cheeky monkey.

Cheeky monkey ............ yes lets leave it at that :rolleyes:

GavRedKing

grumpymunster wrote: »

Cheeky monkey ............ yes lets leave it at that :rolleyes:

GavRedKing

GavRedKing wrote: »

Utd and City both won last night, can ourselves and Arsenal make it a good week for English football tonight?

Now, Utd and City are top of their respective groups, this is good for the UEFA co-effecient points for keeping the 4th UCL spot.

Neither ourselves or Arsenal can top the group tonight though, wins for both teams could see us go joint top but remain in 2nd due to inferior head to head records with the side above us. Actually if Arsenal win it will really throw open their group.

How many English teams need to top their groups for it to have a positive affect? I thought it was more got do with competition progression as a whole.

deaddonkey15

M!Ck^ wrote: »

How many English teams need to top their groups for it to have a positive affect? I thought it was more got do with competition progression as a whole.

England is winning more coefficient points than Serie A every CL/EL week this season. Serie A will gain about 3 points come next season though when Chelsea's CL victory in 2012 is no longer counted. As it stands, it's not looking so bad for the Premier League as many would like to have you believe. The EL is the achilles heal somewhat with Southampton and West Ham going out in the qualifiers (2 very good sides) any points won by an English side in CL or EL is divided by 8, whereas a Serie A points score is only divided by 6.

Panthro

M!Ck^ wrote: »

How many English teams need to top their groups for it to have a positive affect? I thought it was more got do with competition progression as a whole.

On an unrelated note...
That is one sexy picture under your username there!:D

GavRedKing

Juventus are likely to get out of their group if they avoid Seville coming back at them in the next 2 games.

Roma are bottom of their UCL group so they look unlikely to get of that group but they might make 3rd and go into the EL.

Naploi and Lazio in the Europa League are top of their groups while Fiorentina are bottom of theirs.

grumpymunster

Panthro wrote: »

On an unrelated note...
That is one sexy picture under your username there!:D

Have you been at the turnip and coconut again?????:D

grumpymunster

So my little cherubs what do you reckon on tonight then. For me this is a must win, if we do we should have little difficulty in Israel thus we finish at worst second lose and it is hard to see a way back for us as you can see Kiev and Porto playing out a draw if that's the case.

I would love to see RLC, Kenedy and Baba in the side but there is no chance it will almost certainly be same oh same oh, so this

Begovic,
Ivan, JT, Cahill, Dave
Cesc, Matic
Hazard, Ram, Willian
Costa

Would prefer
Begovic
Dave, JT, Happy, Baba II
RLC, Matic
Willian, Hazard, Kenedy
Costa

That team would be solid and give their defence something to think about no chance of seeing it though.

Still hope for a 1-0 win

grumpymunster

OK its referencing the Sun who reference the anonymous friend but its a new take on things and might be a reason why Jose is being given leeway maybe Roman sees the blame is shared. Still no excuse for out pathetic performances this season but perhaps a reason why Jose is still there.

http://sportwitness.ning.com/forum/topics/close-friend-of-mourinho-reveals-chelsea-transfer-plans

GavRedKing

grumpymunster wrote: »

So my little cherubs what do you reckon on tonight then. For me this is a must win, if we do we should have little difficulty in Israel thus we finish at worst second lose and it is hard to see a way back for us as you can see Kiev and Porto playing out a draw if that's the case.

I would love to see RLC, Kenedy and Baba in the side but there is no chance it will almost certainly be same oh same oh, so this

Begovic,
Ivan, JT, Cahill, Dave
Cesc, Matic
Hazard, Ram, Willian
Costa

I'd be surprised if Ivan plays anyway, rest looks spot on, maybe swap Ramires for Cesc @ #10.

GavRedKing

grumpymunster wrote: »

OK its referencing the Sun who reference the anonymous friend but its a new take on things and might be a reason why Jose is being given leeway maybe Roman sees the blame is shared. Still no excuse for out pathetic performances this season but perhaps a reason why Jose is still there.

http://sportwitness.ning.com/forum/topics/close-friend-of-mourinho-reveals-chelsea-transfer-plans

Well the squad certainly needed to be improved and no offence to Pedro, Falcao, Papy Djibibijijdigfdfgidh and to a much lesser extent Rahman, I dont think any of them were Joses 1st or even 2nd choice.

Kendy is probably a signing out of is control too but hes looked decent.

grumpymunster

GavRedKing wrote: »

I'd be surprised if Ivan plays anyway, rest looks spot on, maybe swap Ramires for Cesc @ #10.

Be surprised myself a bit with Ivan but if he is fit I bet he plays. Defence was muck when he was away so no reason he will not be picked my guess.

hots

If there is one change I would like to see for tonight it's just to see either RLC or Kenedy given a chance... It just shows a bit of intent and for other younger players that there is a (tiny) chance that you can break in.

GavRedKing

grumpymunster wrote: »

Be surprised myself a bit with Ivan but if he is fit I bet he plays. Defence was muck when he was away so no reason he will not be picked my guess.

Thats the scary thing, we had 2 clean sheets in our 1st 2 games without him. Left in 1 against Stoke, 2 against West ham and 3 against Pool.

If hes in the side it means hopefully Zouma plays CB but Ivan was the boggest liability before his injury, I dont think theres any magic potion that will make him better, ditto for JT and Cahill.

We should have enough to see off Kiev at home but its the 2nd away trip to Stoke in 10days that could be a disaster.

Ally Dick

RTE2 tonight should be interested. I can imagine a fair degree of Chelsea bashing from Dunphy and Giles before the match tonight. Dunphy is accusing Jose of cheque book management as the cause of his current woes. Dunphy doesn't see the problem when his beloved Man United have done the same thing !

hots

Ally Dick wrote: »

RTE2 tonight should be interested. I can imagine a fair degree of Chelsea bashing from Dunphy and Giles before the match tonight. Dunphy is accusing Jose of cheque book management as the cause of his current woes. Dunphy doesn't see the problem when his beloved Man United have done the same thing !

Unfortunately we're not on RTE so they'll have to focus on Arsenal to some extent. We may be guilty of not bringing in the right players but at Chelsea that blame doesn't really lie with Jose for once, as far as we know.

GavRedKing

Ya, the Arsenal game is on RTE I'm sure, that'll be a cracker Arsenal have given themselves a huge life line by beating Bayern.

ussjtrunks

You know it'd be nice if RTE/TV3 ever showed the chelsea match instead

peteeeed

ussjtrunks wrote: »

You know it'd be nice if RTE/TV3 ever showed the chelsea match instead

Giles and dunphy slated Jose when he was winning , they'd have a field day now

Ally Dick

GavRedKing wrote: »

Ya, the Arsenal game is on RTE I'm sure, that'll be a cracker Arsenal have given themselves a huge life line by beating Bayern.

Balls. You're right. My Horizon box tv planner told me otherwise last night

hullaballoo

Are we on Setanta or BT or something? Is it my bi-monthly chance to brag about my foresight in signing up for that instead of Sky?

GavRedKing

hullaballoo wrote: »

Are we on Setanta or BT or something? Is it my bi-monthly chance to brag about my foresight in signing up for that instead of Sky?

We're on BT Sports 2 AFAIK.

hullaballoo

GavRedKing wrote: »

We're on BT Sports 2 AFAIK.

Thanks to my incredible foresight, I can watch this on my TV so.

GavRedKing

hullaballoo wrote: »

Thanks to my incredible foresight, I can watch this on my TV so.

We fail to win, its all your fault. :cool:

Ally Dick

Chelsea are on Setanta Ireland. Good old Virgin Media

GavRedKing

Hazard benched apparently.

GavRedKing

Begovic
Azp Zouma Terry Rahman
MAtic Cesc
Ramires Oscar Willian
Costa

Confirmed

GavRedKing

Subs#

Blackman
Cahill
RLC
Kenedy Hazard Pedro
Remy

GavRedKing

Team could be Oscar from right and ramires CM with Cesc at #10