I disagree, Courtois is miles ahead of either Asenjo or Joel, I certainly believe they'll do all they can to keep him for an extra year, even if it's Chelsea's call in the end.
Atleti don't need him with Asenjo/Joel in the squad, they just needed a transitional stop gap from De Gea.
So we can keep the likes of Malouda for another year? What happened to giving manager time to build a squad?
AVB shouldn't be sacked this isn't his team let him build one imo and if it means no top 4 for a season or two then so be it.
Push the panic button, and that is why long term Chelsea will get nowhere
But has he proved that yet? No, so Chelsea cannot go down that route, time for the ego players like lampard to go inthe summer, they cannot be bigger than the manager
Lampards ego wasn't problem because every other manager played him every game. The issue has come down the fact the senior players don't like the fact their time is coming to an end. Regardless of tactics so of the players have just played poorly full stop. For me it's simple, Roman must back avb over the players, they don't like it, they can go at the end of the season. it's a learning curve but he is doing what should have slowly been started 2 years ago. There is no way you can judge after a season. Especially after you were all leaping for joy when you got him. If the next generation policy had started in real earnest earlier,this transition would be less painfulWhy would changing the manager keep Malouda for a year?? He isen't good enough to be playing fullstop yet he keeps playing him.
The difference is this is meant to be a transitional period so why keep playing players who aren't performing?? He does have other options but he decides not to use them.
We still managed to compete even when we were changing managers. I believe we should keep faith with the manager but after seeing AVB this long i don't think he is the right man to be given the time. My view is he has got the job too soon in his career. He finds it hard to struggle with criticism and thinks the media and officials have an agenda against the club which is not healthy. In a way he is quite stubborn, he has tried to faze out the older players which is fine but do it in a way which is respectful to them. He seems to rub them up the wrong way and this has an effect with all the players.
Its not just Lampard who seems to have a problem with him as it seems most of the squad and supporters do. Lampard has given has given his best under every Chelsea manager and is so called ego has not been a problem with any of them so its not a problem.
Apparently Sturridge is unhappy. If he isn't dedicated I say **** him off regardless of how good he is if the rumours are true.
I'd have him at Liverpool any day. His current abilityis good enough, never mind his potential! Don't know what the chelsea fans and AVB don't see in him. He's a true talent..
I'd have him at Liverpool any day. His current abilityis good enough, never mind his potential! Don't know what the chelsea fans and AVB don't see in him. He's a true talent..
I think Chelsea fans see what everyone sees in him, a talented player who finds a wing position alien. He's also quite selfish, and his range of passing isn't too superb, but hey, that'll improve.
Lampards ego wasn't problem because every other manager played him every game. The issue has come down the fact the senior players don't like the fact their time is coming to an end. Regardless of tactics so of the players have just played poorly full stop. For me it's simple, Roman must back avb over the players, they don't like it, they can go at the end of the season. it's a learning curve but he is doing what should have slowly been started 2 years ago. There is no way you can judge after a season. Especially after you were all leaping for joy when you got him. If the next generation policy had started in real earnest earlier,this transition would be less painful
The old cliche of not playing young players in struggling teams comes to mind, if AVB put in McEachran/Romeu/Piazon/Bertrand/Courtois/Davila in this team at the moment not only would it be a huge gamble but if they go out and get beat that's their confidence destroyed collectively unnecessarily.
You have to ease new players into a team, with experienced players, so that when they do lose a game they have advice and the comfort of knowing it wasn't them or their inexperience that lost the game. It's just not a risk worth taking this season, he gives youngsters the odd game to ease them in and take a look at them but he doesn't play them enough that they feel comfortable enough to be upset when they're on the bench.
It's the right approach in a transition to not throw every talented youngster into a struggling team, let's not forget why he's stuck with Malouda/Lampard etc he has no other options from what he has and he has exposed the Chelsea team to his system which clearly doesn't suite them.
I think if you compare the team at Everton to the one you'll see next season it will look a lot stronger in midfield/defence, Torres will still be there but he might actually play in a team that creates chances. Would not surprise me to see Chelsea make a couple of signings off the back of the European Championships, the usual breakthrough players bidding war I imagine.
Listening to a Chelsea podcast which this week has halftime announcer and ChelseaTV reporter Neil "spy" Barnett on it and he just said something which i and no one on here has thought ov. He said what do all these games which he believes to be our best performances of the season have in common Leverkusen (A), Valencia (H), Newcastle (A), Man City (H) and Spurs (A)??? Answer.......Didier Drogba started all of them and and played sensationaly well in them, life in the old Drog yet i believe so.
He has been a supporter since 1959 and spent most of his life working for Chelsea and had a very good friendship with the late, great Peter Osgood who is said to be our best striker of all time. He though believes from what he has seen Drogba is the best striker to ever play for Chelsea by a long distance. This is a man who knows what he is talking about too.
Listening to a Chelsea podcast which this week has halftime announcer and ChelseaTV reporter Neil "spy" Barnett on it and he just said something which i and no one on here has thought ov. He said what do all these games which he believes to be our best performances of the season have in common Leverkusen (Away), Valencia (Home), Newcastle (Away), Man City (Home) and Spurs (Away)??? Answer.......Didier Drogba started all of them and and played sensationaly well in them, life in the old Drog yet i believe so.
He has been a supporter since 1959 and spent most of his life working for Chelsea and had a very good friendship with the late, great Peter Osgood who is said to be our best striker of all time. He though believes from what he has seen Drogba is the best striker to ever play for Chelsea by a long distance. This is a man who knows what he is talking about too.