The Chelsea Thread
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For being completely unaware that Aguero was playing off of him. I would be fine with it but Aguero did the exact same thing to Cahill when we played City at the Etihad last season.
Well, in the past three years Chelsea have spent around 350m on new players. If you can't find some depth out of that then you need some serious help.
By comparison:
City have spent 390m in the same period.
Man Utd have spent 173m
Arsenal have spent 161m
Tottenham have spent 204m
Liverpool have spent 230m
Obviously when you can spend twice as much as most of the other clubs at the top end of the division, as well as offer significantly better personal terms, then it should be no surprise there is going to be a lot of players to rotate in. It is almost like you buy a supercar and are somehow still surprised it travels quickly.
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Pff. Watch Lord of The Rings. The hobbits have to duck when attacked by cave trolls.
That's true. But City don't seem to have the same depth in all positions as Chelsea, in my opinion, so it's not just about buying expensive players, it's about being the right players.
WHAT????? City have a much better squad than Chelsea and have plenty of depth, if there was a weak point I would say CB and perhaps GK right now... (But Hart is really **** atm).
I wouldn't say much better tbh IMO Chelsea and city's squads are about on par and on paper city and Chelsea have the two strongest squads in the league (again as someone on here mentioned last page no surprise tbh with the money both clubs spend before anyone mentions this to me!)
Buying every attacking midfielder in existence is buying the right players?
City are stronger up front, and perhaps at full-back, but that's about it. That's considering the depth, not just the starting lineup, by the way.
That was mistake in my opinion, but they had a fairly balanced squad beforehand and they have made some astute signings in recent transfer windows.
Really you reckon so? Look at both squads properly in its entirety and then see what you think. I'd say Chelsea have the better keepers, and midfielders with City having the better strength in defence and strikers. But take into count the amount of goals Chelsea get from their midfield then maybe just tips us infront in my opinion.
Versatile attacking midfielders, all can play different and deeper roles.
I agree about the strikers, but I think Chelsea's centre-backs are far superior to City's.
Terry < Kompany
Cahill > Nastasić
Luiz > Lescott
And not to mention Ivanovic can be solid at centre-back.
I still think Mourinho's signed too many, though.
Yeah i'd agree with the centre backs, hence why i think we just have the better squad overall, not by much mind.
He only signed Willian and Schurrle and got rid of Moses and Marin so 2 for 2 in that regard. You could add De Bruyne in there but he inherited him.
Ivanovic is CB. He can play RB, but he is much better than Cahill or Luiz there.
I agree, but Mourinho plays him at right-back.