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Wow, just 2 matches into the new season and Chelsea have given my ticker a proper good workout already!!!
I'll try keep it brief today, up until the Batshuayi came on i felt we were so flat, created nothing noteworthy and went behind to a sensational strike (defending dreadful). But then Conte unlike previous bosses we have had changed the system, Batshuayi up alongside Costa and Moses coming on and going on the left gave Hazard licence to roam down the centre. But then for me sub number 3 was the best of the lot, a man who's place at our team has been called into question so much these past 5 days put in a match winning performance by himself. His ball to Costa for the winner was outrageous, one arguably only he in world football could have played right now and do we really want to let that leave???
Costa yet again lucky to stay on the pitch but we can flip that and say yet again we were turned down a stonewall penalty but he has to stop doing pathetic things like diving when he's on a yellow card! Not amazing but winning like this is arguably the best feeling for any footballer, fan and club in general and can only push us on.
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I'll try keep it brief today, up until the Batshuayi came on i felt we were so flat, created nothing noteworthy and went behind to a sensational strike (defending dreadful). But then Conte unlike previous bosses we have had changed the system, Batshuayi up alongside Costa and Moses coming on and going on the left gave Hazard licence to roam down the centre. But then for me sub number 3 was the best of the lot, a man who's place at our team has been called into question so much these past 5 days put in a match winning performance by himself. His ball to Costa for the winner was outrageous, one arguably only he in world football could have played right now and do we really want to let that leave???
Costa yet again lucky to stay on the pitch but we can flip that and say yet again we were turned down a stonewall penalty but he has to stop doing pathetic things like diving when he's on a yellow card! Not amazing but winning like this is arguably the best feeling for any footballer, fan and club in general and can only push us on.
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Honestly if we are not paying that £65m for Lukaku, might as well get James Rodriguez. Teams know that to beat us, all they have to do is close down Hazard and Costa and wait for the Ivanovic/Cahill combo to **** up. We desperately need a proper attacking threat from the right wing. We need a centre-back too but I am starting to see why this is also a priority.
What's wrong with Willian? Wasn't he your best player last season?
He isn't much of a threat during attacking play. Most of his goals last season came from free-kicks.
he's final ball is still very very shocking. and my biggest frustration with him is his dead ball deliveries!
The problem has always been that all teams have to do is put three players on Hazard, tightly mark Costa and shut down Fabregas before waiting for our defense to screw up and grab a goal. In theory, its quite hard to perfectly nullify three players but when even one of them goes off-form or is dropped and the other two are closed down, our attack is toothless.
Willian is a fantastic player who works hard on his wing and will be ideal against bigger opposition away from home but we need a player on the right wing who can match Hazards attacking threat and stretch the opposition. I would like to see Moses given a start if nothing else.
Also I am as surprised as anyone that Moses seems to be staying at Chelsea and is even making regular cameo appearances. Quite obviously he has worked hard in pre-seaon and Conte is rewarding him for his efforts. Good to see that Conte is actually walking the talk on selecting players on merit (eg. Dropping Fabregas for Oscar) instead of just paying lip service to it like our previous managers.
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Am I the only who thinks that Bertrand Traoré should have been chelsea's starter this season?
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Mind you, he was very impressive at Vitesse 2 seasons ago!
Just had a bid rejected for Romagnoli (sp). We should stop ******* around and buy Maksimovic. Amoyal is a big fan and he seems just like the type of player who flies under the radar at a mid-table club like Torino but needs a bigger stage to shine. He is very gettable at a good price in this market. In addition, Amoyal reckons he is perfect for a 3-5-2 system.
Chelsea need to start being smarter in the market. I understand the budget is tight due to the new stadium plans. So instead of chasing big name players like Lukaku and Koulibaly and trying to attain them for moderate prices, we should be looking to pick up talented players who fly under the radar because they play for mid-table clubs. Its a strategy that worked brillaintly for United in the Fergie era and I don't see why it should not work for us as well.
Sure enquire about the big players like Lukaku and Rodriguez but once you know the price is exorbirant, pull out and focus on other targets. Sometimes we will be successful like when we got Kante and sometimes we will not be. We spent the entire last summer chasing Stones and this summer chasing Koulibaly when we could easily have gotten Maksimovic in for a proper pre-season. Now its squeaky *** time as we try and rush 2-3 signings in the last week of the window. God help us ...
Sure enquire about the big players like Lukaku and Rodriguez but once you know the price is exorbirant, pull out and focus on other targets. Sometimes we will be successful like when we got Kante and sometimes we will not be. We spent the entire last summer chasing Stones and this summer chasing Koulibaly when we could easily have gotten Maksimovic in for a proper pre-season. Now its squeaky *** time as we try and rush 2-3 signings in the last week of the window. God help us ...
Getting Romagnoli from Milan even considering in the situation they are in is hard. Along with De Sciglio and Donnarumma one of the players they wont sell unless for an crazy fee.
Maksimovic didn't play for Torino last night and wasn't even on bench. Don't know if he is injured or something at the moment, but he's been rumoured to be target for Napoli so could be good for Chelsea to nap him in front of them for not selling Koulibaly.
Maksimovic has gone on strike to try and push through a move to Napoli. Explains why Napoli have not sold us Koulibaly yet and there are no guarentees they will even if they get Maksimovic. Its better for us as you said to cut out the middleman and just get Maksimovic. Torino are open to selling and are easier to do business with than De Laurentis at Napoli.