Falcao at Chelsea | Potential flop of the season?

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UweBein

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Just saw this, i genuinely feel sick over the fact that he's signed for Chelsea. It wasn't supposed to be like this:(
Huh, why? This loan is a big, big mistake. Can't believe Mourinho is that dumb.
 

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It has to be a mix of Mourinho doing that Mendes a favour and maybe his ego wanting to better Van Gaal.

There can't be any actual footballing reasons why Chelsea would want Falcao after seeing him last season.
 

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Anyone want to bet me that Falcao will not score more than 5 goals for us. I will wire 10 American Dollars to your account via paypal.
 

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His signing is questionable considering Mendes is Jose and Falcao's agent, there must be some shady background deals going on or something. But as long as we still sign Griezmann and a new midfielder, I'll be happy.
 

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He will have a similar sort of season to what he did with us. Back up striker, a few minutes here and there off the bench, cup starts, and generally be crap.
Not a lot for Chelsea to lose though tbf, a loan and probably half the wages he was on with us. His main use will be giving Costa a rest every now and then.
 

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It has to be a mix of Mourinho doing that Mendes a favour and maybe his ego wanting to better Van Gaal.

There can't be any actual footballing reasons why Chelsea would want Falcao after seeing him last season.
Why do people keep suggesting this has anything to do with showing LvG up or trying to prove he's superior?

Everyone, José including has already proven he's a better manager. He doesn't have anything to prove to anyone. He's great friends with Van Gaal. This isn't Wenger who he'd want to stick a knife in.
 

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Huh, why? This loan is a big, big mistake. Can't believe Mourinho is that dumb.
You guys have nothing to lose with this loan deal, he will either be rubbish like with us and end up back in France or he will be a deadly 9 again. Also Costa is not injury prone is he? So i can't imagine a situation where Mourinho would be forced to play Falcao for many games despite him playing badly. You also still have Remy too.
 

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You guys have nothing to lose with this loan deal, he will either be rubbish like with us and end up back in France or he will be a deadly 9 again. Also Costa is not injury prone is he? So i can't imagine a situation where Mourinho would be forced to play Falcao for many games despite him playing badly. You also still have Remy too.
What about the fact that it's an obstacle in the way of their youth strikers? No justification for him to get minutes ahead of them...If they're as talented as Chelsea fans say.
 

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Part of me is worried he will come good like I really wanted him to do for us. But then I watch him in that Columbia match the other night, and I sadly have to say, I think he is done at the top level and won't get better.
 

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What about the fact that it's an obstacle in the way of their youth strikers? No justification for him to get minutes ahead of them...If they're as talented as Chelsea fans say.
Definitely. I'd imagine Falcao's signing would be somewhat disheartening to players like Bamford or Izzy Brown.
 

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What about the fact that it's an obstacle in the way of their youth strikers? No justification for him to get minutes ahead of them...If they're as talented as Chelsea fans say.
They had Drogba wasting minutes away last season as well instead of clearly talented kids like Solanke.
 

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It's not weird at all. I don't have to want Chelsea to do well. He could score 20 league goals and Chelsea could come 5th. Saying I want Falcao to do well doesn't mean I want Chelsea to.
That makes literally no sense at all.
 

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Why not? I like to see our former players do well, even players that were only on loan. Why would I want to see him fail? I'd rather he score 20 goals for Chelsea next season than Diego Costa.
So you want to see a player who plays for a team that will most likely be our biggest competitor for the title next season do well? That's just odd
 

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I have a feeling the opening few pages of this thread will come to be read with much face-palming this time next year.

We handled Falcao extremely poorly, I'd bet that he will be a top Premiership striker under Mourinho.
 

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I have a feeling the opening few pages of this thread will come to be read with much face-palming this time next year.

We handled Falcao extremely poorly, I'd bet that he will be a top Premiership striker under Mourinho.
Yeah we made him fall over all the time, miss hit shots, constantly lose the ball, run slower then a snail etc etc etc
 

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Mendes is obviously exerting his influence here. Chelsea and Mourinho help him out by providing a client with an unlikely second chance in the Premier League and next time he has a real prospect to sell then I'm sure Chelsea will have first refusal or something similar.
id say its this precisely. the fact he's had to take a big cut in wages suggests there was little demand for him. it sickens me seeing Mendes name in transfer headlines and tweets, the power he holds is ridiculous. Mendes needed a favour
 

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Almost like Mourinho ego job, United couldn't make it work, I will show them.
So true. Falcao regains his class, Mourinho takes the credit. Falcao remains a sack of shit, Mourinho just says Radders was useless anyway and no worse that he was for us. Win-win for Mourinho.
 

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We made the right decision on our part at the time. That will never change, irrespective of what he does or doesn't do at Chelsea. I don't think he'll do an awful lot, truth be told.

He will score more goals, however. I think that goes without saying.
 

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I have a feeling the opening few pages of this thread will come to be read with much face-palming this time next year.

We handled Falcao extremely poorly, I'd bet that he will be a top Premiership striker under Mourinho.
How did you work that one out?!
 

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Mourinho will never play youth. Just won't do it.
He'll play them if they're good enough. None of our youth team strikers are good enough currently to step directly into the first team.
 

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What about the fact that it's an obstacle in the way of their youth strikers? No justification for him to get minutes ahead of them...If they're as talented as Chelsea fans say.
I don't think they're good enough for Mourinho.
 

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How did you work that one out?!
We saw him play one or two matches having been injured for a long time, signed him on the basis that he was a big name and would further help us to strut our feathers in the absence of Champions League football, and expected him to hit the ground running in a team that didn't know which way it was supposed to be facing in an attacking duo that really shouldn't have been interrupted. He needed to be gingerly reintroduced into a hugely physical and competitive league and been told and shown that no matter how long it took, we would wait for him to inevitably regain his top form.

Jose Mourinho will do this.
 

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It's not weird at all. I don't have to want Chelsea to do well. He could score 20 league goals and Chelsea could come 5th. Saying I want Falcao to do well doesn't mean I want Chelsea to.
Falcao doing well in any way is only going to benefit Chelsea. He isn't going to score 20 league goals with them coming 5th....
 

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I don't see how this transfer helps either Chelsea or Falcao. Should have went somewhere where he is first choice.
 

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people wishing him doing well. Wtf.
He was professional for us and all the best to him but I sure as hell dont want him to succeed playing for our rival...
 

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We saw him play one or two matches having been injured for a long time, signed him on the basis that he was a big name and would further help us to strut our feathers in the absence of Champions League football, and expected him to hit the ground running in a team that didn't know which way it was supposed to be facing in an attacking duo that really shouldn't have been interrupted. He needed to be gingerly reintroduced into a hugely physical and competitive league and been told and shown that no matter how long it took, we would wait for him to inevitably regain his top form.

Jose Mourinho will do this.
We didnt expect him to hit the ground running but expected him to score more than 4 goals and look a lot better than he did.

How long should we have waited for him to regain his top form?
He played more than enough and he wasnt just thrown into fire out of a sudden.

He was handled well imo, it just didnt work out cause it seems he lost his mojo.
 

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Will we go Welbeck on him? Massively overrate/underrate him and then bump his thread every time he scores or misses? And will we give him a standing ovation when he comes to OT? He's genuinely showed some respect with his departure, cant say the same about others.
 
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