Huh, why? This loan is a big, big mistake. Can't believe Mourinho is that dumb.Just saw this, i genuinely feel sick over the fact that he's signed for Chelsea. It wasn't supposed to be like this
Falcao at Chelsea | Potential flop of the season?
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Hattrick against United sorted then.
Why?
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.
There can't be any actual footballing reasons why Chelsea would want Falcao after seeing him last season.
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.
No hard feelings here.
Hope he scores 20+
....consolation goals.
Hope he scores 20+
....consolation goals.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Mourinho vs LVG, the battle is on! (Although I think Mourinho is quite ahead of him)
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.
Definitely. I'd imagine Falcao's signing would be somewhat disheartening to players like Bamford or Izzy Brown.
He won't be good. He is finished.
They had Drogba wasting minutes away last season as well instead of clearly talented kids like Solanke.
Mourinho will never play youth. Just won't do it.
If he can stop being horizontal for 5 minutes then maybe.
That makes literally no sense at all.
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
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.
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
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
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.
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.
He will score more goals, however. I think that goes without saying.
How did you work that one out?!
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.
it's a conspiracy, I'm telling you
I don't think they're good enough for Mourinho.
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.
He is shit, will be back in South America joining Tevez next season at Boca.
A full pre season and having already spent a year in the country, he will score for fun next season.
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....
I don't see how this transfer helps either Chelsea or Falcao. Should have went somewhere where he is first choice.
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...
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...
Falcao at his best for us
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.
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.
A substantial cut? I should cocoa.
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