Agreed and I believe we play you GW2. A recent Chelsea example is Pulisic - I thought Lampard did a good job of letting him get acclimated and it paid off down the stretch.
Forget it, we aren't trying for Thiago either.
Deluded ? Seriously dude ? You spent 250m . A top 4 team who has spent 250m cannot be considered as a title contender? Anything below top 2 should be considered as a failure. You guys have the best squad after City.
Well that's just ridiculous. Liverpool and City are still comfortably ahead - especially with the condensed nature of next season's fixtures, having a squad that's already bedded in and settled is even more valuable. These signings are great but they're not making up a 30 point deficit.
Context matters though. Expecting a brand new team to suddenly fight with a team who have reached 90+ points 2 years running is a bit wild. If Liverpool drop off a bit then we can challenge, but if they keep up the relentless pace of almost 100 points, then we'll likely be some way off the pace.
Yeah would be a stretch to think otherwise. If Liverpool implode for some reason then Chelsea on paper have a good chance, with City's level of play yet to be determined.
Sure good points. But as a club, Chelsea have been making too many safe signings in recent years. I’m glad the club are just getting this kid whatever he costs.
It’s not havertz I just think we are annoyed because they are showing intent....these signings aren’t squad fillers they are quality first team additions.
Barkley probably.
Hopefully he can be part of a deal for rice.
I think it would take a Mourinho second stint disaster for Frank to be in danger. Even then he's got so much credit in the bank that I don't think there's even a slight chance he gets sacked this year.
That’s fair enough I suppose. We need to remember Chelsea are playing catch up from their ban though, so their spending is inevitable (and the fact City blew FFP out of the water).
The rules will be at least somewhat different for Frank than they have been with previous managers. Not to mention Roman has become less trigger happy in recent years.
Technically they planned for their ban with Kovacic being a loan to buy and Pulisic being bought in January as a summer purchase. Its not like they were caught off guard by the ban and it fecked up their plans. They're just spending with the intent to compete, which is what we aren't doing right now. Havertz going for €100m but we won't cough up €120m for Sancho... fecks sake.
Barkley hopefully!
The Daily Mail are reporting 130K
Last statement is very relevant
Where does that Lampard credit come from and why doesn’t OGS enjoy the same from a minority of United fans?
Roman is a ruthless businessman. So, after spending so much - which also requires tremendous hard work from the entire management team - if lampard doesn't at least challenge for the title and say he remains out of top 4 by christmas then he will be out. Roman has sacked managers that won the title previous year. Lampard barely finished 4 last season.
You are forgetting Roman's track record. And also forgetting Chelsea is the club you are currently is due to Roman's emotionless ruthlessness. Like players he will get rid of manager who isn't delivering.
Lampard did well last season even our board didn't expect top 4 finish. Buck s latest interview backing him and claimed Chelsea have entered the phase of having a manager Chelsea through and through. Board supported his words by backing Lampard as much as they can by signing world class talents.
true... its also a lot of players to integrate into a squad and get used to playing with each other with a very short pre-season - plus they have not addressed arguably their weakest position (keeper)Pulisic Werner Ziyech
-------- Havertz
Kante --- Kovacic
Chelsea will be signing Silva and maybe Chilwell too. That is them signing top players for each of their weak positions.
I think the fact they will have Mount, abraham, Giroud and Pulisic available from the start, on top of Werner and Zyech, they can integrate slowly if needs be. Havertz will gifted the free role behind the striker so he can be afforded a slower start due to his role. What I mean by that is he wont be expected to defend like the other midfielders/wingers.
Definitely!
Timo Werner has been absolutely horrendous for the German National Team. He has no real hold-up and link-up play in possession to speak of and is a negative value in those set-ups in my personal opinion. I'm really glad Bayern didn't sign him. I think it would have been a big mistake.
