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17 Aug 2023 16:51:12
HI Ed002 many thanks for all your great work supplying info in this v busy window.
Given Olise is now staying at Palace some paper talk now that we may be interested in Brennan Johnson. Do you know if there is any truth in this and whether there may also be other attacking/ striker options being considered?
{Ed002's Note - Not that I am aware.}
1.) 17 Aug 2023 17:17:35
Many thanks for quick reply.
{Ed002's Note - You are welcome.}
06 Jan 2023 09:37:25
Hi Ed002 in Zakaria's loan deal was there an option for CFC to buy? Having got fit he is beginning to look like a player who would make us stronger in the long term. Happy New Year to you!
{Ed002's Note - Yes there is an option to buy.}
1.) 06 Jan 2023 11:07:48
At the time 30 million Euro was reported.
2.) 06 Jan 2023 14:29:22
Thanks Ed00 and Nathswindon, good to know.
16 Dec 2022 11:23:05
Ed do you have any update on possibe Zakharyan to CFC situation?
{Ed002's Note - there are issues to be resolved but the club want it to happen.}
1.) 17 Dec 2022 11:01:59
Many thanks for this Ed, good to know that the club are still wanting it to happen so hope those issues can be resolved.
28 Nov 2022 20:09:02
Hugely hope ed002 that rumour about Pulisic to Man United is only paper talk? Hecwas the outstanding player on pitchbin England v USA game and someone who I'd hope we'd keep.
{Ed002's Note - We will see.}
1.) 28 Nov 2022 20:49:13
OK thanks for your response Ed. It seems to suggest Pulisic leaving is a possibility not definite. Would no like to see him go if especially not to a rival.
{Ed002's Note - There is no agreement with any other club.}
2.) 29 Nov 2022 11:56:41
Thanks for further info, appreciated.
08 Oct 2022 12:11:09
Hi Ed002 does the seemingly strong possibility of Nkunku coming to CFC in the summer mean that we no longer have any interest in Victor Osimhen? Giben that we were interested him during last transfer window.
{Ed002's Note - Chelsea interest has gone for now.}
1.) 08 Oct 2022 13:05:50
OK many thanks for update.
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24 Apr 2024 10:13:44
I'm with Dan in one of tthe threads below terms of including Gallagher and Chalaboa as among the very few players I would definitely wish to keep along with Palmer, Gusto and Colwill.
The five you listed dan are not only players who give their all every game but have also performed the best this season. To sell two out of the five would seem to be madness if this is planned. I would add Enzo to the list if he can get and remain fit and still think Caicedo if he can not be too reckless and focus for all 90 mins can psove to be a good acquisition too.
In terms of those to sell, and we cleraly need to sell many beyond quite a few out on loan who will definitely go, the jury is still out for me on some of them. BB on recent form has to be one of them having been so promising in early performances. But he has been absolitely shocking since his injury, I'd reckon at least one error per game that led to a goal. Perhaps Mudryk under right manager and in right team would be quite a player as I have feared Havertz might become at Arsenal. I am not sure on him. Madueke has the skills but does he have the head on him to use them every game and for 90 mins, I'm also not sure on him though as he has looked in games before last night's to be one of our biggest threats. Cucurella has had some decent and more solid games including the semi v City. With BC he is certainly good enough when fit but it's the endless injury problems, so who would buy him? Disasi has usually played with spirit at least, and chipped in with a couple of goals, but has also been error prone but he is yet another on my 'not sure' list. Sterling has had a few good games, a couple of v good ones, yet more often than not is too easily budled off the ball, or runs into players or makes wrong decisions like shooting when someone in better position. He is on v high wages, had been benched at City and would sell if one could. But given those high wages I am not sure who would buy him though it could be one of the sides coming up from the Chamionship perhaps.
I would end by saying that we - and so I include myself in this - have often been too depressed after a bad result and too optimistic after a good one this season. I have said a few times that at its beginning I didn't know where we would finish between 5th and 17th and more recently adjusted this to between 7th and 14th. I still don't know. What most of us do kn ow is that main weaknesses remain a consistent no 9 taking most chances, Which doesn't mean that Jackson won't get etter and could be really useful as left side attacker in moble front free. Plus at least one world-class centre back to replace ageing Silva. And possibly a world-class goalie too though would keep Petrovic as he been excellent in some games is young and could also improve. Might be hard though getting what we want in all of these positions in one transfer window and if we are not in Europe, or only in the Conference League.
1.) 24 Apr 2024 10:39:58
JBS, I enjoyed your very well balanced post.
I would just add and emphasis just one more point about our ongoing injury issues. We have not been able to rotate or just rest certain players regardless of form because of those injuries. So on that score alone I will give Poch more time.
2.) 24 Apr 2024 10:43:11
JBS, your post makes a lot of sense. Leaving aside the problems up front, our defence has been awful all season True some of the problems relate to tactics and coaching but whatever combination we use is generally ineffective. I exclude AG and Silva from these criticisms. Petrovic has been okay but he is not top class. James and Chilwell cannot be relied on due to their absences because of injury. How can you work up tactics and build a cohesive defensive unit if you are relying on James and Chilwell- I wonder how many times they have played 90 minutes together in the last two seasons. Unfortunately, I have no suggestions on how to sort this mess out.
3.) 24 Apr 2024 12:12:45
Yes Tom our injury problems have made it diffuclt for the manager and for us fans to even be able to have an opinion on how much a properly fit - and for good length of time - a Nkunku or Lavia could add to our side though we got a glimpse of this in term of Nkunku in his v promising pre-season debuts. Then there is Fofana forever it seems in the treatment room with James and Chilwell, and all of those if fully fit for a season would make a huge difference. I wonder too whether their total time on piytch together is more than 200 minutes or so this season, and then it's possible that one or the pther still wasn't fully fit. Will RJ's op have solved his consistent problems? I don't know.
So as you say Jimbo, will they ever both be reliably fit enough for a whole season? And it's the Defence that has probably been even more consistent in its leakiness than the attack has been in its wastefulness. Ans a strong defense is so crucial for any title winning side and we can but recall with immense nostalgia that we only conceded (still a record surely? ) 15 goals in the 2004-5 season in the EPL. Yes, and this means we also need a goalie who is at least somewhere near to being at a Peter Cech level. It has been worrying that Petrovich has now been beaten at is near post a few times and his ditribution though better than Sanchez (let alone Mendy after first season) is not top class or at least not yet.
07 Apr 2024 21:47:38
After yet another disappointing result against lowly placed side, in fact bottom one in league who have unbelievably bad goal difference I have to remind myself that early in season I thought we'd finish somewhere between 5th and 17th . revising this to between 7th andc14th a few weeks ago.
Point is that the joy of Thursday's result gave me some hope we could string a couple of wins together, but I'd momentarily forgotten we cannot defend and have had so many bad results against sides we should beat easily.
Fact is that we only had around 22 points or do at Christmas and have added another 22. We may get to around 57 by seasons end perhaps. The dreaded conference league or whatever the one below the EFA one is called, still a possibility, maybe.
Anyway, this was never going to be a season when we'd do much in the EPL, all about rebuilding over two and hoping for good cup run. and we've had two. So about as good given lack of striker and do little experience across the pitch as what most of us could have realistically expected.
Up to Poch or whoever makes the transfer decisions to get them right this Sumner and allow us to be top 4 contenders at least next season. Though of course with so many injuries some signings have hardly played at all and neither have the usual ie RJ, BC and Fofana. So getting those decisions right not made easier.
07 Apr 2024 19:40:39
Utterly predictable that we would drop more points against relegation team. There has been a pattern of this in recent seasons. We remain a v flawed side that is capable of raising our game against top sides but seem under prepared and careless against so called low ones. Mind you let's give some credit to battling spirit of our opponents even if it is encouraged by our weaknesses.
But not to be able to beat a side thst has all of 15 points before today and shipped more goals than any other days it all about how far we still have to go before being anything like a competitive EPL top 4 side.
So, so predictable in the way we have disappointed against lower sides.
28 Nov 2023 10:15:59
I have only seen the highlights/ lowlights of the Newcastle game. I have hesitated to comment as alwasy hard to judge overall team or individual performances by these. Though it does seem by common pundit and posters on here consent that the wheels treally fell off in second half and we looked bot tired and lacking in discipline and concentration. I had got much more positive again along with most after performance v City so this result/ perfirmance came as a blow. But not entirely unexpected given early season view that it woud be an up and down season of gelling the youngsters and for Poch and management generally to decide who ion a largely almost ludicrously young and EPL inexperienced squad - plus seemingly usual multiple injury problems - and would make the grade going forward, who would not, and where we still need to strengthen. Couldn't predict where we would end up between 5th and 17th!
But just a couple of thoughts about the Newcastle game. It came after the International break when we had to play at the furthest away stadium we possibly could have. Settled top teams should cope but we'd surely have played better if at home. Two key players - especially for defensive midfield responsibilities - in Enzo and Caicedo had had to travel back from S America and Caicedo presumably not seen as capable of more than twenty mins or so. Is this going to be a permanent Inyernational break problem? Raises long term question of whether the young LO provides adequate DM cover though Lavia will hopefully get fit soon! .
I also wondered why Poch didn't start again with Disasi or is he injured? i reckon he has done pretty well for us so far this sdeason whereas BB - who I rate longterm - is only just coming back from injury, Anyway Poch surely needs to l settle soon - when all CBs fit - on his first choice two going forward and they should be two who can/ will play beyond this. Formerly Rolls-Royce quality Silva beginning to make uncustomary mistakes though he is almost all the steady headed leadership and huge experience we have in defence and the yougsters can still learn from him. But what is also hugely important is to have as much as injuries allow as settled a defence as possible.
1.) 28 Nov 2023 11:31:01
Good post JBS, I agree that this is the kind of game that is going to happen every now and again with such a young team. I also think that the Enzo/ Caciedo problem with international football is going to be something we have to deal with every year. Makes the ownerships seeming reluctance to offer Gallagher a new deal even more baffling.
To add to your point about the defence, I've felt all season that Silva has been lacking from his own ludicrously high standards and this weekends game was the latest example. I totally understand the argument that he provides leadership but if he is giving away goals how useful is that leadership? You can argue that he has been at fault for half the goals we have conceded this season and has over the last 12 months been the one constant of a defence that has conceded 67 league goals. Tuchel determined he could not play in back 4 immediately and was proved correct by our defensive woes before and after his management.
Obviously it isn't entirely down to Silva, especially when Cucurella is playing - he's had his customary 2 good games this season (at fault for goals in both) and has now reverted to the mean. Colwill needs to be back in at LB asap.
2.) 28 Nov 2023 12:58:46
JBS and RBD, I enjoyed both your posts.
Regardless of who the player is they will all, at some stage, make mistakes.
Cucarella had a poor game but generally he has been good this season when called upon to play at RB or LB.
Looking forward to our next game, I assume Colwill play LB ish and I’m hoping Gusto is fit to play RB.
I would play Mudryk at the weekend but I think Poch will pick the same front three.
3.) 28 Nov 2023 13:00:59
Thanks for persuasive comments RBD and particularly your thoughts about heh problems with our defence and what might be needed to fix it. trikes me that with our more open (and exciting) attacking style under Poch much also depends on solid DMs and ability to more poften than not control midfield.
4.) 28 Nov 2023 15:25:24
Personally, I would have been playing James-Disasi-Badiashile-Colwill from the moment BB was fit, and long term I'd obviously be looking at Fofana taking Disasi's spot.
And yes, every player makes mistakes, but when the same player (s) make mistakes week in and week out you would expect them to be dropped.
The starting midfield three is brilliant but after that it's a bit of a mess imo. I don't understand how you go about providing sufficient minutes to Ugochkwu, Lavia and Chukwumeka once all six are fit. Signing young players makes sense, but they need to play in order to develop.
The sporting directors clearly assumed that they would flog Gallagher but are behind the 8-ball now because he's become a vital member of the first team (vice-captain) and appears to be Poch's most trusted player. He has also been perennially underrated by fans who are just desperate for the new shiny signing (Casadei, Santos, Lavia etc) ignoring the fact he is far better and more experienced than all of them, while offering a skillset that are possessed by none of them. Anyway rant over, up the Chels.
5.) 28 Nov 2023 16:33:32
RBD, at some stage we have to let go the playing performances of players form last season. Cucarella was awful last season but he has not made “mistakes week in week out” this season.
In that spirit I have to admit that CG has surprised me so far this season. Generally his performances have shown maturity with him no longer relying just on work rate and effort.
For me it shows, that fans should take some time before making judgements about players.
Also, a player can be bang average at one club but perform brilliantly for another. Obviously the reverse is true.
6.) 28 Nov 2023 18:54:17
Obviously we have had injuries this season but when most players are back it will be interesting to see the selections particularly in midfield where we clearly lack invention. I agree that Gallagher has played well this season but I don’t agree that he is vital and he is not a leader in my eyes but then neither is James. In fact, I struggle to identify any player as a leader.
7.) 29 Nov 2023 12:05:50
The most vocal on pitch player is Enzo and Silva generally leads by example.
James as captain was a call that Poch made when I guess he thought he was over his injury issues of last season. Also, his sending off last week wasn’t very professional.
I actually think Colwill is showing some promise as a leader for the future.
12 Nov 2023 18:35:14
What a game. I'm really proud of our whole team and manager.
{Ed014's Note - so you should be mate, they were immense and in truth unlucky not to win!
1.) 12 Nov 2023 18:39:50
Thanks Ed . am still trying to get my breath back!
{Ed014's Note - was a truly great game mate and despite the score thought you were the better side for sure.
Very impressed!
2.) 12 Nov 2023 19:22:06
Best performance of the season:we are starting to show some grit.
21 Apr 2024 14:59:47
Thanks for this Ed002.
22 Mar 2024 14:20:59
Conor has done better than most other CFC players this season with exceptions of Gusto and Palmer imho.
21 Dec 2023 18:14:56
Thanks Tom might be good news then about Lavia.
We will have to wait and see about Enzo but most treatments of his kind of injury if reported accurately take time with or without surgery. Would be months rather than weeks it seems.
21 Dec 2023 09:09:10
Yes have read these reports and would ecxplain both his drop in form and why the poor lad was in tears when came off on Tuesday night. So if true it's - and I also don't know what the prognosis would be if it is - this is wretched news for the player and for CFC. The club's injury woes are truly dreadful.
Does antone have any update on when Lavia might be expected to make his debut or CC likely to be back from his long injury?
17 Dec 2023 12:54:30
Personally v much hope we keep CG - and certainbly until the end of the season and MP can have properly assessed all our midfield options (ie Lavia plus CC when fit again) - as he has been one of the consistently better of our players this season.
24 Apr 2024 12:12:45
Yes Tom our injury problems have made it diffuclt for the manager and for us fans to even be able to have an opinion on how much a properly fit - and for good length of time - a Nkunku or Lavia could add to our side though we got a glimpse of this in term of Nkunku in his v promising pre-season debuts. Then there is Fofana forever it seems in the treatment room with James and Chilwell, and all of those if fully fit for a season would make a huge difference. I wonder too whether their total time on piytch together is more than 200 minutes or so this season, and then it's possible that one or the pther still wasn't fully fit. Will RJ's op have solved his consistent problems? I don't know.
So as you say Jimbo, will they ever both be reliably fit enough for a whole season? And it's the Defence that has probably been even more consistent in its leakiness than the attack has been in its wastefulness. Ans a strong defense is so crucial for any title winning side and we can but recall with immense nostalgia that we only conceded (still a record surely? ) 15 goals in the 2004-5 season in the EPL. Yes, and this means we also need a goalie who is at least somewhere near to being at a Peter Cech level. It has been worrying that Petrovich has now been beaten at is near post a few times and his ditribution though better than Sanchez (let alone Mendy after first season) is not top class or at least not yet.
21 Apr 2024 15:59:49
EdW you may have a point but didn't you think that CP pretty anonymous if especially in second half and he is our most likely finsiher of chances? The question for me was how could you get him into those positions far more often than we/ Poch did last night?
21 Apr 2024 14:47:01
Thanks G8 your post said exactly what I'd been thinking. Changing things from Monday night was a v big mistake if IMHO most importantly dampening the attacking threat of CP as a number 10 with CG and MC breaking up threats as number 6s and Mudryk offering pace on opposite dide to NM. Either he or NM able to offer support on attack and CP tucked in behind.
CP has been our main attacking threat yet was v quiet yesterday and Far too seldom especially in second half offering a threat. with Jackson on other hand sometimes too isolated on our counters. Or so it seemed to me.
20 Apr 2024 19:58:49
Very good result.
15 Apr 2024 22:13:02
Had thought the same seymns Poch needed to assert some authority.
But at last a game when we take almost all of our goid chances and CP truly outstanding with Caicedo with one of his best performances, Jackson excellent except his silly penalty childishness and Madueke almost ditto.
Both Jackson and Caicedo on 9 yellows now get reservations 0.
So quite sine might for celebrations even if we still looked shakey in defence at times or careless with some passes. But going forward we were really exciting almost always.