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21 Jun 2024 20:46:38
Hi Ed, sorry to bother you but olise seemed to be nailed on to join us and it's gone quite. Reports suggesting that we have pulled out of the race. Please could you please help the update on olise. maybe we will go ahead for eze . not that they are like for like players though.
{Ed002's Note - Chelsea stepped back because the did not see value for money.}
1.) 22 Jun 2024 14:09:48
Thanks for the response. I admit I have little to no knowledge of how clubs value players I wonder if I actually think he's overpriced for the reported 60m release clause. Would have liked the deal to go through. Thanks.
{Ed002's Note - Forget the £60M - it is misleading.}
2.) 22 Jun 2024 15:52:39
I was always worries about the injuries for a young player.
3.) 22 Jun 2024 18:08:50
Perhaps it was wage demand as much as or more than a factor than transfer fee?
05 Jun 2024 18:27:48
Ed are we interested in signing both olise and eze this summer. Honestly I'm confused as to which of them we really need more.
Eze could replace cg if he leaves imo.
{Ed002's Note - Try not to complicate things. It is not all or nothing.}
1.) 06 Jun 2024 10:02:01
Thanks for your response Ed. Like I said earlier, I'm torn between which of them we should sign and it's not always you see a club sign 2 players from another club in one transfer window. But I think both will help our team. I also think eze is underrated and needs a great club to shine, he's ready to step up. olise too is talented and other clubs will take him if we don't get him now.
{Ed002's Note - Chelsea has an interest in numerous players - somethimes they are from the same club.}
2.) 06 Jun 2024 10:04:13
Eze makes sense for the left wing, but olise, only 22 and is a special special player, his set pieces and deliveries with our new set piece coach, win win,
01 Jun 2024 14:10:45
Good day Ed please are Chelsea interested in signing Joshua Kilmich this summer. I think we need his versatility and leadership mentality imo.
{Ed002's Note - No.}
17 May 2024 13:16:05
Ed trust me this is no random question but according to some reports are Chelsea looking to sign bruno fenandez this summer.
{Ed002's Note - Have you been playing on Twitter?}
08 May 2024 13:19:33
Good day Ed, are Chelsea in talks with sesko and his club for summer transfer?
{Ed002's Note - No.}
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27 Apr 2025 12:39:45
Good day all, don't really know if it's a good idea but I will like us to get kdb for free from city to add experience and quality to the young bunch we have. So for me I will sign these players to get us competing again osihmen, kdb, similar player with experience for cb and a class keeper and we are ready to go.
With the return of some good players too. I doubt any will be done with these owners in place but that's my take. We'll be selling many players too that can fund the transfer imo.
1.) 27 Apr 2025 13:27:37
Tussle, the buying of young players seems as if it is being replicated by a lot of other clubs.
It will be an interesting window if only to see if some clubs go in a different direction than this latest fad.
2.) 27 Apr 2025 15:02:10
Tom
It's a good idea going with youth but you must have an experienced spine.
3.) 27 Apr 2025 15:29:00
Bill, JT was very young and if I remember Big Pete was about 24/ 25. Lamps was young when he started his Chelsea career and I think Drog was 24 ish.
I think the age thing is a bit of a crutch. You are either a leader or you’re not. Also leadership can in many forms, including taking responsibility.
4.) 27 Apr 2025 15:41:27
Just sort of half checked. Big Pete was 22 ish. jT was made club captain at 23, Lamps was 23 and Drog was 25.
Hardly ancient and two of them had no premiership experience.
5.) 27 Apr 2025 18:21:13
Tom, you’re forgetting about : Carvalho, Duff, Makelele, Crespo and Gallas. I think Lamps and the Drog are 46 in 2005 they would have been 26/ 27 and JT around 25.
6.) 27 Apr 2025 18:51:14
Jimbo, I only looked at Drog, Big Pete and Lamps when they started playing for Chelsea and I think JT had played about a season and half in the first team before being named club captain when he was about 23.
You can never have enough leaders and as Bill mentioned “spine” that’s what I briefly looked at. I have no idea how old Ricky was when he joined the club but he was very important and in my opinion overlooked by some fans as a Chelsea great.
7.) 27 Apr 2025 19:29:19
Tom, absolutely, JT was great but Ricky is often overlooked in that season we only conceded 15 goals. He was very skilful, a perfect foil for JT and a Master of the Dark Arts.
8.) 27 Apr 2025 19:32:30
Tom, Ricky is 46 so same sort of age as Lamps and JT.
9.) 27 Apr 2025 20:20:44
Jimbo I think JT is a couple of years younger than Lamps and Ricky. If I remember correctly Lamps joined the club when he was about 21/ 22 and as I say I think JT was about 23 when he was named club captain but was also a first team regular for about 18 months prior to Jose (I think) named him club skipper.
My point remains that the spine was relatively young but they were natural leaders and I do not see age as always being a barrier to being a team leader. We can buy relatively young players who are leaders but they are not easy to find.
10.) 27 Apr 2025 20:21:54
It’s as old as the game. The spine of any great team has to be top notch WC players. Absolutely no passengers. That’s where you spend the biggest bucks, unless you have a JT from the ranks.
11.) 27 Apr 2025 20:44:18
London, I agree the spine is usually the basis of any great team.
I think the owners should have gone for a top notch keeper early days. I assume they believed they had purchased a top class CH (I’m not convinced) in Fofana. I think in Caicedo we have a top class midfielder and we should remember that EF is a World Cup winner. I rate Jackson but I wouldn’t say he is the answer to actually achieving a strong spine. To be fair to the owners it would appear that they have tried hard to recruit various strikers. Fingers crossed it will happen this window.
I also think it’s understandable that fans get miffed when we sign players who probably weren’t needed like Felix and KDH when we are so obviously short of a goalkeeper and CF.
12.) 27 Apr 2025 21:35:00
Tom, Caicedo and Enzo should be top class players we paid £100 million + for each of them. We have missed the boat for the best keeper (Costa) and will no doubt do the same for the limited list of strikers available. We also really need a top class ( experienced) CB. To be honest on the basis we can’t get Oshimen and Costa I don’t really know who we should go for. Unfortunately, we will probably not be the most attractive option for players in the positions we need because of competition from other clubs. Unlike in years gone by, I am dreading the summer transfer window.
13.) 28 Apr 2025 06:22:08
Jimbo, I aways say and think the same for every window. “I enjoy the rumour and hate the fact. ”
I can’t see me being completely happy about who we sign and that’s mainly because I only have a few players for the positions I think we need. Also, I’m sure a few of my favourites will be leaving.
28 Jul 2024 09:25:40
Need to state this now before the season begins. My understanding is that the club is not going in the right direction. The Americans are notorious for sacrificing the major interest of the club for their personal financial gains. Imo don't expect anything success from Chelsea in the next few years as we are no longer the same club. not being negative but reality on ground. Clubs will start to select the best talents from Chelsea as the players will soon realise that we are not the club roman left for us. Maresca will not be any upgrade as soon we will be asking for his sack after series of bad run. We are getting a below average gk to disrupt petrovic who only needs time just because the coach prefers a ball playing gk.
Obsession about young players is not ambitious because they will be gone soon. Roman set a standard but these guys want to destroy all to leverage on it for personal gains to detriment of the club success. Young players don't win you titles just for profits. Soon I will find another passion away from Chelsea as the club has been hijacked by moles set to be destroyed.
1.) 28 Jul 2024 09:39:44
Getting boring all this bashing
Yes Roman was a one of a kind owner who created a unbelievable squad and system
But he’s gone - it will never be the same
Just trust in the club, the players, the management, the owners
Let’s see where the journey takes us.
{Ed002's Note - He is simply trolling the site - ignore him.}
2.) 28 Jul 2024 10:11:46
I think it's really unfair to say they're in it onlu for financial gain, especially after the investments they've made.
I think many criticisms can be made, and I think it's been a disastrous 'strategy' so far, but to say they're in it for the investment is very silly.
3.) 28 Jul 2024 10:24:23
Dazza, you are correct about Roman but towards the end of his ownership it looked more and more as if we were being run as a business and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.
The reference made to “Americans” is just more nationalistic crap from a poster with an obvious agenda.!
4.) 28 Jul 2024 10:29:35
The owners have made mistakes but they are in it for the long term. Rome wasn’t built in a day. I believe that they want the club to become successful again.
5.) 28 Jul 2024 10:35:06
Standard, I hope they are in it for the investment and potential profit as well as other reasons.
I think, given time and hopefully performance success at every level within the club, the current owners will have purchased a club at a very good price. I have a feeling they want to build a sporting franchise that will be seen as one of the best in its class.
6.) 28 Jul 2024 10:46:10
Jimbo, it’s my turn to agree with you. Spot on mate!
7.) 28 Jul 2024 11:07:02
The owners c learly want the club to succeed on the field as well as off it (in financial terms) cos the two are intimately linked. But appointing Maresca is a huge gamble given his relative lack of managerial/ head coach authority - pretty slight cv as player and manager - and big danger that he may not gain and retain players confidence in things go poorly for any length of time.
Clearly these are every early days, but last pre-season under Poch saw a CFC side with large number of young players and new to newish recruits gel quickly. Then the worst injury list in EPL followed but I never though the players had lost confidence in Poch even if some fans did. Great finish to season set up possib ility of building on this with few incomings needed - we all knew what those were - and most outcoming among those who were on loan or not getting much game time perhaps.
So I still don't understand why we seemingly shot ourselves in the foot and parted ways with Poch at the end of last season. The players clearly liked and trusted him and so by then did most of the fans. Bottom line seemed to be to give him at least one more season to get us Top 4 place and likelihood of top players wanting to come to us if Champions League football. But seems as if the Sporting Directors had a different - Man City style - vision so they go for someone who was an assistant to Pep and had guided a Champions League bookies favourites to be promoted to promotion. The idea being that it's not really a top manager - who can get players to believe in him, improve them, make them give 110% for him (or her, tghink Emma Hayes) etc as well as a good technical coach - that is needed any more but just a manager/ coach that can put a system into operation.
We have to keep hoping that parting with Poch and picking Maresca was brilliant insight on prt of Sporting Directors and club as a whole - though I suspect some will have had their doubts, Boehly as we speak tempted perhaps to have a other meal with Poch?! - and Maresca must be given a chance to prove this. After all it is also trues that Cole, Enzo F and Moises plys Conor and TC aren't yet with the squad (and hope to goodness TC will not be sold given defensive shambles on display thius far) . I will be at the Inter Milan pre-season game and hoping with all my heart that we will show more cohesion by then and see a performance that gives players belief and fans hope for the dseason ahead.
Yet right now I am possibly more worried about a season ahead than I have been for not quite sure how long. Yet am tellimng myself that we have some superbly talented players (and Guiu does look like a v promising addition), we finished 6th last season, and we should surely be able to compete successfully for Top 4 this season. Will be repeating that to myself like a mantra the whole of today! But the players need to believe this too and only winning games will guarantee this so they that needs to happen soon.
8.) 28 Jul 2024 11:23:33
JBS, I enjoyed your post and I share some of your concerns.
I’ve already said I think we will finish between 3rd-5th. Other teams are not going to stand still and wait for us to catch up.
9.) 28 Jul 2024 11:29:48
Everything is academic until we have appointed an experienced manager capable of organising and galvanising the young squad we have.
That was achieved under Poch despite the worst injury crisis in the clubs history.
We now have a novice who is determined to play in one way irrespective of the players we have.
Make no mistake this is the worse managerial appointment the club has made since AVB who at least was successful before he joined.
Once the players realise how inflexible and clueless he is the party will be over.
But it's quite another thing how long it will take the Sporting Directors to admit they got it wrong AGAIN.
10.) 28 Jul 2024 11:45:35
I’m not happy with our two pre-season performances and I have no idea how this management appointment will work out.
I will be at the opening game of the season full of nervous anticipation. It’s been the same now for 62 years. What a roller coaster journey supporting Chelsea FC is but it’s such fun.
11.) 28 Jul 2024 12:53:39
Way to early to tell how the new manager will do personally think we shouldn't of sacked Potter and should of made Poch feel loved, but I am very optimistic for a top 4 place, Palmer has to say fit but the talent is there.
12.) 28 Jul 2024 13:01:19
I agree that rome wasn't built in a day. But they took on a club that was champions league winners and 3rd. To go from that to whatever we are now has been painfully poor with the same mistakes made one after the other. Very, very preventable.
13.) 28 Jul 2024 13:43:05
All mistakes are preventable and virtually every ownership model has made mistakes and will continue to make mistakes.
For lots of reasons the Champions League team/ squad was going to change. Things might have been different had Roman not had to sell but in my opinion players like Werner, Ziyech, Mendy and the Lukaku were all mistakes.
14.) 28 Jul 2024 16:46:23
I appreciate all views because the first was mine. I really never liked how roman was ousted because he's the Chelsea engine. The club had it's best times under roman and he's should be the standard. The new owners don't seem ambitious enough for me and trying to be clever to reap off all gains made by roman.
I mentioned Americans because there's a pattern in other clubs like man u, Liverpool before klop, etc. maybe I'm now spoilt by roman era but I don't want it to stop. Chelsea have been a perennial contenders all season and don't want to change that. these guys don't seem to know that.
15.) 28 Jul 2024 17:08:12
I certainly wouldn’t want Poch back. The reasons we improved at the latter part of last season was because that players started to gel naturally, we had an easy run in and, of course, Cole Palmer. I have no idea about the new coach as usual time will tell. I am nervous about the new season particularly as I don’t believe any of our signings will improve the team this season. We conceded 64 goals last season; that must improve significantly. As per Tom, I will be at the Bridge for the first game, with hope in my heart.
16.) 28 Jul 2024 18:15:54
Why is it trolling? Remove the newest appointment, the 5th manager under Clearlake, spent a fortune, likely few hundred million over the billion mark, big turnover in staff, medical staff, long-standing members of the academy set up, commercial staff changed a few times, 42 players current squad, forty-two, chalobah been left behind to force out, instead we took disasi who’s recently had surgery and not been included in the squad yet, linked and buying more kids from South America which reportedly causing problems with the players at the academy, if they’ll even get a chance, second kit released with no shirt sponsor on front, linked only to players under a certain age, strikers who’ve got less than 10 career goals rather than proven players because of their age, finished season well and things looked better then change of manager, we targeted champions league minimum and missed out twice.
So for everything that’s good, it’s all potential and hopeful, all the negative is what’s happened and happening, having an opinion that isn’t positive isn’t trolling it’s a different perspective. Too sensitive on here,
17.) 28 Jul 2024 19:37:02
Jesus, there have been bad Russian owners, there have been bad Malaysian owners bad British owners. Will you please stop making references to the nationalities of players, managers, owners, and the press. As far as I’m concerned the country of origin of anyone is totally irrelevant.
18.) 28 Jul 2024 19:52:35
Matt and obviously having a positive perspective is fine otherwise your argument does not work.
19.) 28 Jul 2024 21:35:41
Tom, Matt is obviously passionate about our club; good for him. I must admit I can’t remember being more nervous at the start of a season: hopefully the feeling in my water is age related.
20.) 29 Jul 2024 00:08:06
Yes tom mistakes happen and I think it important to point it out. Unfortunately, I don't think the people higher at the club have pointed it out because it's getting worse and worse. Without Gallagher and chalobah this will be a worse side than last year and I cannot see us finishing top 6 again.
This claim that I'm 'negative' because I'm pointing out tge flaws in the new regime is hilarious. I've been very positive on here for years, especially during the first lampard era. I'm calling this out for dross because it is. We have a worse squad after spending 1 billion pounds. How is that even possible?
21.) 29 Jul 2024 06:03:21
Jimbo, I will continue to praise Matt’s passion even when others have been scathing in there criticism of his posts.
Standard, I couldn’t give a monkeys t@as if you are negative or positive and that applies to any other poster. It’s also not “hilarious” if a poster has a different view positive or negative towards any part of the club.
Your above posts states that things are getting worse and worse but that clearly isn’t the case. Just look at the last two seasons premiership positions.
I want Gallagher and Chalaboa to stay but CG hasn’t signed a contract even though and contrary to one poster who thought any offer was a new owner PR stunt has apparently been offered a very fair new one. Chalaboa it’s about opinions. I think he is better than Disasi but it would appear that the SDs/ coaches don’t.
I am bored with giving my opinion on the so called previous squad that included the players I mentioned above.
While I actually think this is a squad that is stronger than the one inherited by the new owners I except j may well be alone with that view.
RA spent money on players that didn’t improve the squad and so have many other ownerships spent money on players only to find themselves/ club in dire positions. There are no guarantees.
22.) 29 Jul 2024 08:26:09
The owners will make their money or investment work by the team winning and being successful, there’s not a chance in hell there not in this to win, that’s how the business becomes successful, that doesn’t mean they’ve been any good so far either, not got a lot right have they let’s be honest.
23.) 29 Jul 2024 09:00:55
The frustration comes from worry. We’ve gone backwards for two years, have an inexperienced manager and still a young team with a whole new style, risk doesn’t come close.
24.) 29 Jul 2024 09:42:17
Matt, I’m sure they wish they hadn’t taken some poor advice when they fist took over and the spine of any team should be the first area that needed addressing in my opinion but I honestly think we generally have a strong squad.
Just a small note, we haven’t gone backwards for two years. Last year was an improvement in the previous year.
The manager was my third choice to replace Poch who I didn’t want sacked but from the training clips I’ve seen his drills look good.
25.) 29 Jul 2024 23:49:59
Christ. 'The drills look good', what a resume.
26.) 30 Jul 2024 06:31:05
Standard, this may come as a shock but coaching methods and drills are important. One of the ideas is to improve our young players, something some managers may not be that bothered about.
I love watching teams pre-match drills as well. It’s one the reasons I love “going” to games and also why I get to my seat very early on match days.
07 Jul 2024 08:19:50
Good day everyone, please there's something I have been wondering about Chelsea for next season so I want to seek in sights from anyone. I have never watched maresca style and don't know what to expect from players we have. From some snippets I have seen here, it looks like he's no much different from the poch.
So please can any of the eds share any info on this.
1.) 07 Jul 2024 16:13:23
Possession based and positional, players will have repeated drills knowing when and where they should be.
433 but with ball a full back goes into midfield, midfield base is the passes ( think Jorginho / Sarri ) and other two are 8’s, so more attacking midfielders, he likes the goalkeeper to be great on the ball so the keeper will actually go stand between defenders to create overloads, wingers he likes to start wide and very focused on 1v1 opportunities, striker, some say he likes then to drop and again outnumber midfield and others say he like the striker to be a box striker to attack near posts and be a finisher. But always be hard working and press from front, doesn’t focus on crossing but statistically when Leicester did cross the were quite successful with it, because of his set up defensively they don’t concede a lot. But issues Leicester fans had were the frustration of possession football, lots of passing around defence and not going anywhere,
So when it doesn’t work it can be frustrating, when it works it will look phenomenal,
2.) 07 Jul 2024 15:30:59
Kdrog, so someone just below a World Cup winning manager and couple down from one of greater club managers in football history, very good endorsement, I’m not sure he will be as good but still looking forward to the season starting.
3.) 07 Jul 2024 19:17:03
Matt, thank you for answering a fellow poster. Rather than given a negative response.
4.) 08 Jul 2024 19:59:41
It's absolutely delusional to call a novice manager one step down from Pep.
He's a championship manager with 12 months experience who struggled to get the strongest squad promoted.
He shouldn't have been within a country mile of our club.
5.) 08 Jul 2024 20:44:54
We’re “all doomed. ”
My god I hope our new manager is successful. I for one will be giving him my full support.
6.) 08 Jul 2024 20:53:18
I was joking, just making light of fact you’ve written him off before a training session has taken place, hopefully you won’t be one to mention disconnect between manager and fans when you’ve made your mind up already, I won’t pretend it’s not underwhelming but he done well with a good Leicester side, Leeds had just as good team and didn’t even get promotion so that’s slightly flawed, he has a style and maybe this style gets best out of a few players, who knows, I say it every year, judge a team manager, 8-12 games into premier league season.
28 Jun 2024 20:11:21
I have always thought that if cg refuse to re-sign, he would be sold this summer and the interest on dewsbury will imo confirm that he's gone as marescs seems to prefer dewsbury to cg. Possession style as we all presume, requires creative midfielders who are good on the ball which is not an attribute that cg has enough. Maresca knows dewsbury well and may prefer him to cg I expect that enzo Fernando's will step up next season . at this point I will no longer care about cg future unless there becomes a compromise with the club I feel it will be like the move for Mount.
1.) 29 Jun 2024 08:14:17
CG seems to be like Mount seems to want yo move catcall costs, how did that work out for Mount? .
Also if I'm honest, I cannot see a place for CG this season with players being added and either coming back from loan or from injuries.
26 Jun 2024 06:28:02
We have seen pockets of transfers sparingly. Could clubs be waiting for the international tournaments to be over?
What are the priority positions for Chelsea to strengthen r just any positions that the target is available? How many players do you expect to come in this summer?
Thanks.
03 Mar 2025 21:41:13
Imo I have long known tomb as a hypocrite. When you state the obvious, he downplays it only to turn around and admit it later. I had long time ago said that the boely and Co are only interested in the business aspects of the club and not on the pitch success as roman did. But came in heavily on their defence against it.
Now he's telling us that he had long seen that the new owners are this and that.
Saw some reports that the fans on ground, not tombs, were on some protests against how the club is headed in wrong direction since boely and Co. We will constantly be on the case else we are becoming a shadow of the club we were. Some claim to be more Chelsea than the rest but are just delusional.
15 Feb 2025 07:01:24
I have been screaming on here that boely and Co are not working to make Chelsea great again on the pitch winning games. I said that the club had been hijacked and might never be the same again but tomb and likes were there deceiving themselves with plenty talks.
The policy of buying only young players is just the profits from the sale and not to get the club back on top boely and Co were the worst possible owners from the bidders but the enemies of the club who taken the political advantage of the war in Ukraine chose them to Bury the club overtime. Roman was targeted and I still think he might return to the club again.
11 Feb 2025 09:09:09
I disagree that cucurella is a long way in front of Chilwell. Chilwell is better in offensive position, final third.
27 Jan 2025 10:12:46
seymns2 you are right but unfortunately that seem to be boely and Co business model. they will sell anybody for profits as against rowan's where certain players are considered untouchable.
Palmer will be off soon. Saw some fake news of roman return to us.
22 Nov 2024 14:52:19
Whyteleafe I really don't think even colwill is ready for Chelsea at this time. We need defenders who can defend. Thought tosin would have been pairing with colwill for being English not being better than the others. Sanchez is average at the best which will cost us in big matches due to little details. Striker if nkuku is leaving, cb and a goalkeeper to challenge for tittles.
01 Dec 2024 11:00:39
I can't say no to musiala but I thought he's a midfielder and not a winger, might be wrong there.
I saw a snippet about possible transfer for vini, I would have liked us to try and bring him in.
30 Jul 2024 18:24:04
I would loan mudryk to even 2nd division where he can play some games. He's not ready and Chelsea could damage his confidence especially for the amount paid for him. The media will this time turn on him. loan is the best for now. There seems to be a player there.
28 Jul 2024 16:46:23
I appreciate all views because the first was mine. I really never liked how roman was ousted because he's the Chelsea engine. The club had it's best times under roman and he's should be the standard. The new owners don't seem ambitious enough for me and trying to be clever to reap off all gains made by roman.
I mentioned Americans because there's a pattern in other clubs like man u, Liverpool before klop, etc. maybe I'm now spoilt by roman era but I don't want it to stop. Chelsea have been a perennial contenders all season and don't want to change that. these guys don't seem to know that.
26 Jul 2024 15:43:47
My choice has been osihmen for similar reasons as jimbo stated. I still think we will get him regardless of the changes around him. He should be able to keep defenders on their toes and good in the air.
23 Jul 2024 18:03:19
Thanks but no Thanks for Ivan Tony. I also Still don't believe he's an epl proven striker. Would rather stick Jackson. nkuku with Jackson better.